tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-984330758590198929.post5865903222933055374..comments2023-07-15T08:56:14.052-07:00Comments on ::::::::::Becoming::::::::::: The Architecture of HopeDr. Joanne Cacciatorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10863060782827061955noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-984330758590198929.post-43581091350122711992009-01-13T08:32:00.000-08:002009-01-13T08:32:00.000-08:00Interesting.I am always on the lookout for explana...Interesting.<BR/><BR/>I am always on the lookout for explanations as to why, for example, my sister and I, having suffered the "same" trauma as children of violent and angry parents, have turned out so very differently.<BR/><BR/>I know this question might seem silly, but what I am really asking myself is "why am I okay and she is not?" She would assert I suffered the worst of it, being the older of the two.<BR/><BR/>Yet, I have a life of hope and beauty and love and light, and I fear for her -- her stress and unhappiness (though not material) are so intense.<BR/><BR/>In the past, I explain it to myself with the idea of Karma. That we all come here with tools -- or not. That we all come here with differing levels of intentionality.<BR/><BR/>Your review of recent studies on the "hope factor" are just another piece of a very complicated puzzle.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com