R's rue

 This topic may not be a fun one, but I should want to return to church, but my heart isn’t there. I find the church now resembles politics and a hierarchy. Church used to fill a void, but now I’m sour. I have faith. I don’t know if Christ resides in the church. If you go, please help dispel what I now think.  from R's rue https://ift.tt/EU6GfIz

"A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed. " Second Amendment to the US Constitution (1791) Back in 1791, those who agreed the wording of The Second Amendment never imagined that America would become the nation it is today. Back then, the population of America was around 2.5 million. Now it is 334 million. They could not have foreseen how big American cities would become. They could not have imagined motor vehicles, air travel, supermarkets and high rise buildings  - let alone gun shops filled with an array of deadly weapons, including automatic rifles. The way that the gun lobby have clung to The Second Amendment is disingenuous. Those folk want to ignore the fact that time has marched on and it is 230 years since well-meaning men drafted The Second Amendment. They could not have anticipated how their amendment would be so misused to justify gun ownership and th...

  It was skills practice in college tonight , so I played the counsellor (on line )which was interesting.We are a group of three and this evening had an opportunity to honestly share why we picked each other to “ do” therapy . I like my fellow students and I guess that is why we were all there …for we like each other.  Donna is a fast talking , nervous Social worker who loves her cats, is theatrically and constantly irritated by her husband and who laughs without a filter.  Caroline is deep, a saleswoman who is good at what she does but who needs to change her career  And there’s me  Three different people who bonded over Carl Rogers, CBT and Maslow’s Hierarchy of needs  Tonight we did skills practice and I talked about my weight and it was important and supportive and caring  We also talked about other things not for Going Gently to share, but I must say that we left tonight’s session each feeling we’ve made two new friends. from Going G...

My WW app gave me a round of applause this morning. It sent me several ❤️❤️ a bit of 👏🏻 But it wasn’t the same as 14 overweight ladies giving you a standing  ovation next to leader Irene in her pencil skirt I’ve lost 4 .8 lbs  An ok start.🥰 I’m reading  Tarka The Otter by Henry Williamson  today . The 1927 novel I picked for Gay Book Club  £2.99 from eBay  from Going Gently https://ift.tt/4dfEhFr