tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post8347236830641656543..comments2023-10-25T05:30:54.507-04:00Comments on Oh Get A Grip!: 1500 Portland Ave APT 3Ashe Barkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03390519279886657608noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-89574026848471383542013-01-05T10:05:06.762-05:002013-01-05T10:05:06.762-05:00Hi Fiona!
It would depend - think about this - if...Hi Fiona!<br /><br />It would depend - think about this - if he knew clearly that somehow it was me. His future self.<br /><br />Even if you didn;t listen to old farts when you were 19, what if you knew the old fart in front of you was YOU and knew everything that was going to happen to you for the next yea-many years? The good stuff and the bad stuff? This person knows your actual future? Wouldn't you want to know? Hell, I would.<br /><br />My problem at that age was that I was far too eager to trust the advice of other people rather than my own. It would have been better to be skeptical.<br /><br />GarceGarceushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11160407485298015371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-47950390074203712362013-01-05T09:59:48.229-05:002013-01-05T09:59:48.229-05:00Hi Donna!
Thanks for coming by to our blog!
I...Hi Donna!<br /><br />Thanks for coming by to our blog!<br /><br />I've spent most of my life thinking about religion and spirituality in one way or another, and I've come to the conclusion finally that compassion is the highest and maybe truest spiritual virtue. Maybe the only one that counts in the long run.<br /><br />We disappoint people anyway, so we might as well learn to do so kindly but firmly. I also like what you say about writing sbout sexuality as a positive thing. I think erotica is finally coming out of the shadows and a message like that is much needed.<br /><br />GarceGarceushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11160407485298015371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-45497222922625283452013-01-05T09:14:38.848-05:002013-01-05T09:14:38.848-05:00Hi Lisabet!
I suspect sometimes he lurks here. H...Hi Lisabet!<br /><br />I suspect sometimes he lurks here. He is of an age now where he is aware of my writing though i don;t think he's gone out of his way to read any. I do imagine someday he may come back to these things. I hope so in as a much as I hope he can avoid my biggest mistakes if not most of them.<br /><br />GarceGarceushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11160407485298015371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-6090225200689157232013-01-04T00:19:56.405-05:002013-01-04T00:19:56.405-05:00Do you think your younger self would heed your wor...Do you think your younger self would heed your words? Or would they fall on deaf ears, written off as the boring advice of an old man jealous of your youth and vitality?<br /><br />I never listened to anyone's advice when I was 19. Fiona McGierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13495707848048468428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-19865380954421757872013-01-03T13:07:04.796-05:002013-01-03T13:07:04.796-05:00This letter is so full of wisdom, more than severa...This letter is so full of wisdom, more than several lifetimes! I especially appreciate the idea of learning how to disappoint people gracefully. It's a lesson I've just begun to consider learning, but I'm going to keep at it. The simple test of compassion--whether something makes your heart feel bigger and more generous or frightened, resistant and compressed--works every time. Writing is my passion, and when I think about reaching others with a sex positive message, that sex doesn't have to be only dumb, animal lust, I feel inspired to write. When I worry about external measures of success, I sometimes get disgusted and lose interest. In any case, thanks for the inspiration and the wise reminders!Donnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13615190390845433428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-2992298700411437412013-01-02T07:56:32.202-05:002013-01-02T07:56:32.202-05:00"Whatever you do find the soul of it, and som..."Whatever you do find the soul of it, and someday you will find your great passion."<br /><br />There is such beauty and truth in this, Garce!<br /><br />I wish your son could read it. (Perhaps he can...)<br /><br />Lisabet Saraihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05162514190572269660noreply@blogger.com