tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1528521735436082423.post7682397762617803628..comments2024-02-03T06:58:02.859-04:00Comments on My Face Is On Fire: Hindsight and Nostalgia: Animals on the ScreenUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1528521735436082423.post-13947656684803983132012-08-08T08:06:55.693-03:002012-08-08T08:06:55.693-03:00Speciesism - that does seem to be the knottiest kn...Speciesism - that does seem to be the knottiest knot.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17373885611774503010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1528521735436082423.post-76648965712770358522012-08-08T07:44:57.244-03:002012-08-08T07:44:57.244-03:00Difficult though it may be, it is often vitally im...Difficult though it may be, it is often vitally important to return to the impressions and conclusions we drew with the senses and the cognitions of the child we once were. To return to them and review them with the added tools we acquire on our journey through life. For the truth is we are limited when we are children...and one of the eternal and vital gifts we can offer ourselves is the self-parenting process of assisting ourselves in understanding how and why we saw things as we did and whether those 'seeings' stand the test of time and experience re their accuracy and comprehension.<br /><br />It is vitally important to do this "looking back" with compassion and understanding of our developmentally imposed limitations however. For as you've discovered...that looking back at the child we once were with the eyes of the adult we are...can be "sad and weird". You are to be congratulated on your courage for revisiting prior assumptions and impressions...because the doing so can be painful. But...such doing offers the opportunity for correction and for acceptance...and most wondrous of all...for growth.<br /><br />Good for you Mylene...and thank you on behalf of the child you once were. :-)veganelderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05188156008589356984noreply@blogger.com