Comments on: All along the Watchtower https://habitablezone.com/2022/07/07/all-along-the-watchtower/ Tue, 12 May 2026 20:11:45 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: RobVG https://habitablezone.com/2022/07/07/all-along-the-watchtower/#comment-50391 RobVG Thu, 07 Jul 2022 21:36:08 +0000 https://habitablezone.com/?p=95841#comment-50391 No worries, I get it No worries, I get it

]]> By: ER https://habitablezone.com/2022/07/07/all-along-the-watchtower/#comment-50386 ER Thu, 07 Jul 2022 20:05:04 +0000 https://habitablezone.com/?p=95841#comment-50386 I just go through these periods of distrust of purely intellectual responses to active situations. Like I said, the world is going down the tubes and I'm just reading about corrupt British aristocrats and listening to 300 year old church music. I didn't mean to broadside you, I've just got a case of the black ass. I just go through these periods of distrust of purely intellectual responses to active situations.

Like I said, the world is going down the tubes and I’m just reading about corrupt British aristocrats and listening to 300 year old church music.

I didn’t mean to broadside you, I’ve just got a case of the black ass.

]]> By: RobVG https://habitablezone.com/2022/07/07/all-along-the-watchtower/#comment-50382 RobVG Thu, 07 Jul 2022 19:12:02 +0000 https://habitablezone.com/?p=95841#comment-50382 "It's almost as bad to regret things you could have said as it is to regret the things you shouldn't have. Especially if it's something someone would want to hear. Life is short, recognize your friends and loved ones. not all about you. Try taking yourself out of the equation. " Too often we're focused solely on our own lives and what's happening to us. We don't often "listen" to others, except for things that allow us to jump in with our own experiences. Give people your full attention and spend more time with the people who do the same for you, but allow those who don't some understanding. You might find life simpler, and more rewarding". "Thank bank. You don't have to believe in God or some other higher power- but give thanks when times are going good. Build an account of good times. Use those moments for when things aren't so good. You can think of them when you need to, and make a withdrawal. Don't fall into the complaining trap. The more you complain, the more you'll look for things to complain about. Either do something about it, or move on". "And I will go on shining Shining like brand new I'll never look behind me My troubles will be few" -Supertramp "Thank bank. “It’s almost as bad to regret things you could have said as it is to regret the things you shouldn’t have. Especially if it’s something someone would want to hear. Life is short, recognize your friends and loved ones. not all about you. Try taking yourself out of the equation.

” Too often we’re focused solely on our own lives and what’s happening to us. We don’t often “listen” to others, except for things that allow us to jump in with our own experiences.
Give people your full attention and spend more time with the people who do the same for you, but allow those who don’t some understanding.
You might find life simpler, and more rewarding”.

“Thank bank.

You don’t have to believe in God or some other higher power- but give thanks when times are going good. Build an account of good times. Use those moments for when things aren’t so good. You can think of them when you need to, and make a withdrawal.

Don’t fall into the complaining trap. The more you complain, the more you’ll look for things to complain about. Either do something about it, or move on”.

“And I will go on shining
Shining like brand new
I’ll never look behind me
My troubles will be few”

-Supertramp

“Thank bank.

]]> By: RobVG https://habitablezone.com/2022/07/07/all-along-the-watchtower/#comment-50381 RobVG Thu, 07 Jul 2022 18:55:36 +0000 https://habitablezone.com/?p=95841#comment-50381 That's quite the dismissal. Duly noted. n/t That’s quite the dismissal. Duly noted. n/t

]]> By: ER https://habitablezone.com/2022/07/07/all-along-the-watchtower/#comment-50380 ER Thu, 07 Jul 2022 18:19:45 +0000 https://habitablezone.com/?p=95841#comment-50380 I love it. I listened to Deepak Chopra on Public TV the other night. I tuned in to scoff, but soon realized everything he said made perfect sense. Its not so much that what he said was wrong, it was more like it was irrelevant. It was all just a mixture of the obvious and the unprovable. There wasn't anything he said that I could find fault with, but nothing that would help a toothache, either. I love it.

I listened to Deepak Chopra on Public TV the other night. I tuned in to scoff, but soon realized everything he said made perfect sense. Its not so much that what he said was wrong, it was more like it was irrelevant. It was all just a mixture of the obvious and the unprovable.

There wasn’t anything he said that I could find fault with, but nothing that would help a toothache, either.

]]> By: ER https://habitablezone.com/2022/07/07/all-along-the-watchtower/#comment-50379 ER Thu, 07 Jul 2022 17:57:58 +0000 https://habitablezone.com/?p=95841#comment-50379 The essay above came into my mind, almost in a flash, as I sat in my air-conditioned den, reading <em>Brideshead Revisited</em> while listening to Bach Cantatas. Outside, the temperature is already in the 90s and with the humidity, feels like the 100s. In the afternoon we'll get thunderstorms, and by sunset the steam will start to rise into the hothouse night. The essay above came into my mind, almost in a flash, as I sat in my air-conditioned den, reading Brideshead Revisited while listening to Bach Cantatas. Outside, the temperature is already in the 90s and with the humidity, feels like the 100s. In the afternoon we’ll get thunderstorms, and by sunset the steam will start to rise into the hothouse night.

]]> By: podrock https://habitablezone.com/2022/07/07/all-along-the-watchtower/#comment-50377 podrock Thu, 07 Jul 2022 17:51:39 +0000 https://habitablezone.com/?p=95841#comment-50377 I ran into a group of our firefighters this morning. I told them that I really appreciate them being excellent at their jobs. They smiled, I smiled, and I felt slightly better about this crazy planet. I ran into a group of our firefighters this morning. I told them that I really appreciate them being excellent at their jobs. They smiled, I smiled, and I felt slightly better about this crazy planet.

]]> By: RobVG https://habitablezone.com/2022/07/07/all-along-the-watchtower/#comment-50376 RobVG Thu, 07 Jul 2022 17:44:41 +0000 https://habitablezone.com/?p=95841#comment-50376 Practicing "Mindfulness" isn't just a trendy new age woo-woo activity. "The Untethered Soul" is a really good book on the subject. The title is misleading, it has nothing to do with religion. Practicing “Mindfulness” isn’t just a trendy new age woo-woo activity.

“The Untethered Soul” is a really good book on the subject. The title is misleading, it has nothing to do with religion.

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