Good morning my DU family,

[JMCKUSICK]

One of the reasons pain is so difficult for people to relate to is that almost from birth, we are taught to run from/ignore/deny/distract from/escape from/ and avoid pain in all forms.
Whether it's the pain from trauma, a recent loss, lifelong physical exertion, a failing body, or haunting memories of abuse, sufferers deserve to be treated with the same relaxed, trusting and accepting manners that we do for a friend describing the joy from their recent, last, long ago vacation.
If someone makes me feel uncomfortable with their circumstances today, I will ask myself why, and keep asking until my answer comes.
I'm going to make someone's day today by accepting them exactly where they are.
Have a day filled with opportunity.....
Love, John

[Emile]

1. Good Morning JMCKUSICK (John)

[JMCKUSICK]

5. That's so very true Emile,

Thank you.

[Scrivener7]

2. Good morning, John.

I really wish I could remember where I read it, but I can't. But somewhere I read that abuse is always caused by the refusal of the abuser to feel pain.

Pain is part of life. There is no avoiding it. And the only way to tame most psychological pain is to delve in and experience it.

May we all successfully tame a psychological pain today.

[JMCKUSICK]

6. That's such a wonderful hope for all of us

Scrivener7. Thank you and please let us find the help we may need to do so.

[deRien]

3. I recently read a book

called Love Without Limits. The author writes that many times we see only a "single story" of a person/s or even a group. There was an incident with two young little girls who wouldn't sit still or be quiet during a meeting. She was annoyed with the parents for not "making them behave". She found out later that the girls had been abused and were left a number of times for several days strapped into their car seats while the parents were absent . The "parents" had adopted the girls and were dealing with their trauma. We don't know what has happened to the people we encounter that has made them act the way they do but your insight into looking at the whole person is so spot on. Thank you for your message this morning.

[JMCKUSICK]

7. I believe it is a wish from all of us to be seen,

heard, and understood. How we get there is the million dollar question it seems.
That you highlight our need to make decisions about people with such limited information reminds me yet again that I need to slow down and ask more, learn more and most importantly, love/care more about the moment I'm in.
Thank you deRien.

[debm55]

4. Thank you John and good morning.

[JMCKUSICK]

8. You're welcome Debbie,

Our conversations help me so much to stay in the moment, I should be thanking you.
Thank you Debbie.