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By: Jon

Jon — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 12:40:52 +0000

Great story, Mary! Thanks for sharing.

By: Mary

Mary — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 09:00:00 +0000

I wanted to attend Katie’s LWI school, but couldn’t swing the whole cost, so applied for a partial scholarship. Got a letter in the mail about how excited that were that I’d be attending the school, and that I’d be paying the balance off at $100/month, and I’d need to supply a credit/debit card number. !?!?!?!

My first thought was –

I have to go into debt to become free? And I laughed.

Did ‘the work’ on ‘I need to attend the school. Is that true?’ Realized it wasn’t.

Recalled Katie says; “Want to know what someone REALLY thinks of you? When they ask for something they really want, tell them ‘no.’”

I was told ‘no’ and after doing the work on it, reached the turnaround. I was so happy they’d turned down my scholarship, I sent the scholarship committee a box of chocolates. hahaha

It’s all perfect

By: isaiah

isaiah — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 18:46:56 +0000

“At any given moment, almost all of us are �OK� even if that OK-ness includes cancer, etc. It�s a problem only if a future is projected. Now, it�s OK. I might have cancer, but I�m still breathing� life at just this moment, is OK.”

They say we have about a 100% chance of not making it outta here alive. Still, try living with that… Ha! I know I don’t, day to day, realize the whole truth of the fact that one day, all is not going to be OK. I’m not experienced enough in not being OK- so far, I’ve lived a pretty charmed life.

Yeah- it’s when we begin judging the experience that things unravel. I mean, who know how one will experience something until one does.

They call it Grace… that moving out of experiencing something directly to seeing the experience for something other than what it may be. Not that we are called to name the experience… perhaps simply rest in it.

Anyway… I most always full of something other than grace, or so my wife tells me… so, what do I know.

Great post Jon.

By: Jon

Jon — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 04:23:18 +0000

Julie, you’re exactly right and that hard time letting the reality and the expectations coexist.

At any given moment, almost all of us are “OK” even if that OK-ness includes cancer, etc. It’s a problem only if a future is projected. Now, it’s OK. I might have cancer, but I’m still breathing… life at just this moment, is OK.
Katie was combining humor with real insight about the problem of depression… the expectations not the cancer caused the depression.

My remark about it seeming callous is just that I would NOT have the nerve to say such a thing.

By: a. julie

a. julie — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 03:36:34 +0000

Oh, and without understanding the context I can’t possibly say if that was an appropriate comment or if a little humor was just the thing this patient needed.

By: a. julie

a. julie — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 03:35:23 +0000

Byron Katie’s comment seems to deal with the disconnect between our expectations (reasonable as they may be) and the reality experienced – and the pain/anguish/suffering caused by having a hard time letting the expectation and reality coexist.

By: Jon

Jon — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 03:02:58 +0000

Yeah, part of me still thinks “callous bitch” when I read that story. And yet…

If there’s nothing you can do… Don’t worry, be happy!

By: Trevor Harden

Trevor Harden — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 00:54:50 +0000

“Isn�t it interesting how insignificant most problems shrink when viewed in just the light of the present moment without that odd imaging we call the ‘future?’”

Yes, it is interesting. It’s also easy to do that with “small things” but must be a bit more of a challenge in light of something as “severe” as an “impending death.” Of course me even saying that means I don’t totally get it.