tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25267270.post68010665876795293..comments2024-03-04T00:51:30.050-08:00Comments on What is a Sundial in the Shade?: Setting yourself upJosihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10615874450489497826noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25267270.post-40893420137309133052007-10-09T15:56:00.000-07:002007-10-09T15:56:00.000-07:00what a great lesson! Failures aren't so bad when t...what a great lesson! Failures aren't so bad when thought about like that. Thanks for the reminder.Julie Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15311231654035295596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25267270.post-32704860157526956712007-10-05T13:52:00.000-07:002007-10-05T13:52:00.000-07:00I think in some ways our ancestors had it better. ...I think in some ways our ancestors had it better. They didn't have pictures of perfect cakes, gardens, and homes. They just did what had to be done and didn't know what perfection was.<BR/><BR/>Curse Martha Stewart because you know she would have figured out a way to make the cake taste and look perfect.<BR/><BR/>Maybe we could think of perfect ways of torturing her.Anna Maria Junushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14589846694967185982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25267270.post-48282473973712362212007-10-02T08:53:00.000-07:002007-10-02T08:53:00.000-07:00This is so true! It's so easy to get down when we...This is so true! It's so easy to get down when we make mistakes, but if we'd just look at them as opportunities to learn, life wouldn't be so overwhelming. Thanks so much for sharing!Avery Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15459396609964285392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25267270.post-27496756858620206242007-10-01T21:55:00.000-07:002007-10-01T21:55:00.000-07:00This is exactly the reason that I leave the dishes...This is exactly the reason that I leave the dishes in the sink. (but wait, I'm still late for stuff anyway . . .)Janette Rallisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00883483145480893640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25267270.post-57445828942897993392007-10-01T21:35:00.000-07:002007-10-01T21:35:00.000-07:00Perfect take on the juggling of life. Sometimes a...Perfect take on the juggling of life. Sometimes a great anology really puts things into perspective-such as this. Thanks Josi. YOU ROCK!Autumn Ableshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09550322222515752199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25267270.post-24698031343116064642007-10-01T13:11:00.000-07:002007-10-01T13:11:00.000-07:00Man, sign me up for this club. It's a common thre...Man, sign me up for this club. It's a common thread, especially among women, I fear. Great post!Jennahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16015165553390298826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25267270.post-56571891857261195922007-10-01T11:14:00.000-07:002007-10-01T11:14:00.000-07:00I have a hilarious picture of my son crying hyster...I have a hilarious picture of my son crying hysterically in front of one of his birthday cakes that I baked. It's become a running joke! They taste good, but they're never pretty. Amen to learning lessons from our mistakes. You can't learn how to ride a bike until you've learned how to fall correctly.Momo Falihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09735425888226178189noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25267270.post-44894326936500414352007-09-30T20:00:00.000-07:002007-09-30T20:00:00.000-07:00I just recently found your blog and I truly enjoy ...I just recently found your blog and I truly enjoy reading it!<BR/>What a wonderful post, and one that I needed to hear. I'm an artist, and also a busy Mom. I set myself up for failure by expecting every art piece that I do to be perfect instead of enjoying the process. I have honestly found that I learn the most through my mistakes and yet I never want to make them, lol. Thanks for the reminder that mistakes are part of the journey that makes us better.<BR/>:)<BR/>:)Kasie @ ~The Art of Life~https://www.blogger.com/profile/00208759575130154708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25267270.post-85215000132062263442007-09-30T18:48:00.000-07:002007-09-30T18:48:00.000-07:00Josi, I so needed this today. If you could see my...Josi, I so needed this today. If you could see my yard, you would know one of the ways I set myself up. In order to realize the garden of my dreams, I really need a staff of gardeners, or at least one crusty but dedicated old gent like the Ben Weatherstaff at Misselthwaite Manor. <BR/><BR/>Instead, I have two willing-but-overzealous older boys who need strict supervision, a busy husband, and my always overcommitted self. I went out the other day and looked at all the weeds taking over my rose beds, perennial border, and fruit plantings and fell into the Pit of Despair.<BR/><BR/>I don't know what the answer is (my husband suggests AstroTurf). ;)Luisa Perkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15310698422276446909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25267270.post-544687722213511922007-09-30T06:47:00.000-07:002007-09-30T06:47:00.000-07:00hi josi:great post.i especially love how you said ...hi josi:<BR/>great post.<BR/>i especially love how you said that paragraph that started with it is through failures that we learn.<BR/><BR/>have experienced a very hard adversity during this summer and we are on the upside now, but this experience has taught me so much and brought to our lives some rich blessings, too. i will take the adversities any day for the outcome of the blessings that have come as a result of this and during this time ... are too good and important to me.<BR/><BR/>in answer to your question, somehow you can say no to more things. you don't have to commit to as much as you are. you know this. when you are more choosy about what you say yes to, you can devote your energies to a doing a few very well (than doing a lot spread too thin).<BR/><BR/>blessings,<BR/>kathleen :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25267270.post-22488419467945543172007-09-29T22:20:00.000-07:002007-09-29T22:20:00.000-07:00What an insightful and thought provoking post. It...What an insightful and thought provoking post. It makes me want to take the time to make better choices in my life!An Ordinary Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05497066145696617241noreply@blogger.com