tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6454634329009534853.post4390741122200612462..comments2024-03-11T19:41:06.770-07:00Comments on Non-native Bilingualism: Reflections on a GooseAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05895245202923024753noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6454634329009534853.post-68858937157148445612010-11-22T13:31:51.970-08:002010-11-22T13:31:51.970-08:00Well, Brandon, I didn't get the post delivered...Well, Brandon, I didn't get the post delivered to your front door at first light this morning (chose to patch things with Geoff, instead), but it was there almost by lunch time...! How's that for unreasonable? =)<br /><br />I'm happy to hear that what I wrote helped you understand what we were talking about last night. Also love knowing that you can relate to all of the insights you see. <br /><br />Hearing your unreasonable request makes me smile...! <br />Thanks!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05895245202923024753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6454634329009534853.post-69123936919260469662010-11-22T13:07:40.565-08:002010-11-22T13:07:40.565-08:00Hey, just read this this morning and now I underst...Hey, just read this this morning and now I understand in more depth some of the things you were saying last night about your feelings towards the concept of perfection or enlightenment.<br /><br />Anyway totally enjoyed reading this, I love all the insights and can relate to all of them. Reading your blog is a truly great way to wake up in the morning by the way. It gets me in an excellent mind set for the day. So would it be an unreasonable request to ask that you have a new blog ready for me to read every morning? ;p<br /><br />BrandonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6454634329009534853.post-10466310871304792562010-11-18T15:29:35.313-08:002010-11-18T15:29:35.313-08:00Nicole, I'm SO glad you were able to connect w...Nicole, I'm SO glad you were able to connect with what I wrote. I realize that I write for me, because I do love it, but also write in hopes of reaching out to others and making a difference in your lives, somehow. Life feels so amazing to me, not in every moment, clearly, but at this point in my life, I just want EVERYONE to feel the freedom I feel right now. =)<br />I really appreciate how you laid out who you admire most. I think that so many of us believe that we have to be a certain way, say a certain thing, look a certain fashion in order to be accepted and loved by other. Granted, few are willing to admit that, because, we think, naturally, that it doesn't look good to care so much about what others think! Total Catch 22, right?!<br /><br />I think many people struggle to do this naturally...I'd go into "why" I think it may "seem" so easy for your brother, but first of all, it's just my "story", and second of all, not sure it's content for this here Comment area! hee hee. <br /><br />Love you, Chica!<br />TamaraAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05895245202923024753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6454634329009534853.post-41622738890025104562010-11-18T08:16:15.631-08:002010-11-18T08:16:15.631-08:00Hey Tam,
Your thoughts echo some of the same ones...Hey Tam,<br /><br />Your thoughts echo some of the same ones I've been having lately. I also have a tendency to get annoyed by little things, and always thinking that life will be better after this, that and the other happen ... "I'll feel better after I lose 10 lbs ... life will be easier once I have a job and a paycheck again ... after, later, if only ..." And we end up spending our whole lives waiting for circumstances to change so we can feel truly happy, but somehow it never works out that way. <br />I realized that the people I admire most are the ones that have figured out to love their lives as they are, to live in the moment and to focus on the positive instead of the negative. I struggle to do this; it just doesn't seem natural to me. My brother, on the other hand, is one of those people that sees the positive so much more easily. <br />But you're right, it's so powerful to recognize and accept your anger when it does come up ... and not beat yourself up over it. Just acknowledge, and let it pass....you are only human after all! <br />Wouldn't life be so much simpler if we all thought like dogs?Nicolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10195284473717640262noreply@blogger.com