Comments on: Grief http://www.princesspaupr.com/2008/07/24/grief/ There is nothing we can do to make God love us more; there is nothing we can do to make God love us less. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 20:40:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: gusto5 http://www.princesspaupr.com/2008/07/24/grief/#comment-1294 gusto5 Sat, 26 Jul 2008 04:14:38 +0000 http://www.princesspaupr.com/?p=705#comment-1294 Being familiar with the face of death can be a blessing or a curse. It is typically both at the same time =) Being familiar with the face of death can be a blessing or a curse. It is typically both at the same time =)

]]> By: sajoy http://www.princesspaupr.com/2008/07/24/grief/#comment-1293 sajoy Fri, 25 Jul 2008 20:08:01 +0000 http://www.princesspaupr.com/?p=705#comment-1293 Ya, certainly true that how you were as first year is very different from now. And our set of friends reflect that character growth and maturation. I think it's not unreasonable to have to evaluate our friendships and see which ones are positive, bringing joy and encouragement, while others cause grief in our lives b/c of how incongruent they are to our values. It sounds selfish, but why do I need to be around people who make me feel excluded or odd one out all the time? I think as we get older we'll have to take these steps to prune friendships as we realize 1) we can't hang out with everyone 2) not all are beneficial to us either. (this is not to say we shouldn't be challenged by different kinds of friends) About feeling forgotten- for those people who you might get this feeling from, maybe those friendships aren't as valuable in your life right now for the direction you are going. While that might seem sad, let's look forward to the new forming friendships that will support and build you for the future rather than look at the crumbling past! Sometimes it takes giving up some past baggage to take on new weights in which we'll be blessed from. It's just scary cause it's taking a risk. take care =) Ya, certainly true that how you were as first year is very different from now. And our set of friends reflect that character growth and maturation. I think it’s not unreasonable to have to evaluate our friendships and see which ones are positive, bringing joy and encouragement, while others cause grief in our lives b/c of how incongruent they are to our values. It sounds selfish, but why do I need to be around people who make me feel excluded or odd one out all the time? I think as we get older we’ll have to take these steps to prune friendships as we realize 1) we can’t hang out with everyone 2) not all are beneficial to us either. (this is not to say we shouldn’t be challenged by different kinds of friends)

About feeling forgotten- for those people who you might get this feeling from, maybe those friendships aren’t as valuable in your life right now for the direction you are going. While that might seem sad, let’s look forward to the new forming friendships that will support and build you for the future rather than look at the crumbling past! Sometimes it takes giving up some past baggage to take on new weights in which we’ll be blessed from. It’s just scary cause it’s taking a risk.

take care =)

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