tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26181705.post115945299150544443..comments2023-10-12T06:29:13.317-06:00Comments on Beck: DOING THE BEST I CAN...Beckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06159223254071653666noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26181705.post-1159632287996972732006-09-30T10:04:00.000-06:002006-09-30T10:04:00.000-06:00KENGO:By the way, I've read a majority of your blo...KENGO:<BR/><BR/>By the way, I've read a majority of your blog and thank you for your additions to the "neighborhood". I liked your comments about TOUCH and PERSONAL SPACE. Being a returned missionary from a very Latin European mission, I have learned the value of touch and the joy of 18" max. personal space - a subject very personal and central to who I am.Beckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06159223254071653666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26181705.post-1159632037935246402006-09-30T10:00:00.000-06:002006-09-30T10:00:00.000-06:00Kengo:Thanks for the comments. But, I must say th...Kengo:<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the comments. But, I must say that my "internal monologue" IS evil. As much as I spout off and give voice to my thoughts (in hopes of self-counsel), be they good or evil thoughts, many of my desires are EVIL in the sense of ungodly - as I am married and should cleave unto my wife and my wife only!<BR/><BR/>I'm not saying my attractions in and of themselves are evil as I've accepted these sensitivities are natural and good. But in my circumstance, they ARE evil or at best inappropriate.<BR/><BR/>Deep down, I'm really not "doing the best I can". It's too easy to give into these attractions.Beckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06159223254071653666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26181705.post-1159593711942322932006-09-29T23:21:00.000-06:002006-09-29T23:21:00.000-06:00I think that one thing that separates us from othe...I think that one thing that separates us from other members of the church is the fact that we can't be very hypocritical (to ourselves) about our sins, temptations and weaknesses. After all, we're reminded constantly that much of our internal monologue is EVIL.<BR/><BR/>Other members of the Church can delude themselves into thinking that it's okay to drink coffee until a year before their son goes on a mission, or that it's somehow not an expression of adultery to openly flirt with someone else when married. Their sins aren't daily denounced in front of them. <BR/><BR/>We can try, but I think the social stigma that's been beaten into us will never let us forget that _we_are_sinners_.<BR/><BR/>I agree though, that we are blessed with sensitivities, tenderness and love that other men do not have.Kengo Biddleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12083962910965544925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26181705.post-1159553661602415762006-09-29T12:14:00.000-06:002006-09-29T12:14:00.000-06:00Beck--thank you for your last comment on my site--...Beck--thank you for your last comment on my site--would you email me? I have something I want to tell you, but don't have an email contact for you. <BR/>one_bewitched@yahoo.comSamanthahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02216416424593449924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26181705.post-1159545882228418592006-09-29T10:04:00.000-06:002006-09-29T10:04:00.000-06:00I never was great at memorizing lines... but I rem...I never was great at memorizing lines... but I remember in high school having to quote MacBeth - Something like:<BR/><BR/>Out, out, brief candle!<BR/>Life's but a walking shadow, <BR/>A poor player<BR/>That struts and frets<BR/>His hour upon the stage<BR/>And then is heard no more <BR/>It is a tale<BR/>Told by an idiot, <BR/>Full of sound and fury,<BR/>Signifying nothing.<BR/><BR/>I still remember that much. But that's about it. Does that count?Beckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06159223254071653666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26181705.post-1159543546880552122006-09-29T09:25:00.000-06:002006-09-29T09:25:00.000-06:00It's one of my favorite sonnets, but I did have to...It's one of my favorite sonnets, but I did have to google it cuz I didn't remember the exact phrasing. my theatre instructors would not be happy with me. :-)Loyalist (with defects)https://www.blogger.com/profile/17928372020769470585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26181705.post-1159487094956920972006-09-28T17:44:00.000-06:002006-09-28T17:44:00.000-06:00So Loyalist, do you oft quote Shakespeare by heart...So Loyalist, do you oft quote Shakespeare by heart, or did you go look it up!? Very cool. I appreciate your addition to my blog. <BR/><BR/>Ignorance is indeed bliss. For 20 years I denied that I was gay. Now I fail to think otherwise. Which is better? I don't know...Beckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06159223254071653666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26181705.post-1159472078745240352006-09-28T13:34:00.000-06:002006-09-28T13:34:00.000-06:00I've lamented about the same thing - thinking that...I've lamented about the same thing - thinking that "ignorance is indeed, bliss." Oft quoting from Shakepeare's Sonnet 29 - When, in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes,I all alone beweep my outcast state. And trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries<BR/>And look upon myself and curse my fate,Wishing me like to one more rich in hope,Featured like him, like him with friends possess'd,<BR/>Desiring this man's art and that man's scope,With what I most enjoy contented least;Yet in these thoughts myself almost despising,<BR/>Haply I think on thee, and then my state,Like to the lark at break of day arising From sullen earth, sings hymns at heaven's gate;<BR/>For thy sweet love remember'd such wealth brings. That then I scorn to change my state with kings.<BR/><BR/>I never realized B.Y. said that - I will have to remember that for myself as well.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for sharing.Loyalist (with defects)https://www.blogger.com/profile/17928372020769470585noreply@blogger.com