If your reply wasnt directed to me, then your post shouldnât have indicated it was regarding my post.
You are right,I am nothing like you, nor will ever be as you ( are now ).
Rainman is a friend of mine, and I had no intention of grabbing any attention, but will stand up for those I consider to be friends, even though I know he is fully capable of doing so himself. I have personally met with the man, and know what he really is like as a man.
Do you not speak up and stand by your friends?
A racist against violence, then, yes, you could say that I am a racist.
I can understand that as well.
As an example, I got caught in a blizzard at high altitude ( 11,000 + ) ( a white out ) . Couldnât even see the trail anymore. Had to break out the map and compass and make my way to the mountain top without being able to see the landscape.
The wind was raging, and it was freezing. It took hours to reach the mountain top, despite the obstacles involved. That, too, is a test, a goal, and accomplishment, to BRING OUT THE BEST, and see what you got. To stand up afterward and exclaim, THANK-YOU, GOD. WE DID IT! What a feeling. Nothing quite like it.
I pit myself against nature, to overcome anything that is thrown down, and survive. The stakes are life and death.
As an ordained priest ( as of December,2004 ),I will always speak out against any action/activity that involves violence.
Understand, I realize that there are things to be done to test ourselves, to find out what our limitations are, and use the lessons learned to become stronger, and expand the parameters of those limitations.
There are choices as to what challenges we can face. If you want a challenge, go down to a childrens hospital and bring some joy into the life of the children. With your training and successes, maybe some of the children facing terrible times ahead, would listen to your words of experience of what it is like to fight and win.
You may be the greatest man on earth, I just donât agree with the âsportâ. Nor do I believe that your challengeâŚ
directed to Ray, or anyone here, was appropriate on this forum.
Sometimes the lesson is in the losing, not just the winning. You certainly are not any less of a man if you lose a match, than if you win. You are who you are, regardless. And who you are from within, nobody can take away, and discovering who you really are within, is the best prize of all.