tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4794583556124128391.post30679408877770669..comments2023-10-03T08:55:47.505-07:00Comments on Praying Advent Through Darkness: Make Straight a Path Throught the DesertGannet Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16374279595560691174noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4794583556124128391.post-49678609194186713792009-12-13T10:54:07.124-08:002009-12-13T10:54:07.124-08:00Art & Soul, I don't think I deleted anythi...Art & Soul, I don't think I deleted anything here, altho I could have forgotten!Gannet Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16374279595560691174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4794583556124128391.post-71563720225959683182009-12-09T20:24:45.656-08:002009-12-09T20:24:45.656-08:00I remember wishing for a "day off" from ...I remember wishing for a "day off" from grief, a day not to have walk the rough places, or climb the mountains - holy or otherwise. <br /><br />These passages from Isaiah are very evocative for me, and I read them each year from a different place, and hear in them a different note...Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12617476463347663364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4794583556124128391.post-70472450376870236072009-12-09T04:48:41.926-08:002009-12-09T04:48:41.926-08:00GG - yes, I know that the conflicting feelings do ...GG - yes, I know that the conflicting feelings do pile up. I think that's what I meant by embracing the path.<br /><br />It has both "good" and "bad" feelings and it is the judgment of the feelings that seems to be dropping away. <br /><br />It is what it is. And she's not alone. I don't even know if that makes a difference, it also is just what it is.<br /><br />I do read your other blog - and feel a strong attachment to them both. Did you depublish a comment on this one? I may be imagining it, but I thought there was another post.<br /><br />I tend to read yours over and over, because there is a richness and an understanding or resonance that takes me some time to really get.<br /><br />You're helping me with my own life, with Advent, with The Church, and with my own beliefs. So thank you very much.<br /><br />CindyCindyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05147416487171740144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4794583556124128391.post-50438247680574494682009-12-08T03:19:02.493-08:002009-12-08T03:19:02.493-08:00you write... None of them is a road back to the li...you write... None of them is a road back to the light. None of them is a road to hope. <br /><br />With some uncertainty I agree, with some uncertainty I would also have agreed if you had said "all" instead of "none"<br /><br />in other words I have no idea where either of us are headed, except into a mystery which can lead to those things we desire.Stratozhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10148600260976577216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4794583556124128391.post-25142152654872765342009-12-07T10:26:38.946-08:002009-12-07T10:26:38.946-08:00You're certainly welcome to share it, Cindy --...You're certainly welcome to share it, Cindy -- but if you've read today's post on my other blog, you know that conflicting feelings still pile up on one another.<br /><br />My deepest condolences to your friend. It is a very long road.Gannet Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16374279595560691174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4794583556124128391.post-67109449485114287762009-12-07T05:56:25.751-08:002009-12-07T05:56:25.751-08:00I have a very dear friend who's baby died at t...I have a very dear friend who's baby died at the hands of a babysitter many years ago. She has been traveling this road for seven years. <br /><br />This past year I have seen her make some headway on a path. Not the path of "getting over it" or "getting past it" but of acceptance and embracing what is the path itself. <br /><br />I feel privileged to have accompanied her on part of the journey. If it's okay, I'd like to share with her this post you made today. It is such an affirmation of her own experience.<br /><br />Peace.<br /><br />CindyCindyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05147416487171740144noreply@blogger.com