Comments on: Bliss-full

By: Tess

Tess — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 15:51:44 +0000

Barbara, thank you, I think learning is so important to our lives.

By: Barbara

Barbara — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 14:04:41 +0000

I too love learning and helping others to learn even if it means compiling a great book/web site list on a topic. I too want to share what I’ve found. I’m still trying to find the best way to do that.

By: Tess

Tess — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 13:43:47 +0000

@tinkerbell: thank you for commenting, and welcome to my blog. Being on a journey is wonderful, isn’t it?
@Barbara: the meal sounds great. Perhaps an Easter Day feast?

By: Barbara

Barbara — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 02:13:10 +0000

It has taken me a while to find when my “rockin’ est moments” are. I, too, enjoy learning, but there are times when my competitiveness nibbles at me and spoils things a bit. I guess I feel best-est when I am orchestrating a big, multicourse meal for a bunch of friends. Haven’t done that in ages, alas. It verges on the orgasmic.

By: tinkerbell, the bipolar faery

tinkerbell, the bipolar faery — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 02:14:17 +0000

Love the energy your blog emits. And … the question … its making me think. I am on a journey … this question is food for this journey. I do love learning too … and creating … and helping others learn.

By: Tess

Tess — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 10:01:45 +0000

Sib, thanks for your comment, and I, too, value the ‘treasured fixed points and people’. We seem to be finding out we have so much in common, it’s great!

By: Sib

Sib — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 17:19:42 +0000

Oh, I wish that the book you recommended ‘What do I do when I want to do everything’ was still available. I have just read the reviews on Amazon and they really speak to me – I am very obviously a scanner living with a diver, which at times makes me feel rather superficial. Always moving on to something else (though some very treasured fixed points – and people – now ‘stick’). Remember getting rather upset at school because ‘I was good at everything’ (not even true!) while I really wanted to be very good at one thing. Your blog makes me think, and feel, and enjoy – a wonderful companion on the journey.

By: Tess

Tess — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 14:03:31 +0000

@kigen: Emily Dickenson’s poems are among those I am less familiar with, but they have been nibbling at the edge of my mind for some time. The one you give us hear is beautiful.
@Endlessly Restless: yes I share with you the failure to follow through! Your comment on your blogging made me smile.
@Sunrise Sister: well I think you’d make a very good brain surgeon!!!
@Pam: I enjoy that sort of thing as well, and like you don’t do enough of it. I’m quite shy in “normal” social settings and have trouble with small talk, but having a shared task or mission blasts away so many barriers.

By: pam at beyondjustmom

pam at beyondjustmom — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 01:15:00 +0000

Excellent question! I did some (easy), creative volunteer work this weekend and had a grand old time meeting new people and getting to know them while we painted sets. I realized I haven’t done enough of that lately–creative, helpful work in a social setting. I’ve enjoyed the outlet of learning so much through the blogging world these last few months, but I do really thrive in a social atmosphere. So I need to get OUT more and play!

By: Sunrise Sister

Sunrise Sister — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 22:40:35 +0000

Tess – I too love the learning and I love the joy of the exchange while learning in a group! I believe that nothing we learn is wasted even if we only use it once and then move on. The stimulation of the new experience and sharing is worth the time spent learning. Also, learning by oneself, via a book, the internet – that food for brains is “always” there tucked away for just the right word to wake it up. I find learning and the brain’s treasured secrets that come and go to be a fascinating subject in itself —– but, this may surprise you, I haven’t enrolled for a brain surgeon class any time soon:)! I’m happy to sit on the side and speculate to my heart’s content about how my brain works now and how it improves every day:))