tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698046104389681530.post2111847896711800309..comments2023-10-02T18:26:39.774+10:00Comments on The Breast is History: An Intimate Memoir: Godbronwynhopehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08084646751713102751noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698046104389681530.post-54927953728234344952011-11-03T22:22:46.312+10:002011-11-03T22:22:46.312+10:00Dear Bron
Thanks for your interesting engaging and...Dear Bron<br />Thanks for your interesting engaging and honest blogging! I don't believe god plays hard to get or hide and seek! He wants us to find him just look at the amazing planet we live on! It's more about our readiness to open our hearts and minds to something infinite that we can't fully comprehend or control for our own ends. Faith is about choosing to let go of our arrogance and embracing the source of love and life. Developing a relationship with our creator is an amazing unpredictable life long journey! I'm asking God to help you in your search for him! All the best<br />Ps you're right religion is a poor substitute for a real connection with God!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698046104389681530.post-31106937854079362562011-11-01T09:04:29.042+10:002011-11-01T09:04:29.042+10:00Tom'll be hard pushed to find a vestal virgin ...Tom'll be hard pushed to find a vestal virgin around here these days Bron, but I'm sure he'll do his best to ferret them out for you :)<br /><br />Clo xxxClohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04813428023793300362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698046104389681530.post-52401967168618827962011-10-31T12:02:24.745+10:002011-10-31T12:02:24.745+10:00I saw this posted on FB the other day...
"...I saw this posted on FB the other day... <br /><br />"Religion is for people afraid of going to hell. Spirituality is for people who've already been there."Tim Wnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8698046104389681530.post-18299708199530013432011-10-31T07:57:36.603+10:002011-10-31T07:57:36.603+10:00My nana gave me, what I consider to be the best pe...My nana gave me, what I consider to be the best perspective on faith, religion and spirituality, when, as a small child I rejected my church/god because my grandfather had died. <br />My young head could not fathom the loss, and blame was laid fairly and squarely (in my young eyes) at the feet of the Catholic Church. In my eyes he had done everything he could to live a good life and then he died so tragically....it made no sense to my little brain, therefore God and the church had lied to me. It did not matter what anybody said, what readings they showed me, or what I was threatened with as a repercussion of my lapse, I would not walk back into our church, this, in our family was not an option. As staunch Catholics this was NOT an option, guilt was to be brought to bear.....what would this mean for the rest of the family!?! (Shock! Horror! The youngest member of the family refusing to attend church....the world will end!)<br />Having had multiple confrontations with my mother, siblings and teachers, my beloved nana took me for a walk into a wheat field, awash with poppies in bloom, and said a few sentences that will live in my heart and soul forever; "I can be as religious in the middle of a 10 acre field, as I can in a pew of our church, God is in me, and with me everywhere I go. Look at the beauty here in the middle of all this sadness and anger; this is Gods way of helping you heal."<br />Now I am a parent myself, I ensure that I give my son as much as information and as many options as he needs. Whilst I have brought him up thus far with certain core values and beliefs, I have not tied him for life to any one religious pathway; it is his choice to make. He is spiritual, centred and has his own set of values and beliefs, these in time, he too will challenge, as that is what we do when we come to a hard place in our life, but if our values are in our hearts and not in a building that we can walk away from, we are in a safer and happier place.<br />I will always be grateful to my nana, the day she passed was a sad day in my life, but she is still there guiding me, and poppies will forever bring her to my mind, even though sweet-peas were her favourite. Red poppies in a field of green wheat will bring tears to my eyes and a smile to my face. I express my faith and my spirituality in my words and my deeds, I get back what I give out, and I am grateful for even the worst of days, because I know that there is better to come.<br /><br />Much love Bron XoxoxoxoxoxoXTerri Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13905689109125586682noreply@blogger.com