tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3662016601067956872.post9044895934594602115..comments2023-03-26T02:20:08.363-07:00Comments on Graff Paper: spirituality checkTaterbabyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03307149392843549244noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3662016601067956872.post-38485864101320483312010-08-20T08:14:34.522-07:002010-08-20T08:14:34.522-07:00Hi, sorry I haven't had a moment to check my c...Hi, sorry I haven't had a moment to check my comments all week! Thanks so much for yours. As always with things like this I find that it is so hard to state my true meaning. I agree that suffering may not always be necessary to learn what we need in life and in fact "learn" may not describe what I am intending so well. Maybe prepare would be better, sometimes we may need to have certain experiences to be prepared. Anyway, I always welcome comments and I am so relieved that someone else could relate to my thoughts on this matter. Thanks for your views!Taterbabyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03307149392843549244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3662016601067956872.post-63804938509289063342010-08-15T21:37:02.752-07:002010-08-15T21:37:02.752-07:00So I've been thinking about this post all day ...So I've been thinking about this post all day long since I read it. In part because I finally outed myself as a secular humanist on my blog in this post:http://growfamilygrow.wordpress.com/2010/08/12/bloglove-iv/ I mean, I was out already, but maybe not as in your face. <br /><br />I think the part I find particularly interesting is this: "I see that the suffering I have faced was because there was something I had to learn." While I don't agree with the idea that suffering as a prescribed intentional pathway so that we can learn some other goal, I do agree with the tenant that we can choose to draw upon both the positive and negative experiences and learn something from them. And this, "Maybe I would have never seen Kenji's face as clearly if I had not cried a million tears to clear my eyes." is beautiful although I wish you hadn't suffered so. I hope it is was okay to comment so, and that I haven't offended.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com