tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8013443217504323406.post2148517178761123286..comments2024-02-11T03:39:05.836-05:00Comments on still life with circles: The Art of Surrenderstill life angiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15150141781089602529noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8013443217504323406.post-45095208864679672082011-02-13T23:19:28.550-05:002011-02-13T23:19:28.550-05:00As always, Angie, you inspire me. Thank you.
lov...As always, Angie, you inspire me. Thank you.<br /><br />love,<br />sarahsarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15316131078833658090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8013443217504323406.post-75322654167723162572011-02-13T20:52:46.983-05:002011-02-13T20:52:46.983-05:00This is inspiring. Making peace with myself is a c...This is inspiring. Making peace with myself is a constant struggle. But I think it's a worthy goal, which is why I keep trying. : )loribethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09272814565916935113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8013443217504323406.post-16264627214921765592011-02-12T10:44:53.384-05:002011-02-12T10:44:53.384-05:00What a beautiful goal and one I know you can do. x...What a beautiful goal and one I know you can do. xoxoMoniquehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04188684792415196300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8013443217504323406.post-55849919087536264372011-02-12T09:53:54.725-05:002011-02-12T09:53:54.725-05:00lovely, angie. i so appreciate what you write abou...lovely, angie. i so appreciate what you write about prayer and meditation. i am not ready to return to prayer myself, but i like how you think about it. i may have to chew on that for a while. xoJennihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17682133967979817385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8013443217504323406.post-40662013675003137912011-02-12T08:27:50.639-05:002011-02-12T08:27:50.639-05:00Beautiful, thoughtful and as always honest. I hope...Beautiful, thoughtful and as always honest. I hope you can find forgiveness.Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03740847681453723883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8013443217504323406.post-64825707419921013212011-02-11T19:22:40.962-05:002011-02-11T19:22:40.962-05:00"Meditation and prayer and peace of mind felt..."Meditation and prayer and peace of mind felt too much like making peace with Lucy's death, when really they are simply making peace with myself."<br /><br />Boy, did that make me think about all those conversations I have had with you about how I want to meditate. Reading that made me conceptualize the wanting in a whole new way- as sort of wanting to want,but resisting the idea of being peaceful.<br /><br />You nailed it,hon, as always. And I am proud of you. As always.<br /><br />And,if I may go back to your post about the Thornado, the fact that he makes you laugh so hard you cannot breathe was not lost on me- I know almost every word of the football and cartwheels post by heart. I love that there is that kind of laughter in your life now.Daniellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02673054313143096148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8013443217504323406.post-67167789028278549352011-02-11T18:12:39.673-05:002011-02-11T18:12:39.673-05:00Brilliant Angie. You are an inspiration.
I starte...Brilliant Angie. You are an inspiration.<br /><br />I started thinking towards the end of last year that I have been punishing my body for two years now and it's time to stop and be nicer to myself. Maybe even forgive myself too. It is a struggle.<br /> xxx <br />xxxBarbarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01484695553612265127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8013443217504323406.post-17489938127424873652011-02-11T17:21:43.878-05:002011-02-11T17:21:43.878-05:00You inspire me and so many others. I really hope 2...You inspire me and so many others. I really hope 2011 is gentle and kind to you.<br />xoHope's Mamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04984543289642681339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8013443217504323406.post-17149460011739193842011-02-11T15:23:17.694-05:002011-02-11T15:23:17.694-05:00What an amazing goal... I've always thought th...What an amazing goal... I've always thought that it's my body that let my little one down - despite all the reassurance I got that it wasn't weight etc. Great to have such a beautiful goal xoDandelionBreezehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06988561541523178095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8013443217504323406.post-44818945980649887632011-02-11T15:22:37.301-05:002011-02-11T15:22:37.301-05:00I appreciate so much the distinction you make betw...I appreciate so much the distinction you make between making peace with yourself and making peace with Lucy's death. I know I get the two things mixed up sometimes in dealing with my own grief.<br /><br />I'm still in awe of your goal and am wishing you luck and strength and clarity as you work toward it.ericahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06347057746449071812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8013443217504323406.post-44556394315008363472011-02-11T14:06:32.440-05:002011-02-11T14:06:32.440-05:00One goal. That is a good idea. And you've chos...One goal. That is a good idea. And you've chosen a good goal.<br /><br />I like what Lady Mama and Mrs Spit had to say. Wise women. And I think I am there with Serenity's death. I accept my present life, dead baby and all. She is part of me, and helps to inform my decisions, and I feel love and, not pride but something, when I think of her and our time together.Ya Chunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08816837461370619194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8013443217504323406.post-29759786536736205272011-02-11T13:44:18.935-05:002011-02-11T13:44:18.935-05:00I think this is a really great goal for the year. ...I think this is a really great goal for the year. And I know you can do it.HereWeGoAJenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17457680345376171720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8013443217504323406.post-50616222362485056622011-02-11T12:47:37.762-05:002011-02-11T12:47:37.762-05:00Prayer, for me, has lately been something I crave....Prayer, for me, has lately been something I crave. Yet, as a humanist, I have a difficult time directing these words. To the Universe? I guess. But sometimes it's helpful to just put the energy out there and hope someone, something, somewhere, receives it and delivers on the request.<br /><br />Making peace with things does not come easily for me, either. Thank you for sharing this part of your journey. You inspire me.Mary Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12212750107782259674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8013443217504323406.post-17711322847900078422011-02-11T09:36:45.034-05:002011-02-11T09:36:45.034-05:00Lady mama - I really like your quote and if you wo...Lady mama - I really like your quote and if you wouldn't mind, I'd like to build on it. I think I might say that forgiveness is accepting the past could have been different, but it wasn't. It's the learning to live with how things could have been better or easier or kinder, but they weren't. <br /><br />Angie - this was strong and powerful. There's something profound that happens to me when I give up my delusions of power and accept my small place in the universe.Mrs. Spithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03386820063407910064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8013443217504323406.post-20964287303006427862011-02-11T08:47:36.360-05:002011-02-11T08:47:36.360-05:00I struggle with forgiveness too. I heard the other...I struggle with forgiveness too. I heard the other day that 'Forgiveness is giving up the hope that the past could have been any different.'<br /><br />Say it over and over. It begins to resonate.Lady Mamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13977314549053237191noreply@blogger.com