Invincible;
Thanks for the info. I went ahead and flushed; too rushed to flush, did it anyway. Not perfectly...

Read your posts about your successful flush. Congratulations. Was I a bit of the chaff that came out?

I wonder if when we let a comment "gall us" or let a petty annoyance fester, if we aren't creating one of those little green pebbles. Actually, I'm pretty sure. My shoulder just twitched, my gallstone point in my foot just ached. It "galls" us when we view this life as a 'competition' and someone takes "first" place from us. Which of course is an illusion. It 'galls' us when we had only the best intentions, and someone calls us 'on the carpet'.

Holding on to bitterness, anger, annoyances.....building a 'case' against someone....it's easy to do. There are always 'facts' to support our view--we can make a case against whoever we chose. But it isn't wise, and it hurts; physically, emotionally, spirtiually. True, it may be only a bit of chaff. But if a person is dealing with major "gallstone" (like the large ones you mentioned releasing, and I got to see on my own last flush) and one of us unintentionally adds to that burden, then we cause each other pain-- it hurts EVERYONE involved.

There will always be 'a little chaff' among friends, and I've got one 'gallstone' (okay, several large ones) that I recognize I'm not ready to release yet...family/relationship issues. People that come to curezone and are wise and strong enough to stay, are part of a family. And sometimes if a 'little sister' doesn't stay in her place.....or challanges an older sibling....there is a power struggle to keep her in her place. I have three older sisters; I'm well aware of how it works. And how it hurts.

Take care. I don't know if you saw my thanksgiving day post--you, wren, hannah, along with a bunch of others, were on it....I put it on suggestions to webmaster--I still don't navigate this site perfectly....but if I understand correctly, I don't have to do it perfectly.

I'm about to go release a few little gallstones....there's one for the telephone company that shut me down so I couldn't go on curezone for a day, and some chaff because it "galled" me so much that I lost my temper. I'm pretty tough on myself--when it is said "we create our own problems"....well, we create our own Gallstones too--literally. My body, because of my past experiences, may feel anger, bitterness, or deep pain, from different things than your does. That's why we are so surprised when something that doesn't bother us a bit bothers someone else. And that's why, when we judge each other harshly, we hurt each other. And in my way of thinking, the more knowledgable you are, the more that is required of you by the universe....some people just get "wise and quiet" to be safe. And some put it out there, realizing they will mess up from time to time, but hoping they will do more good than harm.

I think that's why the words, "I'm sorry" exist. I think at a deep level, they should translate to " I am sorry that I have pain, and because of my pain, I have caused you pain" or any mix of those words...i.e. "I am sorry because of your pain you have caused me pain". We are connected.....so the pain I cause others is my pain as well.....because I care.

Thank you for being a caring person. I am too. And I AM sorry...sister. That goes to my 'real' sisters (who I know at least one 'lurks' on curezone) and to all my sisters out there... pain is my friend and my teacher, but sometimes the learning really sucks (ouch, like right now, right under the left rib cage. IT's my body screaming, "would you be quiet and get to the pot, silly girl!"

Oh, gotta go release some chaff.....later....

Peace, and joy in the journey,
PJ