tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095822388315899381.post7892298917838242483..comments2024-03-26T13:47:55.472-07:00Comments on Blessed Are The Pure Of Heart: Your DYing Spouse 308 - On Being The MiracleAndrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13230537202427640540noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095822388315899381.post-64609664745391424402017-05-11T12:27:44.158-07:002017-05-11T12:27:44.158-07:00Mary, thank you so much for this lovely affirmatio...Mary, thank you so much for this lovely affirmation; your comment really means the world to me, and inspires me to keep going.Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13230537202427640540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095822388315899381.post-45395180716831751992017-05-11T10:13:45.930-07:002017-05-11T10:13:45.930-07:00Your writing keeps getting better. Through the pai...Your writing keeps getting better. Through the pain, in the midst of feeling uncomfortable you reach even farther and share your emotions, feelings and what it's like to go through near death conditions. Thank you for being you and keeping us in touch with everything you are going through. Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11281912720738542321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095822388315899381.post-8113649966389435562017-05-10T23:00:56.256-07:002017-05-10T23:00:56.256-07:00Thank you so much for this, Lesley. Physical and e...Thank you so much for this, Lesley. Physical and emotional pain are analogues of one another, and you're absolutely right - we do have a choice in how we may be changed.<br /><br />The pain's unpleasant - and today, scarier than ever - but I would not trade away the perspective I have gained. It's been worth it.Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13230537202427640540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095822388315899381.post-54785389236204284862017-05-10T22:58:26.174-07:002017-05-10T22:58:26.174-07:00Beth, thank you so much for this lovely affirmatio...Beth, thank you so much for this lovely affirmation...I will treasure your words for the time I have to come.<br /><br />Compassion is truly the greatest gift I have received from this experience, and I would never trade it away, even for a restoration of my old life. It's too precious, to be finally learning how to love.<br /><br />Thank you so much, Beth, for your prayers, and your friendship.Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13230537202427640540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095822388315899381.post-66973426839021511802017-05-10T22:34:52.014-07:002017-05-10T22:34:52.014-07:00Red, thank you so much for this...and for being he...Red, thank you so much for this...and for being here.Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13230537202427640540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095822388315899381.post-37250596709201963432017-05-10T10:36:36.447-07:002017-05-10T10:36:36.447-07:00Great thoughts, Andrew! I love your perspective o...Great thoughts, Andrew! I love your perspective of not welcoming pain as a "friend" but seeking to learn from it and draw good from it. I have more experience with emotional pain than physical but I think it's probably true in both cases that pain changes us, but we have a choice about how it changes us. I love that you're letting it change you in a good way- growing in compassion and empathy and valuing the moments when things are slightly better. I wish you didn't have to go through all this, but I can see it is working good things in you!Lesleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12698239597149299662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095822388315899381.post-20327740480510290012017-05-10T06:04:40.401-07:002017-05-10T06:04:40.401-07:00So many rich insights here about pain, Andrew. I h...So many rich insights here about pain, Andrew. I have had bouts with intense pain (my shingles for example), so I totally get the point about time being extended and utilizing the "less pain filled" moments to their greatest extent. But I haven't lived in the kind of chronic and intense pain you've lived in. It certainly has taught you compassion--that's been evident here! And I also can see that it has changed you for the better, not just in your language, but in the way you respond to others. I've even felt it here in the blogosphere, so I'm sure it has translated to your wife, Barbara. I'm so glad you've allowed pain to shape and mold you into a better and stronger man--though you formerly were both of those. Thanks for sharing these truths, my friend. And keep on fighting the good fight!Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13156048755652103073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4095822388315899381.post-82472792762038585092017-05-10T02:00:55.122-07:002017-05-10T02:00:55.122-07:00You have such a healthy perspective. Dealing with ...You have such a healthy perspective. Dealing with life as best you can. Redhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06870283055927616591noreply@blogger.com