Divorce in the church

[berkeley]

I am shocked.

[SDG]

Originally Posted by Berkeley

I am shocked.

I'm working on it ... and often even forcing myself to be more forward in my one-on-one dealings w/ people.

[nahkoe]

Originally Posted by Daniel Alicea

I'm working on it ... and often even forcing myself to be more forward in my one-on-one dealings w/ people.

I'm not an extrovert either. At all. I completely understand having to force yourself to be more forward. I'm going to make peanut brittle with the sweetest people alive tonight, and I keep trying to come up with reasons not to go. lol

I'm not an extrovert either but I've found that I need to make extra effort to open up and get out of my shell, because it helps with the depression when I do that.

Getting out and doing things I don't normally do seriously helps me to stretch and become a more well rounded person. Well rounded people are attracted to well rounded people. I want the next one to be a well rounded person, so I need to be as well...

Granted, I'm thinking way ahead here because I'm not even close to being ready to consider another relationship. I'm still carrying baggage...


By the way, Thanks to Trouvere for this thread... I'm happy to be able to express myself like this on AFF, and I know some of the rest of the folks who've been there are thankful as well...

[nahkoe]

Originally Posted by Ronzo

I'm not an extrovert either but I've found that I need to make extra effort to open up and get out of my shell, because it helps with the depression when I do that.

Getting out and doing things I don't normally do seriously helps me to stretch and become a more well rounded person. Well rounded people are attracted to well rounded people. I want the next one to be a well rounded person, so I need to be as well...

Granted, I'm thinking way ahead here because I'm not even close to being ready to consider another relationship. I'm still carrying baggage...


By the way, Thanks to Trouvere for this thread... I'm happy to be able to express myself like this on AFF, and I know some of the rest of the folks who've been there are thankful as well...

I started out thinking about "the next one" but over time came to the conclusion that *I* deserve to be healthy and well. Just for myself.

I almost always enjoy myself when I get out. It's just that push to go do it that's still hard.

And yes, thank you Sister Trouvere.

Originally Posted by nahkoe

I started out thinking about "the next one" but over time came to the conclusion that *I* deserve to be healthy and well. Just for myself.

I almost always enjoy myself when I get out. It's just that push to go do it that's still hard.

And yes, thank you Sister Trouvere.

I'm beginning to see this myself... I'm beginning to remember that I do in fact have value and God WANTS me to have Life more abundant.

I'm not a piece of trash that deserves to be thrown on the side of the road, even though that's exactly what happened to me. God values me so much that he paid a price of his very own blood to be with me, so I MUST have worth... and if he said He came into this world as a man so that we can have life more abundant, then he must really want me to live that abundant life... NOW.