Responses
So, what book are you reading? I find that it is so easy to slip out of living from the heart…which is odd because it is so freeing. But we feel we have to protect ourselves and we start living inwardly, all over again. For me, it is selfishness that keeps me from living outwardly. I’ve been reading another blog that brought up this idea recently: There is a catch phrase popular now that “It’s not all about you”. I guess it is supposed to remind people to not be selfish. But I wonder (as did he) if it really IS all about us. About how we fit in this story of life. How we choose to interact, keep to ourselves, never allowing anything to hurt us, or anything to help us grow. Or to live freely and openly, allowing the pain, but growing out of it. Thank you, Kate for sharing your heart with me.
My Response Its all about me __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
i’m an avoider. i think i just pretend that tomorrow is really the better day to take care of things…tomorrow i’ll do it right, tomorrow i’ll be better than i am today. i know what i need to do to be better (i think), so i’ll get up early tomorrow and do it all right. (that’s a lot of pressure to put on one’s self…i’m going to get up tomorrow and do it ALL right?!) come on…so, i do that too.
sounds good to me. did i do it yet, no, ’cause it’s the end of the week. so i’ll start on Sunday? that’s gives me a couple days off, aughhhhhhhh!!!!!!!! Kory (September 18 – I Plan my Failure Daily)
My Response Putting things off to Tomorrow
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You’re right about the perceptions of other people. Sometimes I wonder the same thing if others are going through the same but in the end, it blocks you from moving forward. It becomes analysis by paralysis for many. Frank (September 15, 2009 – Am I in the Right Place)
My Response Paralysis by Analysis
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I have felt like I think you feel (to some degree) for as long as I can remember, thankfully I’ve also been a musician for that long and I’m sure it is the only reason I can get out and do some of the things that would scare me otherwise. Having been a musician for so long has become a huge comfort, so much that I would rather perform than do most anything else that involves interaction with people. I love to teach, but I could never teach anything but music performance, more specifically trumpet. My teachers, Lee included, have always told me that I would be a great teacher and should have gotten and education degree as well, but the thought of having to deal with school administration and parents and all of the non-music related factors scares me far too much to consider it. Jess (September 15, 2009 – Waking up) Jess’s Story
My Response Find your Passion
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Firstly ‘thank you’ for being so honest and open – and secondly I’ll listen and I want to share your journey and even join in…..Ive had agoraphobia/anxiety with a touch of social anxiety thrown and as many other phobia’s life can throw at me for 9 years and there’s times I dont think I’ll ever get better but I am getting better all the time but I never look at the positives only the negatives,I look at all the stuff I cant seem to do at the moment but forget all that I have achieved so far.
Paula (September 14, 2009 – Waking up)
My response Negativity
