tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362903411474112827.post1970151048848239849..comments2023-08-23T04:40:19.051-07:00Comments on Cheryl de los Reyes Cruz: My way or the highway (to Hell)Cherylhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01679485132057382813noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362903411474112827.post-67302153406214245422009-05-19T11:19:00.000-07:002009-05-19T11:19:00.000-07:00Hi Shanster, thanks! And yes, we pretty much know ...Hi Shanster, thanks! And yes, we pretty much know how difficult, impossible really, it is to change another person's mind, yet there's still that compulsion to try anyway. It's an endless debate. And after that long, long election season, I'd rather think about other things.Cherylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01679485132057382813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362903411474112827.post-53465285736638576292009-05-19T08:51:00.000-07:002009-05-19T08:51:00.000-07:00Like yelling at an orange... funny! Good post....Like yelling at an orange... funny! Good post. Yes, I think politics and religion are so tuned in to personal beliefs. Would be hard to convince anyone to change their view. I think you are one wise woman in your response to David... is it more important to be right or to be happy?Shansterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04397551985965117012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362903411474112827.post-73936369066581935802009-05-18T11:33:00.000-07:002009-05-18T11:33:00.000-07:00Hi Dam Ferreira, Thanks for visiting! Hope you com...Hi Dam Ferreira, Thanks for visiting! Hope you come by again.<br /><br />Hi Chris Boyd, I agree with you. But I can understand the impulse to want to understand, to feel safe in knowing in other words. For myself, I like wondering and am more or less comfortable in not knowing.Cherylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01679485132057382813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362903411474112827.post-36696561957840786452009-05-18T07:54:00.000-07:002009-05-18T07:54:00.000-07:00Nice post Cheryl. I feel for you. Nobody can truly...Nice post Cheryl. I feel for you. Nobody can truly know what (or if) God is or what the secrets of the universe are. And anyone who thinks they do know what it is all about is fooling themselves. <br /><br />All we can do is wonder at the mystery of it all and be amazed and inspired by it.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09467674676691442103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362903411474112827.post-7147875373779701042009-05-17T07:11:00.000-07:002009-05-17T07:11:00.000-07:00I like your blog
very interestingI like your blog<br />very interestingDam Ferreirahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04589572697836995219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362903411474112827.post-70121101607556950952009-05-16T18:34:00.000-07:002009-05-16T18:34:00.000-07:00Hi Paris Parfait, thanks, I'm thinking of turning ...Hi Paris Parfait, thanks, I'm thinking of turning one of them into a painting. The emails - what to do though when some ofn those 'real Americans' are within my own family? Argument doesn't get me very far so I just support Obama as much as I can, try to stay as informed as I can, and avoid family when possible.Cherylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01679485132057382813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362903411474112827.post-9015746299482201582009-05-16T13:01:00.000-07:002009-05-16T13:01:00.000-07:00These are lovely photos. As for those people sendi...These are lovely photos. As for those people sending crazy emails: if these self-appointed "real Americans" would spend half as much time trying to learn and understand the facts about the world instead of spinning and twisting stories until they're unrecognisable, we'd all be better off. It's really sad that so many people are determined to be miserable, rather than help solve the problems we face.paris parfaithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05457437124988976587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362903411474112827.post-77321122395890054572009-05-15T16:08:00.000-07:002009-05-15T16:08:00.000-07:00Hi Leesa, I am too. I see only openness, intellige...Hi Leesa, I am too. I see only openness, intelligence, thoughtfulness and tolerance in him. That others don't sometimes floors me. But it's merely the flip side of how democrats used to react to Bush. Patience and tolerance...<br /><br />I hope they're angels too! Can't wait to see your pictures!Cherylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01679485132057382813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362903411474112827.post-83234564509157617602009-05-15T15:13:00.000-07:002009-05-15T15:13:00.000-07:00Hi Cheryl,
I sooo agree with you on this post!! ...Hi Cheryl,<br /><br />I sooo agree with you on this post!! I can't stand getting forwarded propaganda and hate email... It only breeds more prejudice and racism!! I am also very happy that Obama is running the ship now, even though I am here in France... <br />Those little specks of light are heavenly... Maybe they are indeed angels!! : ) I'm posting some pictures from Budapest of some beautiful churches we visited... <br />Take care and have a nice weekend... <br />LeeseLeesahttp://islandgirl4ever2.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362903411474112827.post-48577487421691033272009-05-15T11:38:00.000-07:002009-05-15T11:38:00.000-07:00Oh, forgot to add, I definitely intend to keep blo...Oh, forgot to add, I definitely intend to keep blogging!Cherylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01679485132057382813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362903411474112827.post-11956238170690390982009-05-15T11:30:00.000-07:002009-05-15T11:30:00.000-07:00Hi French Fancy, ah! you spotted the poignant aspe...Hi French Fancy, ah! you spotted the poignant aspect! When I wrote the last paragraph I admit I got a little choked up. Part of what prompted the post was the frustration of a lifetime of being judged and misunderstood by my family. And, in my quieter moments, the inner knowing that such things don't matter. Or at least are not necessary for my happiness. And if I want acceptance and to be understood, I have to work on accepting and understanding myself.Cherylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01679485132057382813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362903411474112827.post-38597895251801260642009-05-15T11:03:00.000-07:002009-05-15T11:03:00.000-07:00*f I don't want to find myself being thrown into a...*f I don't want to find myself being thrown into a van one day and taken to some Catholic safe house*<br /><br />Now you have to keep blogging - any gap and we'll worry you've been kidnapped.<br /><br />Great, funny - and poignant - blog postFrench Fancy...https://www.blogger.com/profile/04941577892849157015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362903411474112827.post-12637048678496839062009-05-15T03:51:00.000-07:002009-05-15T03:51:00.000-07:00Thanks Peter, yes, tolerance! Though I can underst...Thanks Peter, yes, tolerance! Though I can understand, I think, where such intolerance comes from. It's like the desire to live in a gated community, the hope that one can make oneself safe enough from all the dangers of the world if one could just rearrange things outside oneself according to plan, keeping certain things out other things in. Looking at it from my liberal point of view I can think of this desire as foolish. On the other hand, I've felt that way myself sometimes though I'm sure I didn't recognize myself as foolish.Cherylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01679485132057382813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362903411474112827.post-63221979508609458432009-05-15T03:29:00.000-07:002009-05-15T03:29:00.000-07:00A really interesting post ... and with interesting...A really interesting post ... and with interesting comments! ... and if the major thing we should all believe in would be tolerance?PeterParishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09694538476960957295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362903411474112827.post-54995785346016274452009-05-14T12:13:00.000-07:002009-05-14T12:13:00.000-07:00Ha! I just got my first angry comment today! Oh, b...Ha! I just got my first angry comment today! Oh, boy was this anonymous person mad! I don't know what the point of this is, is it that Bush supporters are hypocrites? You're the hypocrite, etc. and so on, he/she said.<br /><br />The point of my post is that no one has the right to force someone else's opinion onto another person. And, that I'd rather feel peaceful right now than debate which side is right or wrong. It's interesting that what I wrote could make someone so angry. That my main points could become entirely lost in translation and my words be viewed as a provocation rather than a self exploration. Not even my family, though they might well meaningly threaten me with hell (lol), would react with such vehemence towards me. Oh well. This blog is an honest expression and exploration of how I think and feel for which I won't apologize nor censor for anyone. Freedom of expression! Yeah!Cherylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01679485132057382813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362903411474112827.post-40907764127644666352009-05-14T10:45:00.000-07:002009-05-14T10:45:00.000-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Cherylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01679485132057382813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362903411474112827.post-69268834545649256792009-05-13T22:11:00.000-07:002009-05-13T22:11:00.000-07:00Hi Embee, we're definitely in agreement there. Fai...Hi Embee, we're definitely in agreement there. Faith is too personal for the one size fit's all-ness of most institutional religions. My family, though, would argue that this sort of thinking, this personalization of faith, is a great evil. And when I once told one of them I thought it was a good idea actually, he replied, "how will you know what to believe?" Oh well...in one ear, out the other. We are all searchers in each our own way.Cherylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01679485132057382813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362903411474112827.post-48556359855479734512009-05-13T20:11:00.000-07:002009-05-13T20:11:00.000-07:00Unfortunately, family (just like religion) is comp...Unfortunately, family (just like religion) is complicated. I have a brother-in-law who is like your uncle. I try not to talk to him because he makes my blood pressure skyrocket. To me, faith is intensely personal, and I find the institution of religion too limiting to encompass faith, so I have stayed away from religion. I try to stay away from family sometimes, too!M. Bailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12811654487507824088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362903411474112827.post-8762542492636004372009-05-13T14:28:00.000-07:002009-05-13T14:28:00.000-07:00Thanks Carol Anne! I'm sending you lots of gratitu...Thanks Carol Anne! I'm sending you lots of gratitude in return! Life..I try to focus more on the magical, but it is definitely crazy too. Haven't read that book, but I admit I am rather fascinated by spirit photography. It's just too interesting.Cherylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01679485132057382813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362903411474112827.post-44774693800130976142009-05-13T14:23:00.000-07:002009-05-13T14:23:00.000-07:00Hi PurestGreen, that is a very good point. He woul...Hi PurestGreen, that is a very good point. He would be offended. But, alas, somehow I can't really bring myself to block him. I'm sure now, hopefully, he'll think twice before sending me his chain ramblings. <br />And Ooooo! Scottish candy! Will do.<br /><br />Hi Merisi, chain emails, amusing at best. And a natural inclination to get others to agree with you, I think. But the methods, more like a demand than a request, may not be the best way to go.<br /><br />An artists mass in Rome! I've just added another thing on my Can't Wait To Do List! I love visiting churches too. One of my favorite <br />memories of Paris is attending mass at Notre Dame. Magical.Cherylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01679485132057382813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362903411474112827.post-56444653392038001662009-05-13T14:13:00.000-07:002009-05-13T14:13:00.000-07:00Hi La Belette Rouge, I used to consider myself agn...Hi La Belette Rouge, I used to consider myself agnostic, but now I just don't know and I've gotten comfortable not knowing. I've seen and experienced too many inexplicable things. Science might try to explain it away as something in about my brain ;-) but I think human experience is too complicated for that.<br /><br />I definitely agree with you that the more a group things they know and understand God the more uncomfortable I am with them. It seems rather against human nature in a way, or against the very core of the teachings of the church (love thy neighbor as yourself) this unyielding certainty. A person is either in or out. very strange.<br /><br />And thanks for appreciating my photography addiction!Cherylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01679485132057382813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362903411474112827.post-33311038987808554362009-05-13T13:59:00.000-07:002009-05-13T13:59:00.000-07:00HI Beth, I do, I have to say. I want to believe th...HI Beth, I do, I have to say. I want to believe they are. But I don't know about the family thing. I mean it's interesting how those in the same family or group can develop such differing beliefs although they've all been raised the same way. Just shows how marvelously complex we all are.<br /><br />Dedene - I usually just delete them. But, I have to admit putting my uncle in the spam category is more difficult. At least, I hope, he won't send me any more of those mass emails.Cherylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01679485132057382813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362903411474112827.post-57756472564931940892009-05-13T13:32:00.000-07:002009-05-13T13:32:00.000-07:00Isn't life crazy at times ... but so magical too! ...Isn't life crazy at times ... but so magical too! <br /><br />Oooh ... and how exciting ... an orb! These fascinate me, especially after reading a book titled Beyond Photography by Katie Hall and John Pickering.<br /><br />Sending you love and light, Cheryl. Have a magical day. xxCarol Anne Strange https://www.blogger.com/profile/03754641845220443208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362903411474112827.post-23427525209549982412009-05-13T13:19:00.000-07:002009-05-13T13:19:00.000-07:00I will never understand what motivates people to s...I will never understand what motivates people to send along chain emails, "humorous" ones, let alone some that are full of controveral topics. <br /><br />I love visiting churches. When I moved from the countryside to Rome, I enjoyed having so many choices on Sundays. There was one were each Sunday at 11am an artist's mass was held. I cherish these memories.Merisihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16781937797213521146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6362903411474112827.post-34911598988362423942009-05-13T13:18:00.000-07:002009-05-13T13:18:00.000-07:00Hi David, I didn't want to reply to your reply unt...Hi David, I didn't want to reply to your reply until I'd had a good couple of cups of tea. Anyway, dogma, left and right. I agree with you that the left can be as extreme and hateful as the right. It's the inflexibility and inability to listen to the other side, I think. <br /><br />But after disagreeing with my family my entire life, it's taught me over and over again that the more one side pushes, the more the other resists. The more one holds on to one point of view, the less able one is to see the other clearly. And I can either step aside or stay angry. I'm working towards getting to that point where I no longer automatically react. Would I rather be right or be happy? When I see people like the Dalai Lama feeling compassion towards those trying to undermine or hurt him, I'm in awe. And I can see how the things I react to are usually pretty petty. Not there yet though. And thank you, really, for being able to relate to my posts. It's good to know I can reach anyone.Cherylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01679485132057382813noreply@blogger.com