Friday, December 01, 2006
People of the Lie Current mood: ENLIGHTENED
MY SENIOR CAPSTONE PROJECT FOCUSED ON PROVINCIAL LIFE AND RELATIONSHIPS IN SMALL TOWNS- MOSTLY THE 19TH CENTURY. IT AMAZES ME HOW SO MANY PEOPLE REFUSE TO BREAKAWAY FROM THE SOCIETAL CONSTRAINTS OF EXPECTANCIES AND COURTESIES THAT DRAG PEOPLE DOWN TO LIVING IN A LIE RATHER THAN A MARRIAGE. I HAVE LIVED THE LIE IN A SMALL TOWN MARRIAGE AND NOW BEING SINGLE IN A SMALL TOWN HAS GIVEN ME AN ENLIGHTENMENT ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT I HAD EXPECTED. I AM ON THE OUTSIDE LOOKING IN ON SO MANY PEOPLE, THEIR MARRIAGES, THEIR FRIENDSHIPS AND EVEN THEIR SECRETS. I HAVE BEEN BEYOND SHOCKED AT THE AUDACITY OF LONELY MARRIED MEN WHO THINK JUST BECAUSE I AM SINGLE- I AM DESPERATE AND WOULD RESORT TO HAVING A SECRET RELATIONSHIP WITH SOMEONE WHO IS NOT ONLY TAKEN- BUT MARRIED- SERIOUSLY??? SO BECAUSE OF MY CURRENT EXPERIENCE WITH THIS SHOCKING REALITY OF LIVING IN A SMALL TOWN WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE GOOD AT PUTTING ON A "GOOD FACE" FOR SHOW- WHEN ACTUALLY THEY ARE BARELY SPEAKING BEHING CLOSED DOORS AND LIVE IN LOVELESS MARRIAGES- BEEN THERE- DONE THAT- AND I TRULY FEEL FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE SUFFERING IN THESE HOMES. BUT ANYWAY- THIS EXPERIENCE HAS ENCOURAGED ME TO WRITE A LITTLE SOMETHING ABOUT THOSE WHO ARE LIVING THE LIE.......
People of the Lie Current mood: ENLIGHTENED
MY SENIOR CAPSTONE PROJECT FOCUSED ON PROVINCIAL LIFE AND RELATIONSHIPS IN SMALL TOWNS- MOSTLY THE 19TH CENTURY. IT AMAZES ME HOW SO MANY PEOPLE REFUSE TO BREAKAWAY FROM THE SOCIETAL CONSTRAINTS OF EXPECTANCIES AND COURTESIES THAT DRAG PEOPLE DOWN TO LIVING IN A LIE RATHER THAN A MARRIAGE. I HAVE LIVED THE LIE IN A SMALL TOWN MARRIAGE AND NOW BEING SINGLE IN A SMALL TOWN HAS GIVEN ME AN ENLIGHTENMENT ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT I HAD EXPECTED. I AM ON THE OUTSIDE LOOKING IN ON SO MANY PEOPLE, THEIR MARRIAGES, THEIR FRIENDSHIPS AND EVEN THEIR SECRETS. I HAVE BEEN BEYOND SHOCKED AT THE AUDACITY OF LONELY MARRIED MEN WHO THINK JUST BECAUSE I AM SINGLE- I AM DESPERATE AND WOULD RESORT TO HAVING A SECRET RELATIONSHIP WITH SOMEONE WHO IS NOT ONLY TAKEN- BUT MARRIED- SERIOUSLY??? SO BECAUSE OF MY CURRENT EXPERIENCE WITH THIS SHOCKING REALITY OF LIVING IN A SMALL TOWN WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE GOOD AT PUTTING ON A "GOOD FACE" FOR SHOW- WHEN ACTUALLY THEY ARE BARELY SPEAKING BEHING CLOSED DOORS AND LIVE IN LOVELESS MARRIAGES- BEEN THERE- DONE THAT- AND I TRULY FEEL FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE SUFFERING IN THESE HOMES. BUT ANYWAY- THIS EXPERIENCE HAS ENCOURAGED ME TO WRITE A LITTLE SOMETHING ABOUT THOSE WHO ARE LIVING THE LIE.......
Cordially waving, smiling, laughing- they are all around us- PEOPLE OF THE LIE. They go home to their loveless marriages, empty parenting and continue their mundane lives day in and day out. They volunteer at the schools, bake their food, dress their best, coach their kid's teams and put on a facade for the world. They sit in the same pew at church every Sunday and gladly pay their tithes- hoping they can buy their repentence and hide behind our God who knows our hearts- with their money and obedient attendance. They run their businesses, hold down good jobs, support their famlies and drive the newest SUV. They continue on- day after day- month after month- year after year- like robots marching in a parade- they become hallow shells of human beings. Their lie becomes them, envelopes them, consumes their children, blinds their friends, family and neighbors and gives them comfort in their misery!
WOE TO THE PEOPLE OF THE LIE!!!!!!!
"Some people did what their neighbors did so that if any lunatics were at large, one might know and avoid them. "
George Eliot, Middlemarch
WOE TO THE PEOPLE OF THE LIE!!!!!!!
"Some people did what their neighbors did so that if any lunatics were at large, one might know and avoid them. "
George Eliot, Middlemarch
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