Gone... or gone

divorce, death....

both deal with separation, sure
both are full of all kinds of pain, yes
both leave an irreplaceable void
both darken the future, emotionally and physically

divorce -- it is possible, at some point, to lay eyes again upon the one gone; choice, yours or his; there's a chance

death -- she yearns for just one more word with the one gone, one more glimpse; no choice, no chance; at least not hers

psychologically speaking, both are losses.
but they are not the same
they do not come close to each other
everything one knows does not come out of a book or a set of statistics or the results of a study

Shut up

Don't express your opinions -- people will accuse you of judging. Oh, no!

Don't like it?
The answer from the defensive ones apparently is: don't watch it, don't listen, don't shop there, don't, don't, don't ....

Let's see... how else can we impose punitive measures on those who dare criticize our choices....

So... be blind and deaf to sin,
or close the ears, like, literally! Maybe wear blindfolds.....
or turn off all electronic media -- TV, radio, computers....
find alternative places to shop, even if it is out of the way and prices may be steeper.....


Those defensive ones who say "Don't judge me!" feel entitled to limit your rights.
So they may practice theirs.

Don't judge, lest ye be judged. Jesus said that. This is often quoted by those defensive ones as well. Most usually, that is the only part of the Bible they read. Well, maybe they just heard about that part, not actually read it!

But.... should your opinion match with any of those, then it is not judging but agreement.
People are not interested in anyone else's opinion unless they happen to share it.

Amazing!

He died not for men, but for each man. If each man had been the only man made, He would have done no less.

C. S. Lewis

I love you

When I saw you I fell in love, and you smiled because you knew.