Comments for Wandering Through Nothingness http://mollybarker.com A Little Something from Molly Barker Tue, 14 May 2013 11:14:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ Comment on Batesville and Other Really Cool Places by Terri http://mollybarker.com/2013/05/11/batesville-and-other-really-cool-places/#comment-2727 Tue, 14 May 2013 11:14:45 +0000 http://mollybarker.com/?p=1677#comment-2727 Batesville is made up of talented, generous and a few highly organized folks (one of those being my sis, who I am so proud of). If you have visited Batesville, you want to come back…friends of our college-age students become regulars. Fruedenfest, held the 3rd weekend in July has become the “reunion” for all. Arms are always open and welcoming in Batesville. Be our guest, Be our guest……

]]> Comment on Batesville and Other Really Cool Places by Loving Imperfection http://mollybarker.com/2013/05/11/batesville-and-other-really-cool-places/#comment-2723 Mon, 13 May 2013 02:38:58 +0000 http://mollybarker.com/?p=1677#comment-2723 If I would have read this post years ago, I would have wished to have the life you live. Today, I read it with gratitude and understanding because I am present in my body and live my life with the beautiful balance that you write about. Finding peace in the small moments and gratitude to the experiences and those around you. Forever grateful for you Molly.
<3 McCall.

]]> Comment on Love is All Around…I Promise. by wanderingthroughnothingness http://mollybarker.com/2013/05/04/love-is-all-around-i-promise/#comment-2721 Sun, 12 May 2013 03:14:52 +0000 http://mollybarker.com/?p=1664#comment-2721 Please continue to keep me in the loop on all of this. By the way…I really do love the energy you share in your yoga teaching.

]]> Comment on Love is All Around…I Promise. by jen http://mollybarker.com/2013/05/04/love-is-all-around-i-promise/#comment-2718 Tue, 07 May 2013 14:58:13 +0000 http://mollybarker.com/?p=1664#comment-2718 Molly thank you being you. I was thinking of you yesterday as you were thinking and praying for my Mom. Good news, we believe she is healthy and her issue was a localized issue and not widespread. Thank you for the love and concern you shared for me. Your post is a reminder to choose joy, choose love and happiness. Thank you for reminding me.
Jen Fowler

]]> Comment on Love is All Around…I Promise. by wanderingthroughnothingness http://mollybarker.com/2013/05/04/love-is-all-around-i-promise/#comment-2717 Mon, 06 May 2013 16:10:12 +0000 http://mollybarker.com/?p=1664#comment-2717 Thanks Andi. I love the reverse bucket list idea. Love it!

]]> Comment on Love is All Around…I Promise. by Andi http://mollybarker.com/2013/05/04/love-is-all-around-i-promise/#comment-2712 Mon, 06 May 2013 04:42:49 +0000 http://mollybarker.com/?p=1664#comment-2712 It always feels the most uncomfortable just before the biggest breakthroughs – hang tight! You are being the best you of the moment. I’ve recently discovered the reverse bucket list as a quick way to remember to stay present and joyful: on a scrap of paper, 3 things you’ve done that you just loved for any reason. For me, it’s an instant mood makeover…it’s a slightly different way of finding gratitude.

And maybe you’re loving mornings even earlier because they are the part of the day closest to rebirth :-)

]]> Comment on Love is All Around…I Promise. by Michele Batz, Ph.D. http://mollybarker.com/2013/05/04/love-is-all-around-i-promise/#comment-2710 Sun, 05 May 2013 19:37:42 +0000 http://mollybarker.com/?p=1664#comment-2710 Hello, Molly…totally get it! We choose our joy with God’s help to comfort and continuing to inspire us. I’ve lost touch with Girls on the Run for various reasons and I always hear from my girls, back from 1993. They continue to run today and thank me…which in turn, I thank you, Molly. For training me way back when at your start.

We are beginning a new season of our lives, we lost our son (only child) to t-cell lymphoma last July. In his battle, he showed me more courage, strength and faith in a lifetime. I am taking that experience and going for it…

I wish you the best and hope to hear from you ..God bless you and I wish you continued success.

And you may just see my name again coaching up here in Northern Illinois, if I can get some funds to help our girls…thanks.

]]> Comment on Love is All Around…I Promise. by Gail Summerskill http://mollybarker.com/2013/05/04/love-is-all-around-i-promise/#comment-2709 Sun, 05 May 2013 18:40:59 +0000 http://mollybarker.com/?p=1664#comment-2709 I really appreciate you sharing your joy and struggle. My eldest daughter (27) was sharing some doubt about an upcoming change in her life and how the “doubt space” makes her anxious. I told her about a time when I was deciding to join a faith community and asked a leader there if I could join if I still had doubt. My doubt was making me question my faith commitment and was causing lingering anxiety. The leader told me that there is no faith without doubt. For me, faith/hope/doubt are intrinsically aligned. Key is making sure that the doubt portion doesn’t negate faith. Even exciting and necessary change requires faith/hope in some form and, therefore, doubt–however doubt manifests. I was laid off from my job 7 months ago and have had scores of rejections on my steadfast job hunt. Some days it’s hard to have any faith, and then there’s a bleak financial reality that can keep stress and anxiety forever present. But it’s a constant choice to network, go for a swim, run, do a jigsaw puzzle (hadn’t done one since I was little), read a book, call a friend, or take my laptop to a coffee shop for job searching in a change the scenery. My husband and I go camping whenever I have a triathlon, and I love a sleeping bag. I hadn’t considered having a camp-in at my own home, but I’m adding it to my list. I know that I’ve been given another challenge to get to the next right spot for me to do some meaningful work. I look forward to hearing more about your leadership journey and will report on my own wandering
through nothingness to end up somewhere marvelous.

]]> Comment on Love is All Around…I Promise. by wanderingthroughnothingness http://mollybarker.com/2013/05/04/love-is-all-around-i-promise/#comment-2708 Sun, 05 May 2013 09:50:53 +0000 http://mollybarker.com/?p=1664#comment-2708 That cord activity really is helpful isn’t it. It’s a way to bring me back to center, for sure…even if for a minute or two! Thank you, by the way, Desiree for coaching and sharing your love with all your girls! The world is just fantastic thanks to folks like you, who share your time, energy and love with the program.

]]> Comment on Love is All Around…I Promise. by Desiree http://mollybarker.com/2013/05/04/love-is-all-around-i-promise/#comment-2707 Sun, 05 May 2013 02:29:08 +0000 http://mollybarker.com/?p=1664#comment-2707 I loved this post. I’ve been going through a rough patch too and I will see you on facebook and wonder how to be Molly Barker happy. I always want to choose happiness….and sometimes it’s harder than usual. I always appreciate your transparency because it reminds me that we can’t always feel wonderful. But like we teach the girls at GOTR, we just need to ask our friends to help us plug into the positive cord again :-) . As I was starting to struggle, GOTR and my girls in it helped me do just that. I couldn’t tell them to do something when i wasn’t doing it myself. It was because of them, the program, and you that I opened my eyes and made very important decisions in my life to make it better and to plug myself back in to the glittery and sparkly cord. I’m glad you found your way back to the glitter too :-)

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