Reply To: Wannabefree’s Friday night Blog…

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Hi friends.

Have you ever had to give up on something or someone?

It makes you feel like a failure, doesn’t it?

But what if it isn’t entirely down to you or me?

Sometimes, the harder we try, the harder we are resisted or rejected.  Why do other people  do this to you and me?

I have decided to reduce my involvement with my local church… I  just don’t  fit in…

A film in the sixties had Peter Sellers playing a village vicar…(Heavens above). A wonderful quote he came out with, ‘ What  I can give, they don’t  want, and what they need, I can’t  give…’  I sense that feeling every Sunday morning…

There are things I would need to be doing in order to fit in, but because I  am physiologically unable to do them, they don’t want anything else from me, but I  have so much to give…

So much of the church stuff today seems to rely on academic ability. But I have none…

They are so totally tangled up in their own rules and regulations, it is difficult to function anyway…

In a garden, it is much easier. You can be on your own wavelength,  rather than trying to conform with other people’s.

You need to avoid going too far to please others… Many are simply incapable of appreciating anything. They take, take, and take again…  Should I  suggest that this is the main cause of burnout? People are leaving important professions faster than they can be trained, and to be fair, a lot of these jobs are done regardless of money involved.

Managers, who are so out of touch with how people function well, are kept in the office where they seem to do less damage.

People who really, really care, are breaking, we have a limited physiological capacity to deal with the world around us. We absolutely need enough rest, food and fluids to function at all. Whatever we try to do, our bodies are regulated by natural processes. Over ride those at your peril…

I have made sure that there are backups in place for things to carry on, so that I can literally save myself and my sanity. If people think I am weak, that is their opinion of me, not mine. Not anymore.

It is said in religious circles that people are walking away from the deities above us.

I challenge that theory… People are walking away from established groups of people, who seek to control others, who belittle, who judge, who, even when small in physical stature, manage to look down on the rest of us…

I actually remove my spectacled when entering, then I  don’t notice any looks of disapproval,  that’s if I get anyone to notice me anyway…

Have courage, my friend. Always be true to yourself. Become your own best friend…

Well, that’s it for now… Between now and next week, check out ‘Desiderata’ by Les Crane. And a other I found this week is ‘Let there be peace on earth, and let it begin with me.’ By Vince Gill.

Until next Friday 14/06/24 then, approx same time, same place, right here.

Never forget, Everyone has a place on earth, and that includes you and me, for always…

Wannabe