tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2795313202070429109.post4520744183945021113..comments2023-10-10T03:04:15.570-07:00Comments on Grace was Calling and I Didn't Pick up: A Compass to Guide MeKathy M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17266701533758183054noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2795313202070429109.post-59055529026566181152010-04-11T08:17:38.243-07:002010-04-11T08:17:38.243-07:00I am grateful to have a home that we can afford. ...I am grateful to have a home that we can afford. We live simply. I, too, have compassion for those people who are stressing over financial stuff without having any steps or tools. I would be a mess without the stability of my program. You didn't take on another's stuff..I can learn from that.<br /><br />♥namaste♥Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16128247878961221421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2795313202070429109.post-68353279949936678512010-04-10T20:06:09.198-07:002010-04-10T20:06:09.198-07:00What a great post! Between the house we sold (and ...What a great post! Between the house we sold (and had to bring a HUGE check to closing), and the house we bought, value now down about $150,000 from what we paid... it's hard to hear about people walking away as a "strategic foreclosure". My husband and I feel the same way you do.<br />We also feel, we are planning to stay here, so the value doesn't matter. Someday the kids can complain their inheritance wasn't worth as much - lol :)<br />I am so impressed with your working through this - I must say, just reading your post, I still can not get where you got. I mean... well, in a case like this I'd probably have to "fake it 'til I make it"!<br />Hey - meeting last night was about slogans - we shared our favorites, of course the two I shared were from you ("my Al-Anon friend on the computer"). The warning sirens (repeating 3xs=controlling) and about if your name's not on it...<br />Just wanted to say thanks for helping me daily down here in Florida :)<br />God bless.Heather's Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03323023399443964827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2795313202070429109.post-76283738543235100212010-04-10T19:18:34.261-07:002010-04-10T19:18:34.261-07:00I live my life according to the concept of obedien...I live my life according to the concept of obedience to the unenforceable laws--doing the right thing whether or not people are watching or it will get you in trouble. I wish everyone felt the same.Kathy Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10593849691667606991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2795313202070429109.post-60328388416786868112010-04-10T19:15:19.695-07:002010-04-10T19:15:19.695-07:00Great post!! It is so hard not to judge others whe...Great post!! It is so hard not to judge others when we feel they are wrong!!gaylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00894920637532415315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2795313202070429109.post-36787283248032242172010-04-10T17:02:02.114-07:002010-04-10T17:02:02.114-07:00I loved what you said about taking responsibility ...I loved what you said about taking responsibility for your own actions and not for the actions of others. It is so hard! This strong sense of morality, intense sense of justice, is something I've felt was my responsibility in the past. I felt it was my duty to get others to see things as I see them.<br /><br />In fact, it is not. Other people, or institutions, are not my problem and thank GOD! Who needs it? It's enough to handle my own problems. <br /><br />Our house is also worth half what we bought it for. We have borrowed against our house to pay tuition for our kids and now we owe more than it's worth - after almost fifteen years in this home. I only pray that we will be able to continue making the payments and will find our way out of this financial mess in time. Its all I can do. It would break my heart to walk away from this house... in so many ways. I certainly would not choose it.<br /><br />great post, as usual. Gives me a lot to think about and to be grateful for.Shenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16635993168913490929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2795313202070429109.post-66208819600437045312010-04-10T15:44:33.272-07:002010-04-10T15:44:33.272-07:00Kathy,
This is a good way to handle this. I have ...Kathy,<br />This is a good way to handle this. I have this conversation with a relative sometimes. He defends his compromising choices and I just try to speak the truth. It is all I have. Without truth I would be lost. It does make me sad to think that so many have lost sight of the truth. There is right and wrong and consequences for each. For me I could not sleep at night if I did something like that. <br />It reminds me of a song I heard once .....One of the lines said, "What if one day we woke up and we were living our lives upside down?" Sometimes when I talk to people it seems that up is down and down is up. <br /><br />When did walking away become acceptable. :(<br /><br />Blessings,<br />TammtAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2795313202070429109.post-82331089672978495542010-04-10T14:06:13.545-07:002010-04-10T14:06:13.545-07:00What an unsettling story. It is hard to stick to ...What an unsettling story. It is hard to stick to my moral compass when others are losing a grip on theirs. But think of the alternative. You did good.Garnethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11734142123169684500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2795313202070429109.post-67337600459996769622010-04-10T10:26:23.257-07:002010-04-10T10:26:23.257-07:00I hear you in so many ways. I would fall into self...I hear you in so many ways. I would fall into self righteousness also when I thought about a couple willing to walk away from their house and financial responsibility but still having an in home masseuse come over once a month. Sheesh...now you got me going! lol <br /><br />I like your transition to compassion though...Annettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18326425173333184401noreply@blogger.com