Comments on: Weeds, Stop Signs, and a Good Deep Breath http://hildygottlieb.com/2009/07/01/weeds-stop-signs-and-a-good-deep-breath/ Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:17:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Judy Secor http://hildygottlieb.com/2009/07/01/weeds-stop-signs-and-a-good-deep-breath/comment-page-1/#comment-30885 Judy Secor Wed, 08 Jul 2009 01:20:07 +0000 http://hildygottlieb.com/?p=923#comment-30885 Long ago the Lord showed me and encouraged me to stop pulling weeds or I'll never get to planting seeds. Happy gardening! Long ago the Lord showed me and encouraged me to stop pulling weeds or I’ll never get to planting seeds. Happy gardening!

]]> By: Hildy http://hildygottlieb.com/2009/07/01/weeds-stop-signs-and-a-good-deep-breath/comment-page-1/#comment-30874 Hildy Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:58:04 +0000 http://hildygottlieb.com/?p=923#comment-30874 Nancy & John: Must share this morning's walk adventure. Was in the "I don't want to walk" mood but went because those are always the best walks. About 1/2 mile from home, a dachsund ran up to me in the street, playfully jumping up on me, clearly wanting to communicate. He had a collar but no tags. He was so sweet and playful, but clearly intent on telling me something. No matter what I did, he would not let me move past this one house. Not in any way aggressive, but just clearly saying, "You need to work with me here!" So I knocked on the door. No answer. I knocked on the windows. No answer. I said to my new friend, "Well you just come with me, we'll head to my house and figure this out." I started walking, and he just stayed in the yard. So I went back. Went to the carport, knocked on THAT door until yes, someone answered, and yes it was his house. I have never had a dog so clearly tell me exactly what he needed, and be so sweetly insistent. "You will help me. I will tell you what I need, and you will help me." SO cool! HG Nancy & John:
Must share this morning’s walk adventure. Was in the “I don’t want to walk” mood but went because those are always the best walks. About 1/2 mile from home, a dachsund ran up to me in the street, playfully jumping up on me, clearly wanting to communicate.

He had a collar but no tags. He was so sweet and playful, but clearly intent on telling me something. No matter what I did, he would not let me move past this one house. Not in any way aggressive, but just clearly saying, “You need to work with me here!”

So I knocked on the door. No answer. I knocked on the windows. No answer. I said to my new friend, “Well you just come with me, we’ll head to my house and figure this out.” I started walking, and he just stayed in the yard.

So I went back. Went to the carport, knocked on THAT door until yes, someone answered, and yes it was his house.

I have never had a dog so clearly tell me exactly what he needed, and be so sweetly insistent. “You will help me. I will tell you what I need, and you will help me.”

SO cool!
HG

]]> By: John Haydon http://hildygottlieb.com/2009/07/01/weeds-stop-signs-and-a-good-deep-breath/comment-page-1/#comment-30872 John Haydon Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:20:03 +0000 http://hildygottlieb.com/?p=923#comment-30872 Weeds certainly have a single-minded focus on the essential! They are distracted by nothing else. Imagine if a weed said, "Jeeze, that sidewalk is pretty thick... I don't think I can make it through". In that moment, the weed is finished - it has lost. Why is it that we entertain what's not possible more than we entertain what <em>is</em> possible? Hmmmm.... Weeds certainly have a single-minded focus on the essential! They are distracted by nothing else.

Imagine if a weed said, “Jeeze, that sidewalk is pretty thick… I don’t think I can make it through”. In that moment, the weed is finished – it has lost.

Why is it that we entertain what’s not possible more than we entertain what is possible?

Hmmmm….

]]> By: Nancy Iannone http://hildygottlieb.com/2009/07/01/weeds-stop-signs-and-a-good-deep-breath/comment-page-1/#comment-30871 Nancy Iannone Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:23:58 +0000 http://hildygottlieb.com/?p=923#comment-30871 Breathing deeply here and preparing to stop and recharge :-) Breathing deeply here and preparing to stop and recharge :-)

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