tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6472050772782545089.post5573123176840327792..comments2023-10-21T05:22:53.166-05:00Comments on Poetry, Music, and Real Life: A New Year. Blah blah blah.Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05972480722494170701noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6472050772782545089.post-42644124428247329292010-01-29T16:32:13.634-06:002010-01-29T16:32:13.634-06:00(at least you don't chew ... wait, no, i proba...(at least you don't chew ... wait, no, i probably shouldn't mention that. :) but now i want to read miller's book. i'm glad he's matured — i found him unbearably pompous sometimes in "blue like jazz" ... even though i really enjoyed that book.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6472050772782545089.post-22787517654792391112010-01-12T23:01:33.458-06:002010-01-12T23:01:33.458-06:00Hmmm. Interesting. I read this last night and have...Hmmm. Interesting. I read this last night and have been thinking about it a lot since. Setting out to live a good story sounds so much more exciting and attainable than making a long list of New Year's resolutions that will soon be forgotten until I get to the end of the year and look back at it with a sigh. <br /><br />Now I am trying to figure out what my story will be.<br /><br />I read Donald Miller's posts. They gave me a lot to think about. Here are a few more quotes from that post that I thought were particularly insightful...<br /><br />"If we don’t want something in our lives, our stories feel boring, long, meaningless and tired. We feel this way because we are sitting in the theater of our mind watching a story that isn’t getting started. Or worse, we are praying and asking God to give us a story while the entire time God is handing us a pen, telling us to write it ourselves. That’s why he gave us a will."<br /><br />"People who are in great shape and have their finances in order probably don’t set goals to be in good shape or get their finances in order. They probably set goals of running a marathon or paying off their house. In other words, they think in narrative rather than goals. The goals get met in the journey of the story."<br /><br />"A story involves a person that wants something and is willing to overcome conflict to get it."<br /><br />This one basically sums it all up...<br />"The idea is to create scenes this year you’ll remember for the rest of your life, and to invite others into the thrill of being alive. I often think of it as worship in the sense that God created this beautiful expanse as an exposition within which to live remarkable stories, and it’s our job to match the story to the expanse, to make use of it, to fill it with memorable scenes."<br /><br />What's your story going to be? Donald Miller says you should tell your friends. So tell us? :)<br /><br />P.S. Now I really really want to read that book.Megan Leeannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15369111469595579591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6472050772782545089.post-78505435892218474052010-01-11T22:06:57.667-06:002010-01-11T22:06:57.667-06:00...which is what YOU have just done. resolved to d......which is what YOU have just done. resolved to do things :) Thanks for sharing. I've been having a hard time doing things i want to do, because i know it will take practice, patience and lots of mistakes. There's life for ya, eh?jami jensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17393732390701534345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6472050772782545089.post-20046220156002667892010-01-11T20:11:50.169-06:002010-01-11T20:11:50.169-06:00I realized after I posted and before the first com...I realized after I posted and before the first comment that this could be taken as an insult to many people who posted things similar to what I condemned, or at least said didn't inspire. It wasn't meant to be. I enjoy reading about peoples' lives and what they have been up to, as well as what they hope to do. When I say that I don't resonate with those kind of posts, it is not an indictment against the people who write them. I would rather set my sights on something other than resolutions. I don't blame or condemn those who choose to resolve to do things.Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05972480722494170701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6472050772782545089.post-19357372632339406282010-01-11T19:29:24.327-06:002010-01-11T19:29:24.327-06:00peter,
the purpose of my blog isn't to entert...peter,<br /><br />the purpose of my blog isn't to entertain, interest, or inspire you. <br />because sometimes, something aren't about you. one of them being my blog. my blog is for me. <br /><br />marion<br /><br />p/s i'm saying this after a long day of working at 2 jobs, constantly catering to other people's desires, so don't take that too personally. bottom line, if my blog bores you, don't read it. i don't care.Marionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10791066273025839444noreply@blogger.com