tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2400078448867068387.post1255252423634861449..comments2023-09-26T05:33:04.420-07:00Comments on Marylinn Kelly: Will we ever know?Marylinn Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02759437467691163658noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2400078448867068387.post-66069807004322988692011-05-06T12:04:54.158-07:002011-05-06T12:04:54.158-07:00Antares Cryptos - As I don't believe in coinci...Antares Cryptos - As I don't believe in coincidence, I assume there is meaning in the events of this week and my own stage-mother pushiness about listening to intuition. We ignore our deep wisdom at our peril, yet how many among us even know of its existence, let alone trust it to guide our actions? We are called, until we listen, I suppose, to make a leap of faith.Marylinn Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02759437467691163658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2400078448867068387.post-64935118677047863552011-05-05T15:44:28.563-07:002011-05-05T15:44:28.563-07:00At times it "feels" like "the truth...At times it "feels" like "the truth is out there", but whatever sense brings on that instinctual reaction is ignored.<br /><br />I still ignore that warning, dismiss it, when I should know better.Antares Cryptoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12197876328401157462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2400078448867068387.post-41112215606786349942011-05-05T13:53:22.338-07:002011-05-05T13:53:22.338-07:00Robert - We don't just love to fire people, we...Robert - We don't just love to fire people, we are very fond of blaming, even more fond of eluding responsibility for heinous acts. There is no way of knowing where any of this week's actions will take us.<br /><br />And I hope your roommate survived his patrol assignment unscathed. Ewww. Glad they didn't call on me for that task. xoMarylinn Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02759437467691163658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2400078448867068387.post-54766009017538249482011-05-05T13:50:40.983-07:002011-05-05T13:50:40.983-07:00Jayne - Thank you. Our instinct, our inner knowing...Jayne - Thank you. Our instinct, our inner knowing, is really our greatest resource. I try not to put too much energy into regretting how long I ignored mine. But when it tells me, at volume, that something stinks I pay attention. Knowing is not proof, but it gives us a place at which to begin. The messes keep on coming. xoMarylinn Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02759437467691163658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2400078448867068387.post-67478528217780354642011-05-05T13:47:14.197-07:002011-05-05T13:47:14.197-07:00Susan - Thank you. It seems to be a time (our age...Susan - Thank you. It seems to be a time (our age? the cosmos?) of listening to inner wisdom, of realizing our truths, which may not match those of anyone else. A stronger sense of that is no small achievement. Would that I had learned to sidestep danger long ago. Ah, well. xoMarylinn Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02759437467691163658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2400078448867068387.post-22368119527157739412011-05-04T16:58:08.433-07:002011-05-04T16:58:08.433-07:00My college roommate spent his summers working at t...My college roommate spent his summers working at the Kahneeta Resort in Central Oregon. Among other responsibilities, he was expected to cruise the golf course in the morning and remove the rattle snakes as well.<br /><br />As far as threats to our national security; we naturally become complacent over time, letting our guard down. Something will happen and a top official will be fired though there was nothing the could have done to truly foresee the event. We do love to fire people, as The Donald will attest.Robert the Skeptichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10863488312604865183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2400078448867068387.post-22644211588686608132011-05-04T14:19:30.713-07:002011-05-04T14:19:30.713-07:00How I love your metaphors, Marylinn. From the ratt...How I love your metaphors, Marylinn. From the rattlesnakes to the spontaneous combustion of peach-filled Ball jars. I just took a little break from writing my thoughts about Bin Laden's execution, because I'm having such a difficult time with it. I think it's because the story is not about Bin Laden. It's about human nature, how it's presented, how it's manipulated, and as you said, how truth can't stay bottled forever. But what is revealed when truth finally explodes in our face is often an unidentifiable messy, smelly mash. <br />I agree w/Susan. Trust your gut) instincts. ;)Jaynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06694559900539722616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2400078448867068387.post-53628847768625168062011-05-04T11:49:34.644-07:002011-05-04T11:49:34.644-07:00i think this discussion circles back a bit to an e...i think this discussion circles back a bit to an earlier one, in which some of us were thinking about authenticity. i think the more you feel like you are living your own life, the life that has evolved from being honest with yourself, then the more you can reliably follow your gut sense.<br /> i still feel that i flounder through many days, and yet...i at last feel like i have a strong sense of which people i should be spending time with, approaching intimacy with--and which i should avoid like, well, like a nest of rattlesnakes.<br /><br />thanks, marylinn; another provocative post!susan t. landryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12454487318141469849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2400078448867068387.post-17506756690134701432011-05-04T09:02:09.229-07:002011-05-04T09:02:09.229-07:00Erin - That's right...and the rattlesnakes usu...Erin - That's right...and the rattlesnakes usually give warning. They did not mislead us. How DO we trust the source of our bartered futures, our diminished expectations and bold lies about our rights and our perceived human worth? Optimism is my preferred stance but, as has been said, when someone SHOWS you who they are, believe them. xoMarylinn Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02759437467691163658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2400078448867068387.post-6173628596668728372011-05-04T08:53:41.703-07:002011-05-04T08:53:41.703-07:00Rachel - When we start doubting ourselves - and th...Rachel - When we start doubting ourselves - and there seem to be vigorous campaigns encouraging us to do exactly that - we are lost. Some part of us usually knows. xoMarylinn Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02759437467691163658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2400078448867068387.post-52429858104638797932011-05-04T08:51:14.780-07:002011-05-04T08:51:14.780-07:00Melissa - It was during my younger days, also a hu...Melissa - It was during my younger days, also a hundred years ago, that I stopped trusting my intuition. I ignored it for decades, having been told that I misunderstood, misinterpreted what felt true. The many faces of betrayal. Thank you for commenting.Marylinn Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02759437467691163658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2400078448867068387.post-41009983096597850202011-05-04T08:46:21.599-07:002011-05-04T08:46:21.599-07:00Nicolette - If we endeavor to live by our own trut...Nicolette - If we endeavor to live by our own truth, I don't know that we have any way to bridge from that to what real life presents. People and circumstances can drain our energies, much as we try and defend ourselves, and sometimes the only effective form of preservation is to walk away, to let them go. I am very fond of solid ground, feel teetering and unsafe on lies or flimsy half-truths. Idealism is not a defect. Thanks for your thoughts.Marylinn Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02759437467691163658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2400078448867068387.post-55982656598007111842011-05-04T07:12:07.013-07:002011-05-04T07:12:07.013-07:00At least with rattlesnakes, you know where you sta...At least with rattlesnakes, you know where you stand. Not so with government (no matter which side's on top at the moment). I wonder if they could ever be trusted. Possibly we're just more aware of it now then in the halcyon days of yore. I'm a generally very optimistic and non-cynical person, but not when it comes to politics. A federal system that says equal rights, but won't allow 10 per cent of the population to marry? How do you trust that?Erin in Morro Bayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06837848620673552009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2400078448867068387.post-50974162525366562042011-05-04T06:59:12.950-07:002011-05-04T06:59:12.950-07:00It seems the only truth we can know for sure is ou...It seems the only truth we can know for sure is our own. And even then it gets a little dicey.<br />xoRachelVBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10312736736551027564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2400078448867068387.post-9707145217631974542011-05-04T04:09:20.236-07:002011-05-04T04:09:20.236-07:00thank you...this is an interesting entry...when I ...thank you...this is an interesting entry...when I was little, a hundred years ago, I believed that the government told the truth...but I knew there was an undercurrent in my home, one that effected me deeply, an undeniable fact.melissashookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02398008713376655570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2400078448867068387.post-13304295549511620152011-05-03T19:12:13.940-07:002011-05-03T19:12:13.940-07:00I'm a very transparent and have a good number ...I'm a very transparent and have a good number of close friends who put themselves on the line for others. Or we're the type who'd do what we say, and respond honestly, even passionately to the gestures others make. As you can imagine, this has resulted in never-ending disappointments, annoying little failures, absurd scenarios of all sorts. Most of the time I'm good at accepting the reality as others finally present it, by thinking 'no one is obliged to give me anything'. <br /><br />Sometimes I think that I - or any other person who qualifies as an artist - must be too idealistic. There must be a way to abridge this gap between one's insistence on truth and real life. But I haven't figured it out at all. While I do give a lot of room for people and things, I seem to become more determined to protect my freedom in my 30's - so much so that I wean people/things off me pretty quick. Sometimes it doesn't make sense even to me!Nicolette Wonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05068881909112000390noreply@blogger.com