tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post1972446773666370412..comments2023-10-25T05:30:54.507-04:00Comments on Oh Get A Grip!: When You Wish Upon A Meteor ShowerAshe Barkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03390519279886657608noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-53514430772504188782013-08-23T22:47:22.537-04:002013-08-23T22:47:22.537-04:00Hi Giselle!
When we were on vacation in northern ...Hi Giselle!<br /><br />When we were on vacation in northern Minnesota I stepped outside to take a leak and saw the Milky Way galaxy and told my kid to come out and see the wonder of the arm of the galaxy he lives on.<br /><br />I would love to win the lottery. No, it doesn't buy you happiness but if you manage it right it can buy you a measure of freedom, I think so anyway. I admire that you earn a living by writing, but I sure don't envy you. That's very hard. Even Shakespeare didn't earn his living by writing. Good luck and courage with that.<br /><br />GarceGarceushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11160407485298015371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-34055715506138827462013-08-23T13:58:51.935-04:002013-08-23T13:58:51.935-04:00I'm jealous that you got to see the meteors in...I'm jealous that you got to see the meteors in such a great place! We had just come back from camping way up north, so we had to settle for sitting around the backyard fire-pit, hoping the city lights wouldn't make everything too light. Husband and my son said, "There's one, wow!" At that exact moment my neck was getting a crick in it from leaning backwards in the chair, and I looked at the campfire for a second. Sigh.<br /><br />I don't know what to wish for either, though with our constant money issues and my crappy p/t jobs, winning the lottery would be nice. But I don't play because I can't justify wasting that money. I don't wish for happiness as much as for contentment--that serenity prayer, asking for the strength to change what I can, the acceptance of what I can't, and the wisdom to know the difference. And for all of my kids to be able to find a partner to complete them, as I did. That's about it.Fiona McGierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13495707848048468428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-58710484128475426602013-08-23T02:56:52.841-04:002013-08-23T02:56:52.841-04:00"I don't want to be happy all the time.&q..."I don't want to be happy all the time."<br /><br />Giselle - this hit me like a runaway train. Of course you're right. One needs the pain for contrast and for depth.<br /><br />I'm happier now than I've ever been, and as a result, I feel as though I've become somehow shallower. I don't feel things at the same level of intensity as I did when I was an angsty youngster writing desperate, horny poetry. Some of that may be age, but some of it might be an excess of happiness. <br /><br />On the other hand, I can't exactly wish for unhappiness...<br /><br />As for marriage, well, you really never know. And maybe things will change so that Sweet CAN have her wedding dress.<br />Lisabet Saraihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05162514190572269660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-81966527391443960732013-08-22T22:46:31.713-04:002013-08-22T22:46:31.713-04:00Seeing the Perseid meteor shower again (I've s...Seeing the Perseid meteor shower again (I've seen some before over the years) could be one of the things on my bucket list, partly because I missed it this time around, and not for lack of opportunity. I was in a reasonable dark-sky area at the time, in NH in the Mount Washington Valley, and I intended to stay up to watch...but failed. In fact, I'd been hurriedly finishing up a promised short story and sending it off (via the painfully slow dial-up that's my online link in the relative wilderness unless I go out to steal a cup of wifi at in the local ski resort parking lot.) I didn't remember the meteors until I was drifting off to sleep around midnight, and I'm ashamed to say that I didn't get up and wait a few hours for the best viewing time. I'm realizing that quite a few of my "bucket list" items are things I've done but want to do again, and it's decreasingly likely that I'll succeed. Sacchi Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10801164916418570059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-6564709280373995852013-08-22T14:51:31.993-04:002013-08-22T14:51:31.993-04:00One of my dearest friends is very wealthy and she ...One of my dearest friends is very wealthy and she has had the most horrendous life imaginable. I wouldn't trade places with her for anything. I'd rather be poor and happy (and sometimes miserable).Giselle Renardehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15955755448116234634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-58260587194641900132013-08-22T14:48:52.628-04:002013-08-22T14:48:52.628-04:00Awww thanks.. and I knew there'd be nerds read...Awww thanks.. and I knew there'd be nerds reading. Probably most of us are nerds.Giselle Renardehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15955755448116234634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-46657954723107360172013-08-22T14:47:50.936-04:002013-08-22T14:47:50.936-04:00Exactly! I've always been terrible at that, b...Exactly! I've always been terrible at that, but getting better with age.Giselle Renardehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15955755448116234634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-75115795388620749142013-08-22T14:21:03.942-04:002013-08-22T14:21:03.942-04:00great post, Giselle. for me winning the lottery wo...great post, Giselle. for me winning the lottery would also be more of a curse than a blessing. overseeing potentially dishonest money managers is not really my idea of a fun time.Amanda Earlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09059621442042833693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-69624107243442026822013-08-22T13:09:23.070-04:002013-08-22T13:09:23.070-04:00Most human visions of happiness are often unattain...Most human visions of happiness are often unattainable. The most we can hope for is contentment with how we handle what life throws at us.Daddy Xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12927663248424944119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-44031500342227858972013-08-22T12:45:59.525-04:002013-08-22T12:45:59.525-04:00This post struck me so powerfully that i can't...This post struck me so powerfully that i can't even write.<br /><br />However, true to form, like the nerd I am--The Perseid Meteor Shower.<br /><br />Now let me get back to my tears.<br /><br />SusanSusan Burnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15702244690723617799noreply@blogger.com