Re: have we forgotten our purpose?//Cheryl

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Cheryl,

You may be right in your statement - a comment hit the " last nerve "

for one or maybe even several folks, who knows? I know, as

girlsaylor posted, where I worship, I'm not offended but I won't push

my beliefs on anyone else whatsoever. It's what is getting me thru

this, but that's me. I want support - folks who have been in the

trenches far longer than me, who can tell me what to expect and who I

can glean ideas as far as what may or may not work, since we are all

different.

And therein lies our beast - it affects us all a little differently,

although we have common denominators. I know for the past several

weeks, since I apparently have been flaring, the slightest things

have pissed me off, quite honestly, not necessarily on this list -

just life.

So we all need to take a deep breath if we see someone mentioning

they will pray for someone or have them in their prayers. That

doesn't mean we've gone into some religious mode at all. It's just

one member letting someone else who is hurting know how they are

going to help, that's all.

I like this list - a lot. I've learned a lot already. I go tomorrow

to my first rheum visit. My endocrinologist says he is a brilliant

doctor and she was willing to give me a refill on the robaxin until I

saw him, because I can take that and not get ultra-drowsy. I (like

probably most of us here) have multiple health issues, which sucks.

Big time. Because I'm not the person I was even four years ago. I

feel like I spend most of my time apologizing for what I CAN'T do

when instead I should focus on what I am able to do, that day. Right

now, we are in the midst of a cold freeze - it's 28 degrees in

Georgia. I can barely feel my hands and the dull ache has revved up.

But I still plan to go to my kids' school and do the best I can to

volunteer my time to a bunch of kids who are special needs who need a

grown-up who cares about them. This beast can just have a sit-down,

I'll deal with it later.

That's my 2 cents. I'm not gonna push my faith beliefs on you. If I

get the sense that you wouldn't mind prayer and I am answering a

post, I may mention I will pray for you. I am not going to

prosetylyze (sp?). This isn't the place for that. But we all have

SOMETHING that gets us through our days and nights. Be it faith,

religion, rocks, staring at a fish tank, whatever. I'm not planning

to judge how anyone gets thru their flares and don't expect someone

to get p'o'd when I express how I am getting thru mine.

Darlene

> >

> > I just hate seeing people with their hackles up over religion

here.

>

> I shall not engage in infighting on religion vs no religion. Let

me

> > just say that I came here for support in living with

fibromyalgia. I

> > know where my church is when I want to go worship.

> >

> > girlsaylor

> >

>

> My sentiments precisely!! It was important to me when I selected

this

> particular FM support group that it was not described as one that

> subscribed to a particular (or any) religious basis for the group. I

> am not suggesting that we never refer to our own religious faith or

> spirituality and/or how that gets us through, but it need not be the

> central focus of this particular group's focus.

>

> Respectful balance?! Perhaps it's a matter of hitting the proverbial

> last nerve that chronic pain often obliterates by the end of the

day.

>

> Cheryl M.

>