tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15693384.post7283546593807388792..comments2024-01-31T07:54:13.816-08:00Comments on Diamonds in the Sky with Lucy: but...Kayce aka lucyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01479940262271959482noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15693384.post-87996812659838181272008-07-08T13:35:00.000-07:002008-07-08T13:35:00.000-07:00oooo, tess...that does feel a bit smarmy (& dishon...oooo, tess...that does feel a bit smarmy (& dishonest) as you describe it. "managing" people? yuk. (it's all too familiar to the corporate world i fled nearly 20 years ago :-)Kayce aka lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01479940262271959482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15693384.post-63579554618968209612008-07-08T11:54:00.000-07:002008-07-08T11:54:00.000-07:00I nearly missed this post while gazing adoringly a...I nearly missed this post while gazing adoringly at Curry...<BR/>Yes, we were taught to use and instead of but at a management course a few years ago. BUT, in that context, it felt dishonest. The idea was to praise someone in the first part of the sentence so that the criticism in the second wouldn't sound so harsh. Much better to use it in real conversations like the example you give.Ted Marshallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03614757494008500523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15693384.post-59318834314965463572008-07-07T20:00:00.000-07:002008-07-07T20:00:00.000-07:00christine--thank you for your beautiful thoughts e...christine--thank you for your beautiful thoughts especially the part about art. it goes quite well with SS's recent posts about "why do we create?" i will miss you while you are away AND i celebrate with you as you go pilgrimaging :-) <BR/><BR/>SS--as a matter of fact, MY mother actually gave me baby chicks one easter in beautiful colors of purple, blue and red :-) only the red one survived the handling...<BR/><BR/>glad the words re: and/but have been helpful. it's amazing how three little letters can change the whole perspective of things!<BR/><BR/>keep up the art work. i know it's only getting better and better!!<BR/><BR/><BR/>xoxooxoxxo to you both!!!Kayce aka lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01479940262271959482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15693384.post-19345530344593839122008-07-07T18:56:00.000-07:002008-07-07T18:56:00.000-07:00First of all, the baby ducklings photos are too cu...First of all, the baby ducklings photos are too cute. “Your” mother may never have allowed you baby chicks or baby ducks at Easter time but my brother and I always had them. They were so darling AND so yucky - at the same time:)<BR/><BR/>I picked up on your AND theme in your earlier post and in the comments back and forth between you and Tess.... and remembered to take it into my own comments when wishing Christine a blessed journey.<BR/><BR/>The but/and + moving toward ourselves - makes a lot of sense and I'm grateful you've worked it out for me here in this wonderful post. <BR/><BR/>Moving towards oneself takes a lot of patience and sighing, for me anyway.....I spent 2 hours with the paintbrushes and glue this afternoon and when asked "how it was going" I said I had spent two hours of work and there was not a successful beginning, end, or middle to what I was doing AND it was two hours of non-production that will make the next session much more meaningful. I actually said that AND I actually meant it. <BR/><BR/> I find similar instances in the writing, blogging even in commenting. Sometimes my most interesting and productive blogs turn out to have taken days of seemingly totally unproductive efforts AND you know what, if that's what it takes, that's what it takes.<BR/><BR/>The and/but is a very powerful little bit of knowledge to keep in one's pocket for the appropriate time. Thank you.Dianna Woolleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11901349180265745138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15693384.post-57521956850298428072008-07-07T13:38:00.000-07:002008-07-07T13:38:00.000-07:00I believe that embracing paradox is the natural re...I believe that embracing paradox is the natural result of a mature spirituality -- one where grief and suffering have been fully experienced -- and an ongoing deepening experience of the sacred in all things through regular practice and opening of the heart. <BR/><BR/>And that is why I love art, because art is one of the few places -- poetry too -- where we can rest in the paradox and not have to figure it out. We can simply express the spectrum of our experience and not have to divide ourselves or the divine.<BR/><BR/>I'll miss you while I am away but can't wait for long conversations about these things when I return!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15693384.post-76367223074845307292008-07-07T09:11:00.000-07:002008-07-07T09:11:00.000-07:00h.m.--"illusion" is a really good word for the eit...h.m.--"illusion" is a really good word for the either/or dilemma (& i would also say the good/bad; right/wrong, too.) <BR/><BR/>good to hear from you!Kayce aka lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01479940262271959482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15693384.post-21959117790464471552008-07-07T08:53:00.000-07:002008-07-07T08:53:00.000-07:00The world I see around me, the life I am living wh...The world I see around me, the life I am living whether I am conscious of it or not...these are "both/and." It is really the way things are mostly. For too long we have been steeped in "either/or" which is so often an illusion.<BR/><BR/>I am enjoying these glimpses of your journey, friend. :)H.M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10309621241694039503noreply@blogger.com