tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7521676597484977962.post5020368774665517577..comments2023-06-16T08:12:11.927-05:00Comments on Donna's Therapy Blog: What the World Needs Now...Donna Dallal-Ferne, LMFThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15262338190259991791noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7521676597484977962.post-3717359047606055432011-03-04T15:06:31.215-05:002011-03-04T15:06:31.215-05:00"Anonymous",
I composed a couple of res..."Anonymous",<br /><br />I composed a couple of responses to you in my head, trying to again offer the spirit of what I wrote an then I found the lyrics to one of Carole King's songs dancing around in my head. Since that felt appropriate, I will offer them here, from her song, "Beautiful": "...I have often asked myself the reason for the sadness in a world where tears are just a lullabye. If there's any answer maybe Love can end the madness, maybe not. Oh, but we can only try...". May all your falls find a soft landing and be met with compassion. Peace, DonnaDonna Dallal-Ferne, LMFThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15262338190259991791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7521676597484977962.post-10278930269087006802011-03-02T13:12:47.718-05:002011-03-02T13:12:47.718-05:00Did you ever notice the theme in so many of your &...Did you ever notice the theme in so many of your "musings"? <br /><br />It always seems to be about others' limitations (with an oblique reference to your own) and how the world could be such a better place, if only,....<br /><br />"The more I tried to get words of caring and concern to spill forth from his lips, the more he stayed in his safe place of, “Thank you for sharing what it was for you.” or, “I am sorry you did not feel my compassion, I thought I was…” etc." <br /><br />Perhaps you need to allow people their space rather than "trying" to get them to do anything. Also coming from the place of presumption and laying your meaning-making all over their behavior... He might have felt perfectly safe and, for any number of different reasons, chose not to engage with you in the WAY YOU WANTED. A profoundly unappealing piece, I would say.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7521676597484977962.post-28864373014203518102011-02-17T12:03:56.495-05:002011-02-17T12:03:56.495-05:00lovely. i think sometimes the trouble we can make ...lovely. i think sometimes the trouble we can make for ourselves and others tests the durability of love. luckily with mindfulness and compassion love can be as sturdy as a leather saddle weathered by adventures through the rocky mountains.Acehttp://www.allthingsace.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com