The bible says "All things work for the good of those who believe", but how can my being trans work for the good? What good can come out this kind of struggle?
Well, I guess I'm learning the answer to that question, or at least the beginnings of the answer.
For example, more than one person has taken the time to tell me that reading my little journal has helped them in their own process, and that's kinda amazing to me.
Then there is my writing. Again, people have taken the time to tell me reading something I've written has hit them right in the heart, and expressed how they felt perfectly, letting them know they are not alone in those feelings.
I'm sure as I grow, I'll learn even more ways this is working for the good, but those little bits of encouragements were needed, especially the last couple of days as I have fought against depression.
Hugs to all my readers.
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Thanks for writing sweets.
Thanks for writing sweets. Reading smiles, Jenn.
Upon my liar's chair
Full of broken thoughts
I cannot repair
Happiness
If YOU are happy, you will be a better parent to your mini. If you are comfortable being who you really are, you can pass that important lesson along to her.
{{Hugs}}
Well...
I feel that I am learning a LOT out of this struggle that if I had been born in the female sex to begin with I would never have learned.
While it is unfortunate that this experience has somewhat jaded me, it's better than the alternative that I could easily see me being way too trusting had I not had this struggle.
I feel I also have far greater compassion than I would have had. I definitely think that if I had been born a female, I would have been one of those queen bee sorts. You know the sort. And they make me especially uncomfortable. And that's largely because now that I'm so intimately familiar with the inner me, I can totally see me having learned to behave like that. Had things been different...
I'm sure I'm a better person for this experience than I would have been. And perhaps that's exactly why I went through it.
Abigail Drew.
It ain't Good!
That's the short answer and it ain't pretty. You cry until you think you should run out of tears. People who should be nice act like asses. I could go on for hours but won't.
The best way to make it good is to live a life pleasing to you. Be the best, most loving and compassionate person that you can be. If your belief in Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ are really important to you then follow the word as YOU read it from the Bible because I know that some will twist it and try to make you feel guilty. By the way, Deut 22:5 doesn't say what your KJV says it says. It really says that men are to stay out of the women's tents.
Best
Gwendolyn
Don't see the relevance
of the Bible, maybe if you had written it, I might read it more often.
Angharad
You might want to look for...
any one of several essays and books that I can think of.
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Cheers,
Puddin'
A tender heart is an asset to an editor: it helps us be ruthless in a tactful way.
--- The Chicago Manual of Style