And thus begins August Break! I am so excited to see what you'll show us, MJ. I love this Beginning—love the hipstamatic shots! Love the pics of you both in the shadows, poised to do something Extraordinary…
Happy August! I am glad you are participating as well. Great pictures.
I just saw that you have "The Invitation" by Oriah under your link tabs. This is one of my all time favorites. In the past I hosted self-led women's groups and this was always the first poem we read together. I just want to share another one with you that I used during the first meeting. I think you might like it as well.
Please Listen ~ a poem by a survivor
When I ask you to listen to me and you start giving me advice, you have not done what I asked.
When I ask you to listen to me and you begin to tell me why I shouldn't feel that way, you are trampling on my feelings.
When I ask you to listen to me and you feel you have to do something to solve my problem, you have failed me, strange as that may seem.
Listen! All I ask is that you listen. Don't talk or do - just hear me.
Advice is cheap; 20 cents will get you both Dear Abby and Billy Graham in the same newspaper, and I can do for myself; I am not helpless. Maybe discouraged and faltering, but not helpless.
When you do something for me that I can and need to do for myself, you contribute to my fear and inadequacy. But when you accept as a simple fact that I feel what I feel, no matter how irrational, then I can stop trying to convince you and get about this business of understanding what's behind this irrational feeling.
And when that's clear, the answers are obvious and I don't need advice. Irrational feelings make sense when we understand what's behind them.
Perhaps that's why prayer works, sometimes, for some people - because G*d is mute, and he doesn't give advice or try to fix things. G*d just listens and lets you work it out for yourself.
So please listen, and just hear me. And if you want to talk, wait a minute for your turn - and I will listen to you.
Hipstamatic looks like fun! xx
ReplyDeleteAwesome! Where's your superhero pose, MJ? ;)
ReplyDeleteLove the shadow of the little one!
ReplyDeleteAnd thus begins August Break! I am so excited to see what you'll show us, MJ. I love this Beginning—love the hipstamatic shots! Love the pics of you both in the shadows, poised to do something Extraordinary…
ReplyDeletehaha, fun.
ReplyDeleteapp envy!
These are so fun :)
ReplyDeletevery fun! my kids love taking photos with my phone too and always want to see what i've captured.
ReplyDeleteAwesome shots, MJ! (Thanks for the nod :D) Glad you (and your kiddos) are having fun with your new "toys".
ReplyDeleteawww love these photos. you two are like superman- a superman then a clark kent.
ReplyDeletehappy august break. part of me want to join....
ReplyDeleteoh...but I can't blab on and on then!
Great pics. Is Hipstimatic an iphone app?
Ah, love those!
ReplyDeleteHey Cory! Yep, iphone :).
ReplyDeleteI want an iphone too! You guys do look like superheroes. Fun, fun!
ReplyDeletePerfection. Where did you edit your pictures please?
ReplyDeleteLove these. Sometimes I think I need to get an iPhone. :)
ReplyDeleteInteresting pictures! Wish I had an iphone!
ReplyDelete:)
xx
Happy August! I am glad you are participating as well.
ReplyDeleteGreat pictures.
I just saw that you have "The Invitation" by Oriah under your link tabs. This is one of my all time favorites. In the past I hosted self-led women's groups and this was always the first poem we read together.
I just want to share another one with you that I used during the first meeting. I think you might like it as well.
Please Listen ~ a poem by a survivor
When I ask you to listen to me and you start giving me advice, you have not done what I asked.
When I ask you to listen to me and you begin to tell me why I shouldn't feel that way, you are trampling on my feelings.
When I ask you to listen to me and you feel you have to do something to solve my problem, you have failed me, strange as that may seem.
Listen! All I ask is that you listen. Don't talk or do - just hear me.
Advice is cheap; 20 cents will get you both Dear Abby and Billy Graham in the same newspaper, and I can do for myself; I am not helpless. Maybe discouraged and faltering, but not helpless.
When you do something for me that I can and need to do for myself, you contribute to my fear and inadequacy. But when you accept as a simple fact that I feel what I feel, no matter how irrational, then I can stop trying to convince you and get about this business of understanding what's behind this irrational feeling.
And when that's clear, the answers are obvious and I don't need advice. Irrational feelings make sense when we understand what's behind them.
Perhaps that's why prayer works, sometimes, for some people - because G*d is mute, and he doesn't give advice or try to fix things. G*d just listens and lets you work it out for yourself.
So please listen, and just hear me.
And if you want to talk, wait a minute
for your turn - and I will listen to you.
by Author Unknown and adapted by A.E.S.T.
i love these images! thanks for sharing!
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