Regrouping

I have begun to reorganize my categories (not done yet).

I have also begun sorting through drafts of posts I had just lying around. With my previous post (the one right before this one), I have begun to publish the ones I still agree with.

Hopefully, this “house-cleaning” will help me organize my thoughts and clear the deck for getting back to some writing. I do have a lot on my mind. I have finally begun to digest some of it.

This plan may already be working as I have just begun a new article (in draft)…it just needs a few finishing touches.

Remember, It is All a Journey…

Apparently Some States Have Laws Against Stealing Someone’s Affections…

Some time ago, I saw on Dr. Phil where a woman was sued by her lover’s wife on the grounds of “stealing the man’s affections”. Now, I know it is painful to find out your spouse has been having an affair. And I definitely think it is wrong to steal…

But, I have a problem with this action and the law that makes it possible. I have long wondered about the logic in blaming “the other woman” for a husband’s affair. (I speak here from a woman’s point of view only for clarity, just reverse the roles as appropriate) It has long been my opinion that my husband is the one who made a contract with me and said vows to me. I believe he is the one who should be responsible for that contract and those vows. The other woman made no promises to me.

You are not “stealing affections” if they are given freely. Even if the other woman make the first move, the husband has a choice. He does not have to have an affair with her if he chooses not to. How can you steal something with a mind of its own? I assume men have minds of their own (big grin)…

Sometimes the “other woman” does not even know the husband is married. When I was single, I once dated a man for two weeks thinking he was single as well. He did not tell me. After one of his friends finally told me, I broke it off because I did not want any part of that.

It seems there are many who believe the other woman is the one who is destroying the marriage. Hmmm. I think the responsibility for the marriage lies with the two people who are married.

Spread Your Wings

Speaking of Les Visible…

This song “Spread Your Wings” is by artist Les Visible. I found it awhile back during one of my surfing episodes. I was surfing on topics related to our current circumstances – war, climate change, tyranny, economic crisis, etc. Our problems are global, there is much to worry about for all of us. So, while surfing, I came across this article by Les Visible – “Lizards and Vultures and Swine…Oh My“. He so rightly reminds us that it is always darkest before the dawn.

He included a link to the page to find this song, where he states “This is something I believe in and I wish it for you every bit as much as I wish it for me. Make it happen.”

…it made me cry. The song expressed for me the bittersweet blend of soul weariness and heartache with hope of its release and faith in a new day – A hope for freedom, I hope it brings you the same.