tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post471663641414695359..comments2024-03-29T10:09:22.033+00:00Comments on Shadows & Light: Bottle CapSteve Reedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11684120060438252945noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-78181198577093559972012-01-04T23:24:08.305+00:002012-01-04T23:24:08.305+00:00Hello
I love your blog.
You should add it in the ...Hello<br /><br />I love your blog.<br />You should add it in the new gay bloggers' platform.<br />http://www.bestgaybloggers.com<br /><br />What I like is that you can meet other gay bloggers with similar interests, <br />and get many tools and tips for having more impact to your blog.<br />I just add my blog. <br />That 's why I give you the tip.<br />;)<br /><br />Martinred_eyehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03947336231396661837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-24539384812587588422012-01-03T21:37:59.964+00:002012-01-03T21:37:59.964+00:00I always have this love/hate relationship with &qu...I always have this love/hate relationship with "freedom." For example - I always say I won't join another church because I'm not sure what I really believe & I want to be free from those responsibilities. Then the next thing you know I'm neck deep in them. Perhaps some balance would be good?The Bughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07509037206264761261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-57219980877949816482012-01-03T18:25:45.947+00:002012-01-03T18:25:45.947+00:00Freedom also requires a darkening, a suffering, a ...Freedom also requires a darkening, a suffering, a taking in of knowledge and more responsibility. You're going through a changing now and you will be different, even if it is just a small bit. You grow and keep going. <br /><br />You will carry them with you all your life and they are now a part of you and Dave. <br /><br />Ms. M<br />www.msk1ell.blogspot.comMs.Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03426159534525251722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-70738384041812526682012-01-03T17:09:05.166+00:002012-01-03T17:09:05.166+00:00this is so beautiful, the very message i need. eve...this is so beautiful, the very message i need. everything changes. we are full and hollow at the same time. loving detachment. that is my lesson for the new year. thank you.37paddingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12400464105403622384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-1694125030256379762012-01-03T16:13:06.873+00:002012-01-03T16:13:06.873+00:00Yes to all of this. I've been thinking a lot ...Yes to all of this. I've been thinking a lot about impermanence, freedom, and "what's next" in terms of work: because of budget cuts, I've been cut to part-time at my face-to-face teaching job, so I probably (?) won't be teaching there after this summer. (Ironically enough, in the summer I'm teaching a lit course on "Buddhism, the Beats, and Beyond": what better swan song, eh?) <br /><br />The question that keeps arising as I plan my courses for this next term is "How would I teach if I wasn't afraid of losing my job?" I'm realizing that for the entire time I've been teaching at this institution, I've been trying to preserve my job by doing all the right things--all the things I "should" do to keep in my department's good graces--but now that I'm being pushed out the door, how and what do <i>I</i> want to teach? It's an interesting question, because that Janis Joplin lyric is exactly right. When you no longer have anything left to lose, you're free to do anything.Loriannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11610684937868696220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-51265783207471912782012-01-03T16:01:18.889+00:002012-01-03T16:01:18.889+00:00I like to think of embracing responsible freedom. ...I like to think of embracing responsible freedom. I struggle with the Buddhist concepts although they make so much sense when I read them. It's hard to wrap my Western mind around such Eastern thoughts.<br /><br />You are just finding a new equilibrium and that takes a while. Savor your freedom but give it some structure.Barbarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18356998698106275372noreply@blogger.com