Just a thought

Nuns Don’t Cry…

March 15, 2008

… a worthwhile read!

I’ve met the author first. Only a month ago. Gerrie Graber is a fascinating woman. A rare sort, she instantly mesmerized me with her personality, intelligence, focus and exhuberance. I’ve met perhaps 4 or 5 woman in my life who have this ‘je ne sait quois’ that draws people to them like moths. Gerrie is one of them. We hit it off right away and when I asked that inevitable question: Why did you leave the convent? she pulled out her book and loaned to me.

Read it, it’s worth it. Of course I’ll buy my own copy and have Gerrie sign it for me. Read an excerpt.

If you are my age you may remember “The Nun’s Story“. Either the book, the movie or both. It is one of my favourite stories. It made a huge impression on me. It made me question the validity of a faith that asks such sacrifice from people to prove their faith, all of it judged and interpreted by humans… Where was God in this? Strange how life is. The former nun as well as I, in vastly different ways, have found a faith that doesn’t have the many levels of interpreters who stand in the way of truth and light.

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Words…

December 31, 2007

… that set my teeth on edge!

  • “Issues” – a word widely used by Psycho Babblers. Today, everyone has ‘issues’, not problems. Some also use “challenge”, it’s also used by Psycho Babblers. What’s the problem with the word “problem”? Problem goes to the heart of the matter. I like precision. Search these words on Thesaurus.com. Look at the synonyms… I rest my case.
  • “Unleash” – a word widely used by Marketing Babblers. “Unleash your creativity/potential/power!”… I’ve see this five times today, always attached to a product you should buy to do the unlashing. When does the unleashing occur? After you paid for the product, installed the product, learned how to use the product? Does it take hours, days or years to get to the unleashing? What if your creativity/potential/power never was on a leash and took off on its own, do you get a refund?
  • “f*&^k” – a word widely used by Illiterate Babblers. It must be illiterate babblers who use this word and a few choice similar ones in every sentense. Perhaps they could benefit of a few minutes on dictionary.com to learn the meaning of this word and in the process learn a few new words. But, of course, they would have to be able to read.
  • “Penis” – a word widely used and frequently misspelled on purpose by Spammer Babblers. It’s not the word that bugs me here it’s the 50 or so spam messages I get per day that flog miracle products that enhance its physical attributes. Hey, spammers, I don’t have one of those. And I was not aware that the male gender had such embarrassing ‘challenges’ these days. In my day this wasn’t an ‘issue’.

    Good bye 2007 – Hello 2008! Best wishes to all!

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