tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7656667.post112585311587772785..comments2024-01-07T04:57:21.347-07:00Comments on Pithless Thoughts: Vanity, Vanity, All is VanitySteve Robinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04319784922747041297noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7656667.post-1126834896138933542005-09-15T18:41:00.000-07:002005-09-15T18:41:00.000-07:00Hi Sp - today I have moved farther along the path ...Hi Sp - today I have moved farther along the path of "Let Go and Let God". I have resisted the urge to pick up the phone and remind my ex he has an overnight visit tomorrow. The divorce has not made it to court yet. It feels good to resist the urge and to gain awareness about the true state of the situation.<BR/>I had no idea I would become dependent on a poor, uneducated black man. So. Race. A whole subject in and of it self.existentialisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18121706260786532883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7656667.post-1125940919766788122005-09-05T10:21:00.000-07:002005-09-05T10:21:00.000-07:00History Distilled: monastics and civilians both of...History Distilled: monastics and civilians both offer balance to each other.<BR/><BR/>Use the "tool-belt rule": practical for you, professional for the customer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7656667.post-1125888895951456472005-09-04T19:54:00.000-07:002005-09-04T19:54:00.000-07:00Hi Olympiada,Yep, I think everyone has their own b...Hi Olympiada,<BR/>Yep, I think everyone has their own brand of insanity going on in their lives. The insanity is always greener on the other side... :) I've seen the canons about hair. Of course all those were written before Sasson and Paul Mitchell etc. Inter-racial stuff is interesting for sure. The fact that my father was born and raised in a small Arkansas town in the 30's-40's and married a Chinese woman still astounds me. <BR/>But here I am...it seems a lot easier today, but then again, I'm not in a "relationship" defined by race exacerbated by human dysfunctions. Hang in there!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7656667.post-1125883289426733052005-09-04T18:21:00.000-07:002005-09-04T18:21:00.000-07:00Hi JaJ,LOL! Yeah, I know exactly what you mean. Wh...Hi JaJ,<BR/>LOL! Yeah, I know exactly what you mean. When I left the ministry I grew my hair long, grew a beard and went jeans and t-shirt for 15 years. Free at last, free at last! I actually cut my hair about 6 years ago and now that I'm Orthodox it is ironic that now I CAN grow my hair and beard and be considered actually pious and not looked at like a goofy Woodstock throwback. :) AND you can dress in all black and not be considered a potential goth-columbine wierdo. <BR/>Anyway, I feel your pain and your jubilation! Enjoy your freedom.<BR/>I think there's a lot of old hippies like me who find the Orthodox "hair code" cool.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7656667.post-1125879133657071372005-09-04T17:12:00.000-07:002005-09-04T17:12:00.000-07:00Uh oh, your post is worrying me. I have always des...Uh oh, your post is worrying me. I have always despised the corporate look but have had to wear it because of my job as a Presbyterian pastor. I now have a job where what I look like doesn't matter and I'm in the process of going shaggy (something I've wanted to do my whole life). <BR/><BR/>I'm also an Orthodox catechumen. It never occurred to me that it would look like I was going monkish. And I'm just vain enough for this to worry me!! :)<BR/><BR/>My identity issues aren't as dramatic or painful as yours, but it strikes me that my identity (or more specifically, my chafing against the identity that was thrust upon me) has a lot to do with my hair.<BR/><BR/>And I'm only a guy! I make fun of the big haired Southern Baptist women. Maybe I'll have to start making fun of Orthodox men with pony tails instead.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7656667.post-1125869661720348032005-09-04T14:34:00.000-07:002005-09-04T14:34:00.000-07:00Deep thinking sp, right on! I like you. I can rel...<B> Deep </B> thinking sp, right on! I like you. I can relate, admist the absolute insanity of my own crazy life.<BR/><BR/>Do you know they have church canons on the cutting of hair? Oh yeah. I could refer you to a few.<BR/><BR/>You know that word 'chonky' struck me as humorous, until the end of your post, and then it was not funny any more. Interesting.<BR/><BR/>I like how you talk about race without flinching. That is my aim...It is still a sensitive issue for me, having voluntarily ended an interracial marriage by choice as a woman...<BR/><BR/>I am glad you are around. You give me strength. Pray for me a sinner.existentialisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18121706260786532883noreply@blogger.com