tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7708111215873269960.post4746434372265155476..comments2023-09-24T09:34:26.067-05:00Comments on Cathy Johnson--Art, Life, and other Oddities : Being ThereKate (Cathy Johnson)http://www.blogger.com/profile/03296053923338246127noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7708111215873269960.post-47714940647257296442021-12-30T16:43:52.471-06:002021-12-30T16:43:52.471-06:00Synchronicity, how cool! Best of luck, it's a...Synchronicity, how cool! Best of luck, it's a challenge for all of us, I think!Kate (Cathy Johnson)https://www.blogger.com/profile/03296053923338246127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7708111215873269960.post-4300328219146369422021-12-30T13:25:36.855-06:002021-12-30T13:25:36.855-06:00Funny thing....your post popped up on my Pinterest...Funny thing....your post popped up on my Pinterest page today...and yeah - so relevant to me RIGHT NOW! At 62, I'm wondering how many years do I have left to 'contribute' in the way that I think I 'should'...and who says what "should" is supposed to be (I don't want to have to feel like I must compete with the 40 year olds and younger on social media)? I feel like life is turning faster these days, and I'm trying to slow it down...and just enjoy....the being...of being. just me. Roxanne Steedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13672037058284711345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7708111215873269960.post-39493481502417968342019-08-02T10:37:06.606-05:002019-08-02T10:37:06.606-05:00I am easily distracted, too, I understand. I like...I am easily distracted, too, I understand. I like your plan for putting one as a focus each day!<br />Kate (Cathy Johnson)https://www.blogger.com/profile/03296053923338246127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7708111215873269960.post-76764336128936533612019-07-28T14:38:08.425-05:002019-07-28T14:38:08.425-05:00I am not sure what to say in response, but your po...I am not sure what to say in response, but your posts always make me think. When I turned 60, I sat down with myself and pointed out that I might only have a few years of productive life left instead of that forever vanishing point (a number of friends had been surprised by death in recent years). What did I want to accomplish in that time? Because I am a champion fritterer of time, easily distracted or immersed in a book and unwilling to come out. Well, seven years later I still haven’t accomplished or even made serious dents in the goals, but I do try to start each day trying to put at least one of them out there as a focus point - and sometimes I move a little closer. These are fairly open-ended goals. I know this sounds more like doing than being present, but I feel it is like helping me to steer my little piece of driftwood a bit while it is being pulled downstream in the inexorable currents of life.Deborahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12399778612730674599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7708111215873269960.post-22511024002718015802019-07-24T19:48:43.856-05:002019-07-24T19:48:43.856-05:00Excellent Cathy.Excellent Cathy.Gail barnetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11515772689546114809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7708111215873269960.post-54699035258297572452017-09-06T16:54:25.304-05:002017-09-06T16:54:25.304-05:00I like your observations and details. Beautiful dr...I like your observations and details. Beautiful drawings. Lorraine Simehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01931709883768487788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7708111215873269960.post-1461009573000319972017-07-26T19:06:40.562-05:002017-07-26T19:06:40.562-05:00All you have to say or think is "I Am", ...All you have to say or think is "I Am", and there you are...You have never been anywhere else as there is only one now. Sometimes we "forget", but you are always here...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17020241945560391144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7708111215873269960.post-63835417591499697882017-07-26T19:03:37.228-05:002017-07-26T19:03:37.228-05:00All you have to say or think is "I Am", ...All you have to say or think is "I Am", and there you are, it is the highest form of meditation, or as you call it being present, you are already here, you have never been anywhere else, you couldn't even be anywhere else if you wanted to, as there is only one here...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17020241945560391144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7708111215873269960.post-66589774440144553912017-07-25T08:16:44.576-05:002017-07-25T08:16:44.576-05:00And I seem to be doing a different, more personal ...And I seem to be doing a different, more personal discipline/exercise, at the moment. Loving it, so far...but I'm not going to let it become a dry chore...<br /><br />And what a wonderful birthday present to give yourself!Kate (Cathy Johnson)https://www.blogger.com/profile/03296053923338246127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7708111215873269960.post-22343712956508605532017-07-24T18:21:51.098-05:002017-07-24T18:21:51.098-05:00As always, your posts are motivating, encouraging,...As always, your posts are motivating, encouraging, and freeing, all at the same time. What's interesting is I've been pondering some similar ideas as I've realized the need for more structure or rhythm in my days, both to help me through those drier times and also to keep me from frittering away time online. <br /><br />Part of my effort in that direction has been to add in praying the daily office on my own using an Episcopal Book of Common Prayer, but also in looking for "liturgies" in nature, such as the rhythm of waves or of day and night or the seasons. I got that from the book Nature as Spiritual Practice, which I am finding to be a wonderful and eye-opening resource.<br /><br />The idea of Presence and Being There is so challenging and inviting; I will be pondering and no doubt rereading your words over the coming days as I have a somewhat quiet week set aside for pondering and meditating (I try to do this on my birthday week as I look ahead to the coming year). Thank you again for sharing your thoughts, Kate!Melissa Fischerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15617837463419485494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7708111215873269960.post-83157009006755298602017-07-24T16:37:28.736-05:002017-07-24T16:37:28.736-05:00I didn't know it was she who said that! True,...I didn't know it was she who said that! True, isn't it? And I think what I want to learn is that EVERYTHING is "here." Railing against interruptions, distractions, etc., is missing a good part of our time here, isn't it--because that's life! Paying attention, being alive to it all. Saying yes.<br />Kate (Cathy Johnson)https://www.blogger.com/profile/03296053923338246127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7708111215873269960.post-12801899007655672622017-07-24T16:16:12.182-05:002017-07-24T16:16:12.182-05:00As for being there, one of my favorite quotes is t...As for being there, one of my favorite quotes is the only partially tongue-in-cheek Mary Englebreit: "No matter where you go, there you are".<br />Always reassuring to hear that even you, one of the most present people I know, have doubts and strive for presence.Jeanette, Mistress of Longearshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06815875437992974233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7708111215873269960.post-4281680959654948862017-07-24T11:21:36.918-05:002017-07-24T11:21:36.918-05:00I understand and want the same thing! Good old Ba...I understand and want the same thing! Good old Baba Ram Dass always comes to mind. Be here now. Hoping I get here too! ♥CChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17377152303529361161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7708111215873269960.post-56646537023858187282017-07-24T09:59:52.832-05:002017-07-24T09:59:52.832-05:00I totally get it. I wear a bracelet that is inscr...I totally get it. I wear a bracelet that is inscribed on the inside 'Be here....Now', as a visual reminder...it helps, but, as you point out, it is easier said than done. Gloria Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04101901805998557307noreply@blogger.com