tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107151958453669111.post7193215412872830863..comments2024-03-28T14:45:34.423-04:00Comments on 37 Paddington: Broken thing37paddingtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12400464105403622384noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107151958453669111.post-10250924855109616692019-06-18T22:41:23.605-04:002019-06-18T22:41:23.605-04:00This is going to sounds selfish but it's good ...This is going to sounds selfish but it's good to know that I am not alone in feeling as you do and perhaps most of the world has these secret sorrows we hide from each other. It's not that I want you to suffer, it's that I know I am not alone. Does that make sense? <br /><br />My whole life I've never fit in and that still continues so when I find someone whose thinking is so similar to my own, it's comforting. Thank you and I hope it gets better for you.My life so farhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16721270441968035994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107151958453669111.post-50577823642991207472019-06-18T17:32:31.568-04:002019-06-18T17:32:31.568-04:00Very sad to read this but you do have all the answ...Very sad to read this but you do have all the answers, you wrote it all down here. I realise that knowing this does not make it easier.<br />Thinking of you.Sabinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09015827501648296977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107151958453669111.post-1482625851340542302019-06-18T14:28:00.212-04:002019-06-18T14:28:00.212-04:00sorry to hear this but yes there are things out of...sorry to hear this but yes there are things out of our control and will always be. letting go of the hope that it will get better is sad but it can also a relief, a weight off of your shoulders.ellen abbotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00535475792150335186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107151958453669111.post-20466125646579988722019-06-18T13:33:15.281-04:002019-06-18T13:33:15.281-04:00That mural is amazing and perfectly suits your pos...That mural is amazing and perfectly suits your post. I wish your loved ones could read this stunningly beautiful synopsis of their situation. You’re in a tough position, as I unfortunately know from experience. When our friends or beloveds are hurting, our hearts are affected as well ~ sigh.lulumariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01951594259193037282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107151958453669111.post-82035491013286900552019-06-18T13:02:22.007-04:002019-06-18T13:02:22.007-04:00I'm so sorry for the pain you are feeling. Hug...I'm so sorry for the pain you are feeling. Hugs, my friend.jenny_ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15475480579733466963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107151958453669111.post-79470827269187904952019-06-18T12:27:53.126-04:002019-06-18T12:27:53.126-04:00"...and I can't ever quite shake it, beca..."...and I can't ever quite shake it, because it hurts the ones I love most, and therefore I cannot be indifferent."<br /><br />Thank you so much for putting into words that which I have been unable to articulate to myself. <br /><br />I cannot be indifferent. The remaining option is to love in the context of a situation I wish were different and most likely will never be different because of anything I do or say or don't do or don't say.<br /><br />It is occurring to me that in our response is our responsibility.<br /><br />I noticed "SAMO" on the beautiful mural and was curious, which led me to this:<br /><br />http://streetartnyc.org/blog/2018/11/08/magda-love-al-diaz-and-eduardo-kobra-paint-nycs-largest-wall-at-city-as-school-in-the-west-village/<br /><br />Thank you again for helping Ellamae Simmons tell her story. When I mentioned the book before, I had only begun reading it. I am wholeheartedly recommending Overcome to friends. Your writing is clearly a labor of love, the work of the heart.amhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09212213177713917828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107151958453669111.post-32574432685052988842019-06-18T10:33:34.814-04:002019-06-18T10:33:34.814-04:00I needed to read this today. I have a secret crush...I needed to read this today. I have a secret crushing sadness and I can't make the players of the drama any different, nor my own response to it all. I just try not think about it when it wakes me at 4:30 in the morning. Sigh.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107151958453669111.post-39457950684084776282019-06-18T09:53:14.933-04:002019-06-18T09:53:14.933-04:00"...the idea that suffering is caused and dee..."...the idea that suffering is caused and deepened by our response to what happens, the way we think about it, rather than the event itself." Yes! Which causes more pain. Kristinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06413795611563683135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107151958453669111.post-64840156254870137332019-06-18T09:36:14.191-04:002019-06-18T09:36:14.191-04:00I'm sorry. But you're right- sometimes all...I'm sorry. But you're right- sometimes all we can do is let things be what they are. As hard as that is. 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