tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8284703273171358436.post1394230249100422153..comments2023-10-30T09:10:28.249-05:00Comments on Is there anyone else up there?: Morning Bus-Riding ThoughtsMary Ellenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06476814211173076515noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8284703273171358436.post-17221358925473579162011-04-12T17:12:34.159-05:002011-04-12T17:12:34.159-05:00Just stopping by with a greeting. I hope you have ...Just stopping by with a greeting. I hope you have Spring by now!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8284703273171358436.post-45655388007324472472011-03-10T09:26:22.970-06:002011-03-10T09:26:22.970-06:00I find myself exceedingly lonely at times these da...I find myself exceedingly lonely at times these days - ridiculed by friends and acquaintances on the "liberal" side for my faith and a refusal to accept the premise that everyone is entitled to everything, and disparaged on the other hand for an unshakeable conviction that everything counts, and that every, single person in the world is of infinite worth.<br /><br />So. What to do? A little strategic withdrawal. I literally tossed the tv, and am careful about getting sucked into the ain't-it-awfulness that's abroad in the land, in a thousand guises.<br /><br />I did start a Lenten discipline that's akin to your "stones" and will be posting about that once my current piece has run its course. It helps to start the day with silence and observation, rather than a check of the latest atrocities from the right and left alike (real or imagined).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8284703273171358436.post-70364008961393661412011-03-05T18:31:02.916-06:002011-03-05T18:31:02.916-06:00So many of us are suffering from a sense of despai...So many of us are suffering from a sense of despair, even in Canada. The world is in such a state and our leaders are so corrupt they care not for the working people and their struggles. I will have a look at the book you speak of, it may help me to be less angry and bitter at the way things are going. I do try every day to be grateful for what I do have and remember the things that are truly important. Thank you for this post!! Take care.Leonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12508055212017916057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8284703273171358436.post-34529960397988909542011-03-03T13:47:55.298-06:002011-03-03T13:47:55.298-06:00I'm trying to compartmentalize my feelings of ...I'm trying to compartmentalize my feelings of rage and bitterness so that I do not slip into despair. Wish me luck. Right now, I only read the news. I choose not to watch it on television (unless it is PBS or the BBC) because I know to do so will only make me feel more helpless. I sign petitions and stay informed as is warranted, but I keep reminding myself to focus on my own particular role. I teach about human rights history. So I'm just going to keep at that and keep hoping.Hysteryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02044678910937934731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8284703273171358436.post-38184564128400541322011-03-03T08:57:10.011-06:002011-03-03T08:57:10.011-06:00I have had to stop listening to anything political...I have had to stop listening to anything political. it's not that I'm ambivalent, but what those rich bastards are trying to do to this country just makes me sick. the rich are in control and they care not.ellen abbotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00535475792150335186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8284703273171358436.post-78401371631009040732011-03-02T23:54:28.730-06:002011-03-02T23:54:28.730-06:00Well said.Well said.Sultanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06506141014376919585noreply@blogger.com