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Issue 07; August 12, 2002 Ask Boomer Al is the fun newsletter of BoomerJournals.com. If you don't want to receive it, we don't want to send it to you. Unsubscribe info is located at the bottom of each issue. _.·´¯) Contents (¯`·._ 1) This week's questions 2) What's up with this? 3) Boomer HA! HA! 4) Remarks from the peanut gallery _.·´¯) Questions (¯`·._ “Ask Boomer Al” Issue 7; August 12, 2002 Dear Al, I read your column about the 33 year old that was abused as a child. I too was abused when I was ten by a priest in our church. I am now forty-one and not a day goes by that I don’t wish the guy harm. I hope he rots in hell! How did you cope with your experience? Signed, Angry Dear Angry, Let me tell you a story. Many years ago two monks were walking down a country path. One monk was older and accompanied by a younger monk whom he mentored. Theirs was a cloistered order that forbid contact with people outside their circle, especially females. The two monks came upon a young woman with a small child and a heavy pack. She was unable to continue her journey because recent rains had washed out a part of the path and the water was still rushing by. Without so much as a word, the older monk lifted the woman on his back and carried her and her child across the fast moving water safely to the other side. She thanked him and the monk bowed without a word and continued his journey. Several miles later the younger monk asked the older, “Master, I am distressed. May I speak?” “You May.” “Master, you touched that woman which is forbidden in our order. I am confused. Is it not a violation of our oath?” The older monk stopped and turned to the younger man and softly said, “What you say it true. It is forbidden. Yet I put her down many miles past while you continue to carry her.” With those words he turned and continued his journey. We all have choices in life. What happened to you, my son, me, the last young man who wrote and countless of other children was wrong. We cannot, however undo it. It is the past. Being continually angry has not improved the quality of your life. You can continue to feel like a victim or you can take charge of your own life and live it to the fullest. Leave the priest to deal with his sin. I’m sure by now you have shared the incident with people who can deal with it. The choice is yours from this point on. I think thirty-one years is enough anger to last a lifetime. Move on and be well or get help if it’s out of control. Al Dear Al, I can’t afford a counselor. I’m twenty-nine and married to a cute out going twenty-six year old. I work in a factory and she works with professionals. She has developed this habit of going out after work with people she works with and I’m jealous and concerned. She told me it’s all very innocent and fun but I’m not so sure. My friends think I should have her followed. What to do? Dear concerned, Yikes! The green monster has got you by the throat. How much of this is you feeling unworthy because of your less prestigious job? Can you accept that it may be as she said? OK … now realize I’m a different generation. One of my sayings over the years has been … “Where the brain hangs out the body eventually shows up.” There are many details that could be pertinent to your story not in your question. Any man or woman who goes to the bar with friends after work several times a week is asking for trouble. An occasional celebration is fine but several or more times a week is playing with fire. By dwelling on your fears and insecurities your wife may prefer the company of her friends these days rather than your twenty questions grilling when she walks in the door. Then again if she really does love you she’ll realize the insecurity you feel about your relationship and she would try to reassure you of her love and loyalty. To her the fact that she married you should be enough, and conversely you feel the same way. Why the need for all this partying? I say judge people by what they do, not their words. Sounds like you guys need to get away from it all alone where you can talk about your future and your dreams for your lives. If you both can get on the same page then you can get excited about the future together. It sounds like your wife misses her single life. If things don’t change she may be able to go back to it. One or both of you needs to re-examine your approach to marriage. A happy marriage is built on compromise. Divorce stinks no matter how or when. Keep working at it. If you both love each other seek help. Little things get out of hand quickly. Al _.·´¯)What's up with this?(¯`·._ I used to be an options trader for a hobby. I did very well one year. I grew 25,000 into 275,000 in just six months. Those were the days when analysts could manage the markets. It was all so over the top but it was crazy fun. The fall to reality has likewise been over-done. The corporate witch hunt is nuts. People forget that the government sets accounting standards via the IRS and other regulatory agencies. We have too many laws so naturally we have given birth to all sorts of systems to beat the system. We've legislated ourselves into impossible complexities and we are on the verge of making it all worse. Let's tax all income, corporate or otherwise at a flat ten percent and wipe out billions in beauracracy. I like it ... even though it's a fantasy. :) Go to the forum at Boomer Journals to express your thoughts. _.·´¯) Boomer HA! HA! (¯`·._ "Why do we spend $35,000 on a schoolbus to carry our kids a mile or two, then spend $2,000,000 to build a gym so they can exercise?" I know ... I know! "The number one problem in America is apathy ... but who cares?" _.·´¯)Remarks from the peanut gallery (¯`·._ You're right on the mark Al! Don and Betty Good stuff Boomer Al! Keep it coming. Dr. Michael Gilhousen. Have fun. It's later than you think. Al Member Ezine PA _.·´¯) General Info (¯`·._ Ask Boomer Al is an opt-in ezine available by subscription only. We do not use or endorse the use of spam. Your e-mail address is safe, and will never distributed for reason. Ask Boomer Al is a copyright @ BoomerJournals.com To contact us with feedback, questions or kudos, e-mail editor@BoomerJournals.com To subscribe, please go to: Subscibe Enter your email address, select "subscribe" and submit! To unsubscribe, please go to: Unsubscribe Enter the email address you would like to remove from our list. Select "unsubscribe" and submit the form. Please feel free to use exerpts from this newsletter as long as you give credit with a link to our page: http://www.BoomerJournals.com _.·´¯) Help Us Grow! (¯`·._ If you enjoyed this ezine, please forward it to a friend or two and help us grow. 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