This winding little dirt road leads you to a home tucked into lusty leaves and fleeting flowers. It is a sactuary of sorts, a place to hide from the real world. The fish swim with delights of locust leaves that skim and create resting spots for the unprotected bug. And are we not all like the bug, thinking we are safe and then..... for even in our little sactuary you will find blue hosta, whispy white astilbe, a chocolate mimosa, .......and four bleeding hearts.
I am thinking today about the necessity of healing. I am feeling that we each have a responsiblity to heal ourselves for in the larger picture, we in turn ....heal the world... one by one.
When I can focus on the larger picture and stay the course of trusting in a bigger plan, I am OK. When I focus on the little hurts and the impossibilities, or the betrayals, ot he idea that I am alone... I lose it.
We all get to do this sooner or later - no one escapes. But I have known people who agonize over the sleep deprived nights that they experience as at the same time a friend with MS marvels at the birds. Where do we want to put our attention? Where do we want to focus? I am the first to admit that I can so easily get caught up in my woes...and no one would blame me -I am certainly justified they out there tell me. But I want to choose differently.. I want to try to know in my heart that I have a choice every second of every day ....always a choice ... and that I have the freedom to dictate how I feel based on that choice. And in choosing the better feel -- the better theme... we heal.
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On the fourth of July, 2007 Caleb Potter was involved in a skateboarding accident.
He suffered serious injuries and continues to need all of our positive thoughts and prayers.
This blog is to serve as a space for updates on Caleb's journey of recovery.
He suffered serious injuries and continues to need all of our positive thoughts and prayers.
This blog is to serve as a space for updates on Caleb's journey of recovery.
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In this season of giving thanks and celebrating family togetherness, I wish to extend a warm thank you to everyone who has been involved in a myriad of ways with my son, Caleb Potter, and his recovery. On July 4, he was involved in a skateboarding accident in our little hometown of Wellfleet on Cape Cod, that caused him serious injuries. He came home from Spaulding Rehab in Boston just before Thanksgiving. Through the blog we started:
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Sharyn L. Lindsay and family
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16 comments:
Bravo Sister! You always have a choice.....I believe that IS how we learn. The wonder is choosing to deal with the hurts, betrayals, disappointments, forgiving them, letting them go, filling that space with love and moving on.
It should be no small comfort to know that there are so many on the same road, dealing with "life" day in and out. And yes, the choice is to deal with it, or else be consumed. Eckhart Tolle speaks to that choice by taking in the wonder of nature and really focusing on the beauty, exquisite form of a flower, for example and in the stillness being present with nature, and all that it represents. This activity can help quiet the mind and be more clear on how to proceed.
The thoughtful path you currently choose is showing you much about yourself, your boys, your life and the direction you take it in is all up to you......choice, a beautiful thing.
You are brave and courageous and a shining light for so many. I share in the wonder you feel today and the renewed hope for tomorrow....
I wish you Peace.....
Con todo carino,
Melinda
Sharyn,
I am reminded of a lovely thought that had been told to me once, "When life gives you lemons, don't make lemonade; make lemon sorbet, because anyone can make lemonade"!.
I have had really rough times throughout life, as we all have had. I have chosen to find the opportunity within the tragedy to propel me forward through the worst of it.
It is amazing the difference created by the shift in paradigm. Given the same circumstances, with different outlooks, I have found that for every door that has closed, a garage door-sized opening has appeared.
Sometimes life forces us to take a direction that we probably should have found on our own.
I wish you and all of your extended family well.
Sandy
True words.
And a good lesson.
I needed to remember this choice right now.
Bravo, Sharyn!! What a hell of an attitude. Keep it up. And allow yourself to regress now and then as well. Then remember this post, come back and read it, and make that choice again to move on.
Sharyn,
I know these next few weeks may be emotional, and at times difficult. I hear it in your words. As strong as you are, and even with choosing to feel better, some days may be tough.
Father's Day on Sunday, and the 4th of July anniversary in just a few short weeks, it's alot.
Although the mind understands that so much progress has been made in a year, the heart may still long for how it use to be. And still feels the pain.
On most days, you may find you CAN choose...
But on some of those tough days, give yourself permission. And know that there are so many who care and are here to support you.
And maybe the next day it will be a bit easier to choose how you set your sails to the wind.
With positive and healing energy,
DD
i can feel it in your 'voice' again. i want you to know we are all here with you, by your side.
stay the course.... you know the way down that path.... you are strong, and you are stronger with us.
we love you all so very much.
when i was married, in the terrible alcoholic merry go round world, walking on egg shells and being sad most of the time... and scared... i planted bleeding hearts in my herb garden... they are so delicate and beautiful...
so true
peace and prayers to you
amy in ct
Isn't it the practice of a ship captain to pick a point on the horizon as a reference for navigating? Its important to keep an eye on and work with the closer up obstacles and issues but not become obsessed with and navigate your life around just them. Remembering to keep the long view and larger picture is IMO key to healing. If you can see that you will make your way out of a storm to clear water, making small course adjustments (and creating a sanctuary) then you are more patient in working through the squalls that cause immediate upheaval.
I send you thoughts of healing and peace.
Sharyn,
Your words are so poignant...Stay focused to the big picture. That obviously works for you judging from your words here. I can't imagine you ever being alone unless you choose to be. You have way to many friends who care about you. The choice is unquestionably yours!
Keep smiling,
Kevin
It's true. Whenever we think this is awful, this is the worst, we are often wrong. It could be worse or things could be less awful than we think. I think making those judgments, better or worse, can be a kind of trap in black and white thinking. It seems to me things are always in flux, one moment moving this way, one that way, like the sea.The only thing we really can possibly hope to control are our thoughts and feelings. It seems to me that a lot of our unhappiness comes from bad habits of the mind. We think themselves into boxes and then have trouble finding our way out.I know Father's Day must be a sad day for your family this year but hang in there. Someday Father's Day will be a celibration again when your young men have their children.
Ah, the necessity of healing.....some times the effort feels like it is just too great will cost just too much. I too have beauty right outside my doors in lillies and astilbe, clematis, and balloon flowers...I walk among them and try to find peace of soul, but right now I can not. I feel sad and bereft and quite hopeless. Your post cheered me. Sharyn, but there are days when I truly fear for myself. I recently went through yet another very frightening biopsy procedure and a few days of on eggshell waiting...and then a very happy outcome and yet today I can find no joy....the cloud did not lift or blow away completely. I am tearfully wending my way through another crisis of spirit....wishing only for some deep sleep to help me forget. Thank you , Sharyn for helping me to hope. There are days when life is too hurtful to be borne.
As always, with hope,
peg from PA
Again Sharyn your blog is full of "thought." Words are truly amazing in that they can express our feelings to a degree and the melancholy that exists within and around those feelings yet sometimes the words don't come and it is difficult to express the feelings outwardly. You,however,always seem to be able to convey exactly what it is you are feeling. Keep yourself surrounded by the beauty of the moment and give focus to the distant horizon. (Jeff in the Birkshires ref.)Maybe the obstacles you encounter in between won't seem so overwhelming----annoying and sometimes frustrating yes----even heartbreaking, but you will gain strength and momentum. To feel as if you are alone is a natural thing but not lasting. We won't let you feel that way for long.The choices are out there waiting and don't worry if you don't make a right one because none of us do all the time. I think what I am trying to say is that you are doing just fine and you have the strength and the love and compassion for your family and that will carry you along. Remember that you are an amazing woman and continue to do what you are doing. It's working!
My best wishes and love,
Penny
I think that's the best way to look at life too. Our thoughts certainly create what we can become. Hope your family is well today, Love grace
Dear Sharyn and all finding their way today,
My mom is huge on the power of prayer, and we talk about how some days it feels like all you have are other people's prayers for you, others' voices lifting up when you've lost how to say what it is you have to carry. In fact, my mom taught me that is why it is so important to pray for others -- you never know when someone else will need your prayer to be their voice that day, and I have always taken that idea to heart.
For all of you who have needed that prayer, today or another day, know I offer it to you, whatever loving force you want me to send it to -- God, love, the universe, your own heart -- it is yours. I am thinking of all of the Potter/Lindsay family today and all who have come into their circle. Wishing you peace, Lisa K.
To the Potter/Lindsay family. I am thinking of you all on this day and I send my very best wishes. Gail
I thought of Caleb a lot yesterday as in Milford, CT it was our 3rd annual Pirate Day. Our little downtown was filled with pirates young and old. They docked their ship with their treasure and swaggered all over town. The kids were all on a town wide scavanger hunt for pirate treasure. It is really a great day. I had been thinking in the morning about how hard it is to try and live in the moment but how it is a worthwile quest.
So we were having a great day and living in the moment and then when my back was turned for a second my 3 year old daughter fell from something she was climbing on and smashed her face on the pavement. There was a ton of blood but after some help from friends, stranges police ambulance drives and er doctors she was almost as good as new.
I was in the mode during all of this and much more upset later feeling the weight of how fragile life can be. But then I reminded myself of what my little optimist said on the way home from the er when I told her our friends were still at our house- "mom- this is a great day!" I can only hope to have 1/2 the positive outlook of my little girl- Sharyn- you have shown us all we can learn so much from our children!
Laura in CT
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