tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post1722129376557433060..comments2024-03-28T17:40:31.828+01:00Comments on From My Mental Library: On Common GroundLibrarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-49347887636892305152017-06-27T12:03:03.865+02:002017-06-27T12:03:03.865+02:00It was an uplifting experience, Graham!It was an uplifting experience, Graham!Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-83409708368520072342017-06-27T09:06:09.497+02:002017-06-27T09:06:09.497+02:00Re-reading this almost 6 years to the day after I ...Re-reading this almost 6 years to the day after I first read it I still think that it is an uplifting post.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-15266576684218069742012-06-07T15:15:37.694+02:002012-06-07T15:15:37.694+02:00I like how Jenny compared your experience to that ...I like how Jenny compared your experience to that of blogging. It really is all the same, isn't it. <br />Loved this post. It makes all our days brighter when people are friendly and kind. I so believe those words in Jewel's song, 'only kindness matters.'Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-52461777172012487942011-11-30T07:27:21.433+01:002011-11-30T07:27:21.433+01:00Thank you, Anonymous, glad you like it!Thank you, Anonymous, glad you like it!Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-5212897991218847382011-11-29T22:03:06.046+01:002011-11-29T22:03:06.046+01:00nice postnice postAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-58409085348674173562011-06-29T20:07:50.407+02:002011-06-29T20:07:50.407+02:00Exactly as you did just now, Jenny :-)
Yes, you...Exactly as you did just now, Jenny :-)<br />Yes, you're right - thank you!Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-9443375859077939892011-06-29T20:01:04.101+02:002011-06-29T20:01:04.101+02:00That's interesting. Don't you think it als...That's interesting. Don't you think it also applies to blogging. You read a post that makes you think a little bit, and you add something yourself - just to be friendly!Jenny Woolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16881781466502273314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-5754337113492224222011-06-28T14:00:50.352+02:002011-06-28T14:00:50.352+02:00Hello Kristi, yes, both fear and grumpiness can st...Hello Kristi, yes, both fear and grumpiness can stop one from reaching that bit of common ground I am talking about in my post, and of course I have been in situations where I thought it wiser to keep to myself and not even get eye-contact with others. Whether that was justified or not, I shall never know, but so far, I have mostly had friendly encounters.Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-34309097690862985072011-06-28T05:13:19.824+02:002011-06-28T05:13:19.824+02:00I think you have noticed something very true. Not ...I think you have noticed something very true. Not everyone will do such things, from fear or grumpiness, but most do. More people have impulses to a kind of empathy, and actually act on them,then we always recognize.Thickethouse.wordpresshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17187303460677067276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-41670769724213897952011-06-26T10:30:50.096+02:002011-06-26T10:30:50.096+02:00Dear Kay, how kind of you to say that about my pos...Dear Kay, how kind of you to say that about my posts! I appreciate every comment made here - but it is good to know that sometimes lack of comment does not mean lack of interest.Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-44565896321932710612011-06-25T23:44:12.317+02:002011-06-25T23:44:12.317+02:00There is a very slim book from Canada which is cal...There is a very slim book from Canada which is called "All We Know of Heaven". I very much enjoyed reading it and it speaks very much of what you have written here although it was set in a monastery!<br />I very much enjoy your thoughtful posts. Oftentimes, they leave me pondering so much that I can't think what to say to you as a comment!<br />KayKay Guestnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-27843751918396492172011-06-25T09:13:14.281+02:002011-06-25T09:13:14.281+02:00GB, like yourself, I find that easier the older I ...GB, like yourself, I find that easier the older I get; maybe because I feel now a lot more comfortable with myself than when I was a complex-ridden bundle of insecurities during puberty and in my early 20s.<br /><br />Anonymous, yes, I have observed that, too; when some years ago the trains weren't running for hours, people instantly established who was going were, and took taxis together, lent each other their mobile phones to let those at home know they were going to be late, and so on.<br />Sorry to hear about the fingernail!Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-83095357224420544602011-06-25T08:54:03.296+02:002011-06-25T08:54:03.296+02:00I find it always surprising how helpful and kind p...I find it always surprising how helpful and kind people are to each other when there is something unforeseen happening. For example the other day when I travelled to the airport and there were no trains going but some busses instead. Of course those were very crowded and my suitcase only found a place a bit far from me. I tried to hold it to avoid that it falls on the ground and had to stretch out my arm very far and it was not comfortable when a lady just offered to hold it for me. Earlier on that trip by trying to hold my suitcase I broke one of my fingernails very bad and a man just offered me his little scissors from his Swiss Army knife.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-58546555078080957752011-06-25T08:50:25.812+02:002011-06-25T08:50:25.812+02:00I think you are correct. A smile, a word, even st...I think you are correct. A smile, a word, even stepping aside to let someone through can create a momentary point of contact which can lead to a memorable moment. Occasionally those moments lead to an acquaintanceship or even a friendship. I have found that as I've got older it has become easier and more natural to create that point of contact. It makes life so much happier.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-41400139059114365042011-06-24T17:24:39.478+02:002011-06-24T17:24:39.478+02:00Thank you, Julie! Yes, I wonder how much of such c...Thank you, Julie! Yes, I wonder how much of such conversations is due to the "comforting" thought that, in all likelihood, we never meet the other person again.Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1949425054295660529.post-34035399205541402962011-06-24T16:39:58.610+02:002011-06-24T16:39:58.610+02:00Hello!
Yes, I think so too. Its that connection we...Hello!<br />Yes, I think so too. Its that connection we like to make. ITs really interesting. I've said things to people on buses and planes that I wouldn't normally say because I know I won't be seeing them again. Fascinating world!<br />xx<br />julieJulie Whitmore Potteryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12283540996942265818noreply@blogger.com