Comments for Mikkelina's Thoughts http://mikkelina.wordpress.com Being that I can not focus on ONE thing alone, this blog is about everything that crosses my mind and my eyes that I find worth sharing Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:13:38 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Why do we journal? by Hernán Diego Domínguez http://mikkelina.wordpress.com/2009/03/24/why-do-we-journal/#comment-2017 Hernán Diego Domínguez Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:13:38 +0000 http://mikkelina.wordpress.com/?p=608#comment-2017 "I have gotten just one tiny little step closer to a sense of deeper connection and understanding of the mystery that is me…the mystery that is you…the mystery that is life." I really like what you wrote! Although I don't usually write, I do spend a lot of time pondering over those questions... Being almost 47, I still consider myself a mystery TO ME. It's as if my soul were my own house and -however- I still haven't been able to go into it. I feel like I'm standing in the doorway. Even though it’s me who has to open up the door, God is the only one who can help me do it but for some reason most of the times I strongly resist. Even though I know it would be much better to live inside I just content myself with taking a peep into the house from the outside. Sometimes I feel I’ll eventually turn the key and "the mystery that is me" will be solved... and I'll be at home spending a great time with the people I love. Congratulations on your blog, Michelle! “I have gotten just one tiny little step closer to a sense of deeper connection and understanding of the mystery that is me…the mystery that is you…the mystery that is life.”

I really like what you wrote!
Although I don’t usually write, I do spend a lot of time pondering over those questions… Being almost 47, I still consider myself a mystery TO ME. It’s as if my soul were my own house and -however- I still haven’t been able to go into it. I feel like I’m standing in the doorway. Even though it’s me who has to open up the door, God is the only one who can help me do it but for some reason most of the times I strongly resist. Even though I know it would be much better to live inside I just content myself with taking a peep into the house from the outside. Sometimes I feel I’ll eventually turn the key and “the mystery that is me” will be solved… and I’ll be at home spending a great time with the people I love.

Congratulations on your blog, Michelle!

]]> Comment on Lynda Barry: Two Questions by seb http://mikkelina.wordpress.com/2008/02/13/lynda-barry-two-questions/#comment-2015 seb Sat, 19 Sep 2009 18:07:17 +0000 http://mikkelina.wordpress.com/?p=189#comment-2015 Can someone help and tell me what point is Lynda trying to make? i do not understand her and it is really frustrating. I just cannot find the answer! Can someone help and tell me what point is Lynda trying to make? i do not understand her and it is really frustrating. I just cannot find the answer!

]]> Comment on Après la pluie…le beau temps by Courtney http://mikkelina.wordpress.com/2009/03/11/apres-la-pluiele-beau-temps/#comment-2013 Courtney Sun, 23 Aug 2009 18:36:06 +0000 http://mikkelina.wordpress.com/?p=599#comment-2013 I think we might be the same person. hah... There is ALWAYS someone who can relate. I think we might be the same person. hah… There is ALWAYS someone who can relate.

]]> Comment on Lynda Barry: Two Questions by Anonymous http://mikkelina.wordpress.com/2008/02/13/lynda-barry-two-questions/#comment-2011 Anonymous Tue, 04 Aug 2009 14:11:27 +0000 http://mikkelina.wordpress.com/?p=189#comment-2011 I love Lynda! I love Lynda!

]]> Comment on Why do we journal? by Samantha http://mikkelina.wordpress.com/2009/03/24/why-do-we-journal/#comment-2010 Samantha Fri, 29 May 2009 19:45:02 +0000 http://mikkelina.wordpress.com/?p=608#comment-2010 I agree with you and A. I have diaries and journals dating back to grade one, and my entries are not always of sadness or anger. Some tell a tale of absolute excitement (i.e. the feeling of hitting home runs) or contentment (i.e. lounging on a theatre stage) or love (i.e. a friend giving me my first and only rose for Valentines). I like to write down observations or just ponder what, why, and how of my thoughts. I can say, however, that some of the gaps in my journal, the times when I don't write, are the result of an attempt at escaping whatever I don't want to examine or think about at that time... I agree with you and A.

I have diaries and journals dating back to grade one, and my entries are not always of sadness or anger. Some tell a tale of absolute excitement (i.e. the feeling of hitting home runs) or contentment (i.e. lounging on a theatre stage) or love (i.e. a friend giving me my first and only rose for Valentines). I like to write down observations or just ponder what, why, and how of my thoughts.

I can say, however, that some of the gaps in my journal, the times when I don’t write, are the result of an attempt at escaping whatever I don’t want to examine or think about at that time…

]]> Comment on The many faces of Communication by madhudasa http://mikkelina.wordpress.com/2008/12/03/the-many-faces-of-communication/#comment-2009 madhudasa Wed, 29 Apr 2009 19:26:32 +0000 http://mikkelina.wordpress.com/?p=490#comment-2009 Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man. Francis Bacon aloha again mikkelina. your blog entry on the difference in ways of communicating reminded me of the this quote from francis bacon which i found with the help of google. i always liked it & thought it might add to the mix. personally, i am somewhat impatient with myself when i try to express myself in writing whereas conversing seems much more natural & easy. again, mahalo madhu Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man.
Francis Bacon
aloha again mikkelina. your blog entry on the difference in ways of communicating reminded me of the this quote from francis bacon which i found with the help of google. i always liked it & thought it might add to the mix. personally, i am somewhat impatient with myself when i try to express myself in writing whereas conversing seems much more natural & easy.
again, mahalo madhu

]]> Comment on To comment or not to comment… by madhudasa http://mikkelina.wordpress.com/2008/07/25/to-comment-or-not-to-comment/#comment-2008 madhudasa Wed, 29 Apr 2009 19:14:37 +0000 http://mikkelina.wordpress.com/?p=319#comment-2008 it's now 4/29/09, but i just came across your blog by way of a david richo google search & i appreciate your encouragement & example "to comment". i have been surfing the web for some 14 yrs and practically this is my first comment. so as the say where i live, (the big isle of hawaii) mahalo. and aloha. i don't know if you are notified of comments from old blog entries, but if you get this would you please reply or comment, even if only to acknowledge you read it. (madhudas108@hotmail.com) i really enjoyed finding this site & your writing and sharing your process of self-discovery. sincerely, madhu it’s now 4/29/09, but i just came across your blog by way of a david richo google search & i appreciate your encouragement & example “to comment”. i have been surfing the web for some 14 yrs and practically this is my first comment. so as the say where i live, (the big isle of hawaii) mahalo. and aloha. i don’t know if you are notified of comments from old blog entries, but if you get this would you please reply or comment, even if only to acknowledge you read it. (madhudas108@hotmail.com)
i really enjoyed finding this site & your writing and sharing your process of self-discovery. sincerely, madhu

]]> Comment on Why do we journal? by A. http://mikkelina.wordpress.com/2009/03/24/why-do-we-journal/#comment-2007 A. Sun, 26 Apr 2009 03:38:12 +0000 http://mikkelina.wordpress.com/?p=608#comment-2007 i think questioning why you write is as important as the process of writing...and i think when people are happy they are distracted...I don't think people only write when they are sad— but perhaps they write more when they are focused, when they are really trying to work something out, zooming in on something, so to speak. i think questioning why you write is as important as the process of writing…and i think when people are happy they are distracted…I don’t think people only write when they are sad— but perhaps they write more when they are focused, when they are really trying to work something out, zooming in on something, so to speak.

]]> Comment on Lynda Barry: Two Questions by mikkelina http://mikkelina.wordpress.com/2008/02/13/lynda-barry-two-questions/#comment-2006 mikkelina Thu, 23 Apr 2009 17:34:00 +0000 http://mikkelina.wordpress.com/?p=189#comment-2006 thanks Don! yes I have that book and I do love it! thanks Don!
yes I have that book and I do love it!

]]> Comment on Lynda Barry: Two Questions by Don MacDonald http://mikkelina.wordpress.com/2008/02/13/lynda-barry-two-questions/#comment-2005 Don MacDonald Thu, 23 Apr 2009 17:26:07 +0000 http://mikkelina.wordpress.com/?p=189#comment-2005 This piece appears in Lynda's book "What It Is." If you liked it, you will probably like that books as well. It's part autobiography, part workbook for writers, and part ideas about writing and art. It's all awesome. (It also appears in the McSweeney's Graphic Novel issue—#13, I think—but What It Is is better.) Don This piece appears in Lynda’s book “What It Is.” If you liked it, you will probably like that books as well. It’s part autobiography, part workbook for writers, and part ideas about writing and art. It’s all awesome.

(It also appears in the McSweeney’s Graphic Novel issue—#13, I think—but What It Is is better.)

Don

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