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DAILY THOUGHT 4/24/08

This one is a true rambler:  One of the admonitions from the Bible — love your neighbor as yourself — has always bothered me.  I know too many people who despise themselves. 
 
I knew one fellow years ago who had everything going for him:  Good looking to the point that strange women would approach him on the street, so intense that you could almost hear the hormones crackling; a bright mind; a sweet and gorgeous wife; terrific personality.  But he was a tortured soul, who once admitted that, as a marathoner, he ran because there was a point where he got into that out-of-body “zone” where he forgot himself and was at peace.  How heart-breakingly sad.
 
My point?  Not totally sure.  As a Christian, I know from personal experience that everything is forgivable.  Imagine sin and pain — without exception — washed away!  (Better than a “get out of jail free” card.)  Maybe Christ was saying we should love our neighbors AND ourselves.  Just a thought.  God bless, love yourself, like yourself, be kind to yourself and respect yourself.  Bottom line:  Just enjoy being who you are because you, too, are a gift from God.  — jri
 
“Devils can be driven out of the heart by the
touch of a hand.”
        –    Tennessee Williams