tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post7312266446328393389..comments2024-03-29T03:28:22.296-05:00Comments on Writing In The Crosshairs: TO HAVE EVERYTHING AND YET NOTHING_the Turquoise WomanRoland D. Yeomanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00338410857990551352noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-89552764393540653232015-10-24T16:49:48.853-05:002015-10-24T16:49:48.853-05:00Thanks, Ann, for thinking so. I believed our world...Thanks, Ann, for thinking so. I believed our worldview is shaped in so many unique ways that it occurred to me what a unique view of life the world itself would have. :-)<br /><br />You;re right: our perception of the situation, not the situation itself, is the key thing to our surviving it sometimes. I love our discussions here.Roland D. Yeomanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00338410857990551352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-7234354198585916292015-10-24T15:07:55.319-05:002015-10-24T15:07:55.319-05:00Interesting, very interesting, and I am not kiddin...Interesting, very interesting, and I am not kidding.<br /><br />This is a point that I contemplate. We do get locked in our lives by circumstances as well as perceptions. I have heard we make our own luck. Well maybe we make some of it but not most of it.Ann Bennetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17759967601352382204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-47523480977106451292015-10-24T10:35:53.935-05:002015-10-24T10:35:53.935-05:00You would think so, Alex. But psychologists would...You would think so, Alex. But psychologists would point out that what shapes our minds into the instruments of choice are myriad and often unconscious, born of our environment, physical make=up, and nurturing.<br /><br />But so far as we can arrange it, we must make our dealings as clear-headed and kind as we can, right? :-)Roland D. Yeomanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00338410857990551352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-84368288031396349112015-10-24T10:33:01.343-05:002015-10-24T10:33:01.343-05:00Our choice to believe in free will is our first ac...Our choice to believe in free will is our first act of it. We are shaped by factors both conscious and unconscious which act as invisible rudders to our decisions.<br /><br />I believe the gift of life is the first miracle but what we often choose to do with that gift can be a curse to others.<br /><br />I am not endorsing the Turquoise Woman's perspective -- merely trying to get into the mind of an entity whose existence is truly outside our own.<br /><br />Always happy to see you and talk with you! :-)Roland D. Yeomanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00338410857990551352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-3288733401526918792015-10-24T07:19:25.740-05:002015-10-24T07:19:25.740-05:00There are things outside of our control, but when ...There are things outside of our control, but when it comes to our head and our heart, we are in total control.Alex J. Cavanaughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09770065693345181702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-16974058891424452622015-10-24T03:31:16.518-05:002015-10-24T03:31:16.518-05:00This is beautifully brilliant Roland:
"Do we...This is beautifully brilliant Roland: <br />"Do we choose or do the choices choose us?"<br /><br />I've been wondering, chewing pine on this very matter, as long as my eyes have been open. As much, No one promised Life would be Fair, Life owes us nothing? We're all Innocent because we did not ask to be born? Or Did We?? I often think the latter, somehow, someway, (blame it on the Bardo's, or Tibetan's). ;-DMojave Ned/R.Marcottehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15829348570714035062noreply@blogger.com