tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270306578933066732.post6585322757526738645..comments2024-01-31T09:36:11.225-05:00Comments on Two Spirits - One Halle: The Pursuit of HappinessHallehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03847654451426257182noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270306578933066732.post-54441068546640381632014-08-22T12:05:28.311-04:002014-08-22T12:05:28.311-04:00Ellena, I am so glad you had no time to think, sin...Ellena, I am so glad you had no time to think, since what you write is perfect, and clear. <br /><i>Happiness<br />Like my breath<br />In<br />Out<br />Comes and goes<br />Happy to see you<br />Sorry that you are so unwell.</i><br /><br />Thanks to Roderick for pointing out that you quite naturally write poetry my dear friend.Hallehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03847654451426257182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270306578933066732.post-81170923005065675772014-08-22T11:59:20.916-04:002014-08-22T11:59:20.916-04:00Cass you have me giggling thinking about Charlie B...Cass you have me giggling thinking about Charlie Brown with Snoopy covering him with sloppy doggy kisses! Thanks girlfriend! :-DHallehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03847654451426257182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270306578933066732.post-12640617481441172052014-08-22T11:56:54.722-04:002014-08-22T11:56:54.722-04:00life is naturally rigged to be full of problems.
S...<i>life is naturally rigged to be full of problems</i>.<br />So true! Having the grace to accept those problems as happily as we accept the joys is the challenge of finding true happiness. Thanks JoannaHallehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03847654451426257182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270306578933066732.post-40961382891161349452014-08-22T11:49:09.315-04:002014-08-22T11:49:09.315-04:00Cynthia and Shirley too, I rejoice that your searc...Cynthia and Shirley too, I rejoice that your search brought you to happiness along a path that I found somewhat barren. Not to say that Jesus' message was lost on me. Yet perhaps it was some flaw in me that forced me to seek the spirit of God outside organised religion. Let me suggest that the absence of a Book of Jesus in the bible and a succession of experiences that conflicted with what Hallehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03847654451426257182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270306578933066732.post-26932544789829747412014-08-22T11:28:29.156-04:002014-08-22T11:28:29.156-04:00Love of fate ~ fearless acceptance of this life wi...Love of fate ~ fearless acceptance of this life with all its challenges... Happiness<br /><br />Many thanks for your words Lindsay. The economy of fine poetry always amazes me. Hallehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03847654451426257182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270306578933066732.post-6776623706571824122014-08-22T11:17:37.694-04:002014-08-22T11:17:37.694-04:00Tom, I love the thought that we find happiness as ...Tom, I love the thought that we find happiness as reality revealed; once seen never forgotten. <br />What a beautiful analogy of the sea with a playful surface over a steady gentle body of water with those undercurrents. <br /><br />Perhaps then an artist might say happiness, like an awareness of God paints the background while brilliant joyful colours of daily challenges livening the foreground. Hallehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03847654451426257182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270306578933066732.post-85672759969199269862014-08-22T09:39:37.651-04:002014-08-22T09:39:37.651-04:00Thank you all so much. As Tom wrote you deserve a ...Thank you all so much. As Tom wrote you deserve a reply that is well thought out and I promise that will come for each of you. Oh the sacrifices we must make when on holiday! Off hiking. :-)Hallehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03847654451426257182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270306578933066732.post-27763181403736085522014-08-22T09:34:16.910-04:002014-08-22T09:34:16.910-04:00I'm sitting here not knowing if I am happy or ...I'm sitting here not knowing if I am happy or not. To me H is something like my breath in/out - comes and goes - happy to see you/sorry that you are so unwell -<br />it seems to be all in one - to be alive.<br />Did not take time to think much, need to rush out.Ellenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14965850008354379369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270306578933066732.post-13135071517978082452014-08-21T23:27:36.598-04:002014-08-21T23:27:36.598-04:00I've heard it's a warm puppy... but I like...I've heard it's a warm puppy... but I like your take on it as well. :D<br /><br />Lovely post as always, Halle!<br /><br />Hugs,<br />CassCassidyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10765803435751308973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270306578933066732.post-44648906361425377502014-08-21T17:30:14.446-04:002014-08-21T17:30:14.446-04:00Halle I think that what we need to strive for is c...Halle I think that what we need to strive for is contentment. After all, life is naturally rigged to be full of problems. If we expect that its just part of the package and learn to navigate the land mines more gracefully and more philosophically then we will be happier for it!!joanna Santoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16722222181799879120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270306578933066732.post-24594372522738712682014-08-21T12:52:27.104-04:002014-08-21T12:52:27.104-04:00Hi Halle,
It's been a very long time since re...Hi Halle,<br /><br />It's been a very long time since responding to anyone's blog, but I have not left the arena.<br /><br />I only wanted to say that I, like Shirley Anne, subscribe to the same source for my happiness. Without the Lord in my (and my Sweetie's) life, we would be lost in this world.<br /><br />I want to find the time to write to you about goings-on in my life now. SomeCynthia Janehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16222413324022459669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270306578933066732.post-68777356492643175432014-08-21T10:10:09.994-04:002014-08-21T10:10:09.994-04:00Hi Halle,
I do think the pursuit of happiness is ...Hi Halle, <br />I do think the pursuit of happiness is overrated, but I think we can link happiness to love. That is an acceptance of one’s fate that paradoxically allows one to live life to the fullest, in the moment as you say-without regrets. Here is a little poem I attempted. Best wishes <br /><br />Happiness, is this from love?<br />is this a joyful soul’s delight?<br />A sprits light, loveLindsay Byrneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11030132436987752741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270306578933066732.post-66534685143264941772014-08-21T09:40:41.531-04:002014-08-21T09:40:41.531-04:00Happiness! I have to say that I cannot remember ev...Happiness! I have to say that I cannot remember ever courting that elusive state, but then childhood, and a later failed marriage, did nothing to inspire such a courtship. In fact, if people ever claimed to be happy, I usually wondered what the hell they were talking about. It clearly wasn't something to be studied in my syllabus.<br /><br />It is probably true to say that happiness found me,Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09028121782477111901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270306578933066732.post-88141182041382925982014-08-20T15:45:51.237-04:002014-08-20T15:45:51.237-04:00When Love came to earth
Thanks Shirley Anne
xx<i>When Love came to earth</i><br />Thanks Shirley Anne<br />xxHallehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03847654451426257182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270306578933066732.post-91386699499480068962014-08-20T15:01:22.172-04:002014-08-20T15:01:22.172-04:00Happiness for me Halle is Jesus shaped. I find tha...Happiness for me Halle is Jesus shaped. I find that I can remain happy in all and every circumstance. You are right that happiness is found elsewhere. That 'elsewhere' isn't found in the material world.<br /><br />Shirley Anne xShirley Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11697497719791327675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6270306578933066732.post-62534615807644400232014-08-20T11:13:51.304-04:002014-08-20T11:13:51.304-04:00This is just to say that I have been here. Your po...This is just to say that I have been here. Your post deserves more than a passing comment, so give me a little time: I'll be back.Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09028121782477111901noreply@blogger.com