anagramofbrat: (this too shall pass)
anagramofbrat ([personal profile] anagramofbrat) wrote2009-11-10 04:13 pm
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All too true

Bit of an email from Nuke today:

God doesn't give you the people you want; He gives you the people you NEED... to help you, to hurt you, to leave you, to love you and to make you into the person you were meant to be.


There's a bit of well-timed perspective. *sigh* Yeah, no way of avoiding it, this week is gonna be full of the squirm inducing think. And goddamn it *sigh* I still need to go get my wrist tattoo.

In other news, I am suiting up and heading to Haven tonight. I need to get my EXTREME FLAIL on.

[identity profile] lysscat.livejournal.com 2009-11-10 09:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Mmmaybe we could carpool? You don't usually drink there, right? I'll gladly pay gas money for a DD.

[identity profile] cell23.livejournal.com 2009-11-10 09:39 pm (UTC)(link)
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[identity profile] cara-chapel.livejournal.com 2009-11-10 09:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Saw you on friendsfriends... I can't help but interject an alternative perspective. I wonder about the accuracy of this statement; did I really NEED to become a bitter, alienated, rage-filled person without hope who has finally had the ability to trust and/or care about men mercilessly flayed out of me at the hand of more men than I care to count? And what about all the other people in this position, only worse? For example, people who are raped as children by parents or other authority figures and permanently scarred. When I think of these things, I can't help but doubt that statement.

Sorry to subject you to my own existential dilemma. But I don't think I want to believe in a God who would rationalize deliberately hurting people in the service of some mysterious future goal that may never be discovered and may not even ultimately be intended for the service of the person being hurt. And I know nothing about your situation, but I do hope you won't let yourself be hurt in relationships and rationalize it, enduring the abuse, because someone told you "Well, God must mean for it to achieve something useful."

Good luck!