tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1892083748555571767.post5407798008971484296..comments2023-12-23T19:32:16.381-07:00Comments on The Goat's Lunch Pail: Exquisite MomentsLeah J. Utashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08497599109798015888noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1892083748555571767.post-44331333622921335192008-07-30T17:29:00.000-06:002008-07-30T17:29:00.000-06:00TL, it's wonderful to read that you are doing what...TL, it's wonderful to read that you are doing what you want to do. <BR/>You may not be in the state where you planned to live, but I am sure you're in the state where you're supposed to live. For now, anyway.<BR/>I love those moments of awareness.Leah J. Utashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08497599109798015888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1892083748555571767.post-24791497515605945092008-07-30T17:24:00.000-06:002008-07-30T17:24:00.000-06:00Oh, poo -- my brain short-circuited. Meant to typ...Oh, poo -- my brain short-circuited. Meant to type... "I love Wyoming, and I'd love to go back <B>sometime</B>..."Thomma Lynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12490964079393282131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1892083748555571767.post-63217873286437320752008-07-30T17:22:00.000-06:002008-07-30T17:22:00.000-06:00I've had those, too. They are crystal-clear momen...I've had those, too. They are crystal-clear moments of awareness. I have them more often in the woods than anywhere else. <BR/><BR/>And yup, I relate: when I was a little kid, I wrote a paper on "what I want to be when I grow up." I said I wanted to be a novelist who has cats, lives in Wyoming, and who's married to her soulmate." <BR/><BR/>Well, I'm a novelist (still unpublished except for one novella at an epub which folded, but gonna work on that), I'm married to my soulmate, and I have four cats. LOL! I don't live in Wyoming, and I've love to go back somewhere, but I do love the mountains of my East TN home.<BR/><BR/>Yes, those times of realization -- of being fully present in the here-and-now -- are wonderful. :)Thomma Lynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12490964079393282131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1892083748555571767.post-50135327769554080962008-07-30T13:12:00.000-06:002008-07-30T13:12:00.000-06:00Cool that your deja vu is coming back, Reb. Most i...Cool that your deja vu is coming back, Reb. Most interesting. Sometimes where we're supposed to be seems counter to the common wisdom, but everything happens for a reason.Leah J. Utashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08497599109798015888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1892083748555571767.post-19056553631417373232008-07-30T12:36:00.000-06:002008-07-30T12:36:00.000-06:00Weird as this may sound, I know I am where I am su...Weird as this may sound, I know I am where I am supposed to be right now. It is maybe not the greatest place and can be a bit frustrating at times, but it just fits. The deja vu that Mark mentioned - I am getting more of those....I had lost them for awhile - a long while.Rebhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05318594769530526005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1892083748555571767.post-64547032871117195012008-07-30T12:29:00.000-06:002008-07-30T12:29:00.000-06:00I've had deja vu moments, Mark. They feel weird al...I've had deja vu moments, Mark. They feel weird all right. The sense of complete connection is a thing of wonder.Leah J. Utashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08497599109798015888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1892083748555571767.post-38395152120178300892008-07-30T12:24:00.000-06:002008-07-30T12:24:00.000-06:00I think so...initially I get "creeped" out almost ...I think so...initially I get "creeped" out almost like a deja vu moment. Or possibly a sense of being completely connected?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1892083748555571767.post-79613369515329930992008-07-30T11:49:00.000-06:002008-07-30T11:49:00.000-06:00Hello Fortune Cookies. Good for you for taking con...Hello Fortune Cookies. Good for you for taking control of your life.<BR/>Keep at it. I know you'll get there, and the journey is part of the fun.Leah J. Utashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08497599109798015888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1892083748555571767.post-68295869350521867372008-07-30T11:37:00.000-06:002008-07-30T11:37:00.000-06:00I had a moment of clarity once, when I realized th...I had a moment of clarity once, when I realized that I had taken control of my life, and no longer let certain outside influences control me. It was an amazing, light in the darkness, coming out of a deep slumber type of feeling. I don't quite have that "I'm right where I always wanted to be" feeling, but I'm working on it. (I have a bit of catching up to do)Fortune Cookieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17336291956469689578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1892083748555571767.post-10958535209401615832008-07-30T10:58:00.000-06:002008-07-30T10:58:00.000-06:00Thanks, Missicat. I'm glad you're where you should...Thanks, Missicat. I'm glad you're where you should be. I'm where I belong, too. It's a good feeling.Leah J. Utashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08497599109798015888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1892083748555571767.post-31259497476204973232008-07-30T10:12:00.000-06:002008-07-30T10:12:00.000-06:00You are a very lucky lady! I do realize that, des...You are a very lucky lady! I do realize that, despite some of the twists and turns my life has taken, I am where I belong at this moment.Missicathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03547671118679036352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1892083748555571767.post-8769276289688284432008-07-30T09:19:00.000-06:002008-07-30T09:19:00.000-06:00Frank, it's wonderful to feel those moments of con...Frank, it's wonderful to feel those moments of connectedness.<BR/>I can certainly understand how being out in nature would bring that feeling on.<BR/>Thanks for sharing your moment.Leah J. Utashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08497599109798015888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1892083748555571767.post-72095396963120599322008-07-30T09:11:00.000-06:002008-07-30T09:11:00.000-06:00I'm not sure if the feelings are the same but I su...I'm not sure if the feelings are the same but I suspect they're similar: Every once in a while I'll feel "extra connected." In my late teens or early 20s I began referring to it as "plugging into the universe." I would simply feel attuned to everything going on around me. In most instances it occurs while in a natural setting, outdoors, often while fishing.<BR/><BR/>It provides a wonderful sense of realization that I'm a small part of an astonishingly interconnected and amazingly large and complex whole.Frank Baronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07766219281485749395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1892083748555571767.post-72385981511881750192008-07-30T07:38:00.000-06:002008-07-30T07:38:00.000-06:00That must have been quite a moment, df Bag Lady. T...That must have been quite a moment, df Bag Lady. Thanks for sharing.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for appreciating the new header. I wanted to brighten things up a bit and I thought the golden-mantled ground squirrel in the fleabane patch was cute. I took the pic at Ram River Falls on the weekend.Leah J. Utashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08497599109798015888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1892083748555571767.post-49346679629626397692008-07-30T07:02:00.000-06:002008-07-30T07:02:00.000-06:00Those little "epiphanies" have happened to me on o...Those little "epiphanies" have happened to me on occasion, too. It's a wonderful feeling. My clearest one was the second or third time I came out to visit the ranch before I moved here - I suddenly looked at my surroundings and realized that THIS is where I want to be.<BR/>Love your new blog header photo!the Bag Ladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17434610508260994331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1892083748555571767.post-8139503063701675392008-07-30T06:33:00.000-06:002008-07-30T06:33:00.000-06:00They just come over me, Crabby. I certainly unders...They just come over me, Crabby. I certainly understand your point. <BR/>We get caught up in 'doing' and forget about 'being.'Leah J. Utashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08497599109798015888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1892083748555571767.post-47715125814075964082008-07-30T06:00:00.000-06:002008-07-30T06:00:00.000-06:00I could use some more of those. I tend to spend a...I could use some more of those. I tend to spend a little too much time wanting to be doing something more "important" and often missing the joy of where I am.Crabby McSlackerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12108791388350253344noreply@blogger.com