Why I admire Joan of Arc

OK here is a gal who could teach young girls today about staying true to your beliefs no matter what people thought of you , to listen to that inner voice , to follow your path ,and stay true to yourself. She was a strong , courageous, fearless leader , a trail blazer , (perhaps that’s not the best words to choose here…) in a time where women most certainly took a back seat to men , she stood tall, held her ground, and vowed to be heard . Whether she was right or not… I am not sure , but none the less , one could still take notes from her page in history… I wonder if she knew today what was going to happen to her, would she still do it all again ? Or choose a different route? (with today’s modern miracle wonder drugs, she may have been prescribed something from her doctor to make those voices go away, and she would never have been known to the outside world after all….makes you wonder doesn’t it….)


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Lynda
Saltspring Island

Voices from the other side?

Maybe the voices were real?
Just a thought..

Anything is possible !

You just never know…. but what ever the case may be, real or not real, they must have seemed very real to this gal to have put herself in such a perilous position as she did. Her beliefs must have been strong indeed, amazing considering how young she was ,and what print she left behind in the pages of our history books in the short time she was here.

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Of Course...

... they were real?

What determines what is real & what is not? If she took the MMPI today they would label her schizophrenic, medicate her and/or institutionalize her. Or perhaps they would find she had some sort of brain tumour or “abnormal” growth.

Irrelevant to me.

There will always be those throughout history who question the divinely inspired. I just embrace the beauty & inspiration of the story of her life. (God help me to ever find out otherwise – I DON’T want to know…lol)

aisha


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