tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2521256816974606164.post7981637742057016556..comments2024-02-21T23:33:41.359-07:00Comments on Only a little Sugar-Coated: Not grateful. Peaceful.jenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14191688082941672114noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2521256816974606164.post-7000837998457029812011-10-06T11:22:04.122-06:002011-10-06T11:22:04.122-06:00What a great way of putting it. I think this is ho...What a great way of putting it. I think this is how I feel about a lot of things. I'm not necessarily grateful, but ok (peaceful) with how they went or turned out.Domhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00139769676714813261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2521256816974606164.post-16749629552374509902011-10-04T14:15:02.943-06:002011-10-04T14:15:02.943-06:00I lost all respect for the dictionary when they ad...I lost all respect for the dictionary when they added "irregardless." I say use the word that best describes what you want to say, and who cares if it's in the dictionary.<br /><br />I really like this post. I've never really thought about what it means to be grateful for what we have. I think many of the things that we hold dear came from someone's pain that we may not Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10357398682419756851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2521256816974606164.post-18243468797862424972011-09-30T10:56:25.387-06:002011-09-30T10:56:25.387-06:00Yeti - I want to write more about this... One of t...Yeti - I want to write more about this... One of the Taoist ideas that I love is that there isn't "good" or "bad" there just is. <br /><br />That doesn't mean I like everything in my life, but it isn't as black and white as I used to think about.<br /><br />Lari - Love you too! I do think if my life had been comfortable, I wouldn't have fought this hard to jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14191688082941672114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2521256816974606164.post-2093327998211563082011-09-26T20:12:26.843-06:002011-09-26T20:12:26.843-06:00"Snarky" is a word.
"Not grateful..."Snarky" is a word. <br /><br />"Not grateful. Peaceful." Describes it all exactly. Wonderful insights, Jen. Thank you. DuckDuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02551782459346523291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2521256816974606164.post-62871877106128469842011-09-26T17:52:46.115-06:002011-09-26T17:52:46.115-06:00Snarky may not be a word but it means exactly what...Snarky may not be a word but it means exactly what it sounds like so it doesn't matter if it's in the dictionary. (unless you want to use it in scrabble)<br /><br />You're whole post just makes me think about C.S. Lewis' book The Reason for Pain. He talks about the evil of pain and how it is not something to be desired. Though he also says that God allows it because he feels it Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13342362750610510250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2521256816974606164.post-58174486840085962102011-09-26T12:42:03.264-06:002011-09-26T12:42:03.264-06:00Jen,
I'm so glad we could meet. Even though o...Jen,<br /><br />I'm so glad we could meet. Even though our hardships were rough, they brought us closer to people who have such depth and beauty and authentic "human-ness" and I am glad I was able to have this sort of "awakening" in my life.<br /><br />Sometimes, I think, if I grew up complacent, or if nothing bad ever happened to me, I may never have been forced to have Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16839590603609056979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2521256816974606164.post-61646589503635216832011-09-26T10:43:53.019-06:002011-09-26T10:43:53.019-06:00I think snarky is a work, but my computer is telli...I think snarky is a work, but my computer is telling my that it is not. I think it is a word my aunt uses... maybe she made it up too.<br />I have a friend who likes to say that all things happen for a reason, and he is glad for that which he has gone through because he sees the good which has come of it. I guess I don't think the same way. Bad things happen, and the bad things that happenyetihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11063558865333842640noreply@blogger.com