2.24.10. I am grateful for my office. It is decorated with pictures of people and things I love, it lets the sunlight in and it's surrounded by great people that I get to work with everyday!
I love my office. Aesthetics are very important to me and I've taken great care to surround myself with photos, flowers, plants and things that make me smile. A teddy bear from Fosi, great music to listen to, well chosen frames, a warm coat, a 'goodie' draw of toiletries and snacks, my purple water bottle, and an orderly desk and work space. I'm contemplating a big potted plant, a water fixture and maybe something scented. . .hmmmm. It's stressful sometimes, like today, I was pretty stressed, but my office can be a little haven when I need it to be. Add to that the great people I work with and I'm pretty lucky, as far as work places go. I'm grateful to have a job doing something meaningful, that pays me and good people to work and laugh with. The polygamy conversation from yesterday's lunch spilled over into today and it was still heated, controversial and hilarious! Let's see what we discuss tomorrow! Grateful to stay home and watch my DVR'd shows tonight!
I missed your discussion from yesterday but thought I would share my own enlightenment.
ReplyDeleteHaving been born and raised in Polygamy I am asked by everyone who hears my story whether I am against Polygamy.
I have to admit that for much of my life I was furious with my parents for raising me in that environment and I adamantly stood strong against the polygamist lifestyle. But that was before I grew up and came into really knowing myself and what I stand for. I stand for freedom and love.
No I am not against Polygamy, in fact I fully support any relationship between consenting loving adults. Who are we to force our own ideas and perceptions of what love should be? Who are we to judge and place our own moral expectations on others? God doesn't judge them, who gives us the right to? Anger and hatred are based in fear, not in love. I do stand bold and strong when relationships are built on fear and intimidation and when the harm of a child or innocent person is involved. Fundamentalism of any religion or extremist movement tends to attract people from the outer fringes of society and gives them permission to act in ways that humanity would not normally consider acceptable. The issue isn't about Polygamy; the issue is about human decency.
We have much bigger issues at hand then how men and women choose to express their love for each other. Let love be love and let us put our energies toward squelching fear and hatred.
Margaret Futerer