balance indeed!
I haven\'t been orthodox very long... only since 2004... and I admit that I wasn\'t devouring booksout orthodoxy prior to converting either... just a few here and there that my spiritual father recommended... maybe it\'s because I didn\'t come from protestantism, but atheism...
but I certainly (unfortunately) found that my newfound moral footing gave me a firm stance to enter into political discussions... I voted... once... for the guy many would say is \"the wrong guy\"... nothing much came of it - despite the teeth clenching arguments.. and I came to realize that my opinion doesn\'t need to be so vocal... that being so vocal had me headed to confession on a weekly basis to confess pride, anger frustration, impatience, yadda yadda yadda
after having overcome the standard convert zealousy, I really came to appreciate something I had read... maybe it was desert fathers... maybe lives of ___ saint... maybe it was a fortune cookie - \"God gave you 2 ears and only 1 mouth... He must have intended for you to listen twice as much as you talk.\" (unfortunately, applying the same logic, in this computer age, we have 10 fingers to condemn ourselves with!!)
it\'s funny... I see some forum posts sometimes.. and I will write big long responses... and then come to myself and say \"ya know... who am I?\" and just close the browser... maybe this is one of those posts that I should have done so! haha
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