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Flame-thrower
I read the whole thing about an hour ago and left another comment. I think your perceptions on the matter are quite keen.

posted by avant-garde on May 25, 2006 at 2:40 PM | link to this | reply

Thank you very much for reading. I will be eagerly waiting to hear fromyou after you read the whole post. Once again thank you and God Bless.

posted by Flame-thrower on May 25, 2006 at 2:10 PM | link to this | reply

Medusa
Indeed. Why not now?

posted by avant-garde on May 25, 2006 at 12:57 PM | link to this | reply

Isa
I think all mystical traditions acknowledge this.

posted by avant-garde on May 25, 2006 at 12:56 PM | link to this | reply

ms bradock
You're welcome. And, thank you for stopping by once again.

posted by avant-garde on May 25, 2006 at 12:55 PM | link to this | reply

Cee
I've heard it said many times that a debilitating disease saved my life. How we go about, rushing here and there, and miss all of it.

posted by avant-garde on May 25, 2006 at 12:55 PM | link to this | reply

Passionflower
Oops. Sorry.

posted by avant-garde on May 25, 2006 at 12:54 PM | link to this | reply

TAPS
I don't think you give yourself enough credit. I think you are there much more than you probably realize.

posted by avant-garde on May 25, 2006 at 12:53 PM | link to this | reply

abhilasha
Hi! I've missed you. Glad you're back. How have you been?

posted by avant-garde on May 25, 2006 at 12:53 PM | link to this | reply

sannhet
Thank you. The simplest ones are usually the most potent.

posted by avant-garde on May 25, 2006 at 12:52 PM | link to this | reply

Mason
'Tis mind boggling, isn't it?

posted by avant-garde on May 25, 2006 at 12:51 PM | link to this | reply

MsVision
Yes, it appears that we do not know the answers. Perhaps that is why they cannot be found.

posted by avant-garde on May 25, 2006 at 12:51 PM | link to this | reply

Rcky
Thanks. Well, we are trying to sell our house. We've had two come by this week. One man loved the place, but he said the house was too small (2400 sq. ft???). Anyway, another couple will look at it in the morning. We are very ready to get this all underway.

posted by avant-garde on May 25, 2006 at 12:50 PM | link to this | reply

Hello Avant-Garde.....Now this is deep...
Very philosophical and so very true...Why not, now?!

posted by MedusaNextDoor on May 25, 2006 at 11:50 AM | link to this | reply

in the Jewish religion...
past, present and future are just an illusion and have no real meaning...

posted by Marshallengraved on May 25, 2006 at 11:05 AM | link to this | reply

avant...
If we could only remember that the present is the best place to me...Blessings and thanks for another wonderful reminder!

posted by ms_bradrock on May 25, 2006 at 9:20 AM | link to this | reply

AG
I'm working very hard to live in the present - the now is all we've got, so make the most of it and at the end of the day, I make an accounting.  Each day I have is a gift because of my advanced stage of Parkinson's, so living in the now is a key  to life!
Cee

posted by LadyCeeMarie on May 25, 2006 at 9:17 AM | link to this | reply

Your philosophical statement somehow
Gave me a headache...LOL!

posted by Passionflower on May 25, 2006 at 9:13 AM | link to this | reply

avant-garde, about 364/365 of the time, I do not feel the way you describe in the first paragraph.    I have learned to be content and to seize the day.   Even if I don't accomplish much, I enjoy it and that is an accomplishment in itself.  

posted by TAPS. on May 25, 2006 at 7:58 AM | link to this | reply

hiiii

As usual Avant a great post and for me its more special because i need this lesson to be learned soon....

Take care...

posted by abhilasha on May 25, 2006 at 7:33 AM | link to this | reply

Avant -
"More is merely less in disguise" - what a powerful piece of Truth.

posted by sannhet on May 25, 2006 at 6:52 AM | link to this | reply

..yes...NOW.. the eternal NOW of it all....

posted by MasonGarrett on May 25, 2006 at 6:38 AM | link to this | reply

so many questions . . .
so much to learn.

posted by MsVision on May 25, 2006 at 4:55 AM | link to this | reply

Avant.......
Excellent thoughts!  We should all try to live in the "Now" moment. When is the big moving day?

posted by RckyMtnActivist on May 25, 2006 at 4:46 AM | link to this | reply

Jacenta
How strange! I was leaving a comment on yours, just as you were leaving one on mine! Thank you.

posted by avant-garde on May 25, 2006 at 4:32 AM | link to this | reply

avant-garde...
We must for focus on the blessings of Now!

posted by jacentaOld on May 25, 2006 at 4:27 AM | link to this | reply

Una01
Certainly. Can more money be equated with more happiness? Can more sex be defined as more love?

posted by avant-garde on May 25, 2006 at 3:37 AM | link to this | reply

Blanche
Me, too.

posted by avant-garde on May 25, 2006 at 3:37 AM | link to this | reply

"More is merely less in disguise." I intuitively know this is true.
But I am still trying to come up with some examples to prove it true. Avant garde, can you help?

posted by una01 on May 25, 2006 at 12:04 AM | link to this | reply

Avant-Garde, I am the most happy when I keep that in the front of my mind.

posted by Blanche. on May 24, 2006 at 5:35 PM | link to this | reply

Blanche
Yes, it is. Thank you. I'm glad to see you again.

posted by avant-garde on May 24, 2006 at 5:24 PM | link to this | reply

Avant-Garde,
Your post made me think of a Milan Kundera book I read years ago (he's also the author of The Unbearable Lightness of Being, the reference Mademoiselle was making in the title of her blog).  His other book was "Life Is Elsewhere", and the hero was always romanticizing the greener pastures of other places and other eras.  Such an unsatisfying way to live. Now is all we have. 

posted by Blanche. on May 24, 2006 at 5:16 PM | link to this | reply

Julia
Oh. Old habits die hard. I'm glad you got a laugh from it.

posted by avant-garde on May 24, 2006 at 5:12 PM | link to this | reply

Avant--

Indeed--why not now? Or as they say, no time like the present.

BTW, I forgot to tell you that you called me Quirky in a post a few days ago, and it cracked me up!

posted by Julia. on May 24, 2006 at 5:02 PM | link to this | reply