tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5700584.post3711593114802172330..comments2023-07-04T12:07:08.503-04:00Comments on The Modesty Writers Guild: one safe couch.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger70125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5700584.post-6907398862645426782021-03-11T22:33:49.974-05:002021-03-11T22:33:49.974-05:00Sarah K -
i have... whether for better or for wor...Sarah K -<br /><br />i have... whether for better or for worse. <3<br /><br />peace and love to anyone still reading these, years later.Leenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5700584.post-83506381688172214262012-08-14T01:40:09.225-04:002012-08-14T01:40:09.225-04:00My safe is comprised of the future. I feel like on...My safe is comprised of the future. I feel like one day things will happen and becomes I have the blessing of youth, that I will become great and amazing without trying. Something happens, I say, "Well, in the future, I will forget about it" or "...make it better." I use the opportunity of the future to sheild myself from the stabs the present makes at me, instead of holding Arisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5700584.post-57334693634603613242010-10-24T17:08:37.125-04:002010-10-24T17:08:37.125-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.HopelessDreamerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18012635033465079195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5700584.post-42138589849079217792010-09-01T16:42:24.572-04:002010-09-01T16:42:24.572-04:00Wow. This is profoundly good. Thank you, Stephen.Wow. This is profoundly good. Thank you, Stephen.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5700584.post-43208599437650377702010-07-14T20:50:25.971-04:002010-07-14T20:50:25.971-04:00I've been in a consistent cycle of denying who...I've been in a consistent cycle of denying who I really am - the personality and characteristics God gave me - for my whole life. Just recently God has been shedding light on this subject in a new way. No coincidence that I stumbled across your blog then! I am a people pleaser to an unhealthy degree. I push my own self away because I'm so focused on what I <i>should</i> say, what I <i>Brenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5700584.post-85285186164165384952010-07-06T15:00:35.020-04:002010-07-06T15:00:35.020-04:00Hey, NattyFiction. I agree with your comment. I li...Hey, NattyFiction. I agree with your comment. I like what you have for thoughts and I wish I had a way to be sure that you knew someone agreed with you, that read your comment and wishes to hear more of your thoughts.<br /><br />It's amazing, the ideas of everyone. So it makes one wonder why we are so afraid to peel away our plastic coverings, since it seems we all want to do so but are Emilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07855320231300524062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5700584.post-86605219303421426992010-07-06T12:56:44.809-04:002010-07-06T12:56:44.809-04:00AHHH! I THOUGHTS AND OPINIONS THAT I BELIEVE TO HA...AHHH! I THOUGHTS AND OPINIONS THAT I BELIEVE TO HAVE WORTH AND RELEVENCE! I have words that I need to get out, ideas that need to be expressed! I want to help change this sorry, broken world! I want to get on my roof, hell, climb the top of Everest and scream to the world to wake up and see the beauty they miss every day commuting to their white-collar, mundane jobs, to get out of their shells NattyFictionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17508666994067009067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5700584.post-21966852682119979932010-06-23T00:28:04.843-04:002010-06-23T00:28:04.843-04:00I am loathe to say it, but...
I am the couch.
I ...I am loathe to say it, but...<br /><br />I am the couch.<br /><br />I tend to hide behind people's expectations of me, often subconciously allowing their opinion of me or who I should be to dictate who I feel I am - and I am all-too-often at a loss to do anything about it. It drives me up the wall, because - in the end - I know it is ME who must live with my life choices, not THEM.<br /><br /Dalton Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18414099869534471885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5700584.post-24191855965139685232010-05-22T02:39:35.624-04:002010-05-22T02:39:35.624-04:00Stephen, I wrote this on my own blog last night. Y...Stephen, I wrote this on my own blog last night. Your post seems to be a parallel to my own thoughts. Thank you. <br /><br />Inside my head everything happens. Everything I want, and everything I don't want. Everything that screams the truth and every other imaginable thing. With these thoughts, I feel most at home. I don't mind being alone, but I find myself wondering when I will stop hmr1286https://www.blogger.com/profile/17081367277027533881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5700584.post-15452545555749925312010-04-15T10:49:19.713-04:002010-04-15T10:49:19.713-04:00This is Hannah Bevills, Editor for Christian.com w...This is Hannah Bevills, Editor for Christian.com which is a social network made specifically for Christians, by Christians, to directly fulfill Christian's needs. We embarked on this endeavor to offer the ENTIRE christian community an outlet to join together as one (no matter denomination) and better spread the good word of Christianity. Christian.com has many great features aside from the Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08235103091406533840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5700584.post-52502788243146265822010-04-14T22:25:03.780-04:002010-04-14T22:25:03.780-04:00I just read the long post by "Lee" and i...I just read the long post by "Lee" and i almost cried. It was really touching ='] I hope you get out of your shell one day.Sarah Knoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5700584.post-2675062290276925712010-04-13T14:27:27.147-04:002010-04-13T14:27:27.147-04:00That couldn't be more true. I feel like with t...That couldn't be more true. I feel like with the couch thing, the couch could symbolize our gifts; and the upholstery covering the couch until someone dies is like us waiting to use our gifts at the right moment but ending up never using them. I struggle with this often, thinking: "It's not my time to use my gift just yet." Which, could be true, but we have to get in action NeedleGirlHaystackWorldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17394616331820203417noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5700584.post-30128647189143074432010-04-12T09:41:35.057-04:002010-04-12T09:41:35.057-04:00=(
sad to say that i am a lot like the couch with ...=(<br />sad to say that i am a lot like the couch with the cover on it. i try not to be but its just who i am. Hopefully i grow out of it though. i am scared of getting judged by people and making good first impressions on anyone. im going to work on it soon.. and epically when i get my first job, it will help. but i am not relying on it<br />I think going to college will change a lot of things Sarah K.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5700584.post-56008202262367871462010-04-10T04:04:25.816-04:002010-04-10T04:04:25.816-04:00I've spent my life allowing myself to make my ...I've spent my life allowing myself to make my mistakes into excuses. I've never once learned from anything I did, unless it happened to me time and time again. I'm not going to let my mistakes become excuses. I've realized I need to own up to things in order to grow as a person. I'm a 20 year old child, and I need to become a 20 year old woman. Safety is just another excuse Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5700584.post-37751391241306419992010-03-29T13:30:17.840-04:002010-03-29T13:30:17.840-04:00the implications of this blog are unbelievable. th...the implications of this blog are unbelievable. the couch is wasted when its hidden like that. much alike, our lives are wasted if we refuse to share our struggles and ourselves with others.<br /><br />"Only when we are no longer afraid do we begin to live." -Dorothy Thomson <br /><br />im going to start putting a bigger emphasis on living for things that are bigger than myself. thats laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14921426330530179750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5700584.post-45038280734212189712010-03-27T03:22:12.974-04:002010-03-27T03:22:12.974-04:00I'm in High School. A general rule about such ...I'm in High School. A general rule about such an institution for me is that I want to do everything in my power to be invisible. I must say, I've done quite a good job of it. However, as a current Sophomore looking into my Junior year, I'm seeing what a horrible idea it all is. I wonder how many opportunities I've missed thus far just by placing myself in the shadows! Life is for The Seeker.https://www.blogger.com/profile/18323059125493154982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5700584.post-13509014826162160292010-03-26T14:20:41.632-04:002010-03-26T14:20:41.632-04:00Another reply to the grammar police: we all make m...Another reply to the grammar police: we all make mistakes. Does it matter so much when the message is excellent?Janellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15222907860631048294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5700584.post-64835958401605517182010-03-26T10:55:46.421-04:002010-03-26T10:55:46.421-04:00to the grammar police:
stephen has never acknowl...to the grammar police: <br /><br />stephen has never acknowledged the existence of grammar...he lives outside the box! please let him trounce there!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5700584.post-4809985036994783552010-03-23T22:33:56.179-04:002010-03-23T22:33:56.179-04:00Stephen when writing be aware of the following:
y...Stephen when writing be aware of the following:<br /><br />your vs. you're<br /><br />there vs. their vs. they'reGrammar Policenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5700584.post-4294316962093498622010-03-21T01:26:12.804-04:002010-03-21T01:26:12.804-04:00I love this analogy. I am going through the search...I love this analogy. I am going through the search for significance book with a group of friends and that is exactly what the book is all about. Discovering that we try to cover up the truth, why we do it and realizing that none of it matters because our worth is in Christ and nothing else. It is tough to explore our insecurities and admit them to others, but also can be so rewarding to realize Katienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5700584.post-40542522003123532472010-03-18T02:56:31.061-04:002010-03-18T02:56:31.061-04:00Perfect! Loved it. I went to an estate sale last w...Perfect! Loved it. I went to an estate sale last weekend and they had the deceased woman's wedding gown hanging by the bed she died in... Talk about lost dreams.****https://www.blogger.com/profile/08809240640785005593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5700584.post-42299309051594933442010-03-17T20:20:52.056-04:002010-03-17T20:20:52.056-04:00I think we all try do hide ourselves, our true sel...I think we all try do hide ourselves, our true selves. We are afraid that someone won't like us, won't approve, will shoot down our thoughts and emotions and dreams and beliefs. We all want to be loved, and sometimes, in this day and age, we feel like, to be loved, we have to hide our flaws and ideas, for fear of offending someone. Who knows? Maybe this tendency of humanity comes fromStargirlhttp://www.emonotcutter.webs.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5700584.post-61754718635991157182010-03-16T20:49:22.899-04:002010-03-16T20:49:22.899-04:00Part two of that long ramble of mine:
A few years...Part two of that long ramble of mine:<br /><br />A few years back, a close friend of mine was suicidal, depressed, and had problems with self-injury. She also hid it from most of the people she knew. Suddenly, though, she stopped being hurt, which is great – except she just left me hanging, alone, after messing up a good part of my life with her troubles. She turned into one of the people that Leenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5700584.post-13798565198401533952010-03-16T20:48:16.367-04:002010-03-16T20:48:16.367-04:00Hi Stephen,
*I apologize in advance, as I think th...Hi Stephen,<br />*I apologize in advance, as I think this is going to be a really long comment.* :P<br />First off, this was a very insightful post - a lot of the time I take objects from memories and hang them up or put them away somewhere in my room. I remember a pen my friend broke three years ago, and it sits somewhere at the back of my desk to this day, I haven’t used it since, as I’m afraidLeenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5700584.post-77884624817486885722010-03-16T16:54:48.731-04:002010-03-16T16:54:48.731-04:00Hi Stephen im a big fan of you. but i dont have mo...Hi Stephen im a big fan of you. but i dont have money to pay the bus to go in your show in curitiba(the nearest place to go from my town "pato branco") the bus is R$75 reais to go and R$75 reais to come back. and I really really wanted to go i have 2 friends that if I go they will go, if i wont they wont go... so what could I do? i just have my mother and she is a teacher and doesnt hasAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com