tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-360812858386095857.post425305643096124889..comments2009-12-01T05:41:04.028-08:00Miskahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07864372543229294043noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-360812858386095857.post-68712431414092647372009-12-01T05:41:04.028-08:002009-12-01T05:41:04.028-08:00Those who find blogs narcissistic probably are NOT the ones reading them. (Unless they read them in order to criticize them...in which case, I pity them.) I always enjoy your writing!Louise Reedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01006735494327368499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-360812858386095857.post-83228160758518125952009-11-06T11:02:24.353-08:002009-11-06T11:02:24.353-08:00Miska, I love you and your family.<br /><br />Thanks for continually showing me the importance of <i>being</i>. I love, love, love your unique voice and presence, and I love, love, love seeing how God uses them to bless so many around you.Jeromiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04123522677184759596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-360812858386095857.post-6806729500103446122009-11-06T08:45:53.856-08:002009-11-06T08:45:53.856-08:00Beautiful, Miska. All of it.Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17846694277065759140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-360812858386095857.post-35367574276016963002009-11-06T06:03:49.621-08:002009-11-06T06:03:49.621-08:00Maybe you and Winn just have a way of writing which makes people feel they are right in the thick of it with you, but I resonate so much with feeling that any struggle in my life can compare with the pain in my city, in my country, in my world. <br /><br />It is so, so very good to hear your voice again. Thank you. Write what you can, when you can, but know we are here to drink it in.<br /><br />And if what you write here is connecting with us, encouraging us to consider our own stories, calling us out of ourselves (as it is for me), well then it&#39;s not all that narcissistic, is it?Justinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01411501808890179703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-360812858386095857.post-7313643254300832452009-11-04T18:38:13.878-08:002009-11-04T18:38:13.878-08:00These are words I love to hear.Winnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06104988354824321314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-360812858386095857.post-35152869834340928962009-11-04T16:33:00.372-08:002009-11-04T16:33:00.372-08:00Thank you for writing again. There are so, so many of us who feel equally alone and empty, who wrestle with what it mean to be authentic in a world that seems to rob us of everything real. And sometimes - even if it is through the written word on a screen - we find that what we thought was narcissistic was really an offering to someone else who may not have the words to express their true feelings. Keep writing and keep finding time to be quiet. To be still with God.The Schoon Scoophttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14549036139209817760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-360812858386095857.post-29714471394176843742009-11-04T12:35:12.858-08:002009-11-04T12:35:12.858-08:00Welcome. This has been one of my favorite words of the year and so I offer it to you, dear friend. Welcome - back to the truth of who you are, into the deep questions of life, into a space that creates room for the sacred (in your words, in your environment, and in your heart).<br /><br />I often read about how people think blogging is so narcissistic (blah blah blah). I say, yes it can be. However, that negates the importance of telling our stories. Of wrestling through our own questions with the hope that maybe there is one person out there who can echo - me too. Which are two of my other favorite words of the year. And so I offer those to you also. Me too, friend. Me too. And I celebrate with you the offering and receiving of life together in all the mysterious ways it reveals it self.<br /><br />Oh, and don&#39;t worry - all creative geniuses come to a point where they fear they have written, painted, composed, done their last great creative act. Fear not. Creativity is a part of who you are not just what you do.Julihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05131658960963016494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-360812858386095857.post-88657914173866294822009-11-04T12:25:49.259-08:002009-11-04T12:25:49.259-08:00Miska, I am so thankful for your wrestling heart and for how you speak out of it. Thanks for telling some true things that I needed to hear.Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12728748980703844287noreply@blogger.com