Comments on: Women Who Run With The Wolves – Chapter 2 (Part 1) http://wisdomwalking.net/2007/03/05/the-quest-for-the-wild-woman-the-beginning-initiation-chapter-2/ For women who are humble enough to seek wisdom yet sensible enough to impart it. Mon, 03 May 2010 02:22:09 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: phaenix_ash http://wisdomwalking.net/2007/03/05/the-quest-for-the-wild-woman-the-beginning-initiation-chapter-2/comment-page-1/#comment-2159 phaenix_ash Mon, 09 Apr 2007 19:25:16 +0000 http://wisdomwalking.net/2007/03/05/the-quest-for-the-wild-woman-the-beginning-initiation-chapter-2/#comment-2159 oh my did this one resonate with me! "his beard isn't THAT blue!" how many times have i said, "it's not that bad. he only yelled at me that one time. he only pushed me, he didn't actually hit me," or "i only smoke one or two cigarettes a day. i don't drink THAT often." or all those times when i allow myself to mentally beat myself down. why don't i stick up for myself more? if a friend came to me with some of the stories i could tell, i would be up in arms that she leave the guy, take better care of herself. i only just recently realized i wasn't being a very good of a friend to myself. i was a little embarassed while reading this chapter to realize all these years i'd seen bluebeard as a morality play. "well, if she'd jsut been a good girl and hadn't used the key she would've had a nice life." *eyeroll* how niave, right? dr. estes also said something about "holding on when we would better hold out" (not an exact quote, but close, I think). oh yes...i have so much work to do in this area... oh my did this one resonate with me! “his beard isn’t THAT blue!” how many times have i said, “it’s not that bad. he only yelled at me that one time. he only pushed me, he didn’t actually hit me,” or “i only smoke one or two cigarettes a day. i don’t drink THAT often.” or all those times when i allow myself to mentally beat myself down. why don’t i stick up for myself more?

if a friend came to me with some of the stories i could tell, i would be up in arms that she leave the guy, take better care of herself. i only just recently realized i wasn’t being a very good of a friend to myself.

i was a little embarassed while reading this chapter to realize all these years i’d seen bluebeard as a morality play. “well, if she’d jsut been a good girl and hadn’t used the key she would’ve had a nice life.” *eyeroll* how niave, right?

dr. estes also said something about “holding on when we would better hold out” (not an exact quote, but close, I think). oh yes…i have so much work to do in this area…

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]]> By: KWiz http://wisdomwalking.net/2007/03/05/the-quest-for-the-wild-woman-the-beginning-initiation-chapter-2/comment-page-1/#comment-817 KWiz Tue, 06 Mar 2007 21:43:10 +0000 http://wisdomwalking.net/2007/03/05/the-quest-for-the-wild-woman-the-beginning-initiation-chapter-2/#comment-817 Hi Kweenkong! Thank you for sharing your experiences. Looking within is indeed painful, especially when you see some of the ugly that is within. But it is so worth doing, I think, no matter how long it takes to go through the process. I pray you are able to kick the smoking habit. I know it's very difficult to do; my mom stopped smoking when she was in her early 50s, and she actually did it cold turkey, but it wasn't easy for her. She died last July of lung cancer (we think it was because of a wood-working hobby she developed; whenever she worked with wood, she never wore a mask). So I won't harp on the harmful effects smoking can have. I want to encourage you, though, to keep seeking after those breakthroughs. You can do it, one cigarette at a time... Hi Kweenkong! Thank you for sharing your experiences. Looking within is indeed painful, especially when you see some of the ugly that is within. But it is so worth doing, I think, no matter how long it takes to go through the process.

I pray you are able to kick the smoking habit. I know it’s very difficult to do; my mom stopped smoking when she was in her early 50s, and she actually did it cold turkey, but it wasn’t easy for her. She died last July of lung cancer (we think it was because of a wood-working hobby she developed; whenever she worked with wood, she never wore a mask). So I won’t harp on the harmful effects smoking can have.

I want to encourage you, though, to keep seeking after those breakthroughs. You can do it, one cigarette at a time…

]]> By: kweenkong http://wisdomwalking.net/2007/03/05/the-quest-for-the-wild-woman-the-beginning-initiation-chapter-2/comment-page-1/#comment-770 kweenkong Tue, 06 Mar 2007 15:03:36 +0000 http://wisdomwalking.net/2007/03/05/the-quest-for-the-wild-woman-the-beginning-initiation-chapter-2/#comment-770 Excellent post! This give me very useful food for my own thoughts. Self-analysis is very difficult and can be extremely painful. I took a personal development course once that drove home to me that 'fear' is at the core of practically every challenging issue or relationship. Thus, I am afraid to look too closely at why I continue to smoke cigarettes. Actually, when I stopped smoking one, I was startled by all of the 'break-throughs' I experienced. There's lots of painful being suppressed by those cigarettes, and it takes strong will not only to put them down, but to go thru the process of discovering who you've been behind that smoke screen. Excellent post! This give me very useful food for my own thoughts.

Self-analysis is very difficult and can be extremely painful. I took a personal development course once that drove home to me that ‘fear’ is at the core of practically every challenging issue or relationship.

Thus, I am afraid to look too closely at why I continue to smoke cigarettes.

Actually, when I stopped smoking one, I was startled by all of the ‘break-throughs’ I experienced. There’s lots of painful being suppressed by those cigarettes, and it takes strong will not only to put them down, but to go thru the process of discovering who you’ve been behind that smoke screen.

]]> By: KWiz http://wisdomwalking.net/2007/03/05/the-quest-for-the-wild-woman-the-beginning-initiation-chapter-2/comment-page-1/#comment-682 KWiz Mon, 05 Mar 2007 16:30:50 +0000 http://wisdomwalking.net/2007/03/05/the-quest-for-the-wild-woman-the-beginning-initiation-chapter-2/#comment-682 Hi Paula! The great thing is that God sent you the man He intended you to marry. And it's great that He gave you a dream, because you both know what you're working toward and the legacy you want to eventually leave your children. Thanks!!! Hi Paula! The great thing is that God sent you the man He intended you to marry. And it’s great that He gave you a dream, because you both know what you’re working toward and the legacy you want to eventually leave your children.

Thanks!!!

]]> By: Paula Mooney http://wisdomwalking.net/2007/03/05/the-quest-for-the-wild-woman-the-beginning-initiation-chapter-2/comment-page-1/#comment-681 Paula Mooney Mon, 05 Mar 2007 16:03:22 +0000 http://wisdomwalking.net/2007/03/05/the-quest-for-the-wild-woman-the-beginning-initiation-chapter-2/#comment-681 Oh man, I was just lamenting on the phone to my friend how I totally ignored all the red flags the Holy Spirit was throwing on my play when I married my first husband in Panama City, Florida. Of course we got divorced. Thank God for giving me and my current husband a dream, letting us know that we were the people He had in mind for us to marry. Yes, it's sooo important to save ourselves heartache by recognizing the predator early and turning away! Oh man, I was just lamenting on the phone to my friend how I totally ignored all the red flags the Holy Spirit was throwing on my play when I married my first husband in Panama City, Florida.

Of course we got divorced.

Thank God for giving me and my current husband a dream, letting us know that we were the people He had in mind for us to marry.

Yes, it’s sooo important to save ourselves heartache by recognizing the predator early and turning away!

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