My Mom Used to Say....

lisa42 said:

Hatshepsut
Hatshepsut,

I appreciate your thoughts and I admire your "standing up for what you believe in". I was one of the first responders in those "original threads" but have kept pretty quiet about it all lately. I guess you could say I felt "taken to task" by a couple of members and I am gun shy about speaking out on it again. I, too, believe that proselytyzing (sp?) is probably crossing the line & it's possible that I did cross that line at one time. I've stepped back behind the line again,because I do value this board and want to continue to come to this board, but I don't want to always feel here that I can't share anything at all about my faith in God. I do feel sad, though, that certain people are so vehemently upset by it all and choose to respond in such a hostile manner.

Okay, enough said (I think I've used that line before

Take care and press on everyone...
*Oh- on a side note...one thing I'm proud to share with everyone- I joined our local gym last week and have actually been strong enough to now have completed three aerobics classes and I've gone through the circuit machines three times now. I'm making progress and am feeling better each day, even though I'm still on the maintenance chemo.

Lisa

Hi Lisa!
It's good to read you are doing so well! And it's good to see you posting here and on other threads as well.

I appreciate what you wrote above, "I do value this board and want to continue to come to this board, but I don't want to always feel here that I can't share anything at all about my faith in God."

I value this board also, as I expressed in the above posts, and that is why I wanted to throw some cyber-water on the group flame wars going on here, and mostly, to encourage people to be respectful of the beautifully different people and their differing views. There just seemed to be too much shaming happening here at our beloved CRC message board, and regardless of someone's point of view, shaming or flaming another member is utterly unnecessary. I hope I made that point, but I'm seeing some my have missed it. Oh, well. I stood up for what I believe in - my mom used to say that too....

Please continue to come back and post/share to your heart's content - about any subject. Hopefully tolerance, compassion, and understanding will be as much a part of this board as the subject of cancer.

Peace!
Katie