Hey Guys!
Well this is more of a comment to Si's post on Monday than it is a post on its own! I was going to post a comment on Si's site but I felt it more appropriate to write my feelings on my own blog. And its a bit big!
Really it is just to say that I know I have gone through times in my life (and I still do) where worrying about how others perceive me has made me want to stay indoors and never see another person! It is also to say that as I've got older this has happened less and less. I don't think this is about age I think its about believing in yourself and trusting in God! Of course I go through times of paranoia and I am still incredibly sensitive (it doesn't take a lot to make me wail like a big baby) BUT I don't tend to worry as much about how my friends see me because I know how embarrassing it can be to be with me when I'm hyper and crazy and loud, and most of my true friends either don't care OR they like that side of me!
The other thing from Si's blog is Narnia! I first saw the 1979 made for TV cartoon of The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe (yes folks its the same age as me) when I was very young and my parents taped it on Betamax and I watched it so many times that by the time I read the books when I was about 7 or 8 I didn't need any help working out the long words in the dialogue because I knew it all off by heart! I have always cried uncontrollably at the stone table scene and found it the most moving and emotional piece of fiction! However I was mistaken! This isn't fiction in the strictest sense, Aslan (Jesus) died for Edmund's (Our) sins and he returned to save Narnia (the world) which he had created in The Magicians Nephew (Genesis). C.S.Lewis' work was the first taste of Christianity for me and I think it has affected my life ever since.
So as the Psalms tell us...
3 Trust in the LORD and do good;
dwell in the land and enjoy safe pasture.
4 Delight yourself in the LORD
and he will give you the desires of your heart.
love and stuff j9 xxx
Well this is more of a comment to Si's post on Monday than it is a post on its own! I was going to post a comment on Si's site but I felt it more appropriate to write my feelings on my own blog. And its a bit big!
Really it is just to say that I know I have gone through times in my life (and I still do) where worrying about how others perceive me has made me want to stay indoors and never see another person! It is also to say that as I've got older this has happened less and less. I don't think this is about age I think its about believing in yourself and trusting in God! Of course I go through times of paranoia and I am still incredibly sensitive (it doesn't take a lot to make me wail like a big baby) BUT I don't tend to worry as much about how my friends see me because I know how embarrassing it can be to be with me when I'm hyper and crazy and loud, and most of my true friends either don't care OR they like that side of me!
The other thing from Si's blog is Narnia! I first saw the 1979 made for TV cartoon of The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe (yes folks its the same age as me) when I was very young and my parents taped it on Betamax and I watched it so many times that by the time I read the books when I was about 7 or 8 I didn't need any help working out the long words in the dialogue because I knew it all off by heart! I have always cried uncontrollably at the stone table scene and found it the most moving and emotional piece of fiction! However I was mistaken! This isn't fiction in the strictest sense, Aslan (Jesus) died for Edmund's (Our) sins and he returned to save Narnia (the world) which he had created in The Magicians Nephew (Genesis). C.S.Lewis' work was the first taste of Christianity for me and I think it has affected my life ever since.
So as the Psalms tell us...
3 Trust in the LORD and do good;
dwell in the land and enjoy safe pasture.
4 Delight yourself in the LORD
and he will give you the desires of your heart.
love and stuff j9 xxx
posted by thej9 at
2:39 AM
3 Comments:
Great blog Janine... I've always worried about how people perceive me... my counsellor seems to think it's just plain stupid but I somehow can't help it! I like to be liked and if people don't like something I've done or the way I am it really bothers me! Even with people I don't know, it's weird!
Ah well, I'm sure it'll change eventually! I remember the 1979 TV version of The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe... I watched it lots in the early 90s!
You're a star! Si. xx
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Simon Bridgwater, at 5:51 PM
For reference, I wasn't alive in 1979! Add another 7 years! xx
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Simon Bridgwater, at 1:38 AM
Hi Sweetheart
Just to say, that I love hanging out with you, I like crazy people, you make me feel alive :-) Hey, I hope you are doing fine. And if ever you got some time you should hop into a plane and fly to Switzerland to visit me. There are really cheep flights. Miss you much! Thanks for all your prayers, I am more alive that some weeks before but still not quite myself - this takes longer than i thought it would. Love and hug
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Simone's adventures, at 5:53 AM
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