The difference is, I am a little crazy... :rolleyes: ;)

Seriously though...

I've got to be crazy to live in the world I must endure...

But, that is the world I chose to immerse my reality into...

The only predictable thing about me is that I will be crazy at some point in the future...

At least that is when I actually do take my prescription medications... LOL :D

I have witnessed your mental breakdown and I am frightened.

AKA_Monet, about that "sting" - I think where I differ is how I react to it, and whether I let that one moment affect me.

Without writing a novel about my life and the experiences I've gone through. I'll just say that about 10 years ago, I decided that I could either go through life angry, or to channel that anger into something productive. I chose the latter.

It's like you said - you refuse to be defined because you are infinite (you contain multitudes! :cool: ). That's how I walk through life. If someone wants to throw negativity at me, I can't control their actions, but I can control how I let it affect me.

When lunacy happens -- and granted, it hasn't happened to me personally in a long, long time -- I just think how sad it must be to be that person who is so bitter, so full of hate, that s/he can't see the beauty of humanity in all its forms. It sounds like tree-hugging hippie crap, and it might seem simplistic, but somehow, someway it just works for me.

I don't know if this even addressed your question...

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HK74,
I think once a person really and truly surrenders to Christ and realizes how deep and pervasive the calling is..its impossible to put anything before that including race or sex. And unless you have this Revelation, you won't understand. I used to be on the other side of the issue...I lived my life and did what I wanted when I wanted..of course I went to church and lived a good life..but I had my own agenda...my Sorority, my friends, my pro-black agenda, my career, etc. I would sometimes be doing Delta stuff 4 out of 7 nights of the week..I looked at it as though since I was doing "good" in the community..that that was all I needed to do.. I now see that being a nice person or doing good won't get you in God's presence..I now see that when you're on your own agenda, its impossible to be completely surrendered to God's or the Kingdom's agenda.. We serve a jealous God and he wants all of our efforts..There is no wonder Paul said I die daily because its not easy to put your own wants in the background...

So in short...I feel you...I definitely do...all we can do is pray for those that are not there yet...and live by example..

You should be... Be VERY scared.... HAAAHAAHAAHAHA!!! :rolleyes: