tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2400078448867068387.post8910056458542719589..comments2023-09-26T05:33:04.420-07:00Comments on Marylinn Kelly: A demonimation of one, Re-postedMarylinn Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02759437467691163658noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2400078448867068387.post-3592420474968784032011-07-15T09:08:29.071-07:002011-07-15T09:08:29.071-07:00Robert - Thank you so much. Your words carry grea...Robert - Thank you so much. Your words carry great weight here.<br /><br />Whatever our beliefs, I hope it is generally recognized as a life-long journey, one during which we evolve and find what rings true for us, not one in which we remain in a fixed position. And it does, I agree, come down to who we are and what we make of our our time in this place.Marylinn Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02759437467691163658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2400078448867068387.post-33250178377636889912011-07-12T17:35:00.560-07:002011-07-12T17:35:00.560-07:00As you know, of course, I am an Atheist. I was not...As you know, of course, I am an Atheist. I was not always so and my journey to this point has taken a lifetime.<br /><br />I often hear people say that we are here, or have been put here, for a reason. I feel differently, I believe we ARE the reason; and that the finality of our life and our consciousness makes the deeds and actions and thoughts of our lives even more precious.<br /><br />I do love your blog, Marylinn.Robert the Skeptichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10863488312604865183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2400078448867068387.post-84713359837879321522011-07-11T14:16:25.567-07:002011-07-11T14:16:25.567-07:00Jaye - Teaching eases suffering, expands the soul ...Jaye - Teaching eases suffering, expands the soul and the mind...it offers a way out of despair, it transforms...teaching and those who practice it as a life-changing act were among my conversation topics over the past several days. It IS missionary work, not different, either, from an all-volunteer military - the miracle is that we have you and others who sign up to do this job. Thank you, for your words and the willingness it takes to face the wild tribes.Marylinn Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02759437467691163658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2400078448867068387.post-66168152940318544182011-07-10T20:23:20.438-07:002011-07-10T20:23:20.438-07:00Teaching, I joke, is missionary work. But it is a...Teaching, I joke, is missionary work. But it is a meaningful joke. Sometimes I mean it like stumbling on a wild tribe, other times I mean it like it is hopeless. I am just a weary ethnographer. Twenty years of teaching and the clock has moved to people who don't know what the New Deal is, what World War II is, or who Gorbachev is.<br /><br />I love this essay because it reminds me that teaching is a calling and it can ease suffering. There is a church of teaching that feeds the soul. Thank you for your writing because it feeds my soul.Jaye Ramsey Sutterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05866341038412407027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2400078448867068387.post-30348229833083967512011-07-08T13:10:03.439-07:002011-07-08T13:10:03.439-07:00Miggy - Were we able to be what we are...surrende...Miggy - Were we able to be what we are...surrendering notions and conventions that chafe and bind but are clung to regardless...? One thing which assists in the being, which decreases somewhat the inclination to define, is letting each moment become. It is an act of courage.<br /><br />The quote speaks to me about doing what is, simply, right, something I find easiest to know a moment at a time.<br /><br />Might we, indeed, be bold, open to discomfort of the unfamiliar. Thank you, you help stir up those nutrients, aerate the soil. xoMarylinn Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02759437467691163658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2400078448867068387.post-29260881652588841872011-07-08T12:57:29.727-07:002011-07-08T12:57:29.727-07:00Erin - Thank you...bloglandia has brought richness...Erin - Thank you...bloglandia has brought richness to my life beyond anything I could have imagined. Good to have a friend who doesn't mind revisiting an old story. xoMarylinn Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02759437467691163658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2400078448867068387.post-20030218802426143932011-07-08T12:56:10.852-07:002011-07-08T12:56:10.852-07:00Melissa - Thank you. As we each have our ministry...Melissa - Thank you. As we each have our ministry, the Band will not require, thank goodness, a designated preacher. Very early in my life as a rubber stamper, I found a saying from Leavenworth Jackson, "Surely all this is not without meaning." (Her company still exists - Google her - and so does this stamp.) Believing there is purpose to our existence gives me peace and comfort; all skills valued, all gifts needed. xoMarylinn Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02759437467691163658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2400078448867068387.post-15706211253321029972011-07-07T14:31:55.506-07:002011-07-07T14:31:55.506-07:00Yes I like this post from the archives Marylinn &a...Yes I like this post from the archives Marylinn & endorse the sentiment. Thru the course of our lives we each shall inherit & forfeit, forfeit & inherit again. Shall each make a pulpit of our tongues, praise & condemn in equal measures. We shall each spend our days erecting a signature theology which shall require an equal time spent in the act of its dismantling. In the final assessment, the question is are we able to Be what are - not to define what we are, nor surmise what we are, but have we the courage to allow ourselves to Be what we are. & is not the currency or toll required for this task a relinquishing, or a surrender, a leap of faith that the mind can abdicate its controlling tenure & allow the body/organism the autonmy to be. <br /><br />& is not the only certainty we have, beyond all philosophies & conceptions & definitions, the one certainty is that we exist, that we ARE, & that what we are is each other. & the one question or conundrum arising is what exactly is our duty, intention & responsibility to this fact of our Being?<br /><br />I saw this quote today which I am informed is an old Greek proverb.<br /><br />“A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in.”<br /><br />There's that sacrifice again, that relinquishment, that deference. The ministry of gift.<br /><br />Might we be bold!<br /><br />God bless & lotsa luv, great food for thought, or mind nutrients, to be found here, as usual. <br /><br />M xnottinghamburgershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04298375344018542789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2400078448867068387.post-58933172009990335922011-07-07T09:50:41.557-07:002011-07-07T09:50:41.557-07:00Rings just as true three years later. Bloglandia h...Rings just as true three years later. Bloglandia has become a richer place with your presence. <br />Congratulations on this anniversary.<br />ErinErin in Morro Bayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06837848620673552009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2400078448867068387.post-44136516366541367862011-07-07T03:11:45.196-07:002011-07-07T03:11:45.196-07:00So the Band has acquired a Preacher! Dear Marylinn...So the Band has acquired a Preacher! Dear Marylinn, this is a wonderfully articulated mini-essay that I am positive speaks to many of us--why are we here? What is it I'm supposed to be doing? Is what I'm doing good enough?<br /><br />Yes, to the ministry of art, music, poetry. Yes to their being gifts to help ease suffering of another. The calling of an artist is every bit as sacred as the calling to the priesthood, perhaps more. From the source of our souls, we can pour our gift out to others, and it becomes tangible, and a gift to them. I also have no dealings with any organized church but respond I hope to all that is divine in the universe, and to use that in my writing, as you do in yours, is my purpose and gift. Thank you for re-posting this, Marylinn. xoMelissa Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03270919534011711225noreply@blogger.com