tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5171359807820844695.post3931932086794333994..comments2022-06-14T19:58:00.434+10:00Comments on One Small Life: Nine and a Half HoursOneSmallLifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10969675623452075422noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5171359807820844695.post-86665608688267123292014-06-12T12:57:55.837+10:002014-06-12T12:57:55.837+10:00Oh! I love being bossed around by awesome ladies! ...Oh! I love being bossed around by awesome ladies! Catherine Deveny essentially ordered me to do it too. And I am pretty good at following orders. Thanks for saying you want to read more of my words, that means a lot. xOneSmallLifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10969675623452075422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5171359807820844695.post-41223288186496760522014-06-12T12:45:13.000+10:002014-06-12T12:45:13.000+10:00I hear you! And I want to read more of your word...I hear you! And I want to read more of your words. So if you don't do it for yourself, do it for your readers. I'd love to read your book. Consider that an order. ;-)<br />PS. and thank you for the song... I am humming 'theeeeese words are MY words, from my heart strings....' love it!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11573990403405303936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5171359807820844695.post-23897514287746181442014-05-25T17:29:25.013+10:002014-05-25T17:29:25.013+10:00Thank-you Ing. Isn't it mad how hard it can be...Thank-you Ing. Isn't it mad how hard it can be to believe we really deserve these things!OneSmallLifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10969675623452075422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5171359807820844695.post-41004813069859288702014-05-25T14:18:07.682+10:002014-05-25T14:18:07.682+10:00I relate to many of your words Kate. Well done you...I relate to many of your words Kate. Well done you for being brave and going and grabbing what you deserve ! Good luck with the writing course, am sure you'll do well x<br />Ing Reilshttp://www.treadkindly.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5171359807820844695.post-1569008221683801332014-04-21T21:21:58.969+10:002014-04-21T21:21:58.969+10:00Thanks Gorgeous. You know I'm one of your bigg...Thanks Gorgeous. You know I'm one of your biggest supporters too! xOneSmallLifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10969675623452075422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5171359807820844695.post-83091134648459731762014-04-21T20:57:48.209+10:002014-04-21T20:57:48.209+10:00Great post, OSL. So pleased to hear you gained som...Great post, OSL. So pleased to hear you gained some serious inspiration and validation from the workshop. Very good for the soul. Keep doing what you're doing - you're great at it even if your inner voice wants to argue. xxThe Mother Load (Australia)https://www.blogger.com/profile/17184903707604495342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5171359807820844695.post-8803462675914657712014-04-21T16:11:09.132+10:002014-04-21T16:11:09.132+10:00Thanks Anonymous. I like your comment ;)Thanks Anonymous. I like your comment ;)OneSmallLifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10969675623452075422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5171359807820844695.post-10516554955004492522014-04-21T15:58:50.145+10:002014-04-21T15:58:50.145+10:00I like your writing :)I like your writing :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5171359807820844695.post-22532300341862331112014-04-20T13:12:04.639+10:002014-04-20T13:12:04.639+10:00I am so touched by your comment Sarah - so very to...I am so touched by your comment Sarah - so very touched. Thank-you for your thoughtful, thought provoking and wonderfully supportive words. They mean a lot.<br /><br />Now, my new favourite phrase? "The goo of love." Love it. xxOneSmallLifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10969675623452075422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5171359807820844695.post-42068823509124110702014-04-20T12:00:07.678+10:002014-04-20T12:00:07.678+10:00Someone once told me (whilst I was in a deep depre...Someone once told me (whilst I was in a deep depression and thinking way to much about what other people thought) that nobody thinks of you as much as you do !! At the time I actually felt my heart cave in a little, but now that it is a couple of years on this has become my go to thought. It has saved me in so many ways, it has transformed feelings and very negative self talk about worthiness or should I say un-worthiness. It has stopped me questioning my motivations and actions in friendships. What a great relief it is not to think that if you say or do something (you perceive as) silly you will not lose something so dear to you. We live our lives in fear of being judged and you are right, these fears are in-forced by US !!! We are the bad cop and the good cop !! There was a study done on human nature and conflict, it turns out that we would rather put ourselves in danger than offend anyone. If offending people is the worst we can do. I say OFFEND OFFEND OFFEND until you get want you need, or are doing what you want in life. Face the mortifying fear, thank it for holding you back from getting in that creepy cab, thank it for giving that guy the wrong phone number, but fuck (i want to use a different word but sometimes there really is no substitute) it for controlling how we live our lives, fuck it for the opportunities lost through self doubt and judgement and fuck it for listening to the nay sayers that we have all faced. True and total self belief comes from challenge, slaying those doubt demons, be the one whom you once envied the one who just did it. I often used to look at people and think 'I can do it if they can' now I say 'I can do it because I can'. Your writing is a great pleasure to read and I feel that through it you have opened up to me more than any other time in our friendship with each other. You have offered yourself for all to judge and for me it is a gift. We are not our mask or our shell we are the goo that it is incased by, the goo of sensitivity, the goo of love, the goo of fear and of hope. Life is hard and a huge challenge, the one thing that we NEED is honesty and truth. Thank-you for giving us these things in your BLOG Kate. You are a wise and funny woman with a voice that should be heard, may that voice rise above the doubt and scream to us I am here, hear me. XXXAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03276371737951982893noreply@blogger.com