lemons

so many lemons and little lemonade.

But we must keep working for that sweet taste. and we must keep our head up even in the worst blizzard, for we do not know where we are going unless we are looking ahead at our unclear path.

bless those that I love, and those that are loved by others, not for what we think about them, but for what we believe in them.

1920's "The Big Rock Candy Mountain"

we all have a place that we dream of in sleep, that we search for while awake, that we escape too in times of pain, and a place we visit when we are searching for inspiration, and it is the place that our minds create what we have inside of us.

we must search for places like this in our lives, to remind us that life is one big journey. Suggested readings for some light on this subject: T.S. Eliots The Four Quartets. hah who would have guessed?

Questions for Proverbs

I have thumbed through these pocket Bibles before but never truly read the passages. I sat down this morning and read the entire book of Proverbs. I found some passages to be truly insightful. But have concerns about the portrail of women in this book. I have not read The Bible in full, and am wondering why it is that I felt shameful for my gender after reading Proverbs? Are women considered too be the creators of sin? Is woman less than man in the eyes of the Lord, as well as all Christians? And am I right in saying that the book is God speaking directly to man and not woman? For nowhere did I find the words 'my daughter' in this book, and yet "my son" is used multiple times thought out its entirety. Aren't we all supposed to be equals in the eyes of God?

know I have done wrong in my life, but am I supposed to learn from The Bible that this was simply my fate, because I am a daughter of Eve? And you know what, I don't even know if I truly believe in this kind of gibberish. I guess I shouldn't call it gibberish, but sometimes that what i think of religious literature. People spouting off about this and that, and right vs wrong, and the fear that we all need to live with, and the acceptance that we all sinners and lambs that only know how to follow the paths of the lord or the devil.

Why must we live in fear, if love is supposed to fill our hearts? It seems a bit contradictory to preach love but instill fear