tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3801451183720597143.post9110691666882154707..comments2009-07-10T07:27:31.878-05:00Jennifer Jamesnoreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3801451183720597143.post-62427675869494454252009-07-10T02:18:22.286-05:002009-07-10T02:18:22.286-05:00thank you Jen, I just love to read here, you always make me thinkCGDKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09784293875440045568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3801451183720597143.post-61743062529695657942009-07-09T19:07:21.700-05:002009-07-09T19:07:21.700-05:00I love the note to your mom - tears welling ... <br /><br />my fav cliche is and will always be ... what does not kill you makes you stronger ... <br /><br />combined with ... this too shall pass .... <br /><br />the second one has a flip side - the bad will pass and so will the good so you&#39;d better be resilient ...<br /><br />hugs lele @ thirdontherighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02512019595616824067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3801451183720597143.post-29002047878567182902009-07-09T07:26:21.566-05:002009-07-09T07:26:21.566-05:00@RANDY - I have seriously been wondering the same things!! Honestly, how much can one mind bear?jenXhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14420405638287265650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3801451183720597143.post-39211066111434114142009-07-09T06:44:24.053-05:002009-07-09T06:44:24.053-05:00I like the comments about the cliches (how do you get that dash over the e?)My thoughts about MJ have been about his brain and the capacity and limitations a brain has to deal with life on a scale like what he must have experienced. We know the mind&#39;s potential is generally untapped in us common folk. But do we consider that global success and fame and power and influence experienced by our superstars, may push its capacities beyond some tipping point. I wonder if global success is like LSD. How much can the mind tollerate before it goes freeky?Randy Watsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00943349465380315031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3801451183720597143.post-18087657646461310132009-07-09T06:32:13.483-05:002009-07-09T06:32:13.483-05:00@PEGGY/OKLAHOMA EXILE - I first heard you perform in Kerr Park in the early 1990s. The ride has been longer and now more mutual than I&#39;d ever imagined it would be. Thank you...<br /><br />@ANDI - Thanks, Andi. I hope it didn&#39;t come off snarky. <br /><br />@UNDERSTANDING ALICE - Thank you. What a blessing!jenXhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14420405638287265650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3801451183720597143.post-60904516964977938822009-07-09T06:27:01.391-05:002009-07-09T06:27:01.391-05:00@MOM - Love you, mom. <br /><br />@DEBRA W - One day, I was thinking on all these things - life rocketing by at breakneck speed and ALL the words to this Stevie Nicks song came to me. I didn&#39;t even know I knew it and I could recite the entire thing. In fact, I never even knew the name of it. I had to google it. <br /><br />Your comment hits on something I&#39;ve been thinking so much about lately and that is how does God speak to us? Sometimes, the whisper is so faint, the pain so great, the unknown so big. At least some answers seem to be in the song: Time makes you bolder. What purpose can that boldness serve? xoxo, jenjenXhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14420405638287265650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3801451183720597143.post-53158057460476717802009-07-09T03:54:15.143-05:002009-07-09T03:54:15.143-05:00This is a lovely, thought provoking post - wisdom indeed, I&#39;m passing it on to my friends :)Understanding Alicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05150753279967941766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3801451183720597143.post-76269868885864635442009-07-08T22:20:12.877-05:002009-07-08T22:20:12.877-05:00Truly wonderful post. I particularly like #1Andihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00783652571241657386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3801451183720597143.post-37871185780522338712009-07-08T22:11:18.629-05:002009-07-08T22:11:18.629-05:00Lovely, Jen. You are on a roll of writing these days. Thanks for taking me along for the ride.<br />Peggy Johnsonoklahoma exilehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05974937731377704714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3801451183720597143.post-45176813251614709742009-07-08T21:21:42.047-05:002009-07-08T21:21:42.047-05:00Oh, I don&#39;t know...Now I been &#39;fraid of changing cause I&#39;ve built my life around you.<br />But time makes you bolder, even children get older and I&#39;m getting older, too.<br /><br />One of my very favorite songs of all times, sung by one of my favorite singers. Stevie.<br /><br />So, what does come next? I am so haunted by this question lately, between this damn chronic pain and my children becoming more and more independent by the hour. What comes next when the &quot;plan&quot; I had for myself doesn&#39;t even remotely look like the one that I have been living in for the past few years?<br /><br />Sometimes God speaks in such hushed whispers that it is hard for me to hear Him above my own internal chatter. That is something that I will need to work on.<br /><br />Thought-provoking post, dear heart.<br /><br />Hugs,<br />DebraDebra Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05328458241519464529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3801451183720597143.post-55204988521595510492009-07-08T21:02:23.546-05:002009-07-08T21:02:23.546-05:00Jen--<br />What a JOY you are. I had to catch my breath as I read this post. Thank you for your sweet note. It is the &quot;Little acts of kindness&quot; given and received that makes a differnce. We don&#39;t need to wait for that SPECIAL DAY to do it. EVERYDAY is a SPECIAL DAY!<br />Love you forever-- MOMAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com