tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2878961021596048308.post2361505065899281073..comments2023-03-27T06:16:30.668-07:00Comments on Walking Through Fire: All of itAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09960379568766884055noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2878961021596048308.post-14894753560339565372012-07-09T18:57:06.602-07:002012-07-09T18:57:06.602-07:00I gotta agree with Laurel. Definitely still a thi...I gotta agree with Laurel. Definitely still a thing that is happening. For some reason, I keep thinking about other "famous" tragedies where stupid horrible shit happened to people that didn't particularly deserve it (nobody deserves it)--I wonder what kind of advice people gave to the Jews who managed to escape to America about "moving on" from and for the people they left behind? This is not to compare anything to anything--I absolutely don't believe in "relative pain." Rather, it makes me wonder if we, as a culture, as a species, have always been so woefully inadequate when it comes to being with each other when things suck.Ellen Melko Moorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15776637770565705863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2878961021596048308.post-21944538597569303332012-05-05T11:08:02.458-07:002012-05-05T11:08:02.458-07:00thank you Laurel!!!!!!thank you Laurel!!!!!!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09960379568766884055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2878961021596048308.post-25503831591398935372012-04-28T11:16:00.437-07:002012-04-28T11:16:00.437-07:00I believe that you are not experiencing ptsd - I t...I believe that you are not experiencing ptsd - I think you are in ctsd (my term, Current traumatic stress syndrome) - you are still in the thick of it - (but I am not professionally trained in this area -)<br /><br />I love how David 'acknowledge'(s) your loss<br />shoot the people that say 'you'll be ok' or something comparable<br />your loss is real<br />your loss is enormousLaurelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12151403573883920999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2878961021596048308.post-15833058318836202572012-04-27T07:39:53.386-07:002012-04-27T07:39:53.386-07:00Thank you, Kristen. I acknowledge you for your ge...Thank you, Kristen. I acknowledge you for your generous life. This is a bit of your history:<br /><br />For years you sense the disconnectedness and struggles of the world. You struggle with the world in empathy, even fighting with your own body, grappling with your food, your health, and your very being.<br /><br />You sense the Infinite and the connectedness we all share with It. You seek to reconnect with That Infinite, but not only for yourself, you reach out to bring others together. Living in this world, within the Infinite, you create a vision of the measures of your success and how you will know when your destiny is being fulfilled: A home in the mountains, travel, the company of people who are wise and successful, people acknowledging you with payment for your counsel and contribution to their lives.<br /><br />Your persistence, endurance, commitment, and effort manifest into all these things. You bring your students to gather at your sanctuary with a view of paradise from peaks and valleys to the depths of your heart. In your home of narrow staircases, cozy offices, and the serenity of eternity, your work continues liberating dreams from snarled thoughts to perfect bound pages with glossy covers. I am there on a snowy day with 10 others unlocking our futures with your guidance. This sanctuary represents all your achievement, contribution, effort, and reward. With this house you associate your victories, acknowledgement, and success. Here you are enveloped with the love of your husband, your dog, and your self-recognition.<br /><br />Then, on a sunny afternoon, forestry workers going about their business, steeped in the ignorance you labor to liberate people from, err in judgment. Warm winds fan a desired controlled burn into a mountain firestorm that reduces manifest dreams to ashes. Your house is gone. Decades of love, effort, searching, serving, and reaquaiting with the Universe are gathered in association with a home deformed to rubble and dust. It is hard to see the Universe when your portal dissolves in moments.<br /><br />I acknowledge your loss. I acknowledge all the meaning, love, and life you associate with that house in the mountains.David Lazaroffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06700871680087779336noreply@blogger.com