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Schatz, I went thru about a year of regretting and crying
Over all that spilt milk...but that's all behind me now....I'm like you, I know it had to happen that way in order for me to reach this place in my life...It IS silly to regret now.
I've got the worst of it behind me. so do you. Let's just go live our lives and be thankful for what we have.
posted by
Passionflower
on July 21, 2006 at 6:13 AM
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Passion-I love my life. If I wished away my past somehow, would it change
who I am now, and make this life I have less happy? Maybe. I wouldn't risk it. Life is rich and full of blessings at every turn. Even my past is a blessing of sorts. It'd be silly to be sad about it now. It's over, and the best is yet to come.
Surely you feel the same way? You seem of the same mind on many subjects with me. Everyone is different though. Your energy for life is so high, I have a hard time imagining you spending energy on regret. Thanks for always being here. 
posted by
Schatz
on July 20, 2006 at 7:34 PM
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Thanks fionajean. It's nice to find that I'm not the wierdo of Blogit.
Often I feel that way in 'real life'. It used to bother me. Now I'd rather not be 'normal', knowing what that can entail.
posted by
Schatz
on July 20, 2006 at 7:30 PM
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Thanks, whacky!
posted by
Schatz
on July 20, 2006 at 7:29 PM
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That post was just right not too little not too much..just enough!
posted by
Whacky
on July 20, 2006 at 6:29 PM
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You're not a hippie to believe
that if you can envision it , it can happen. I take as proof the fact that my annual goals that are stuck up on the wall are achieved. The universe has a lot to give - you just have to decide what yolu want.
posted by
fionajean
on July 20, 2006 at 1:24 PM
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I feel so bad for all you've suffered...but
Am so thankful that you've survived. Not only that, but you're flourishing as a human. You've learned something that many of us never learn.
I know in my heart that you're passing this on to your kids as well. In a recent comment you left me, you said that if it were the end of the world, you'd want to pile up in your bed with your kids and husband and sing or play games.
What a precious thing it is to be a part of a loving family.
posted by
Passionflower
on July 20, 2006 at 1:19 PM
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I agree and...
I think there is ONETRUTHUNITY and only what is REAL cannot be threatened. Be HERE Now
posted by
Shams-i-Heartsong
on July 20, 2006 at 1:06 PM
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thanks, blackcat. I'll check it out.
posted by
Schatz
on July 20, 2006 at 9:12 AM
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wow... this is very real and honest... and wise.
There is so much to comment on ... but one part I especially liked was your concept of "enough." Very good.
(btw... something has happened to the margins of your blog. It's going off the screen. Perhaps that photo is too large in a post down below? Thought you should know because it makes this hard to read, but it's very worth reading!)
posted by
-blackcat
on July 20, 2006 at 8:57 AM
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Thanks, spudnuts.
Congratulations to you, as well. It isn't easy, but soooooo worthwhile. My mom has told me, with an edge of resentment in her voice, that no matter what happens in life I always come out smelling like a rose. She says I must have a lucky star. Maybe so, I say.
posted by
Schatz
on July 20, 2006 at 8:45 AM
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Schatz,
you and I both came from screwed up backgrounds, but are prevailing in adulthood. I love reading your stuff. I see a lot of things you and I have in common. We've proved that one can be someone who, as a teenager, most don't see much good in or many possibilities for and then turn into someone that none of them ever would have guessed! Congratulations to you!
Excellent advice, by the way!
posted by
Spudnuts
on July 20, 2006 at 8:39 AM
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Schatz, I have been a pastor counselor for 36 years
and I could tell you hundred's of stories similar to your where victory was won. Let me just quickly tell you of one -- She was 16 pregant, and just had become a Christian. The 18 year old father wanted no part. She and her parents came to me for counseling -- I want to keep the child -- We will help her raise the child her parents said -- She did, they did, the church did, and today the young 16 year old is over 40 happily married with other children, and her baby which she named Kristain is married and doing well in life -- just one of many -- so can your story be!
posted by
MountainClimber57
on July 20, 2006 at 8:19 AM
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Thanks 56, 1965 and offbeats...
It's a joy to have some decent people in my life who don't reply to that with, "yeah, but that's hard to do" or other such nonsense. I feel like there is a raise in conciousness these days. HOPE springs eternal.
posted by
Schatz
on July 20, 2006 at 8:12 AM
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Schatz
Yes " Iam the master of my fate, I am the captian of my soul"
posted by
Offy
on July 20, 2006 at 8:01 AM
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You can't see me
But I am standing in front of my computer applauding!!!
posted by
bel_1965
on July 20, 2006 at 8:01 AM
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Schatz, You are right the answer is love, and since God is love, the answer
is a life-changing personal relationship with Him whose Son taught us to love God will all of our hearts, souls, mind and strength, and yes, and our neighbor as ourselves. Thanks for sharing your life, and my prayers will be with you that your life will be filled with love, and the opportunties to share that love with others.
posted by
MountainClimber57
on July 20, 2006 at 7:59 AM
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