Love Truth Curiosity Popcorn Kernels

Meditations from the RantWoman world of message manglement and muddling along.

RantWoman's bedtime reading right now involves Breme Brown and Rising Strong. the word arising  at the moment from the flow of somnolence is "curiosity," but as a good literature major, RantWoman could also happily dawdle and meander in various realms of blindness tourism and personal vs corporate discernment.  RantWoman could easily dawdle there but NOT TODAY.

"Be mindful, Dear Friends, of the promptings of love and truth in your hearts: they are the motions of the Holy Spirit leading you to God".

Promptings of LOVE and TRUTH?

Love? Are you sure?

TOO MUCH of the Truth?

Truth in forms that are hard to handle, that cause discomfort, that take time and energy?

Quaker exhibitionism all over the interwebs?

RantWoman here collects popcorn kernels, conversational moments ripostes, comments that MIGHT have made it out of her mouth or off her keyboard.

1. "RantWoman, I actually understood what you said in Business Meeting.."

RantWoman attempting if thunderous eyerolling.erupts at least to be gracious about it.

Friend, if you have not understood RantWoman before, what has kept you from asking for clarification? That would be SO much nicer that "I don't understand so RantWoman must go away," a sentiment long leaving a bad taste connected with your name and this despite MUCH progress in some areas.

2. "RantWoman, I  / we do not understand your vocal ministry...(but we cannot recall enough of what you just said to even have some basis for further conversation.)

Friend, has thee considered the possibility that RantWoman rose clear to give the message, clear that it was for someone in the room but not necessarily for you?

(Friend, will thee consider RantWoman insufferably arrogant if she also tells you that three other people have just expressed appreciation for the message that you find incomprehensible?)

Friend, RantWoman has said a number of times that people tend to have repeated messages. RantWoman is aware that for her two basic messages recur though they get hung on different stories. It may or may not be reasonable to hope that someone listening has enough Literature Brain to be able to pull out RantWoman's two most frequently recurring themes, but RantWoman has to trust that the messages are to be voiced even if imperfectly comprehensible. But Friend, what might help you have better conversations if something bothers you?

3. Recently RantWoman has had two conversations where somewhere in the conversation, basically, actual or implied by circumstances

"...but my children..."

in the department of NOT "God as personal butler," what came to RantWoman

"Yes, RantWoman thinks she has a pretty good idea what Friends are hoping RantWoman will say. Friends are hoping that RantWoman will gush with regret for causing distress.

Or perhaps RantWoman is supposed to apologize for expecting something of others' children. 

The sentiment on the tip of RantWoman's fingers: RantWoman sometimes had to cope with parents needing to do adult things like have a conversation. RantWoman is pretty sure your kids can cope too."

(and RantWoman in insufferable oldest child mode MIGHT even go so far as to say "...and learning to cope will be GOOD for them. OR if we all pray to whatever we consider holy and eat our vegetables and get enough sleep, RantWoman MIGHT be able to hear the suggestion that she is just letting her Oldest Child Complex run amok AGAIN.)