tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2899447029099688486.post1713799964199921772..comments2024-03-26T05:20:10.232-04:00Comments on Between the By-Road and the Main Road: #SOL17: BeginningsMary Ann Reillyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14349201167828984708noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2899447029099688486.post-23977918724050959442017-03-10T19:35:47.352-05:002017-03-10T19:35:47.352-05:00I love your statement that maybe all endings are r...I love your statement that maybe all endings are really beginnings. There is much truth in that statement. Debra Gottslebenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08074610468240387547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2899447029099688486.post-81463815773726032272017-03-09T19:44:43.708-05:002017-03-09T19:44:43.708-05:00The solitude offers so much time to think, at leas...The solitude offers so much time to think, at least after the first furious weeks, and by the time more weeks have come and gone and more tasks have been completed, one realizes that life without our loved one has begun. As Said wrote, as you confirmed, the beginning is over. Sometimes it feels like a kind of sad resignation, but other times I feel like I'm glad that part is over. Thanks for Linda Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14983144542632353870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2899447029099688486.post-47085045391546239972017-03-09T19:14:19.302-05:002017-03-09T19:14:19.302-05:00A good beginning is half the work. I think you ar...A good beginning is half the work. I think you are more than halfway to that beginning. Readingteachsuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07820046510058260683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2899447029099688486.post-43270556721314927492017-03-09T15:19:35.016-05:002017-03-09T15:19:35.016-05:00When I was much younger, before I had graduated fr...When I was much younger, before I had graduated from anything, I thought "commencement" was the ending. I have never forgotten the shock when I realized it meant to begin. Perhaps all endings are really beginnings. O'Donohue's words are spot on: "To refuse to begin can be an act of great self-neglect." Thanks for posting, Mary Ann.Alice Ninehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05302512837699702430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2899447029099688486.post-4928897136313395342017-03-09T11:44:52.766-05:002017-03-09T11:44:52.766-05:00The wisdom of Said - so true, beginning starts wit...The wisdom of Said - so true, beginning starts with being able to name the process, to be ready to conceive of the process. It is marking an acceptance, too, I think. Tarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13626451110946889157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2899447029099688486.post-66743651396346476642017-03-09T10:39:50.437-05:002017-03-09T10:39:50.437-05:00Oh my goodness. I am so sorry for your loss. A dea...Oh my goodness. I am so sorry for your loss. A dear friend of mine also lost her husband of over a decade in a tragic and unforeseeable ski accident. It has been through her children and her friends and her effort to build a wonderful life for herself without him that she has gone on. But she misses him every day and many times throughout each day. I, like you, am in need of wisdom. You sharing ChrisLeishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13815222483604008147noreply@blogger.com