tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791373253545709506.post1352313517867672381..comments2023-10-18T08:48:39.075-07:00Comments on Living Transgender In American Society Today: Pondering Faith and Walking OpenlyEva-Genevieve!http://www.blogger.com/profile/05487094656415792068noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791373253545709506.post-37530694697204128602011-06-13T08:40:02.505-07:002011-06-13T08:40:02.505-07:00Thank you all for the encouragement!! When I first...Thank you all for the encouragement!! When I first Came out I did not have nearly the amount of verbal abuse as I do now. I am learning to cope because I am learning to understand why people act this way. Understanding (or trying to) is the key to surviving the slurs.<br /><br />I am also grateful for you and thank God for you, my friends because I know I am not alone in the struggle. Without you it would be a very lonely battle indeed, one that I might not have the strength to endure.<br /><br />Hugs and Blessings,<br />Eva-Genevieve!Eva-Genevieve!https://www.blogger.com/profile/05487094656415792068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791373253545709506.post-75737986257347374132011-06-13T07:00:12.026-07:002011-06-13T07:00:12.026-07:00“Think of the time you have said: ‘I can’t write,’...“Think of the time you have said: ‘I can’t write,’ ‘I can’t paint,’ ‘I can’t run,’ ‘I can’t shout,’ ‘I can’t dance,’ ‘I can’t sing.’ Since this is not literally true, you were really saying: ‘I can’t meet some outside standard. I’m not acceptable as I am.’” Gloria Steinem<br />It is so distressing to think that people can be so mean as to say cruel things to others. Some say people with different sexual orientations are like a vile cancer that threatens to corrupt the morals of society. But what are these righteous morals that are so threatened? It seems to me that people who spew insults on others don’t have a very well developed moral system to begin with. Or is it that they are afraid of the freedom of spirit that some people represent when they follow their conscious or follow their dreams? Those people who spew hate are really afraid of people who seek the truth because that truth is threatening to the hater’s vanity.<br />I believe that within everyone’s heart, buried hidden, within the seed of their soul, is a spark of that same fire before which Moses removed his shoes. Some people let that seed wither on the stone ground of apathy; some people let the seed get tangled in the weeds of their little self-indulgent philosophies and they certainly are not about to water and care for that seed with prayer and good deeds to others, with cooperation and empathy.<br />And yet deep down they know that seed is the source of all joy and beauty so of course when they see somebody else who is nurturing that seed by following their dreams, they curse and hate. Please don’t cry when they say vile things to you; they only try to crush your spirit because they are so hollow inside. Please don’t fear that they might crush your body, for they can never crush that seed that spouts and unravels up to God. <br />You may not be more acceptable to those vile creatures that worship hate and their own vanity but with ever jeer and hurtful comment, you become more acceptable and beautiful to God.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791373253545709506.post-19308016938219958722011-06-02T19:41:22.715-07:002011-06-02T19:41:22.715-07:00Eva,
Thanks for this post, it makes good sense. I...Eva, <br />Thanks for this post, it makes good sense. I am sorry you are facing so much bile these days. I think of you often and offer up a prayer to the universe for your well being and happiness. Your example means a lot to me. Hugs, big bear ones.<br />Pamlyon de clarasvalshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08016689923219776277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791373253545709506.post-15683764356313430312011-06-02T17:37:42.360-07:002011-06-02T17:37:42.360-07:00thanks for sharing, Eva, and for everything you do...thanks for sharing, Eva, and for everything you do. You are an inspiration and encourager.Maria Tafoyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13920977030140327974noreply@blogger.com