tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9520508.post8301170182238801860..comments2024-02-03T01:51:20.266-07:00Comments on A Song Not Scored For Breathing: Getting ClearHopehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02045801745534184703noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9520508.post-9303583934721593402007-06-25T15:31:00.000-06:002007-06-25T15:31:00.000-06:00"It is worth the effort. Otherwise I'd be drunk to...<I>"It is worth the effort. Otherwise I'd be drunk tomorrow."</I><BR/>I hear ya, Hope. And I believe you when you say that it is the scariest step to take. <BR/>love,<BR/>MichAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9520508.post-71698960372677328852007-06-24T16:08:00.000-06:002007-06-24T16:08:00.000-06:00You inspire me. You are so amazingly courageous. ...You inspire me. You are so amazingly courageous. I truly treasure your honesty.daisymariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16335423179107661562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9520508.post-4390884902566202242007-06-23T17:23:00.000-06:002007-06-23T17:23:00.000-06:00i love the way you processed this - it's heartfelt...i love the way you processed this - it's heartfelt, transparent and beautiful. your courage encourages me. i am so proud of you and to be on this journey with you.<BR/><BR/>that quote was amazing and astounding that we forget that all of the things that we are learning are our's already. thank you for the reminder!<BR/><BR/>love you woman!bobbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09236324338161051924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9520508.post-32817538254309302912007-06-22T20:14:00.000-06:002007-06-22T20:14:00.000-06:00Hope, you are very much in my prayers. As a victi...Hope, you are very much in my prayers. As a victim of sexual abuse myself, it took me years to be able to talk about it with anyone, and years more to really come to grips with how it had affected my life. That journey, though long and difficult, was, and is, essential and beneficial.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9520508.post-83631782467249661632007-06-22T16:59:00.000-06:002007-06-22T16:59:00.000-06:00Mich,It's the scariest thing in the world to take ...Mich,<BR/><BR/>It's the scariest thing in the world to take this step. But I want what I see others have at the meetings I go to and know I don't have it. I've had glimpses here and there of what it's like but nothing more than that.<BR/><BR/>It is worth the effort. Otherwise I'd be drunk tomorrow.<BR/><BR/>love,<BR/>HopeHopehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02045801745534184703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9520508.post-41320131842115870152007-06-22T16:12:00.000-06:002007-06-22T16:12:00.000-06:00I'm reminded of a book I read many years ago calle...I'm reminded of a book I read many years ago called <I>Atlas Shrugged</I> by Ayn Rand. Don't remember much detail but I do remember that at one point, one of the characters asks another what he would say to Atlas if it was obvious that he (Atlas) could no longer hold up the world. The 2nd character said that he would tell Atlas to shrug it off and set it down. <BR/><BR/>More and more, as I get older, it feels as though many of us (maybe even all of us) are struggling to hold up a world that we've played some part in creating and we're afraid to simply set it down. I'm reaching that point where I'm physically feeling the exhaustion of the struggle. Hope, I think you're taking that brave step to let it go. <BR/><BR/>I think Fred Rogers is right; it's worth the effort.<BR/>love,<BR/>MichAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com