tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2273998760028140856.post9196775817467154534..comments2023-10-22T03:16:31.189-06:00Comments on Recover Your Joy: A good question: What is worth protecting?Louise Gallagherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13522775693728655487noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2273998760028140856.post-65156997555890960472009-11-07T05:22:29.723-07:002009-11-07T05:22:29.723-07:00I continued to return to my abuser over and over a...I continued to return to my abuser over and over again. One reason being my fear. I thought that at least if I was in contact with him, I would know what he was up to. I finally read The Gift of Fear, and it helped me in many ways. We can walk around with our heads up, instead of down.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2273998760028140856.post-50359445975622441052009-11-07T04:58:31.008-07:002009-11-07T04:58:31.008-07:00Hi Maureen, it wasn't until I got home last ni...Hi Maureen, it wasn't until I got home last night that I had a chance to read about the Ft. Hood shootings.<br /><br />Tragic. Sad. And unfortunately - a tragedy that could have been averted had the shadows not hidden the turmoil within and around him.<br /><br />I think one of the challenges of the shadows someone casts who is in mental distress is that we, those around watching or interacting with them, do not see inside them. We are busy coping with our own lives, expecting life to be 'as usual' as we go about living. And we as human beings have become incredibly adept at hiding our turmoil within from the world around us.<br /><br />What I find so sad is that for this man -- that 'something' that snapped has resulted in destroying the very thing his oath had inspired him to protect and preserve and save -- life.<br /><br />And in that decision to destroy what he swore to protect, he ended the lives of innocent people and created a world of sorrow.Louise Gallagherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13522775693728655487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2273998760028140856.post-15696655770532585752009-11-06T07:25:22.162-07:002009-11-06T07:25:22.162-07:00Louise,
You write an "of the moment" p...Louise, <br /><br />You write an "of the moment" piece. Since hearing yesterday afternoon of the horrible shooting at Ft. Hood in Texas, I find my head filled with thoughts of the artist's call to consider what is worth protecting. I think that even when the shadows are lit up, we sometimes miss what lies within them, what they are showing us. In the case of the Ft. Hood murders, the shooter, who was not feared, left signs that might have been heeded but perhaps the shadow he was casting was not yet long enough to be understood as threatening.<br /><br />Thank you for being inspired by an item in my post.Maureenhttp://writingwithoutpaper.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com