tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9122860.post110222295076084697..comments2008-04-04T05:20:38.879-05:00Comments on Random Thoughts: On Being A Non-Exclusive ChristianAlan Beggerowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09319550956740738799noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9122860.post-1102286043390283892004-12-05T16:34:00.000-06:002004-12-05T16:34:00.000-06:00The problem is that everybody wants to be loved. ...The problem is that everybody wants to be loved. That means, regardless of our intent to be tolerant, there is that craving within us that someone else understand. In my own case, it is my family. They are the ones who perhaps least of all understand me, and that hurts. Others I can leave to their own pursuits, and even with my loved ones, I can encourage it. But when their minds are closed...when they do not even wish to seek with me...that has to be a cross...one that no matter how noble it may be, I do not want. I feel wonderful about the changes that I have made in my thinking, but terrible about their effect on the ones I love. So that is the hitch in all this...for me. I cannot go back. I don't think I ever will be able to. But the chasm is widened.Deanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18098617132511851542noreply@blogger.com