WOW...INDEED REVENGE IS DEEP, AND UN-FORGIVENESS CAN BECOME ONES CLOTHING AND VERY BREATH. BLINDING ONE TO THE FACT, THAT OVER TIME, THEY BECOME MORE HATEFUL THAN THE ONE THEY FEEL RIGHTFULLY DESERVES THEIR...HATE. HOW SAD NOT TO REALIZE; THERE IS A REASON WHY GOD SAID, 'VENGEANCE IS MINE'; FOR HIS LOVE COVERS NOT ONLY THE PERPETRATOR BUT ALSO THE AVENGER WHO, AS I STATED, MANY TIMES, TURNS INTO ONE THAT IS FAR MORE CRUEL THAN THEIR PREY.
IT IS NOT EASY AT ALL TO FORGIVE PAIN AND SUFFERING IN ANY FORM, ONLY THROUGH CHRIST CAN ONE DO ALL THINGS...IF...ONE ALLOWS GOD TO. WITHIN THE VILE WORLD OF ADDICTION WE FIND TWO ADDICTS; THE SELLER WHO, AFTER MANY YEARS OF ENGROSSED EXPOSURE, BECOMES ADDICTED TO AND CRAVES THE DANGEROUS LIFESTYLE OF SELLING AND OF QUICK, 'SEEMINGLY' EASY MONEY...AND...THE ADDICT WHO IS PHYSICALLY, MENTALLY AND EMOTIONALLY ADDICTED AND CRAVES THE PRODUCT/DRUGS THEY BUY... TO THE DESTROYING OF THEMSELVES AND ALL ASSOCIATED WITH THEM.
THANK GOD THAT WHILE THE WORLD LOOKS AT THE OUTER PART OF ONE(WHAT THEY ARE DOING), GOD SEES THE INNER PERSON(THE HEARTS AND 'WHY' THEY ARE DOING).
THE 'DEALER' CAN NO MORE STOP HIS INFUSED LIFESTYLE THAN THE BUYER/USER CAN STOP THEIR ACQUIRED 'NEED'. THROWING A DEALER IN JAIL WITHOUT THE PROPER, ALL-AROUND, REHABILITATIVE INTERVENTION(FROM PROPER COUNSELING, SUPPORT AND A SECURE LIVELIHOOD)IS NOT THE ANSWER.
I COME TO YOU WITH A PERSONAL VIEW OF THIS 'SICKNESS' AND HOPE THAT I CAN MAKE THE PROBLEM OF THE 'DEALER' AND THE 'ADDICT' A BIT CLEARER. AS MOST OF YOU KNOW, MY YOUNGEST SON, ASA, HAVING BEEN REARED IN A SINGLE-PARENT HOME BECAME A PRODUCT OF THE 'STREETS' WELL BEFORE HIS TEENS. THE ALLURE OF THE OLDER GUYS...THEIR ATTIRE, THEIR CARS, THEIR MONEY AND LIFESTYLE...ATTRACTED HIM AND, OF COURSE, THEY 'SCHOOLED' HIM, AS IS THE WAY OF THE STREETS. SO, WHILE I, HIS MOTHER, SOUGHT OTHER 'THINGS' IN MY OWN WAY...I WOKE-UP LATE. HE IS 37 AND HAS BEEN IN AN OUT OF THE PENITENTIARY OVER HALF OF HIS LIFE. IT IS ONLY SINCE 2017, AFTER, OVER THE YEARS, BEING SHOT ON 3 SEPARATE OCCASIONS(THE LAST TIME LEAVING HIM IN CHRONIC PAIN FOR WHICH HE IS STILL REFUSED THE PROPER MEDICATION)THAT HE HAS TURNED TO GOD 'TRYING' TO STAND IN A SOCIETY THAT DEMANDS A 8 HOUR JOB TO SUSTAIN ONESELF...BUT WHERE HE CAN ONLY PHYSICALLY DO 4, AND THAT BARELY. HE, ALL THOSE YEARS IN THE PENITENTIARY, HAD NEVER BEEN TRAINED IN AN ADEQUATE PROFITABLE LIVELIHOOD...BUT HIS GIFT AS A WRITER IS MORE THAN OBVIOUS(VISIT HIS DEN, ASA D SEELEY).
MANY YEARS AGO, TRUSTING GOD AND WITH HOPE IN MY HEART, I WROTE A POEM ENTITLED, 'A LIGHT...!' AT THE TIME I SAW NO 'LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL'...NOTHING... TO HOPE FOR. BUT, IT IS ONLY TODAY THAT I SEE A SLIVER OF LIGHT SHINING THROUGH. HE IS NOT WHAT HE SHOULD BE BUT PRAISE GOD HE IS DEFINITELY NOT WHAT HE WAS.
HE HAS BEEN HOMELESS ON THE STREETS OF ATLANTA(I RESIDE IN A HUD FACILITY WHICH DOES NOT ALLOW ME TO GIVE SHELTER TO ANOTHER)AND PRESENTLY IS STILL REACHING...TO STAND. WHERE ONCE HE WAS AN ATHEIST...HE NOW CLAIMS THE MERCY AND LOVE OF JESUS CHRIST AS HIS STRENGTH, INSPIRATION AND GUIDE. AND HAS, AS THE WORD SAYS, '...CONFESSED HIS SINS TO A GOD WHO IS ABLE AND JUST TO FORGIVE...' THOUGH IT IS A LONG, HARD ROAD TO STABILITY AND CERTAINLY, HIS PHYSICAL CONDITION IS AN IMPEDIMENT, STILL HE HAS NO DESIRE TO 'TURN BACK'.
IN ANY GIVEN SITUATION IT IS ALWAYS GOOD TO TRY AND LOOK AT BOTH SIDES OF THE EQUATION. TO SUM IT ALL UP; THERE IS HEARTBREAK ON BOTH SIDES OF THIS SITUATION. WHAT WE HAVE HERE ARE 'TWO' VERY SICK INDIVIDUALS, TWO 'ADDICTS', WHO ARE BOTH PRODUCTS OF A 'FATAL LIFE-STYLE'...TO WHICH ONLY 'GOD'S LOVE AND ENLIGHTENMENT' IS THE ANSWER FOR THEM BOTH. PRAYER...THAT'S ALL I KNOW.
THANK YOU FOR SHARING, REGIS. LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...HIS+INSPIRATIONS
At first I thought of the virus and a rather random choice of victims to kill. But then, I realize you may have been writing about a drug dealer whose supply of drugs led to a death of someone very close.
It's easy to blame the supplier of drugs… Waging "War" on them. But one does not consider what cause to take up drugs and get addicted. There are enablers, usually among their peer group, that get people started on the wrong path. Endorphins kick in, and these poor souls are forever hooked until they die or their ability to buy dries up. The sooner they are isolated, quarantined, from their source of supply, the sooner they will kick the habit. It's a cruel thing to do, but it works. Don't blame the farmer in Central America. Blame the child who takes a dare without being properly forewarned.
I am so remorseful for you loss! Too many souls are lost to the greed of drug dealers and their foolish indifference. The one small comfort we can take is that many of these beasts are also poisoning themselves with their own venom. Peace to you, sir.
Oh, Regis! Your words bring us the horror that is real and killing many of the youth........et alias. I'm saddened by your sorrow yet you will persist with your "mission". Be well.
An unfortunate reality right now. If you are writing from experience, I'm so sorry. My heart goes out to all who have lost loved ones since this tragedy began.
Mary Angela Nangini's poems celebrate the richness of life and love. From the city to cottage-country and the roads in between, Nangini explores the changing seasons of her varied region. (This book will soon be reprinted in hard cover.)
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IT IS NOT EASY AT ALL TO FORGIVE PAIN AND SUFFERING IN ANY FORM, ONLY THROUGH CHRIST CAN ONE DO ALL THINGS...IF...ONE ALLOWS GOD TO. WITHIN THE VILE WORLD OF ADDICTION WE FIND TWO ADDICTS; THE SELLER WHO, AFTER MANY YEARS OF ENGROSSED EXPOSURE, BECOMES ADDICTED TO AND CRAVES THE DANGEROUS LIFESTYLE OF SELLING AND OF QUICK, 'SEEMINGLY' EASY MONEY...AND...THE ADDICT WHO IS PHYSICALLY, MENTALLY AND EMOTIONALLY ADDICTED AND CRAVES THE PRODUCT/DRUGS THEY BUY... TO THE DESTROYING OF THEMSELVES AND ALL ASSOCIATED WITH THEM.
THANK GOD THAT WHILE THE WORLD LOOKS AT THE OUTER PART OF ONE(WHAT THEY ARE DOING), GOD SEES THE INNER PERSON(THE HEARTS AND 'WHY' THEY ARE DOING).
THE 'DEALER' CAN NO MORE STOP HIS INFUSED LIFESTYLE THAN THE BUYER/USER CAN STOP THEIR ACQUIRED 'NEED'. THROWING A DEALER IN JAIL WITHOUT THE PROPER, ALL-AROUND, REHABILITATIVE INTERVENTION(FROM PROPER COUNSELING, SUPPORT AND A SECURE LIVELIHOOD)IS NOT THE ANSWER.
I COME TO YOU WITH A PERSONAL VIEW OF THIS 'SICKNESS' AND HOPE THAT I CAN MAKE THE PROBLEM OF THE 'DEALER' AND THE 'ADDICT' A BIT CLEARER. AS MOST OF YOU KNOW, MY YOUNGEST SON, ASA, HAVING BEEN REARED IN A SINGLE-PARENT HOME BECAME A PRODUCT OF THE 'STREETS' WELL BEFORE HIS TEENS. THE ALLURE OF THE OLDER GUYS...THEIR ATTIRE, THEIR CARS, THEIR MONEY AND LIFESTYLE...ATTRACTED HIM AND, OF COURSE, THEY 'SCHOOLED' HIM, AS IS THE WAY OF THE STREETS. SO, WHILE I, HIS MOTHER, SOUGHT OTHER 'THINGS' IN MY OWN WAY...I WOKE-UP LATE. HE IS 37 AND HAS BEEN IN AN OUT OF THE PENITENTIARY OVER HALF OF HIS LIFE. IT IS ONLY SINCE 2017, AFTER, OVER THE YEARS, BEING SHOT ON 3 SEPARATE OCCASIONS(THE LAST TIME LEAVING HIM IN CHRONIC PAIN FOR WHICH HE IS STILL REFUSED THE PROPER MEDICATION)THAT HE HAS TURNED TO GOD 'TRYING' TO STAND IN A SOCIETY THAT DEMANDS A 8 HOUR JOB TO SUSTAIN ONESELF...BUT WHERE HE CAN ONLY PHYSICALLY DO 4, AND THAT BARELY. HE, ALL THOSE YEARS IN THE PENITENTIARY, HAD NEVER BEEN TRAINED IN AN ADEQUATE PROFITABLE LIVELIHOOD...BUT HIS GIFT AS A WRITER IS MORE THAN OBVIOUS(VISIT HIS DEN, ASA D SEELEY).
MANY YEARS AGO, TRUSTING GOD AND WITH HOPE IN MY HEART, I WROTE A POEM ENTITLED, 'A LIGHT...!' AT THE TIME I SAW NO 'LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL'...NOTHING... TO HOPE FOR. BUT, IT IS ONLY TODAY THAT I SEE A SLIVER OF LIGHT SHINING THROUGH. HE IS NOT WHAT HE SHOULD BE BUT PRAISE GOD HE IS DEFINITELY NOT WHAT HE WAS.
HE HAS BEEN HOMELESS ON THE STREETS OF ATLANTA(I RESIDE IN A HUD FACILITY WHICH DOES NOT ALLOW ME TO GIVE SHELTER TO ANOTHER)AND PRESENTLY IS STILL REACHING...TO STAND. WHERE ONCE HE WAS AN ATHEIST...HE NOW CLAIMS THE MERCY AND LOVE OF JESUS CHRIST AS HIS STRENGTH, INSPIRATION AND GUIDE. AND HAS, AS THE WORD SAYS, '...CONFESSED HIS SINS TO A GOD WHO IS ABLE AND JUST TO FORGIVE...' THOUGH IT IS A LONG, HARD ROAD TO STABILITY AND CERTAINLY, HIS PHYSICAL CONDITION IS AN IMPEDIMENT, STILL HE HAS NO DESIRE TO 'TURN BACK'.
IN ANY GIVEN SITUATION IT IS ALWAYS GOOD TO TRY AND LOOK AT BOTH SIDES OF THE EQUATION. TO SUM IT ALL UP; THERE IS HEARTBREAK ON BOTH SIDES OF THIS SITUATION. WHAT WE HAVE HERE ARE 'TWO' VERY SICK INDIVIDUALS, TWO 'ADDICTS', WHO ARE BOTH PRODUCTS OF A 'FATAL LIFE-STYLE'...TO WHICH ONLY 'GOD'S LOVE AND ENLIGHTENMENT' IS THE ANSWER FOR THEM BOTH. PRAYER...THAT'S ALL I KNOW.
THANK YOU FOR SHARING, REGIS. LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...HIS+INSPIRATIONS
It's easy to blame the supplier of drugs… Waging "War" on them. But one does not consider what cause to take up drugs and get addicted. There are enablers, usually among their peer group, that get people started on the wrong path. Endorphins kick in, and these poor souls are forever hooked until they die or their ability to buy dries up. The sooner they are isolated, quarantined, from their source of supply, the sooner they will kick the habit. It's a cruel thing to do, but it works. Don't blame the farmer in Central America. Blame the child who takes a dare without being properly forewarned.
Ron
Love ya!
Jane
Sandie
Stay safe, Regis.
Much love,
Rebecca