tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3183605603284124730.post7680462092909621200..comments2023-06-06T03:13:26.286-07:00Comments on Random Thoughts from Daphne: Extinction Continueddaphnepurpushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05337076348490404223noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3183605603284124730.post-3047427886723990412010-10-25T10:53:07.263-07:002010-10-25T10:53:07.263-07:00Thanks so for your comment and thanks especially f...Thanks so for your comment and thanks especially for the quote! It was new for me and it does certainly capture the feelings very well indeed. I'm trying to enjoy the world more and save it less as I think in the long run that will be better for both me and for the world. I also agree about the two steps backward for every one forward, which means that I'm going backward more than forward, but there it is. Life is ever-changing and life is a spiral, and I just need to flow with it!daphnepurpushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05337076348490404223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3183605603284124730.post-74325144186486062452010-10-25T08:54:57.272-07:002010-10-25T08:54:57.272-07:00Boy, Daphne, do you ever sound like me! (In both t...Boy, Daphne, do you ever sound like me! (In both this post and the one preceding it - and a few others!) I could write a lot about how I struggle with fixing things, fighting things, changing things, being the change, or just letting things be, but since I've always loved this quote and totally related to it, and it goes so well with this post, I thought I'd just share it instead...<br /><br />"I wake up torn between the desire to save the world and to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day."<br />~E.B. White<br /><br />That about sums up my struggles with this. :-) I do think Gandhi was right, that being the change you wish to see in the world is key. I think it also follows the Tao's Watercourse Way. But sometimes it just takes more patience than I can muster (I share your strong sense of justice!), and the changes I wish to see - in myself and outside myself - seem to happen so slowly, with two steps backward for everyone forward.Laloofahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07256023593175821427noreply@blogger.com