Another Interview
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oakmouse
1. What is your favorite beverage, and why?
I hate to say it, but it's Diet Coke.
I really like the sparkly sensation of drinking it, and the way it seems to go with just about everything I eat. That and I'm addicted to the caffeine. It's also zero calories, zero carbs.
2. If you could confer one blessing on your daughter, that you knew would come true and stay with her for her entire life, what would it be?
I had to think about this one for a while. I would bless her with a vital personal connection to the Divine that would always be a source of comfort, courage, and hope for her.
3. Describe your dream spiritual getaway, if you had a month free and no practical constraints to hinder you.
It would be in a setting where I could balance quiet alone time in nature (preferrably with both forest and ocean nearby, and lots of stars at night) with community fellowship over meals and personal sharing -- but always with the option of eating alone. I would want time to be silent, time to write, and time to engage with others to stretch and test my thoughts and reflections.
4. What's something that makes you feel comfortable and secure?
This was harder to answer than I would have expected.
I like comfort, and I try to have lots of comfort in my home, in my clothing, in whatever parts of my environment I can control.
But security is another matter.
My living situation is a thousand times better than that of many people in the world who live in poverty, filth, war zones, disaster areas, abusive situations, and etc. But I don't really feel 'secure' in my house when I get right down to it. My house leaks. I only own half of it. The upstairs is plagued with emotional issues of all kinds, and they leak down into my section. My borders are porous since the washing machine is in my area. Children and pets escape down here. I can not simply close my door and keep it all out. I love my birth family and they are a 'safe place' -- but my parents are starting to become elderly, and the sense of rock-solid security that stabilized me as a child is no longer there.
So where I am I secure these days? With_storyteller_ and uncrowned_king. I feel utterly safe with them. I trust their love, their patience, their strength (on all levels), their integrity. I know that if I stumble, they will catch me. If I -- or my daughter -- are in any way threatened, they will protect us. They will be by my side, whatever happens.
5. What's something that makes you feel challenged in a positive way, that makes you want to rise up and meet the challenge with the best that's in you?
The most consistent area is intellectual writing or debate on a topic that is important to me, especially one with spiritual and/or ethical dimensions. There's a reason my icon is Queen of Swords. I feel very much alive -- and very much using my divine gifts -- when my mind and soul are engaged at the same time.
oakmouse1. What is your favorite beverage, and why?
I hate to say it, but it's Diet Coke.
I really like the sparkly sensation of drinking it, and the way it seems to go with just about everything I eat. That and I'm addicted to the caffeine. It's also zero calories, zero carbs.
2. If you could confer one blessing on your daughter, that you knew would come true and stay with her for her entire life, what would it be?
I had to think about this one for a while. I would bless her with a vital personal connection to the Divine that would always be a source of comfort, courage, and hope for her.
3. Describe your dream spiritual getaway, if you had a month free and no practical constraints to hinder you.
It would be in a setting where I could balance quiet alone time in nature (preferrably with both forest and ocean nearby, and lots of stars at night) with community fellowship over meals and personal sharing -- but always with the option of eating alone. I would want time to be silent, time to write, and time to engage with others to stretch and test my thoughts and reflections.
4. What's something that makes you feel comfortable and secure?
This was harder to answer than I would have expected.
I like comfort, and I try to have lots of comfort in my home, in my clothing, in whatever parts of my environment I can control.
But security is another matter.
My living situation is a thousand times better than that of many people in the world who live in poverty, filth, war zones, disaster areas, abusive situations, and etc. But I don't really feel 'secure' in my house when I get right down to it. My house leaks. I only own half of it. The upstairs is plagued with emotional issues of all kinds, and they leak down into my section. My borders are porous since the washing machine is in my area. Children and pets escape down here. I can not simply close my door and keep it all out. I love my birth family and they are a 'safe place' -- but my parents are starting to become elderly, and the sense of rock-solid security that stabilized me as a child is no longer there.
So where I am I secure these days? With
_storyteller_ and uncrowned_king. I feel utterly safe with them. I trust their love, their patience, their strength (on all levels), their integrity. I know that if I stumble, they will catch me. If I -- or my daughter -- are in any way threatened, they will protect us. They will be by my side, whatever happens.5. What's something that makes you feel challenged in a positive way, that makes you want to rise up and meet the challenge with the best that's in you?
The most consistent area is intellectual writing or debate on a topic that is important to me, especially one with spiritual and/or ethical dimensions. There's a reason my icon is Queen of Swords. I feel very much alive -- and very much using my divine gifts -- when my mind and soul are engaged at the same time.
