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Howdy all! And thank you for your participation in The Sandbox Writing Challenge last week. That was actually a lot more fun than I thought it would be. Special welcome to Cindy (awritinglifeforme) and Safar (Blisters, Bunions and Blarney). Thank you so much for joining us. Hope to see you around often!
This week we’re going to get a little serious again. We all go through tough times in our lives. Some more so than others. Put your thinking caps on and sort through your experiences, then tell us…
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What is one of the worst emotional storms you’ve weathered in your life?
As always, remember to include a link to this post on YOUR blog post. Or if your response isn’t overly long, feel free to leave it in the comment section below. If you would like to play with us and see the previous prompts, they’re listed in the menu at the top of the blog in The Sandbox Writing Challenge. But please feel free to just jump in wherever we are at the moment! After all, the prompts are really for YOU to get to know YOURSELF. So man your lifeboat and take us on your journey…
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Matt’s comment (The Book Blogger) — see below
Calen’s post (Impromptu Promptlings) — From Crisis to Christmas
Fimnora’s post (Quantum Hermit) — The Fear Factor
Linda’s post(Spiritual Dragonfly) — Out of the Dark…Comes The Light
Karen’s comment (A Thousand Finds) — see below
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Boy, the two challenges that I missed over the holidays have been doozies. I have to admit, I spent a long time trying to put this one to rest, and the thought of blogging about it and dredging it all up again leaves me feeling tired. So I’ll just comment here. The worst emotional storm I’ve weathered was when I broke up with a serious boyfriend over disagreements about religion. The conflict left me feeling so small and worthless. I ended up questioning and feeling bad about virtually everything I valued in life and everything that was important to me. I was also angry at Christians as a group for a long time, because of my anger at him. This wasn’t fair to the millions of Christians who have done me no harm. But I had so much anger that was (or should have been) directed at him, that I directed towards other targets instead, including myself, because I felt so guilty and spiritually wrong for being angry at him. He was only trying to “help” me.
I certainly learned a lot about setting healthy boundaries and the nature of genuine vs toxic “help” from this experience: valuable lessons that I still need, and use, to this day.
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Oh my gosh… You’d be surprised at just how much I identify with that. That’s all I’m gonna say… So glad you left your comments. ❤
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I’m not sure about the biggest, but moving to new schools (and, I imagine, jobs) is always a fairly nerve-racking experience… I’ll be curious to see the responses too.
Have a great Christmas!
Best, Matt
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Yes that IS scary. You’d think you’d get past that once you get into your 30’s,! 40’s… But you don’t. And the closer you get to your “Golden Years” (and I use that term VERY sarcastically) the more frightened you can get. Sad, isn’t it…
Merry Christmas hugs to you, Matty! ❤
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