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Comment on About by terry

terry — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 11:57:23 +0000

Thanks, Marty. I’m watching a friend go through a wrenching experience and he’s very concerned about his children. I continue to reassure him that, although this is difficult, they will be fine. He doesn’t see it because he’s in the throes of it, but I do.

Comment on About by Marty

Marty — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 06:16:19 +0000

Terry,

I am moved by your beautifully told story. Your writing is a terrific contribution to the healing world. Always, there is a need for healing….

Comment on Looking Back on the Second Dark Age by terry

terry — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 12:42:39 +0000

How true. How tragic.

Comment on Looking Back on the Second Dark Age by Charlie Daas

Charlie Daas — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 10:32:42 +0000

Terry:
Sounds like the Cree (and their native brethren) we’re natural cooperators, sharing everything in common. Interesting how the native people of America only began to starve when they came into contact with white settlers. Thx Charlie

Comment on Looking Back on the Second Dark Age by terry

terry — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 00:17:49 +0000

Thanks so much, Joel!! I would be most honored for you to use it. I look forward to reading your novels.

Comment on Looking Back on the Second Dark Age by Joel Welty

Joel Welty — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 22:01:16 +0000

Terry: this is beautifully written. I would like to send it to members of Great Lakes Humanist Society, of which I serve
as President. Is that okay?
I agree that a gift economy would work. I write novels, but I am giving two away free; they are posted on my web site If you wish, you can read them on line or download them or run off a paper copy. No charge.

Comment on About by terry

terry — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 01:34:26 +0000

You are right – it is nearly a universal experience. It seems that everyone has a crushing heartache. Maybe that’s part of being human. You got through yours and you help others get through theirs. Many people are emotionally healthier now than could have been dreamed of years ago.

Comment on About by terry

terry — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 18:29:18 +0000

Thanks for writing such a thoughtful response. I feel emotionally very sturdy now so the time, effort and cash that I put into becoming whole really paid off. I see many people confronting loss without the skills to process it in a healthy way. I believe that part of my work is to promote listening circles and refer people to them. This is needed all over the country and possibly all over the world.

Comment on About by CommunityBuilder

CommunityBuilder — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 18:09:26 +0000

Terry,
My years conducting psychotherapy convinced me those who have sustained/survived/surmounted those most personal wounds of abusive, denied or deferred intimacy are most suited for facilitating others’ healing processes.
My years as a social worker applying half-solutions to dysfunctional households in persistently dysfunctional communities convinced me that the only way families may learn to live healthy, functional lives is in constructive and thriving, cooperative communities, and the only way communities may become, and/or sustain themselves as vibrant entities, is to foster the best in their member citizens, families, organizations and institutions. My years in my own dysfunctional “first family” made much of your material come to life.

The process begins, and expands, with the utterance of truth by those with the courage to speak in a commonly understood language, using clear voices guided by open hearts. The silver lining in the unfortunately near-universal experience of dysfunctional families is that, as these circumstances are familiar to all, it doesn’t take much time or effort for honest, undefended people to recognize the commonality in their shared experiences and to decide that the solution involves everyone working together for the benefit of each and all.

One definition of leadership suggests that authentic leaders are those who take responsibility for confronting and overcoming the challenges facing a family, team, group or organization. Appreciate your being willing to step forward as a leader with this blog, and with your personal testimony.

Comment on Compost bins and vegetable beds by terry

terry — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 04:00:17 +0000

Thanks!!