tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6901797055381121345.post3118295372054240960..comments2023-10-17T03:11:46.389-07:00Comments on Radiation Daze: Being AttachedJenngiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04011617472750824132noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6901797055381121345.post-34485595942520303222013-05-02T10:00:39.478-07:002013-05-02T10:00:39.478-07:00Jenn,
This post was the most "fascinating&quo...Jenn,<br />This post was the most "fascinating" one for me....your comments about your light beings was enlightening. I find this subject matter of great importance. Those who believe there is something more than this physical life seem to me to be more accepting of the death of the physical self and the journey of the soul to the next phase. As I can in no way envision what you are going through, I strongly feel that if I were, I would find great peace and calm that such visions are meant to do. I absolutely believe in the continuance of the soul in a much better place and those visions are meant to allay our fears of the potential "nothingness" so many think is what awaits us in death. I lost my first husband 15 years ago, but was blessed to "see" him again in dreams and hear his voice beside me in difficult times. Our bodies are not but a vessel for our souls, here for as long as needed and set free upon bodily death to return to the wonder of where we came from. Although I haven't seen you in many, many years, I do remember you were always a very spiritual being and that in itself is a blessing. No one is accepting of their own mortality....who could be?....but your belief and "visions" are some of the best parts of your journey. You are obviously still the same loving, caring, spiritual, strong person I knew so many years ago. I'm proud of you for chronicling this very difficult time in your life to help others. That's the Jenn Gerow I knew and loved as a teenager. I am torn up about what you are going through, but happy you are so honest and open in your blog. No one can really know what someone else is going through in this type of situation and your posts are very eye-opening. <br /><br />I've unfortunately been surrounded by the potential death of so many women I love (my baby sister is dying slowly from CREST disease and my sister-in-law is currently in the hospital dying from gastro-intestinal cancer)so reading your blog has helped me deal with that. Thank you for that! <br /><br />I've thought of you many times over these....let's see...oh my gosh...30 years (since Mahoney). You are someone who was a true friend and one who was so very genuine. I HATE that the people I know who are suffering from some deadly affliction are the kindest, most caring and loving people I've ever known. It's just not right and it breaks my heart. I still love you Jenn, after all these years and I hope and pray that God grants you mercy, peace, love, and comfort through all your physical and emotional trials. Much love to you young lady!!!<br /><br />P.S. Do you still have any of your Duran-Duran posters from 1983/84? LOL!!!!<br /><br />~Angie Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00399938540570923364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6901797055381121345.post-78130323137881298382013-04-17T04:44:31.720-07:002013-04-17T04:44:31.720-07:00Thank you for posting the poem Ellis!
xoThank you for posting the poem Ellis!<br /><br />xoJenngiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04011617472750824132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6901797055381121345.post-80752310689592303762013-04-16T12:15:56.487-07:002013-04-16T12:15:56.487-07:00I agree with you, Jenn, that focusing too much on ...I agree with you, Jenn, that focusing too much on bad news about which we can do nothing is not healthy. I believe it's one of the first things we could all give up that would benefit the world.<br /><br />I love the poem Ellis included in her comment. Thanks for sharing, Ellis.<br /><br />Love and warm hugs,<br />SueS. R. Royhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01403692190043921140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6901797055381121345.post-56814515157613459512013-04-16T06:21:39.598-07:002013-04-16T06:21:39.598-07:00Giving up the things you love is a theme througho...Giving up the things you love is a theme throughout life ... the important thing is not to give up love. But you know that all too well. <br /><br />This is a poem written after the Japanese disaster of two years ago ... someone posted it yesterday in reference to the Boston disaster. I think the poet said it well, kindness being love, of course.<br /><br />Love you, Ellis<br /><br /> Kindness<br />by Naomi Shihab Nye<br /> <br />Before you know what kindness really is<br />you must lose things,<br />feel the future dissolve in a moment<br />like salt in a weakened broth.<br />What you held in your hand,<br />what you counted and carefully saved,<br />all this must go so you know<br />how desolate the landscape can be<br />between the regions of kindness.<br />How you ride and ride<br />thinking the bus will never stop,<br />the passengers eating maize and chicken<br />will stare out the window forever.<br /> <br />Before you learn the tender gravity of kindness,<br />you must travel where the Indian in a white poncho<br />lies dead by the side of the road.<br />You must see how this could be you,<br />how he too was someone<br />who journeyed through the night with plans<br />and the simple breath that kept him alive.<br /> <br />Before you know kindness as the deepest thing inside,<br />you must know sorrow as the other deepest thing.<br />You must wake up with sorrow.<br />You must speak to it till your voice<br />catches the thread of all sorrows<br />and you see the size of the cloth.<br /> <br />Then it is only kindness that makes sense anymore,<br />only kindness that ties your shoes<br />and sends you out into the day to mail letters and purchase bread,<br />only kindness that raises its head<br />from the crowd of the world to say<br />It is I you have been looking for,<br />and then goes with you everywhere<br />like a shadow or a friend.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15010462245124394403noreply@blogger.com