tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2400078448867068387.post574704534246662809..comments2023-09-26T05:33:04.420-07:00Comments on Marylinn Kelly: AlterationsMarylinn Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02759437467691163658noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2400078448867068387.post-91080931862295166852012-08-30T09:10:28.612-07:002012-08-30T09:10:28.612-07:00Beth - Yes, all so true. When I came to understan...Beth - Yes, all so true. When I came to understand that one of life's purposes is to soften us, to allow us to bend where previously we would have broken, it was a step toward peace with what is. It feels like being brought to who we truly are. Births, in so many numbers, have to be absolutely transforming. xo Marylinn Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02759437467691163658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2400078448867068387.post-1868492370801369782012-08-29T22:29:25.711-07:002012-08-29T22:29:25.711-07:00The only constant is change. And yes, if we are tr...The only constant is change. And yes, if we are truly living fully in the present, we do change with unfolding experience. I am not the woman I was 30 years ago with two young children to raise. Or before my brother took his life. Or before the hundreds of babies Ii've delivered passed through my hands and my life. <br /><br />I'm slower to react in anger. I'm more compassionate. I weep more easily. I treat my fellow beings with more care. I change daily.beth coyotehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04671290135595711572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2400078448867068387.post-70615888014732145842012-08-29T12:42:24.644-07:002012-08-29T12:42:24.644-07:00Jayne - The whole notion of suspending disbelief m...Jayne - The whole notion of suspending disbelief may have sprung from the invention of fiction, and just kept going from there, don't you imagine? But suspending disbelief - outside the realm of politics and anyone trying to sell you stuff - doesn't seem like a bad idea. And those danged involuntary cellular responses. I think we go around in a state of shock more than we realize. I hope it has been a fine summer. I will stop by soon. xoMarylinn Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02759437467691163658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2400078448867068387.post-57791352545139038322012-08-28T09:00:58.760-07:002012-08-28T09:00:58.760-07:00I cannot imagine the life before books, never mind...I cannot imagine the life before books, never mind theater or movies. Do you think, then, that people willingly suspended disbelief?<br /><br />"Home is only here, only now." Relating fully to this, Marylinn. "Involuntary cellular response" is just that. We mustn't be prepared for anything and everything--however would we alter the molecules?! Yes, yes, you do bring it home! :)Jaynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06694559900539722616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2400078448867068387.post-69321271659590332212012-08-28T07:37:05.620-07:002012-08-28T07:37:05.620-07:00T. - To quote back: thank you. Any form of knowi...T. - To quote back: thank you. Any form of knowing wafts into my consciousness like a scent needing to be identified. I remind myself often that whatever I know, or don't know, today is enough. Almost nothing is the way I thought it was. xo Marylinn Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02759437467691163658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2400078448867068387.post-51968743796936405812012-08-27T22:38:32.713-07:002012-08-27T22:38:32.713-07:00As always, stopping here makes me slow down and be...As always, stopping here makes me slow down and become aware of the present in all its infinite possibilities. <br /><br />To quote Angella: <br />thank you. thank you.T. https://www.blogger.com/profile/16509409207991963533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2400078448867068387.post-84235013756490356902012-08-27T20:24:43.378-07:002012-08-27T20:24:43.378-07:00Angella - Thank you. What a mass of contradiction...Angella - Thank you. What a mass of contradiction and mystery it all is, including not knowing what will appear on the page until it does. This time and this place and how they change from moment to moment, is it any wonder we grow weary? xoMarylinn Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02759437467691163658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2400078448867068387.post-76048844759259995242012-08-27T12:28:10.409-07:002012-08-27T12:28:10.409-07:00that last graph. lord, you know how to bring it al...that last graph. lord, you know how to bring it all home. it's a understanding of ourselves in this time and place that is powerful beyond measure. thank you. thank you.37paddingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12400464105403622384noreply@blogger.com