Comments for Dldmoore's Weblog http://dldmoore.wordpress.com Just another WordPress.com weblog Sun, 04 Oct 2009 20:25:27 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on I’m back again… by Gail http://dldmoore.wordpress.com/2009/04/13/i%e2%80%99m-back-again/#comment-20 Gail Sun, 04 Oct 2009 20:25:27 +0000 http://dldmoore.wordpress.com/?p=78#comment-20 Miss the blogs. Hope all is well. Miss the blogs. Hope all is well.

]]> Comment on Persistence prevails once again. by Othello http://dldmoore.wordpress.com/2009/01/25/persistence-prevails-once-again/#comment-19 Othello Tue, 24 Feb 2009 20:38:24 +0000 http://dldmoore.wordpress.com/?p=74#comment-19 As a... victim of today's public school system. I have to completely agree. I was tormented but I coped because I was smart enough to retaliate and not get caught. I had to use my head. Now teachers might not know this... But there are probably more fights nowadays, they're just not reported or known about. Kids get jumped all the time, everyone hears about it, and only a healthy sense of paranoia kept me from getting jumped and pummeled. Kid's getting jumped, you live in a rough neighborhood... No... I live in Indialantic Florida. But the physical violence isn't the worst part about it, its watching kids go insane, watching them slowly crack under the onslaught of teasing and mockery. The kids are singled out and no one helps them, the don't want to be a target. The abusers are never punished... they're the popular kids. The zero tolerance policy has turned school into something starkly similar to a prison. The same hierarchy, the same rules, the same psychology. The only real difference is that you get then summer off As a… victim of today’s public school system. I have to completely agree. I was tormented but I coped because I was smart enough to retaliate and not get caught. I had to use my head. Now teachers might not know this… But there are probably more fights nowadays, they’re just not reported or known about.
Kids get jumped all the time, everyone hears about it, and only a healthy sense of paranoia kept me from getting jumped and pummeled. Kid’s getting jumped, you live in a rough neighborhood… No… I live in Indialantic Florida. But the physical violence isn’t the worst part about it, its watching kids go insane, watching them slowly crack under the onslaught of teasing and mockery. The kids are singled out and no one helps them, the don’t want to be a target. The abusers are never punished… they’re the popular kids. The zero tolerance policy has turned school into something starkly similar to a prison. The same hierarchy, the same rules, the same psychology. The only real difference is that you get then summer off

]]> Comment on Thank Goodness For Opportunities by Gail http://dldmoore.wordpress.com/2008/08/26/thank-goodness-for-opportunities/#comment-18 Gail Sat, 11 Oct 2008 14:30:43 +0000 http://dldmoore.wordpress.com/?p=66#comment-18 I remember hearing Oprah say on her show; everything happens for a reason. I believe it has been hard to adopt this idea and we have a tendency to leave things up to so called fate (when we know there is a higher power). It may be easier to complain about a particular situation instead of changing it because we are still in the safe zone. We should take charge and step out of the box to stir things up a little. Maybe we are afraid of failure (practice makes perfect or something like that), so we remain unadventurous and let others choose or lead us. Thanks for reminding me that I am the one in control and whose to say I can't break free of the norm. Perhaps I could take baby steps just to get my feet wet? I could always pull them back and try again. Until we make the moves (however small) we should not be too hasty to give up before we begin. I remember hearing Oprah say on her show; everything happens for a reason. I believe it has been hard to adopt this idea and we have a tendency to leave things up to so called fate (when we know there is a higher power). It may be easier to complain about a particular situation instead of changing it because we are still in the safe zone. We should take charge and step out of the box to stir things up a little. Maybe we are afraid of failure (practice makes perfect or something like that), so we remain unadventurous and let others choose or lead us. Thanks for reminding me that I am the one in control and whose to say I can’t break free of the norm. Perhaps I could take baby steps just to get my feet wet? I could always pull them back and try again. Until we make the moves (however small) we should not be too hasty to give up before we begin.

]]> Comment on Hello fellow bloggers (bloggees?)! by Gail http://dldmoore.wordpress.com/2008/07/27/hello-fellow-bloggers-bloggees/#comment-15 Gail Sun, 10 Aug 2008 23:00:52 +0000 http://dldmoore.wordpress.com/?p=37#comment-15 How ironic that I finally got a chance to read this conversation about NOW (Sunday) in the NOW. Earlier today as I was running around like a chicken without a head, which I usually leave for weekday nights not weekends, I felt I had to hurry to get all chores done and some that I had forgotten as I went by things in the house, just so I could reward myself with a few minutes (at a time) of relaxation. I have just recently tried to adopt the or shoud I say change my attitude from everything has to get done right NOW to tomorrow is another day. Because then I am missing out in whatever I might feel like doing (for the fun of it!) and find myself not really living but married to my work and then the house. Since when should inanimate objects or thoughts that everything has to get done in a certain timeframe control my life. Thanks for re-opening my eyes. Great topic - as I rekindled my motto, "its another day to excel". How ironic that I finally got a chance to read this conversation about NOW (Sunday) in the NOW. Earlier today as I was running around like a chicken without a head, which I usually leave for weekday nights not weekends, I felt I had to hurry to get all chores done and some that I had forgotten as I went by things in the house, just so I could reward myself with a few minutes (at a time) of relaxation. I have just recently tried to adopt the or shoud I say change my attitude from everything has to get done right NOW to tomorrow is another day. Because then I am missing out in whatever I might feel like doing (for the fun of it!) and find myself not really living but married to my work and then the house. Since when should inanimate objects or thoughts that everything has to get done in a certain timeframe control my life. Thanks for re-opening my eyes. Great topic – as I rekindled my motto, “its another day to excel”.

]]> Comment on Hi it’s me…What? So soon? by dldmoore http://dldmoore.wordpress.com/2008/07/30/hi-its-mewhat-so-soon/#comment-13 dldmoore Fri, 08 Aug 2008 21:55:09 +0000 http://dldmoore.wordpress.com/?p=54#comment-13 This comment was accidentally attached to a different Conversation I am beginning to wonder about this comment mechanism). I attached it to the one I thought it should have gone to. The original one is still attached to Conversation 1. The comment appears below… Michelle Roberts Says: August 7, 2008 at 3:49 am e One of my favorite axioms is “Walk towards the sunshine and the shadows will fall behind you.” The stress, tension, the worrying the etc. etc. etc., they don’t do anything positive. The problems are still there waiting for you, and all you’ve done is make yourself less able to deal with them. I’ve always thought that the true sign of adulthood was the ability to focus on the things that really matter. And, since I also believe that “love lifts us up where we belong”… ::hugs&love:: Shelly This comment was accidentally attached to a different Conversation I am beginning to wonder about this comment mechanism). I attached it to the one I thought it should have gone to. The original one is still attached to Conversation 1. The comment appears below…

Michelle Roberts Says:

August 7, 2008 at 3:49 am e

One of my favorite axioms is “Walk towards the sunshine and the shadows will fall behind you.”

The stress, tension, the worrying the etc. etc. etc., they don’t do anything positive. The problems are still there waiting for you, and all you’ve done is make yourself less able to deal with them. I’ve always thought that the true sign of adulthood was the ability to focus on the things that really matter. And, since I also believe that “love lifts us up where we belong”…

::hugs&love:: Shelly

]]> Comment on Hi. It’s me, Donna. by Michelle Roberts http://dldmoore.wordpress.com/2008/07/08/hi-it%e2%80%99s-me-donna/#comment-12 Michelle Roberts Thu, 07 Aug 2008 03:49:36 +0000 http://dldmoore.wordpress.com/?p=12#comment-12 One of my favorite axioms is "Walk towards the sunshine and the shadows will fall behind you." The stress, tension, the worrying the etc. etc. etc., they don't do anything positive. The problems are still there waiting for you, and all you've done is make yourself less able to deal with them. I've always thought that the true sign of adulthood was the ability to focus on the things that really matter. And, since I also believe that "love lifts us up where we belong"... ::hugs&love:: Shelly One of my favorite axioms is “Walk towards the sunshine and the shadows will fall behind you.”

The stress, tension, the worrying the etc. etc. etc., they don’t do anything positive. The problems are still there waiting for you, and all you’ve done is make yourself less able to deal with them. I’ve always thought that the true sign of adulthood was the ability to focus on the things that really matter. And, since I also believe that “love lifts us up where we belong”…

::hugs&love:: Shelly

]]> Comment on Hello fellow bloggers (bloggees?)! by dldmoore http://dldmoore.wordpress.com/2008/07/27/hello-fellow-bloggers-bloggees/#comment-10 dldmoore Thu, 31 Jul 2008 02:02:54 +0000 http://dldmoore.wordpress.com/?p=37#comment-10 This comment was accidentally attached to a different Conversation. I attached it to the one I thought it should have gone to. The original one is still attached to Conversation 3. The comment appears below… Ginger Says: July 30, 2008 at 11:07 pm e My favorite quote is from “The March” by E.L.Doctorow. Seems a soldier was wounded by a piece of shrapnel that pierced his head. They could not remove it though, while he survived, his life was forever changed. Not only did he have a large piece of metal sticking out of his head, he also had no memories. He could not even remember his name, even if someone had just told him what it was. And so, he said: “It is always now.” Doctorow’s main character, a doctor, pondered this at length, not understanding what he meant. But it was perfectly clear to me. This man was blessed in that he had none of the “baggage” that the rest of us carry. All that was, was the Now. And I realized that we all needed to spend much more time in the Now. What has passed cannot be changed (tho we can learn from it) and we do not know if the future will be granted to us. So living in the Now is the only thing we should do. I don’t mean ignoring our responsibilities (saving to pay bills, etc), but we should be making the most of the time we have right now. And that means being happy or content with what we have, telling people that we love them, not holding grudges or seeking revenge … just being the best we can be at that particular time. In other words, “it is always now.” Live it. Love it. That’s what I try to do. This comment was accidentally attached to a different Conversation. I attached it to the one I thought it should have gone to. The original one is still attached to Conversation 3. The comment appears below…

Ginger Says:

July 30, 2008 at 11:07 pm e

My favorite quote is from “The March” by E.L.Doctorow. Seems a soldier was wounded by a piece of shrapnel that pierced his head. They could not remove it though, while he survived, his life was forever changed. Not only did he have a large piece of metal sticking out of his head, he also had no memories. He could not even remember his name, even if someone had just told him what it was. And so, he said: “It is always now.” Doctorow’s main character, a doctor, pondered this at length, not understanding what he meant. But it was perfectly clear to me. This man was blessed in that he had none of the “baggage” that the rest of us carry. All that was, was the Now. And I realized that we all needed to spend much more time in the Now. What has passed cannot be changed (tho we can learn from it) and we do not know if the future will be granted to us. So living in the Now is the only thing we should do. I don’t mean ignoring our responsibilities (saving to pay bills, etc), but we should be making the most of the time we have right now. And that means being happy or content with what we have, telling people that we love them, not holding grudges or seeking revenge … just being the best we can be at that particular time. In other words, “it is always now.” Live it. Love it. That’s what I try to do.

]]> Comment on Hello everyone, by Ginger http://dldmoore.wordpress.com/2008/07/12/hello-everyone/#comment-8 Ginger Wed, 30 Jul 2008 23:07:43 +0000 http://dldmoore.wordpress.com/?p=26#comment-8 My favorite quote is from "The March" by E.L.Doctorow. Seems a soldier was wounded by a piece of shrapnel that pierced his head. They could not remove it though, while he survived, his life was forever changed. Not only did he have a large piece of metal sticking out of his head, he also had no memories. He could not even remember his name, even if someone had just told him what it was. And so, he said: "It is always now." Doctorow's main character, a doctor, pondered this at length, not understanding what he meant. But it was perfectly clear to me. This man was blessed in that he had none of the "baggage" that the rest of us carry. All that was, was the Now. And I realized that we all needed to spend much more time in the Now. What has passed cannot be changed (tho we can learn from it) and we do not know if the future will be granted to us. So living in the Now is the only thing we should do. I don't mean ignoring our responsibilities (saving to pay bills, etc), but we should be making the most of the time we have right now. And that means being happy or content with what we have, telling people that we love them, not holding grudges or seeking revenge ... just being the best we can be at that particular time. In other words, "it is always now." Live it. Love it. That's what I try to do. My favorite quote is from “The March” by E.L.Doctorow. Seems a soldier was wounded by a piece of shrapnel that pierced his head. They could not remove it though, while he survived, his life was forever changed. Not only did he have a large piece of metal sticking out of his head, he also had no memories. He could not even remember his name, even if someone had just told him what it was. And so, he said: “It is always now.” Doctorow’s main character, a doctor, pondered this at length, not understanding what he meant. But it was perfectly clear to me. This man was blessed in that he had none of the “baggage” that the rest of us carry. All that was, was the Now. And I realized that we all needed to spend much more time in the Now. What has passed cannot be changed (tho we can learn from it) and we do not know if the future will be granted to us. So living in the Now is the only thing we should do. I don’t mean ignoring our responsibilities (saving to pay bills, etc), but we should be making the most of the time we have right now. And that means being happy or content with what we have, telling people that we love them, not holding grudges or seeking revenge … just being the best we can be at that particular time. In other words, “it is always now.” Live it. Love it. That’s what I try to do.

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