tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18283131.post7187575018815911796..comments2024-03-12T19:34:23.734-04:00Comments on Everyday with dan...: Being conformeddanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10088260285661911833noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18283131.post-43413351591793430512008-11-04T07:38:00.000-05:002008-11-04T07:38:00.000-05:00Good comments, folks. Thanks.Good comments, folks. Thanks.danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10088260285661911833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18283131.post-47223310401368074762008-11-03T18:19:00.000-05:002008-11-03T18:19:00.000-05:00On a different train of thought, I do think we thi...On a different train of thought, I do think we think of being conformed backwards. We think of conforming ourselves - which puts the pressure on us, but also leaves the control with us. I always want to somehow master spiritual disciplines so I can make myself more Christlike and then just end up frustrating myself. Anyway...thanks for sharing everyone!JAHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01158413163116547799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18283131.post-23511203790063168932008-11-03T13:46:00.000-05:002008-11-03T13:46:00.000-05:00whoa - i was just thinking abotu this stuff. funny...whoa - i was just thinking abotu this stuff. funny how that works.<BR/><BR/>i read a statistic while i was writing my paper about how much higher suicide rates are amongst men than women - especially now. As men are losing their jobs, or are even just afraid that they will, they feel like they've lost their self worth. It's not a good thing and I have a feeling it will get worse before it gets better.<BR/><BR/>And then this morning as I was doing my Sunday School lesson one of the questions asked why freedom can be scary. And i think it's because we often find comfort in our oppression. Like in the movie Shawshank Redemption - they prisoners are freed and don't knwo what to do. I think the same is true for drama adicts and even people who are depressed. The familiar is comfortable even if it's binding. <BR/><BR/>Anyway...this is a really good post. Thanks for sharing.<BR/><BR/>P.S. I bought Rob Bell's book...so far I enjoy it. Lots of history.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18283131.post-20127541467843780872008-11-03T12:51:00.000-05:002008-11-03T12:51:00.000-05:00MR,I also have known at least two drama addicts, o...MR,<BR/><BR/>I also have known at least two drama addicts, one of whom expressed the very thing you talk about, that their life would be boring otherwise. In both cases they came from <B>very</B> dysfunctional families and upbringings, really horrific stuff, and so I think they got used to "life equals drama" at an age literally before they could remember.<BR/><BR/>Sort of similar to a friend of mine who killed himself three years ago. Before that he self-medicated a lot, but would not take anti-depressants because they made him "think wrong", i.e., in a way that maybe wasn't depressed, but also made him feel he wasn't himself. How many of us are unwilling to let ourselves be changed because we are "comfortable" with what we are now, even when that is causing us great pain?Jim Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02634460171128306060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18283131.post-17104702485728477542008-11-03T12:48:00.000-05:002008-11-03T12:48:00.000-05:00Speaking of the way people are being the root of t...Speaking of the way people are being the root of the problem. I was speaking to someone you know a couple of weeks ago and after she told me about a string of dramatic circumstances brought about by bad decisions I said "that's a lot of drama for one person, do you like drama?" And, quite to my surprise, she admitted that yes, if it weren't for the drama life would be boring. Apparently she's making bad decisions as an engine to generate drama. Wow! You could spend the rest of their years trying to change someone like that with a drama addiction.MRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03543269000083131799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18283131.post-8178627398259813112008-11-03T12:22:00.000-05:002008-11-03T12:22:00.000-05:00I loved this and needed it RIGHT NOW, so thanks fo...I loved this and needed it RIGHT NOW, so thanks for posting it!<BR/><BR/>Big changes coming, I think... (hope...fear...)Jim Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02634460171128306060noreply@blogger.com