tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1084574475796190316.post4439986206760211446..comments2024-03-29T06:38:41.725-04:00Comments on my juicy little universe: not OLW but ODTHeidi Mordhorsthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16496427007514895950noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1084574475796190316.post-72112738859953678562019-02-02T08:51:44.023-05:002019-02-02T08:51:44.023-05:00Ah, now I see. Yes....there is no good without the...Ah, now I see. Yes....there is no good without the bad, right? Grief is the price of loving....all kinds of grief and pain. I will look for poems with the dichotomy of this truth. Now to read the Anne Lamott work you cited. Without being able to see happy in the small moments, well, life and life writ large can be too overwhelming. Thanks for sharing in your honest way, as always.<br />Janet<br />Very late to the PF party these days. Nanny duty calls with trips away every other week and little time to even breathe. But I love it.skanny17https://www.blogger.com/profile/07488350213473016250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1084574475796190316.post-61354294886838466842019-01-06T21:51:29.103-05:002019-01-06T21:51:29.103-05:00Paradox-truth-enigma-this was a post that I read t...Paradox-truth-enigma-this was a post that I read twice. Paradox is so beautifully defined in Wheeler's poem. I am glad that I am not the only late one to the table, Heidi. Happy New Year!Carol Varsalonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02589714711155938528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1084574475796190316.post-19225354609812468602019-01-06T20:09:15.065-05:002019-01-06T20:09:15.065-05:00Yes, Yes, yes...It is a difficult but important tr...Yes, Yes, yes...It is a difficult but important truth that despair and joy are all mixed up in this life. Kayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08210045352610490115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1084574475796190316.post-75792555198218343902019-01-06T18:19:16.645-05:002019-01-06T18:19:16.645-05:00I have had the same aversion to choosing an OLW fo...I have had the same aversion to choosing an OLW for the past few years, and have been struggling with the fact that "at every moment of every day: life is excruciating AND beautiful." The brilliant Maira Kalman shared this with Krista Tippett this morning: <br />"I think that in the end we’re left with this sense of not knowing and striving to find the most-true place that you have in this lifetime, with people and with work. I don’t know what else there is."<br />I'm not sure it relates exactly to your paradox, but it made me feel better. I hope it does the same for you. (The whole interview is really wonderful: https://onbeing.org/programs/maira-kalman-daily-things-to-fall-in-love-with-jan2019/)Catherine Flynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00390699128046569127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1084574475796190316.post-43268422976353905802019-01-06T16:28:11.845-05:002019-01-06T16:28:11.845-05:00I love that Ella Wheeler Wilcox poem, and I'm ...I love that Ella Wheeler Wilcox poem, and I'm glad you took OLW and changed it up to make it work for you. Might as well dance... Tabathahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14367572663591077922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1084574475796190316.post-83928856640324722592019-01-06T10:52:19.028-05:002019-01-06T10:52:19.028-05:00I love that you keep coming back again and again t...I love that you keep coming back again and again to this poem! I'm thinking I need to move Anne Lamott up in my TBL (listen, not read...or maybe I should read it so I can linger over lines...)<br /><br />Life is a glorious paradox, and we might as well lean into it, right?<br /><br />Here's to everything 2019 will throw at us!Mary Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09078793537148794310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1084574475796190316.post-8138219177963084662019-01-05T14:44:37.425-05:002019-01-05T14:44:37.425-05:00Love this post!
(Also like that you danced to &qu...Love this post! <br />(Also like that you danced to "What I Like About You" on New Years Eve. It's one of my favorite 80s songs.)Robin Galbraithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07489290923618335317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1084574475796190316.post-18392563211879802702019-01-05T14:11:39.051-05:002019-01-05T14:11:39.051-05:00Happy excruciating and exquisite 2019 to you, too....Happy excruciating and exquisite 2019 to you, too. Right there with you in the paradox.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12463332371535167975noreply@blogger.com