tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7361429.post4622107877864625386..comments2023-11-03T00:59:06.808-07:00Comments on Common Places: I cheatedRachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09552221110548320109noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7361429.post-69952439255041505522009-02-28T16:30:00.000-08:002009-02-28T16:30:00.000-08:00Hmmm...I think you are my voice of God today...I w...Hmmm...I think you are my voice of God today...I was driving home from spiritual direction and listening to Alanis--this song in particular--(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeGFu05xB-8). And I started weeping. The song's not a perfect reflection of agape, of course, but I have been thinking for a long time about how much my vision of God is often God-as-borderline-personality-disorder-mother (as much as we try not to project our parental experiences onto God, we do, we do), and the heart of that disorder is narcissism and intensely conditional "love". Anyway, as I was listening to Alanis, I thought about how my husband loves me--how much freedom his love creates for me because he is pretty damn good at the unconditional thing. And then I was thinking about how that has been part of what has given me the ability to begin to love my daughter with radical unconditional love and freedom. And how I think this sort of unconditional love is becoming my new image of mothering and, thus, my new image of God. Today I really _felt_ God's love for the first time in a long time. So, consider the conditions of the award revoked. You are hereby awarded an unconditional love "I Love Your Blog" award. :)Muser Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03619098935024377476noreply@blogger.com