tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4257056374166663396.post277376759506967712..comments2024-01-06T10:54:23.028+00:00Comments on Get Out of Jail Free: Beholden to no one?AnneDroidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15381935612631976494noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4257056374166663396.post-10704116260530611772008-08-16T15:50:00.000+01:002008-08-16T15:50:00.000+01:00"None of us can be truly independent. If so, we'd ..."None of us can be truly independent. If so, we'd need to grow our own food, hunt our own meat, make our own clothes with cotton we process ourselves."<BR/><BR/>Ha ha, yes, you're so right. I'd be so rubbish at true independence. I need Tesco to do my hunter-gathering for me.<BR/><BR/>Welcome here, btw.<BR/><BR/>Dawn and Ruth, it's good you understand.<BR/><BR/>Mr N, a great quote!AnneDroidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15381935612631976494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4257056374166663396.post-81439414727449455892008-08-16T14:37:00.000+01:002008-08-16T14:37:00.000+01:00I think once we "get it" that we are all one, the ...I think once we "get it" that we are all one, the weighing, measuring and score-keeping become less important. Macho independence is a product of the culture rather than our human nature which is to live interdependently. <BR/><BR/>Independence is an illusion. None of us can be truly independent. If so, we'd need to grow our own food, hunt our own meat, make our own clothes with cotton we process ourselves. That's the logical extrapolation of complete independence. <BR/><BR/>Nice blog, btw. I'll be back. I like reading about redemption. :)<BR/><BR/>~*thailandchanihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10171731740204067889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4257056374166663396.post-26582790156700002542008-08-15T18:45:00.000+01:002008-08-15T18:45:00.000+01:00That was so good! I have this same problem and I ...That was so good! I have this same problem and I know it affects my relationship with God sometimes...I don't want to be so independent that I can't put my trust in God.dawn klingehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10068232686648964979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4257056374166663396.post-32627571562050842192008-08-15T13:23:00.000+01:002008-08-15T13:23:00.000+01:00I hear you. I used to struggle so much thinking I ...I hear you. I used to struggle so much thinking I had to get my act together before I came to God. It still crops up now and then. It's so hard for us to admit we are totally and utterly beholden to God.Ruth Hull Chatlienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08797146501548509911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4257056374166663396.post-27061955360207339892008-08-15T07:32:00.000+01:002008-08-15T07:32:00.000+01:00"If only God would give me some clear sign! Like m..."If only God would give me some clear sign! Like making a large deposit in my name in a Swiss bank." - Woody AllenMr. Nighttimehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09546329409708860876noreply@blogger.com