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<blockquote data-quote="Nature" data-source="post: 689934" data-attributes="member: 19011"><p>Dear Childofmine,</p><p></p><p>Thank you so much for that inspirational message. I'm lucky you chose to respond and offer your support and took the time to reach out to me. </p><p></p><p>While I had religious training as a child I had always claimed as an adult I was more spiritual than religious. Yet, your post got me thinking.... Just last week I assisted a young man who had to decipher the Tale of the Prodigal Son for a English 12 assignment and compare/contrast with a modern story called , The Charmer. It's part of the grade 12 curriculum for the course in our school district. I've helped numerous at-risk students over the years with this particular assignment and like the students who always claimed it was "unfair" or I understood how the older brother felt as he after all had had been the one who basically was the good son and felt the father honoured the wayward son and not him. I realize I am condensing it so much but you understand the context of the story. I never "got it" until I decided to research the net for additional information and I realized there are three parables which I hadn't seen before and not two. Specifically, the one of the older son which I always related to as, although I'm the youngest in my family ,I felt my mother always focused all her attention/money on my other two siblings throughout my life. It's why I always related to the older son. I always thought that perhaps my mom did this as I was able to cope quite well unlike my siblings. Now I question that perhaps I thought myself better than them. It's humbling to admit that perhaps part of me felt like that. </p><p></p><p>Before I read this story again and understood the true meaning and when my sister was diagnosed I realized I had to "let go" of the resentment I had felt previously. I'm glad I did as I hadn't realized that it prevented me from having the bond I had with my sister when we were younger. Anyhow, thinking out loud here but I see how regardless of how old we are we continue to change, question and above all learn forgiveness. It took my sisters illness to make me realize how much I love her and I'm glad should something happen I had a chance to change. That will give me peace. Thanks so much for your comments ChildofMine it came at just the right time.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nature, post: 689934, member: 19011"] Dear Childofmine, Thank you so much for that inspirational message. I'm lucky you chose to respond and offer your support and took the time to reach out to me. While I had religious training as a child I had always claimed as an adult I was more spiritual than religious. Yet, your post got me thinking.... Just last week I assisted a young man who had to decipher the Tale of the Prodigal Son for a English 12 assignment and compare/contrast with a modern story called , The Charmer. It's part of the grade 12 curriculum for the course in our school district. I've helped numerous at-risk students over the years with this particular assignment and like the students who always claimed it was "unfair" or I understood how the older brother felt as he after all had had been the one who basically was the good son and felt the father honoured the wayward son and not him. I realize I am condensing it so much but you understand the context of the story. I never "got it" until I decided to research the net for additional information and I realized there are three parables which I hadn't seen before and not two. Specifically, the one of the older son which I always related to as, although I'm the youngest in my family ,I felt my mother always focused all her attention/money on my other two siblings throughout my life. It's why I always related to the older son. I always thought that perhaps my mom did this as I was able to cope quite well unlike my siblings. Now I question that perhaps I thought myself better than them. It's humbling to admit that perhaps part of me felt like that. Before I read this story again and understood the true meaning and when my sister was diagnosed I realized I had to "let go" of the resentment I had felt previously. I'm glad I did as I hadn't realized that it prevented me from having the bond I had with my sister when we were younger. Anyhow, thinking out loud here but I see how regardless of how old we are we continue to change, question and above all learn forgiveness. It took my sisters illness to make me realize how much I love her and I'm glad should something happen I had a chance to change. That will give me peace. Thanks so much for your comments ChildofMine it came at just the right time. [/QUOTE]
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