Guest guest Posted April 23, 2000 Report Share Posted April 23, 2000 Yes, Crow, I like what that image radiates. For many around the world, today is the celebration of Easter...the resurrection from the dead. We too can be resurrected from those things in our lives that keep us from feeling alive i the Spirit. Life is freely offered to all. By resurrecting our thoughts from pessimism and self-pity to trust and faith we can truly understand the message of Easter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 24, 2000 Report Share Posted April 24, 2000 i did not see the original " rainbows in the darkness " post, when was it sent? truth be told, i have a bit of a stalker who has been tampering with my email among other things, and while hopefully it has stopped, seeing a reply to a post i didn't see to begin with makes me wonder... - <Talks-withtrees Sunday, April 23, 2000 5:21 AM Re: Rainbows in the Darkness > Yes, Crow, I like what that image radiates. > For many around the world, today is the celebration of Easter...the > resurrection from the dead. We too can be resurrected from those things > in our lives that keep us from feeling alive i the Spirit. Life is > freely offered to all. By resurrecting our thoughts from pessimism and > self-pity to trust and faith we can truly understand the message of > Easter. > > > ------ > Good friends, school spirit, hair-dos you'd like to forget. > Classmates.com has them all. And with 4.4 million alumni already > registered, there's a good chance you'll find your friends here: > http://click./1/2885/3/_/148494/_/956537421/ > ------ > > **************************************** > Visit the community page at > To from , send an email to - > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 24, 2000 Report Share Posted April 24, 2000 Well I did not get the original post either. Maybe it was an indiviual e-mail and the response was posted. So now you know there are two of us without the original message from Crow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 24, 2000 Report Share Posted April 24, 2000 >>> Message berlee i did not see the original " rainbows in the darkness " post, when was it sent? >>>> I didn't see it either. I'm thinking it was either a response to an old post that I missed, or the mail you were referring to was the 1st of it's kind despite the " Re " in the subject line. Perhaps it would help if people would cut and paste or be more descriptive in their responses. It would make following the thread much easier. Angie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 24, 2000 Report Share Posted April 24, 2000 For the lost... It could be that " Trees " is just responding to my signature line for some reason, that is the source of the quote he is referring to. When I was given the name Rainbow Crow I imagined a brightly feathered bird; however, I have come to understand that my lesson is in looking below the surface (and the mirror) for the full spectrum. It is one of those " judging a book by it's cover " things. Anyone can see that a parrot is colorful; it takes a keen eye to see the iridescence in a crow's wing. There is a Native American story about Rainbow Crow, in which the bird serves as a sort of Prometheus, bringing fire to the freezing land and as a result ruining his feathers and voice; however, beneath the soot still glisten his true colors. When I sign my posts it is a reminder to myself as much as anyone else that we are much more than a sum of our parts, and that the most important things are seen more effectively with the eyes of our heart. drums1018 wrote: > > >>> Message berlee i did not see the original > " rainbows in the darkness " post, when was it sent? >>>> > -- Blessings, Crow " Look for Rainbows in the Darkness " -- --- Rev. Caroline Gutierrez Abreu, BS, RN, CHTP/I, CRMT, CH AIM: CaroCrow " We see things not as they are but as we are. " The Talmud Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 24, 2000 Report Share Posted April 24, 2000 Angie, I do not have a computer and do not know how to cut and paste with webtv. Sorry if i have caused anyone any confusion or grief . http://community.webtv.net/Talks-withtrees/PrayerChain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 24, 2000 Report Share Posted April 24, 2000 PS: Yes, I was referring to the tag. But I am glad you elaborated as it was a beautiful explanation. I, too, am of NA origin (Cherokee) only 1/4 but I am very proud of this heritage. http://community.webtv.net/Talks-withtrees/PrayerChain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 24, 2000 Report Share Posted April 24, 2000 thanks guys, as i said in the second post immediately following the first one, i went to the site and figured the same thing crow said, that the re: didn't mean it was a " reply " but more of a " regarding " and apologize for the expression of alarm. i have been a little on edge and hyperaware of email oddities, or possible oddities. i was just worried because there was someone that was getting into my email and had also gotten into my onelist account a few months back and removed me from the 2 bodywork lists i am on, as well as a few other incidents(including posting my home ph# and address publicly online). i know who it is, and am trying to put a stop to it, as there are still incidents happening. (he lives nearby, and used to be a friend (not a boyfriend), so this isn't just a far removed internet thing) on that note, if anyone has suggestions on getting someone really passive aggressive and obsessive to leave you alone, it would be much appreciated. i have tried asking nicely, ignoring, firm boundary setting, confronting, removing avenues of contact, informing that authorities have been notified(although in truth they have not been much help), and i'm running out of ideas. this is the first time i have ever dealt with anything like this, and hopefully the last. feel free to contact me offlist if that would be a more appropriate place to talk about it. thanks! ~kimberlee (with 2 e's) > Kimberly, > I don't have a stalker (to my knowledge) and I also didn't see the > original posting. > Take care. Liz Van Strien > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 25, 2000 Report Share Posted April 25, 2000 Kimberlee: I was involved on and off for five years with a man who is bipolar and passive aggressive, and also had obsessive compulsive tendencies. When he was doing well, he was charming, happy, eager, neat, a good worker/lover/friend and a joy to be around. When he was slipping off his cog his presence gradually disintegrated into nightmare status. Although never physically abusive, he was more than slightly paranoid during this period of time and was frightening. Our relationship followed the pattern of his personality: on when he was doing well, off when he wasn't. Eventually I had to break with him permanently, and that meant absolutely cloistering myself from him; no contact, not even through others, even when he " attempted suicide " . The key to really ignoring someone is persistence on your part; they will keep trying to get your attention, one way or another. One unfortunate part of his illness was that he would be very oversexed when he was ill, and would do all sorts of creepy borderline sexual things to get my attention, such as mailing me letters he'd ripped out of Penthouse or leaving answering machine messages telling me what he was doing with the undergarments he had managed to steal from me. After I moved, I found notes from him scrawled across the sides and tops of the boxes. I was lucky; my best friend was his " boss " and I moved in with her. He had a healthy respect/fear of her (and losing his job) and would not come to her house because of that. This sort of person does not know how to take " no " for an answer when they are ill. They should be on medication (he eventually was prescribed Lithium which helped to a degree). Weather the worst period in the safest place you can, even if it means getting away altogether for a while. If he is anything like my " friend " , the only time to deal with him is when he is in that sunny mood again... and watch that you don't get sucked in by the charisma or buried in the " BS " ;-) Blessings, Crow " Look for Rainbows in the Darkness " kimberlee wrote: > > thanks guys, as i said in the second post immediately following the first > one, i went to the site and figured the same thing crow said, that the re: > didn't mean it was a " reply " but more of a " regarding " and apologize for the > expression of alarm. i have been a little on edge and hyperaware of email > oddities, or possible oddities. > > i was just worried because there was someone that was getting into my email > and had also gotten into my onelist account a few months back and removed me > from the 2 bodywork lists i am on, as well as a few other > incidents(including posting my home ph# and address publicly online). i know > who it is, and am trying to put a stop to it, as there are still incidents > happening. (he lives nearby, and used to be a friend (not a boyfriend), so > this isn't just a far removed internet thing) > > on that note, if anyone has suggestions on getting someone really passive > aggressive and obsessive to leave you alone, it would be much appreciated. i > have tried asking nicely, ignoring, firm boundary setting, confronting, > removing avenues of contact, informing that authorities have been > notified(although in truth they have not been much help), and i'm running > out of ideas. this is the first time i have ever dealt with anything like > this, and hopefully the last. feel free to contact me offlist if that would > be a more appropriate place to talk about it. > > thanks! > ~kimberlee (with 2 e's) > > > Kimberly, > > I don't have a stalker (to my knowledge) and I also didn't see > the > > original posting. > > Take care. Liz Van Strien > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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