tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30079493.post7432549532960617271..comments2023-09-06T06:48:34.820-07:00Comments on Life: The Ongoing Education: Through the Mirror DimlyLarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04389047861929002263noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30079493.post-16773569777887100722009-08-04T14:53:56.419-07:002009-08-04T14:53:56.419-07:00There's a Buddhist-inspired couplet I learned ...There's a Buddhist-inspired couplet I learned from a guy I met traveling (he had a whole book of these types of things to say during various ordinary daily things, and this one for looking in mirrors was one of my favorites):<br />"Beauty is a heart that generates love, and a mind that is open."talinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30079493.post-79216860593737845962009-08-04T12:41:27.351-07:002009-08-04T12:41:27.351-07:00fjd - There's an understatement! :-P<b>fjd</b> - There's an understatement! :-PLarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04389047861929002263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30079493.post-79847775346088753482009-08-04T12:38:58.026-07:002009-08-04T12:38:58.026-07:00Yeah, I see what you mean. Women: so complex.Yeah, I see what you mean. Women: so complex.fjdnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30079493.post-86241851433819320092009-08-04T12:01:47.296-07:002009-08-04T12:01:47.296-07:00fjd - Actually, I think it's more that physica...<b>fjd</b> - Actually, I think it's more that physical beauty is subjective. Personally, I don't find Johnny Depp all that great, but I understand on a rational level that many women do. The fact that in the face of continued, "Oh, Johnny Depp, SWOON!" type comments I still don't think he's very attractive most of the time (though there may be an occasional moment hereLarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04389047861929002263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30079493.post-20341048551190711052009-08-03T23:41:47.607-07:002009-08-03T23:41:47.607-07:00Have you ever noticed that some students will clin...Have you ever noticed that some students will cling to a self-image of being dumb, essentially as a way to avoid the responsibility that being smart entails? If you know you're smart, then you have to work hard in school and learn and go on and do worthwhile things, all of which is often hard. But if you think you're dumb, then you don't have to try hard at all or do anything really, fjdnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30079493.post-75275414584854632972009-08-03T21:54:58.858-07:002009-08-03T21:54:58.858-07:00you are beautifulyou are beautifulflutterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11828689769747130419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30079493.post-1223298454215549232009-08-03T19:55:35.715-07:002009-08-03T19:55:35.715-07:00I've been trying to figure out what to say her...I've been trying to figure out what to say here, but you know me and words...we don't get along so well. :-P<br /><br />On this side of heaven, I think we will always struggle to see ourselves as we truly should (erring in both directions, really!). Luckily for us, God is all up in that business. He sees all that stuff battling it out inside you - but above it all, He sees you as lovelytpiglettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17271479363003548031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30079493.post-57050399236086823442009-08-03T18:12:50.556-07:002009-08-03T18:12:50.556-07:00You are beautiful. Even when you feel you're ...You are beautiful. Even when you feel you're not.<br /><br />(Yeah, I keep telling myself that, but it gets easier as time goes by.)Rachelhttp://talesofmy30s.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30079493.post-61310081793899401342009-08-03T18:07:29.152-07:002009-08-03T18:07:29.152-07:00If you're referring to yourself as plain and u...If you're referring to yourself as plain and ugly and fat, I would like to sit you down and give you a talking to. You are lovely. Inside and out. Truly.Major Bedheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17669161302510096751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30079493.post-58367463141118073822009-08-03T13:42:59.732-07:002009-08-03T13:42:59.732-07:00That beautiful girl? That's who we see.That beautiful girl? That's who we see.unmitigated mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13901264130484454602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30079493.post-91314525560311288032009-08-03T12:54:07.369-07:002009-08-03T12:54:07.369-07:00Thank you for sharing. I love that song, and the ...Thank you for sharing. I love that song, and the way she sings it always touches me, as did your writing. "If I am not for myself, who will be for me? And when I am for myself, what am 'I'? And if not now, when?" -HillelRowynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02182572154954220925noreply@blogger.com