tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31223185.post2900671510427880490..comments2023-10-12T02:09:15.426-07:00Comments on The Writing and Art of Andrew Thornton: Desiderata...Andrew Thorntonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04191233443131580096noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31223185.post-63706961147900296472008-08-11T20:33:00.000-07:002008-08-11T20:33:00.000-07:00Hey Petra!I'm glad that you stopped by my blog. L...Hey Petra!<BR/><BR/>I'm glad that you stopped by my blog. Lorelei is a peach! Welcome! That sounds like quite an adventurous story - like the real life Nanny Diaries or something.<BR/><BR/>Well, I'm glad that you found inspiration in the Desiderata and that we were able to connect over it. The universe sure is a lot of fun!Andrew Thorntonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04191233443131580096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31223185.post-27450945081400518922008-08-10T11:23:00.000-07:002008-08-10T11:23:00.000-07:00Fortunate coincidence ... !A few days ago I got a ...Fortunate coincidence ... !<BR/><BR/>A few days ago I got a wonderful message from Loreley ... <BR/><BR/>Browsing her BLOG I clicked her favorites ... and here I am ... :)<BR/><BR/>I was sooo happy to find the DESIDERATA poem on your side. <BR/>Those were the lines I got before I took my flight to New York ...<BR/><BR/>Now I'm sitting here with a BIG smile ... thinking about my Au-Pair days in Brooklyn. <BR/><BR/>WOW --- ... being a part of the universe is definitely a lot of fun, <BR/><BR/>PEtrapetrajanssen ♥ goldenfairycottagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06078327308421424444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31223185.post-53092959711772585162008-08-10T00:27:00.000-07:002008-08-10T00:27:00.000-07:00I am very much a big fan of this poem and think th...I am very much a big fan of this poem and think that it has "very good timing". I haven't heard or read it in a while either, but happened to hear a snippet of it on an English dating show in the background one night that triggered a synapse fire and prompted me to start doing mad Google searches. But like I was saying, I think it's one of those sayings or poems that seems to pop up just when you need it or can relate to it the most. Sure the Desiderata covers a lot of ground, but when I do hear it or see it again, it usually has advice that seems to fit and strike at the heart of a particular circumstance at that given moment.Andrew Thorntonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04191233443131580096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31223185.post-11140432800122511902008-08-07T18:57:00.000-07:002008-08-07T18:57:00.000-07:00Humph. I posted a comment to you last night but i...Humph. I posted a comment to you last night but it seems to have disappeared. How I hate when that happens! Feels a lot like shouting into the wind...<BR/><BR/>As I tried to say previously -- <BR/><BR/>I have a rolled parchment around here somewhere that has the whole Desiderata on it. For some reason, it was wildly popular in the mid-70's, and the first 2 paragraphs (stanza's?) could be found *everywhere* -- <BR/><BR/>It's always been considered a good high school or college graduation gift, although I haven't seen it on graduation cards lately.<BR/><BR/>Along with Rudyard Kipling's "You'll Be a Man, My Son", of course....teehee.<BR/><BR/>...pause...<BR/><BR/>...strive to be happy...<BR/><BR/>"to devote serious effort or energy" to be(ing) "enjoying or characterized by well-being and contentment" <BR/><BR/>- Supplied with help from Merriam-Webster's OnLine Dictionary<BR/><BR/>Apply serious energy to being content????! Definitely not good to pull things apart too much, looks like.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31223185.post-25048005599580295232008-08-07T09:33:00.000-07:002008-08-07T09:33:00.000-07:00I love that line, "You are the child of the univer...I love that line, "You are the child of the universe". Someone should make that into a t-shirt or magnet or something.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31223185.post-40426512054723474842008-08-07T04:17:00.000-07:002008-08-07T04:17:00.000-07:00Thanks for the inspirational message. I love it a...Thanks for the inspirational message. I love it and hadn't heard it in years. I am so glad you are blogging again. I enjoy your blogs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com