tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681709.comments2023-04-26T07:40:58.773-07:00MellifluenceUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger107125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681709.post-91110047687161315332012-09-10T18:17:36.042-07:002012-09-10T18:17:36.042-07:00Thank you.Thank you.pavelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681709.post-16058955320953270722011-10-10T12:25:56.629-07:002011-10-10T12:25:56.629-07:00Awesome post. Can totally relate!Awesome post. Can totally relate!serendippitydoodahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00104858755461194676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681709.post-78727061960862885742011-09-14T12:44:03.466-07:002011-09-14T12:44:03.466-07:00Melissa:
Mystery wonderfully solved: "And be...Melissa:<br /><br />Mystery wonderfully solved: "And because Burning Man is about coming back to oneself, it's home." <br /><br />The phrase I've been using ever since I came to the States is "home is where you are" (as I typically point to my head with an index finger). <br /><br />Welcome home wherever you are.Pavel Somovnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681709.post-65321935346703391372011-08-17T06:37:12.564-07:002011-08-17T06:37:12.564-07:00Isn't funny, also, how we sometimes try to get...Isn't funny, also, how we sometimes try to get rid of something which can ultimately benefit us? Blackberries, loaded with antioxidants, are one of the best good-for-you foods!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681709.post-24497379877085848852011-08-15T06:02:42.461-07:002011-08-15T06:02:42.461-07:00I am on the tail end of recovering from an emotion...I am on the tail end of recovering from an emotionally abusive relationship that lasted for 2 years. It was following the end of a 13 year marriage, and since the good times were so good, I thought the bad were just moments. Anyway, I would write a novel about my experience, but I just wanted to thank you for sharing in your blog and to tell you that you did the right thing in making your experience public. If I could find a group in which I can share my experience to other women to protect them from what I had been through, to teach them, give them some awareness, I would do it in a heartbeat. thank you melissa.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09447437132513003731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681709.post-79343928512263090972011-08-10T19:22:43.550-07:002011-08-10T19:22:43.550-07:00I enjoyed this post. I, too, prefer to blog with d...I enjoyed this post. I, too, prefer to blog with depth and honesty about my journey, though there have been times when I have second-guessed myself, times when I've been reluctant to write the whole truth and nothing but the truth, especially as it relates to depression. And it's also been true for me, that that's when I get the greatest response and support, which has been the best encouragement to continue to post honestly and deeply. It's what I want to write and also what I want to read, so thanks for the chance to read the kind of blog that feels important to me.Debby Rose https://www.blogger.com/profile/06655865488924740295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681709.post-71388564130535396712011-07-27T13:49:19.903-07:002011-07-27T13:49:19.903-07:00I define me as your friend!
Love the feeling of ne...I define me as your friend!<br />Love the feeling of never defining or judging others. <br />DanDannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08930111429266163585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681709.post-6705113045984693412011-07-25T01:45:13.074-07:002011-07-25T01:45:13.074-07:00Thank you for this post. I was really moved.
I hav...Thank you for this post. I was really moved.<br />I have plenty of skeletons in the closet in respect to physical abuse that I don't share. Noone could ever imagine , so when sometimes I metion it , people gasp and don't know how to react. I am trying to let go and forget, I don't want to be angry anymoreAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681709.post-91217419384244964562011-07-20T15:51:21.194-07:002011-07-20T15:51:21.194-07:00I recently lost my husband to suicide. I worry som...I recently lost my husband to suicide. I worry sometimes that as I heal I'm forgetting him and that scares me. Still the heart heals even if I don't want it to and life goes on.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681709.post-53695346087304951412011-07-20T08:20:28.302-07:002011-07-20T08:20:28.302-07:00Obviously, I deleted a comment. I don't really...Obviously, I deleted a comment. I don't really want to point fingers or get in a public discussion with people who were involved. But I did want to fill in the missing piece, which is that there were people around who saw what was happening and said nothing. This is a source of incredible grief, resentment, and confusion to me. Truthfully, I don't know if I can trust people anymore, after seeing people who supposedly cared for me letting this happen without any support or action. I am so grateful for people who did speak up, even though I probably didn't really listen as I should have. I am committed now to speaking up if I see someone being treated badly, even if that person hates me for it. Please, let's all look out for one another!Honey Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08082466805390933460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681709.post-41655677126042796952011-07-19T15:11:31.775-07:002011-07-19T15:11:31.775-07:00Ugh, Becky how awful! I'm so sorry that happen...Ugh, Becky how awful! I'm so sorry that happened, but I'm sending you lots of healing energy. We are so much better off now!Honey Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08082466805390933460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681709.post-89718291992937247972011-07-19T14:28:05.703-07:002011-07-19T14:28:05.703-07:00Thank you girl Friend for sharing so much of your ...Thank you girl Friend for sharing so much of your inner self. It does matter and will help all of us heal. AmenDannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08930111429266163585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681709.post-1659051059511340082011-07-19T14:22:32.228-07:002011-07-19T14:22:32.228-07:00What you said about people standing by and doing n...What you said about people standing by and doing nothing... I really know that feeling so well. After I left him, I had so many of his/our friends tell me "we couldn't believe how poorly he treated you when WE were present", and all I could thing was WHY did you say nothing.<br /><br />Also, when I found out he'd cheated on me, I felt so betrayed, because half of the people we used to hang out with together knew about it, and had said nothing to me.Rebekka @ Becky's Kaleidoscopehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08561986047548051036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681709.post-12721286386767199572011-07-19T14:10:10.924-07:002011-07-19T14:10:10.924-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Honey Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08082466805390933460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681709.post-51799905352961213782011-07-19T07:26:52.837-07:002011-07-19T07:26:52.837-07:00Thank you. This is such an important issue, that n...Thank you. This is such an important issue, that not enough people are aware of. I was in a verbally abusive relationship for 2 years, I tried to leave several times (which was then used against me since "only he cared about our relationship" in the hour-long tirades breaking me and my self-esteem down). It wasn't until I discovered he'd been cheating on me that I found the strength to leave him. Frankly, I've never been happier since I did so (six months ago). So thank you for sharing this. Brought tears to my eyes.Rebekka @ Becky's Kaleidoscopehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08561986047548051036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681709.post-76498456892603033032011-07-18T10:55:00.860-07:002011-07-18T10:55:00.860-07:00Beautiful, brave and inspiring. Brava.Beautiful, brave and inspiring. Brava.donnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00762690167864156774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681709.post-40678127131777584482011-06-18T10:20:34.487-07:002011-06-18T10:20:34.487-07:00There's an old saying that you may have heard,...There's an old saying that you may have heard, 'If they're talking about me, at least they are leaving someone else alone." I know it doesn't take the sting away from having to endure such ignorance and childish hatred, but it has a ring of truth to it. <br /><br />Some people never grow past that middle school cliche phase. Always struggling to be the popular girl, or the football team captain, deep down inside it's insecurity that fuels this. These same people are the ones that get in an uproar when they hear about another lost and confused child taking his life, or those of his classmates that turned him into the school leper. <br /><br />I think you have found the key to it all here. Start with yourself first. Find compassion and forgiveness in your own heart and to hell with the uppity cheerleaders of the world that can't. They harbor hate in the mirror and just need someone to make themselves feel like they are better than they really are.<br /><br />Beautiful post, thanks for sharing.co_cor3000https://www.blogger.com/profile/00783373210610562701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681709.post-16957950440857940512011-06-17T09:51:18.093-07:002011-06-17T09:51:18.093-07:00Perhaps self forgiveness is harder because we know...Perhaps self forgiveness is harder because we know our own internal motivations. We don't know why others feel compelled to gossip, although my personal feeling is if your life is so boring you have to gossip about others maybe you ought to look into that, but we do know why we did whatever we did. And maybe you're measuring your own justifications for that action against other's judgment of it? <br /><br />We can't always meet society's rules since society is not always correct. Society doesn't know our motivations or reasons. Self forgiveness is realizing your individual morality may not match the world's, and that's ok. If you have acted from your heart, you were within your rights. If not, therein lies the problem. And that can only be taken as something to move forward from, and not something to cast judgment on. Judgment limits us, while forgiveness lets us progress.donnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00762690167864156774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681709.post-68536306306392728652011-05-13T12:23:42.246-07:002011-05-13T12:23:42.246-07:00You are doing what all of us out here pine to expe...You are doing what all of us out here pine to experience; the unknown and freshness and newness of life. Harrah for you Melissa, you are my hero.<br />DanDannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08930111429266163585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681709.post-54496372581411997752011-04-26T22:32:13.333-07:002011-04-26T22:32:13.333-07:00Thank you :-)Thank you :-)Honey Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08082466805390933460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681709.post-28994521026540906742011-04-25T11:29:13.741-07:002011-04-25T11:29:13.741-07:00Thanks for the poignant reminder of the quality of...Thanks for the poignant reminder of the quality of love that can exist and the hope that it will once again knock loudly on our doors.<br />Namaste <br />DanDannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08930111429266163585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681709.post-80570130276800846322011-04-22T12:29:08.075-07:002011-04-22T12:29:08.075-07:00nonattachment is indeed the key to move through th...nonattachment is indeed the key to move through the places that are dark and hurt. The "moment " is what we have...nothing else, just that moment which many try to pass by under the guise or promise of a better way or a healthier place. But that takes us away, sometimes far away from the "moment" and that is the death of "all that can be" or the "now". <br />M. I miss these discussions. Let's get together.<br />D.Dannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08930111429266163585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681709.post-23087539717355147822011-03-30T21:54:50.598-07:002011-03-30T21:54:50.598-07:00HoneyB, I love this story so much. You did a glori...HoneyB, I love this story so much. You did a glorious thing, and just maybe began an invocation that will be taken up by shy women everywhere.<br />There might be a revolution of timid hotties as a direct result of the energy you willed that night.<br />Congratulations!Melissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08950968207491944186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681709.post-72014006484746478772011-02-15T16:39:38.885-08:002011-02-15T16:39:38.885-08:00Too bad I didn't read your blog in the morning...Too bad I didn't read your blog in the morning! ;-)The Cosmic Cheerleaderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08895699126242810291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5681709.post-66839896474536270102011-01-24T13:07:01.775-08:002011-01-24T13:07:01.775-08:00I understand your heart on this one. Words and et...I understand your heart on this one. Words and et,al.Dannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08930111429266163585noreply@blogger.com