tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1396378986102986743.post5978209150645629169..comments2023-10-12T08:07:19.925-06:00Comments on Inside Outside Upside-Down: Paralyzed by ChoiceKristenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02154269015136721208noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1396378986102986743.post-31600207147906436992013-11-03T14:03:10.465-07:002013-11-03T14:03:10.465-07:00Kristen,
Your honesty is moving. I have had 20 pl...Kristen,<br /><br />Your honesty is moving. I have had 20 plus years of chronic pain and several years of disability related to medical issues. Mine was but a drop in your overflowing bucket of pain, guilt, and debilitation. Spencer W. Kimball quoted a poem on pain which he knew very well that for me puts pain into some perspective. I pray for your relief often. Laird Mr. Sessionshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12846297100336854419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1396378986102986743.post-70698325665883576992013-11-03T08:45:15.376-07:002013-11-03T08:45:15.376-07:00I thought the exact same thing when my face pain w...I thought the exact same thing when my face pain was so bad I wanted to die. I thought I was the only one that felt that way.Debbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05767234750745003198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1396378986102986743.post-53122205625550786782013-11-03T07:29:23.977-07:002013-11-03T07:29:23.977-07:00Beautiful post. Beautiful. I am amazed at your a...Beautiful post. Beautiful. I am amazed at your ability to think clearly enough through all of the pain, for long enough, to construct such a statement of truth. Thank you for teaching me.Kamp Kyburzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08204074825234765070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1396378986102986743.post-81785287154831896512013-11-02T22:38:38.714-06:002013-11-02T22:38:38.714-06:00A perspective I have not actually considered with ...A perspective I have not actually considered with my chronic pain... I do related most to fight, flight or freeze... that is me React 1st deal with damage control 2nd. Thank you for sharing what some would consider private and personal thoughts best kept to ones self... but it is so much better to share as we all think these thoughts, just don't know whether we should admit it or not.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1396378986102986743.post-14114476687645614282013-11-02T22:21:10.978-06:002013-11-02T22:21:10.978-06:00Kristen, you are my hero. Jason and I have said si...Kristen, you are my hero. Jason and I have said similar things to those in this blog, especially when my pain was a LOT worse. We asked ourselves, "Would it simply be better for this to be short-lived and terminal? And it's a terrible thought, but it's an honest thought, and one that never had evil intentions on the part of Jason and me. Also, "What would I endure to not have to endure THIS?"<br /><br />I would NOT have chosen my pain if the Lord would have given me my choice, but my selfish (or maybe smart) side would have longed for the lessons learned and the callouses formed to help me endure to the end and hold my head up in joy of the strength I had found. <br /><br />Hold your head up, Kristen. You're stronger than the rest of us, and that's something the Lord wants you to be proud of. You've accomplished a LOT just by going through a LOT and not giving up, or giving in, or whatever the alternative would be to just going through.Ashleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16558367249173178814noreply@blogger.com