tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4625031513047709215.post4045988198465292755..comments2023-05-19T09:20:02.846-04:00Comments on Pre-meditated: dancing in the light: Cherries and MeditationRobin Amos Kahnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12285622375765910126noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4625031513047709215.post-10263751017501154152008-06-24T18:13:00.000-04:002008-06-24T18:13:00.000-04:00Welcome to Blog Nation, Robin. Can't let the kids ...Welcome to Blog Nation, Robin. Can't let the kids have all the fun. The Pema Chodron video clip about the non-negativity of negativity reminds me of a woman who suffered from desperate, debilitating fear of cancer recurrence. She felt her fear as an enemy, ruining what remained of her life. One day, she confronted her fear as if it were a person, and demanded to know why it was tormenting her. Her fear responded that it was trying not to hurt her but to protect her. Thereafter she felt profoundly different--even grateful--toward her fear. Also reminds me of what Nancy Samalin used to say about how our kids' problems often are attempts to solve other problems. It was certainly true in the case of my daughter, whose compulsive, alcohol-abusing, grade-sabotaging, curfew-breaking, parent-enraging socializing was a desperate attempt to make the friends she felt she needed so she wouldn't have to endure the humiliation of eating lunch alone. Once she explained it to me, I stopped wanting to wring her neck and started to sympathize with her.<BR/><BR/>Blog on ...Miahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15507370042400822339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4625031513047709215.post-43392817622994605242008-06-24T11:37:00.000-04:002008-06-24T11:37:00.000-04:00....Rob, you are AMAZING and never cease to impres.......Rob, you are AMAZING and never cease to impress me with the number of things you're willing to try to create a very full life for yourself. Bravo!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com