How Joel Osteen inspired this Card Carrying Witch to be Less of an Asshole

How Joel Osteen inspired me (a cardcarrying Witch!) to be LESS of an Asshole  

It might seem strange that I like to watch Joel Osteen sometimes.And sometimes I even like the news coverage of the "700 Club".......AND I am not a Christian,not by any stretch of the imagination.

Christians don't wear pentagrams and they do not cast spells.

Back story.

I had a friend of many years,ever since she was 15 and I was 19.We were in the South Jersey punk rock scene.....

Well she grew up to be a heroin addict.....whereas I was more into amphetamines and that wakey wakey stuff.....

SHE started the recovery journey before I did...in fact I remember when she'd only agree to hang out with me IF I joined her at AA and NA meetings.

But.....I quit my chemicals,and 4 years later I quit drinking.....but,meanwhile she slipped back into the smack (that is a synonym for Heroin if you did not know)...I also endured and escaped 2 abusive relationships,through the years.....

My mom kept in touch with this girl but I had to stop talking to her because (here's where the Witchcraft comes in) ...I am sensitive to energies......for instance if someone keeps  attracting gang rapes and abuse REPEATEDLY...if someone CAN NOT STAY SINGLE FOR OVER 2 WEEKS......I do NOT want those energies on ME...I can FEEL it......I can feel the sickness......yes it has a texture and...it's hard to discribe without sounding like I'm off my rocker.....

So for YEARS I stopped associating with this girl.

And......her health has been on a decline......my Mom knows and has remained friendly.

Fast Forward to Joel Osteen (who I do NOT watch just because he is adorable and his wife,like Mrs Ann Romney,is a Stone Fox )..

A few werks ago he had a program about not abandoning people,not rejecting people,"not being a jerk".

And I saw that,guess what...I was being a FIRST CLASS JERK.

It was that dramatic.....

soon after I answered chickie's Linked In request....and now we are talking....

I have spent too many years hurting another hurting human being...and who gives ME that right????

I am not an asshole.....or I am trying to not be......

Good info can come from many sources...even Christian television......

OOPS DID I JUST ADMIT THAT???????