tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post6427942707142588417..comments2024-03-28T05:56:52.754-07:00Comments on The Weaver of Grass: ChoicesThe Weaver of Grasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-90192331804305360552009-06-18T14:28:44.705-07:002009-06-18T14:28:44.705-07:00Weaver I too read that research on public loos, wi...Weaver I too read that research on public loos, with the effect that everytime I go to a public loo I ask myself "which cubicle was it that people avoid because this will surely be the cleaner one"..naturally I couldn't remember the results but now you remind me I will go to the first cubicle!! We are indeed funny creatures.gleanerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11826401785165112918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-40228213321505572902009-06-18T07:44:50.435-07:002009-06-18T07:44:50.435-07:00Raph - seems to me that even if your dreams are in...Raph - seems to me that even if your dreams are in the clouds, your neck will almost reach them.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-35620877807506874762009-06-18T07:44:07.114-07:002009-06-18T07:44:07.114-07:00Hildred - that airman was one lucky choice - as to...Hildred - that airman was one lucky choice - as to others, as you say, we have to learn from them and carry on.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-72132605724646581262009-06-18T07:43:18.869-07:002009-06-18T07:43:18.869-07:00Cloudia - amen to that.Cloudia - amen to that.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-30862881058021425352009-06-18T07:42:49.502-07:002009-06-18T07:42:49.502-07:00Scribe - love that Yogi Bear quote - I shall put i...Scribe - love that Yogi Bear quote - I shall put it into practice from now on.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-10623247436914383832009-06-18T07:41:55.609-07:002009-06-18T07:41:55.609-07:00Cathy - all that we can ask for in life is to be c...Cathy - all that we can ask for in life is to be comfortable with ourselves - and you seem to have achieved that both in spite of and because of choices you made.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-80197572452993979162009-06-18T07:40:47.161-07:002009-06-18T07:40:47.161-07:00Gleaner - that is interesting - I once read resear...Gleaner - that is interesting - I once read research on people going into public loos and deciding which cublicle to go in. Some took ages to make a choice and hardly anyone went into the nearest one. We are funny creatures aren't we?The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-64293674750994803392009-06-18T07:39:21.710-07:002009-06-18T07:39:21.710-07:00Jeannette - interesting point you make.Jeannette - interesting point you make.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-11626124784482585272009-06-18T07:35:27.406-07:002009-06-18T07:35:27.406-07:00Michael - I though labradors never grew up but sta...Michael - I though labradors never grew up but stayed like Topsy for ever.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-3552677798916103852009-06-18T07:34:43.369-07:002009-06-18T07:34:43.369-07:00Yes Dom - I agree with what you are saying - altho...Yes Dom - I agree with what you are saying - although this rule does not necessarily apply to things like friendships, marriage, children etc.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-3025090687454628402009-06-18T07:33:30.065-07:002009-06-18T07:33:30.065-07:00Derrick - a very big question indeed - depends upo...Derrick - a very big question indeed - depends upon one's beliefs.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-47345766788038263902009-06-18T07:32:53.099-07:002009-06-18T07:32:53.099-07:00Heather - just think you might have been a pilot b...Heather - just think you might have been a pilot by now! Yes, I suppose your mum did you a favour looking back on it, but I don't suppose you thought so at the time.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-51752922312283498862009-06-18T07:31:49.462-07:002009-06-18T07:31:49.462-07:00Steven - I absolutely agree with what you say - an...Steven - I absolutely agree with what you say - and if we think a choice is a bad one, it is quite possible that in retrospect it will be a good one.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-13885941022156114012009-06-18T07:30:46.595-07:002009-06-18T07:30:46.595-07:00Yes Leilani Lee - I think we have all made what se...Yes Leilani Lee - I think we have all made what seemed to be bad choices but in the end they helped to shape us.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-32113986400266818972009-06-18T07:30:00.550-07:002009-06-18T07:30:00.550-07:00Don't know that legend tfe - but once a choice...Don't know that legend tfe - but once a choice is made then we have to stick with it - I do know that.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-50680982288767083342009-06-18T03:07:13.473-07:002009-06-18T03:07:13.473-07:00I have for a long time gone by the saying 'Kno...I have for a long time gone by the saying 'Know thyself', and make choices based on following my values with integrity. I also choose to believe that things can turn out well! 'Stick your neck out for your dreams!'Raph G. Neckmannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02468502742144495020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-56221648150479054922009-06-17T21:52:06.372-07:002009-06-17T21:52:06.372-07:00Oh, choices - one Easter Sunday I chose to go on a...Oh, choices - one Easter Sunday I chose to go on a cooking hike with a girlfriend. We met an airman, and it changed my whole life. <br /><br />I have never regretted it, but there have been other choices I have made that have brought disappointment and grief, and what can you do but accept them, learn from them, and go on....<br /><br />Some choices I think we make intuitively.Hildredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05420791064923078834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-82822944278402263782009-06-17T20:41:12.087-07:002009-06-17T20:41:12.087-07:00Where to begin!?
I am a self made woman;
as are
y...Where to begin!?<br />I am a self made woman;<br />as are <br />you<br />;-)<br />Aloha from Waikiki<br />(where I chose to move: 6,000 miles away)Cloudiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05853753108637831069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-81387924144395306232009-06-17T15:11:40.953-07:002009-06-17T15:11:40.953-07:00Life is a winding path with countless intersection...Life is a winding path with countless intersections. We can make ourselves crazy hashing over "what if?" and "if only!" and the truth is we all could have made better choices sometimes…and worse ones just as often.<br /><br />We make our choice and make the best of our decisions. <br /><br />Personally, I live by the Yogi Berra philosophy: "When you come to a fork in the road…take it!"Grizz…………https://www.blogger.com/profile/04828454689578685330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-58306858611548854052009-06-17T14:18:06.363-07:002009-06-17T14:18:06.363-07:00I don't know how often I used to think if I co...I don't know how often I used to think if I could do this over or if I could go back. I don't want to go back as tempting as it is. I would not have the blessings that I have now and the growth I experienced with dealing with cancer. I have some much to be thankful for. I am glad I took the road I did as Frost said "and it has made all the difference".Cathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01947681055574897580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-49466644885257950342009-06-17T13:53:40.458-07:002009-06-17T13:53:40.458-07:00I have read recent research on the problems with t...I have read recent research on the problems with too much choice in affluent societies which results often in reduced choice and indecision. Hmm, and alot of wasted time trying to 'decide or make a choice' between an over-abundant number of alternatives. Like going to the supermarket and deciding something simple like what milk or bread to buy.... last time I counted there were 12 different types of milk for sale :(gleanerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11826401785165112918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-79816902502370483352009-06-17T12:02:26.614-07:002009-06-17T12:02:26.614-07:00Sometimes we can't foresee if we make a good o...Sometimes we can't foresee if we make a good or bad choice. This week we just saw a movie (with Tom Cruise) of the coup against Hitler from his own men (9 months before he rook his own life), and how they were all shot to death. For their own families it was a horrid thing, but it left a legacy for the Germany to come that there were other men than H. in their country.Jeannette StGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07951617490107614687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-92063052048897644152009-06-17T11:51:43.724-07:002009-06-17T11:51:43.724-07:00I'm curious as to what caused you to leave tha...I'm curious as to what caused you to leave that Midlands city. It is usually the country girl that goes to the city, not the reverse. Would you feel like sharing that sometime?Babette Fraser Halehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16801971149305731956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-15890169675360566712009-06-17T10:54:10.058-07:002009-06-17T10:54:10.058-07:00Oh my.....what a powerful poem Weaver, it almost m...Oh my.....what a powerful poem Weaver, it almost makes me feel that we are bound to make the wrong decisions. I still wake up wondering what I'm going to be when I grow up, (Denis Norden...lol).<br />The black lab is Bodie, he is 3 and belongs to my youngest son. If I am very, very good I get to dog sit him at my place...lol. He is just wonderful, if still a little adolescent! Stay well and thank you for your blog comment.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01097990715636294118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-280582018791422638.post-40722890153029212222009-06-17T07:52:18.950-07:002009-06-17T07:52:18.950-07:00Choice. It's one of the things that may be par...Choice. It's one of the things that may be partly responsible for our epidemic of poor mental health. On one level we are bombarded with choices, on another, our choices are limited by our means. In our society we are invited to aspire to things that will lie beyond some people, leaving many people either without, struggling to maintain a lifestyle they think they ought to have, or just plain confused, wondering what they should do with their lives.<br /><br />I'm reminded of Mark Steele, a commentator I tend to respect, and his comments on Westerners and mid life crises (which are in a way often about the choices we make):<br />"I've always been suspicious of the lifestyle crisis. One of my first jokes when I began as a stand-up comic was about how a "mid-life crisis" was only possible if you were comfortable enough to afford one, because you couldn't imagine a peasant in Vietnam traipsing through a paddy field with a wooden plough and telling his mate, "Do you know, Li Wong, I just don't know WHERE my life is heading these days."<br /><br />Another funny thing about choice is the way that when given choice, people follow the herd: we tend to want the same things as everyone else.Dominic Rivronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02618013365521035400noreply@blogger.com