Comments on: My Own Knots

By: emmajames

emmajames — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 23:31:38 +0000

Dian: Thanks, my friend. Somehow the image of bluntly cut, stunted strings is utterly unappealing. I’d rather just keep working on loosening the knots. I knew you’d get it.

By: Dian Reid

Dian Reid — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 18:51:56 +0000

“I wish I could just cut them out, all these knots, but then I’d be left with threads too short and hanging loose, aimlessly.” This gets me. Seems to me, a point of self-acceptance…of accepting what is. We can’t just cut out the parts we don’t like or the parts that are too hard, too messy, too tiring…what we’d left with is less than ourselves. And you, my dear, are meant to be all you, in all your guts and glory. I just love where you went with Jeanne’s nudging. xo
Dian Reid´s last blog ..Fear In The Present Moment

By: emmajames

emmajames — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 18:44:44 +0000

Alana: Aw, see, now you’ve made me all teary-eyed. Crap. Thanks, chica. xo

By: emmajames

emmajames — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 18:44:02 +0000

Julie: Thank you. I am trusting, I’m just not always liking…

By: emmajames

emmajames — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 18:43:20 +0000

Jeanne: First of all, there is absolutely nothing you could say that would have me not speaking to you in the morning. You are always a ray of sunshine. And thank you, for your kind words and your empathy – truly appreciated. It is, indeed, a slippery slope. I’d just like to feel like I’m not face-planting constantly – ha! Hope you’re stocking up for the new storm – stay safe & warm… xo

By: Alana

Alana — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 06:20:24 +0000

I love and appreciate how hard you are working to focus on what makes you feel good, while still allowing all the pain and tears. You haven’t really gotten a break for more than a minute as long as I’ve known you (yikes – and that’s a long-ish time). That you can still go deeper, peel the layers away and transform, even though you don’t want to, is breathtaking to watch. I know, without question, in the deepest parts of myself, that the butterfly that will emerge from this painful shedding will soar.
Alana´s last blog ..Recommitting

By: Julie

Julie — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 05:59:15 +0000

Emma, You are wise and beautiful and dear. I love reading your words. I love how you weave them together. I so get what you are saying here. I only know what I know, but I do know we are deep-feeling creatures, and that’s okay. Trust what you are feeling. Trust your own knowing. Trust your gut.
Big love to you.
Julie´s last blog ..A Love Message to You

By: whollyjeanne

whollyjeanne — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 03:36:37 +0000

what an honor to see me here. and what honesty i read here with such vivid imagery. broken fingernails. scratched vinyl records that skip. strings pulled too tight. and the reality of how internal and contextual knots can womanifest in the body, providing one with, at best, a counter irritant. an option. shoot, you even used the word “hell” with great rhythmic and emphatic effect. i wish the only knots you could find to write about were your favorite tree knot.

it’s a slippery damn slope, isn’t it? you don’t want to live in a mental (or physical, for that matter) world of scarcity. don’t want to focus on the negative and what’s wrong. don’t want to attract more of what you don’t want but can’t quit thinking about. and yet that’s the reality in which you currently find yourself.

as if you didn’t already have enough angst to go around.

and aren’t i a little ray of sunshine?

i don’t mean to heap more on – i just don’t want to dismiss your feelings and knots either. they are real – too real.

okay, i’ve tied myself a knot here, so now i’ll just fade on off into the “submit comment” button and hope you’ll still speak to me in the morning.

loveyoureallymeanit.
whollyjeanne´s last blog ..knots

By: emmajames

emmajames — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:15:46 +0000

Bonnie: Oh, how true it is that I must get to the crux of the emotional knots for them to truly go away. So NOT the way I want it to work sometimes. But, really, very little is up to me. I just have to do the footwork.

By: Bonnie

Bonnie — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:38:39 +0000

Like you, I found emotional knots that manifested into physical ones were never remediated by a massage. I had to get to the crux of the emotional knot and that wasn’t all up to me in many cases.

I think you brave for sharing your words and feelings. As for the tree, it’s beautiful! Such wisdom of trees and I think you are probably just as wise!
Bonnie´s last blog ..A “Shawshank” Valentine – Preview of Tomorrow’s Post