>>>>...I think it is not kind to use phrases like divine law with Rick. You know he is special on that matter and has no real chance to express what he has to say about it.
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>>>The guidance for my life is not my own creation. I have found value in that guidance, and I pursue it with passion. I also fail a lot in that pursuit due to my own limitations and weaknesses, though I desire and strive continually with great effort to not fail. I do this purposefully because the guidance I've received is real, foundational, in all ways honorable when understood and applied rightly, and I am beyond happy to pursue it ... even to great scorn and ridicule by others.
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>>>I know what it is I follow, and why. It's not for inappropriate reasons. All of my reasons are wholly satisfied and justified.
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>>I hope you understand my respect of that in my message above.
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>It's hard to tell sometimes between mockery and legitimacy. Thank you for the clarification.
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>FWIW, I extend my hand to you and ask you to walk this same path. It is one of such a solid foundation and good internal feeling and sense of self. It brightens everything about your life, such that when you look deep into your eyes in the mirror you need not feel ashamed or diminished. That being said, I still feel ashamed and diminished because even though I walk the "tight rope" (so to speak), I also fail a lot. It is in my failings I feel that shame and diminished sense of self. It then prompts me to re-double my efforts so it won't happen again.
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>We are also stronger together than we are apart.

Accepted.
Please consider my writings with a twinkle in my eyes but not as mockery further on.
I beg you to apologize my former rudeness.