tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6970804126269981282011-04-21T12:27:29.210-07:00Osiris Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08011041741634968184noreply@blogger.comBlogger21100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-697080412626998128.post-89952432870683450182009-01-17T17:29:00.000-08:002009-01-18T13:52:14.762-08:00<em>[Still in a draft stage. Will revise later.]</em><br /><br />Just kind of reflecting here: if someone does something that I find hurtful, do <strong>they</strong> have to understand why I didn't like it for it to be "real" ? My ex-wife seemed to think so. I've known other people who seem to think the same.<br />I don't buy it personally. If you do something that I think is wrong, then it is at least "wrong for me." I don't need anyone else to tell me whether I do or don't have the right to disapprove of or dislike something that bothers me.<br />I'm also not a very judgmental person. If other people want to live their lives in ways that are different from mine, that's fine. They can do that. But, I don't necessarily have to hang around them while they're doing it.<br /><br />So, there tend to be people in my life that I end up avoiding. Not to "punish" them, not to make them "feel bad", but just because <strong>I</strong> don't want to feel bad. If my interactions with someone tend to leave me feeling angry, hurt, annoyed, or whatever; I don't figure that it is my job to make that person change, and I don't (usually) assume that it is my job to change myself so that I can be comfortable with that person's behavior. <strong>I</strong>, as I said, just avoid them. Problem solved. They can be who they want to be. I can be who I want to be. I'm not hurting them, and they're not hurting me.<br />[Well, it makes sense to <strong>me, </strong>anyway.]<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/697080412626998128-8995243287068345018?l=osirisjones72.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Osiris Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08011041741634968184noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-697080412626998128.post-32786859180028550912009-01-15T21:12:00.000-08:002009-01-19T13:01:17.436-08:00In the Beginning was the Urantia Book, and the Uranitia Book was long, and prolix, and just WAY too hard to get through in a single sitting... so the Powers that Be tossed it out, and just kind of winged it. And hey, Yosemite! See, THEY got <strong>some </strong>stuff right. :)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/697080412626998128-3278685918002855091?l=osirisjones72.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Osiris Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08011041741634968184noreply@blogger.com0