restaurant soap

oh dear.

hubby and i believe that organized religion can cause many many problems, and that it can mess with a person to the detriment of that person being able to figure out his/her life lessons and move forward. to wit...

jean's pastor, who first said 'i will miss you', told her to wait a bit more for a miracle. jean's second husband (who moved out-and-back three times, and who instigated the divorce and the legal arrangements) frantically told her he didn't want her to leave the area and head to atlanta. so...

now the ex (second husband) wants to give her the money to open the restaurant in the bigger place. i assume he will shortly tell her he wants to move back in.

i think the pastor has so much influence here that it keeps jean from being able to figure out what's best for her (the pastor and the ex are very good friends and have worked closely together for the past 6 years).

to my mind, religion (plus teachings from when she was a kid) keep jean from becoming aware that she needs to stop (for many reasons) desperately hanging onto this dream of owning her own place (and being successful like she was x-years ago), and simply move forward to accept what the universe has in mind for her.

does that mean i'm right? don't be silly -- i'm not privy to the thoughts of the universe. but it feels right. and the religion stuff and the people pushing her to stay feels wrong.

for her sake, i hope i'm the one who's wrong.