Alright, so I ran into (no, not literally) a Facebook status which kind of bugged me today. It was written by a, I don't know how to classify her, a Facebook friend. She's lost a few pounds in recent months and looks very good, in my opinion (and many others'). She's also a die-hard Christian. I'd say a good 54.6% of her statuses involve the word "God". Today, her status read something like, "It feels good to look in the mirror and like who you are and what you're becoming" or something like that. It dealt with her losing weight and looking good. Sure, that's great. I know that as much as anyone, as I've lost some weight in recent years and feel pretty good about myself as far as my appearance goes. But to place such an emphasis on who a person is and is going to be solely on their appearance kind of bugs me. This is especially the case since she's so gung-ho on Christianity. What was it Jesus supposedly said? In John 7:24, he was reported to have said, "Do not judge according to appearance, but judge with righteous judgment." It's great to eat healthy, work out and feel good about oneself, yet why place more emphasis on that than the person one is inside? It's great to improve and shape one's exterior, but isn't it of greater importance to continually improve and shape one's interior? I feel great physically, but that doesn't mean anything to me if I am not the person I want to be. It's not going to matter to me how good I look to most outsiders if I don't feel good about the person I am and this is coming from an agnostic. If I were a die-hard Christian, supposedly lived my life for Christ, whom said not to judge another based on appearance, and I revolved my life around my appearance? That wouldn't make much sense to me. I'm living for Christ. He won't judge me or anyone on how I/they look, yet I'm spending most of my time trying to improve what thou whom I live for doesn't judge me by. Again, something feels off about that. It'd be one thing if this person were a wishy-washy Christian or not religious at all, but to preach as she does about the word of God and then to hold this kind of philosophy on herself and her life, kind of bugs me a bit.
My first book review of "Penetrating the Heart of Life: Ambiguous In Thought, Ambivalent In Feeling"
Well, I received my first book review on this poetry-compilation book I completed and published late last year, but have finally gotten around to marketing now. The reviewer gave it 5 out of 5 stars and said: "I enjoyed the poetic journey the writer has taken me on. From darkest days and hopeful optimism to the conclusion of hope realized. The visual images that the poem titled "Room Temperature" elicits, made me think of the song, "Horse With No Name" sung by the band America. In a similar manner, another poem – "Deafening Sigh-lence" reminded me a great deal of Simon & Garfunkel’s song, "The Sound of Silence". There are so many poems in this book that I related to, that I felt a connection to the author and felt that we were traveling on this journey together." http://www.lulu.com/shop/craig-rozniecki/penetrating-the-heart-of-life-ambiguous-in-thought-ambivalent-in-feeling/paperback/product-18677501.html
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