Thank you

[Roo]

I've been involved with this forum for about a month now...and I feel a thaw in my heart. I read our entries and conversations, our stories and testaments...and I am in awe of the spirit here. The determination to reveal truth; the insistence on our essential goodness; the avowal to remember and to heal. The kindness; the mercy.

I am feeling something. A warmth. A smattering of aliveness that I cling to.

Thank you for bringing your courage (= "great heart") here and kindling my own.

This poem describes what I am starting to sense inside:

Finally on my way to yes
I bump into
all the places
where I said no
to my life
all the untended wounds
the red and purple scars
those hieroglyphs of pain
carved into my skin, my bones
those coded messages
that send me down
the wrong street
again and again
where I find them
the old wounds
the old misdirections
and I lift them
one by one
close to my heart
and I say holy
holy.

(Pesha Gertler, "The Healing Time")

:Hug_emoticon: Roo

[shadowmedic]

wow roo, that is really an awesome poem! i too have never seen a group of people try to come together as one and fight this thing. its really an amazing thing. i have felt the warmth in my heart as well just knowing that someone else understands me. respectfully, SM

[spiritofnow]

That was so beautiful Roo :smile:

I would also like to say thank you!

To the forum; and all of the souls that bare the wounds of their scars and their bravery and determination to make this all better. There are connections everywhere on here. Conscious connections, connections of understanding, connections of support, empathy, and overall the connections of virtual friendship and acceptance. I feel blessed to be able to experience the 'whole' of me and be told time and time again that I am okay! Thank you for helping me find me and in the process finding you all.

'Humility' is the only true wisdom by which we prepare our minds for all the possible changes of life. George Arliss (English actor) and I see it on here! :Hug_emoticon:

Spirit x

[Cindy]

I too am a relatively new comer since November.

I have reflected in the past few weeks how this forum has affected my existence.

I actually feel that my experiences on this forum have given meaning to my suffering as I can help others and learn from others.

What a waste to go through all this Hell and not have any way to ease someone elses path where you have already tread.

This forum has also allowed me to voice and reflect many feelings that are from my gut. It has given me a vehicle to express myself and check it out with others to get validation. I have found this so critical to my acceptance of this disorder and dealing with it on a day to day basis.

I deeply appreciate the "magic" of this forum. This vehicle enables us all to communicate while in our self maintained isolation. Isn't that interesting. Whoever created this was brilliant in addressing the needs of the participants.