tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3341369945738181093.post2397141104036012034..comments2023-03-17T02:26:49.539-07:00Comments on The Linden Tree Isle: I'm having a mini crisisLyndsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10176456754098878761noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3341369945738181093.post-73440129272143896592013-07-17T05:48:28.321-07:002013-07-17T05:48:28.321-07:00Wow. That was really good. Thanks for the link!Wow. That was really good. Thanks for the link!Lyndsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10176456754098878761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3341369945738181093.post-81445217162114789252013-07-16T16:57:11.092-07:002013-07-16T16:57:11.092-07:00Sorry that didn't come thru right. www.stevew...Sorry that didn't come thru right. www.stevewiens.com ---his most recent post.<br />Kristenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07845509553730947239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3341369945738181093.post-38389035870263151432013-07-16T16:56:04.698-07:002013-07-16T16:56:04.698-07:00Here is another one with the same issues!
http://...Here is another one with the same issues!<br /><br />http://www.stevewiens.com/2013/07/16/why-youre-addicted-to-approval/?utm_source=The+Actual+Pastor+Email+Subscriptions&utm_campaign=e37e7bc491-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_6beb214c33-e37e7bc491-58245881Kristenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07845509553730947239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3341369945738181093.post-58531015047923201272013-07-15T06:20:46.434-07:002013-07-15T06:20:46.434-07:00Those are the questions I am asking myself. Who am...Those are the questions I am asking myself. Who am I writing for? What is the purpose of this blog? Etc.... Up until this point, it's just been a scrapbook of my life; a sort of public diary. Do I want it to continue to be that? Questions, questions, questions...<br /><br />I love that you think of me living in a sand castle. Haha! And, I love that I started this blog and you started yours and we happened to meet through Momastery. We do live a zillion miles apart, but it all worked out and we met and now we are friends: "so different but yet so the same". It's cool. I love it. You are such a great person. Thanks for always taking the time to write here. It really is so encouraging.Lyndsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10176456754098878761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3341369945738181093.post-3521992331379205812013-07-14T19:52:19.174-07:002013-07-14T19:52:19.174-07:00One of the things I have been struggling with out ...One of the things I have been struggling with out here in bloggerville is who am I writing for? Is it for me---to work through my own stuff--because you can spend a million hours in therapy and beg and plead for the right answer to anything and a GOOD therapist will tell you that they CAN'T tell you the answer--you have to find it within yourself and come to in on your own. So is blogging my way of having a discussion with myself? OR is blogging more about who might be reading it and what it sounds like and who will suddenly want to subscribe and such? Is there a right answer? <br /><br />When I catch myself writing things like "so then you need to think about what that means"---instead of "so I need to think about what that means"--I realize I am trying to reach out to the world and connect--and we both read Glennon and Brown will tell you as well--connecting is huge--and sharing--and truth telling. But it comes with the risk of hurt and criticism and that empty echo of "hello is anyone out there?" <br /><br />Just today I read that J.K. Rowling wrote a crime novel under another name. The book was given high praise as a "debut novel" by her fake persona. It sold 1500 copies. You would think she would be horror stricken. Clearly she was not a good writer but fluked out on the Potter series. However, she said it was nice to write and publish not being in the public eye and a target for criticism (meanwhile SOMEONE had to have leaked out it was her using this name---ummmm probably to sell a million copies and make money...)<br /><br />So while I am rambling here---it is all good. Good for you--to say your say--to be your best you---to dare greatly--tell truths--reach out --grab a hand-- and not apologize--THIS is the place to practice that all before the Ellen show (things may get rough when you are famous....)<br /><br />It is also a place to make a difference --even if it is in one person's life. Like me. I look forward to reading what you are up to. I like to know there is another woman out there who lives a zillion miles away in a sandcastle on the beach (ok I can have my own imagination too!) who is warm and breezy and loving and vulnerable and so different but yet so the same--that she reminds me we are all part of this human experience and I am never, ever alone in the world. And my own social/anxiety/crazies that settle in my head occasionally just make me part of the world that wants to make things better.<br /><br />So YEAH FOR YOU! You are brave and wonderful! Think a bit about who you write for ---because you are published every day...out here...<br /><br />xoxoKristenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07845509553730947239noreply@blogger.com