tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3013724465609653382.post7628685154834626318..comments2024-03-26T05:19:03.402-04:00Comments on Journaling With Paint: Living with the Past... but not in it!Bruce Shermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13111784187521969252noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3013724465609653382.post-38950648224458849472012-09-24T13:50:20.482-04:002012-09-24T13:50:20.482-04:00Hi there Karen!... Just caught you comment ... lat...Hi there Karen!... Just caught you comment ... late... but Hey!... Thanks for commenting... and for taking the time to share your own ideas on the subject of this post!<br /><br />Me thinks that everyone might profit from the exercise of thinking your way through a "recap" of one's journey! Maybe we didn't screw up as badly as we thought??? HA HA!!<br /><br />Good.... Landscaping! HA HA!!!<br />Warmest regards,<br />Bruce Bruce Shermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13111784187521969252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3013724465609653382.post-15593976447671458502012-09-20T14:10:45.750-04:002012-09-20T14:10:45.750-04:00Just today got around to reading this post and it ...Just today got around to reading this post and it very much resonated with me. Attempting to relive past wonderful experiences just doesn't seem to work out so, like you, I tend to avoid even trying to do that. I do, however, love to reconnect with old friends and acquaintances and to see how far we have all come. These days I am remembering and reconsidering my past and how it has brought me to where I am today and marvel at the many seemingly coincidental events that occurred and caused me to turn in one direction instead of another, and how different things might be if I had turned the other way. I am pleased to realize that, although I would like to have changed some things (mainly things that embarrass me or I am not proud of...nothing major, thank goodness!), I actually have no regrets. I, like you, I think, have had to courage to step out of my comfort zone many times and make big changes, and while this was often, (usually!) painful and difficult at the time it always worked out for the best! How fortunate I have been! Hmmm...methinks there is a blog post in this for me:-)Karen Martin Sampsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15180294856179918446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3013724465609653382.post-47475140532056091072012-08-08T22:59:51.839-04:002012-08-08T22:59:51.839-04:00Hi there Keith!... Thanks for visiting and for ack...Hi there Keith!... Thanks for visiting and for acknowledging my optimism! I think that we greatly share and embrace that facet of character.<br /><br />My dear Mom taught me a hymn... way back when which I feel encapsulates what we are talking about:<br /><br />"Put your shoulder to the wheel push along,<br />Do your duty with a heart full of song.<br />Let no one shirk... just do your work,<br />Put your shoulder to the wheel."<br /><br />Wouldn't it be a wonderful world if all of us felt the same and acted upon those words?<br /><br />Good Painting!<br />Warmest regards,<br />BruceBruce Shermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13111784187521969252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3013724465609653382.post-24944151202628642602012-08-08T17:58:10.815-04:002012-08-08T17:58:10.815-04:00Hi Bruce, I always admire your optimistic outlook....Hi Bruce, I always admire your optimistic outlook. I'm sure it contributes to your obvious sense of happiness and well-being. It's a lesson to all of us that negative thoughts only bring a negative quality of life.<br /><br />Thanks for the wisdom,<br />KeithKeith Tilleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04114006831583939493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3013724465609653382.post-17037185234958640342012-08-06T05:48:29.600-04:002012-08-06T05:48:29.600-04:00Good Morning Sherry!... Thank you for stopping by ...Good Morning Sherry!... Thank you for stopping by and for taking the time to leave your much appreciated words!<br /><br />I have learned, through experience... that pessimism is destructive to one's own well-being and pushes people away from trusting and becoming further involved with one.<br /><br />Optimism is the correct word... the magic ingredient (which you mentioned)... which enables four young men to meet... and feel kinship... despite the passage of time and circumstance.<br /><br />But you are correct in adding as well... differences do make the world go around! Despite your reoccurring feelings of "failure"... I much enjoy our connecting and sharing. I will continue to see you in a positive light... for the things that I see in your character and consistent effort to "play the game."<br /><br />Good Painting and Happy Summer!<br />Warmest regards,<br />BruceBruce Shermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13111784187521969252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3013724465609653382.post-59844607664193352012012-08-06T05:28:23.538-04:002012-08-06T05:28:23.538-04:00Not a ramble, Bruce. I loved reading your thought...Not a ramble, Bruce. I loved reading your thoughts and words and find it remarkable that you could all come together as if the years have never intervened. <br /><br />I so wish I had the optimistic nature that allowed me to see failures as a learning experience. Instead I fall into the drama of never feeling like I will be successful at anything. Ah well...differences make the world go round.Autumn Leaveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04010044052621228719noreply@blogger.com