Comments on: 2010 – Same ol’, same ol’?

By: Cheryl

Cheryl — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 00:13:34 +0000

And that’s the other side of this coin, Mother. Sometimes what’s best for other people is to accept their gift. There’s nothing quite as hurtful as having a gift rejected, and we always need to be sensitive to other people’s need to be generous.

By: Nirene Kitt

Nirene Kitt — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 19:59:43 +0000

I had somewhat similar experience but it because I let somebody help me and I tried to pay them and found out her feelings would be hurt if I didn’t let her help me. She is an older lady with an ailing husband and they are in the place they have to take a lot of help and she really wanted to help me by casting her bread upon the waters. Those are my words not hers. But truly sometimes is much harder to get than to give. She was so sweet. She almost cried when I let her make the gesture.

By: Cheryl

Cheryl — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 04:51:29 +0000

Thanks for your reply, Yvonne. It’s amazing what a kind word spoken at the right time can do. Aren’t you glad you were there at that moment?

And I think mysterious things are going on when we have those random thoughts. Why else do people just happen to be thinking of each other at the same time? There’s just so much we don’t know about all of that. Our job, I think, is to act on them — if they’re good impulses, of course. Sadly, whether you call them resolutions or mottoes, it’s hard to form new habits. And paying attention to those random thoughts — or best impulses — would be a good habit. Or at least a good experiment! Maybe that would be a more exciting approach.

Oh — I have a to-do list (teux-deux list, actually), and am still trying to be realistic with it. And trying to estimate how long things will take me. Perfection takes a while, you know. :>)

By: Yvonne

Yvonne — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 14:36:23 +0000

I love your ability to put my feelings into words, especially that of goal setting for MY time of life, which is very close to your own. I still maintain a Franklin Planner, but it has now become week-at-a-glance with NO to-do list.
Last night, I talked to a young mother, one I’ve known since the birth of her [down's syndrome] child. She has three now, and puts a lot of energy into them. So far… she and her husband just recently started worshiping with us…. we’ve just had relatively surface conversations. For some reason, I paused last night to talk to her, ended up giving her a hug which brought tears to her eyes. She MUST be undergoing some trial right now, but who would’ve known.

Though I haven’t verbalized it, or even written it down, I’m trying to get more connected with people at church. Because of Jay’s reluctance to “have company,” we’ve let ourselves develop too many relationships that are friendly, but not very intimate.

Once again, I’m not sticking with your question, but I, too, have recently realized I have good impulses that go away if not acted upon. I’m trying to pay more attention to those random thoughts that pop up, on the assumption there’s something important there if I just take the time to look at it.