tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495191227419347483.comments2011-07-13T18:13:54.789-07:00I fail at blogginggaiJenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18007985734984261610noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495191227419347483.post-89540560631593887002011-07-13T18:13:54.789-07:002011-07-13T18:13:54.789-07:00Hiya---I constantly find myself feeling angry when...Hiya---I constantly find myself feeling angry when I finish books I love, but realize I could have led a richer life had I read them sooner.Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09852467963247174883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495191227419347483.post-13255196420299328532011-01-11T12:02:30.580-08:002011-01-11T12:02:30.580-08:00A week that seemed longer than it was. "It oc...A week that seemed longer than it was. "It occurs to me that everything can be wonderful and still no one is happy." I'll remember that; I've heard it countless times, especially recently, and I always think "that's true" because it is. Maybe that's truth, whether we like it or not. It's never enough. We always want more, or think we need more.Josh Anastasiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02945830014270394080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495191227419347483.post-62879275812418548212010-12-28T12:29:24.918-08:002010-12-28T12:29:24.918-08:00I've been thinking about your response and I s...I've been thinking about your response and I still haven't a clue what to say about it. The wheels are turning though, so I will have a response sometime in the near future. Hopefully before the next Ice Age.Josh Anastasiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02945830014270394080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495191227419347483.post-48361523548231164412010-12-03T07:19:37.042-08:002010-12-03T07:19:37.042-08:00When you nail it, you nail it. That was beautiful....When you nail it, you nail it. That was beautiful.Josh Anastasiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02945830014270394080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495191227419347483.post-40014723649431533322010-12-02T11:51:37.414-08:002010-12-02T11:51:37.414-08:00Oh, Shame. It is a dirty bastard. It haunts us mor...Oh, Shame. It is a dirty bastard. It haunts us more than any other emotion because it eats at our being, our soul. Shame consumes our very existence and, in turn, makes connection as difficult as possible. Shame, above fear, is what holds us back from truly connecting. But then, we could as you say, share our shame. Connecting is, maybe, the ability of people to look past the things that shame each other. To be able to trust each other with our shame, with the things we fear will break our connections with others, is freedom of a certain kind. Freedom of ourselves? Freedom from ourselves? Freedom to love? I'm not sure what kind, but the idea sounds truly freeing. <br /><br />I think what I'm trying to get at is...we need to realize that if someone truly loved us, wanted to love us, they wouldn't care. Shame shouldn't matter. Does that make sense? I'm not sure it does.Josh Anastasiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02945830014270394080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7495191227419347483.post-8051740848154373802010-06-16T19:34:52.951-07:002010-06-16T19:34:52.951-07:00I shall comment. This movie bothered me. That prob...I shall comment. This movie bothered me. That probably doesn't mean much coming from a person that watched Anti-Christ, but that wasn't a realistic film. "Precious" was and it wasn't even "inspired" by a true story. It was real stuff that actually happens and this guy just thought to make it a movie. I think the big picture is that we've grown to view, create or act out the worst, and that problem reaches to all the things you mentioned.<br /><br />A movie like "Precious" is a good thing to avoid. And it is good to be guarded against the filth that's pedaled to us daily. On the other hand, we can't shut it out if there's something we can do to change it. I don't have a good answer for those things, but it's just a thought. Bothersome world we live in.Gabriel_Vhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17175435718273958055noreply@blogger.com