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| Hi John! Are you kind to yourself? Do you give yourself space to be sad? Sometimes I don't... I'll tell you about it in a moment. Cartoon: Divorce vs Abuse 🚫
Dad Joke: Call a bus 🚑
Post: A selfie from our vacation 🏝️
Quote: The right way to deconstruct 🧱
Artwork: Brand new cartoon 🔫
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| This one always gets people's attention. Why? Because its true. |
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| Last week I got hospitalized due to a peekaboo accident. They put me in ICU. |
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Some people like to go on vacation and fill their time with excursions.
Not Lisa and me. Instead, we prefer to get away from the hustle and bustle of our busy lives and just chill. This vacation we chose a nice cottage to rent for a week on the shores of the idyllic Prince Edward Island. What does a good vacation look like to you? |
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| I’m reading Elaine Pagels’ book, Why Religion? It's a very good read. I think it’s helpful for people deconstructing because, as I say, there’s only one way to deconstruct, and that’s your way! Pagels demonstrates her way. And it’s beautiful. Just like yours is! As a teen she went to a Billy Graham crusade and got “saved”. Later though when her good friend died, she had questions. Here’s a quote from her book about what happened: “My Christian friends, at first sympathetic, immediately asked, ‘Was he born again?’ When I said, ‘No— he was Jewish!’ they said, ‘Then he’s in hell.’ That made no sense. Wasn’t Jesus Jewish? When that didn’t seem to matter, I realized that what they said had nothing to do with what had drawn me to that church, and to the faith we’d claimed to share. Instead of drawing people together, as Graham had when he spoke of God’s love for everyone, these people were like a club for people spiritually superior to everyone who didn’t share their beliefs. Numb, devastated, and alone, I left the church, and never went back.” |
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| If your best friend was going through a hard time and experiencing sadness, wouldn’t you try to be a safe person for them to be sad with? Wouldn’t you be like, “It’s okay to be sad. I love you and I’m here for you. Be sad!” So then why won’t we do that for ourselves? Good question! As Lisa and I were driving home from our Prince Edward Island vacation, I shared with her how I was feeling sad once in a while. But I couldn’t figure out why. Everything’s pretty good and we have so much to be thankful for. Just every once in a while, even in the middle of our beautiful vacation, my heart would sink into a sadness I could not explain. I said it felt like there was sadness on a slow burn deep down inside that every once in a while I would sink down into. Lisa gently reminded me… “David, all in one year you lost your dad to severe dementia, you lost your mom to death, and your whole family blew up and all four of your siblings but one are gone. Plus all we’ve been going through as well as our kids… it’s been A LOT! You have a lot of legitimate things to be sad about.” And I suddenly realized, yes, it’s a lot! So, even though I continue through my days doing pretty well, I let myself get sad once in a while. I experience the real loss. I mourn. I grieve. I get sad. I feel the feels. Thanks for your patience with me as I share my story out loud with you. Do you relate to this? Is there a legitimate sadness you should let yourself feel? |
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| Art Feature: Choose Your Weapons |
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| I just drew this new cartoon and the original is available for whoever gets its first. It shouldn't surprise us that the same object can be used for good or evil. |
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| Be kind to yourself. Today and always. And if you need a reminder to feel the feels, I made this for you. Much love my friend, David |
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