Claire; I should have known and shouldn't have become defensive so easily. You have always been a great poster, intelligent, and lighthearted, attributes I value. I was suprised at the tone of the post is question, and made the flawed assumption it was directed at me. As I said, I should have known better. And like you, I weigh in much above what I'd like to. But then again, I am active, and can still ouperform people ten years younger than me.
Like you, I detest those who constantly put others down, or take upon themselves a holier-than-thow attitude. I am a strong believer in my chosen faith, but couldn't bring myself to push that faith upon another. It's after all, each person's choice how they choose to live in this world, and those choices come with consequences, good and bad.
I look back over my own life and see times where I was truly working hard to be the best I could be, and then let that be interupted by someone or something. As far as exercise is concerned, I am no stranger to it, but have to, yet again, start my routing after having it interuppted for several months.
This life is hard. Everyone wants your time and resources. Employers demand too much time and effort, and hate to give anything back, except what is required by law. Families demand time and effort, and rightly so, but sometimes at the expense of a person's own well being. And then there are the societal pressures, a society, which, in my opinion has, traded quality of life for capital profit and material possesion.
I walked into my Church this morning and felt as if I had walked into a refuge against the pressures of mortality, a place where everyone wanted to learn, to love, and to lift everyone else. I thought to myself, "I wish it was like this every day, everywhere. The world would be so much greater.
Life is a challenge. It's meant to be so. And sometimes we are our own worst enemy. Claire, I apologize for going off on you. And I sympathize with your plight. I know how judgemental people can be. And though we can't help to make judgements, or assesments, we must make them for the proper reasons, and realize that we don't know all the circumstances of a situation.
And if you are venting about John and Jane Q. Public, go ahead vent, but let the rest of us know that is what you are doing. We are freinds here. I have often thought how incredible it would be if we could all meet in a very large field, with picnic tables, and our favorite grilling/cooking tools and appliances, and have a day of fun visiting eahc other, tasting, learning, and enjoying each other's company. But then again, maybe we will, but not during this mortality.
Seeeeeya; Goodweed of the North