tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904990175885851041.post4961531906115211241..comments2024-02-05T11:32:25.407-05:00Comments on I'm just F.I.N.E.-- Recovery in Al-Anon: The past repeatsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904990175885851041.post-75027166416378615602015-06-24T21:34:38.769-04:002015-06-24T21:34:38.769-04:00I am grateful, in this darkness, you are letting t...I am grateful, in this darkness, you are letting the candle of your values shine. I, too, am distressed. It is inconceivable, the senseless murder of nine who had welcomed the killer to their Bible Study. <br /><br />You, the families harmed and Charleston have my prayers. Pablohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17963540433054608632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904990175885851041.post-82417388406129449912015-06-23T02:13:03.313-04:002015-06-23T02:13:03.313-04:00Oh Syd, this world we live in...It all feels too s...Oh Syd, this world we live in...It all feels too sad some days. Annettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18326425173333184401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904990175885851041.post-78675897730726152282015-06-22T11:25:00.266-04:002015-06-22T11:25:00.266-04:00Syd,
As a volunteer at the jail, I often see tha...Syd,<br /><br /><br />As a volunteer at the jail, I often see that the level of either physical, sexual or emotional abuse that a person endures tends to correlate to their level of "hardness". I don't say that to excuse or to say that qualifies as mental illness because I am not a professional and do not know the medical or legal definitions of those terms. I only say it as a way of understanding....and I say that loosely. We are a mixed up world. I also live in the south and understand the racism that still exists. I'm sorry that you are so close to this recent violence.Hattie Heatonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08210816190213389245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904990175885851041.post-80598839580424832602015-06-20T11:31:12.007-04:002015-06-20T11:31:12.007-04:00Thank you for this. Thank you for this. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01785022492469960214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904990175885851041.post-45520734845658955732015-06-19T19:37:53.689-04:002015-06-19T19:37:53.689-04:00Sid, thanks for your perspective. We all pray for...Sid, thanks for your perspective. We all pray for Charleston at this difficult time.Judyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14870791842615196439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904990175885851041.post-28562991080804637692015-06-19T18:11:21.213-04:002015-06-19T18:11:21.213-04:00Syd, Thank you for this wonderful piece of writing...Syd, Thank you for this wonderful piece of writing. I can add nothing.Dad and Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204246139693620329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904990175885851041.post-49563493406028029742015-06-19T11:14:59.314-04:002015-06-19T11:14:59.314-04:00Your second paragraph, especially, says what I'...Your second paragraph, especially, says what I've been trying to say. We cannot use "mentally disturbed" as a defense but the fact remains- anyone who has that much hate in them and who acts on it in such a way is, without a doubt, some kind of insane. Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904990175885851041.post-52496705766558418282015-06-19T11:09:26.776-04:002015-06-19T11:09:26.776-04:00Loved this: "Stand up and speak up when you h...Loved this: "Stand up and speak up when you hear or see intolerance. I refuse to listen to slurs and hateful comments about anyone. I refuse to be passive when faced with overt bigotry and racism. I want to make my actions clear so that there is no doubt about my boundaries."<br /><br />A tragedy very close to home for you, Syd. Keep clear of the haters. The chill that went through me when I saw that Rhodesian flag and all it connotes of white supremacist ideology made me realise again what a very small world this is.Mary LAhttp://louisey.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.com