tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5063279524477351975.post6712605622586559554..comments2023-04-07T06:42:59.992-07:00Comments on These Women's Words: The Nobility of the MundaneChrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02992006304383497430noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5063279524477351975.post-53861746167931486052010-09-30T06:29:03.407-07:002010-09-30T06:29:03.407-07:00What I write in the blogosphere is equal to the wa...What I write in the blogosphere is equal to the way I live my life in the world-o-sphere. Luckily though, I am not often offered a podium and microphone. Therefore, it is usually just horses, dogs, cats, a husband and a few close friends who are subjected to the out loud life of The Mongo.Mongolian Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18277544884313115003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5063279524477351975.post-51587149164063367602010-09-29T15:54:59.177-07:002010-09-29T15:54:59.177-07:00Elder - I remember the scene from that movie. I...Elder - I remember the scene from that movie. I've never been one to think it can't get any worse, it spooks me just to write that. The other thing that happened this week will take some time to form words around. Thanks for the blessings. I've never been blessed by an Elder.<br /><br />Flutter - that is really why I write such personal things. It means so much to know it touched you somehow.<br /><br />Rass - Truthiness, great word. Your friends see your truthiness too, whether you believe that or not. The question is, do you see your truthiness? <br /><br />In my late 40's I consider myself blessed beyond reasonable measures when it comes to my sisterhood of girlfriends. We've grown up together. We sat on each others beds in high school and curled our hair while talking about boys. We still talk about boys, mostly the asshole ex husbands, but also the good guys that a few of us (not me) have found.<br /><br />They can see me and know what I'm thinking before I think it. This friend called that morning to say I came to her mind in an urgent way, literally telepathic communication occurred. <br /><br />This is a long way of saying thanks for the comment, I get it and you are right. I want you to think of your current friends as those that will be there for you when the trees start falling. If they're not there yet, then find them now.<br /><br />Mongo - so much wisdom in such a little space amongst the blogosphere. I love these little reminders, especially the one about the jack ass. That one applies to me right now as I'm bringing that damn ass out of the ditch as we speak. And yes, I will email. <br /><br />I agree with your thoughts on Rassles comment as well. Would you say that's why most of us pour out our lives in this public forum? We are not opposed to honesty, brutal sometimes and we are most definitely unfiltered. That other messy, intense, difficult, janky stuff is just good writing. If writing were like building a fire, our lives are the Durastone Firestart logs.Zen Mamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02150722039049104796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5063279524477351975.post-13971609668243393702010-09-29T06:03:25.650-07:002010-09-29T06:03:25.650-07:00I think Rass is on to something.
The most common ...I think Rass is on to something. <br />The most common thing I get is, "I used to be so intimidated by you." I used to think that meant I had been mean or menacing. Turns out I get that line from people who are looking for complete honesty - I do complete honesty well.<br />In the middle of all that is the dialogue I have with myself about myself - that I'm messy, intense, difficult, have been through a lot and can be pretty janky, and don't have enough filters.<br />Turns out people are actually interested in their own dialogue of me - not my own.Mongolian Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18277544884313115003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5063279524477351975.post-12469563459747128002010-09-28T12:33:45.289-07:002010-09-28T12:33:45.289-07:00I mean, your friend might view you as a bastion of...I mean, your friend might view you as a bastion of honesty and strength, and be just as impressed by you as you are of her.Rassleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12370070146085209687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5063279524477351975.post-31472888494504380802010-09-28T12:31:11.696-07:002010-09-28T12:31:11.696-07:00It's funny, because I talk to some of my frien...It's funny, because I talk to some of my friends and they are in awe of me (I'm like, bitch? Do you <i>know</i> me?). They think I am wise and they ask me for advice and they think I have this life of just non-stop hilarity and endless friends and I don't think they realize that I just learned to find hilarity in the mundane and I'll be friends with anyone who makes me laugh...which is different than nobility, because people think it's snide and I think they're snide for not realizing that it's not snidiness but truthiness. Yeah. <br /><br />Your friend might perhaps feel the same way about you.Rassleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12370070146085209687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5063279524477351975.post-27595931607218716812010-09-27T02:59:14.293-07:002010-09-27T02:59:14.293-07:00Uncanny! One of my mentor's favorite lines wh...Uncanny! One of my mentor's favorite lines when I get off the charts mentally or emotionally is, "Don't forget to do the laundry." <br />I suppose it goes along with that other great line - "You can't think your way into right acting, you must act your way into right thinking."<br />Or - "It doesn't matter how the jack ass got into the ditch; just get it out."<br />Or - "The best way to heal is to pay attention to your own ass; if your ass in in the right place, your thoughts and emotions will follow it to the right place eventually."<br />Or - How about this ZM - let's email! xoxoMongolian Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18277544884313115003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5063279524477351975.post-71325690088651533582010-09-26T22:56:13.415-07:002010-09-26T22:56:13.415-07:00I cannot begin to tell you how much this touched m...I cannot begin to tell you how much this touched meflutterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11828689769747130419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5063279524477351975.post-29955061346060685372010-09-26T15:49:57.871-07:002010-09-26T15:49:57.871-07:00Blessings on you ZM. I'm so glad you have such...Blessings on you ZM. I'm so glad you have such a wise friend. I have a similar friend who lives in a castle a few hundred miles from here. I talked to her yesterday and it does my soul good. <br /><br />Did you ever read The World According to Garp or see the movie? In one scene, Garp is house hunting. As he's standing in front of one potential new home, a plane crashes into it. <br /><br />"I'll take it," he yells. "After all, a plane has crashed into it. Nothing else bad could ever happen here."<br /><br />So if I'm reading right, two trees crashed into your house. After the first one, I would've been thinking "ok, that was bad, but nothing else can happen, right?"<br /><br />Anyhow, I'm sorry for the damage, sorry for the shade you've lost and really sorry that something else worse happened that you haven't told us about yet.The Elderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08264886610072646883noreply@blogger.com