tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18499463.post3892665187236549972..comments2023-10-31T11:37:50.028-04:00Comments on on life & other inconveniences: Kick At The Darkness 'Til It Bleeds DaylightSandra Ruttanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06109584805469336742noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18499463.post-86168979138415486322007-02-09T21:26:00.000-05:002007-02-09T21:26:00.000-05:00Here's another one for you from Leonard Cohen (my ...Here's another one for you from Leonard Cohen (my second-favorite Canadian):<BR/><BR/>Ring the bells that still can ring<BR/>Forget your perfect offering<BR/>There is a crack in everything<BR/>That's how the light gets in...Cornelia Readhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16690027252725967075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18499463.post-10912436967888552812007-02-09T18:26:00.000-05:002007-02-09T18:26:00.000-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Erik Ivan Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05564245949077955844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18499463.post-44674343431674043642007-02-09T18:25:00.000-05:002007-02-09T18:25:00.000-05:00There have been more than a couple of times that I...There have been more than a couple of times that I have had to "reach up to touch bottom". But no matter how deep the hole, I always tried to keep looking up, and reaching up. By doing that, did I pull myself back up to daylight and good alone? No. Someone along the way would reach out and grab my hand. They saw I was reaching up, not falling further.<BR/><BR/>Yes, Samdra, we all need each other.<BR/><BR/>Wonderful post. Thank you.Erik Ivan Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05564245949077955844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18499463.post-20786538939872913962007-02-09T15:21:00.000-05:002007-02-09T15:21:00.000-05:00I hear you Gabriele. And I have no problem myself...I hear you Gabriele. And I have no problem myself with theological discussion. Part of the reason some believe in God is because they feel the need to hope for something better than the flawed being they are. And some believe in heaven just because they want to think this shitty world isn't all we've got.<BR/><BR/>No matter what anyone believes, I have much admiration for those fighters amongst us.Sandra Ruttanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06109584805469336742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18499463.post-10269114705291451812007-02-09T15:15:00.000-05:002007-02-09T15:15:00.000-05:00See, and Anne Frank and Saddam Hussein is one of t...See, and Anne Frank and Saddam Hussein is one of the reasons I don't believe in God and divine justice. Rather a bunch of Greek or German gods and goddesses having fun at our expenses. :) No, I don't believe in those, either, but I can see how people shaped the gods after their own experiences. It must have taken an enormous step away from the polytheistic 'gods are like us only with <I>power</I>' to one God who's supposed to be strong, just, forgiving - in that order. Some of the stories in the old testament still show the roots.<BR/><BR/>Ops, don't want to take up your blog discussing theology.Gabriele Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17205770868139083575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18499463.post-89698109745811036532007-02-09T11:58:00.000-05:002007-02-09T11:58:00.000-05:00Jersey Jack, I'm still a bit of a glass half empty...Jersey Jack, I'm still a bit of a glass half empty person, but that's a wonderful attitude. <BR/><BR/>LOL James. Yeah, there (almost) always is someone worse off than you...Sandra Ruttanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06109584805469336742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18499463.post-32555556266769842452007-02-09T06:51:00.000-05:002007-02-09T06:51:00.000-05:00Thanks for the reminder, Sandra. It's so easy to s...Thanks for the reminder, Sandra. It's so easy to stare at the window display with all those shiny things we don't really need, and forget about the good things we already have. <BR/><BR/>And no matter how shit you feel, there's always someone who's worse off than you. <BR/><BR/>Except that poor guy at the bottom of the heap, of course;}#JamesOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09332376784689207703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18499463.post-16953497316049228302007-02-09T01:54:00.000-05:002007-02-09T01:54:00.000-05:00Spent most of my years seeing the glass as half em...Spent most of my years seeing the glass as half empty. But now that I've learned to rise each morning with a prayer, thankful to be above ground instead of under it, my cup seems half full.Jack Getzehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09516237388744739669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18499463.post-26381819382410457802007-02-09T00:20:00.000-05:002007-02-09T00:20:00.000-05:00Oh Angie, I think that's beautiful. I mean, to fi...Oh Angie, I think that's beautiful. I mean, to find the thing that will make you smile through the tears... It's a gift. Truly, a gift.<BR/><BR/>Without the sorrows of life the joys would not exist.Sandra Ruttanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06109584805469336742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18499463.post-36445588868519775032007-02-09T00:11:00.000-05:002007-02-09T00:11:00.000-05:00Amen, sistah!I love noir for exactly that same rea...Amen, sistah!<BR/><BR/>I love noir for exactly that same reason. In an incredibly perverse way, I find it uplifting to read about characters who keep going even when it all goes horribly, horribly wrong, when there's absolutely no logical reason to continue. I love that, makes my heart a little bigger.<BR/><BR/>I've been thinking a lot about focusing on the fab stuff I've got going on. It's easy for me to get obsessed with what's going wrong - I've worked hard on that, but it's always a struggle. Still, a little laughter can bring a lot of light. When it's truly god-awful, I just stop and take a step back. Inevitably I find some part, no matter how tiny, of the situation/problem/whatever to be really, really ridiculous and funny. Guess I'm just sick that way.angiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01751466673491487048noreply@blogger.com