tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post197658883676791274..comments2024-03-28T10:49:14.510-05:00Comments on Horizons: The BladeNancy LeTourneauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12614317154146836694noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-48497204700615241442008-08-07T08:15:00.000-05:002008-08-07T08:15:00.000-05:00Hi again,I'm well, thank you :o)I have most of tho...Hi again,<BR/>I'm well, thank you :o)<BR/>I have most of those diaries in my hotlist at BT. It was a whole different time and place there, wasn't it? I still post there occasionally but get labeled as troll about once a week! LOL Yah! I'm a troll :o) So many people are unserious as the world burns and can't stand to have reality thrown in their faces. Who knows, maybe it's a protective bubble to sheild them from the ugly reality of what is happening all around us and maybe I shouldn't blame anyone so much for trying to insulate themselves from it. I don't know. But it should be obvious by now that their vaunted democrats aren't in the business of righting the wrongs. Nor will their lives improve much if any under a democratic administration. Why they don't see it is a mystery to me.<BR/><BR/>But I'm not bitter! LOL!supersolinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13333453162319754933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-894803849239905302008-08-06T08:35:00.000-05:002008-08-06T08:35:00.000-05:00Well, this is really making my day!!! Hearing from...Well, this is really making my day!!! Hearing from both Tampopo and Super. <BR/><BR/>As I gathered the links for this, I went on a bit of a trip down memory lane and have been thinking so much about people like you...and others that were so much a part of that amazing experience that led me here. And I miss hearing from everyone so much.<BR/><BR/>Hope you're well Super!!!Nancy LeTourneauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12614317154146836694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-58508363939279358712008-08-06T07:44:00.000-05:002008-08-06T07:44:00.000-05:00Thank you both, Nancy and Tampopo for providing wo...Thank you both, Nancy and Tampopo for providing words and thoughts for this man to contemplate. I think that the primary responsibility of breaking the pattern of male dominance and abuse from the home to global wars lies with men. It is for men to challenge and confront those among us who are wounding as a way of living. It's even more important for all of us (men) including me to deeply examine our own lives, histories, motivations, failures and successes in this regard and find the courage to change where change is needed. To shut up and listen to women when spoken to and reached out to. To not see everything as a threat to our position or worth as people.<BR/>It's true that society, western society at least, places burdens and expectations on boys and men that make it difficult to relate to the world around us from a position that is so often and still percieved as weakness, but I can say from my own experience that being or allowing yourself to be vulnerable has had the exact opposite effect that I was taught it would have when I've shut up and listened. The sky never fell on me nor have I been ostracized as a consequence...so far :o)<BR/><BR/>Thank you :o)supersolinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13333453162319754933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-35126245228826380882008-08-03T08:24:00.000-05:002008-08-03T08:24:00.000-05:00Soooo good to hear from you again Tampopo!!!!I'm r...Soooo good to hear from you again Tampopo!!!!<BR/><BR/>I'm reading a book now titled "The Bond Between Women: A Journey to Fierce Compassion" by China Galland. Its out of print, but you can find used copies at most of the major sellers online.<BR/><BR/>At one point, China talks about the "wound between women" that must be the first place of healing. After that, the healing between men and women...men and men, can be healed. I think about that when I read what you've said. <BR/><BR/>Lots to contemplate!!!!!Nancy LeTourneauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12614317154146836694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-29330967614146960782008-08-03T08:18:00.000-05:002008-08-03T08:18:00.000-05:00NL - haven't commented for a while, but I have con...NL - haven't commented for a while, but I have continued to stop by. Reading this piece, beginning with your reaction and response to 9-11, as I so often experience with what you write, it is as if you are in my mind. <BR/><BR/>There is a quote I have - somewhere - that we don't call it "history" until soldiers are involved. Otherwise we use the words "myth" and "legend" and "story." And the more I read, the more I realize how even the "history" has been so distorted.<BR/><BR/>I keep fantasizing about creating sustainable communities made up of women and children - places for women to heal and relearn the stories that exist about "the good" within. I think about sharing the work and care of the children and the ill and the elderly - with gardens and clean water and food, relearning skills, making music with song and dance. A cultural detox center - a safe place.<BR/><BR/>I believe that healing and strengthening the women and children would lead to healing the men, who in many ways are destroyed by this culture. It would empower the many men who struggle to define themselves in a culture that sends such confusing messages on what it means to be a "man."<BR/><BR/>It isn't that I believe women are better than men. I reject the notion that women are some how kinder and more caring. It is just that women often carry the stories - and for sure, they carry the babies. So one place to break the cycle is with mothers and babies.<BR/><BR/>Then there would be dealing with the 7 deadly sins that seem to crop up wherever humanity is in time and place. Oh, to learn and USE mediation and conflict resolution skills!<BR/><BR/>And I know that eventually there would be splinter groups and things would fall apart. But for a time and for some there would be healing - and that would be enough to keep "the good" alive. <BR/><BR/>Thanks for the opportunity to daydream aloud ;)tampopohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09033350123571938768noreply@blogger.com