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Comment on Grace in Small Things – 204, 205 by Sylvain

Sylvain — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:42:36 +0000

Lynn, sorry no. The consult was with a medical specialist in London (Ontario Canada) I’ll try to blog about it tonight.

Comment on Grace in Small Things – 204, 205 by Lynn

Lynn — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:16:33 +0000

Loved the dancing…I do watch the TV show So You Think You Can Dance? and adore the young people dancing their hearts out!
What consult in London for WHAT? Might he/you be moving abroad? OH MY!!!
Sweet day…congrats on how well you are doing there…and excited for your future as a teacher Kel.

Comment on Is It So Bad to be Sad? by Elspeth

Elspeth — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:11:29 +0000

I don’t see that as suffering. You enjoyed, you loved, you shared and you will remember fondly.

Comment on Is It So Bad to be Sad? by Lynn

Lynn — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:27:01 +0000

This is being in love with love, with life to the enth degree as only you know how to do to the fullest Kelly. I got teary eyed reading this feeling your feelings.
What a wonderful time.
What a wonderful time of attachment.
I am so happy that you had this time in your life.
I am so happy that you are able to enjoy life to this depth and heighth…this fullness…WHOLE…

Thanks for writing and sharing with us.
thanks.
thanks
and thanks
again.
thanks.

Comment on Is It So Bad to be Sad? by Kim Mailhot

Kim Mailhot — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:18:25 +0000

Listened to a cd by Pema Chodron yesterday about this very thing ! (How to Meditate) Her message was that pain and happiness are part of life – stuff we just need to accept as part of our human existance. The suffering comes from our minds…placing “attachment” to things rather than accepting that the pain of lose is just part of life – a bittersweet part but a “normal” part. If we experience it all with our hearts and souls and we keep our minds out of it, we do not suffer. How to keep our minds out of it ? Meditate and celebrate ! Just like you did, Wise one! So it is only bad to be sad if we let it be so with those powerful minds of ours !

Comment on Is It So Bad to be Sad? by Olivia

Olivia — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:20:40 +0000

What a wonderful post. I now understand so much better your life there. My response was like Violet’s—all four—it is all four—suffering, engaging in life, tasting, allowing yourself to love. What an experience, Kelly.

I am hoping that in your new life with a new career you are able to recreate what you experienced in Toronto in some way. That it is not like all of the hard-working years so much as it is an experience of moment by moment enjoyment. It could happen! I think it might :)

I learned a new word, “keener”.

Much love, O

Comment on Is It So Bad to be Sad? by Violet

Violet — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:17:41 +0000

This IS beautiful. Absolutely beautiful.

You asked:
Is this suffering? Or is this engaging in life? Tasting? Allowing myself to love?

I say: Yes.

Comment on Is It So Bad to be Sad? by Kathryn Knoll

Kathryn Knoll — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:03:13 +0000

What’s so awesome, is how present you are to the now. That’s how you experience real meaning that then becomes sweet in the remembering. You will always have other nows and the ability to create yet more sweetness for yourself. Fantastic!

Comment on Is It So Bad to be Sad? by suki

suki — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:45:59 +0000

This is a beautiful post, Kelly. I’m so glad you had this time studying and learning and getting attached. Of course, especially at the time we have to transit, move on, say goodbye, say hello to the next step, it is human to feel sad. And beautiful and okay. I think the point abt attachment would be not to get attached to the sadness, but to experience it, to feel it and to know it too is impermanent and will become a memory along with all the other memories. Thank you for sharing this journey with us. I always learn so much from you Kelly. Your spirit of kindess and query and intelligence shines through so strongly in your posts. Good luck as you continue along the path and a wave from me down here trudging on my own path. I am glad we are on the earth at the same time!

Comment on Is It So Bad to be Sad? by ~~Melissa

~~Melissa — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:02:34 +0000

This is living.