paravanes:meditations

Failure. Loss. Short end of the stick. Fruitless endeavor. Heartbreaking. Hurt. Pain. These are some of the thoughts and emotions associated with parental alienation . Gather those feelings and multiply them by ten or twenty. You will then know how it feels to accept a “failed reunion” with your child after having battled parental alienation. If you are looking for a formula to help you determine if your reunion with your child has failed, I have no formula to offer you. Only you know when to declare the reunion a failure. Some parents may refuse to ever declare the reunion a failure. These parents may accept mistreatment, financial and other types of abuse, or visible disrespect for an indefinite period of time. They have convinced themselves if they tolerate whatever happens in the relationship with their child, a reunion of sorts has occurred and healing is underway I don’t think that is a very healthy perspective. I have some personal experience with reun...

"Once upon a time, a visitor came to the monastery looking for the purpose and meaning of life. The Teacher said to the visitor, 'If what you seek is Truth, there is one thing you must have above all else.' 'I know', said the visitor. 'To find Truth, I must have an overwhelming passion for it.' 'No", said the Teacher. 'In order to find Truth, you must have an unremitting readiness to admit you may be wrong.' "----from Wisdom Distilled From the Daily , by Joan Chittister photo from Veterans of the Civil Rights Movement Why was it so difficult for the southern, white church to acknowledge segregation was wrong? For some, this question may pose another question: why was it so difficult for southern white culture to acknowledge segregation was wrong? My original question is based upon the assumption that the church does not accept without question or challenge the values and mores of the larger society. In this case, the churc...