tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695927.post8537374942214062249..comments2024-02-15T23:41:36.425-08:00Comments on SIMPLY WAIT: UNREASONABLE HAPPINESS: The Existential Question of the WeekPatry Francishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10961915797919017179noreply@blogger.comBlogger70125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695927.post-41151203674871934682011-04-21T08:14:08.710-07:002011-04-21T08:14:08.710-07:005 minsback i felt it and wanted to know the reason...5 minsback i felt it and wanted to know the reason.. surfing for the cause i came across this passage :)<br />In my case, i think it comes because i saw a bleak ray of hope and something going my way in these stringent and hectic times.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695927.post-53920900485992302382009-11-21T13:07:47.744-08:002009-11-21T13:07:47.744-08:00Who knows where to download XRumer 5.0 Palladium? ...Who knows where to download XRumer 5.0 Palladium? <br />Help, please. All recommend this program to effectively advertise on the Internet, this is the best program!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695927.post-20115156380295454302008-05-31T07:27:00.000-07:002008-05-31T07:27:00.000-07:00I loved reading this. I think it takes the opposit...I loved reading this. I think it takes the opposite side of this coin to make us really appreciate these moments when they occur. An Indonesian friend of mine once told me that they have a saying: 'On the other side of pain, is hope."Victoria Cummingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17267314663679137147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695927.post-70879598963341799312008-05-23T22:04:00.000-07:002008-05-23T22:04:00.000-07:00I love your blog. Thank you for your great words! ...I love your blog. Thank you for your great words! Sometimes I "have it," too, and I always think it's going to last. Perhaps one day it will! Take care. KimKim Antieauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07327488174129777103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695927.post-5114283433154702772008-05-23T19:30:00.000-07:002008-05-23T19:30:00.000-07:00Firstly, you have a grandson? I had you pegged at ...Firstly, you have a grandson? I had you pegged at 35 ish. You must have started YOUNG!<BR/>Secondly, happiness hits me in waves. Sometimes it is a little detail, such as a personal insight that finally dawns on me, to the epiphany in the night that wakes me up out of a dead sleep. Other times, the opposite, which I dread, extreme UN-happiness can hit for no reason, and a tear will come to my eye for naught. I don't know, as humans we are here to feel the contrasts of everyday life, the joys, sorrows, ups, downs. I guess that is why Buddhists strive for the Middle Way. No up, no down, no joy, no sorrow. Just an even keel.<BR/><BR/>I think I like the ups and downs myself.<BR/>I hope you are feeling well, and never try to catch that fleeting happiness...just be open to the next wave lest you should miss it trying to catch what's gone.<BR/><BR/>xoxoGillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08845512494417503198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695927.post-82854048278325086642008-05-22T17:31:00.000-07:002008-05-22T17:31:00.000-07:00Patry,Enjoyed this very much. Happiness sometimes ...Patry,<BR/><BR/>Enjoyed this very much. Happiness sometimes sneaks up on us, especially when we've had to contend with the kind of circumstances we are sometimes faced with in our daily lives. When we let go of being worried, and accept being in the moment of whatever it is that we are doing, that sense of euphoria that we experience almost seems like a gift. Maybe it wasn't any particular passage in the book you were reading that triggered the experience you felt. Maybe it was because you were simply enjoying yourself with a good book in the moment of reading.<BR/>Wishing you well,<BR/><BR/>ScotS L Cunninghamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16367088408333662635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695927.post-6479896848289773732008-05-22T11:48:00.000-07:002008-05-22T11:48:00.000-07:00Sometimes (maybe all the time), the best solution ...Sometimes (maybe all the time), the best solution is to just let it go!!Moby Dickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17921345586805781063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695927.post-44091383384223107472008-05-16T09:07:00.000-07:002008-05-16T09:07:00.000-07:00great pictures sandygreat pictures sandyi beatihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09898046178398533410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695927.post-36626757207040569862008-05-14T23:46:00.000-07:002008-05-14T23:46:00.000-07:00(Oo)(Oo)Liquidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03515708086582181923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695927.post-51504521140248655752008-05-14T18:00:00.000-07:002008-05-14T18:00:00.000-07:00The last time I felt genuine, unabandoned happines...The last time I felt genuine, unabandoned happiness? Just a week or so ago, biking. I wrote about it on my blog in this entry:<BR/>http://madmadworld.blogspot.com/2008/05/biking.htmlCarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03061381516154992999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695927.post-47179534284925704372008-05-14T14:10:00.000-07:002008-05-14T14:10:00.000-07:00I've been thinking about you a lot -- and hearing ...I've been thinking about you a lot -- and hearing that this is one thing you've been feeling, and seeing these photos, made me so happy. There were times after my cancer diagnosis when I felt like life was so beautiful, and its beauty so clear, that I almost couldn't bear it. And that, I think, was a kind of happiness I'd never expected to feel. <BR/><BR/>xo, LilyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695927.post-64009811617433652022008-05-13T18:18:00.000-07:002008-05-13T18:18:00.000-07:00How wondrously you've shared this moment of indesc...How wondrously you've shared this moment of indescribable exalted happiness. Perhaps (no, certainly) you touched God's presence at that moment. <BR/><BR/>My most recent such experience was while gazing upwards at the great sequoias. Almost like hearing a Bach cantata. Wanting to fall on my knees and expire.Beryl Singleton Bissellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11989231835137438633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695927.post-16845526094432295322008-05-12T20:26:00.000-07:002008-05-12T20:26:00.000-07:00Party, I can only agree with the other commenters ...Party, I can only agree with the other commenters on the beauty of this post. the line that really strikes me is, "In that passage, a young debut author had managed to accomplish the highest thing a writer can hope to do, at least for this reader: open the trap door, and reveal the goodness and the love we are meant for." It is one of the truest sentences I've ever read.<BR/><BR/>Almost any feeling of bliss I've had involves my wife, Kathleen. The last time was when I watched her sleeping.steve on the slow trainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18257811143869341854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695927.post-38109989549741619952008-05-12T15:34:00.000-07:002008-05-12T15:34:00.000-07:00I think it was an instance of all being right with...I think it was an instance of all being right with the world. <BR/><BR/>I had a similar experience not long ago. Although, mine was even more fleeting. I was meditating on a passage I use often by Lao Tzu. The last lines go: "They begin to fill with the Tao. The Tao endures forever. Those who have it never lose it, even when their bodies die." <BR/><BR/>For a a few moments, I heard those lines in a whole body way, like I had never heard them before, and I think I considered that it was true. We can never lose what we truly have, those things more valuable than materials. <BR/><BR/>I think you look great. Within a week's time I will be the grandmother of a new baby boy too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695927.post-25192947616570805272008-05-12T14:21:00.000-07:002008-05-12T14:21:00.000-07:00Found you by way of Robin Andrea and Roger. This ...Found you by way of Robin Andrea and Roger. This is a wonderful question, because it begs another - how do we remember that moment of absolute happiness?<BR/><BR/>Joy is the natural response to beauty, but is joy happiness? Contentment is another emotion that is similar to happiness - but not quite the same. I know that when I am sitting with my 3 year old granddaughter, reading, and snuggling, I feel absolutely right with the world. Is that happy?<BR/><BR/>Perhaps it is all part of the same. I think, most of the time, I am happy. I am much more aware of the times I am NOT happy, like today - on edge and restless. But in balance, I have these periods of restlessness, irritability and discontent far less than the feelings of joy, contentment, and, yes, happiness.DivaJoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02534571327558009753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695927.post-38582803808336027512008-05-12T13:56:00.000-07:002008-05-12T13:56:00.000-07:00I think these moments come upon us spontaneously a...I think these moments come upon us spontaneously and unexpectedly.<BR/><BR/>I was recently up in Maine, taking care of ill relatives, and I badly needed a break. So I went up to the lake and just "was". I just sat there, looking out at the water, listening to the birds sing and the trees whisper and suddenly, in spite of everything . . .I was happy.<BR/><BR/>It was a quiet happy, not that moment of exuberance you describe, but it was happy.<BR/><BR/>The last time I felt that sort of exuberant joy was in Iceland last year. Standing in the middle of the vastness, and I was just . . .joyful.<BR/><BR/>We can't be there all the time, but boy, when we do, we photograph those moments with our hearts, don't we?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695927.post-91554298028869731302008-05-11T15:19:00.000-07:002008-05-11T15:19:00.000-07:00Oh, what a beautiful post! Those moments of pure j...Oh, what a beautiful post! Those moments of pure joy over nothing are precious, and they come when you least expect it, triggered for no reason...it cannot be forced.<BR/><BR/>You look fantastic, I'm so glad to see you!<BR/><BR/>Laura (and Fred sends his best too!)Laura J. Wellner (author pseudonym Laura J. W. Ryan)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02521328695400639226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695927.post-61416088995999909752008-05-10T17:38:00.000-07:002008-05-10T17:38:00.000-07:00Late to the party but so happy to be here, Patry! ...Late to the party but so happy to be here, Patry! I used to capture those moments in poetry and recently am feeling the need to return to that familiar old habit. Not surprising you're the one to guide me back. Happy birthday hugs to Hank from Denver! And yes, you look stunning. I'm reminded of the NYC photo of you outside Tiffany's. "Happiness becomes you," a friend once told me; it becomes you, too!Sustenance Scouthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12980573661955592633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695927.post-66692675629381942952008-05-10T03:29:00.000-07:002008-05-10T03:29:00.000-07:00I couldn't sleep and just came back by to peek in ...I couldn't sleep and just came back by to peek in - I feel so silly, but I have to correct my earlier coment - apparently some miscommunication went on the other day, between my fingers and my brain - and 'Hank' became 'Aaron' - which I realize now looking at it - the two names are probably filed away together in my memory bank, because of the baseball player. Thought I'd share my thought process (or lack thereof) with you, in hopes it would bring you a smile. Hope your grandson had a happy birthday - from the wonderful photos, it certainly looks like it was fun. Wishing you happiness and bliss and wonderful Mother's Day weekend~xoxAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695927.post-59896927216105309472008-05-09T21:41:00.000-07:002008-05-09T21:41:00.000-07:00When I dance, I feel happy. :)This beautiful sente...When I dance, I feel happy. :)<BR/><BR/>This beautiful sentence of yours made me cry (in a good way): "Maybe I'd left the shallow, mundane world I usually occupy and fallen through a trap door to the place where being in love is quite simply our natural state." Thank you for this!<BR/><BR/>Wow, Hank is already a 1 year old?!? Babies grow so quickly. <BR/><BR/>I hope you have a wonderful mother's day, Patry! :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695927.post-57099873223071676872008-05-09T20:41:00.000-07:002008-05-09T20:41:00.000-07:00happy? right now---to see you looking smashing an...happy? right now---to see you looking smashing and to find another thought-provoking piece. Apart from that, "Nesssum Dorma", any one of my 3 grand-daughters, coming unexpectedly on Dave or one of my kids on a downtown street, finding forgotten photos of my mum and dad, the first time I could get my grey hair into a braid, the evening I heard a trumpet solo in a ruined church. I wish I could anticipate spiritual, God-related happiness, unreasonable or perfectly reasonable.Lornahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08976144449873569523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695927.post-59678136730031338532008-05-09T00:11:00.000-07:002008-05-09T00:11:00.000-07:00Happy first birthday to Aaron - what an adorable b...Happy first birthday to Aaron - what an adorable birthday boy - and his buddies are pretty cute too.<BR/>I love hearing (and seeing) about your moments of happiness. It's one of those elusive things, like the butterfly of love :) - but when it happens it is so sweet. In answer to your existential question - tonight, as we finished dinner - which wasn't anything special, sloppy joe's at home...we'd been taste-testing the difference between a regular version and a veggie version, laughing at one another's reactions...As we started to clear the table there was something about the light from the sun setting, and hearing a the birds calling one another back to the trees in the quiet (we didn't have music on for once), and there it was...<BR/>Was it as simple as the slant of the sunlight, hearing the birds in the quiet after the noise, gratitude for the food and the laughter? I don't know...but I'm glad for it - and I'm very glad you've been experiencing it. Hope it happens, more and more often...<BR/>xoxoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695927.post-42130384958947730352008-05-08T23:17:00.000-07:002008-05-08T23:17:00.000-07:00I'm much older than you are, but these feelings of...I'm much older than you are, but these feelings of utter happiness, almost euphoria, come more often than when I was young. But, I know that these moments of nirvana come and go. But at least they come. Kathryn's post sent me here.Fran aka Redondowriterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10603407790426583209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695927.post-35072290298782340132008-05-08T21:47:00.000-07:002008-05-08T21:47:00.000-07:00Bliss caught under a hat wouldn't be the real thin...Bliss caught under a hat wouldn't be the real thing. <BR/><BR/>sky full of stars<BR/>just for a moment<BR/>it is about meBillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10717622168200846486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11695927.post-11461814018959564152008-05-08T05:15:00.000-07:002008-05-08T05:15:00.000-07:00It's in those little things really that the big jo...It's in those little things really that the big joy resides.. sandyi beatihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09898046178398533410noreply@blogger.com