tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25806438.post6307353120582457742..comments2024-01-26T09:29:04.765-08:00Comments on My American Meltingpot: Courage to Make a DifferenceProfessor Tharpshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04714326142739366426noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25806438.post-85742800552856053012010-05-31T22:31:44.673-07:002010-05-31T22:31:44.673-07:00Real a wonderful pictures ... and really a intrest...Real a wonderful pictures ... and really a intresting things you shared .. keep on blogging..ASTRA REEDhttp://eduscipta.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25806438.post-72010669222795647022010-05-31T15:45:20.990-07:002010-05-31T15:45:20.990-07:00Jade,
This was the most wonderful story to share....Jade,<br /><br />This was the most wonderful story to share. Thank you for that. And good luck in Thailand! How exciting.Professor Tharpshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04714326142739366426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25806438.post-6561872790527567722010-05-26T11:12:25.428-07:002010-05-26T11:12:25.428-07:00I feel like this is going to sound stupid and trit...I feel like this is going to sound stupid and trite compared to what you're dealing with, and certainly with issues of genocide. But for me, my most courageous moment came when I decided to trust again after infidelity. Before my hubby and I got married, he cheated on me and it literally ripped my life apart. Sounds crazy dramatic but that's how deeply betrayed I felt. I won't bore you with all the details, but after some time apart, lots of reflection (on both sides), we came back together and hashed out what had gone wrong with our relationship and with us as individuals that had allowed such a breach to happen. And then I had to make the decision to trust him again. And let me tell you, THAT was a leap of faith. It took nearly two years before I really began to trust our relationship and the new foundation of communication and mutual respect we had built. When I consider now how strong our marriage is compared to what it was, I really cannot regret what we went through because what we got was so profound. And I just have to think: sometimes it is what we are most afraid of that is most worth fighting for. If it weren't so.damn.hard. it wouldn't be quite so meaningful.<br /><br />My next big leap of faith? We're moving to Thailand this fall and I'm going to be working with an advocacy group to help prevent human trafficking and sexual servitude. I've never lived in a foreign country before and I've never been quite so close to this issue and it's victims. I feel I should be more worried than I am, but I guess we'll find out how much courage it really takes once we've actually made the leap.<br /><br />Anyway, keep your chin up. You have people rooting for you. And have faith that any problems you do come across are not-make-it-or-break-it-deals, but something you can figure out and negotiate as you come to it. As long as you keep an open mind and an open heart, I believe you can work out just about anything.Jade @ Tasting Gracehttp://jadekeller.comnoreply@blogger.com