tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8748617932397432025.post1887582837241190848..comments2016-04-08T08:25:38.547-07:00Comments on Work In Progress: It's Not So Much the Heat.......Kristenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07845509553730947239noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8748617932397432025.post-67597170643909689612013-07-22T03:55:43.093-07:002013-07-22T03:55:43.093-07:00I am blow away at how precisely you nailed this. S...I am blow away at how precisely you nailed this. Shame. Thank you so much.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8748617932397432025.post-38279840231576254322013-07-21T16:46:16.293-07:002013-07-21T16:46:16.293-07:00"One step I have made is that I think I am in..."One step I have made is that I think I am in excellent company. I used to think I was drowning alone while everyone else skimmed the surface of the water---like it was frozen and they were on skates---sliding here and there and making it all look so graceful. But talking about my shame with one or two people --and writing about my shame has led other people to share their stories. And I have learned that I have a lot of people struggling beside me. This helps lighten the load---the rock shifts. It is a bit easier to breathe. You find a friend and hold on...."<br /><br />That is the truth.<br /><br />I read a poem last night that made me think especially of this paragraph you wrote. It's by Haziz:<br /><br /><br />"A Great Need"<br /><br />Out<br /><br />Of a great need<br /><br />We are all holding hands<br /><br />And climbing.<br /><br />Not loving is a letting go.<br /><br />Listen,<br /><br />The terrain around here<br /><br />Is<br /><br />Far too<br /><br />Dangerous<br /><br />For<br /><br />That.<br />---------------<br /><br />The terrain is far to dangerous for that. So let's love and grab a hand and keep climbing.Lyndsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10176456754098878761noreply@blogger.com