Comments on: Doe a Deer…

by: Jada's Gigi

Thu, 01 Dec 2005 00:31:00 +0000

LOL! It is deer hunting season isn’t it?
I reccommend looking deeply at the here and now. I have found that usually all it takes is spending a moment in the noticing to bring gratitude and true pleasure. Enjoy..life is short and change comes quickly..
those darn cousins!

by: YoungNBrave

Wed, 30 Nov 2005 07:19:00 +0000

See, A.R.! Belle loves Hurston too!

Very enlightening, Belle. Keep it up.

by: Upstix-and-go

Tue, 29 Nov 2005 02:22:00 +0000

I usually hold on to memories to keep the past alive OR I visualise my goals for the future & somewhere, without me realising it, the bounty & goodness wrapped up in the “here & now”, the PRESENT, slips throug my fingers like sand… Never to be found again. I have to remind myself: TODAY will be TOMORROW’S MEMORIES(YESTERDAY).

Savour this time in your life. CARPE DIEM!

by: Kathryn Jane

Mon, 28 Nov 2005 22:01:00 +0000

This brings to mind a lyric from an Ani Difranco song:

“They say gold fish have no memory; I guess their lives are much like mine–and the little, plastic castle is a surprise everytime.”

I always thought that was a nice reminder to see things with a fresh eye every single time…

Lesson learned: try to be the goldfish and not the deer. Hmmm… I’m speaking in fortune cookies. In which case: try to be the goldfish and not the deer (in bed). Even more profound.

by: shellz

Mon, 28 Nov 2005 18:31:00 +0000

Hi Belle! This is my first time commenting, but I’ve been reading often!

I think gratitude is the toughest thing of all…cuz what’s wrong with striving/bettering oneself, wanting more…

This quote by Regina Sara Ryan always inspires me because I’m an analyzer by nature: Another reason we turn logical with our gratitude is that it is terrifying. The wonder of a moment in which there is nothing but an upwelling of simple happiness is utterly awesome. Gratitude is so close to the bone of life, pure and true, that it instantly stops the rational mind, and all its planning and plotting. That kind of let go is fiercely threatening. I mean, where might such gratitude end?

by: Jessica

Mon, 28 Nov 2005 05:06:00 +0000

Hmmm, well said as always. I hope this year will be my Year of Answers, but it feels like the Year of Anger instead…:) Maybe I’m just impatient with questions?

by: lane

Mon, 28 Nov 2005 00:23:00 +0000

“nothing is good or bad but thinking makes it so…”

nothing is but thinking makes it…

keep thinking…

try not to listen for the bullet… it may never come.

by: Jenn

Sun, 27 Nov 2005 16:13:00 +0000

In other words, um, be here now?

by: Bear

Sun, 27 Nov 2005 07:05:00 +0000

as in “…Buddhist Emptiness, which is about the inaccuracy of our perceptions of relativity and the fictional objects that are created from that misunderstanding.”

Peace, Joy, Love.

by: AmourArmor

Sun, 27 Nov 2005 07:04:00 +0000

Good for you.

Because I still find myself ruminating over the same questions, and not doing anything about it.

Sometimes, in life, the pieces just fall together. And how wonderful it is to remember that because we spend too much of our time (often) writing/talking about all the pieces falling apart.

~Jae