yes, you're right, you have treated me as an equal and not pushed buttons, we've both been supportive and we've been able to share our insights. And I didn't have any idea you were into Jesus or had such a strong religious practise. I did recognise you had some sort of religious belief in God but thought it was likely to be more Buddhist based.
And yes we are talking about private stuff. It's a bit like the conversations I used to have with my mum.
One of the things that crosses from religious to irreligious is prayer. Everyone prays. You don't need to believe in God for that. And when someone you love is suffering and you've done everything else that you can, you pray for them.
I do believe good wishes can be felt and make a person feel better. and I might just believe praying for them somehow leads you down the right path to be able to help that person the way you can.
Anyway bottom line watching someone you love suffer or in trouble yourself, it's better to be doing something than nothing and maybe that's all there is to it. maybe it's just this beautiful thing that kicks off in exigent circumstances and helps you through them.
I was splat on the floor the other day and my very atheist, keep that shit away from me bridge teaching friend, Pat rings me up to tell me her woes and all I can do is tell her how much I'm hurting. She was really very good and ended up telling me to trust myself. sigh, I replied, been there done that. but I knew she was right and I did feel a bit better.
