Comments on: Despair Through The Decades or Live Like You Mean It

By: Patti

Patti — Sat, 30 Apr 2011 14:55:36 +0000

You’re welcome, Lyle. Yeah, I know what you mean… that wisdom thingy doesn’t always take right away.

By: Lyle Robinson

Lyle Robinson — Sat, 30 Apr 2011 03:26:41 +0000

Hi Patti and thanks for the mention…:) I turned 50 in November and while it felt like just another day, I realized that it was quite momentous…at least in my mind!! However, I’m still waiting for the wisdom part of the aging process and hoping that that happens soon so I can live smart for the next 50 years…:) Thanks again for the kind words and take care.

Lyle

ps: Keep on rockin’…:)

By: Patti

Patti — Sun, 28 Nov 2010 18:05:29 +0000

Thank you so much, Carol. It was nice of you to take time to read my personal trip down memory lane.

Yes, despair and delight… it’s all a part of what makes life spin, eh? And, yes, my Mom was a huge part of the delight in my life. You would have liked her. She was a good-hearted nut! I miss her every day and suspect I will until the day I join her. Thanks again.

By: Carol Bremner

Carol Bremner — Sun, 28 Nov 2010 00:24:46 +0000

Patti, I loved what you wrote. When I touch someone’s heart like that, it makes them very dear to me. Thanks for allowing me that close to you. Your mother must have been a very special lady.

By: Patti

Patti — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 20:05:59 +0000

Thanks, Scott, for commenting. Yeah, the unexamined life… etc. etc. Autopilot seems to happen to all of us at one time or another, especially in times of extreme stress. I guess we all need to hit the reset button once in a while throughout our lives.

By: Scott Irv

Scott Irv — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 04:23:45 +0000

Yeah, the old stuck in the rut autopilot – following same old tired path and script seems so tragic and senseless. We are said to be intelligent, thereby separating ourselves from the animals. But honestly, if we never bother to examine ourselves and we just follow a program, are we truly any different that the animals who also follow their program? Meaningful life deserves a little bit of thought and will. Sites like yours only help the cause and it needs all the help it can get. See you around.

By: Patti

Patti — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 21:40:11 +0000

Hi Scott
Thanks so much for commenting! You sure said it there. We all know a few people who have failed to examine their lives and just keep spewing the same nonsense and making the same mistakes over and over again. Which leads me to another favorite quote, since we’re sharing (I’m sure you’ve seen this) – The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over, expecting different results. – Albert Einstein. Folks who never examine their lives tend to repeat the same things/ideas/habits/paths over and over again. That’s part of the “live like you mean it” sentiment, eh?

Anyway, glad you took time to read and comment. It warms my heart that people actually enjoy some of my ramblings. Thanks again and I’ll be sure to meet you again over at IRememberJFK. It was just so funny that in my Top Stories of 2009 I used the old “they don’t even remember when Kennedy was shot” remark and then ran across that site.

Thanks again and peace to you and yours!
Patti

By: Scott Irv

Scott Irv — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 21:26:34 +0000

My first post after checking out your blog, after your very kind words over at: I remember JFK .com. You would seem to be a reflective person who likes to ponder life. I like that. To steal a line from Socrates, “the unexamined life is not worth living.” On the other hand, how interesting and exciting it is to ponder our lives and try to make some sense of life. For if life really is meaningful, it must makes sense and deserves sense or otherwise we render live meaningless. I refuse to do that.

By: Deanna Walker

Deanna Walker — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 22:21:01 +0000

I’m 44 so not quite in my 50′s yet (I know it’s a blink away). You talk about being broken, that is me, as a matter of fact, my favorite book ever is “Broken Open” by Elizabeth Lesser, it has helped me through these times. I lost my 20 year marriage, my mom to cancer suddenly and almost my 14 yo son to brain cancer (suddenly) last year all in a 2 year time frame…..so in the swoop of a small time period, everything changed drastically….I am a pretty strong person, but my strength has and continues to be tested….it can be exhausting. Life is hard, I now get that. I hope to one day get back on my feet and find a good relationship and my two kids find happiness in their lives, I don’t want to lay down, I want to live large until my end! Love your blog.

By: Patti

Patti — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 18:47:29 +0000

Thank you, Deanna, for sharing your touching story with me. Going through life like you were forced to does test even the strongest person. I’m glad you’ve dug in your heels and won’t lay down. Live Large and Live Remarkably… Thank you again for sharing. And keep that fighting attitude of yours.