Elisa,
I am so sorry. Mean people suck! If they haven’t got anything nice to say, they should just not say anything. Two things I can think of that make people act insane: politics and religion.
Since I could care less about either one, I’m one happy soul.
I rarely post anything, but read your blog every day and enjoy it very much, so wanted to post and tell you that You Rock!
Your reply to my message about my Dad who I lost earlier this year really made me feel better. I hope this makes you feel a bit better too.
Love ya,
Denise

I am sorry to hear this!! I really look forward to this blog EVERY day!! You have brought me so much joy & insight into this world & beyond! I hope the LOVERS let you see how much you are appreciated! I see things in a completely different light because of you & Erik! Much love!!

Elisa, Denise said it well, “Mean People Suck”. Take the time you need to recharge and refresh. I will send you and Erik Loving Energy each day. Hope to see you back in the not too distant future. You and Erik Rock!

Love and Hugs,

George

take as much time as you need. we will be here waiting and sending you love each and every day. much love and many prayers for your parents. thank you for all you do and for being you. many hugs and much love,

lissy

Dear Elisa,

I shall pray for you.
I am sorry you do not wish to continue, but do not wish influence your decision.

Yours Sincerely,

Emily

Elisa, it is so hard to be taking care of and worrying about your parents. I send Love and Light to surround you during this difficult time. Sorry about the mean comments. I hope you can find a way to just ignore them, they are fear filled people who cannot see different ways of living, only their own. Try not to give them power. Ask Erik to send in the troops to protect you and help you through this. Love, Jean

Oh Elisa, I am so sorry that some of these people are so mean and petty on a site that is meant to spread light and not darkness. I have been “weathering” Irene for the last couple of days so have not been able to get on the computer.
This may sound crazy but i am ‘getting’ that you need to do this right now – something needs to come through that will not come through any other way then taking a break, and also that you need to hoard your resiliance right now.
Call me crazy, but i have been gettig that you need to kick back for a couple of weeks now.
No matter what, Do Not Even Think About Skipping Out On The Va. Conference In March – I intend to meet you there! Love you Elisa, you (and Erik) mean a lot to me.

You go, Michelle!

I will miss your blog but am glad you are taking care of yourself. I know this is not the first time you’ve needed to take a break and regroup after you get slurpy splashed by souls that still have a lot to learn. In a simple word, you are being bullied! The anonymity of the internet emboldends some people to be awful and they don’t seem to get that you are a person, not a webpage.

I don’t always get a chance to read your blog, and I don’t comment often, but I think you’re amazing, I can’t believe the amount of energy you have and, seems to me you are like Erik was; open, honest an loving — which can make you a target.

I am sending you and your family love and white and wish you stength and peace in dealing with your challenges.

I’m looking forward to buying your book!

I’m with Michelle. Elisa, I don’t comment much, but I read the blog ALL the time and it has completely changed my life. We love you. Take time for yourself – we’re with you in spirit.

Dear Elisa, you are a great spirit who has suffered much. I’m sorry for the rude remarks that people make; they’re the insensitive ones. You and Erik have changed my life so wonderfully that I almost can’t believe it! For that I thank you and Erik from the bottom of my heart.
Take time to heal, and we’ll love it when you come back refreshed.
Always thinking of you,
Leigh

@ Christine – What happened is Elisa expertly extracted another unwitting jerk from its hole and shone a 300 watt light beam upon its ignorance. The jerk is fighting the effects and has kicked back at her – causing temporary unpleasantness, however all is on the mend. Texas secession efforts proceed unabated. The Tea Party adopts Earl Grey as its official beverage (my favorite iced tea is from Earl Grey) and the jerk (jerk’s?) mentality, frozen like the Woolly Mammoth, begins to thaw. Elisa is a Miracle Worker and its beneficiaries – the ungracious recipients of said miracles – awaken very slowly.

Elisa,

You are so loved by so many, take care of yourself, god bless to your family and peace to your mother~ the kindred spirits that love you and Erik and your blog will wait!

xo

Pamie – I’m responding not to you directly but to a general sentiment. You said something provocative to which my bloviating is aimed high and wide; not low and tight.

A few excerpts from your excellent, as the French might say, “expression provocatrice”:

“…common courtesy and civility…lost in these days…vitriol…recourse to…that [which] is disagreed… A sign of… times…shift can’t come soon enough ……”

Common courtesy and civility were always both missing and present and accounted for; it’s become more obvious through swift, intercontinental anonymity. We humans – I speak of the weighted average majority – barely understand our thoughts, the true effects of our words, either upon the listener/reader of them or, most importantly, OURSELVES.

“..vitriol…” – s/he that would spew forth such sulfuric acid manages to burn the listener with his/her reaction. It is inhuman to always resist reaction and responses to cutting bow shots so easily launched nowadays; the very power of thought, and thus its efficiency to injure are irresistible to the unaware. They bounce and flail about, banging into walls of ideas, glancing away in horror upon discovery of the existence of the wall. They draw their ray gun of bitter ignorance and fire away. This was always done and always will be done; the Spanish Inquisition, Saddam Hussein and Adolph Hitler are but three examples. We had a few trolls trip over their own dim wits and fall into this blog, as the dimmer wits have been wont to do through the ages. Our is a bright bulb and the occasional summer bugs will be attracted, like so many insects to a porch light deep into the night.

These troubled attacks, bitter complaints and partisan accusations on every front will not disappear with any shift; there will always be examples. The vast majority of humanity will re-jig and re-arrange their lives such that little time, effort or desire will remain to engage in such banter.

S/he that would make such biting criticism of a current event – a scenario none of us here can control or influence – is in dire need of our compassion and understanding. S/he needs a serious re-think and realignment and a little emotionality put back into his/her pockets while that happens. As our world changes, as things are forced to change, ample time to re-examine and re-think our assumptions, approaches and the very basic ideas of what humanity means will be made free. May we take selfish advantage of the opportunity and encourage all around us to do the same.
Many of us – of all peoples around the world – will rise to the new moments and embrace the era. Some will reject it, some will exit stage left. Many of us will believe it to be the end of the world; scripture will be quoted and it will be said we have reached the “End Times” which is accurate that prior times have ended. A new age and a new dawn will be upon us; the world as we now see it will be no more and for the better in many ways, although not everyone will see it as such.

Hold forth no illusions that perfection will abound; “wide eyed lefties” and “right wing nut jobs” will abound, as they/we have always been around. I have often delighted in being the target of such attacks; other prefer only to shoot. Some will not care, some will care enormously however all will see a new way forward and a new purpose and much of this give & take will climb into the back seats where it more properly belongs.

Most of all, many will begin to understand what our thoughts are, what our words do to others and ourselves, what our thoughts mean and what we truly are beyond the image we’ve been conditioned to see in others and ourselves.

The only image I seek to avoid is that of tie dyed t-shirts at breakfast.