Comments on: Starting Over

By: Karen D. Swim

Karen D. Swim — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 15:15:59 +0000

Welcome back Wendi! This is a great post and reminder that we do not need to rely on one day of the year to make life changes. I don't make New Year's Resolutions because I view every day as new, a blank slate, and opportunity to learn, grow and take another step toward my goals. Every January the churches and gyms are filled and by the third week, the crowds have thinned with only a fraction of the "new" people remaining. Adversity tests our desire to really change. Failure is normal but all too often people use it as an excuse to just give up. My goal for myself is to live fully, wholly and with purpose. Karen D. Swim’s last blog post..This Day In History

By: Jenny

Jenny — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 02:15:00 +0000

I know you weren't yelling, it's just the way my head explained it to me. You are always encouraging and inspiring here! Jenny’s last blog post..My Christmas Spirit

By: Wendi

Wendi — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 14:31:38 +0000

Jenny,

I’ll send an e-mail and respond to you more more privetly, but for any other person feeling a similiar way, there is no yelling intended here. NOT for anyone. And choices aren’t wrong, they are just choices/ Learning experiences. And they take you along, teaching you and when you have learned enough on that road, you will start down another one.

I would NEVER yell at anyone for the path they are on, except unless they were standing in front of a freight train and then I might yell MOVE NOW! BUT…

I really believe that we have more power then we think we do.
I also believe that we can’t do it in big steps, it has to be one small step at a time or we feel powerless and overwhelmed.
And we can’t do it in a vaccum all alone. We need community and people who care.

As for the third one…back to you ,Jenny- I KNOW FOR A FACT that you have that. You just have to remember it.and hang on to it.

hugs and love.

Kelly,

Thanks.

By: Kelly

Kelly — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 00:54:16 +0000

Hey, Jenny, Hang in there. I won't claim to know how you're feeling, but please, ignore everything else here but that one baby step. You made one, sending out a comment at a dark moment. How about a phone call to someone you can trust? A scream in your back yard? One baby step. There are lots of folks who would love to help you wiggle free, and Wendi I guarantee hopes to be one of them, not a yelling voice. I'm thinking of you, sending good thoughts, though I know you only a little bit. Warm wishes, Kelly Kelly’s last blog post..Tip of the Week: Have a Lobstah

By: Jenny

Jenny — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 00:24:23 +0000

Reading this post made me sad, even more sad than I already am and that can be dangerous. In reading this I felt like someone was standing in front of me and yelling at me that all the choices I have been making are just plain wrong and I can change them if I want to. Let me tell you, the depression part has got a hold of me so tightly that I can't even begin to wiggle free. I don't know what I am doing, but that feeling of control is long gone. It easy to read the steps you outline, but actually implementing them has me in way unfamiliar territory. I've been trying to get the help I need but I'm wondering if it's coming too late. Jenny’s last blog post..My Christmas Spirit