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  1. Thank you from me also Brenda for posting this at a well needed time…I think I will print this out and go over it every day for a while…and also try some suggested things..maybe eventually I will be able to open up and talk about it more…Hugs..

  2. Hi Brenda, funny you would write about this at this time…sure needed to read this…a tad disappointed in my sons fiancé. Thanks so much I may feel a bit better now that I read your post and comments. The one with once a warning 2x lesson that would be this situation. Have a nice afternoon! Lisa@ Sweet Tea N' Salty Air

  3. Hi Brenda – The quote about when you realize you aren't as important to someone as you thought you were really hit home. We're coming out of (I think) a year and a half estrangement with some family members. It's been heartbreaking, but we've gone stronger in ways we wouldn't have otherwise. Like you mentioned, it was helpful to me when I felt gripped with sadness and disappoint to have a project – I remember painting with music on, just letting my mind wander, and also praying. It was a great way to work through some raw emotion. Thanks for sharing your words of wisdom…

  4. This was a wonderful post; thank you. Not only did it come at a good time for me; but, it's perfect time for a couple of ftpriends I will be sharing with.

  5. Very good article. I think all of us have had disappointments that really affected us profoundly. One of my biggest was when someone I thought was a very special friend, whom I had helped a lot, simply discarded me like I was a stranger. But from it I learned a very valuable lesson.

  6. Great article, one I will read again and again. Point #4 is so important for me. Many years ago, when I went through a divorce, I confided in a minister. As we talked, he suggested that I take some time each day to get away from the worries and stress by doing something like taking a walk in the park. I thought he was nuts. In my mind, it sounded like he was saying I should just drop everything and go goof off in the park all day. That isn't what he meant at all but I was too stressed to understand. I did eventually start walking, and still do walk, but while it is good exercise, my mind can still mull over problems. With most hobbies and activities, my mind is still worrying like a hamster running on a wheel. The two things I've found that get my mind into another zone where I don't worry at all are to do pencil sketches in an art notebook, and to do traditional archery. At some point, my total focus is at the tip of the pencil lead or the tip of the arrow. It becomes like gliding underwater, where all sound and distraction are blocked out and I'm not thinking about anything else. Afterwards, I feel like my brain has had a bath and is cleaned of cruddy thoughts.

  7. A special thank you for such wise words! Very helpful. I will save this post for the next time I feel disappointment. I'm sure it will be sooner rather than later.

  8. I truly thank you for this. I needed to read these words at this very moment in time.

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