Comments on: Dull bits http://mindspinner.net/wordpress/archives/25/dull-bits/ If you find yourself here, hello. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:54:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: MindSpinner » What I’ve lived forty-five years to know http://mindspinner.net/wordpress/archives/25/dull-bits/#comment-21194 Sun, 10 Dec 2006 19:54:26 +0000 http://mindspinner.net/wordpress/archives/25/dull-bits/#comment-21194 [...] I will not recount heart’s skirmishes in which I’ve fought out the truths that follow. (As for the MindSpinner policy on such matters, see an early post entitled Dull Bits.)  But here’s what I’ve worked out, and it needs to be written down not so much so because somebody  needs to read it (i.e., you, since you happened, here, as if I knew anything you don’t) but because writing it down is a little like declaring a small victory. Love is the only wisdom given to us. There is no other. Love for all that is, love for another, love for self. There is honor, regard, awe, and endless gratitude in love. Love is not mere sentiment; love chooses, love acts. Love is not selfishness or desire or need. Love does not own another person’s dreams or attempt to dictate them. [...] […] I will not recount heart’s skirmishes in which I’ve fought out the truths that follow. (As for the MindSpinner policy on such matters, see an early post entitled Dull Bits.)  But here’s what I’ve worked out, and it needs to be written down not so much so because somebody  needs to read it (i.e., you, since you happened, here, as if I knew anything you don’t) but because writing it down is a little like declaring a small victory. Love is the only wisdom given to us. There is no other. Love for all that is, love for another, love for self. There is honor, regard, awe, and endless gratitude in love. Love is not mere sentiment; love chooses, love acts. Love is not selfishness or desire or need. Love does not own another person’s dreams or attempt to dictate them. […]

]]> by: MindSpinner » Of writing and doing http://mindspinner.net/wordpress/archives/25/dull-bits/#comment-50 Mon, 21 Nov 2005 09:27:21 +0000 http://mindspinner.net/wordpress/archives/25/dull-bits/#comment-50 [...] This past week I’ve tried to deal with pressing family issues - big ones, not dull bits. I’ve graded batches of papers. I’ve commented thoughtfully on fa [...] […] This past week I’ve tried to deal with pressing family issues - big ones, not dull bits. I’ve graded batches of papers. I’ve commented thoughtfully on fa […]

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