Comments on: The West Means Learning to Face Death with Grace http://www.mettaknowledge.com/archives/the-west-means-learning-to-face-death-with-grace Serving organizations, people, and animals working worldwide on the front lines to alleviate suffering and foster peace. Thu, 25 Mar 2010 11:44:50 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Alex http://www.mettaknowledge.com/archives/the-west-means-learning-to-face-death-with-grace/comment-page-1#comment-138 Alex Fri, 15 Aug 2008 06:47:42 +0000 http://www.mettaknowledge.com/archives/the-west-means-learning-to-face-death-with-grace#comment-138 Your blog is interesting! Keep up the good work! Your blog is interesting!

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]]> By: Gamin http://www.mettaknowledge.com/archives/the-west-means-learning-to-face-death-with-grace/comment-page-1#comment-13 Gamin Tue, 22 Apr 2008 01:14:47 +0000 http://www.mettaknowledge.com/archives/the-west-means-learning-to-face-death-with-grace#comment-13 I opened my computer this evening to work on annual evaluations of the people in the department I run. Even though I try not to work off-hours, I thought I could get ahead a little by doing so. Instead, I clicked on an e-mail from Rachel's web site, and came to this beautiful text about life and death, about dogs and cats, about how it is possible to get through very difficult times and come out on the other side. Thank you, Rachel, for sharing your thoughts and beliefs in this way. I'm in the process of freeing myself from so-called traditional mental health care, including hours of talk therapy and too much medication. It is both scary and exhilarating to leap from where I have been stuck -- namely letting myself be labeled as "depressed," as if it were something unnatural, and then letting my physical body be under the control of medication that clouded my mind more than helped it. Somehow this text appeared (literally!) to me exactly when I needed the reassurance that I can be the one to help myself. I used to be lucky enough to work with Rachel, and I often stopped by her office (and no doubt interrupted her work) to seek advice, or to cry about a setback, or both. Now I don't have to look beyond my computer screen, and she is still helping me through life's struggles. That's a precious gift, for which I am very, very grateful. I can work on those evaluations tomorrow, during work hours.Tonight I will allow myself to think about far less mundane matters! I opened my computer this evening to work on annual evaluations of the people in the department I run. Even though I try not to work off-hours, I thought I could get ahead a little by doing so. Instead, I clicked on an e-mail from Rachel’s web site, and came to this beautiful text about life and death, about dogs and cats, about how it is possible to get through very difficult times and come out on the other side. Thank you, Rachel, for sharing your thoughts and beliefs in this way. I’m in the process of freeing myself from so-called traditional mental health care, including hours of talk therapy and too much medication. It is both scary and exhilarating to leap from where I have been stuck — namely letting myself be labeled as “depressed,” as if it were something unnatural, and then letting my physical body be under the control of medication that clouded my mind more than helped it. Somehow this text appeared (literally!) to me exactly when I needed the reassurance that I can be the one to help myself. I used to be lucky enough to work with Rachel, and I often stopped by her office (and no doubt interrupted her work) to seek advice, or to cry about a setback, or both. Now I don’t have to look beyond my computer screen, and she is still helping me through life’s struggles. That’s a precious gift, for which I am very, very grateful. I can work on those evaluations tomorrow, during work hours.Tonight I will allow myself to think about far less mundane matters!

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