tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1576931768660001666.post7372056688089620899..comments2023-06-19T06:16:21.321-07:00Comments on Courage to Change: Killing the Buddha, In the Portal to Step OneSmittyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12681768755769989964noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1576931768660001666.post-25606067963055272642013-01-28T13:09:15.499-08:002013-01-28T13:09:15.499-08:00It's helpful when I recognize that those who b...It's helpful when I recognize that those who become angry at something I said or did may actually have their own problems and in some cases, after I inventory myself, I find that their anger wasn't about me at all. Sydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05642843245634635843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1576931768660001666.post-87085678273450147272013-01-24T13:52:22.095-08:002013-01-24T13:52:22.095-08:00Yes, it is exactly when a situation goes from 0 to...Yes, it is exactly when a situation goes from 0 to 60... in the intensity of a personal interaction.. that I too am stunned. I've noticed I go from 0 to 60, when I participate in something is written or spoken and forget to ask questions about our assumptions. <br /><br />H.A.L.T. helps!<br /><br />Thanks for taking time to share deeply from your experience.<br /><br />Smitty~ Smittyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12681768755769989964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1576931768660001666.post-31470176532272475172013-01-24T13:48:55.305-08:002013-01-24T13:48:55.305-08:00Dawn, there is nothing you have said in your past ...Dawn, there is nothing you have said in your past posts that has been off the mark, in my book. I really am open to all comments, as long as they are not nasty. I need others' perspectives and honesty.<br /><br />I am sure the anonymous one who clipped me one while reading, felt they were on-mark. And so I let the comment stand for itself. <br /><br />TAAAF, perhaps you have a point. When someone is particularly unkind, in a comment, I could simply delete. Compassionately give the benefit of the doubt and let the God of the Electronic Ethos.... erase the misunderstanding....Smittyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12681768755769989964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1576931768660001666.post-21360231943103269392013-01-22T21:27:52.579-08:002013-01-22T21:27:52.579-08:00I had an experience a few days ago, in which someo...I had an experience a few days ago, in which someone attacked me verbally after a meeting, going from 0 (calm) to 60 (face shoved an inch from mine, ranting and raving, calling me names) in a matter of seconds. I was stunned that this was happening after a meeting, and I am occasionally taken aback by how unkind a reader can be, with their comment on my blog, although by far the greatest number are wonderfully encouraging. <br /><br />I have to remind myself that their vitriol is not my fault, whatever they may claim, and work to feel compassion for their struggle. I delete the rude comments, and try to let them go, remembering what a good friend said years back: "Happy people don't behave that way."<br />So true. <br />Good wishes to you.TAAAFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03607602088454891329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1576931768660001666.post-90005789313691089572013-01-18T15:56:35.462-08:002013-01-18T15:56:35.462-08:00Hello friend! Undoubtedly I have replied to past p...Hello friend! Undoubtedly I have replied to past posts illustrating my perception of your words, then sharing how it applies to my life and i am sure I have been waaaaayyy off. I apologize.<br /><br />Regarding what the reader perceives, believes, comprehends, though, is really not of great importance to me. That is not to say that I don't care if the reader gets me or not. It is to say that my blog is my personal space where I can feel comfortable writing ANYTHING. I have a beautiful group of gracious readers and to agree to disagree happens often and THAT'S OK!!!<br /><br />Open - mindedness. This is uncanny, really. The two prior posts I have replied to today was on this very topic. I shared over at "Sober Boots" where I am finding myself in a place I have never rested in. One of living my life with an open mind. I spent too many years of my life in judgement - and I judged you because I was afraid realizing I didn't even know who I was. So I grabbed hold of specific tenents and held tight - Oh, I believed these things, but I thought you were wrong if you did not apply my values to your life as well - yuck,, huh!!<br /><br />Today I have come full circle on SO MANY issues. Learning someone in my family has just come out announcing his alternate choice in lifestyle, ie; being gay while being Christian and married for twenty years to my sister. This is heavy stuff, , but today I can continue to love him and accept him for who he is,,, His lifestyle is between he and God, NOT ME.<br />I'm rambling though, so I'll end with this. Emjoy your weekend!dawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15089788992642824340noreply@blogger.com