tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7332117297336636395.post8563182249630471517..comments2023-11-22T11:42:06.780-05:00Comments on Do Not Be Anxious: Valuable GiftsDo Not Be Anxioushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04607616214486933423noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7332117297336636395.post-58093882487392715932012-12-15T11:37:54.689-05:002012-12-15T11:37:54.689-05:00You know, you are among the precious ones I mentio...You know, you are among the precious ones I mentioned. I read your comment this morning "as alwyas" and laughed at your typo. I needed to laugh. God always seems to give me the things I need, when I need them, even the little things, like a laugh. <br /><br />This particular post was kind of a summary of my life, beginnings, growing up, and maturing. It takes a long time for you to be able to look back and see how it all fits together, especially the bad times. I glossed past them in this writing, perhaps I should have focused on them too, but I'm not sure I could really write exactly how I feel about them, bad still, but yet a good thing.<br /><br />Sometimes when I read about your life, I see you wrestling with the bad, trying to make sense out of it. I think you are wise beyond your years in attempting to do so. And it is one small thing that gives me hope, in people and in the world --- and in God's bigger plans. That's one thing I like about the internet, the ability to see people who are really thinking about their life and its value and purpose, and not just rolling along in some sing-song fashion. Like the books I read and the prayers I say, I seek to find meaning in my life and in creation. You, and others, in some small way help. Thank you for taking the time, by your life, to teach me.Do Not Be Anxioushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04607616214486933423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7332117297336636395.post-49389548449114023792012-12-15T08:28:18.222-05:002012-12-15T08:28:18.222-05:00Inspiring and well written as alwyas.
I love th...Inspiring and well written as alwyas. <br /><br />I love the story about the small kindness of your brother. I know all to well, how these small things; a little smile, a sweet work a joke even can make all the difference. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01666950822851330563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7332117297336636395.post-23958089126414165312012-12-14T10:06:57.624-05:002012-12-14T10:06:57.624-05:00Thanks for your comments, Annmarie. Your thoughts...Thanks for your comments, Annmarie. Your thoughts remind me of something I recently read about Edith Stein: <br /><br />By "person," Stein does not mean an isolated, human individual. Alluding to St. Augustine, Stein notes that the human person is fundamentally relational. ... The human person is primordially a social being living in an I-Thous relationship, an embodied person-in-the-world who intrinsically shares her world with other persons. The essence of "person" cannot be stripped of its particular sociological facts and still be that being. Hence, the essential characteristic of "person" necessarily includes "other persons". (as written in Questiones Disputatae, Fall 2012 issue) <br /><br />It's a philosophical way of saying: No man is an island. It is so contrary to our culture today which says 'it's all about me.' <br /><br />No it isn't.<br /><br />Follow this blather if you find it helps you think, and perhaps gives you some peace; if not I understand. <br /><br />Do Not Be Anxioushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04607616214486933423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7332117297336636395.post-86403478268786231882012-12-13T23:29:14.992-05:002012-12-13T23:29:14.992-05:00talk about perspective! wow..thanks for sharing t...talk about perspective! wow..thanks for sharing this..relationships..not things...that is our new motto..and life is better because of it.<br />I am your newest follower..pls follow back if you can.momto8bloghttp://raisingahappyfamily-momof8.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com