tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5571749075036803790.post6155609795464225503..comments2023-11-05T01:29:48.498-07:00Comments on LIFE IN THE SECOND HALF: Fulfilling DestinyNancyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13178290697351352495noreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5571749075036803790.post-77755764301973012192009-09-08T17:09:38.315-07:002009-09-08T17:09:38.315-07:00Good wishes to you all out there living the dream ...Good wishes to you all out there living the dream or about to.Nancy's post has sparked off a whole lot of useful and productive thoughts for many.Hope she survives the cabin fever again this year,should mean there's plenty of blogs to keep us all thinking!!Vonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17421069895155350144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5571749075036803790.post-85630895804478739262009-09-08T16:17:19.984-07:002009-09-08T16:17:19.984-07:00thank you for this post. I feel a yearning and wa...thank you for this post. I feel a yearning and wanting all the time. I dream about it and I even feel a change coming. I agree that most of us won't even tap into all of our creativity energy in this lifetime. I do know, that over the past few years my mind has been more receptive to messages and I am trying to find my way on my path/journey. <br /><br /><br />I really feel that the responses to this post are very intriguing. I really have come away with some very resourceful information.Melissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00689827708966734506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5571749075036803790.post-57146959583313027332009-09-08T02:22:03.937-07:002009-09-08T02:22:03.937-07:00Certainly resonates with me. I don't have to d...Certainly resonates with me. I don't have to dig back into childhood, either. I have a violin purchased two years ago that sits silently waiting for me to take lessons. Thanks for budging me in that direction...Lydiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11135393270656573516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5571749075036803790.post-17336687109329311842009-09-07T12:37:00.192-07:002009-09-07T12:37:00.192-07:00My mom used to tell me when I was a little girl th...My mom used to tell me when I was a little girl that God has a purpose for me. I was born to do something specifically for God. I'm still trying yo figure out what that is...<br /><br />I do believe that my puzzle piece is a contribution to the whole puzzle, but what does that mean? What is my puzzle piece? I think I'll spend some time figuring it out, but I know I'll find the answer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5571749075036803790.post-79966216529657162332009-09-06T16:15:41.868-07:002009-09-06T16:15:41.868-07:00Painting and returning to writing fiction are that...Painting and returning to writing fiction are that for me. I had the sort of feeling you are describing toward the end of last year, when my dream of starting creativity workshops emerged out of another, larger dream. The refuge for people who haven't the space to create. I wanted a studio. Some place to LEAVE my work set up. I have it, and instead of workshops, now I have a couple of women who come to play. To draw or write or paint or all of them. They "Rent" the space and sometimes my time. All because I wanted the space for me, very gadually my "room of one's own" is becoming that space for a few others. The very thing you mentioned is happening--this hole or gap for me is helping others. It's organic, this interconnectedness. I don't know what, if anything, my writing will do. Perhaps if the wish is from something deep inside, it cannot help but spread something important to others. Just as your entry has to those who read it. Thank you.JeannetteLShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13528285846408727632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5571749075036803790.post-55554305923074454252009-09-05T22:12:51.094-07:002009-09-05T22:12:51.094-07:00well, since childhood, i'd planned on being a ...well, since childhood, i'd planned on being a volunteer to colonize mars - do you suppose that's still an option?<br /><br />but then i realized that my quest for colonization had to do with my own children and helping them find their way through the universe - a role i am privileged to have still - and with their children - and on and on -GYPSYWOMANhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03042621041213415958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5571749075036803790.post-37534210291594228882009-09-05T19:07:26.216-07:002009-09-05T19:07:26.216-07:00This might hit home. But I've just had two ma...This might hit home. But I've just had two margaritas, and I'm not sure.pamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02651944290195111894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5571749075036803790.post-16373013794777053732009-09-05T13:45:45.137-07:002009-09-05T13:45:45.137-07:00Yes, that is exactly how I got to where I am today...Yes, that is exactly how I got to where I am today. I had that urge to do what I am doing now, weaving full time at my studio. I never imagined that it would turn out this well.<br />I am truly living my dream.Hilaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02528439226293446420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5571749075036803790.post-76182109639659514762009-09-05T12:10:05.131-07:002009-09-05T12:10:05.131-07:00We are all churning over your words. It's the...We are all churning over your words. It's the human condition, the search for fulfillment and purpose. I believe we sense time running out and energy waning. Yet. the desire is still there to find an ultimate challenge.Rosaria Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03133147851332084180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5571749075036803790.post-88707465757106214802009-09-05T11:30:27.084-07:002009-09-05T11:30:27.084-07:00I think we are all born with a talent -- music, ar...I think we are all born with a talent -- music, art, intellectual curiousity, writing -- something. Often we get caught up in the day-to-day routine of life, working, taking care of our families and ourselves, doing all the things we <em>have</em> to do, and our talent gets lost in the routine. But it calls to us -- daily -- from the back of our minds. Sometimes if we are fortunate, we get the opportunity to realize our purpose in life, but I would guess that most of us never do.<br /><br />Picasso, Mozart, Donald Trump -- all people who had the opportunity and the good fortune to follow the paths they were meant to follow, and they all contribute to the "whole" in their own ways.Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03382221688268676914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5571749075036803790.post-91015953087302754902009-09-05T09:30:24.521-07:002009-09-05T09:30:24.521-07:00Ah... Mazlow. How he tickled my fantasy and intell...Ah... Mazlow. How he tickled my fantasy and intellect many, many years ago as a college student. Thanks for reminding me to revisit that which gave me passion ...The Good Cookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01249986191289837440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5571749075036803790.post-42342779169229454172009-09-04T18:49:41.587-07:002009-09-04T18:49:41.587-07:00Wow! Incredible comments here. There are several t...Wow! Incredible comments here. There are several things I need to check out - ideas presented - which always makes me happy. There are so many Seekers coming together. Love it!<br /><br />Thanks everyone for sharing.Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13178290697351352495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5571749075036803790.post-6658501015494677242009-09-04T18:26:24.768-07:002009-09-04T18:26:24.768-07:00Sounds like the holographic universe, nancy!The wh...Sounds like the holographic universe, nancy!The whole is contained in each separate piece.Trish and Rob MacGregorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02846270474176860924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5571749075036803790.post-57318903426680557412009-09-04T17:20:29.734-07:002009-09-04T17:20:29.734-07:00Hi Nancy
I popped over to check your url to add to...Hi Nancy<br />I popped over to check your url to add to a post that I wrote after my discussion on blog relationships and your subsequent one on creativity in blogging. This new post I'll put up later today focuses on the interconnectedness of bloggers and fits well with your theme today.<br /><br />I tend to agree with Bonnie and suggest that we are multifaceted beings who may only get to develop and share a part of our actual creative inheritance and potential in this life time. I also agree that our life's progress is not linear. <br />There are the obvious chronological events and the subsequent personal development that results from them but I imagine that there are many subliminal progressions also taking place and many lateral ones too... I think that given a slightly different set of circumstances we could become someone quite different to who we are. <br />I don't see the life puzzle with fixed pieces nor the cosmic puzzle as pre-ordained and set. <br /><br />Our lives and life is very fluid and organic and mainly a complete mystery. We may even have callings coming through us from previous times, lives, or parallel lives...who knows...<br /><br />Perhaps it is important to investigate those 'niggles' and look deeply into our souls for our current calling, our passion, our bliss as Joseph Campbell says, but not be scared or limited by the idea that this is the one and only divine destiny that life presents us with...<br /><br /><br />Happy daysDelwynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16813713107604750354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5571749075036803790.post-44874215338319122972009-09-04T17:07:03.029-07:002009-09-04T17:07:03.029-07:00Thanks for the thoughts and questions Nancy. Ther...Thanks for the thoughts and questions Nancy. There are times in my life that I've had fleeting thoughts about missing out on something...like I should have done something and then years later it resurfaces ready to be accomplished. It always resurfaces at just the right time!!! Interesting.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00129091073767399081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5571749075036803790.post-66759410328339375522009-09-04T17:03:52.620-07:002009-09-04T17:03:52.620-07:00nancy, this post with it's very interesting qu...nancy, this post with it's very interesting questions really hit me over the head, as I pondered my life, my everything and what exactly am I doing...which then led to what if's by the dozen ... I have no answer right now but definitely am pondering...you write the most interesting posts, I don't know how you come up with all of them!! thank you for this...you really got me to sit up and think about many many many [etc] things I may or may NOT be doing with my one and only life.<br /><br />blessings<br />xL'Adelaidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10725322054223364858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5571749075036803790.post-79107228107299858352009-09-04T16:54:47.491-07:002009-09-04T16:54:47.491-07:00A friend of mine showed me a technique for definin...A friend of mine showed me a technique for defining lifetime purpose. First you think of twenty stories about your life in which you felt proud and fulfilled. They can be small or big events, whatever. After you write them down (briefly) you choose twenty words from the descriptions that capture your eye.<br /><br />From those words you whittle out a sentence that describes your lifetime purpose.<br /><br />In the end I didn't use any of the 20 words, but the thought process helped me. The idea is that when you're on the "right" path, life is fulfilling and satisfying. Kind of interesting, I think.<br /><br />My life purpose? "My life purpose is to remember and embrace my legacy as a healer." Works for me.Reya Mellickerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13076092659507965666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5571749075036803790.post-59146620320150810712009-09-04T16:40:44.258-07:002009-09-04T16:40:44.258-07:00What a moving entry of yours. Found me my 'mis...What a moving entry of yours. Found me my 'mission' nearly a year ago, on Sept. 15th at a quarter past three (honestly true). <br />In order to keep this comment in an adequate size, allow me to thank you for reminding - shall write about it in a couple of days.<br />Please have a nice weekend.roberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05457724318596670810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5571749075036803790.post-82006949066154640962009-09-04T15:37:07.833-07:002009-09-04T15:37:07.833-07:00Another thought provoking post. I have had the fee...Another thought provoking post. I have had the feelings about what the actual achievement and destiny I am to fulfill, and the feeling that there is more to be done. Was pondering that last night actually. We are all pieces of the puzzle but somehow I have the feeling we are in the role, irregardless of whether we realise it or not. Hopefully time will reveal what we are pondering on now.livenomadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13848229728674306689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5571749075036803790.post-35162545191702542662009-09-04T14:27:00.534-07:002009-09-04T14:27:00.534-07:00What a fabulous way to start the weekend, thank yo...What a fabulous way to start the weekend, thank you....I love to ponder...but mostly I love to believe that all of us...really all of us, are walking this path together, we hit tough spots...we trip up, fall, get up and move ahead, even stagnation must have it's purpose, rest maybe. I believe that a times we feel very connected, and then we move into a growth period, my friend Helen describes it as "Pain, growth, slide". I believe that self actualization might have nothing at all to do with "self". Just thinkin'....Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03453429612511514721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5571749075036803790.post-12273483406237072452009-09-04T14:22:02.397-07:002009-09-04T14:22:02.397-07:00I feel this over and over. I place my pieces as o...I feel this over and over. I place my pieces as often as I can. Small pieces large pieces, it doesn't really matter, it is all part of the same puzzle. Wonderful post.Butternut Squashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14703748547994069092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5571749075036803790.post-81997460088723526722009-09-04T13:38:17.430-07:002009-09-04T13:38:17.430-07:00When I think about this senselessness of my life, ...When I think about this senselessness of my life, the way I fell into this trap of immigration, what we've been and what we still must go through, I can believe that there must be a purpose in God's plans and accept it somehow. If we are here, God sent us here and he'll certainly look after us.Sylviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09488349215933429299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5571749075036803790.post-20388318986961336822009-09-04T12:24:29.123-07:002009-09-04T12:24:29.123-07:00Hi Nancy, as you know we are often on similar wave...Hi Nancy, as you know we are often on similar wavelengths. My idea of "retirement" was very different from the reality I am experiencing here. My life is full and filled with intriguing possibilities. <br /><br />I find that when I am on the right path, believing that we do indeed have guardian angels mixing and sorting according to the highest needs we are capable of attaining, I feel it. Whether or not I am actually creating something new, I feel good about life and about myself. If there is a larger Plan, and we do have guardian angels, what would they, after all, be doing?<br /><br />I think they open themselves to those of us who are willing to be changed and enlarged. Look what blogging has gone and done for me already!DJanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07152183871573797791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5571749075036803790.post-11855227507954873542009-09-04T11:46:54.476-07:002009-09-04T11:46:54.476-07:00I am not sure about the hierarchy of Maslow - I ha...I am not sure about the hierarchy of Maslow - I have had more progress in my life from the setbacks than from the accomplishments. As far as that nagging idea...I wonder when it will be time for me to take the pulpit. Somewhere, somehow. Rev. Expat. No, I like Right Reverend...actually Damned Right Reverend Expat!<br /><br />I love this post; but then again I love them all, Nancy.<br /><br />EFHExpat From Hellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08807779856067886443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5571749075036803790.post-28297150671465763272009-09-04T11:36:01.537-07:002009-09-04T11:36:01.537-07:00intriguing post nancy..you always get my brain tur...intriguing post nancy..you always get my brain turning...i imagine there are missing pieces that have been left int eh dusty corners of peoples minds for fear they could never accomplish it. sure someone will come along but how much time wasted? yes, there are things i still need to do...great stuff today..Brian Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722940075884718007noreply@blogger.com