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WHO AM I?
Sat, 07/07/2007 - 22:18Comments
Re: WHO AM I?
Submitted by ValNewLife on Sun, 2008-03-16 - 20:45
Banffgirl,
I'm so sad reading this. You know it's my son with the Epilepsy, not me, so I can't say I know how you feel, but I hear your pain in your post, your isolation and loneliness, your tiredness, your frustration, your feeling of loss of your "past life"...
But what's amazing to me is, despite all those feelings, you are one of the most encouraging, uplifting, insightful, helpful people on this site!!! You are needed right now, right here, in this place. It's not a mistake that you are here (I mean in this place in your life...not just on this site).
Please be encouraged...Everything changes, you know that better than anyone...We don't know what God has waiting for us right around the corner.
I hope nothing I've said offends you...things don't always come out right! You are in my prayers tonight, Val
Banffgirl,
I'm so sad reading this. You know it's my son with the Epilepsy, not me, so I can't say I know how you feel, but I hear your pain in your post, your isolation and loneliness, your tiredness, your frustration, your feeling of loss of your "past life"...
But what's amazing to me is, despite all those feelings, you are one of the most encouraging, uplifting, insightful, helpful people on this site!!! You are needed right now, right here, in this place. It's not a mistake that you are here (I mean in this place in your life...not just on this site).
Please be encouraged...Everything changes, you know that better than anyone...We don't know what God has waiting for us right around the corner.
I hope nothing I've said offends you...things don't always come out right! You are in my prayers tonight, Val
Re: WHO AM I?
Submitted by ROCKNROLL on Sun, 2008-03-16 - 21:20
WOW, YOU MUST HAVE WRITTEN THIS A LONG TIME AGO! JULY, 07! FUNNY HOW THINGS POP UP WHEN YOU LEAST EXPECT IT! SYL, MY RESPONSE IS ALWAYS THE SAME........WHY NOT ME??? YOU KNOW MY LIFE, YOU KNOW I AM CONFINED TO BED MOST OF THE TIME, UNCONTROLLED E, AND A MULTITUDE OF OTHER MEDICAL AND FAMILY PROBLEMS. YES, YOU ARE DEFINITELY ENTITLED TO THE WHY ME MOMENTS, JUST LIKE EVERYONE ONE IS. WE ARE IN THIS WORLD, SPIRITUAL BEINGS HAVING A HUMAN EXPERIANCE. HOPE THE WHY ME'S HELP YOU TO UNDERSTAND THERE IS A PURPOSE, A REASON UNDERLYING ALL THE PROBLEMS AND ISOLATION YOU FEEL. A DIVINE, SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCE, A PERIOD TO GROW AND GET TO KNOW YOUR INNER SELF. PERHAPS THE REASON IS TO LEARN TO LOVE YOURSELF EXACTLY AS YOU ARE, NO MATTER WHO LETS YOU DOWN, HURTS YOU, OR IGNORES YOUR EXISTENCE. AND WHEN THE WHY ME'S POP UP, ACCEPT THAT IT IS ALL RIGHT TO FEEL THAT WAY, AND FIND WAYS TO GET YOURSELF OUT OF THAT DEAD END..........YOU ARE A SPIRITUAL BEING, MY FRIEND..........DO IT, BE IT! HEART TO HEART, JAN
WOW, YOU MUST HAVE WRITTEN THIS A LONG TIME AGO! JULY, 07! FUNNY HOW THINGS POP UP WHEN YOU LEAST EXPECT IT! SYL, MY RESPONSE IS ALWAYS THE SAME........WHY NOT ME??? YOU KNOW MY LIFE, YOU KNOW I AM CONFINED TO BED MOST OF THE TIME, UNCONTROLLED E, AND A MULTITUDE OF OTHER MEDICAL AND FAMILY PROBLEMS. YES, YOU ARE DEFINITELY ENTITLED TO THE WHY ME MOMENTS, JUST LIKE EVERYONE ONE IS. WE ARE IN THIS WORLD, SPIRITUAL BEINGS HAVING A HUMAN EXPERIANCE. HOPE THE WHY ME'S HELP YOU TO UNDERSTAND THERE IS A PURPOSE, A REASON UNDERLYING ALL THE PROBLEMS AND ISOLATION YOU FEEL. A DIVINE, SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCE, A PERIOD TO GROW AND GET TO KNOW YOUR INNER SELF. PERHAPS THE REASON IS TO LEARN TO LOVE YOURSELF EXACTLY AS YOU ARE, NO MATTER WHO LETS YOU DOWN, HURTS YOU, OR IGNORES YOUR EXISTENCE. AND WHEN THE WHY ME'S POP UP, ACCEPT THAT IT IS ALL RIGHT TO FEEL THAT WAY, AND FIND WAYS TO GET YOURSELF OUT OF THAT DEAD END..........YOU ARE A SPIRITUAL BEING, MY FRIEND..........DO IT, BE IT! HEART TO HEART, JAN
Re: WHO AM I?
Submitted by Pharoah on Sun, 2008-03-16 - 20:39
It almost seems like we met somewhere before! X. - I'll look around here for seat and get accustomed because the options and prompts seem more scary than my first siezure! Hey, did you ever take a wrong turn in a hospital - maybe walk in on open heart surgery, scratch your ass and light a cigarrette? - Well, that's what i'm doing here today - being a 'NEWBEEEEEEEEEE' ...so how do get outa' here? - On the end of the surgeon's boot - i guess.