tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2546626959391412613.post1638545098428290905..comments2024-03-18T12:52:04.596-07:00Comments on The Burrow: Listen to RockyAshleigh Burroughshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05790757220725900941noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2546626959391412613.post-88710517144642577282011-04-07T18:41:10.897-07:002011-04-07T18:41:10.897-07:00Viktor Frankl and the Dalai Lama and Emerson.... R...Viktor Frankl and the Dalai Lama and Emerson.... Rocky's in good company, it seems. <br /><br />Nuance, Nance.... I love that you get it.<br />a/bAshleigh Burroughshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05790757220725900941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2546626959391412613.post-70038404908203653472011-04-07T15:01:16.044-07:002011-04-07T15:01:16.044-07:00I'm a big fan of the Dalai Lama's comfort ...I'm a big fan of the Dalai Lama's comfort with emotions. He lets them all play across his sky as they come, because they are all human. As long as a determinedly positive attitude doesn't interfere with that rich wash of being, I'm for it. So often, though, we Americans think we're supposed to herniate in the effort to be positive at all costs. It takes finesse to sort out attitude from emotional range, as you do.Nancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15166865250789996825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2546626959391412613.post-23778940535660606002011-04-07T10:48:01.096-07:002011-04-07T10:48:01.096-07:00I have a quote I keep here at the office.
finish ...I have a quote I keep here at the office.<br /><br />finish each day and be done with it. <br />you have done what you could.<br />some blunders and absurdities have crept in;<br />forget them as soon as you can.<br />tomorrow is a new day,<br />you shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense. - emerson<br /><br />I read this every day I'm here in the office. I do the best that I can and everyone else should too. We can choose to be happy and spread happiness or we can choose to be angry and hurt and thus those around us are affected by this attitude. <br /><br />AB, I think your attitude has been a tremendous help in your recovery. If you can overcome this horrible event, you can deal with anything. <br /><br />Sending hugs.<br /><br /><br />Megan xxxMShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02622415628314992252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2546626959391412613.post-27704998307670034992011-04-07T10:46:42.722-07:002011-04-07T10:46:42.722-07:00At some point in my long life - and I wish I could...At some point in my long life - and I wish I could remember exactly when! - I realized that I could choose to be happy. It might have been while I was reading Victor Frankl's book, "Man's Search for meaning" about being in a concentration camp.It certainly was not while I was in 7th-8th grade, coming homing many nights crying from something the "mean boys" at our Catholic school had said to me. I do sometimes wonder if my adult sunny attitude might strike some friends as being "Pollyanna - ish", so I keep a bit of that old snarkiness around, especially when talking about politics!katiekonohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16828662584321512745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2546626959391412613.post-26649071808114256992011-04-07T09:16:15.225-07:002011-04-07T09:16:15.225-07:00You have PERFECT timing. I had this exact conversa...You have PERFECT timing. I had this exact conversation with my newly 12-year-old last night. I am copy and pasting this and printing it out and we will read together over dinner, and he will know that not only his mother feels this way. And not that middle school and being 12 doesn't stink, but it is sure not the worse thing that could happen to you. And you get to choose.Karinanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2546626959391412613.post-56525349179747979392011-04-07T08:42:31.171-07:002011-04-07T08:42:31.171-07:00An excellent post. I love your attitude, and the ...An excellent post. I love your attitude, and the new Suzi. I never knew the old Suzi. Perhaps I wouldn't have liked her as much.Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11586429675286969340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2546626959391412613.post-86391923024981384482011-04-07T07:39:09.027-07:002011-04-07T07:39:09.027-07:00I try to live that way. I like the thought, probab...I try to live that way. I like the thought, probably there's a quote that goes along with it, that we cannot control the actions that happen to us. We can control our reactions to them. On the times we lose control and react without thinking, we can go back and do what we can to correct it. That is especially true for those still raising children (sheep inspire some of it too). Life happens to us and then we make of it what we will. Sometimes we like what it brought and sometimes not so much but we always have control over how we react to it.Rain Trueaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07994628226501093880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2546626959391412613.post-84257190040063550872011-04-07T07:07:28.305-07:002011-04-07T07:07:28.305-07:00Thanks for the link, Jay... and "WELCOME"...Thanks for the link, Jay... and "WELCOME" to your friends who are new to The Burrow :)<br /><br />The sun is bright in the sky over my mountains this morning - I'm going to have a good day, too.<br />a/bAshleigh Burroughshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05790757220725900941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2546626959391412613.post-8039169350762546722011-04-07T06:18:22.131-07:002011-04-07T06:18:22.131-07:00So - I had just posted this on Facebook.
One of my...So - I had just posted this on Facebook.<br />One of my friends says "Today is not going to be a good day." Another one says "Yup - it's a good day!" - I wonder which one will get what is expected? As for me I shall wait to see how the day unfolds. Have a great day everyone.<br /><br />And then I read today's post. They seemed to fit so I linked to your post via Facebook. - Thanks and you have a wonderful day. I am going to.jaycoles@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16299489611656202052noreply@blogger.com