Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/17/84; site hao.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!bellcore!decvax!genrad!teddy!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!hao!woods From: woods@hao.UUCP (Greg Woods) Newsgroups: net.singles Subject: Re: Signals (digression) Message-ID: <1326@hao.UUCP> Date: Mon, 7-Jan-85 20:48:00 EST Article-I.D.: hao.1326 Posted: Mon Jan 7 20:48:00 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 11-Jan-85 04:57:44 EST References: <1555@pucc-h>, <1882@sun.uucp> <1591@pucc-h> <241@stat-l>, <1229@bbncca.ARPA> <1620@pucc-h> Organization: High Altitude Obs./NCAR, Boulder CO Lines: 41 > I have a very hard time accepting myself given that I do not by a long shot > measure up to Christ and His commandment, "Love one another as I have loved > you" Again, as in my previous article, I don't think Christ expected perfection from inherently imperfect human beings. That's why he gave his life, isn't it? Then you shouldn't expect perfection from yourself either. This means *accepting*, not resisting, the fact that you are imperfect and cannot hope to live up to 100% of the Christian ideals 100% of the time, no matter how strongly you believe in it. > therapist has said more than once that self-acceptance is a decision one has > to make for oneself. Hmm.... Wish me luck, I've got 29.5 years of habits > and security built around self-rejection; self-acceptance means dynamiting > my whole life. Go for it, Jeff. Push the plunger. I've just dynamited my whole life of believing that no one cares and that it doesn't matter what I do in this world. Those who have read my negative articles for several years wouldn't believe this group I'm involved with now. We are totally committed to service to others and to making a difference in this world. And we can do it, too. We turned Larimer square, the 16th street mall and the Tabor Center (in Denver) upside down last Saturday night. We created so much excitement that people followed us around all night to see what we would do next. And our service project to feed and clothe poor kids... But I'm getting off track. The point of bringing that up is that if you see that your present life is not working for you (and I get that from you very strongly), you can indeed "dynamite it". I did. It wasn't easy. It takes a lot of commitment, and I had the support of a lot of wonderful people. But there's more than one way to skin a cat; you don't have to go through the experience that I did. If you want to change badly enough, you will change. Whatever it takes. Love, --Greg -- {ucbvax!hplabs | allegra!nbires | decvax!stcvax | harpo!seismo | ihnp4!stcvax} !hao!woods "...once in a while you can get shown the light in the strangest of places if you look at it right..."