tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2795313202070429109.post7815943772604495786..comments2023-10-10T03:04:15.570-07:00Comments on Grace was Calling and I Didn't Pick up: Brave New WorldKathy M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17266701533758183054noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2795313202070429109.post-39760516536114381512010-02-27T11:25:40.027-08:002010-02-27T11:25:40.027-08:00This post has helped me to stop and think!!This post has helped me to stop and think!!gaylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00894920637532415315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2795313202070429109.post-79651526973944096832010-02-26T11:00:01.702-08:002010-02-26T11:00:01.702-08:00This resonates with me to my very core. I have of...This resonates with me to my very core. I have often felt like a foreigner since beginning this journey. It is wonderful to read similar experience.<br /><br />I caught myself asking my daughter to ask her Dad if we could go out to eat. He rarely tells her NO. I checked myself on that issue. Manipulation creeps in through subtle, cute ways. I recognized I was teaching my daughter the craftiness...OH HOW WRETCHED I FELT.<br /><br />Thanks as always!!!Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07270178527947291611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2795313202070429109.post-5239799081860289232010-02-26T01:05:27.285-08:002010-02-26T01:05:27.285-08:00Good on ya'!
Kia kaha, stay strongGood on ya'! <br />Kia kaha, stay strongTheUndertakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12316547511892258854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2795313202070429109.post-79171497117862571462010-02-25T18:29:04.138-08:002010-02-25T18:29:04.138-08:00accepting life on life's terms...acceptance ha...accepting life on life's terms...acceptance has been the hardest for me....but the most freeing. Stay strong ok. SarahNikki (Sarah)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13731200601840020130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2795313202070429109.post-73259654331353090882010-02-25T17:12:03.512-08:002010-02-25T17:12:03.512-08:00The controller prayer, I love it...The controller prayer, I love it...Bristolvolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06176684422419228152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2795313202070429109.post-60985650636725616062010-02-25T16:07:03.787-08:002010-02-25T16:07:03.787-08:00Whoa. I have this experience all the time -not the...Whoa. I have this experience all the time -not the tux thing -but having a very different and unpopular perspective on something because of the journey I'm on.<br /><br />Sometimes what I perceive to be wisdom only upsets my family/friends.<br /><br />I never know when I should speak up or smile and nod.<br /><br />Great post!Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12693795343641111526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2795313202070429109.post-91079897183572159932010-02-25T15:32:43.189-08:002010-02-25T15:32:43.189-08:00me too.. me too.. me too...
I personally think e...me too.. me too.. me too... <br /><br />I personally think everyone would benefit with a 12 Step Program.Ms Hen'shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04844440761689489376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2795313202070429109.post-16177340384173699592010-02-25T14:35:18.236-08:002010-02-25T14:35:18.236-08:00oh kathy! this post is very synchronous for me tod...oh kathy! this post is very synchronous for me today. thank you for writing about manipulation. i have a lot of growing to do, especially regarding detecting when i'm being manipulated. i tend to get wrapped up easily sometimes. i'm very grateful for you and your writings here and i'm so glad i understand the language you speak! this language of letting go :)me as i amhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14709343968813770150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2795313202070429109.post-37746500620911766322010-02-25T13:40:24.109-08:002010-02-25T13:40:24.109-08:00This cracked me up!
When I quit gossiping at wor...This cracked me up! <br /><br />When I quit gossiping at work, it took my co workers awhile to adjust. Whenever they wanted me to be "on their side" I would just say "hmmm" or "I don't know what to say". People are totally thrown off when you do that...LOLLouhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09496172669599418214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2795313202070429109.post-78115052200558141442010-02-25T11:56:31.692-08:002010-02-25T11:56:31.692-08:00I loved this - I've had that experience many t...I loved this - I've had that experience many times. It was very uncomfortable at first; now I will stop and weigh whether I'm willing to sit through the looks of astonishment and the long silence. <br />If not, I just say, "Don't ask me!"TAAAFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03607602088454891329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2795313202070429109.post-28993240039043359922010-02-25T09:25:57.583-08:002010-02-25T09:25:57.583-08:00I just love your reply. It is true that I feel mo...I just love your reply. It is true that I feel more..um...discomfort when I am around people who are in the problem with no solutions in sight. I try to be the hand of Alanon and sometimes that means keeping my mouth shut or sharing like you did, brief and honest. Wow..am I grateful to have tools these days.<br /><br />NamasteAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16128247878961221421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2795313202070429109.post-89587881942505607122010-02-25T07:50:19.419-08:002010-02-25T07:50:19.419-08:00LOL..I often hear recovery people say: Earth peopl...LOL..I often hear recovery people say: Earth people just don't understand us....<br /><br /><br /> Good for you, speaking your truth.Akanniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00513632434353119491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2795313202070429109.post-47403852679552541832010-02-25T07:32:25.026-08:002010-02-25T07:32:25.026-08:00When people are in the hell bent drivers seat of l...When people are in the hell bent drivers seat of life they only understand they have to find ways to manipulate others to do what they want done, no matter what other want. I can so understand how you feel when you say "Sometimes I feel like I’ve lived too long in a strange and foreign land, and returned with customs that no one here can quite comprehend." That is a great way to put it.CiCihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08615265608675467505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2795313202070429109.post-55607397595074174342010-02-25T03:41:51.872-08:002010-02-25T03:41:51.872-08:00Glad Kathy you were able to share and get it out i...Glad Kathy you were able to share and get it out in the open dear one. Blessings.Just Be Realhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15815210059310140144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2795313202070429109.post-61104769495890023782010-02-25T03:38:52.027-08:002010-02-25T03:38:52.027-08:00Yes. I'm going through a similar experience wi...Yes. I'm going through a similar experience with neighbors right now. I know I would have been right in there, meddling and obsessing, 5 years ago. It IS a lot like coming home after traveling abroad, and noticing things about my home country that I had never observed before. Thanks for that insight. :)Garnethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11734142123169684500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2795313202070429109.post-85198819450681456672010-02-24T23:10:07.299-08:002010-02-24T23:10:07.299-08:00Great, you spoke your truth and let it go.Great, you spoke your truth and let it go.The neverending battle of child's opiate addictionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04138779247145438268noreply@blogger.com