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RE: Go *$%@ Yourselves! (An Inspirational Post)
Great piece. I was really following your story about your parent forcing their religion on you, and ill like to know how that ended. I was impressed to read that you started writing at such a tender age. kool
Thank you. I'm debating writing a post about that, although I wasn't really exaggerating when I said it would probably take a book, or at least a novella, to really cover it. I've determined that there is probably no greater form of brainwashing on the earth then having this impressed upon you from the time you can think by people you trust implicitly, and maybe more importantly people who truly love you and believe it wholeheartedly themselves. I don't hold it against them, considering their feelings about it. They truly believe it's a matter of your eternal afterlife so naturally they would be afraid not to impress it on their kids. It's the fear aspect of it that initially began to bother me. And the contradictions. I happen to think that it's not hate but fear that is the opposite of love.
Anyway...yeah, I did start young. I learned to read between the ages of three and four and I can't even tell you exactly how. I wasn't really taught, it was more that I memorized the stories my mom read to me until I began recognizing the words. I didn't want to have to rely on someone else to find out what was going on in those books, lol. And not long after I decided that I wanted to be the one telling stories. Everyone has different passions, gifts, etc, that happened to be mine :)
Oh I also think fear is the opposite of love. No problem when ever you write a post on that issue ill like to know so i can read it . Am a newbie on steemit and i just wrote my introduction post. You can check it out at MY INTRODUCTION POST Thanks