tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14404262.post3105998295184265040..comments2024-03-28T04:42:54.715-07:00Comments on The Forty-Five: When You No Longer BelongToirdhealbheach Beucailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14872794169534403463noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14404262.post-59252194636222401762016-03-30T18:54:37.728-07:002016-03-30T18:54:37.728-07:00That mirrors a great deal of my thinking, Pete. T...That mirrors a great deal of my thinking, Pete. There is a high level sense that things are simply going to go off the rails and there is little enough I can do about it except watch, prepare, and pray. Perhaps that is why this distance has developed in my soul - like any other upcoming loss, the mind is adapting by pre-emptively pulling me away. It still makes me sad.Toirdhealbheach Beucailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14872794169534403463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14404262.post-64363202898530661732016-03-30T18:52:22.245-07:002016-03-30T18:52:22.245-07:00The Oldest is getting there as well - in some ways...The Oldest is getting there as well - in some ways is probably beyond the immediate need for commentary. I still nudge when I can, of course...<br /><br />The freedom would be nice. Maybe I am not working hard enough?Toirdhealbheach Beucailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14872794169534403463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14404262.post-37144893001922798452016-03-30T18:51:10.735-07:002016-03-30T18:51:10.735-07:00It is a very sad feeling. And I think you are rig...It is a very sad feeling. And I think you are right, part of the issue is that one wants to feel like one belongs - perhaps even one deluded one's self very highly to belong. And then when the veil comes off there is an intense sense of pain - which is odd, because it is pain for something that never was.<br /><br />Perhaps it is simply a form of grieving over something perceived as held which was lost.Toirdhealbheach Beucailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14872794169534403463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14404262.post-36622241320132104922016-03-30T08:19:01.350-07:002016-03-30T08:19:01.350-07:00"After all, you are no longer of import."..."After all, you are no longer of import." This is what TPTB want you to think. DON'T FALL FOR IT! Just because you're going one way and everyone else is going another doesn't make you wrong! Sure; many of today's young'uns will think they know it all because "they read the book, and watched the video," but you and I know better than that! Keep marching to God's drum! Don't give up! Stand back, wait for the train wreck, and then go in and rescue whoever's left...<br /><br />This our job as elders...Peteforesterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00702888855868877243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14404262.post-74075287616115106822016-03-30T08:07:48.509-07:002016-03-30T08:07:48.509-07:00That is an important point you make, and a critica...That is an important point you make, and a critical distinction. I've noticed in the last couple of years that my grown daughters' opinions no longer rely on my input before formation. Yes, we raised them well, and they're both successful. Just the same, it's hard to get out of the habit of being consulted.<br /><br />Now ... to find that freedom of which you speak. :)Rev. Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04588179227576383679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14404262.post-23395830682862647992016-03-30T04:46:51.627-07:002016-03-30T04:46:51.627-07:00I haven't arrived to the point that you have i...I haven't arrived to the point that you have in the last two paragraphs. I have come to similar ideas though that I don't belong, but only through the conclusions that as the veil lifted that perhaps I never really belonged, at least to the point that I thought I did, to begin with.<br /><br />To me, it's a sad feeling.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com