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Actress, Model, Author, and Entrepreneur Mariel Hemingway shares her personal journey to love, growth, and peace.
- April 25th, 2009, 04:03 pm
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I am sorry but i cannot agree with this article...where arethe biblical principles concerning Godly love and marriage?God perfect will for this woman was that she wouldstill be married with her first husband...it makes me sad how christian values are falling apart for the world and evil way of thinking.May the Lord have mercy to us all and we sure need to pray for christian couples and families.


- April 25th, 2009, 04:03 pm
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Article: I thoroughly enjoyed this article. It was poignant and reached a point in my life where I am. Life aided you to learn valuable lessons to teach others. I personally thought "When you are true to yourself and your needs, love will find you. When we sacrifice our integrity and intention for another, love will remain elusive," was amazing. Too often we focus on everyone but ourselves. When we are true to ourselves then we can be true to others and deattach from people who are not receiving of that. Everyone crosses the bridges at some point in our lives.





Previous Comment: It seems the previous comment read the article but did not listen to the article. The one point stated is a part of the article but not the whole article itself. The disagreement is against part of the article. Prayer is valuable but so is action. Instead of just praying, act. We no longer as a society follow the adage it takes a village to raise a child. And how do we know what God's will is for this woman, did He reveal it to us? We are not God nor should we try to attempt to be. That's her walk not anyone else's. We experience things as test to serve as testimony. We could be diminishing God's work because we view the venue is not right.


- May 6th, 2009, 08:33 am
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I have always been a big fan of Mariel Hemingway, both as an actress and a person. I appreciate her sharing her views on love and her quest to lead a simple life and follow her dreams. Thank you, Mariel! I wish you great joy.
- May 6th, 2009, 08:43 am
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While I appreciate her willingness to share "advice", it seems that it amounts to another case of the blind leading the blind. It's based on a post-modern world view that denies any sense of moral right and wrong. We as a society have become so selfish in nature that we hop from one relationship to another for the sake of transiently "feeling" better.Instead to making a commitment to work things out come hell or high water, we take "the grass is greener on the other side" perspective. The funny thing is that after the initial emotional enamourment, we wind up back to the same place. I wish Mariel all the best, but I "advise" readers to use caution whose advise you take.
- May 7th, 2009, 10:57 pm
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I was never a fan of Ms. Hemingway, but I mayhave to change my mind.What she writes makes so much sense. Too many people try to change their outward appearance - usually to please someone else - or do things just to please others, when what they should really be working on is self-awarenessand love of self. "You can't make anyone else happy if you're not happy with yourself" I also like what she says about food, even if it is shameless self-promotion or advertising for her book. Having just read "In Defence of Food" I wonder if her new love is the author. Their philosophies on food and a simpler life is just so similar. "Serendipitous" is life-affirming!
- May 8th, 2009, 07:03 am
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I would not be promoting her as an advertisement for E Harmony. I'm sure there is more to the story than a couple of sentences, but she gives the impression that there wasn't anything more than 'drifting apart'. I don't think this is very helpful to the people who have tried so hard to keep their marriage together. Wonder how soon she will drift apart from this new person? Try giving us some really inspiring stories, this really falls short of what true commitment is.
- May 8th, 2009, 06:25 pm
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I agree with the last comment (dazzles1). While I do think you can love, lose love, and lose someone else, once you are married it is supposed to be "until death do us part"- not "until restlessness and a career do we get bored and give up". I like a lot of the eH articles, but this is not one of them. I don't think it's very helpful.
- May 26th, 2009, 05:01 pm
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