tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904194998355206193.post3467206423973877057..comments2013-01-18T14:26:53.428-08:00Comments on Ongoing Drama of Shared Expeience: What Was 12 For?snicketmomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07487153057136367343noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904194998355206193.post-12257575472187330942013-01-04T12:40:27.670-08:002013-01-04T12:40:27.670-08:00Thanks for your comments. I love the poem, Liza. J...Thanks for your comments. I love the poem, Liza. Jennifer, I'm happy that you are happy for me. And Rebecca, I'm so glad you come to read my blog and enjoy it! (Also, I think you should go to Matilda with us on April 4th.)snicketmomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07487153057136367343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904194998355206193.post-5731222904509324592013-01-03T10:10:51.053-08:002013-01-03T10:10:51.053-08:00Everyone "Deserves" to have happiness an...Everyone "Deserves" to have happiness and great experiences. It's great you were able to make that happen this year. And I loved hearing about your experiences and enjoying them vicariously.Rebeccahttp://www.facebook.com/sdlibrariannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904194998355206193.post-48034170881121568912013-01-03T09:04:44.608-08:002013-01-03T09:04:44.608-08:00My post isn't going to be as eloquent as Liza&...My post isn't going to be as eloquent as Liza's. I agree, I don't like the term "deserve," however, I'm not sure what other word to use. Everyone should have things in their live that bring them joy and I'm so happy that you've given yourself permission to fully embrace what you find joy in. Otherwise, life becomes a series of "to do" lists.<br /><br />Yes, it's good to find joy in life every day, but having monumental life experiences to look forward to is also wonderfully exciting.Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05975916794760117696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904194998355206193.post-79058338623955087982012-12-31T08:10:57.489-08:002012-12-31T08:10:57.489-08:00I never understood that whole "deserve" ...I never understood that whole "deserve" thing. Based on what? And by whose authority? Amiright?? :-)<br /><br />Your post reminded me of "The Summer Day" by Mary Oliver:<br /><br />Who made the world?<br />Who made the swan, and the black bear?<br />Who made the grasshopper?<br />This grasshopper, I mean-<br />the one who has flung herself out of the grass,<br />the one who is eating sugar out of my hand,<br />who is moving her jaws back and forth instead of up and down-<br />who is gazing around with her enormous and complicated eyes.<br />Now she lifts her pale forearms and thoroughly washes her face.<br />Now she snaps her wings open, and floats away.<br />I don't know exactly what a prayer is.<br />I do know how to pay attention, how to fall down<br />into the grass, how to kneel down in the grass,<br />how to be idle and blessed, how to stroll through the fields,<br />which is what I have been doing all day.<br />Tell me, what else should I have done?<br />Doesn't everything die at last, and too soon?<br />Tell me, what is it you plan to do<br />with your one wild and precious life?Displaced Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16868082100422729075noreply@blogger.com