tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post8902569446038978435..comments2024-03-29T12:39:21.582+00:00Comments on Shadows & Light: Rage on the StairsSteve Reedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11684120060438252945noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-1808570211331277532013-08-12T07:29:13.116+01:002013-08-12T07:29:13.116+01:00Ms Moon: Amen! I don't want to abandon my sens...Ms Moon: Amen! I don't want to abandon my sense of urgency entirely, because I think it helps me stay on track and get things done. I just don't want it to rule my life. I want to be able to turn it down a notch from time to time!<br /><br />Angella: They're good questions for all of us, I suppose!<br /><br />Reya: Isn't that a great phrase? I love that you resist each day. I give in too easily to my resistance.<br /><br />Ain't: Every little bit helps, right?! :)<br /><br />Ellen: Exactly! What are five minutes? Good grief. I have always loved urban living, but maybe I'm getting too old for it!<br /><br />Linda Sue: Good old Dexter! Ernie and Ruby used to frustrate me because they walked so slow. I think you are practicing, in a way, allowing Dexter to set the pace and getting comfortable with that. Letting circumstances dictate rather than insisting on your own control. You know?<br /><br />Elizabeth: It's easy to slip out of the practice habit -- disconcertingly easy! Karen Black was really great in that movie, wasn't she? So unfortunate that everyone remembers her mostly for "Airport '75"!<br /><br />Ink: Indeed it should be. Easier said than done, but we all gotta make the effort, right?Steve Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11684120060438252945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-81029564952706647442013-08-11T21:52:24.037+01:002013-08-11T21:52:24.037+01:00Patience & tolerance. .. it should be a life s...Patience & tolerance. .. it should be a life style. Vivianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05422555987486875022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-59406357687476462952013-08-11T20:48:55.278+01:002013-08-11T20:48:55.278+01:00Thank you for this reminder. My own sitting practi...Thank you for this reminder. My own sitting practice has also gone by the wayside of late. I make excuses, lie on my back in the morning when I wake and pretend to myself that a few breaths right then or there can take the place of real practice. <br /><br />As for Five Easy Pieces -- one of my favorite Nicholson movies. I love when Karen Black offers dinner to Nicholson -- Hungry Man dinner, large or small.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03313726816776097840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-61939220248983680352013-08-11T16:32:34.117+01:002013-08-11T16:32:34.117+01:00Living in the city, jobs, trains on time, crowds, ...Living in the city, jobs, trains on time, crowds, all of that - trying- testing- exercise in "how are you doing? Really?" So easy to be mellow here, even more so with Dexter - like walking a rock at this point in his little life. I allow him to set the pace. A 30 minute walk now takes about an hour and a half, he enforces slow down, chill out, priorities- when I go to Seattle, I do not take Dexter- he would get eaten alive! everything changes- it's "get offa my lawn" mode. I think that you are doing brilliantly, to even notice that your own thoughts and good nature have been rattled is pretty impressive, Sir. Living in the city challenges everyone's temperament. Walking meditation , breathing might be good especially with Olga so that she can sniff the sidewalk until her sniffer is willing to move on.I can not sit- makes me crazy, I admire anyone who can do that everyday, stilling the monkey chatter. Even for three minutes. I guess that is why it is called "practice". I love this post so much, such a great re-mind-er! Linda Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03070050388987072100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-64493764349117833952013-08-11T15:12:43.680+01:002013-08-11T15:12:43.680+01:00I've never been able to develop a meditation p...I've never been able to develop a meditation practice, or yoga for that matter, which I love to do as long as it's in a class setting. By myself, I guess, I have to come up with my own routine. but though I don't meditate, I am rarely in a hurry and small obstructions don't bother me. mostly. now that we have moved out to the country and life is even more laid back...friendly people, no traffic, no impatience and simmering anger from someone standing in line behind you because you are chatting with the cashier for a few moments, most stores not open on Sunday (imagine that!)...being in the city is so jangly. it amazes me how many people think the quality of their lives is going to be forever changed because they had to wait five minutes for something.<br />ellen abbotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00535475792150335186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-2687225938182336442013-08-11T13:28:14.447+01:002013-08-11T13:28:14.447+01:00good post..I do a little meditating while lying fl...good post..I do a little meditating while lying flat on the floor to stretch out my back...does that count? multitasking ...ha!ain't for city galshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14938751007704247232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-35569669552354694332013-08-11T12:41:19.602+01:002013-08-11T12:41:19.602+01:00Beginningless anger - oh yeah. We see a lot of tha...Beginningless anger - oh yeah. We see a lot of that in DC.<br /><br />You know, you're allowed to be impatient now and again. But it can be exhausting. <br /><br />I sit every day. Every day. Every. And I resist sitting every day. My morning mantra is: You must meditate, you must so do not argue." I need to remind myself every day how much it helps. <br /><br />You'll get back to it when you need to. You are a very healthy minded man. Reya Mellickerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13076092659507965666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-46973150733256983632013-08-11T12:15:51.326+01:002013-08-11T12:15:51.326+01:00I loved this post. I am asking the same questions ...I loved this post. I am asking the same questions this week, trying so hard to keep things in perspective, to be as ms moon says, more patient and kind. And yes, mindful. Thank you. 37paddingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12400464105403622384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-16981753703475172702013-08-11T11:39:59.428+01:002013-08-11T11:39:59.428+01:00Oh Steve! I loved reading this. Yes, we humans are...Oh Steve! I loved reading this. Yes, we humans are in such a rush and why? Where are we going and why do we always need to get there so quickly?<br />Those two women, yes, probably on their way to a wedding- their journey there captured by you, given to us. <br />Let us all slow down. Let us all look around. Let us all try to be more kind and patient with each other. Isn't that the very heart of do unto others?Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.com