Conviction of Purpose….or maybe not.

It may be time to get back in the saddle, as it has been over two weeks since my last original post. Mind you…I never promised I would write regularly (lucky for you!!)

A silly idea is current that good people do not know what temptation means. This is an obvious lie. Only those who try to resist temptation know how strong it is…. A man who gives in to temptation after five minutes simply does not know what it would have been like an hour later. That is why bad people, in one sense, know very little about badness. They have lived a sheltered life by always giving in. ~C.S. Lewis

Forgiveness

Reblogged from Rescuing My Marriage:

Forgiveness…it’s the other almighty F-word. We are always taught as children to “kiss and make up”, to “share”, and to “forgive”. None of those are easy, especially in the face of a trauma inflicted upon you by the person you are supposed to forgive. It is often the last thing that we want to do, or even consider. I mean, really, why would we forgive someone who has done us wrong, and done so INTENTIONALLY…why?

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This is a thoughtful post. Thought I'd share it with my kind readers.

You Are Not Your Divorce

Reblogged from lessonsfromtheendofamarriage:

Our traumas help to form us, but we do have to let them define us.   You are not what happened to you. You are not your suffering.  The first step in healing is taking ownership of your reactions and choosing to respond in a manner which will help you let go of the past.

You will always see the event as a delineation in your memories; there is a “you” before and a different “you” after that has been changed by the trauma.

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So...this is good stuff. All of it is stuff I would have said when I was doing life coaching. Hmmm....maybe I should take more of my own advice.

Generosity vs Assumptions

This is a nice reminder that assumptions can be wrong, hurtful and ultimately humiliating.

A local United Way office realized that the organization had never received a donation from the town’s most successful lawyer. John, The person in charge of contributions called him to persuade him to contribute.

365

Time is the longest distance between two places.  ~Tennessee Williams

365…days. Today being the last of them, when this rambling collection of confused and angry detritus first found its way to the blogosphere. Yep. A year has passed. An interminable distance between then and now. The longest span of a year I have ever known.

Why I Run

Reblogged from lessonsfromtheendofamarriage:

I run not to get away,  but to get through.

I run not to become out of breath, but to gain breath.

I run to be social and I run for solitude.

I run to connect and I run to disconnect.

I run not to avoid work, but to inspire work.

I run to feel empowered and I run to remind myself that I am still weak.

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Love this post....so I thought I'd share it with my piece of the blogosphere.

Ahhhh….It’s Baseball Season

On the green they watched their sons Playing till too dark to see, As their fathers watched them once, As my father once watched me ~Edmund Blunden

When we found out X was pregnant over 9 years ago now, I knew we were having a son. Whether that was wishful or wistful thinking I don’t know, but it just felt right to think that.