Comments on: Are You Your Own Dream Zapper?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 18:03:00 +0000

Oh my good gosh that movie sounds amazing! I’m going to see if I can look it up here on cuevana.tv – that’s how I have to watch movies here in Chile. Welcome to the blog, sistafriend! And yeah- AMEN! Can I get a witness?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 18:03:00 +0000

By: Jessica Percifield

Jessica Percifield — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 17:59:00 +0000

I need to read this post everyday. Do you ever feel that when you put a question out into the universe, it really does get answered? I can’t wait to read the rest of your posts. They totally speak to me. This is like Church, but without the guilt and self-loathing that accompanies it. I want to shout, “Amen Sister! Can I get a witness!” Thanks for writing and following your passion. By doing so, you’re setting others free. Just saw a movie called One Week…the main character followed his inner voice over what was expected of him and without knowing it, the byproduct was saving a life by missing an appointment and being there to take a picture of a couple on a trip; the picture being something they could hold on to when they were experiencing a valley in their relationship. Thanks for being brave and encouraging people like me to buck up, grow some balls and follow our passion. Look forward to reading more and being the change I want in my life. Cheers, Jess

By: Jessica Percifield

Jessica Percifield — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 17:59:00 +0000

By: Lghere07

Lghere07 — Tue, 03 May 2011 01:55:00 +0000

Really…I didn’t think of that? Oh yeah, I thought of that. Which is why I did say the financial situation precluded that possibility at the moment. Which is not to say I am not working toward changing that – because I am. Not just sitting bemoaning and doing nothing. And it’s not so simple, of course. For instance, I can’t just “excuse myself and leave.” It’s *my* house. There is a person involved who comes from a difficult homelife who doesn’t deserve my withdrawing this stability from them – even though it wouldn’t be “my fault,” I still feel for this other person. It’s NOT compassionate for *this* other person to force them out. It’s just not. But that’s not my fault. However, there has been added information to the situation which has crossed a line into untenable. I must wait until it becomes feasible. I don’t choose “martyrdom.” I don’t believe in it – I hate it. But feel I’ve been forced unawares into it, repeatedly – by ignorance, or stupidity, not by desire. And ‘struth that the majority of my life HAS been “wasted.” Which is not to say that I’m not still trying to change that. There’s just often a soul-wrenching decision that needs to be made – I’m not even going to go there with other soul-wrenching decisions that have been required in my life – you don’t know my life. All you need to know is – it’s not always so simple as to merely be able to “excuse yourself and leave.” Not at all simple. It’s all much more complicated than it might appear not knowing the details, and perhaps more complicated for older generations than it might be for newer generations due to the upbringings and the like. But that doesn’t mean a person isn’t doing the best they can to get where they need to be, cognizant of the fact that where they are NOW – is not where they should be. Just sayin’

By: Kelly

Kelly — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 20:23:00 +0000

Lghere,
If you feel like your life is “wasted, martyred” because of being with this “someone else and their someone else”, then the most compassionate thing to do (for both you and them) might be to excuse yourself and leave. just sayin’

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By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 12:47:00 +0000

We ALL have made those excuses at one time or another. Glad to see a new face – welcome to the site!

By: Connie Hum

Connie Hum — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 02:24:00 +0000

This is an amazing post! So honest and upfront! YES, people should stop making these excuses and start living the life they want to live. I admit, I made all those same excuses myself for a time. Thank goodness I came to my senses and just started doing things. It is the small steps that will lead you to your goal. Thank you thank you thank you for reaffirming all this!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 16:28:00 +0000

Nina – you are going to do big things. Mark my words.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 16:27:00 +0000

SUPER DEEP. Leave it to you, Jonny.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 16:27:00 +0000

I’ve been in a homeless situation in the past, and was able to make it through thanks to a few good friends, my car, and the knowledge that this, too, will pass. NOTHING is as bad as knowing that you didn’t live up to your own potential – the guilt will eat you alive for the rest of your life.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 16:26:00 +0000

Most of us take on the beliefs of the collective, assuming they are the “right” thing, when in reality, they’re just the popular thing.