tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2607471777855707790.post2296244350454308794..comments2023-10-11T03:49:53.934-04:00Comments on The Gold Puppy: Not Quite a RantReya Mellickerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13076092659507965666noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2607471777855707790.post-12599632324696439192008-03-12T21:23:00.000-04:002008-03-12T21:23:00.000-04:00Dennis, I envy you.And Rothko, you don't have to b...Dennis, I envy you.<BR/><BR/>And Rothko, you don't have to be Catholic to blame yourself. People have done it for at least all of recorded history, most certainly before that.<BR/><BR/>Remorse is a part of every illness, but i think it's physiologically linked to pain and fear, not reflecting any particular failing on the person who got sick. One thing I have seen is that people use all their energy blaming themselves, and then don't have anything left to devote to healing.But - maybe that's part of it, too.<BR/><BR/>All of it is very interesting to think about.Reya Mellickerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13076092659507965666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2607471777855707790.post-58194325702125452452008-03-12T15:21:00.000-04:002008-03-12T15:21:00.000-04:00Dennis has been lucky with robust health so far, b...Dennis has been lucky with robust health so far, but Chedwick has always been sickly--ever since day one. <BR/>Dennis says that's how it goes....(shrug)dennishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07382113112087625147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2607471777855707790.post-82637677341041807602008-03-12T12:55:00.000-04:002008-03-12T12:55:00.000-04:00I tend to blame myself for everything. The weather...I tend to blame myself for everything. The weather, other people's emotions, and most definitely my health. Not sure where this inexplicable guilt comes from. I'm not even Catholic.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12276057072155833094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2607471777855707790.post-46292574933950380722008-03-11T10:28:00.000-04:002008-03-11T10:28:00.000-04:00here hereno more models blaming the victimmore mod...here here<BR/>no more models blaming the victim<BR/><BR/>more models blaming pollution<BR/><BR/>that's what i sayDeborahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07238792308149815691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2607471777855707790.post-24974398809910864522008-03-11T08:45:00.000-04:002008-03-11T08:45:00.000-04:00My God is not vindictive, either. But my God can w...My God is not vindictive, either. But my God can wrap his arms around adversity, he can comprehend it; I can't.<BR/><BR/>Lee I'm feeling much better today, though a trip to the Sufi acupuncturist tomorrow will no doubt make me feel even better. I'm lucky to be a very healthy person, very lucky (cuz Barbara I think it's luck and privilege and genes more than what we eat, etc. that MIGHT mean we're healthy.)Reya Mellickerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13076092659507965666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2607471777855707790.post-51885535568753867342008-03-11T06:21:00.000-04:002008-03-11T06:21:00.000-04:00yep, viruses, bacilli and bacteria were here befor...yep, viruses, bacilli and bacteria were here before we were - a fact of life. They like us and we don't like them. That sums it up for me, Reya.<BR/>Hope you're getting the upper hand on the primal ones :-)R.L. Bourgeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02850533057828782722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2607471777855707790.post-46174354440245411082008-03-10T22:50:00.000-04:002008-03-10T22:50:00.000-04:00So much of our existence is determined by our envi...So much of our existence is determined by our environment, what we eat, how much we exercise, etc. Rationally we all know this, but it's only natural to think of adversity as punishment, but by whom? God making us sick is as absurd as God sending millions of Jews to their deaths in the Holocaust. But sadly, there are people, even Jews, who believe God was punishing the Jews for something they did. My God is not vindictive.Barbarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18356998698106275372noreply@blogger.com