From what I see: I usually notice a pattern - people who live their lives in fear of ridicule and judgement are actually living in fear of what they do to others, not what others are doing to them. Most of the people I have met who are ignorant and arrogant when questioned about their behavior are also somewhat admitting of their fears and where they come from. It is almost like clock work - you hear them talk about things their parents did, the way their parents made choices that damaged them, the pains their parents passed to them...... and as the little hand on the clock spins around it follows the same exact path as the big hand. There is no way to forget the mistakes of our parents. There is no way to erase our own mistakes. We can prevent our parents mistakes from becoming our own. We can fix some of our wrongs from the past. The key is the willingness to face it all. That is where the most ridicule and judgement will ever come from others. Being honest about the process of getting better - not being better - from the things that affect/ed us the most. Be courageous in that battle and never stop fighting. As time passes you will see that regardless of age most of those around you will never grow up. You however will live in peace in your heart and soul regardless of what others do to you. Our 2014 walk is going to be the challenge of a lifetime. Cross country, almost 1000 miles, six weeks. The walk represents the journey of life. We spend our whole lives evading whats really in our hearts. We spend our whole lives wanting to get back there even though painful things live there. We spend our whole lives desperately just wanting to be comfortable with who we really are. Not just who we are through presentation of a career or accomplishment. Walking back to the heart is a painful and scary journey. As you know I attempted this on my own earlier this summer starting with only 2 likes on Facebook; one of them my own and the other a person very close to me who completely abandon the process in the middle of my walk. I lost my best friend on my journey. I only made it 620 miles in four weeks and found myself one night in the middle of nowhere, exhausted, extreme weather and my body going into shock. Cold and alone scared - so I called in for help. I was immediately rescued. All of this means that surviving an attempt is not a justifiable reason to give up when it comes to matters of the heart. That hurts a lot of people (giving up on yourself emotionally and living cold and numb and dead to the things that make you feel - the people that started the journey with you). So here we are. Seven months after starting Operation Dads Love. Now a team. Getting ready to go back and do it again. We need to do this not only for ourselves, but for our future including the little ones who will stare at us through the loving eyes /hearts we once did when we were young. We remember everything from our childhood that hurt us - I refuse to try to forget anything from my past or ignore anything in my present that may hurt someone counting on me, if nothing else, to never give up and just keep trying. She can feel it in her heart and soul even when we are miles apart. Thank you all for joining the operation.
Posted on: Tue, 19 Nov 2013 14:51:05 +0000
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