tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270306578933066732.post6440550428558583517..comments2024-01-31T09:36:11.225-05:00Comments on Two Spirits - One Halle: The Gender Self-Acceptance BarrierHallehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03847654451426257182noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270306578933066732.post-58782642380736600652011-01-01T14:12:07.976-05:002011-01-01T14:12:07.976-05:00Well, I wasn't going to comment on this post, ...Well, I wasn't going to comment on this post, for various reasons, until I read the last comment you made, Halle. That paragraph does say it all. <br /><br />Calie xxxCaliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00280127011882954777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270306578933066732.post-11021100452750162102010-12-30T19:27:14.376-05:002010-12-30T19:27:14.376-05:00Yes Pat, unless your woodpile is different from mi...Yes Pat, unless your woodpile is different from mine, heels don't work... they make Sorels for women you know :)<br /><br />Kathryn, we do substitute those commitments for our true nature, diminishing ourselves at times.<br /><br />Sarah, self confidence makes a huge difference though, doesn't it!<br /><br />Ariel, as you know, living in the present is what it is about these days. Thanks.Hallehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03847654451426257182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270306578933066732.post-84445256879193996312010-12-30T16:06:14.555-05:002010-12-30T16:06:14.555-05:00I do not mean to trivialize things but aren't ...I do not mean to trivialize things but aren't we all many different thingsn, both all the time, and at different times? Aren't we often defined as what we are by what we are doing at any given point in time? For the most part don't all of those aspects that comprise each of us generally peacefully co-exist? Are we all much more than merely dual natured?<br /><br />Am I a husband, Pat Scaleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00148601231866277374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270306578933066732.post-30569723950382035972010-12-29T01:52:17.743-05:002010-12-29T01:52:17.743-05:00I love this, Halle. Self-acceptance. I sense the p...I love this, Halle. Self-acceptance. I sense the peace coming from this post, although I realize that there are still challenges. Embrace the present!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270306578933066732.post-65583218479358874312010-12-29T00:38:56.421-05:002010-12-29T00:38:56.421-05:00Thanks for redefining the concept of self acceptan...Thanks for redefining the concept of self acceptance for me. As I went to reply to this, it started to go into a big TLDR, so I copied it to notepad. You gave me the seed for another post.<br /><br />How I feel about myself to others is really irrelevant. I cannot directly affect another person's opinion of me, all I can do is try and make a good impression where possible. If a poor opinion Sarah Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13018597739320720216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270306578933066732.post-34893395039905621002010-12-28T20:43:55.977-05:002010-12-28T20:43:55.977-05:00Halle: I also believe that self acceptance is tie...Halle: I also believe that self acceptance is tied to recognizing oneself as a transsexual especially with the Jane come latelys. I have found that especially having made certain biographical decisions early on which created commitments that went far beyond myself, self acceptance is very difficult to attain because our life revolves around the commitments we have made. They become a Kathryn Dumkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16054997856180869508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270306578933066732.post-24683732820216025652010-12-28T13:44:49.762-05:002010-12-28T13:44:49.762-05:00Thanks for the thoughtful comment Petra.
The idea...Thanks for the thoughtful comment Petra. <br />The idea that we "like having an integral, noble reason for things" has definitely been in the background of my thinking lately. Thank you for nailing it.<br />As you say, we do like to "feel that the struggle has been in the service of something.." and hope it is not 'trivial'. I suppose this ties into your 'just a Hallehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03847654451426257182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270306578933066732.post-37428765698197423192010-12-28T13:21:10.803-05:002010-12-28T13:21:10.803-05:00Dear Halle
Nice post, and thanks for the mention....Dear Halle<br /><br />Nice post, and thanks for the mention. I did read Megs post and think I missed the thing you latched on to. Having (momentarily) apprehended the thing, of course it engendered a new thought.<br /><br />I think, and only from personal experience, that the switch from admitted CD to admitted TS is tied to the self acceptance threshold. I think that moving from one (fluid) Petra Bellejambeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15325233285694315036noreply@blogger.com