Comments on: The One Place You’ll Always Be Indispensable

By: by Tim

by Tim — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 16:11:00 +0000

@ IRG – Thank you for a potent, articulate reminder that MIA or unloving/uncaring families are also irreplaceable.

You’ve made me much more thoughtful about what I wrote.

By: IRG

IRG — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 00:53:07 +0000

For those who have a loving family, this is true.

But not every family is loving. Not every “family” unit cares–spouses about each other, spouses about their children or siblings to siblings and siblings to parents.

For those of us who come from homes where parents and others simply do not care about us, our welfare, our lives, it’s not the case.

We try to create family with friends, but friends have their own birth families and it’s never the same. Friendship is a gift and a wonderful and beautiful thing. But sharing the lives of those who HAVE loving families, is a painful reminder of what we do not have. Very painful.

Just as you say: Most people are irreplaceable to their families. But an MIA or unloving/uncaring family is also irreplaceable.

By: by Tim

by Tim — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 21:32:14 +0000

Yes, Darcy, it's all too easy to succumb to the siren call of the Deferred Life Plan. Glad you're opting out ...

By: Darcy

Darcy — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 19:50:55 +0000

Like the saying goes “wherever you go, there you are”. I have recently run across people who have seemed to have sold their soul to the corporation. They have allowed the culture of the corporation and their jobs to affect their personalities and who they are as people. This transcends their job and into the way they treat their fellow human beings…Recently, I have found myself looking at those people and telling myself- That is NOT who I want to be. At the end of the day, it will be who I was as a human being, not what I did for a job, that will hold true meaning.

By: by Tim

by Tim — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 16:59:13 +0000

You are most welcome, Jennifer. And like you, I sometimes struggle to “walk the talk.” Getting better and better, though

By: Jennifer White

Jennifer White — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 15:36:44 +0000

Thank you for the dose of healthy perspective. Something we can all stand to remember.

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Scrapbook Inspiration - have you gone missing? | Scrappers Workshop — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 15:33:55 +0000

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