A Ring, of introspective thought
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The blog, and the ring, both introspective. Both have an outside world and within is the person. Trying to leave the world outside and still comment on the experiences is not an easy task.
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Thoughts about Rings
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I wrote a ring ceremony for a wedding a few weeks ago. It was a wedding I was unable to attend and where I felt a strong connection. It seemed that the ring just showed how any sacred or special relationship ought to be treated. Some things are outside and others are inside. The world is on the outside. The human side is inside. To protect something of worth a line and boundry needs to exist. A promise to put each other first. A promise to put right things first.
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People as well as events can strenthen us or weaken us
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The difference is the challenge. Events, often more than people, sometimes just stand out as being "outside the circle" of what we need. What to avoid and what to embrace makes all the difference.
(good poem could fit here)
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The 13th article of faith for my own church offers a good line or divider and can define what fits on the inside of the ring and what doesn't..............."We believe in being honest, true, chaste, benevolent, virtuous, and in doing good to all men; indeed, we may say that we follow the admonition of Paul—We believe all things, we hope all things, we have endured many things, and hope to be able to endure all things. If there is anything virtuous, lovely, or of good report or praiseworthy, we seek after these things. "
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Some who have read this blog, off and on perhaps, may have missed perhaps parts of the whole story of Mike's burns. His shirt caught fire on the stove. His back burned badly. I have spent a little over two weeks with him this month. I am to a point where I can go home and he will be fine. It was a good two weeks in that I was with him. He is within my ring of concern and will always be so. I have enjoyed being with him and hope all things for him.
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