tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4146073139129271180.post3746165489501680890..comments2024-02-02T19:40:16.372-08:00Comments on me and you and ellie: NowMe, You, or Elliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13159195620327366257noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4146073139129271180.post-16077926057694434802008-08-29T21:19:00.000-07:002008-08-29T21:19:00.000-07:00Thank you Beth, I needed that today. My life's bee...Thank you Beth, I needed that today. My life's been a... I was going to say 'hurricane,' but won't, not this weekend. Life has been a non-stop roller coaster for the last two years, and today I Iost my job of 13 years. It's not a bad thing though, I get to spend a paid year off with my children, and once that's over, I get to start over fresh. My children deserve me to live in their "now" and I'd be stupid not to.<BR/><BR/>Thank you.Captain Dumbasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02214826608461609241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4146073139129271180.post-85592984411304033832008-08-29T14:53:00.000-07:002008-08-29T14:53:00.000-07:00Aw, Beth. So beautifully put. Thanks for this. I a...Aw, Beth. So beautifully put. Thanks for this. I am just getting to read this *now*, this very second, at 6 p.m. Eastern Time! Harumph. Talk about NOT living in the moment -- I was thinking all day that I couldn't wait to see what Herself had posted.<BR/><BR/>Love you sweetie. I'd say Hang In There, but, clearly, you are. <BR/><BR/>xxxxxAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4146073139129271180.post-76370289012320179832008-08-29T12:49:00.001-07:002008-08-29T12:49:00.001-07:00Very good. I don't think I ever got that "be prese...Very good. I don't think I ever got that "be present" thing before now. I've heard it many times, but never had it explained this way or maybe I wasn't paying attention or maybe I just need to see things written down before I get them. ThanksAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4146073139129271180.post-27536589080093289702008-08-29T12:49:00.000-07:002008-08-29T12:49:00.000-07:00For the past few years this idea has been resonati...For the past few years this idea has been resonating with me. I felt like I had discovered the secret to human happiness when I started thinking deeply about Being Here Now. <BR/><BR/>I really think that when you distill almost all the great thinking in the world, Be Here Now is what you end up with. When I seriously strive to practice it, I know why. <BR/><BR/>Are you worried about illness? Are you alive right now? Not in too much pain? Able to walk?<BR/><BR/>Worried about a death in the family? Is the person here now? Celebrate. No? Did she die, and did you survive it? That's hopeful.<BR/><BR/>It is the simplest of concepts and one of the hardest to implement. It is not easy to give up regrets over the past, and it seems to be in our nature to dwell on the future, either happily or worriedly. The only I have found to practice it is to "practice it" -- to keep reminding myself.<BR/><BR/>I do ramble on so.Kathi Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13380037164148416426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4146073139129271180.post-58208006744749411732008-08-29T12:24:00.000-07:002008-08-29T12:24:00.000-07:00This is a lovely, lovely post. I'm desperately str...This is a lovely, lovely post. I'm desperately struggling to live by these principles and don't think I've been successful yet. But I'm not giving up.nicole antoinettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01867096106743131289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4146073139129271180.post-89356381314795174702008-08-29T10:18:00.000-07:002008-08-29T10:18:00.000-07:00I learned to live in the "now" when I had children...I learned to live in the "now" when I had children. Sometimes I hold them or hug them and think to myself, "Be here. Remember this moment always."<BR/><BR/>On another note, my father still calls me every October 21st to wish me a happy anniversary. The day my divorce was final from my miserable first husband. My father sent me flowers every year on that date too until I married again. Here's to your now! Great post.steenky beehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07570171606663745423noreply@blogger.com