tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post1499037697141096709..comments2024-03-29T03:43:45.977-04:00Comments on Of Battered Aspect: TimeDave Hingsburgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11918601687946534172noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-17788919564237364812008-03-05T14:55:00.000-05:002008-03-05T14:55:00.000-05:00I'm glad you wrote about your feelings about the y...I'm glad you wrote about your feelings about the years of being 'out there' and feeling alone. It was good and honest. I appreciate that. I can relate to an inch of the miles you travelled but I'm still glad you wrote about it.<BR/><BR/>The oddest thing though, literally EVERYONE I have talked to in disability services knows the name Dave Hingsburger. People at disability employment, a woman on the phone sending me a computer with Dragon 9, I said, "I don't know if you know him, but Dave Hingsburger is in Vancouver" and she is "Dave is here? I saw him in a seminar X years ago, he's here! Really!" There is an odd excitment in the voice, in every voice who I told that yes, Dave had come to the west coast. So, maybe it doesn't all flow back to you but geez do a lot of people know your name.Elizabeth McClunghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03627373214555333537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-20884393602233232342008-03-03T18:49:00.000-05:002008-03-03T18:49:00.000-05:00Dave,I am so grateful for your wisdom and insight ...Dave,<BR/><BR/>I am so grateful for your wisdom and insight and vulnerability in sharing here. To have the courage to be 'real', in spite of the pain, to share even when it isn't 'nice', to offer acceptance to those who have experienced rejection, somehow makes the journey worthwhile.<BR/><BR/>I am glad to be on the journey with you, even in the written word. I look forward to the day when we meet again face to face. Now, with your recent picture, I will remember you, even if you don't remember me.Joyful Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10808201481346874191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-41442430854333348172008-03-03T18:23:00.000-05:002008-03-03T18:23:00.000-05:00it's as much about the journey as it is the destin...it's as much about the journey as it is the destination.....I keep thinking that one out trying to come to terms with it.<BR/>I too am thankful that my journey has included you.linahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00675640977094855867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-71269658708518436592008-03-03T17:24:00.000-05:002008-03-03T17:24:00.000-05:00You know Dave, I've often thought that it would be...You know Dave, I've often thought that it would be wondeful, and this is not meant to be morbid, for people to pass over from this life, to be greeted with a standing ovation.And I think it would often be unassuming people who'd blush at the recognition afforded them. I don't think things are always clear from our day to day perspective,but I often think that it is just not obvious how much we are admired for what we do from unseen forces.It does keep me going, this philosophy, whether its screwy or not, because gee, there'd be an awful lot of people in the afterlife who,if asked what they'd done, would have to answer" well, um, shopped a lot, had face-lifts,kept up with fashion and travelled a lot". We do choose our paths to a certain extent, and having been dealt a difficult card,how we rise to the occasion says a lot about ourselves.Ultimately as you and others have commented, we end up thinking, thank-you for the opportunity to prove myself capable in this particular challenge. Thanks Dave, for your life, your challenges, your strength and this blog which means a lot.I hope this comment doesn't sound silly, as I know these beliefs aren't everybodies, but I so strongly feel our society values a lot of the wrong people for the wrong reasons. Hugs Dave, from p.t.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-85185276035039815242008-03-03T09:14:00.000-05:002008-03-03T09:14:00.000-05:00To what Belinda writes I'd like to add his: the fa...To what Belinda writes I'd like to add his: the fact that hardship can take such turns and even appear to have been "useful" or "necessary", seen from a long perspective, increases my belief that human nature is so complicated that we can hardly understand how it can be so succesfulin working towards some kind of equilibrism.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13881820813337843551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-73408152755310133812008-03-03T08:11:00.000-05:002008-03-03T08:11:00.000-05:00I have had cause to thank God for your life too, m...I have had cause to thank God for your life too, more often than you know. <BR/><BR/>It's a strange journey, isn't it? Often we don't know the reasons or the whys until such a moment as you had last week and we suddenly find ourselves thankful; thankful for hurts we would never have imagined being sources of healing.Belindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09251920708783268740noreply@blogger.com