Monday, December 11, 2006

Unequally Yoked

The question should I stay should I go ? Perhaps, will not have to be answered with a new law against batterers.

Just imagine a knock on your door, and you are told to gather a few of your things because you are being asked to leave your home.

And then imagine, leaving your home on a chilly night and you must leave your children behind

And then imagine what the discomfort of knowing you will not hug your child or prepare your child breakfast the next morning, or the next, or the next

And the only way you will see them again without going to jail is for a judge to say it's okay.

Just imagine.. to the survivor..just imagine


Marianne Williamson Poem

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.
Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.
It is our light, not our darkness
That most frightens us.

We ask ourselves
Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?
Actually, who are you not to be?
You are a child of God.
Your playing small
Does not serve the world.

There's nothing enlightened about shrinking
So that other people won't feel insecure around you.
We are all meant to shine, As children do.
We were born to make manifest The glory of God that is within us.
It's not just in some of us; It's in everyone.

And as we let our own light shine,
We unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.
As we're liberated from our own fear,
Our presence automatically liberates others.
Now no more fear. (Bold added)

Is this how we protect our children?

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