Comments on: It’s My Birthday And I’ll Feel If I Want To… http://www.riskaday.com/risks/its-my-birthday-and-ill-feel-if-i-want-to/ A risk a day keeps you on your way to a reality that rocks! Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:14:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Claudia Brogan http://www.riskaday.com/risks/its-my-birthday-and-ill-feel-if-i-want-to/comment-page-1/#comment-294 Claudia Brogan Thu, 14 Jan 2010 03:40:43 +0000 http://www.laurabiering.com/riskaday.com/?p=469#comment-294 Amen, mi amiga. I really feel tugged by this very question also (you'll note that in my post) and love the way you characterized it here. May each and all of those feelings add to your canvas. Amen, mi amiga.

I really feel tugged by this very question also (you’ll note that in my post) and love the way you characterized it here. May each and all of those feelings add to your canvas.

]]> By: Laura http://www.riskaday.com/risks/its-my-birthday-and-ill-feel-if-i-want-to/comment-page-1/#comment-245 Laura Thu, 24 Dec 2009 18:56:52 +0000 http://www.laurabiering.com/riskaday.com/?p=469#comment-245 Hey, Rox - great point! And I love that quote. By the way, how are things at the beach with you-know-who? Hey, Rox – great point! And I love that quote.

By the way, how are things at the beach with you-know-who?

]]> By: Roxann Souci http://www.riskaday.com/risks/its-my-birthday-and-ill-feel-if-i-want-to/comment-page-1/#comment-244 Roxann Souci Thu, 24 Dec 2009 18:36:22 +0000 http://www.laurabiering.com/riskaday.com/?p=469#comment-244 My 88 year-old male friend's attitude about aging is that it's always good to be "on this side of the grass". His intellectual brilliance has not dimmed, although his body has not kept pace. Yet, his attitude about aging is positive. I think aging for women brings a special challenge because of the emphasis on our appearance in our culture. We often become "invisible" as we move through our lives, and this can be disconcerting. It can also be liberating. John Milton speaks to our attitude in one of my favorite quotes. "The mind is its own place, and in itself, can make heaven of Hell, and a hell of Heaven". It's all in one's perspective. My 88 year-old male friend’s attitude about aging is that it’s always good to be “on this side of the grass”. His intellectual brilliance has not dimmed, although his body has not kept pace. Yet, his attitude about aging is positive.

I think aging for women brings a special challenge because of the emphasis on our appearance in our culture. We often become “invisible” as we move through our lives, and this can be disconcerting. It can also be liberating.

John Milton speaks to our attitude in one of my favorite quotes. “The mind is its own place, and in itself, can make heaven of Hell, and a hell of Heaven”.

It’s all in one’s perspective.

]]> By: Laura http://www.riskaday.com/risks/its-my-birthday-and-ill-feel-if-i-want-to/comment-page-1/#comment-234 Laura Mon, 21 Dec 2009 16:43:40 +0000 http://www.laurabiering.com/riskaday.com/?p=469#comment-234 My dear ladies - thank so much for your comments and encouragement. Risking feeling is soooo much easier with each of you on my side. Love! My dear ladies – thank so much for your comments and encouragement. Risking feeling is soooo much easier with each of you on my side. Love!

]]> By: Lori Buff http://www.riskaday.com/risks/its-my-birthday-and-ill-feel-if-i-want-to/comment-page-1/#comment-232 Lori Buff Mon, 21 Dec 2009 15:53:32 +0000 http://www.laurabiering.com/riskaday.com/?p=469#comment-232 Happy and every other feeling you choose Birthday. Happy and every other feeling you choose Birthday.

]]> By: Jane http://www.riskaday.com/risks/its-my-birthday-and-ill-feel-if-i-want-to/comment-page-1/#comment-231 Jane Mon, 21 Dec 2009 14:09:12 +0000 http://www.laurabiering.com/riskaday.com/?p=469#comment-231 Happy Birthday yesterday, Laura! I hear you so clearly. And encouraging people to do this very thing is what I do a lot of with the grief support groups I lead. Some feelings are scary and just plain unpleasant . . . so I admire your commitment to yourself to feel those, too . . . and know they aren't "all" of what you feel. love your 50 self !!! :) Happy Birthday yesterday, Laura!
I hear you so clearly. And encouraging people to do this very thing is what I do a lot of with the grief support groups I lead. Some feelings are scary and just plain unpleasant . . . so I admire your commitment to yourself to feel those, too . . . and know they aren’t “all” of what you feel.
love your 50 self !!! :)

]]> By: Suzanne Bird-Harris http://www.riskaday.com/risks/its-my-birthday-and-ill-feel-if-i-want-to/comment-page-1/#comment-230 Suzanne Bird-Harris Sun, 20 Dec 2009 23:52:35 +0000 http://www.laurabiering.com/riskaday.com/?p=469#comment-230 Happy Birthday!! You're right - feeling all of your feelings is a risk. And it's hard and uncomfortable and richly rewarding. Yay for you! Happy Birthday!!

You’re right – feeling all of your feelings is a risk. And it’s hard and uncomfortable and richly rewarding.

Yay for you!

]]> By: Mary Ann http://www.riskaday.com/risks/its-my-birthday-and-ill-feel-if-i-want-to/comment-page-1/#comment-229 Mary Ann Sun, 20 Dec 2009 23:40:14 +0000 http://www.laurabiering.com/riskaday.com/?p=469#comment-229 Feeling one's feelings is a hard thing to do. You are VERY courageous and smart! Feeling one’s feelings is a hard thing to do. You are VERY courageous and smart!

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