tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614641499256174127.post2075936888625501448..comments2024-03-14T11:24:30.641-06:00Comments on Journey to Badwater: Go Get It!!!!Alene Gone Badhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09887360033395271217noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614641499256174127.post-88080987444218012602010-01-21T11:16:51.192-07:002010-01-21T11:16:51.192-07:00Patricia,
Thank you for your comment. I've be...Patricia,<br /><br />Thank you for your comment. I've been a nurse for just a little over three years. I feel like I've had so much learning and growth and personal insight in that short time, from the constant exposure to patients and their families and the past issues they bring with them. <br /><br />Work has created all sorts of triggers for me from my past. I've done a lot of personal healing work, but as a nurse in ICU, seeing it in other people who have not done healing work themselves can be very painful for me at times. <br /><br />I can't help them directly, but I can see it so clearly. It especially hurts to know so well the physiological impact on one's body from years of carrying around anger and resentment. I have to remember to detach myself from it, and my recent experience with this friend who has so much healing to do, has been a huge trigger for me. <br /><br />For me, fatigue comes from several sources, one is an autoimmune thyroid condition that can be triggered by stress. Another is that I'm perimenopausal. And another is the day-to-day encounters with these triggers to things that I realize now, even though I've done much healing work, these things never really go away, they are part of you forever. <br /><br />Life is an adventure, good and bad. I'm running to keep the good things coming my way. I'm working on a career move that I think will be personally and spiritually fulfilling for me, too.Alene Gone Badhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09887360033395271217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614641499256174127.post-64825982411242030692010-01-21T10:53:21.300-07:002010-01-21T10:53:21.300-07:00Alene, good answer for Jeff. You can't change...Alene, good answer for Jeff. You can't change another person. They have to want it for themselves or it isn't going to happen. <br /><br />If you have ruled out any physical reasons for your fatigue, it could be emotional. I have lived with being bone tired for most of my life. It comes from my incest issues and all of the anger that I carried around inside of me for so many years. <br /><br />Depression is anger turned inward. Anger can be very damaging to the body that is carrying it around inside. It can cause physical damage like migraines, stomach problems, high blood pressure, ulcers, arthritis as well as other problems.<br /><br />You are an inspiration with your running.Patricia Singletonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14114250171020836470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614641499256174127.post-32937338754611051822010-01-15T20:50:24.887-07:002010-01-15T20:50:24.887-07:00Hey Jeff! Happy new year!
I hope I'll see you...Hey Jeff! Happy new year! <br />I hope I'll see you more this year than I did last year! <br /><br />Anger is something that comes from some other place, and it has to be unearthed in order to deal with it, and then you can move forward.<br /><br />Sometimes feeling lack of control over a situation seems like the only way it will ever be, but there are different ways to think about it that can give a person more power over their circumstances, or at least give them more power in dealing with their feelings and in changing their behavior. <br /><br />It's hard to watch someone from the outside, when you see what you think will work for them, but they are the only one who can do anything about it. It's hard to sit on your hands when someone you care about is hurting. <br /><br />But that is the kindest thing you can do for them. Sometimes that's a hard lesson to learn. <br /><br />I am actively working to change my OWN situation, and going after what I want is going to be a gift, both to myself, and I hope to a lot of other people as it begins to take shape and gains momentum. <br /><br />Good discussion for a long ometime. Stay healthy and happy, Jeff, and we'll have to get together for a run soon!Alene Gone Badhttp://alenegonebad.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5614641499256174127.post-3156394566003599912010-01-15T19:31:39.598-07:002010-01-15T19:31:39.598-07:00I worked with lots of angry homeless people in Ama...I worked with lots of angry homeless people in Amarillo years ago. I too tried so hard to help but in the end I realized there wasn't much I could do. Most of them were there because they had to work it out. There wasn't any way I could work anything out for them. No way I could make them care.<br />The first three decades of my life were completely wasted. Mostly my fault. I set my horizons too low and I wasn't selfish enough to want more. You have to WANT! You have to allow yourself to want.<br />But how can you help others to want or care? I never figured that out.<br />Good luck in 2010, Alene!JeffOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10605694694141975178noreply@blogger.com