tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4430816887221599577.post2934765848564480950..comments2015-04-26T15:39:19.888-07:00Comments on Desert Deliberations: Great Lent Week 6, Day 2Desert Dwellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07634123982517005157noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4430816887221599577.post-60051972075649599312011-04-21T14:09:25.629-07:002011-04-21T14:09:25.629-07:00To Anonymous, I think you would benefit from going...To Anonymous, I think you would benefit from going back and reading your two posts and reflect on the tone and implications of these posts. Desert Dweller is sharing the teaching of the Greek Orthodox Church and possible ways that we can accomplish these teachings in our daily life as suggestions or ideas, not as directives. <br />In your first post you say "(You better) tell us what you do" and in your second post you say ("so just share your experience with us") I did this to show you that you are acting like the anonmyous dictator you mention in your second post who thinks that their way is the only way. Please take what I have said as positive (not criticism) as Jesus Christ came to save each and every one of us despite our imperfections and sinfulness. May God Bless you and make His face to Shine upon you.+Thomasnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4430816887221599577.post-2759546682904346432011-04-15T08:52:44.619-07:002011-04-15T08:52:44.619-07:00Excuses always proceed from a guilty conscience. T...Excuses always proceed from a guilty conscience. The world is full of anonymous dictators and their precious ideas (of course you are not one of them). We know what to do--Jesus told us--so just share your experience with us.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4430816887221599577.post-19951302358965771262011-04-14T11:52:18.071-07:002011-04-14T11:52:18.071-07:00I'm sorry if I'm leading you to believe th...I'm sorry if I'm leading you to believe that I'm issuing commandments to the world, and not following them myself. That certainly is not who I am. But if you must know...<br /><br /><br />I do visit people in nursing home facilities. Even those who don't really "know" who I am because they have dementia at this point. One person in particular, who has since passed away, was visited more by my family than his own. I have visited invalids and done their shopping/errands if they needed it. My mother quite recently spent time in a nursing home facility, and instead of ignoring the others that were there, I made an effort to at least say hi to people and engage in a small conversations. These are not great things, I am no Mother Theresa for sure, but it is the little things that can be done that I think make even a small difference in the day of the life of another human being. A thoughtful response to "isn't the weather beautiful today?" really isn't that hard. <br /><br />Sorry if it looks like I'm issuing edicts..just ideas really. Sometimes we want to help, but don't know how or where to start. All sorts of people in different stages of their lives read this blog. Some have more free time than others. Our Lord knows our lives, He knows what is possible for us to do and our time constraints. I am married with 3 young children so my time is not always my own. The one thing though, and it's in a post from a few weeks ago, that I can always do is pray. Certainly that is always at hand. And I do that everyday. <br /><br />Again, my apologies to you for coming across as a dictator.Desert Dwellerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07634123982517005157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4430816887221599577.post-48958341279222968772011-04-14T10:50:42.867-07:002011-04-14T10:50:42.867-07:00Instead of telling us what to do you better tell u...Instead of telling us what to do you better tell us what YOU do!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com