Comments on: Being ‘Better’

By: Mrs. Messiness

Mrs. Messiness — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 14:30:29 +0000

Thank you Lesley. I keep coming back and reading this over and over. I needed it.

By: Kat

Kat — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 18:55:11 +0000

Kay said it better than I could. I’m struggling right now with the impulse to try to fix things for someone…and it just can’t be done. I often feel like you do.

Glad I found your blog.
.-= Kat´s last blog ..Innocent Questions =-.

By: Kay

Kay — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 04:11:50 +0000

Better is good. But better is even better when those around you are better too. Because watching them suffer through something you beat? Just plain old hurts. And you want to fix it FOR them… even though you know you can’t, because THEY have to want to.
The fact that you don’t want to (even though you sometimes wish you wanted to) says a lot about how far you’ve come in just over 2 years.
I beat my heavy drug addiction… wow… it was 16 years ago in June. I’m a social drinker, that was never my problem. But now, with my chronic pain, I’m on pain meds to manage that – and I hate the dependency that comes with that. It makes me feel like I’ve lost all over again. No, I’m not abusing them – but just the fact that I take them at all makes me feel like I’ve failed somehow.
.-= Kay´s last blog ..I Ain’t As Good As I Once Was… Six Word Saturday =-.

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 01:52:06 +0000

I love this post. You give to others with your words. Powerful to me.

By: Brené

Brené — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 16:24:24 +0000

I really connect with this post. Thank you. (also – nice to connect in the blogosphere!).
.-= Brené´s last blog ..tgif + united4iran =-.

By: krista

krista — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 14:58:03 +0000

you do share being better. you just did give it away.
my struggles with addiction have been small, more of a personal test, they wilted on all their own because i left them untended for long stretches of time.
but i see people i love struggling and i wish i could hand them a clear glass bottle of freedom. but my glass bottle is all cloudy to them and i don’t have the right ingredients for theirs.
.-= krista´s last blog ..lactic acid =-.

By: lesley

lesley — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 04:15:46 +0000

Better=Stronger=MoreStubborn=MoreDetermined=More Fortunate. Genes vs. Environment? Who knows? It’s hard to be grateful when things are going well, and perhaps even harder when they’re not. Taking the path less traveled is not easy, but I wouldn’t have it any other way. 10-13-1990

By: dahlilia

dahlilia — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 02:37:45 +0000

Thank you for sharing. Isn’t healing just the biggest bitch?

dahlila
.-= dahlilia´s last blog ..Garden =-.