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Thank you - 7/7/2007 4:59:21 PM   
china34doll

 

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Status: offline 		I needed to thank every one that has helped me and welcomed me! I have massive confusion but I love this site and all that I read, I sure hope I don't offend any one by any thing I may post if I do please remind me as i'm still like a kid trying to grow up,but thats a two fold disease I have.Thank you,God Bless,Judy
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RE: Thank you - 7/7/2007 8:55:13 PM   
Imenuff

 

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Status: offline 		Dear Judy,

Know that you are held in prayer. I have often heard it said that confusion is something to be really grateful for. It is a sign of being open to new growth and new life. May I share one of my very favorite passages--it is from "Letters to a Young Poet" by Rainer Maria Rilke

"I beg you to have patience with everything unresolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves as if they were locked rooms or books written in a very foreign language. Don't search for the answers, which could not be given you now, because you would not be able to live them. And the point is, to live everything. Live the questions now. Perhaps then, someday far in the future, you will gradually, without even noticing it, live your way into the answer."

A dear friend reminded me of it this past winter when,at the time, life seemed to be no more than one day after another of dense fog with a "visibility" no farther than my hand in front of me. It has always amazed me how gradually, we can and do live our way into the answer.

May you be blessed with the clarity of a firery sun slowly breaking through the dark clouds of early morning into the seablue sky filled to overflowing with hope.

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Shalom(May you be at peace in Body, Mind,& Spirit)

I'menuff
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RE: Thank you - 7/8/2007 7:25:28 AM   
buttington

 

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Status: offline 		Dear I'menuff,

Thank you for that fantastic quotation, which is perfect for all of us here - all looking for answers.
Sometimes the answers aren't needed, or at least not right now as the quote says.

I spent several years looking for an answer as to why my husband wanted to leave me, but had to give up in the end. I still don't know 9 years later, so either I don't need to know or the answer will come in its own time.

I wish I had come across that quote at the time as it may have saved me all that soul searching!

Dear Judy,
I'm so glad you joined us.   Love J

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RE: Thank you - 7/9/2007 3:15:28 PM   
Imenuff

 

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Status: offline 		Dear Judith,

I am so glad you liked the quote. I know that I can get really "bound up" at times feeling like I just must have an answer. I keep the quote on my desktop of my computer to remind me that either of two things will happen--the answer will pop up a most unusual way, when I least expect, or I will forget all about how important finding the "answer" was to me.

I am sure it had to be very difficult for you when your husband decided to leave. It would only be natural to want to know why, especially if you felt there was no reason for it. It had to be very painful for you to not even be given a logical reason. I pray that the quote will help you to live peacefully with not knowing the reason for his behavior.

May tranquility and serenity surround you as you live in the midst of this "mystery."

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Shalom(May you be at peace in Body, Mind,& Spirit)

I'menuff
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RE: Thank you - 7/9/2007 6:39:07 PM   
buttington

 

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Status: offline 		Dear I'menuff,

I have largely let go of wanting to know the 'why' in respect of my marriage break. In fact I have let him go almost completely now.
But I suspect some issues are going to be raised shortly when my Son and I go for our counselling together, to resolve relationship issues we have with each other.

So I will need some of that serenity and tranquility if I'm to survive having my toes trodden on in the process!

Thank you for your good wishes.

Love J

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RE: Thank you - 7/13/2007 7:11:32 PM   
arows1faith

 

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Status: offline 		Judy:

I'm so glad that you've been able to find comfort here as I have. One of the things I've noticed is that each person is trying to better themselves. I'm not speaking of the betterment of finances and worldly goods, but core values - the things that we will take with us into the spiritual world. I've read your posts and I see that you're wanting to work on 'you' in this way. I'm not saying that, without these forums, I did not have the ability to grow as I have since arriving here, but those that have gathered here have helped me to focus more completely on what things in my life I want to change and, more importantly, provided the support and honesty that I need to make those changes.

You are most welcome for any inspiration, insight, strength, and wisdom that you've been able to gather in these forums and I would like to thank you for participating with such love in these conversations. I feel as though I can speak for all of us when I say that this 'give and take' is what makes all of us keep coming back!

I'm glad that YOU are here!
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RE: Thank you - 7/14/2007 8:05:17 AM   
buttington

 

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Status: offline 		Dear Judy,

I'm so glad you joined us. I too have been imensely helped by this Forum group. It has made me focus more on my core values as Arow says.

I once belonged to a 'Spritual' group which used to stretch and help me to change in a positive way and become the person I am now - though still searching!!
That group no longer exists and it is so easy to slip backwards a bit without the stimulation of like-minded people. I feel I have found some here.
Love J

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RE: Thank you - 7/14/2007 6:05:10 PM   
Imenuff

 

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Status: offline 		Dear J,

We, too, are so glad you joined all of us. Your back and forth posts with Arow are a real joy to read. I am so sorry that your 'Spiritual' group no longer exists. It is difficult to no longer have those in one's life who have regularly challenged us to stretch and change. I am so pleased to hear that you are still searching. May your search continue for as long as your heart continues to beat and your lungs fill with the breath of life. I couldn't agree more that when that kind of 'spiritual' friendship ends, it is so very easy to slip backwards without the disciplined challenge.

I am so glad that you have found like-minded people in this forum. Thank you for all your postings and all the times you invite each of us to stretch a little farther and grow a little more.

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Shalom(May you be at peace in Body, Mind,& Spirit)

I'menuff
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RE: Thank you - 8/22/2007 5:48:51 AM   
Henry

 

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Status: offline 		Dear Judy,
to grow up never ends. Looking around you today to see all the miracles life offers you, I am sure there are many in your life right now.
I have been confused many times in my life, in that way I never lost myself. Confusion always brought me to myself back again and again. I understand how easy it is to be confused in the world we life.
Be good,
Henry
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RE: Thank you - 9/21/2007 9:47:56 PM   
china34doll

 

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Status: offline 		Buttington;Thank you for the welcome .It's when we search too hard for answers that we don't see them; generally they come to us.I lived through a bad childhood,then a bad relationship when I lost every thing I searched for many answers but I was too blinded by my own denial,anger and fear when I finally came to grips with inner self I was able to ask questions and get good results,I don't like bad karma; as I had written to my sister it's me that I make/hold prisoner because of all those emotions.Be comfortable with who you are,set your self free and soar like an eagle. God Bless
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RE: Thank you - 9/21/2007 10:29:13 PM   
china34doll

 

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Status: offline 		Henry ; Thank you so much for your message it helps to get inputs from others.To grow up never ends;it brings me back to when I asked my brother at the age of 57 what he wanted to be when he grew up(?) he said nothing another prisoner in his own little world sad but true. keep smiling.....................
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