Comments on: A Year in Review - What I learned, didn’t learn, enjoyed and didn’t http://www.aradicalsabbatical.com/2008/08/08/a-year-in-review-what-i-learned-didnt-learn-enjoyed-and-didnt/ Hearing loss, sabbatical, life, love, friendships and aging Mon, 06 Sep 2010 03:55:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Leigh http://www.aradicalsabbatical.com/2008/08/08/a-year-in-review-what-i-learned-didnt-learn-enjoyed-and-didnt/#comment-186 Leigh Tue, 12 Aug 2008 00:51:40 +0000 http://www.aradicalsabbatical.com/2008/08/08/a-year-in-review-what-i-learned-didnt-learn-enjoyed-and-didnt/#comment-186 My friend... I too feel so blessed by the women friends that are such a big part of my life. Though I don't know what half of them sound like, they're friends true blue, in my heart and my life. What I would do without them is a place I'd rather not visit.... Being alone, noticing clouds, letting your hair grow.... drinking wine, alone, and being OK with it.... seemingly mundane events..... but when you're IN THOSE MOMENTS, and you're TRULY ALIVE in those moments.... they have deeper significance!! Well said P. I'm there with ya. Not in the last legs of any sabbatical, but in the growth that comes when you're aware. mwah. That was a big wet one from a wetbulldog to you. ;-) My friend… I too feel so blessed by the women friends that are such a big part of my life.
Though I don’t know what half of them sound like, they’re friends true blue, in my heart and my life.
What I would do without them is a place I’d rather not visit….

Being alone, noticing clouds, letting your hair grow…. drinking wine, alone, and being OK with it…. seemingly mundane events….. but when you’re IN THOSE MOMENTS, and you’re TRULY ALIVE in those moments…. they have deeper significance!!

Well said P. I’m there with ya. Not in the last legs of any sabbatical, but in the growth that comes when you’re aware.

mwah. That was a big wet one from a wetbulldog to you.

;-)

]]> By: kim http://www.aradicalsabbatical.com/2008/08/08/a-year-in-review-what-i-learned-didnt-learn-enjoyed-and-didnt/#comment-184 kim Sat, 09 Aug 2008 06:43:13 +0000 http://www.aradicalsabbatical.com/2008/08/08/a-year-in-review-what-i-learned-didnt-learn-enjoyed-and-didnt/#comment-184 The first part is very profound. I think the fifties is a decade of transition. So far I hate it. Thought #8 on "things you did not learn" was an interesting observation. Wondering what prompted it. You expected to suddenly like people you couldn't stand before or what? I believe I will always dislike certain people, though I've learned to tolerate them just by accepting the fact I'll never like them. Somehow that lets me off the hook from trying, and then I can focus on the task at hand or personal goals without being confrontational. It does seem like solid relationships become more important as we age. The first part is very profound. I think the fifties is a decade of transition. So far I hate it. Thought #8 on “things you did not learn” was an interesting observation. Wondering what prompted it. You expected to suddenly like people you couldn’t stand before or what? I believe I will always dislike certain people, though I’ve learned to tolerate them just by accepting the fact I’ll never like them. Somehow that lets me off the hook from trying, and then I can focus on the task at hand or personal goals without being confrontational. It does seem like solid relationships become more important as we age.

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