That's beautiful, Stacey. And exactly right.

What a terrific post. And so true. Only at first I thought it was Jax writing it and it kinda threw me off when he was talking about being your age.

But again, wonderful.

You hit it right on the spot. A friend of mine gave me a copy of a poem from her Llama (she's a Buddhist) In it he says don't go out looking for the elephant when he's been in your own garden all the time.

It's the truth, and you said it well and simply. That, in itself, is a gift.

tw: you're right! it does look like jax wrote it. i must fix that.

Well said!!

Will you be my mom? I would just love to hear soomething like this from either one of my parents.

wow. thanks, dear readers!

Awesome post Stacey. Being a Christian is, for me, at times very difficult. Most of my friends have the same trouble that you described here. They were unable to feel it the same way I do. I don't really think of it as a magic as much as a faith, one more powerful than any other I have ever had. I like the feeling of waking up everyday knowing that Someone loves me no matter what goes wrong in my earthly life I just know that He is there for me.
I only wish that I could describe my feelings as eloquently as you did yours!

Stacey for President!

This is another awesome post, Stace!! You ROCK!!!

Anji, honey, ( A friend of mine gave me a copy of a poem from her Llama (she's a Buddhist) In it he says don't go out looking for the elephant when he's been in your own garden all the time., a llama is a South American 4-footed camelid.

I think you want lama.

Although I've met a couple of lamas who look like llamas.

But I digress.

I cannot say I "believe" in any of the manisfestations of divine being as represented in the Old Testament or the New Testament.

I can say that in every culture I have ever studied, there is an expression of the ineffable, the mysterious, the unseen, the sacred.

That's enough for me, today. I personally like the 4 Noble Truths and the 8fold path. I like that there are no Gods standing around passing judgment on me.

And when I go to meetings and somebody says,"God has a plan" I can just say, "well, OK then." Nope. No plan, not in this universe. That's ok, though, I don't have to set them right.