http://rickbelden.com/blog/2009/04/11/easter/ 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 http://rickbelden.com/blog/2009/04/11/easter/comment-page-1/#comment-1040 Rick Tue, 21 Apr 2009 23:35:05 +0000 http://rickbelden.com/blog/2009/04/11/easter/#comment-1040 I appreciated your comment, Patricia. This dream came to me at a point when I was, for the first time in my life, really feeling and expressing the anger I had for my father for the way he treated me, not just as a child, but as a teen and as an adult. My spontaneous recognition in the dream of our shared humanity was, as you said, my first significant step on a journey of many years, toward forgiveness. I won't say I'm there yet ... I'm not ... but it's a long road to travel, and I've come a long way. I appreciated your comment, Patricia. This dream came to me at a point when I was, for the first time in my life, really feeling and expressing the anger I had for my father for the way he treated me, not just as a child, but as a teen and as an adult. My spontaneous recognition in the dream of our shared humanity was, as you said, my first significant step on a journey of many years, toward forgiveness. I won’t say I’m there yet … I’m not … but it’s a long road to travel, and I’ve come a long way.

]]> http://rickbelden.com/blog/2009/04/11/easter/comment-page-1/#comment-1038 Patricia - Spiritual Journey Of A Lightworker Tue, 21 Apr 2009 22:53:00 +0000 http://rickbelden.com/blog/2009/04/11/easter/#comment-1038 Rick, thank you for sharing this poem about your memories and your dad. The day that I was able to see my dad as a little boy with his own abuse issues from his alcoholic dad was probably the day that I started to forgive him a little. It was still years later before all of my forgiveness issues were finally resolved with my dad shortly before his death. Seeing him as a child being abused by his alcoholic father made it easier for me to understand the things he did to me. Rick, thank you for sharing this poem about your memories and your dad. The day that I was able to see my dad as a little boy with his own abuse issues from his alcoholic dad was probably the day that I started to forgive him a little. It was still years later before all of my forgiveness issues were finally resolved with my dad shortly before his death. Seeing him as a child being abused by his alcoholic father made it easier for me to understand the things he did to me.

]]> http://rickbelden.com/blog/2009/04/11/easter/comment-page-1/#comment-1028 Rick Sun, 19 Apr 2009 01:52:37 +0000 http://rickbelden.com/blog/2009/04/11/easter/#comment-1028 Thanks very much, Marjaka, for taking the time to read and comment on this piece. I'm pleased to have the opportunity to contribute to the carnival and I hope to do so again in the future. Thanks very much, Marjaka, for taking the time to read and comment on this piece. I’m pleased to have the opportunity to contribute to the carnival and I hope to do so again in the future.

]]> http://rickbelden.com/blog/2009/04/11/easter/comment-page-1/#comment-1026 MarjakaThriver Sat, 18 Apr 2009 17:34:04 +0000 http://rickbelden.com/blog/2009/04/11/easter/#comment-1026 Wow. I am blown away by this powerful poem. Thank you for having the courage and openness to share this. I am the founder and maintain The Blog Carnival Against Child Abuse. I try to get around to all the entry bloggers even in edition months when I'm not actually hosting the carnival at my own blog. Thank you so much for joining us and I hope you will again sometime. Wow. I am blown away by this powerful poem. Thank you for having the courage and openness to share this. I am the founder and maintain The Blog Carnival Against Child Abuse. I try to get around to all the entry bloggers even in edition months when I’m not actually hosting the carnival at my own blog. Thank you so much for joining us and I hope you will again sometime.

]]> http://rickbelden.com/blog/2009/04/11/easter/comment-page-1/#comment-1022 Child Abuse Survivor » Blog Archive » Carnival Against Child Abuse April 2009 Fri, 17 Apr 2009 11:48:30 +0000 http://rickbelden.com/blog/2009/04/11/easter/#comment-1022 [...] Rick Belden sent us a poem for April, simply titled easter [...] [...] Rick Belden sent us a poem for April, simply titled easter [...]

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