tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13083972.post1480110174658172572..comments2023-09-29T06:00:09.242-05:00Comments on Julie Pippert: Using My Words: You can't always get what you wantJulie Pipperthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03169574697104642479noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13083972.post-23564556343376097612008-04-23T12:31:00.000-05:002008-04-23T12:31:00.000-05:00My thoughts on this topic are up today...two weeks...My thoughts on this topic are up today...two weeks late, but at least it's a Wednesday! That's probably going to be my participation pattern when I do this, to be honest.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, I really liked your post, and found it both thoughtful and inspiring.Florindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09789402061034734894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13083972.post-43123573647956775402008-04-13T07:35:00.000-05:002008-04-13T07:35:00.000-05:00Sorry for being so late in commenting. That's wha...Sorry for being so late in commenting. That's what happens when you use Blogger in Draft to publish your post on Monday night and then get totally swamped in work for the rest of the week. I totally agree with the Rolling Stones song and perhaps because we are close in age and remember hearing all the time as children. I agree that not all things are in your control. And I agree that not everything goes according to fate. And I agree that this is a beautifully written post!Angelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09384193725703209859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13083972.post-21062566439296023682008-04-10T23:53:00.000-05:002008-04-10T23:53:00.000-05:00It's ironic that you wrote this on the same day th...It's ironic that you wrote this on the same day that I posted about how much I HATE hearing the phrase "Everything happens for a reason."<BR/><BR/>And even though I do hate that phrase, your post forces me to consider that some of my own vitriol has more to do with the memories of being a pregnant sorority girl who everyone forgot was also an honor student. Because at the time, maintaining those honors was my own brass ring.<BR/><BR/>At any rate, what I think was more shocking to those people was that I was actually OK with the turn my life had taken. I find that the people who say everything happens for a reason usually spend too much time SEARCHING for that reason.<BR/><BR/>I do believe in fate. But I don't believe in trying to understand it. Not only is it fruitless, but in my opinion, it takes all the fun out of it!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13083972.post-86471770303695592172008-04-10T12:36:00.000-05:002008-04-10T12:36:00.000-05:00I don't believe in fate per se, but I do believe t...I don't believe in fate per se, but I do believe that our energy can have the power to create change around us--in wonderful and not-so wonderful ways. I guess how we react to what life throws us, how we take it and spin it and throw it back out again can then have a "ripple" effect that echoes out for some time, drawing people in, repelling people, perhaps having effects we don't even realize.<BR/><BR/>Maybe I'm sounding too hokey, but I do believe it.Aliki2006https://www.blogger.com/profile/15763865834765963343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13083972.post-67426297937702149092008-04-10T12:07:00.000-05:002008-04-10T12:07:00.000-05:00Oh Julie, I wish I would have thought more about t...Oh Julie, I wish I would have thought more about this topic to have contributed. Maybe in the future, if fate allows...I must come back and finish reading what you've written but the day calls me into it's folds for now...Unfortunatly, like Jeff above, I can wax on forever about poop. (Such a funny word.)Woman in a Windowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14747858840088922077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13083972.post-82364353343523140482008-04-10T11:24:00.000-05:002008-04-10T11:24:00.000-05:00Great post Julie. I love the way you dive into an ...Great post Julie. I love the way you dive into an issue and fully explore it with us. <BR/><BR/>I'm pretty good at writing about poop ;-)Jeff and Charli Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13868852480996815442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13083972.post-10673011030554535352008-04-10T09:05:00.000-05:002008-04-10T09:05:00.000-05:00I think deciding between what you need and what yo...I think deciding between what you need and what you want is one of the most important aspects of growing up. No fooling.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13083972.post-39012911649579218712008-04-10T09:02:00.000-05:002008-04-10T09:02:00.000-05:00Flavia's comment might be the sweetest comment I'v...Flavia's comment might be the sweetest comment I've ever read. Ever.Kylahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03311014761113076785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13083972.post-68233818400990421702008-04-10T08:52:00.000-05:002008-04-10T08:52:00.000-05:00What an fabulous post. I like what Heidi said abo...What an fabulous post. I like what Heidi said above. I do believe in fate, to a certain extent, but you can't just sit back and expect fate to handle everything either. Hmmm. <BR/>Great post!Kathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14339665205284492242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13083972.post-11666548368313446852008-04-10T08:33:00.000-05:002008-04-10T08:33:00.000-05:00I don't believe in fate. But I believe in doing th...I don't believe in fate. But I believe in doing the best you can with what's thrown your way. And sometimes that's enough. <BR/><BR/>Lovely, thoughtful post, Julie.<BR/><BR/>HeidiFamily Adventurehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00093360285075029799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13083972.post-72450413573451626212008-04-10T07:41:00.000-05:002008-04-10T07:41:00.000-05:00I feel pretty much exactly the same way as you do,...I feel pretty much exactly the same way as you do, except for the part about letting _____________ take the wheel. I really wanted to do something for this Hump Day, but then that pesky life thing got in the way. Maybe I'll throw something together today; I know you won't mind. ;)Gwenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12526629366170486737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13083972.post-65028934690216700242008-04-10T06:48:00.000-05:002008-04-10T06:48:00.000-05:00magical thinking? i do it way more than i like to...magical thinking? i do it way more than i like to admit. but once you're burned in life you tend to put your hope anywhere you can, i guess. <BR/><BR/>sorry i've been so behind on all your posts, hon. it is amazing how hard it is to catch up after only a few days away!Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04662448292809451387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13083972.post-41122941793055228892008-04-09T23:03:00.000-05:002008-04-09T23:03:00.000-05:00You control your fate. fate is not what happens to...You control your fate. fate is not what happens to you, but how you choose to react.flutterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11828689769747130419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13083972.post-75047163723278039472008-04-09T20:43:00.000-05:002008-04-09T20:43:00.000-05:00That's new age thinking I'd let go of a while back...<I>That's new age thinking I'd let go of a while back. Although it considers itself Eastern or Asian or rooted in something foreign and therefore good, it's actually so very American: a democratic application of fate---everyone has equal opportunity to get the brass ring.</I><BR/><BR/>A brilliant observation. That has never occurred to me before.SciFi Dadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10479890087443823197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13083972.post-25765835526443946072008-04-09T19:45:00.000-05:002008-04-09T19:45:00.000-05:00I haven't read the comments, just your post. and i...I haven't read the comments, just your post. <BR/><BR/>and i watched in her shoes the other day. i guess you have seen and read like me (because i read it at your house). but, i know in reading this, i just don't make sense without you. the keeper of my heart.<BR/><BR/>xoxoLesleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03234608812477723059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13083972.post-82403891864577850382008-04-09T14:33:00.000-05:002008-04-09T14:33:00.000-05:00i think that when we're lucky, we get a pretty dec...i think that when we're lucky, we get a pretty decent combo of what we want and what we need. and sometimes we don't know that we got what we wanted until later.Livhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09154719979114564561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13083972.post-65144563729664635752008-04-09T14:28:00.000-05:002008-04-09T14:28:00.000-05:00I like what Suki said: being part of the flow, bu...I like what Suki said: being part of the flow, but making a difference in it. Totally jives with my thoughts. :)Melissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14599462281364463565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13083972.post-87875942468632896402008-04-09T14:05:00.000-05:002008-04-09T14:05:00.000-05:00This was a great post...if I could count the times...This was a great post...if I could count the times I looked back on my life and realized that I may not have gotten what I wanted, but what I needed...or even something better than what I asked for...well, I'd probably run out of numbers. As far as visualizing things coming true...well, I just had a discussion with a good friend about money...and she said, "Oh I can just SEE that coming to you...but you have to be open and really want it" We then had a little discussion about how that's a lovely idea and all...but if she figured it out first (how "all that" worked) let me in on it...for now, I'm going it just put my visualization in the trust that I am in exactly the right place for me...and know that it's OK to be here.Chickenbellshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13573889595933525371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13083972.post-76873767285087143412008-04-09T14:01:00.000-05:002008-04-09T14:01:00.000-05:00I don't tend to think of life as "fated" but (as m...I don't tend to think of life as "fated" but (as my blog post explains) I don't completely believe in coincidence, either. I've certainly seen too many things come into place at the right (or wrong) time to ignore the greater power in play. I agree, though, that free will and destiny are not mutually exclusive. Sometimes I refer to "karma" or "juju" when I'm thinking of how good things come back to those who do good and bad things come back to those who do bad, but generally I think good and bad things come to everyone. It's how we handle the good and the bad that define us, and whether or not we recognize the guiding force that can truly help us reach greater heights.Roberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04826309601023733396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13083972.post-38382337621849446272008-04-09T12:04:00.000-05:002008-04-09T12:04:00.000-05:00I really enjoyed this piece! I wanted to write a p...I really enjoyed this piece! I wanted to write a post for this topic, but it wasn't coming out right. <BR/><BR/>I do think we each of us have some geas or fate laid upon us; not in a mumbo-jumbo, pseudo-religious way, but in terms of our gifts, our talents, and how we can use those to enrich both our own life, as well as the lives around us. I have come to appreciate the almost dowsing quality of serendipity and the surprising places it leads you to. Sometimes following that impulse leads us to the very place we were intended to be. <BR/><BR/>I think we all have a fate, but we don't always arrive there, having missed the signs pointing the way.<BR/><BR/>Great topic - I just wished I had been able to get my ducks together to join in!we_be_toyshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12100712745473031460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13083972.post-28104429885227242462008-04-09T10:32:00.000-05:002008-04-09T10:32:00.000-05:00I couldn't even finish reading this post before th...I couldn't even finish reading this post before this comment bubbled up in my head and I HAVE to clear my head before I keep reading :). <BR/><BR/>Just as I started reading your post - on a day which I started by reading <A HREF="http://catherinemcniel.blogspot.com/2008/04/meditation.html" REL="nofollow">this</A>, I was wondering whether today was just a wonderful day for revelations and introspections, or whether I was reading things differently and the messages were coming in because I was READING into them. In other words, is it today's fate or is it me? <BR/><BR/>I guess it's a bit of both. Being a part of the flow, yet making a difference within it.Sukhalokahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08839282055547314024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13083972.post-46840998278721142772008-04-09T09:57:00.000-05:002008-04-09T09:57:00.000-05:00There's a lot of wisdom in this post. I can't disa...There's a lot of wisdom in this post. I can't disagree with a single thing you said. :)thailandchanihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10171731740204067889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13083972.post-66859209388232514852008-04-09T09:56:00.000-05:002008-04-09T09:56:00.000-05:00loved this, Julie. i too struggle when people tak...loved this, Julie. i too struggle when people take credit for something utterly uncontrollable, because they were "just meant to have it"...especially if the "it" is children, and particularly one or the other specific gender. it makes me want to slap them til they hurt. very badly. or better, it makes me want life to slap them til they hurt. and learn. and shut up. <BR/><BR/>i know, it's not very nice. i don't do it. i can't seem to make life do it, either. but i tend to wish it, then slink away, ashamed.<BR/><BR/>great post.Bonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14403701620708365171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13083972.post-15949832602454865832008-04-09T08:01:00.000-05:002008-04-09T08:01:00.000-05:00Wouldn't you know that I ended up getting sick?I'l...Wouldn't you know that I ended up getting sick?<BR/><BR/>I'll have to come back a little later when I'm feeling coherent. But thanks for humouring me. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com