tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30079493.post116270508785608451..comments2023-09-06T06:48:34.820-07:00Comments on Life: The Ongoing Education: Pick Your PoisonLarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04389047861929002263noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30079493.post-1163100750356641512006-11-09T11:32:00.000-08:002006-11-09T11:32:00.000-08:00If you want to call it tough love, that's fine. I...If you want to call it tough love, that's fine. I just love you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30079493.post-1163026309136285782006-11-08T14:51:00.000-08:002006-11-08T14:51:00.000-08:00nona - (1) and not being single does not guarantee...<B>nona</B> - (1) and not being single does not guarantee that one will not still feel alone. (2) yeah, i do hate bugs, especially ones that fly and flutter. moths and butterflies freak me the F--- out like you wouldn't believe. i also hate dirt, which gets in the way of my indoor life, so you can imagine what that does to my outdoor adventures.<BR/><BR/>and i'm afraid that soapbox will have Larahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04389047861929002263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30079493.post-1162973744075501642006-11-08T00:15:00.000-08:002006-11-08T00:15:00.000-08:00To some extent, I think faulted things have to be ...To some extent, I think faulted things have to be dealt with similarly to non-faulted things. If you know its you, accept the blame and try your best to move on. If its someone else's fault, acknowledge that and move on.<BR/><BR/>This makes it sound easy; its not, at all. I still have things from years ago that I blame myself for and haven't completely moved on about. Or things that I think Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30079493.post-1162969508039346992006-11-07T23:05:00.000-08:002006-11-07T23:05:00.000-08:00(1) Being single doesn't imply one is alone.(2) Ge...(1) Being single doesn't imply one is alone.<BR/><BR/>(2) Generally I tell people I abhor dancing. I usually feel awkward and have a hard time finding the beat. But on a few occasions I've found dancing exhilarating, particularly waltzing. It's important for me to feel really, super-duper comfortable with my partner before I can begin to enjoy it. And I need really to understand the music.<BR/><Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30079493.post-1162962590637163292006-11-07T21:09:00.000-08:002006-11-07T21:09:00.000-08:00thanks, all, for the kind thoughts...mom - (i miss...thanks, all, for the kind thoughts...<BR/><BR/><B>mom</B> - (i miss the bandaid cures, too.)<BR/><BR/><B>kevin</B> - ah, but some things <I>are</I> faulted. what to do about those?<BR/><BR/><B>jenny</B> - fluffy thoughts? well, aren't you sweet. thanks for stopping by to visit!<BR/><BR/><B>nona</B> - the concept of being alone for my whole life is absolutely terrifying to me. also, i Larahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04389047861929002263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30079493.post-1162919618265970282006-11-07T09:13:00.000-08:002006-11-07T09:13:00.000-08:00I do indeed have it, and it's well worth reading. ...I do indeed have it, and it's well worth reading. A really excellently written novel, and not very long, either.<BR/><BR/>Me? I think your choices suck, and I'm not going to help you decide one way of wallowing in self pity over another. I will love you whatever you do, wherever you are, whoever you are, till the end of time, but the only thing I'm ever going to help you <I>decide</I> is to Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30079493.post-1162863466602183312006-11-06T17:37:00.000-08:002006-11-06T17:37:00.000-08:00Common antidotes to poison include:-hugs-dancing-c...Common antidotes to poison include:<BR/>-hugs<BR/>-dancing<BR/>-caring friends<BR/>-compassionate solitude<BR/>-music<BR/>-prayer<BR/>-writing<BR/><BR/>-time<BR/><BR/>Sending you good thoughts across Cal. Ave =)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30079493.post-1162843741767044132006-11-06T12:09:00.000-08:002006-11-06T12:09:00.000-08:000_0Your pumpkin was the best.I am praying for you,...0_0<BR/><BR/>Your pumpkin was the best.<BR/><BR/>I am praying for you, Kari. I agree with your mom - though it may not help much now, time heals great hurts. We learn from great mistakes. As C.S. Lewis writes in Perelandra (and I can't find the exact quote I want - Eric might have it, about God turning good out of bad):<BR/><BR/>"The picture of the fruit you have not found is still, for a Jukahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05009920062239365034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30079493.post-1162790658281986242006-11-05T21:24:00.000-08:002006-11-05T21:24:00.000-08:00I agree with paragraphs 7 and 8 of Kevin's post. T...I agree with paragraphs 7 and 8 of Kevin's post. The world is beautiful and complex; but one must examine it actively to see beneath the glaze we place upon it in our humdrum daily living. Some of my favorite things: live music, hiking, paragliding, lying on the grass staring up at the sky through the rustling leaves of a tree, counting satellites and meteors in the Milky Way-laced night sky. TheAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30079493.post-1162777980182757942006-11-05T17:53:00.000-08:002006-11-05T17:53:00.000-08:00Personally I think it's better to survive...to ove...Personally I think it's better to survive...to overcome and thrive even if it means breaking another. <BR/><BR/>Sending you fluffy, happy thoughts.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30079493.post-1162767545020623332006-11-05T14:59:00.000-08:002006-11-05T14:59:00.000-08:00Its always easier to blame.Blame someone else, "if...Its always easier to blame.<BR/><BR/>Blame someone else, "if only you hadn't...".<BR/><BR/>Blame yourself, "if I were just different..."<BR/><BR/>We resist stronger than anything the idea that some things are not faulted, not deliberate, not decided by someone. We resist that some things just are.<BR/><BR/>As the Buddhists tell us, life is suffering. The good, the bad, all of it, are gradationsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30079493.post-1162749132545579482006-11-05T09:52:00.000-08:002006-11-05T09:52:00.000-08:00Destroyed? Lost it all? You haven't, even though y...Destroyed? Lost it all? You haven't, even though you may not realize it now. Destroy another? You can't control another person's actions or reactions, only your own. Be broken or break another? Only the unyielding break. Bending to the winds of change may hurt, but growth and strength result. Be angry? Anger is a secondary emotions. Be willing to look at the primary emotion and work to grow Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com