Your Beliefs Don't Make You...

Great post!  If we are true to our beliefs we dont need to shout it to the world for those around us will already know it by our actions.  :)

Mel-how true.  It's tough to always walk the walk but if we remember that we are making a difference in the lives of those we care about then it's the right thing to do.

Your Beliefs Don't Make You... Absolutely Mel!  Good for you for making and taking a public stand my friend.

If you truly believe this Mel, I'm a little surprised you found Alan May's post humorous.  That was pretty shoddy behavior on his part, dissing a "newbie".

Mel

Great post . . . . Our beliefs set the table and our behavior gets us across the finish line.

Good luck and success.

Lou Ludwig

Mel - when I came into AA I thought it was all about not drinking. fortunately for me it's a 12 step program that always requires me to stop pointing the finger and look at my part in everything. Each morning I turn my life and will over to God and when things don't go my way I realize God's got a better plan. I don't believe you can be a hypocrite and have any real peace -  eventually people figure you out. (I remember good ole Jimmy - look where it got him, lol!)

Mel~ Actions always speak louder than words.  Unfortunately, I know a few hypocrites, I find myself praying for them (often).

Mel- I have always believed this and thank you for putting words to it.  Whatever your beliefs, it amounts to nothing unless your actions or behavior prove it. 

What I've learned is that people who "live it" don't talk about it much - and those who talk about it constantly don't "Live it."

There's an old saying: "Going to church doesn't make you a Christian any more than sleeping in the garage makes you a Chevrolet."

Great post Mel. Our actions should speak for themselves, less talk more action.

Perfect post Mel.  You are spot on and I have found what you have found and that is the way you live your life, treat and respect others, without even telling a soul is living a good life.  Judging less and accepting more.  People find out how you believe by the way you are in life and the things you do without asking for anything in return. One does not need to espouse their good deeds or how they believe to others, the most important One knows what we do and how we believe and He is always there whispering in our ears.  None of this means that we should be doormats or used unless we choose to be, it just means we choose to live our lives in a manner we believe in.

I love that quote Mel and I agree with you.  "He who casts the first stone"...........

I appreciate frankness and honesty also Mel, but I didn't find Alan's post to be frank or honest, I found it rude and obnoxious..............hardly a learning moment for the poor woman but certainly one for me.  I learned quite a few things from it, but I'll keep those to myself.  

Mel,

You are a good and faithful servant and you brighten lives everyday with your spirit. 

Unfortunately, for many their beliefs DO make them.  Sometimes when I read things written on FB or in comments on Yahoo, etc. it's clear that beliefs do make them . . . hate, want to kill other people, go to war, discriminate, act irrationally, say irrational things.  I love God and the Baby Jesus.  Religion and politics make strange bedfellows, as that saying goes.  My belief:  free your mind and your ass will follow.  

Mel ~~~, as above so below! Thank you for being so open minded, kind and spiritually-nostalgically objective.

There's a good link about sociology and other mysterious believes:davidike.com