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Kindred · Messages: 913 Location: A little Here.... a little There~

(...by the way... it's Always so nice to hear a bit of Sweetness from another extended when you're in a rough spot. Don't know how I would have come quite so far had I been denied that.
My heart & support go out to you during this difficult time. Gentleness, gentleness, Gentleness~* We All Deserve it. Especially from Ourselves.)

(((((((Hugs to You.)))))))

...A Glorious Un-Work in Progress.~*

Anonymous · 05/01/2007 12:50:33 Subject: Re: Welcome to the dark place under the stairs..

I just ventured under the stairs - and once again Kindred has the info that resonates with me.

I strangely seem to 'get' all the different POVs being displayed. How odd.

I love knowing that when I get whiny about my work situation - which I do - I have a place to babble in whatever form I want, knowing that others who venture to this place come expecting to find dark grungy things.

Brian, your worldview is unique, and you have the knack for explaining it well.

Anonymous · 26/03/2007 07:14:54 Subject: Re: Welcome to the dark place under the stairs..

Dear Brian,
I believe that we all go through dark periods. If we don't acknowledge them, we can't deal with them. Pretending everything is fine, is not an answer, it's the "ostrich effect". I'm no therapist, but without working through the dark, we will never see the light.

Katherine

Arafel Sedai · Messages: 54

Bravely said Kindred...

We all take a trip to the Dark Place under the Stairs.

Where I work...a lot of time is spent under there... and we tend to deal with it by whining and fussing (I'd call it something else, but I'm in polite company) and being generally onery to one another.

But in the quiet spaces... the pain is real and harsh.

Never equate gallows humor or whining with not caring
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"It's a dangerous business, going out of your door. You step into the Road, and if you don't keep your feet, there is no knowing where you might be swept off to."
J.R.R. Tolkien

beckyj1953 · Messages: 1

I figured In the Dark was the place for this.. I just lost a very dear friend that I shared so much humor and life with. His being gone has made me think twice about everything. I was journaling and this just came out.

"I used to love compliments, she said, until my friend died. At his funeral people kept saying how good he looked. To me, he just looked dead."

I reread what I had written, laughed so hard I cried and knew I would be okay, he hasn't left me at all. He is just in my head and heart now. [b]

mish · Messages: 1036 Location: Southern California

love the way you think, becky..

welcome
peace,
mish

We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned so as to have the life that is waiting for us....E.M.Forster

hecticeclectic · 16/01/2010 23:55:49 Subject: Re: Welcome to the dark place under the stairs..

Hi Becky...beautiful words. Welcome to this land. The light is always on, even in the dark.

Love,
Jo

Look up at the sky. Ask yourself, "Has the sheep eaten the flower or not?" And you'll see how everything changes.
And no grown-up will ever understand how such a thing could be so important!
Antoine de Saint-Exupery, THE LITTLE PRINCE