tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4047684609505199942.post2723549475720716482..comments2011-10-04T15:31:07.960-07:00Comments on one eye squinted: you have to love to be lovedone eye squintedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01009166426288512632noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4047684609505199942.post-35198824775272085672011-10-04T15:31:07.960-07:002011-10-04T15:31:07.960-07:00I have missed you. And somehow missed this post. I...I have missed you. And somehow missed this post. It is hard sometimes to remember to give the love. When I am in a down place, it is almost like I expect people to know and reach out to me. And when they don't I tend to withdraw (the opposite of what I need to do). Like I said, I miss you. And I wish I could reach out to you across the dining room table right now.Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11852496551877127162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4047684609505199942.post-45018027229224929432011-09-30T16:58:31.844-07:002011-09-30T16:58:31.844-07:00The internet is both a lovely and a terrible thing...The internet is both a lovely and a terrible thing but don't sweat the small stuff. And, sharing let's us in on knowing what's behind the door. I bet there is a bigger something there that really made you upset. And sometimes you just have to open that door and come out. It's okay to be vulnerable.<br /><br />Well, there is a reason I stop by here. And it is because you reached out to me one day and those little things I think well they matter. When someone reaches out their hand you take it, right?sew nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09469925687561484248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4047684609505199942.post-30615498901435260092011-09-22T16:22:47.770-07:002011-09-22T16:22:47.770-07:00i'm deeply moved by this post. i wish i had de...i'm deeply moved by this post. i wish i had deeper things to say at the moment, but i feel emotionally spent. really, i just want to agree with you on two things:<br /><br />1) "i have to say that it is in giving love and making an effort to be connected that i feel the most connected back to them."<br /><br />amen. when i'm not making an effort to engage with people i know (and the goodness/realness in them, that drew me to knowing them in the first place) it's so easy to feel adrift in the mean-spiritedness in the world. it's easy to consume information, be a bystander and observer of the world around me and become deeply disturbed/depressed/annoyed by it all. but the act of interaction, of engaging(even if in typed words) is historically proven to be my great antidote to consumption and angst.<br /><br />2) "but i think as we grow up, we are more afraid to take risks."<br /><br />and therein lies the problem. i know the antidote, but the older i get, and the more life i live as a result, makes it increasingly difficult to remember the antidote. and to remember its power to heal and restore.<br /><br />thanks for choosing to engage with us by sharing these thoughts. xo.Drisgalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03801627985629774744noreply@blogger.com