Comments on: Not Responsible

By: Myra

Myra — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 18:31:19 +0000

I read about McQueen’s death today and googled lobster claw shoes… that’s how I found you. Great blog. Just wonderful. I wish all of you would check out Dr. Greg Baer’s website http://www.reallove.com. He taught me these things and more when I was in my 40’s about to go through my second divorce. Real love means caring about the happiness of others and needing nothing from them… it’s not seen very often, and masquerades itself as “imitation” love, power, praise, sex, etc., etc., It’s the path to happiness. Keep on digging, this is good stuff.

By: eliz

eliz — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 02:12:58 +0000

@Sue – Yeah, but (said as one word, “yeahbut”) … what about everyone else? I know it should reassure me that the church to which I belong teaches exactly what I’d like my daughter to hear, but it’s not enough. Doesn’t every young person deserve to hear this? It makes me sad to think, “Well, hopefully my kid will get this message, so that’s all I care about.” And it also bothers me that the truth that marriage is work; a decision, not an emotion; giving without keeping score of the receiving; etc. is relegated to religion. It marginalizes information that everyone needs. And since it’s got the taint of religion to it, it loses its cred, is easily dismissed by “nonbelievers.” In fact, the “unchurched” probably need it hear it more. (And by that I don’t mean that “the unchurched sure have a lot to learn from us, boy howdy!” but in the sense that they, just by luck or chance, may never be exposed to this view of marriage.)

By: eliz

eliz — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 00:23:01 +0000

It means that however crappy the plot or storyline or performances may be, the homes, offices, businesses everything built for the movie are so lusciously gorgeous that they make it worth watching.