A co-worker sent me this yesterday and it just cracked me up:
Some people are like Slinkies …
Not really good for anything,
But they still bring a smile to your face when you push them down a flight of stairs.
Hope you’re having a good weekend! 🙂
Turns out my hosting company upgraded the Perl version on the server, and didn’t include all the modules that are required to run Movable Type, so that’s why things were basically wacky the last few days. I just finished installing the Perl modules into the MT installation itself, so I won’t have to rely on…
Wow, that turned unto quite a long title, didn’t it? Anyway, this months edition didn’t see the same number of entries that recent editions have, probably owing to the weather getting a bit nicer and people spending a bit more time away from their computers I’d guess. However, don’t let the number fool you, there…
Pin The context for this quote is a handful of stories where someone felt ashamed of an event or something that they’d allowed people to believe about them that wasn’t true. Marisa goes on to talk about how when we have something we won’t discuss, it creates a separation from other people, and that separation can take away from humanness. Our interactions with other people are blocked off. We know we aren’t sharing our whole selves with the people we should be. That block can protect us from potential pain, but it also prevents us from having all the benefits of having close relationships with other humans.
Doesn’t that sound exactly like growing up keeping our abuse secret?
We grow up with shame around something that was never our fault. That shame prevents us from fully connecting with other human beings. That lack of connection harms our mental health as adults. We struggle to heal without one of the most powerful tools in our arsenal as human beings, other people. We keep our secrets and hide our shame, meaning we will never know the healing power of being accepted and loved by those who know our whole selves.
Gee has it really been a whole week since I posted anything here? That can only mean one thing, I’ve been living on the logical, analytical side non stop lately! Actually I have been. Between job hunting, holidays, working, and playing with a bunch of beta software in order to increase my skill set, I’ve…
I saw this quote the other day, by Cristian Nestell Bovee, on a LinkedIn status, and I thought to myself, what a perfect way to think about overcoming childhood abuse. There are many who would tell us that the pain of child abuse is so awful that it’s worse than death. That victims of horrific…
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Oh boy….I needed that joke right now.
Stunned Silent
The past few days have been a bit of a blur…the thoughts in my mind forming as I lie in bed and try to sleep, yet when I get up in frustration to come down and write it all out,…