Strange

I got a “snail mail” delivered to my home yesterday. I opened it this morning. The return address block read simply, “90210.” That’s the zip code for Beverly Hills, CA, but the envelope was mailed from Dulles, VA. The envelope was hand-addressed in a beautiful feminine handwriting. The only contents were a printout of “The Brian Diaries.” Handwritten in the upper left-hand corner of the first page were the omenous words, “And you still love her!”

I know Valerie’s handwriting; this is not hers. So who mailed this? Are they acting on her behalf, or alone? Val, if you’re married, just say so!

And Valerie, if you should be so inclined to remove said article from your webpage, perhaps you can try "imzadi" or some variant.

Love is unconditional.

If you could stop loving someone on the basis of a change in circumstances or information, it must not be unconditional love. So many of us have been hurt in the persuit of unconditional love. If you are one of them, you're in my prayers.

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I’m in denial.

The title of this post says it all. If you’re part of the situation to which I’m alluding, then you know what I mean; if not, don’t worry about it.

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Contrary vs. Rebellious

Although a young child being contrary and a person being rebellious may look similar and might have similar results, I think there’s an important difference between them. One is a youngster trying to find his or her identity in disagreement, simply for its own sake. The other is someone having already made up his or her mind as to what he or she wants and resenting authority because that authority blocks them from achieving their stated goal. We may chuckle at the first, which is merely a game kids play; but the second is much more serious. Unfortunately, we have many in our culture who are making their own rules today. They tend to associate with those who agree with them, in many cases to their own peril and destruction. I the first case, it's fairly easy to set the child straight. Correction in the second case, however, is much more difficult.