tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7238273992541810262.post8753249970519574918..comments2023-04-13T07:22:50.055-07:00Comments on Battling Confusion: Why I write this blogChuckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15657598456196932490noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7238273992541810262.post-25207174651671221112009-04-20T10:26:00.000-07:002009-04-20T10:26:00.000-07:00I completely get the "feeling stupid" thing (uh, n...I completely get the "feeling stupid" thing (uh, not that I think you are. You're way, way not stupid). But when you're lying awake nights wrestling with Big Big Issues, and feeling close to despair because it just doesn't add up, and certain people around you seem so damn sure and untroubled about those same issues -- it's easy to stop wrestling and start following. I'm confused, so I must be stupid; they've got it figured out, so they must be smart.<br /><br />Took me a long time to get past all that... <br /><br />Looking forward to future posts,<br />Carol PietrantoniCarolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03476561228278537767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7238273992541810262.post-51627806112941615622009-04-19T06:42:00.000-07:002009-04-19T06:42:00.000-07:00Dear Chuck,
Life is full of confusion; that's wha...Dear Chuck, <br />Life is full of confusion; that's what makes it interesting, challenging, exhausting, energizing, etc. Welcome to the battle that we all face, although it's a battle that won't be won!<br /><br />Lastly, I'm confused to why or how you could have ever thought you were stupid. hmmm...???<br /><br />Keep bloggin'!<br />;) KarenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7238273992541810262.post-84264397189939624742009-04-18T22:20:00.000-07:002009-04-18T22:20:00.000-07:00hey chuck... i like this blog. i've been reading ...hey chuck... i like this blog. i've been reading Li Young Lee lately. He's a poet from chicago. i mostly read poets. here is a sample from his latest book: Behind My Eyes:<br /><br />Dying Stupid<br /><br />My name is written in heaven and so is yours.<br />Heaven above is heaven below.<br />But what do I know?<br /><br />It's possible i never lived<br />and might die stupid, never knowing<br />if being born is good or bad.<br />And is death worse or better than what?<br />And is each person's death the same?<br />How can that be if every life is different?<br />Is every life different?<br /><br />"All being tends toward fire," says the fire.<br />"All being tends toward water," says the water.<br />"Light" says the light.<br />"Wings," say the birds.<br />"Voice," says the voiceless.<br /><br />And to the mysteries of appearance add Song.<br />And to the mysteries of disappearance<br />add world-creating, world-destroying Time.<br />But what do I mean by "world"?<br />Worlds? Each a world? Worlds within a world? <br />What do I mean when I say, "The world and I are imperfect friends?"<br /><br />What do I mean when I say, "The voices of children<br />shepherding noon signals thunder<br />and springtime at large among the glyphs?"<br /><br />Have I clung too long to notions i arrived at<br />playing alone as a boy;<br />sentences my father said to copy<br />a hundred times each night into a notebook?<br />What can I say I know for sure?<br /><br />Days grow old, but Day? Never.<br />Nights are broken by days, a thread skipping,<br />but Night? Never.<br /><br />And in the shadow of our human dream of falling,<br />human voices are Creation's most recent flowers,<br />mere buds of fire<br />nodding on their stalks.<br /><br />--Li Young Lee<br /><br />Thanks for sharing your blog.<br />--joeldetroit joelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11270508343586318698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7238273992541810262.post-66769777146979461052009-04-18T17:03:00.000-07:002009-04-18T17:03:00.000-07:00Chasley,
I very much look forward to reading what ...Chasley,<br />I very much look forward to reading what comes next!<br /><br />And I love the Buddhist quote. <br /><br />One last thing: I am absolutely flabbergasted that you ever thought you were stupid. I have always thought you are one of the smartest people I know. <br /><br />Here's to the journey.<br /><br />xo,<br />Katelynkateherselfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03929273957037987284noreply@blogger.com