Quote: Pen! And I had thought you had forgotten about me!
Hi Pam,
No, I hadn’t forgotten about you at all, quite the opposite. I just sometimes need a day or two to process things, especially if they really make me think – and your post did. Sorry about the delay!
Quote: Funny you should make the comment about being less judgemental. Me too. Except it all falls back under that whole "self serving" issue, doesn't it? It is far easier to be less judgemental when you yourself do not wish to be judged. Well, on the surface, anyway. I know that I had to fall hard to get myself back up. And, I am willing to take whatever anyone has to throw at me. So, for me, and I suspect you as well, it is not a matter of deflecting judgement. It is a matter of saying, "I was wrong to be that way." The old saying about walking a mile in someone else's shoes really does hit home, doesn't it
Outch, outch, and outch again– that’s it EXACTLY. If I were a plant, I’d now be growing an inch a minute with all these new realizations. ::wry grin::
And I also wanted to say your account of your personal sitch is perfectly lucid, and to me, perfectly understandable. It’s not hard imagining myself in the same place (something to watch out for in the future). But, as with Betsey, it might have been what it took to forge you into the person you are today, and no one can say that isn’t something extraordinary.
I think your honest and insightful (not to mention soul-searching) posts are doing a lot of people a world of good right now, and I just wanted to say you're a very courageous woman.
