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  • April 21, 2017 at 8:59 am #146179
    breakfastat
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    New to this forum.  Taking this first post opportunity to declare my gratitude and awe of Anita and others like her who take the time to read, understand and formulate a compassionate response for those in need.  Amazing and thank you.

    April 21, 2017 at 9:17 am #146195
    Anonymous
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    You are welcome, Carol. Glad you are here. Hoping to read more from you.

    anita

    April 21, 2017 at 2:08 pm #146233
    Peony
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    I completely agree!  It is nice to have someone take the time to read your/our forums and answer them with good intentions.  Thank you to Anita and all the like!  xo

    April 21, 2017 at 6:42 pm #146251
    Anonymous
    Guest

    Dear Poeny:

    You are welcome and thank you!

    * Of course, I can’t speak for “the like” of me, since there is no such person. We are all individuals.

    And thank you again Carol/breakfastat.

    anita

     

     

    April 24, 2017 at 12:41 pm #146531
    Free Moon
    Participant

    I agree completely. I appreciate Anita’s effort a lot and I hope everyone else does too. 🙂

    April 24, 2017 at 7:06 pm #146577
    Anonymous
    Guest

    Thank you, Free Moon. You are kind!

    anita

    May 7, 2017 at 1:31 am #148315
    Susannah
    Participant

    In a way it is great that there are people, who contribute a lot! There may also be downsides.  If a few people “dominate” some forum,  others may feel discouraged to enter. I have quite a lot of experience of volunteer work (irl) and have seen that phenomenom there as well. The healthiest and most vibrant communities – both online and irl – have many, many contributors! 🙂 I am new here and wish that this would be such a place.

    May 7, 2017 at 10:59 pm #148427
    Susannah
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    One more comment about this topic.

     

    A friend of mine has several diplomas in healthcare and for the last 20 years she has been working with people with mental problems.

     

    Some time ago she told me that she has begun to concentrate more deeply on her artistic endeavours and hopes to become a true artist – by that she means that she wishes to be able to earn her living by being an artist. (She makes music and writes.)

     

    She told me that for a long time being a therapist made her feel good about herself – as if she was a “good person” being able to help. It took time to admit even to herself first (and later to others) that it also was a big part of her identity; thinking to be in a position where she could almost feel a little superior compared to her patients. (Possibly many never reach such an honesty about themselves.)

     

    “As an artist I am a beginner and eager to learn and grow and don”t imagine that I know answers to anybody”s life.”

     

     

    What a healthy shift of consciousness! 🙂

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