Comments on: The Stubborn Ego http://willspirit.com/2010/01/20/the-stubborn-ego/ Where Will meets Spirit Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:05:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Will http://willspirit.com/2010/01/20/the-stubborn-ego/comment-page-1/#comment-3319 Will Mon, 16 May 2011 15:47:35 +0000 http://willspirit.com/?p=2795#comment-3319 Georgie-- Thank you for the support. I'm glad you left a message on this post, which is now a little over a year old. Seems surprising to me that it was only so recently that I finally found the courage to change my fundamental outlook on life. From my current perspective, it seems like peace has been part of my life much longer than that. Which shows the resilience of the human spirit. Fifty-one years of depression can fade out of awareness after just a year of letting go. I appreciate your looking at my archives, and calling my attention to what they imply. --Will Georgie–

Thank you for the support. I’m glad you left a message on this post, which is now a little over a year old. Seems surprising to me that it was only so recently that I finally found the courage to change my fundamental outlook on life. From my current perspective, it seems like peace has been part of my life much longer than that. Which shows the resilience of the human spirit. Fifty-one years of depression can fade out of awareness after just a year of letting go. I appreciate your looking at my archives, and calling my attention to what they imply.

–Will

]]> By: Georgie http://willspirit.com/2010/01/20/the-stubborn-ego/comment-page-1/#comment-3316 Georgie Mon, 16 May 2011 13:35:10 +0000 http://willspirit.com/?p=2795#comment-3316 I agree that you are blessed now Will - you are a source of inspiration to all those that fell they are at a point of no return. The human spirit if allowed can find it's way back from even the darkest place. I'm so glad you are at your better place now. I agree that you are blessed now Will – you are a source of inspiration to all those that fell they are at a point of no return. The human spirit if allowed can find it’s way back from even the darkest place. I’m so glad you are at your better place now.

]]> By: Will http://willspirit.com/2010/01/20/the-stubborn-ego/comment-page-1/#comment-1003 Will Mon, 08 Feb 2010 04:27:59 +0000 http://willspirit.com/?p=2795#comment-1003 LIli-- More and more I recognize clarity as key to my wellness. Being able to objectively assess my past, my personality, and my situation has helped me become more accepting. There is good as well as bad in my past. I have positive as well as negative qualities. My life has joys as well as problems. Even awful tragedy can sometimes lead to better understanding. Trauma in childhood is a dreadful burden; but in the end my upbringing forced me to grow in ways I might never have explored if things had been easier. Getting to the point where I could admit these truths to myself has been surprisingly hard. I wish that every traumatic childhood could eventually lead to this sort of opening of the heart. Sadly, many abused children remain crushed throughout their lives, and many succumb to addictions or self-destructive behavior. I feel blessed to be free, but I grieve the fact that so many suffer. --Will LIli–
More and more I recognize clarity as key to my wellness. Being able to objectively assess my past, my personality, and my situation has helped me become more accepting. There is good as well as bad in my past. I have positive as well as negative qualities. My life has joys as well as problems. Even awful tragedy can sometimes lead to better understanding. Trauma in childhood is a dreadful burden; but in the end my upbringing forced me to grow in ways I might never have explored if things had been easier.

Getting to the point where I could admit these truths to myself has been surprisingly hard. I wish that every traumatic childhood could eventually lead to this sort of opening of the heart. Sadly, many abused children remain crushed throughout their lives, and many succumb to addictions or self-destructive behavior. I feel blessed to be free, but I grieve the fact that so many suffer.
–Will

]]> By: Lili http://willspirit.com/2010/01/20/the-stubborn-ego/comment-page-1/#comment-983 Lili Sun, 07 Feb 2010 17:27:33 +0000 http://willspirit.com/?p=2795#comment-983 I completely understand the issue of traumatic childhood. Trust me on this. I have always kept myself in perspective when thinking to myself: there is always someone out there that has been through worse,much worse, insane levels of abuse, and longer lasting suffering. Me getting abused? Yep. My friend was emotionally,sexually, and physically abused by every male member of her family as well as her own mother and her husbands. She rose-through court trials, jail sentences for the offenders, and horrific memories that make me cringe. She is my model in some things and in some the abuse stays in her. But every single day she serves, she will not harm another, she is dedicated in thought,speech, and action and even I cannot claim that. So ego and the past are your plagues. It seems you are the scientist in search of a resolution. An answer or two seem forthcoming. I completely understand the issue of traumatic childhood. Trust me on this. I have always kept myself in perspective when thinking to myself: there is always someone out there that has been through worse,much worse, insane levels of abuse, and longer lasting suffering. Me getting abused? Yep.

My friend was emotionally,sexually, and physically abused by every male member of her family as well as her own mother and her husbands. She rose-through court trials, jail sentences for the offenders, and horrific memories that make me cringe.

She is my model in some things and in some the abuse stays in her. But every single day she serves, she will not harm another, she is dedicated in thought,speech, and action and even I cannot claim that.

So ego and the past are your plagues. It seems you are the scientist in search of a resolution. An answer or two seem forthcoming.

]]> By: Will http://willspirit.com/2010/01/20/the-stubborn-ego/comment-page-1/#comment-951 Will Sat, 30 Jan 2010 06:05:08 +0000 http://willspirit.com/?p=2795#comment-951 werehorse-- I look forward to reading what you find. --Will werehorse–

I look forward to reading what you find.

–Will

]]> By: werehorse http://willspirit.com/2010/01/20/the-stubborn-ego/comment-page-1/#comment-921 werehorse Sat, 23 Jan 2010 04:43:37 +0000 http://willspirit.com/?p=2795#comment-921 Will, I think you have hit on something important here, and I am now moved to search through my library for something else I have read on exactly this theme. More later! Take care x Will, I think you have hit on something important here, and I am now moved to search through my library for something else I have read on exactly this theme.

More later!

Take care x

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