tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365244084462704027.post5675461574315018761..comments2024-03-27T12:08:02.812+00:00Comments on THE SMALL THINGS: What a difference a day makes. Or, fantasy and reality. Or, I am a bit of an idiot.Tania Kindersleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18355967725006605825noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365244084462704027.post-71054424483503277902012-10-25T21:01:58.721+01:002012-10-25T21:01:58.721+01:00that is a very profound lesson; I don't think ...that is a very profound lesson; I don't think I can learn it enough. Do you ever find yourself relearning the same virtues? Some wisdom you once had, lost and regained? <br /><br />Even our most selfless thoughts reflect back to something internal and vain. But thats the very thing - life is so personal. I love all my fantasies about myself - I think I'd be mortified if I only had reality to cope with. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365244084462704027.post-68967578575857018032012-10-25T13:40:43.023+01:002012-10-25T13:40:43.023+01:00There is this (now apparently retired) American ca...There is this (now apparently retired) American cartoonist Gary Larson, who did volumes of a series known as The Far Side. One of my all-time favorites is four panels of a rumpled, goofy looking guy staring at a glass with liquid in it, each with the following: 1) Is it half filled?; 2) Is it half empty?; 3) I'll have a hamburger & fries with that; and 4) What was the question?<br />I try to put myself between 3 and 4...<br /><br />XXPat (in Belgium)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02367089351412953926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365244084462704027.post-42247304969391047782012-10-25T11:15:54.769+01:002012-10-25T11:15:54.769+01:00Tania, I have been buried for weeks under first v...Tania, I have been buried for weeks under first visiting family and then having them visit me. I've been away from all my favorite blogs, and am now having to restrain myself from romping back through history and commenting on each post as if I'd really been there when it happened.<br /><br />So glad Pidge came through her surgery well! I can't agree with you more regarding house guests - I have an old house, and a tiny one, and even one guest for more than three days means sore bones because we sleep on the floor and give up the bed to the guest.<br /><br />Good to be back - hugs to the herd, the Pidge, the hill, and you.Marchelinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11201825708442679157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365244084462704027.post-76146715725671972892012-10-25T02:54:09.811+01:002012-10-25T02:54:09.811+01:00Reading your post yesterday, and then again today,...Reading your post yesterday, and then again today, I had a very strong sense of recognition... because I live with a person who does just that on a regular basis. And in the moment, I cannot convince him otherwise. So you are not alone in that.<br /><br />Perhaps you were just worried over the Pigeon and Red picked up on it. So glad and amazed to see her looking so well so soon after a surgery. Nancy Lettshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07181780512702116532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365244084462704027.post-41763461034552713342012-10-24T20:04:39.615+01:002012-10-24T20:04:39.615+01:00Joanne - what a wise and reassuring comment. Thank...Joanne - what a wise and reassuring comment. Thank you.Tania Kindersleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18355967725006605825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365244084462704027.post-21169818407112015432012-10-24T20:04:14.363+01:002012-10-24T20:04:14.363+01:00Mully1 - always so lovely to know I am not the onl...Mully1 - always so lovely to know I am not the only one. Tania Kindersleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18355967725006605825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365244084462704027.post-42712235066857357372012-10-24T18:23:32.089+01:002012-10-24T18:23:32.089+01:00I had a professor say once, "There is no such...I had a professor say once, "There is no such thing as objectivity." He expounded that everything is filtered through someone's point of view, no matter the stated purpose of the information, report, speech, being relayed. Even the graphic layout of a supermarket ad represents a point of view. <br />It's not your job to convince us of anything, or not. It's our job to enjoy your point of view. Or not. <br />I'll guess there are a whole lot of us out here pretty comfortable with what you have to say.Joanne Noragonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09834682329952369721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365244084462704027.post-88682332924191849392012-10-24T16:26:02.930+01:002012-10-24T16:26:02.930+01:00We all feel silly from time to time. I've felt...We all feel silly from time to time. I've felt that way just this week.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com