Comments on: broken birthday 51 http://rickbelden.com/blog/2008/11/28/broken-birthday-51/ a blog by Rick Belden, author of Iron Man Family Outing Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:45:57 -0800 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: OneSurvivor http://rickbelden.com/blog/2008/11/28/broken-birthday-51/comment-page-1/#comment-8651 OneSurvivor Thu, 25 Feb 2010 00:41:15 +0000 http://rickbelden.com/blog/2008/11/28/broken-birthday-51/#comment-8651 Ooo...I like that analogy...trying to see our own face without a mirror. Yes...it can be very hard to define our own progress. Sometimes, I have to look way back to see the differences. And then, sometimes, it seems as if I am not all that different from way back...that only my circumstances are different. Sometimes...it can feel as if healing is an illusion...but I know it's not. Ooo…I like that analogy…trying to see our own face without a mirror. Yes…it can be very hard to define our own progress. Sometimes, I have to look way back to see the differences. And then, sometimes, it seems as if I am not all that different from way back…that only my circumstances are different. Sometimes…it can feel as if healing is an illusion…but I know it’s not.

]]> By: Rick http://rickbelden.com/blog/2008/11/28/broken-birthday-51/comment-page-1/#comment-8588 Rick Tue, 23 Feb 2010 14:32:40 +0000 http://rickbelden.com/blog/2008/11/28/broken-birthday-51/#comment-8588 OneSurvivor: Thank you for reading and commenting. Progress is something we all want to see and experience in our lives, yet it can be so hard to define. And we're probably in the worst position to measure our own progress a good deal of the time. As the saying goes, it's like trying to see your own face without a mirror. OneSurvivor: Thank you for reading and commenting. Progress is something we all want to see and experience in our lives, yet it can be so hard to define. And we’re probably in the worst position to measure our own progress a good deal of the time. As the saying goes, it’s like trying to see your own face without a mirror.

]]> By: OneSurvivor http://rickbelden.com/blog/2008/11/28/broken-birthday-51/comment-page-1/#comment-8564 OneSurvivor Tue, 23 Feb 2010 03:14:33 +0000 http://rickbelden.com/blog/2008/11/28/broken-birthday-51/#comment-8564 I sure relate to feeling isolated and broken and wondering if I can really be fixed. Well...actually, I know I can be fixed and will be eventually...in heaven at least. I just wonder how healed I will get in this life. Sometimes, it seems like I am getting better and other times I feel as if I am almost right where I started. Or...I see "progress" in the sense that I have grown, but my emotions and response to life are sometimes just as they were many years ago. Poignantly written poem. Thank you for sharing it...and for sharing you. I sure relate to feeling isolated and broken and wondering if I can really be fixed. Well…actually, I know I can be fixed and will be eventually…in heaven at least. I just wonder how healed I will get in this life. Sometimes, it seems like I am getting better and other times I feel as if I am almost right where I started. Or…I see “progress” in the sense that I have grown, but my emotions and response to life are sometimes just as they were many years ago.

Poignantly written poem. Thank you for sharing it…and for sharing you.

]]> By: Rick http://rickbelden.com/blog/2008/11/28/broken-birthday-51/comment-page-1/#comment-8514 Rick Mon, 22 Feb 2010 01:11:37 +0000 http://rickbelden.com/blog/2008/11/28/broken-birthday-51/#comment-8514 Marj and Patricia: Thanks for reading and commenting. Great insights from both of you, as always. Marj and Patricia: Thanks for reading and commenting. Great insights from both of you, as always.

]]> By: Patricia - Spiritual Journey Of A Lightworker http://rickbelden.com/blog/2008/11/28/broken-birthday-51/comment-page-1/#comment-8448 Patricia - Spiritual Journey Of A Lightworker Sat, 20 Feb 2010 16:42:00 +0000 http://rickbelden.com/blog/2008/11/28/broken-birthday-51/#comment-8448 Rick, thanks for sharing this poem. Birthdays can be a really big trigger for feelings and memories. I have learned to appreciate and celebrate each new birthday for the person that I have become deserves to be celebrated. We may be broken but we are mending and the mending makes us stronger. Rick, thanks for sharing this poem. Birthdays can be a really big trigger for feelings and memories. I have learned to appreciate and celebrate each new birthday for the person that I have become deserves to be celebrated. We may be broken but we are mending and the mending makes us stronger.

]]> By: marj aka thriver http://rickbelden.com/blog/2008/11/28/broken-birthday-51/comment-page-1/#comment-8405 marj aka thriver Fri, 19 Feb 2010 18:28:03 +0000 http://rickbelden.com/blog/2008/11/28/broken-birthday-51/#comment-8405 A very moving poem, as usual, from you, Rick. I've often wondered this about myself. But, we're not broken--we're just healing. Thanks so much for letting us use this for the blog carnival. I so appreciate your poignant contributions. A very moving poem, as usual, from you, Rick. I’ve often wondered this about myself. But, we’re not broken–we’re just healing. Thanks so much for letting us use this for the blog carnival. I so appreciate your poignant contributions.

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