tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15513876.post9685839141935999..comments2024-02-12T09:07:37.691-06:00Comments on I am doing the best I can: MindlessnessDawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12920042208198309201noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15513876.post-33663528273807069002011-07-12T19:44:22.924-05:002011-07-12T19:44:22.924-05:00I know, everyone has their own limits. I hit a wal...I know, everyone has their own limits. I hit a wall hard, crashed for a number of years and then slowly found my way past it. Keep going, one foot in front of the other. I wish you peace.KL Crabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08600885355619240594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15513876.post-17952170703451445262011-07-12T16:53:57.217-05:002011-07-12T16:53:57.217-05:00Jae- Yes, the ocean makes me happy. The bitter col...Jae- Yes, the ocean makes me happy. The bitter cold of the Atlantic, where you suck in your breath as you work up your courage to just go IN and be done with it. I like the salt on my skin and the sand in my scalp. The way the ocean makes you feel both clean and grimy, simultaneously. <br /><br />It would be easy to see the appeal of the coast to early humans - the evidence of food which washes in with the tides. We are, after all, magnificent scavengers.<br /><br />KL - Used up. There are times when I do truly think that all my laughter, all my joy, all humor in life has been used up. This is an in-between time for me. Not grieving,or rage. No sadness or depression. Just a very quiet stillness that makes me feel like I am hibernating. With no predicted schedule of when I will wake up. <br /><br />I pondered today, while walking in the museum, how long I could sustain this liminal space.Dawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12920042208198309201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15513876.post-34007098770401367122011-07-12T14:30:46.503-05:002011-07-12T14:30:46.503-05:00used up, I understand that concept- I never quite ...used up, I understand that concept- I never quite thought of it that way- but it resonates deeply with me.Yes ma'am there are many days when I am used up. The good news: not so many as their were..KL Crabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08600885355619240594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15513876.post-34544804336565815872011-07-12T11:26:16.279-05:002011-07-12T11:26:16.279-05:00Life came out of the ocean, and we land-stranded c...Life came out of the ocean, and we land-stranded creatures carry a little of the ocean around in ourselves -- the composition of salts in the blood is similar to that in the ocean. Some anthropologists think modern humans evolved on the coasts of seas and large lakes, spearing fish and cracking open shells with stone tools. Sometimes I think that's why people almost universally find the beach transformative. It's like the waves are calling us home.Jaelithehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12081888212421953409noreply@blogger.com