Comments on: The Resignation That Living Brings http://www.nine-moons.com/2006/10/04/the-resignation-that-living-brings/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:00:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Sonnet http://www.nine-moons.com/2006/10/04/the-resignation-that-living-brings/#comment-4510 Sonnet Tue, 10 Oct 2006 04:45:44 +0000 http://www.nine-moons.com/?p=348#comment-4510 “keep on keepin’ on”, for me, lacks any zeal. It conjures images of cows pulling a plow through the clods of dirt. For me, I like to think that the point of life it more comparable to surfing...lots of lulls where there's just not a lot of action, and then very now and then a mountainous wave starts to rise up, and you have to work like the devil to get to the top of it. Then, as reward for all your efforts, you get to enjoy a great view and WHAT A RIDE!...all for a few brief moments. Of course, sometimes you crash, burn, and wipe out...timing was off or you just didn't find your balance. It is then that your family or friends drag your body out of the water up to the beach, and look after you until you're recovered and ready to jump back in the frey again. That's why it's so important to have people and things in your life that matter enough for you to invest your heart in them...it comes back to you. “keep on keepin’ on”, for me, lacks any zeal. It conjures images of cows pulling a plow through the clods of dirt.

For me, I like to think that the point of life it more comparable to surfing…lots of lulls where there’s just not a lot of action, and then very now and then a mountainous wave starts to rise up, and you have to work like the devil to get to the top of it. Then, as reward for all your efforts, you get to enjoy a great view and WHAT A RIDE!…all for a few brief moments. Of course, sometimes you crash, burn, and wipe out…timing was off or you just didn’t find your balance. It is then that your family or friends drag your body out of the water up to the beach, and look after you until you’re recovered and ready to jump back in the frey again.

That’s why it’s so important to have people and things in your life that matter enough for you to invest your heart in them…it comes back to you.

]]> By: Amy http://www.nine-moons.com/2006/10/04/the-resignation-that-living-brings/#comment-4446 Amy Fri, 06 Oct 2006 17:28:59 +0000 http://www.nine-moons.com/?p=348#comment-4446 This is funny. You've helped me realize I see my children as a cause of becoming worn out, and the solution to it as well. I end many a day physically, mentally, and emotionally drained from attending to their constant needs. And yet they are what keeps me going -- they keep me young. I hijack their "brave and crazy wings of youth" and we go "flying around in the rain" together. I wouldn't have it any other way! This is funny. You’ve helped me realize I see my children as a cause of becoming worn out, and the solution to it as well. I end many a day physically, mentally, and emotionally drained from attending to their constant needs. And yet they are what keeps me going — they keep me young. I hijack their “brave and crazy wings of youth” and we go “flying around in the rain” together.

I wouldn’t have it any other way!

]]> By: D. Fletcher http://www.nine-moons.com/2006/10/04/the-resignation-that-living-brings/#comment-4444 D. Fletcher Thu, 05 Oct 2006 18:40:47 +0000 http://www.nine-moons.com/?p=348#comment-4444 Susan, I think our mortal bodies grow tired, and tired bodies ache for rest. It's very hard to strive for perfection when one is tired; more often, one simply compromises. But maybe, just maybe, acceptance of our "lot" with humility and grace is true paradise. It's the very core meaning of maturity. Acceptance, not resignation, is really the key here. Susan, I think our mortal bodies grow tired, and tired bodies ache for rest. It’s very hard to strive for perfection when one is tired; more often, one simply compromises.

But maybe, just maybe, acceptance of our “lot” with humility and grace is true paradise. It’s the very core meaning of maturity.

Acceptance, not resignation, is really the key here.

]]> By: Bret http://www.nine-moons.com/2006/10/04/the-resignation-that-living-brings/#comment-4443 Bret Thu, 05 Oct 2006 08:43:51 +0000 http://www.nine-moons.com/?p=348#comment-4443 I thought Pres. Hinckley said "I'd rather you wear out then rust out." Possibly linked to "Forget yourself and go to work"? I thought Pres. Hinckley said “I’d rather you wear out then rust out.”

Possibly linked to “Forget yourself and go to work”?

]]> By: Chad http://www.nine-moons.com/2006/10/04/the-resignation-that-living-brings/#comment-4440 Chad Thu, 05 Oct 2006 01:52:34 +0000 http://www.nine-moons.com/?p=348#comment-4440 Glad to know President Hinckley is a Neil Young fan. :) Glad to know President Hinckley is a Neil Young fan. :)

]]> By: Rusty http://www.nine-moons.com/2006/10/04/the-resignation-that-living-brings/#comment-4437 Rusty Wed, 04 Oct 2006 19:58:21 +0000 http://www.nine-moons.com/?p=348#comment-4437 I remember a story that Elder Ballard told at a regional confrence in Spokane. He said that he had just had some major surgery that put him out of commission for a while. In his recovery he asked President Hinckley if he could reduce his travelling to x-amount and his firesides to x-amount, etc. and President Hinckley interrupted him and said, "I want you to burn out, not fade away." (I still don't know exactly how I feel about that) I remember a story that Elder Ballard told at a regional confrence in Spokane. He said that he had just had some major surgery that put him out of commission for a while. In his recovery he asked President Hinckley if he could reduce his travelling to x-amount and his firesides to x-amount, etc. and President Hinckley interrupted him and said, “I want you to burn out, not fade away.” (I still don’t know exactly how I feel about that)

]]> By: Tom http://www.nine-moons.com/2006/10/04/the-resignation-that-living-brings/#comment-4436 Tom Wed, 04 Oct 2006 19:38:35 +0000 http://www.nine-moons.com/?p=348#comment-4436 More pop singer wisdom, this from Shannon Hoon of Blind Melon: "Keep on dreaming boy, cause when you stop dreamin' it's time to die. " It's so easy to let your life be ruled by inertia. I often feel in a rut. There's always something external to me---poverty, debt, family situation, oppression by the Man, etc.--- that I can point to as reasons for not being anxiously engaged, for not reaching out, for not making big things happen, but they're just excuses for letting inertia rule. It's the lazy, safe way. More pop singer wisdom, this from Shannon Hoon of Blind Melon:
“Keep on dreaming boy, cause when you stop dreamin’ it’s time to die. ”

It’s so easy to let your life be ruled by inertia. I often feel in a rut. There’s always something external to me—poverty, debt, family situation, oppression by the Man, etc.— that I can point to as reasons for not being anxiously engaged, for not reaching out, for not making big things happen, but they’re just excuses for letting inertia rule. It’s the lazy, safe way.

]]> By: Seth R. http://www.nine-moons.com/2006/10/04/the-resignation-that-living-brings/#comment-4435 Seth R. Wed, 04 Oct 2006 19:24:01 +0000 http://www.nine-moons.com/?p=348#comment-4435 <em>"Great men are like meteors - designed to burn so that the world may be lighted."</em> Napolean Bonaparte “Great men are like meteors - designed to burn so that the world may be lighted.”

Napolean Bonaparte

]]> By: Geoff J http://www.nine-moons.com/2006/10/04/the-resignation-that-living-brings/#comment-4434 Geoff J Wed, 04 Oct 2006 17:24:32 +0000 http://www.nine-moons.com/?p=348#comment-4434 Wow. Tough life questions Susan. It seems the Mormon saying to deal with this issue is "carry on". I like the Southern version a little better though "keep on keepin' on". These sorts of philosophical questions are what drive me to dig into theology and and metaphysics. Not only do we need to answer the "what should we do" questions in life but also the "how and why should we do it" questions. Wow. Tough life questions Susan. It seems the Mormon saying to deal with this issue is “carry on”. I like the Southern version a little better though “keep on keepin’ on”.

These sorts of philosophical questions are what drive me to dig into theology and and metaphysics. Not only do we need to answer the “what should we do” questions in life but also the “how and why should we do it” questions.

]]> By: Eric Nielson http://www.nine-moons.com/2006/10/04/the-resignation-that-living-brings/#comment-4433 Eric Nielson Wed, 04 Oct 2006 16:19:50 +0000 http://www.nine-moons.com/?p=348#comment-4433 These are great questions. I wish I knew the answer. I'll check back to see what comes up. I heard a general answer once that I agree with. If you want someone to change, increase their testimony. That may be a key. Maintaining a high value on certain things. These are great questions. I wish I knew the answer. I’ll check back to see what comes up.

I heard a general answer once that I agree with. If you want someone to change, increase their testimony. That may be a key. Maintaining a high value on certain things.

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