Comments on: A Strangely Ordinary Life http://www.journeyswithautism.com/2010/07/28/a-strangely-ordinary-life/ Ethics, Disability Rights, and Reports from Life on the Spectrum Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:19:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Sharon http://www.journeyswithautism.com/2010/07/28/a-strangely-ordinary-life/comment-page-1/#comment-211794 Sharon Sun, 22 Jan 2012 08:32:40 +0000 http://www.journeyswithautism.com/?p=5116#comment-211794 This so resonated with me that I found myself quietly weeping. I have gradually accepted the "essential aloneness" of my life after decades of searching for both friendship **and** that decoder ring to happiness. Books have always felt like friends to me, and I am finding your blog has that same feeling. Like an old friend I spend a few minutes with when I need an empathetic shoulder to lean on. Life wasn't supposed to be this way ..... not for me .... This so resonated with me that I found myself quietly weeping. I have gradually accepted the “essential aloneness” of my life after decades of searching for both friendship **and** that decoder ring to happiness.
Books have always felt like friends to me, and I am finding your blog has that same feeling. Like an old friend I spend a few minutes with when I need an empathetic shoulder to lean on.
Life wasn’t supposed to be this way ….. not for me ….

]]> By: misfit http://www.journeyswithautism.com/2010/07/28/a-strangely-ordinary-life/comment-page-1/#comment-84551 misfit Tue, 03 Aug 2010 00:45:06 +0000 http://www.journeyswithautism.com/?p=5116#comment-84551 What a wonderful post! What a wonderful post!

]]> By: Bonnie http://www.journeyswithautism.com/2010/07/28/a-strangely-ordinary-life/comment-page-1/#comment-84473 Bonnie Sun, 01 Aug 2010 22:14:03 +0000 http://www.journeyswithautism.com/?p=5116#comment-84473 Oh, I'm so happy for you! You sound so, well, serene- it's like your inner wisdom is able to come out now. I'm having trouble finding the right words here, so I'll jsut say I'm very glad that you are no longer floundering and struggling. You've made the pieces of you life 'fit'. Gotta go now: time for evening services at church, the Greater Paraklesis. Bonnie Oh, I’m so happy for you! You sound so, well, serene- it’s like your inner wisdom is able to come out now. I’m having trouble finding the right words here, so I’ll jsut say I’m very glad that you are no longer floundering and struggling. You’ve made the pieces of you life ‘fit’.

Gotta go now: time for evening services at church, the Greater Paraklesis.

Bonnie

]]> By: Rachel Cohen-Rottenberg http://www.journeyswithautism.com/2010/07/28/a-strangely-ordinary-life/comment-page-1/#comment-84301 Rachel Cohen-Rottenberg Fri, 30 Jul 2010 17:28:41 +0000 http://www.journeyswithautism.com/?p=5116#comment-84301 Hi Isabel, So cool to see you here! For some background about how my life started making sense, see http://www.journeyswithautism.com/2008/12/29/getting-diagnosed-at-50/. Hi Isabel,

So cool to see you here! For some background about how my life started making sense, see http://www.journeyswithautism.com/2008/12/29/getting-diagnosed-at-50/.

]]> By: Isabel Espinal http://www.journeyswithautism.com/2010/07/28/a-strangely-ordinary-life/comment-page-1/#comment-84293 Isabel Espinal Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:59:32 +0000 http://www.journeyswithautism.com/?p=5116#comment-84293 Wow. This really touched me. I'm curious: how did you discover your autism? Wow. This really touched me. I’m curious: how did you discover your autism?

]]> By: thepet http://www.journeyswithautism.com/2010/07/28/a-strangely-ordinary-life/comment-page-1/#comment-84279 thepet Fri, 30 Jul 2010 09:29:44 +0000 http://www.journeyswithautism.com/?p=5116#comment-84279 What is usually called "positive" thinking does seem to deny a lot of human experience. Particularly "disabled" experience. The half is so much more than the whole, etc. What is usually called “positive” thinking does seem to deny a lot of human experience. Particularly “disabled” experience. The half is so much more than the whole, etc.

]]> By: bluedancer http://www.journeyswithautism.com/2010/07/28/a-strangely-ordinary-life/comment-page-1/#comment-84212 bluedancer Thu, 29 Jul 2010 09:38:31 +0000 http://www.journeyswithautism.com/?p=5116#comment-84212 it brings acceptance into focus in a way that merely saying "you must accept" doesn't. (for some reason, i've been finding that that kind of inner chatter only makes things more difficult.) a beautiful post, i agree. it brings acceptance into focus in a way that merely saying “you must accept” doesn’t. (for some reason, i’ve been finding that that kind of inner chatter only makes things more difficult.) a beautiful post, i agree.

]]> By: Rina http://www.journeyswithautism.com/2010/07/28/a-strangely-ordinary-life/comment-page-1/#comment-84181 Rina Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:50:53 +0000 http://www.journeyswithautism.com/?p=5116#comment-84181 "These words just knocked me out, in the same way that discovering my autism knocked me out. In both cases, my life suddenly came into focus, and I found a mirror in which I could recognize myself. Now, I no longer go about my daily life looking for the magic key, or the decoder ring, or the person who will unlock the mysteries of the world so that I can enter. I’ve already entered. I’m here. The world belongs to me, as it belongs to every other creature that exists, and I experience things essential to being human." I have been moved by your posts before, and touched and inspired and comforted, but I don't think anything has ever resonated with me as deeply as this post, and this excerpt in particular. Thank you for sharing your thoughts and experiences so eloquently. “These words just knocked me out, in the same way that discovering my autism knocked me out. In both cases, my life suddenly came into focus, and I found a mirror in which I could recognize myself. Now, I no longer go about my daily life looking for the magic key, or the decoder ring, or the person who will unlock the mysteries of the world so that I can enter. I’ve already entered. I’m here. The world belongs to me, as it belongs to every other creature that exists, and I experience things essential to being human.”

I have been moved by your posts before, and touched and inspired and comforted, but I don’t think anything has ever resonated with me as deeply as this post, and this excerpt in particular. Thank you for sharing your thoughts and experiences so eloquently.

]]> By: John Dale Lyons http://www.journeyswithautism.com/2010/07/28/a-strangely-ordinary-life/comment-page-1/#comment-84171 John Dale Lyons Wed, 28 Jul 2010 22:03:31 +0000 http://www.journeyswithautism.com/?p=5116#comment-84171 Very beautiful and inspiring. A good antidote to self pity. Very beautiful and inspiring. A good antidote to self pity.

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