Hi everyone! Yea, it's been awhile but I'm back for now....I recently gained a new appreciation for life...
A family that we know recently made a seudas hoda'ah for a horrific car accident that surely should have left them all dead...amazingly enough they all survived but it left them scarred, physically, emotionally and mentally....hearing them speak with such gratitude and appreciation for hakadosh baruch hu made me realize that for all the hardships and conflicts we go through in life we can't let them define us....we have to go beyond them and search for all the good, and all the generosity, that hashem grants us, because what makes us think it is owed to us? In one second it can all disappear....a car accident, a fire, a flood, a terminal disease chas veshalom....it can happen...
to anyone...
anywhere...
anytime...
none of us are immune...we can only hope and daven that if such a catastrophe would chas veshalom happen to us we would be lucky enough to be zoche to overcome and survive....
kinda makes you think how the things that bother us today seem so petty and unimportant in light of the big picture....
A family that we know recently made a seudas hoda'ah for a horrific car accident that surely should have left them all dead...amazingly enough they all survived but it left them scarred, physically, emotionally and mentally....hearing them speak with such gratitude and appreciation for hakadosh baruch hu made me realize that for all the hardships and conflicts we go through in life we can't let them define us....we have to go beyond them and search for all the good, and all the generosity, that hashem grants us, because what makes us think it is owed to us? In one second it can all disappear....a car accident, a fire, a flood, a terminal disease chas veshalom....it can happen...
to anyone...
anywhere...
anytime...
none of us are immune...we can only hope and daven that if such a catastrophe would chas veshalom happen to us we would be lucky enough to be zoche to overcome and survive....
kinda makes you think how the things that bother us today seem so petty and unimportant in light of the big picture....
posted by Open Up! @ 7/07/2007 11:29:00 PM
8 Comments:
At July 09, 2007 10:32 AM,
Anonymous said…
so is that where it stays or will you change your actions as well, as a result of this "new appreciation"?????????????????
At July 09, 2007 12:48 PM,
Open Up! said…
anon--how typical to write a comment like that under the guise of anonymity...what actions do you speak of? the fact that i have a blog?
At July 10, 2007 3:20 PM,
almost_frei said…
Hi Open... great post, just sad you don't speak up more often.
Regarding this Anon comment above... I think the actions he/she speaks of (it's probably a guy..) is you being open about your sexuality and your BI thing.
I can not for the life of me see a problem with those actions. I think it's great that you and your DH are cool enough and confident in the relationship you have, so that you can explore and experience this side of your sexuality.
Maybe this anon commenter wishes he had the same confidence in his relationships. People like him probably always look at others who are happy and try to bring them down, instead of making their own lives better... poor guy...
I think it's a guy from the way he snorts... "so this is where it stays.." as if he is standing there judging you and the whole world, because he won't judge his own failings. Women usually don't do that. They are more accepting, reasonable and generally less 'in your face'.
Here is my message to that guy... before you sit on your high horse making snide remarks to others, look inside yourself and ask.. "how I can make my life better? how can I learn to appreciate what I have?"
At July 10, 2007 3:27 PM,
Open Up! said…
amost---thanx for your support...i make no apologies or excuses to anyone for how i choose to live my life... anyone who is critical has the choice of not reading my blog and moving on to something he sees as more appropriate...
At July 10, 2007 3:48 PM,
Anonymous said…
yo anon..
wassup with ur attutuuude?
u gotta problem with open?
what the f__ u doin here?
You wanna come look at the pretty pcs and then make a snide remark like that when she posted a heartfelt post?
yo
that aint cool
At July 13, 2007 10:39 PM,
Sara with NO H said…
OK. Last try here. I've tried posting a comment on this post a bunch of times and it hasn't showed up.
First off,
Nice to know I'm not the only one with a crazy anon...I had to disable anonymous comments because of the cruel person coming to my blog...
Secondy, it's a trip how often people forget how blessed we are just to be able to cross the street and live, or wake up in the morning sane and healthy.
Over the past year I've gone down a very long, hard, bumpy road and lemmie tell you, no one feels it' like I do. But sometimes it's just a blessing to even be able to feel pain. (if that makes anysense at all)
I swear I had a much nicer comment for you but it kept tming out and I didn't copy it after I wrote it. After the 4th time around, it's sort of lost it's glitter and glam to me.
p.s. I tagged you on my blog.
At July 17, 2007 9:08 AM,
Frumcouple said…
Open Up!
I've recently opened a blogg called 'jewishbifemale'. I haven't posted yet an article,besides the opening photo. If you have any story or article you feel is appropreate for my blog, please send me a post and I'll post it. Thank you
At July 17, 2007 11:39 AM,
Open Up! said…
hey bruce who's cousin are you anyway? lol...thanx for your kind words
sara w/ no h---sorry you had such a problem posting a comment but i'm glad you didn't give up...keep strong! i will try to get to the tag soon thanks
frumcouple--if you can't originate don't imitate
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