tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3843079982602064070.post494917873538395769..comments2023-06-22T03:02:43.435-07:00Comments on Shelves in the Closet: Neck High in Familiar Waters Pt IIIMs. Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08610613067782656189noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3843079982602064070.post-35669656885135213192009-04-01T14:52:00.000-07:002009-04-01T14:52:00.000-07:00Liz, I whole-heartedly agree with this post!!!Real...Liz, I whole-heartedly agree with this post!!!<BR/><BR/>Really, I have much more to say about it, but don’t have the time right now to type it up.Liz the Poethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15910096677909941425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3843079982602064070.post-88397459331514642102009-03-31T17:22:00.000-07:002009-03-31T17:22:00.000-07:00Rachel I think that complaining need to have male ...Rachel I think that complaining need to have male opportunities comes from a dysfunction of first wave Feminism. I don't agree with a lot of 1st wave feminism because its I found it to be masculating women essentially. Women can't be more powerful women by being like men. We become more powerful women by being better women. The vacuum of self awareness and that a lot of the boomers have I find disturbing on a lot of levels... Queen Elizabeth didn't augment her self and attitudes to be like a man's to secure power. Oh no, became the womanliest woman there ever was. And she is still on of the best monarchs England has ever had.Ms. Lizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08610613067782656189noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3843079982602064070.post-70553838443966493862009-03-31T16:16:00.000-07:002009-03-31T16:16:00.000-07:00I definitely think it's a power thing. And a worl...I definitely think it's a power thing. And a world thing. Everytime I hear a women complain that she doesn't have the same responsibilities in the church as a man would have it is usually followed with, "In any other organization..." Well, there is no other organization like the church.rachelsayssohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08053263932484618552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3843079982602064070.post-40598497837320182192009-03-31T12:48:00.000-07:002009-03-31T12:48:00.000-07:00Loving all these thoughts! I'm sad, but so GLAD t...Loving all these thoughts! I'm sad, but so GLAD that I didn't go on a mission. I felt like I didn't have a strong desire, so I SHOULDN'T go. I didn't want to be one of those sisters who went on a mission cause she didn't know what else to do with herself, I felt that would be wrong. I know I'd have risen to the challenge, but who knows how long that would have taken. Missions aren't about personal growth (though it happens of course) they're about unselfish service....and I wasn't really ready for that. Hopefully I will be by the time Chris and I retire!<BR/><BR/><BR/>Also, I had to mention this: "We’re building a kingdom here people. Stop arguing over who get a shovel and who gets a wheelbarrow. Just get to work and cut the Adversary's puppet strings, yeah?"<BR/><BR/>The first thought that popped into my head? "Glory Hallelujah!"Mary Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13089686842306287585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3843079982602064070.post-5390418006479946832009-03-31T12:20:00.000-07:002009-03-31T12:20:00.000-07:00I can see it too and I'm a bit skeptical. I would ...I can see it too and I'm a bit skeptical. I would question motives. Like why would women want to be pulled in to the "inner circles"? Is it a power thing? Is it an insecurity thing? Is it a jealous thing? Do they want to be that girl and not who they are? All that to me are red lights that this particular person is missing the mark too. Its about The Work. Make that your priority and you'll look up and find yourself in a meeting making decisions and what will be funny is that you won't want to be there.<BR/><BR/>I think the reason I did get pulled in was because it was the last thing I wanted to have happen. All I wanted to do was stay and do what I was doing. I was happy and successful and validated. I liked what I was doing too, but I was always itchy to get back.Ms. Lizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08610613067782656189noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3843079982602064070.post-3132929723027299952009-03-31T12:03:00.000-07:002009-03-31T12:03:00.000-07:00Your example illustrates something that I think a ...Your example illustrates something that I think a lot of women have a problem with. You were pulled into the inner circle in your mission, and only then were you able to speak with your president on a different level. There are women in the church who feel that this is the only way they can be validated. I'm not one of those women and I kind of think it's a selfish way to view things. But I can see how they get there.<BR/><BR/>And I completely agree that it's about the work.rachelsayssohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08053263932484618552noreply@blogger.com