Comments on: Present: Tense, Past: Imperfect

By: patois

patois — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 18:27:45 +0000

You never cease to amaze me with your skills. And, yes, in the end, I would choose to live today, with the life I have and the family that I call my own. patoiss last blog post..When is it Called "Theft" I've heard it said "You can clutch the past so tightly to your chest that it leaves your arms too full to embrace the present." Any today is a very good day.

By: Derek Wong

Derek Wong — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 16:56:24 +0000

You’re definitely right, I would choose to live in the present. Even with people who are too often callous and self-serving, nations that are greedy, and changing economic climates, life is not all bad.

I think that those homemaking skills that you attained are amazing! I’m duly impressed.

Derek Wongs last blog post..Willing To Change

Aw shucks. It wasn’t so impressive. I was bored

By: Mimi Lenox

Mimi Lenox — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 23:50:31 +0000

Your June 2008 peace globe has been placed in The Peace Globe Gallery. You are officially peace globe #1050. BlogBlast For Peace ~ November 6, 2008 is going to be awesome! Please spread the word on your blog. Hope to see you there. Thanks for the heads up, Mimi. I'll see what I can do.

By: Robin

Robin — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 17:58:58 +0000

I went for a more light-hearted approach to the prompt, but you're right of course. EVERY era has its own drawbacks. That's the benefit of having those rose-colored glasses on when you look at them. As for one good thing from today? Why the internet of course. Otherwise I'd never have met you and so many other wonderful friends, and the world would be a much larger, colder place. Robins last blog post..Random Cuteness I had intended to be light-hearted, but it's not in me right now. I was trying to turn this into one of my "only the good" posts, because I need that right now. Absolutely, the internet is a blessing, isn't it? I'm so glad we met ... sort of met, anyway.

By: Jamie

Jamie — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 16:15:32 +0000

An excellent take on a prompt that I am going to steal next week with appropriate credit to you. For myself, I went through the “earth mother” in a minor way as we were the young marrieds with a house where the real “hippies” including the bother in law could lay over on their way to San Francisco. Since all of the aunts had been raised in the depression, all of their daughters learned to can. It is a handy skill and I may give it another try if things get too weird.

Places in history other than now? There are several to be expounded on later, but more than that a severe case of “too soon old, too late smart”. I would love to go back and make a few different decisions in this life except each led to each and for everything bad that happened, erasing it would elimiate the good things that stemmed from it as well, so I guess I like the life I’ve lived.

No need to credit me…or blame me . As far as the canning and such, it is definitely a skill to have. Let’s hope we don’t need it! And, like you I’ve spent hours wishing I had taken different paths sometimes, but both good and bad led to right here. I can’t imagine any other place to be…and don’t want to imagine it.

By: janeywan

janeywan — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 15:00:41 +0000

Great post Shelly. There are times when I'd like to go back in time, however not farther back than during the life I've allready lived. I sometimes think how easy times were when I felt the security of my mother and dad making decisions, now I'm making decisions for my mother, and until recently for my dad, these are turbulent and frustrating times and I want to do right by them (well for my mother). I feel the pain of people that are close to me. I see dreams drying up. History repeats itself over and over again. Having said that I wouldn't choose to go back to another time, I just need to learn to deal with the present in a more effective manner. This is all part of life and every time period held it's own challenges and uncertainties. Food, a warm place to lay my head at night and the med's that keep me comfortable are about as much as I really need. Am I thankful? You bet! Am I out of the game? Not yet... janeywans last blog post..Decisions Jan, all those things with which you deal can be quite depressing. But, all we have is the present...and I truly think we have to do our darndest to be positive. Hang in there.

By: Kacey

Kacey — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 13:51:37 +0000

Good post as usual. I never did have that back to the land stage of life. I went from college to the corporate world, then later after a couple of kids, stayed home with them for a few years in suburbia. Not very conducive to the whole living off the land. I am jealous of people who can do it though…and enjoy it.

Thankful? I have so much. The boys’ health. The health of my dh and our parents. Wonderful weekend weather. Sometimes it really is great to pause and remember all we have to be thankful for, or as you suggested, even one thing.

Kaceys last blog post..What the world needs now

No need to be jealous of the “back to the land” business. It was a lot of work! And, yes, especially right now, with the media predicting doom, finding a reason to be thankful helps us keep what sanity we have remaining!