Hola, no se si sabes algo de español, tratare de escribirte la proxima vez en ingles…Soy una de tus admiradoras en el mundo. Soy de Argentina…y se que nunca podre conocerte, pero al menos tengo este medio para poder leer lo que expresas día a día.

Tenes una voz muy hermosa, y ademas sos portadora de una personalidad admirable.

Muchos éxitos en tu vida y en tu carrera…si podes, escucha la cancion: Una palabra- Carlos Varela, es una cancion muy linda.

Un abrazo en la distancia Allison…Nadia

just remember failure leads to perserverance, which leads to character, and then into hope. hope your ok.

joey

Hi allisson

Acctually im a journalist, but dont worry because im here just like a fan

from Amazon

peace

Ouch. Postive though the lesson might have been, still sounds like it hurt.

I personally don’t like running at all but I still admire people who do. My left ankle gives me a lot of trouble too as does my knee a bit, so I guess I can relate to your pain and irritation. I am severely overweight so I suppose that means my knee will probably give me more trouble and my ankle will never heal the way I’d like it to.

I sprang my ankle a few months ago, right after an exam. It was my second before last French high school exam. I called my mom afterwards to ask if she could pick me up but she said she was at our old house’s ruins cleaning up. So, I was ready for the rather small walk towards the house and for the afternoon of cleanup. Unfortunetly, I didn’t get far when my foot caught the side of a huge hole into the pavement and folded on the inside.

I scraped my knee in the process and had to walk with crutches for the next two weeks. All in all, I’m better now but I wish I was much greater.

When I said house ruins, I mean the remnants of my burnt house. Four months ago, on February 24th to 25th at 1:53am, my house was burning from the ground up.

The funny part is, we got to borrow my ex sister in law’s Smallville seasons. We love it. Yesterday we finished watching season five and we’ll have to wait until season six to keep up the fun. I must say, the smooch Chloe had with Clark while Metropolis was going berserk, was awesome! heheh.

Hello allison like these. before nothing I mean that you are an excellent actress and that you are very good person .

he enchants your paper to me in smallville, I am Mexican and my English not this very good as we say
I hope that you follow thus and you are super happy, good the reason by that I write to you is so that you can send greetings to him in your next post to a Castilian friend who is called Oscar calderon, is that he is your fan and you enchant much to him and what but wishes is that you send a greeting to him

I hope that it you can greet allison you take care of much and many congratulations by your work in smallville and all your projects hugs and greetings from Mexico

thanks allison I trust that you will make good bye will visit your page every day

xao.!

Allison,
When I was 10 years old my knee dislocated (but didn’t pop totally out) when I was on a field trip hiking at some trails near where I live. By the time we got to the hospital (I wasn’t the only reason we went. A girl who was allergic got stung by a bee) my knee felt soar but fine, and I don’t really like hospitals, so I decided not to go in. Especially considering that my knee looked fine since it didn’t pop totally out.

I didn’t really like PE when I was a kid. I was smaller then all the other kids my age, and was never able to keep up to them. I also tired sooner then anyone else, and I could never seem to manage push-ups and sit-ups. So I hated PE with a passion, and unfortunately people new it. The reason why I say unfortunately is because after the knee incident at the field trip, my knee would do the same thing when I was at PE, and you see since everybody knew I didn’t like PE they thought I was faking it, but I wasn’t. They knew I didn’t fake it the first time when I was hiking, but they figured I was using the idea to fake it then.

It wasn’t until my knee dislocated racing my cousin down a hill to my Grandma’s house, that I was able to convince everybody of the truth, you see I fell backwards and landed right on my back a certain way, that my cousin from behind me knew that I wasn’t pretending. But oddly enough, we still didn’t do anything about it except that I got compassion at PE. And my knee kept dislocating well into my teen years.

It wasn’t until I was sixteen, that we began to take my knee more seriously. You see I was in England (remember England) and I was racing with the youth I was with to catch “the tube”, when as I was running, and jumping down the stairs my knee dislocated, but this time it was a bit different. First of all it was far more painful, and second it popped totally out, and everyone could see it out of place. I was wearing shorts at the time too.

I was with a group of Christian Youth (I was one too). We were their speaking in schools on the subject of comparative religion. We also performed dramas as well. Anyway, the reason why I bring that up is because of the first instinct of the rest of the youth I was with was to pray and lay hands on my knee. As one of the guys did so, my knee went back into place. Whether this was really the “Power of Jesus”, “Positive Thought”, or just the fact that they relaxed myself and my knee, I’ll leave you to decide.

After I returned to Home (Canada) from England, I knew I had to see a doctor about my knee. I’m rambling, so to make a long story short a general doctor, a knee specialist, and a genetics lab later I find out I was born with a rare syndrome called Brachman-Delang that effects both the organs and skeletal structure. That explained a lot. Now I knew why I was short, ill a lot, and why my knee dislocated.

The good news. Most people with my syndrome die as infants. I’m still alive. 32 now. Not Perfect, but Healthier then I’ve ever been thanks to the right combination of Faith and Natural Food Supplements.

Overall I have enjoyed my life, but I can’t say it hasn’t been full of its fair share of failures. Including the “failure to launch”. As mentioned in a previous comment I am still living with my mother, I don’t drive, and I still haven’t got my career off the ground. And even though I graduated from High School. (It was a small Christian School). I don’t have any other degrees besides that.

I’ve been trying to start a career as a writer for 13 years now I have had so many “false starts” and “new beginnings” that if I had $100 for every time I have failed and had to start again, I wouldn’t have to begin a career. I’d be rich.

And guess what? At the time that I am writing this, I have failed in a business plan I was supposed to accomplish for a Program I’m in, and now they are placing me in a new program. How many times have I done this?

But you know what? There are lot of people who have commented on this post and they say that “It’s the Journey, Not the Destination”. I beg to differ. I believe the Journey IS the Destination. No ends. Just experience after experience. I know God has me in his hand, and that He has a plan for me even though it seems hard to figure it out at times. As a result I embrace each experience even the failures, knowing that it is not “The End of the World”, but simply a time for “Change”.

So Armageddon(according to Dnomal) might not necessarily be a bad thing.

Hmmmm…. Kinda looking forward to Christmas 2012.

Well, I hope I you read all this Allison, and that it blessed you in some way.
Hey, I just realized. I did succeed in one thing. I caught up to your posts.

Till Next Time…………..

Just a question by the way, I was wondering if you could e-mail me some time, I’d like to talk to you if you don’t mind or if you’re not too busy. If you can’t I’d understand. But know that I admire you a lot anyway. By the way, beautiful hair you have in season five, near the end. I wish I could find pictures of it since my screen printing won’t work…don’t know why…

Hi Allison,

Well I come all the way from a tiny country called Singapore. Oh I’m a guy btw…indian guy…hence my Name.

Well your knee screwed up, during your marathon. What did you do for training? I mean you did kind of crash-train…

See I happen to be a personal trainer myself. But I advocate all natural training…. Anywayz…no problems…coz the solution (as your trainer might have told you already) is to rest your leg for the week and start with slow stretching.

You know how to stretch the knee don’t you? The healthy ideal would be a basic full squat knee supported and a quad stretch. But given your knee is in bad shape, here are some stretching exercises:
1. You lie on your back and fold your knee to your chest…GENTLY.
you see, most people tend to just stretch till it aches…which is raw hard strentching. But if you breath normally (conscious and slow) while focussing on very light gentle pressure (about 60-70% or less based on your comfort stretch level) and hold for the usual 10-15 counts or whatever comfortale for you for 3-5 sets.

2. Don’t forget to straighten your leg up too (without locking your knee). I mean, hey, you need to balance it out.

it should be fine in a week–latest. then you can do a supported version of the ideal knee exercise as part of your warmup or stretching routine.

Aren’t you wondering, why am I advocating knee exercises when half (or more?) trainers and ‘experts’ claim such things are bad for the knee and all? Here’s why. I believe that a whole lot of the concepts are safety features to shield you from overuse…problem is they cause you to pamper yourself so much that you basically don’t reach your peak functionality.

How do I know what I am tellin you works? Coz I personally use it to great success AND when both my friends and new acquaitances try it…they tell me that it’s more invigorating than anything tried before. These are techniques partly proven by my own research and exercise combining both western science and eastern sciences. I mean for reference go ahead check them out! but you’ll have to match the right techniques together using your initiative.

So get well. All the best for your next run. start slow jogging first ok?

Regards,
Karthik.

Hi,

Since this has been mentioned a couple times, I thought I would comment. It doesn’t matter what the meaning of the word Armageddon is. The term supposedly comes from the location where a final battle between good and evil is supposed to be fought – the mount of Megiddo. So if the final battle was to be fought in Toledo, Ohio, the term might be Artoledon. What really matters is what people think when they hear the term.

About the saying about what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger, sayings like that have a point, but don’t think about them too much. If you lost all your limbs in an accident and survived, short of being the new Bionic Woman, you won’t be any stronger physically. You might be stronger mentally, but that is a CHOICE. Anything that happens to you good or bad can make you stronger or weaker depending on the attitude you take towards it. I know people who have suffered terrible losses and have persevered. I know others that have been incapacitated by a zit or hang nail. I can even imagine that there are people born with a silver spoon in their mouth that feel that the money has kept them from becoming who they could have been … and has kept them from knowing if someone really loves them for who they are rather than for what they’ve got.

Sorry, that’s all I’ll say on the subject. My left pinky finger is a little sore so I can’t type any more.

Take Care,

David

Hi Allison,

Beautiful story, sentiment, and photos, as usual.

As soon as I read the quote, one thing kept running through my mind—a moment from last year when I was learning to walk again. Yeah, yeah, pitiful, I know, but not the point. I can walk now, thank goodness.

As I was practicing standing up and sitting down, standing up and sitting down, all I could think was, “This is ridiculous! I can’t even friggin’ stand up and sit down without practicing! Ack!” On the outside, of course, I was smiling and trying to be positive. Up-down-up-down. The therapist wasn’t even watching, so I could have stopped. I didn’t, though, because I was getting out of that rehab hospital, and I had a date in my mind! This was near the end of April, and my son’s first birthday was May 7th. So, as far as succeeding, I really had no choice, right? Still, though, it sometimes scared me that it might be impossible, or I was so angry, I didn’t want to try. Other times, I wanted to party like no pity has ever partied before.

Now the real story.

Soon, another patient was wheeled over in my direction, maybe only five feet away. There we were, obviously about the same age. 30-ish. But there was a big difference. He was strapped rigidly into a special wheelchair, a drainage bag hanging down because he was unable to even use the bathroom himself. His head turned my way, arms sort of tense and moving awkwardly.

It was hard to take in, even though some were probably thinking the same thing about me. I know they were. “Poor you. So young. I’m sorry. Ok, uh, I’m going for ice cream. Bye.” Yep, we were both one of those people now. The kind that makes a person want to turn away and forget. Can’t be helped. Nope.

Up-down-up-down. I think we both knew we’d strike up a conversation. Why not? Hey, at least we could talk, right? How he started it, though, really threw me.

“You’re so lucky you can do that.”

I can’t stop thinking about that, Allison. It’s been over a year and I can’t get his voice out of my head. He said he had a little girl, about the same age as my son. But he wasn’t getting out for her birthday, I’m sure, no matter what amount of effort he put into it.

How does this even relate to the quote? It took a few minutes for me to figure that out. Why did the words on your site trigger his? I guess my mind got ahead of itself. And here it is—-

Because sometimes, we don’t even know we’re succeeding! I was pushing and pushing, but still, I had a stupid feeding tube that caused incredible pain, one eye was covered with a patch, I couldn’t swallow even a drink of water, and one ear was suddenly deaf. Sometimes, I didn’t feel like pushing anymore!

But when he said I was lucky, I thought, “Wow, I’m doing SO well! Last week, I couldn’t do this. Last month I couldn’t even sit up!” My spirit was set on fire, but at the same time, he was there, watching me, and I couldn’t help but hold all my feelings in. Later, though, there was no feeling sorry for myself. How could I?

The point is that your trainer was right. You accomplished a big feat by just having the guts to get ready for that run. Then, an even bigger one by setting out to cross the finish line. So what if your knee blew out this time. I’m telling you, right now, “You’re so lucky you can do that.” Now, back to training, little girl. Scoot!

Love,
Rhonda )

Hi Allison,
I have been running since I was a kid and I have been training for a marathon for about ten years. in that time I have run many half marathons and even run 26 mile in training but every time I am about to run an official marathon which is usually Boston because I am from there I get some injury that prevents me from running but I haven’t failed yet just as I don’t believe you have because I will run one someday. But the most important reason for me to write you is because of something I read years ago about running which has allowed me to get as far as I have.
I read something written by an olympic gold medalist, he said the biggest mistake people make running is over doing it. And that he knew people who ran 5 miles everyday and asked him how come they couldn’t improve and he told them that it was because they ran every day and they weren’t giving there bodies time to recover.I have followed that advice and never run two days in a row infact I have taken two months off for the winter and within two weeks I ran a ten mile run like nothing. Also I just wanted to say you have a personallity that jumps off the screen and a smile that literally could light up any room. I love you as i’m sure all your writers do. Love, Peace, and good luck on your running.
P.S. come to Boston you haven’t run a marathon until you run this one.
Lee

Allison,
your pictures are beautiful.
I don’t understand everything you say because i’m french.
Me i travel in Africa (Gabon) and its realy beautiful.Maybe a day you come in France to take picture of our beautiful landscapes.
Last thing: you are brilliant in Smallville, I hope that you’ll have beautiful and long career .
A French Fan Who wait you in the Festival Jules Vernes Award 2008
Elsa

Hi, I actually have a knee injury myself, left knee as well. it was pretty hard at the beginning although after some time I got use to the idea of running the least possible. Then the doctor told me i needed to operate and I was not comfortable with the idea so his advice was to workout a lot and I’ve doing that for the last 2 years. So after all I actually feel a lot better now. So, my point being that knee injury is nothing you can not overcome. By the way I’m glad you liked Mexico I’m from Monterrey.

Hola hermosa allison,

La verdad quiero decirte que eres la mujer mas linda carismatica,inteligente,muy profesional en su trabajo,el rostro mas angelical y nunca acabaria de poderte decir todas las cualidades que te rodean. Quisiera conocerte algun dia,yo se que si. Un beso y un abrazo. Ees un hasta luego,mas no un adios. good bye

Hi, I’m from Brazil and I love your work on TV! I’m a big fan…kisses

Hello allison my name is dario and I am of Uruguay (I do not believe that you know my country jaja) I do not speak very well English so I almost do not understand anything of which you write but i wanna tell you something, I am a fanatic of you and you are very pretty was single that, I hope that you read it so that you know that of this side of the world also you have fanatics ok! good bye honey

Una volta… Evil had taken control of the government, and it was up to me and a colleague to put a stop to this tyrannical, draconian uprising that had taken place, and we, and only we, could restore peace. My understudy was tasked to take the understudy of our foe, but I had to face the leader face to face, not knowing what fate lay in front of me. After an intense battle, and due to an ill turn of events, the enemy acheived the position of hgher ground, a definite advantage, but give up I did not. I fought my hardest, for the fate of the galaxy rest primarily upon my not so broad shoulders. Finally, I could see that victory was not possible; the situation had grown dark, bereft of hope. I knew at that point that failed I had. The entire galaxy as I knew it would succumb to the maniacal antics of my foe, and it was because of my failure.

Wait a minute…

That was Yoda (I always confuse him and me.)

Anyway, what good is any situation if a sense of levity is not present? What good is success if one does not know how to appreciate it? And how can one appreciate it if one does not experience the oppositer: failure? How can one learn anything about oneself if one doesn ot experience everything; how can one learn anything about life? If at first you don’t succeed, try and try again. Anyone can overcome any failure with dedication, perserverance, a positive attitude, and support(a huge necessity, I think). But failure should be just a learning experience, a stepping stone for a person striving to acheive their greatness, their potential. And even if failure happens, looking back, it is always worth the try. Like Vergil wrote, “Carpe diem,” not just seizing the day but plucking it like the choice fruit from a tree: something to enjoy, something with which to nourish yourself, to help you grow; view it as an opportunity to see the world, to show the world of what you’re made, for this day as is for everyone else is your own day, cherish it, and let failure become success.
Tua via levis et amans esto.
Columbia, MO, US
-Ryan Mc

Hi Allison and Everyone,

This is my first entry. In fact, I just registered today! First, I want to say that I am so impressed by your maturity and thoughtfulness, Allison. You sound like a young woman with a lot to say and a lot to offer others and I acknowledge you for creating this venue to EXPRESS YOUR VOICE and give others the chance to do the same! Thanks, Chica!

As for the topic of failure. This is a soft spot for me for sure. I hate to fail. Terrified of it, in fact. But I do enjoy a good risk now and again and I’ve learned that anytime I take a risk, I risk failing. So, what’s a girl to do? Take a leap because it’s always worth it! One failure I was just talking about with my sister today is how I’ve been unable to help some of the people closest to me who struggle with their self-image and feelings of worthiness. I know it’s not my responsibility to make their lives better, but it hurts when I can’t help them. I feel like a failure because I see the beauty and worthiness in them–so why can’t I communicate that to them or make them see what I see? This is a tough one for me. I know I must let go and refocus on me and that’s what I’ve been doing over the last few years. But I’ve found that letting go is a journey too. Thanks for listening. Love, Julia F.

I guess we are who we are for alot of reasons, and we may never know most of them. Even though we can’t choose where we come from, we can always choose where we are going.

I was reading your blog and a couple entries back you talked about having a war going on inside you own head. I am reading this amazing book by Joyce Meyers called” Battlefield of the Mind” I recommend that you read it, You may find helpful ideas in this book to help you on your journey.

I really looking forward to the new season. You guys (and girls) are doing a fantastic job!!

Hi again Allison,
I was just thinking of what you said about failure and it reminded me of an old twilight zone episode that your probably to young to know of even though i’m sure you are aware of the show. In the episode this man who was not a good man dreamed he could have anything he wanted and never lose. And one day he woke up and everything he competed at he would win. At first he loved it but after a while he started to get upset because everything was so easy there was no point so this strange man told him he couldn’t lose and that he was dead and when he died he was granted his wish. So he asked the man if he was god and if this was heaven. And the man replied no this is hell. So take from that what ever you want. I just thought you might find it interesting.
Lee

Hi Allison, first i would like to say i really like ur carachter in “smallville” ur such asweetheart, probably in real life to!!
I´m seeing season 6 right now probably seen 10 episodes in 2 days, then u really get in to it. It´s kind of surreal that u maybe read what i post here.
Ok, Mayas . It´s such a huge subject, but the The Mayan calender, the Temples, How they built a room covered with some strange and fragile metal, The strange Crystal skull, that scientist says it should NOT exist, because it was created in a way that would shatter it and impossible to do today… Love to spend hours watchng these ancient marvelles of Stone, like Angkor Wat etc, but in comparision to the beaty and splendor of our planet and Makro and Micro cosmos, Woow!
didn´t Einsteiin, say that he did not called it mistakes, I have just
tried a way that did not work.
About not giving up, I pushed myself over the line and got a Burn out, or exhaustion depression. That i am to this day fighting.
There has been literary 1000s of times I just would like to end it.
But there is also beauty in the pain and processing, reevaluation and so forth!! But one thing that often comes to mind when there is a set back, i learnd from a pin-ball machine.

When I lost, there were that tough voice saying
-Dont quit now, winners never quit!
They just wanted me to put more money in, but I have used it to my advantage.
Hope my spelling is not to bad. Abd here is a last comment in Swedish for U to solve

Jag tycker du verkar vara himla gullig, älskar att titta på dina uttrycksfulla ögon.. det skulle vara så kul om du skrev, om än bara säga hej, till mig om du har möjlighet och tid

Ciao

So I got it….
And I quote “It is on our failures that we base a new and different and better success. ~Havelock Ellis”
I would say it`s not only in our failures, but it`s more of a character based thing. If you think about the why and the how…. you will be bound to get to the same answer you got from that quote of Havelock Ellis… Having said that That`s a great quote thanks for sharing it with us.

hahaha So Ms mack YOU HAVE FAILED!! But If you think about it isn`t it just the same as not failing? It`s no big deal for you only for your sense of self satisfaction you don`t have to proof …. to anybody you have to do what you want to do ,for one reason or another… there are lots of reasons do do thing… everything has a reason…. and you will want to do it based on the person that you are. And obviously you are a thinker and it`s a common thing that thinkers are people that think about others and not only themselfs so that makes what you will want to do what is the right thing ( that you tought about…based on your thought patterns )

I play the classical guitar I thought myself how to play it…so at times I was feeling kinda tired of not being able to play a piece… I found a nice quote…
So I`ll leave you with this quote : Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm. – Winston Churchill
Ofcourse there are more things than this alone but I know you already know many…. so girl keep doing your thing

Have a nice day.. I hope to be able to read more of your adventures soon…
hmm Maybe I`ll put some of my thoughts online ( yeah you inspire me hehehehe…. ) bye

I really hope you read this.. I`d like to know what you think about the above…

Hey Allison!

Im from Mexico!!

im glad you like here..
is a great country, with big troubles!

but ilove it!!

how people treated you??
You must come to Monterrey, Mexico!!

someday!

i wishyou the best, as always
enyoy you vacations!!

we are dying for seeing you in Smallville!!

SALUDOS DESDE MEXICO !!
SALUDOS DESDE MEXICO !!
SALUDOS DESDE MEXICO !!
SALUDOS DESDE MEXICO !!

Daniela Sandoval.
Monterrey, Mexico