"The Blog" ..sort of akin to "the Blob"......where we expose our "monsters"

All comment made to you are mirror of your own thoughts. Though some seem to have been hiding behind 'shades'.....they were just beyond 'awareness' waiting to surge into the forefront again.

It is always difficult when one begins processing the pros & cons of where one is....was....and hopes to be. The 'shades' are comfortable places which we learn to draw from convoluted examples set by those we look up to. Sometimes the 'shades' become drawn so tight...that the only thing which helps to open them...is an 'independent review board'...such as a blog....one of the experiences many find in conversing with 'strangers'.
Some comments offer only sympathy which while comforting....merely serves the same old 'cup of coffee' because sympathy requires mere opinion.
Some comments offer empathy which requires comprehension of the situation in a 'fullness' based in experience....which has to contain a lot of hindsight.
Each aspect contributes simply because each is pertinent in different ways. Sympathetic is an interesting word when broken in two....sym or symbiosis........and pathetic or useless. Sympathetic words allow one to feel somewhat supported.....and we may recognize a "pathology" or what might be recognized as 'pathetic'.....in our attitude while reviewing another's words......which we hadn't seen clearly before. It is therein...that opportunity to learn from the situation and move into a new 'space' of attitude exists.
And, of course, this is where empathy becomes helpful. Empathy implies comprehension of a 'pathetic' or 'pathological' situation.In the study of other's empathic statements we can find inspiration.....which helps us adopt freer attitudes..


This is the way we grow in all ways...and always.