Comments on: On Being Busy Or Being Full: How Can We Tell The Difference?

By: Angelina

Angelina — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 15:42:43 +0000

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By: MELENDEZ25Esmeralda

MELENDEZ25Esmeralda — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 09:09:38 +0000

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By: PerryP@How to lose weight

PerryP@How to lose weight — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 03:31:36 +0000

I think “being full” in the sense of this post has a lot to do with knowing what the individuals purpose is, and having a direction to serve this purpose.
Problem is, that most either do not bother to get clear about their purpose, or, if they have found it, don’t attribute enough time to it (for example by thinking they need a job, instead of thinking “how can I make a business opportunity out of being full?”
PerryP@How to lose weight’s latest post: Never Feel Full- What You Can Do When You Never Feel Full

By: What I’m Reading

What I’m Reading — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 14:50:40 +0000

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By: Sarah

Sarah — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 21:54:24 +0000

Beautifully put! According to the meyres briggs peronality test I am an NF (intitive feeler) we are gifted in many ways. One way is to know how others are doing emotionally and otherwise via my intuition…an impression. It is like having a sixth sense. Knowing all this info can lead often to an overwelming flow of input about the needs in others around me. It can lead to being driven by this input over directing life myself. I have learned this freedom of priorities you write about out of sheer survival when I was plundged into a series of events that overwhelmed me all the time. Too many conflicting needs too little time. How do I know which way to go. This was a Miserable time in my life. Today I would stand a top a mountain a shout as loudly as possible how helpful and real your post is.”Come read this post it will change your life”
There is rest in doing and peace in movement when you have decided, when you have singled out what is important and you sacrifice to keep these things in the center. It is really loyality at it’s best. In my own life this freedom began with being loyal to God, what He was saying to me…leaving often the other people to walk alone with Him (or so it seemed). Then once I married it involved being loyal to my husband,his personality, his preferences his ideas and dreams had to come before those of friends and family. Then I had kids and they took part of that loyalty too. Each new commitment more ridgedly defined my life but as you said so well in one of your posts on your blog it just redefines the perameters of my happiness.
Thank you for writing this.

Sarah

By: Borrowed Wisdom « Thoughts Interrupted

Borrowed Wisdom « Thoughts Interrupted — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 06:11:05 +0000

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By: Rob O.

Rob O. — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 10:32:52 +0000

I don’t quite know where to side on this…

My mother – a single Mom of 3 – fell very much in the “being busy” category. I recognize that this was, in part, out of necessity. She had 2, 3, sometimes even 4 jobs to keep ahead of the bills, keep clothes on our backs, and keep food on the table. Her perpetual busy-ness and exhausting need to do things thoroughly and completely defined her – she didn’t know the meaning of “shortcut.” While this was exasperating when I was growing up, her style of getting things done for sake of the family regardless of the personal cost has, frankly, been something I (as an adult, and even more so as a parent) came to hold her in high esteem for.

But it’s with great sorrow that I also recognize how exhausting and, for the most part, joyless her life was. It pains me to know that even after us kids were grown and out of the house, she never knew how to slow down long enough to experience enjoyment. She never allowed herself to stop being busy long enough to do the things she wanted to do rather than the things she felt she needed to do.

Since her passing and my becoming a Dad (within the same month, a bit more than two years ago), I’ve felt like I needed to live by that blueprint, both to be a successful parent and to honor her sacrifices. So, I’ve struggled to find a balance: between feeling obligated to live up to Mom’s tremendous work ethic and tenacity yet knowing that I’m not willing to shortchange myself of the enjoyment of life or being thoroughly involved in my son’s childhood. I definitely am more able to let things go than Mom was, but sometimes feel slight pangs of guilt for doing so.
Rob O.’s latest post: Productivity Is At An All-Time Low!

By: Rachel

Rachel — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 20:44:17 +0000

Misha, thank you for all of your posts. I have bookmarked many of them that have been so thought-provoking, inspiring, and helpful to me.
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By: Jeri Graybill

Jeri Graybill — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 20:03:11 +0000

Loved your thoughts…thanks! It really is okay to let some things go. The very exercise itself of discerning each day just what stays and what goes is the process that builds the beautiful tapestry of our lives.
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By: emily

emily — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 02:31:13 +0000

Thanks so much for this great insight. It is exactly what I needed to hear today as I contemplate how to give more to my children and my husband.