Read this anyway ~_^

by coffeesister · 6 comments

~ Mother Teresa either inspired the following or was inspired by it ~

The Paradoxical Commandments by Kent M. Keith

As I prepare to write this week’s “Found Fridays” & face the disappointment that I haven’t written a post since last week’s Friday Finds, I find myself reassured. My previous blog proved inconsistent due to the loss of our internet connection; readers followed me to this blog anyway. This blog had had its own inconsistencies due to the loss of my computer; those readers & more kept coming back anyway. I got behind on replies to your comments; there were new comments anyway. With this blog as my priority, e-mail — though always read — is seldom answered; friends & family visit me here anyway. As my blog & I keep becoming; may you keep coming anyway.

(|_|*cheers*|_|)
“Life is a process of becoming, a combination of states we have to go through. Where people fail is that they wish to elect a state and remain in it.
This is a kind of death.”
~ Anais Nin ~

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1 RhodesTer 17 April 2008 at 9:18 pm: I don’t have much choice — we keep passing each other coming in and out of the bathroom.

So, YOU’re the one.. Remember, if you’re gonna leave the seat up, it’d be nice if you wiped it down now & again.

homemaker not housekeeper |_|) “I have realizations, like that life is bigger than us. People forget that, but I’m always aware of it. Like when I’m in the bathroom looking at my toilet paper, I’m like ‘Wow! That’s toilet paper?’ I don’t know if we appreciate how much we have.” ~ Peter Nivio Zarlenga
2 Lorna 18 April 2008 at 12:13 am: I love the Anais Nin quote. I wish I’d known it in my 30s when I was determined to be a butterfly in a cocoon. Cocoons are cozy and I obviously needed some time off, but I know I spent too much time in that particular state.

The good news is you spent your downtime in a cocoon, understanding you would be a butterfly. Tho’ it’s a shame you postponed spreading your wings, you were maturing while in that cocoon & had amazing wings to open when the time came.

more moth-like |_|) “Something cannot emerge from nothing.” ~ Frank Herber
3 gel 18 April 2008 at 10:18 am: nice blog and nice post. I will feature you in my blog. ^_^ Care to exchange links with me? just comment me on my site. ^_^ Thanks

I’m redoing my blogrolls & will be keeping them fairly short to accommodate having more than one.

Kudos to you for featuring blogs tho’ & I do like the “Food for Thought” interspersed thru your posts. Fwiw, I recommend categorizing those to make them more findable.

Dorian |_|) “The public interest is best served by the free exchange of ideas.” ~ John Kane
4 Omyword! 19 April 2008 at 1:38 am: My new replacement for the Just Do It slogan is Do It Anyway. I had a nice image in my mind of other people telling me why I can’t do it and me smiling and nodding and saying, “Why thank you for sharing!” and then muddling along in continuation of my intended goals.

Spot on, Lisa! “Just Do It” instigates defiance in me but a bit too much so.. I’ll find myself no longer wanting to do something I’d intended to, so “Do It Anyway” is far more helpful. DO let’s muddle on, shall we?

usually doing my own thing anyway |_|) “Always listen to experts. They’ll tell you what can’t be done and why. Then do it.” ~ Robert Heinlein
5 Omyword! 19 April 2008 at 11:29 pm: Hey — I found a quote that kinda fits…and because you’re the quote collector…

“Do not be daunted by the enormity of the world’s grief. Do justly, now. Love mercy, now. Walk humbly, now. You are not obligated to complete the work, But neither are you free to abandon it.” – The Talmud
6 coffeesister 21 April 2008 at 10:03 am Twitter: @coffeesister: What can I say? I love it!

|_|) “How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.” ~ Anne Frank