tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349472.post778339967738590475..comments2024-03-20T14:31:49.238-07:00Comments on mole: Cute Curls, Bodhicitta, BirchesDalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14523194846272870013noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349472.post-13434173141861906062011-07-20T13:04:08.692-07:002011-07-20T13:04:08.692-07:00(Blush). Well shucks.(Blush). Well shucks.Dalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14523194846272870013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349472.post-19888154289024465272011-07-20T11:44:03.661-07:002011-07-20T11:44:03.661-07:00I imagine in your crumply but freshly laundered sh...I imagine in your crumply but freshly laundered shirt you didn't smell like a homeless alcoholic anyway.<br /><br />Being without children, I have always found being the universal aunt who will sit down on the floor and pay attention has not only gained me the liking of the child(ren) but also the gratitude of their parent(s) afforded a break. Further, it has often been a handy means to let me off the demands of adult interaction and I have the added advantage of being able to hand them back and walk away at the end of the session. Good all round really.<br /><br />Of all the things we've planted, some large leafed white birch, amongst a hedge of red photinia, have been the most undemanding, satisfying things, and their bark peels off and shows lovely fresh white layers below.<br /><br />You really are a lovely chap, you with the curl.Lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09764296105901909328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349472.post-76333545168527136702011-07-20T09:02:49.592-07:002011-07-20T09:02:49.592-07:00Lovely. And I had children all night (and yesterd...Lovely. And I had children all night (and yesterday, and today) for a sleepover!Joyce Ellen Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13494251587598676788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349472.post-1978378656805144462011-07-20T08:42:31.844-07:002011-07-20T08:42:31.844-07:00There's a long tradition in Mahayana Buddhism ...There's a long tradition in Mahayana Buddhism of the "two wings" that keep you in flight -- training in emptiness and training in compassion. If you get too far in one without cultivating the other, they say, you're asking for trouble.Dalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14523194846272870013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349472.post-28419415583713793872011-07-20T07:55:35.721-07:002011-07-20T07:55:35.721-07:00This caused me to look up bodhicitte (I know very ...This caused me to look up bodhicitte (I know very little about Buddhism) and it made me think about the connection between caring about others and caring how one looks. I suppose if you stop caring how you look you stop thinking about the world outside yourself altogether, so there is no room for compassion.Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04979547096244105508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349472.post-42563435239757899992011-07-20T01:29:41.097-07:002011-07-20T01:29:41.097-07:00"to be truly free of caring about a face to m..."to be truly free of caring about a face to meet the faces" - such a beautiful line!Umanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349472.post-9615577342708953332011-07-19T17:21:31.732-07:002011-07-19T17:21:31.732-07:00But you're rather far away. Although I do have...But you're rather far away. Although I do have a pain in the neck...Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349472.post-56683018479955929932011-07-19T16:40:13.489-07:002011-07-19T16:40:13.489-07:00We tidy up and care about how we look, because whe...We tidy up and care about how we look, because when we don't - people start worrying about us. As within, so without? It's easy to spot those not in their right minds, it shows so obviously, like any illness. But in the clothes and hair, nails and teeth, not just skin tone and color, gait, posture. <br /><br />Birch understands. They are very understanding trees. Plus, that is what your poetic license is for, after all.Zhoenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03515663141425057088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349472.post-14388504054871174682011-07-19T16:26:59.672-07:002011-07-19T16:26:59.672-07:00I have a sudden wish that I still had little child...<i>I have a sudden wish that I still had little children. Putting compassion in action is so easy, then. You just sit down on the floor and pay attention, and their cup of joy fills right up. With adults it gets so much trickier.</i><br /><br />Oh, how I needed to read this today. Thank you. It got me to close the damn laptop and get down on the floor with my toddler...rbarenblathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10882606147795083729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349472.post-8964050898644493152011-07-19T15:31:43.531-07:002011-07-19T15:31:43.531-07:00a face to meet the faces. reminds me: there's ...a face to meet the faces. reminds me: there's a prufrock project i've abandoned. i should return to it. soon.caroleehttp://caroleesherwood.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349472.post-27554133764288411752011-07-19T13:20:31.210-07:002011-07-19T13:20:31.210-07:00Marly, that's basically what my massage practi...Marly, that's basically what my massage practice is :-)Dalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14523194846272870013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349472.post-14315145800541732852011-07-19T13:06:44.114-07:002011-07-19T13:06:44.114-07:00I would like it if you would sit on the floor and ...I would like it if you would sit on the floor and pay attention. I would. I'm not a bit tricky.marly youmanshttp://www.thepalaceat2.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349472.post-90249237965530359012011-07-19T12:22:24.550-07:002011-07-19T12:22:24.550-07:00This made me start singing,
"There was a li...This made me start singing, <br /><br />"There was a little girl <br />with a curl, right in the middle of her forehead. And when she was good, she was very very good. And when she was bad she was horrid."<br /><br />:)Shanna Germainhttp://www.shannagermain.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5349472.post-67483416852091342632011-07-19T11:12:24.692-07:002011-07-19T11:12:24.692-07:00Maybe a birch wants to be able to play make-believ...Maybe a birch wants to be able to play make-believe sometimes, too.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.com