tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8040531691526665220.post109449329004597040..comments2023-04-06T04:16:24.171-05:00Comments on The Clarence White Blog: My Feelings Are Safely Tucked AwayClarencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07037845100222922152noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8040531691526665220.post-9092326176158042011-03-13T06:42:37.790-05:002011-03-13T06:42:37.790-05:00you have been not eating and not sleeping for too ...you have been not eating and not sleeping for too long -- what does your mama have to say about this??? :-(Dangerous Lindahttp://www.dangerouslinda.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8040531691526665220.post-72141046558777824452011-03-05T13:22:12.584-06:002011-03-05T13:22:12.584-06:00ˆenjoyed reading about the shy boy and Kirby Pucke...ˆenjoyed reading about the shy boy and Kirby Puckett. I love Pat Donohue's songs including the Kirby Puckett.<br /><br />We have our limits. I don't shop at Sams' or Walmart. And I don't buy ALL my groceries at our wonderful Good Earth Coop. I try not to act uppity about those who shop at Sam's.<br /><br />MarlyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8040531691526665220.post-89182568577743317862011-03-04T19:57:14.981-06:002011-03-04T19:57:14.981-06:00Thanks for the wisdom, Jennifer. You are one of t...Thanks for the wisdom, Jennifer. You are one of today's experts. I'll read this again, and maybe I will learn something.Clarencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07037845100222922152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8040531691526665220.post-85974864965811475562011-03-04T19:11:35.981-06:002011-03-04T19:11:35.981-06:00I have heard that the one thing that we can count ...I have heard that the one thing that we can count on in life is change. <br /><br />I think that another thing in life that we can count on is that a certain amount of things will not go the way that we want them to and we will have to deal with the frustration. Whether it is frustration or outrage depends in part on us and in part on what actually happened. It helps if the person frustrating us has enough endearing qualities that we are willing to engage mind before engaging mouth. On the other hand, I (being my father's child) can get really outraged and out of hand when objects don't behave the way I want them to. Case in point--when the family computer doesn't do what I want it to do (or even what I could get it to do yesterday). Luckily I have a husband who rescues me from my ignorance and overlooks my tantrums. What this really teaches me is 1. it is possible for a person to overlook another's faults--I am observing him forgiving me and 2. I jolly well better work at living up to his example.<br /><br />I suppose that one could say that the appropriate response to frustration is love. I do believe that love is not a nice warm feeling (although that may come along as a bonus) but rather a decision. One must decide constantly how to respond to the fallibility of others, expecially those whom we are closest to. Even if somehow our closest ones acted perfectly (in our view) that behavior might seem very unperfect to someone else. It really is true that none of us can be all things to all people. The hard part comes in accepting this. The next hard part is putting that acceptance into action. The third hard part is crafting our response to needs of the other person and to the situation. We may decide to not get outraged when another person is being mean, but we can still point out the meanness to that person. <br /><br />Doing all this takes a lot of practice and mindfulness. As I said in the beginning, we can count on plenty of opportunities.<br /><br />JenniferAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com