tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11927999.post114646267506267944..comments2023-09-08T06:18:59.748-04:00Comments on Kat's blog: ever feel. . .kathrynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05786278167953612058noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11927999.post-1146715911358077742006-05-04T00:11:00.000-04:002006-05-04T00:11:00.000-04:00Sherri! I really like your thoughts on the garden...Sherri! I really like your thoughts on the garden analogy and community. Thanx for your affirming, touching comments!!<BR/><BR/>love, me<BR/>xokathrynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05786278167953612058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11927999.post-1146706741405489932006-05-03T21:39:00.000-04:002006-05-03T21:39:00.000-04:00I like your garden analogy. So true. It IS easie...I like your garden analogy. So true. It IS easier not to start a garden at all. Some parts are fun. Some are quite difficult - digging into hard soil, weeding, etc. But so much is enjoyable too. And sitting back to look at a beautifully cared for garden - there's nothing like it. Very rewarding. Peaceful. Joyful. So true of our community of relationships as well. Hard work. Good and bad. But rewarding. God calls us to live in authentic community with eachother! We need it. But it can be so hard. Always feel free to be real with me. I love you no matter what! :o) Thanks for allowing me to be real with you too!Sherri Lavenderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09697006305688007950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11927999.post-1146660854187666412006-05-03T08:54:00.000-04:002006-05-03T08:54:00.000-04:00hey minwei! Thanx for coming for a visit. I'm sur...hey minwei! Thanx for coming for a visit. I'm sure you'll do well on that exam!! its good to take a study break sometimes, eh? the brain can take only so much! <BR/><BR/>I'm glad this entry was something you could relate to. You're right, we all get inside ourselves at times. . then we get all out of whack. .<BR/><BR/>let me know how you did on your exam!kathrynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05786278167953612058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11927999.post-1146597087740595812006-05-02T15:11:00.000-04:002006-05-02T15:11:00.000-04:00again, thank you kat, thanks for reminding us just...again, thank you kat, thanks for reminding us just how important our stories are, how much we can help each other... if we would just be brave enough to be vulnerable. but thats the problem... we're not. even from my own point of view, i know that I hide away a lot of my story, that certain parts of it only come out for certain people... maybe that part could really help someone else? its only recently that i even shared with ally a huge part of my story. <BR/>Maybe if I wasnt so afraid i could help people? Eek i dunno... but thanks for challenging me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11927999.post-1146587750868987222006-05-02T12:35:00.000-04:002006-05-02T12:35:00.000-04:00i do think that everyone has a story to tell. . ma...i do think that everyone has a story to tell. . maybe some people are just numb? or maybe they're afraid to be real? and yes, maybe some people just don't ever think about things. yes, so many billions of ships passing. .that's a very good way to put it, Tee. You're right, I need to care about people. I cannot expect people to care if I don't.kathrynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05786278167953612058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11927999.post-1146585449609131422006-05-02T11:57:00.000-04:002006-05-02T11:57:00.000-04:00Sometimes I think like that and sometimes I think ...Sometimes I think like that and sometimes I think there are very few of us out there - people like me and you. <BR/><BR/>Sometimes I think everyone else is content to live their lives superficially - that they don't have stories to tell, that they don't think deeply, that they are apathetic towards life in general.<BR/><BR/>It's a sad thought and hopefully your view is the correct one - but then that's also sad, because how often do we put the energy into connecting with people? How often do we even actually have that energy?<BR/><BR/>Literally billions of passing ships.Tee/Tracyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01213584316807112321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11927999.post-1146485270003501992006-05-01T08:07:00.000-04:002006-05-01T08:07:00.000-04:00Ally, it was the strangest thing last night. I was...Ally, it was the strangest thing last night. I was getting washed up for bed, flossing and brushing. . I had no intentions of sitting at the computer to do anything, when I had this strong feeling and these thoughts just started coming into my head. I was tired, I wanted to go to bed. But when i get that kind of urging I can't ignore it. Rob came up from downstairs and said to me "Kathy, its late. . " to which I answered: "I know, i don't know why, but I have to write this. . its important." <BR/><BR/>Thanx so much for telling me why!!! this blows me away. . .i've got the goosebumps. Its not like i didn't feel all these things, but it was just so cool how it was almost like I heard God say: "I need you to write this, RIGHT NOW." whoa. . .kathrynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05786278167953612058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11927999.post-1146474685100822712006-05-01T05:11:00.000-04:002006-05-01T05:11:00.000-04:00kat i am a bit stunned at your post...........here...kat i am a bit stunned at your post...........heres why!! last night in church my good mate and youth pastor delivered a great message, honest and real about how we hide ourselves, we cover up our feelings, our stories. He admitted to the whole church that he has done this with some of us, he has play-acted his role at times, not been "Coming clean".........we do this in exchange to be liked and loved dont we? <BR/>Now i was gonna type this up last night but then i remembered about gary and i really wanted to post about him so i thought, ok il gather my thoughts on this stuff........................you just typed my thoughts about it! I mean it, i am stunned because a lot of what u said was floating in my head..........you probably know by now i m not easily carried away by weird happenings or the "signs and wonders" things but sometimes a wee thing like this happens and i think..........you know maybe i wouldnt have posted this, mayeb i would have forgotten but then you came along with your post and reminded me, "hey this is serious............listen" <BR/>so thanks for making me listen to what God said last night at churchsupersimbohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13790586257042351885noreply@blogger.com