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Am I a Radical?

I was raised to keep my mouth shut and mind my own business. Now I don't suggest my parents were mean, they weren't. They just wanted we girls to be the kind of sweet young woman every 'prince charming' would be delighted to carry away and live with--happily ever after.

Something went wrong with me and I still haven't figured it out. Inside I feel like the mousy wallflower I was prepared to be, but things keep going wrong. It usually begins with my opening my mouth. No, that's not right, either. It begins with a propensity to feel the pain of others. That pain is what makes my mouth fly open. I think maybe God eggs me on. He just wants to show me how quickly I can get myself into hot water so He can rescue me.

God wants all his children to know that no one can care for them as well as can He. And with the pain swelling up within us, He is working a plan to relieve someone else's pain while He is also teaching us the lessons He most wants to impart to each of us.

So, which matters? being popular or being used? I don't like to be used by people, but I'm honored to be used by my Heavenly Father.

I'm off to a meeting and I'm going to open my mouth..........again.

"The radical is that unique person who actually believes what he says. He is that person to whom the common good is the greatest personal value. He is that person who genuinely and completely believes in humankind. The radical is so completely identified with humankind that he personally shares the pain, the injustices, and the sufferings of all his fellow humans. For the radical the bell tolls unceasingly, and every man’s struggle is his fight." --Saul Alinsky, "Rules for Radicals"

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