Leslie What

Mar 18, 2014 1:29 PM EDT

Hi Leslie. Don't worry about pain, just ask for dilaudid (sp) - it'll fix you right up!

- Sharon

Mar 19, 2014 7:03 PM EDT

Excellent writing.

- Kelli J. Ray

Mar 20, 2014 7:55 AM EDT

Just checking in to say that after a rough couple of days I am better. Whew.

- Leslie What

May 14, 2014 5:17 AM EDT

R D Laing said people mostly fear three things: death, other people and their own minds. Pain could probably fit on the list too. If I sit with someone in Pain I might ask if they can focus on their breathing. See where it goes from there. Thinking about things (worrying) is probably more uncomfortable than experiencing them. Is it all stories being told to ourselves? Symphonies of energy transforming through the stream? I wonder if there is a door into Other Dimension that opens through to Grace? With enough balance we may surf the waves of turbulence and peril. But I often wipeout... to get up and ride again. Until I don't

- steve steele

May 14, 2014 7:15 AM EDT

Thanks, Steve. I'd add an amendment to Laing and say I fear dying--the physical process--more than I fear death.

I've had the experience of staying overnight with someone who was very ill and very anxious and unable to communicate through words, but learned that I could calm her using the gentling voice I learned in guided meditations and by telling stories. I agree with you that that worrying often increases the discomfort of the experience. And that it helps to have someone or some presence to help you through it.

- Leslie What