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no excuse for it

there was a comment earlier today that the author then asked me to delete.

it was about the fact that i am uneven in  comments on other persons blogs.  Specifically, i think, that i don't always comment on hers.  I may be wrong.  

that this  was felt as some kind of exclusion.  I may be wrong.

I thought all day about it.  All day.  It was my preoccupation.  All day.   What was a response to this?,  that was honest, and true?

At first,  it would be to say I'm Sorry,  that's a knee jerk,    but that's really not it….because i read her blog,  each post.  I know her life as she presents it,   as well as i know mine.  So,  I'm Sorry doesn't apply.  so WHAT then, does?

i guess not much, really,  but that living for me takes a ton of time and energy and i also NEED and LOVE the connection that this blogsphere gives,  including her,  her pleasures and her challenges.  they are a part of my whole….  but that unless i feel some kind of STRONG PULL,  i just read.  I just read and think…she's just like me.  She's just going….with her own particulars, but she's just like me.  and in that,  there is great comfort and solace.    And at the end of any day,  when the internet connection allows a brief window for response,  i go where the pull feels greatest. Otherwise,  I assume that we all will just keep on keeping on, and in that,  there is some Faith.  FAITH.  that we all just keep on keeping on. Me,  her,  all of Us.  No exclusion.  US.  We keep on.

 

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38 responses to “no excuse for it”

  1. Mo Crow Avatar
    Mo Crow

    (((Grace))) thank you for posting what you can of life on The Hill, I was wondering about your tame crow friend with the cloth cape in the last post then realized it’s your carved one that you had at Polvadera!

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  2. Michelle in NYC Avatar
    Michelle in NYC

    Sometimes I have nothing to say, sometimes just love being in touch like opening a window and inhaling the substance, sometimes I say a thing or two. We are all so pressured and sometimes overwhelmed, but if we hold to simple truths, abiding compassion and gratefulness, nothing will ever be lost and no one ever excluded.

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  3. dee Avatar
    dee

    I had moved this conversation to email, but since you posted this, responding by email doesn’t feel quite right.
    It was news to me that you read my blog every day: total (and somewhat surprising) news. Thank you for offering the acknowledgement that I matter to you (is that what this is about? OF COURSE IT IS).
    I hope knowing that you visit my blog and read daily will make a difference when I make the rounds day in and day out and see your comments everywhere. I hope so.
    But enough said.
    Note to self: never bring this up again.

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  4. grace Forrest Avatar
    grace Forrest

    3am i am awake, it’s still pouring Out There, where
    the Goats are…i listen to the rain, still thinking,
    thinking about you, about all of Us.

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  5. Wendy@ Late StartStudio Avatar
    Wendy@ Late StartStudio

    I wish more people had a “like” notification . . . it means I can say I visited and I see you, understand or whatever.
    And, apropos of nothing, I saw a platypus in the wild today . . . isn’t that magic?

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  6. jude Avatar
    jude

    it’s very big, the size of this circle. I’ve been thinking about that a lot.

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  7. dee Avatar
    dee

    I was awake then, too. I thought i commented around 3 but it says midnight. Strange. Sorry to have perturbed you. I’m a sporadic reader and forgiving in the extreme of absences, other burdens etc.– it’s not like I expect anything special… it’s just when there’s a blank, I have a lifelong habit of filling it with something negative. It’s snowing now and blowing, but at 3:30 it wasn’t. All that waiting.I love reading about your new home. And You.

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  8. joanne Avatar
    joanne

    Long ago I decided that no one read my blog. No comments. Ever.
    But then my code writing son installed something. Now, I am aware of all the people who come, read and then leave without comment. Still lonely, but less.

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  9. Susan Hemann Avatar
    Susan Hemann

    I wish there were like buttons too, I read blogs and do not always leave comments, that doesn’t mean I wasn’t there sometimes I just want to say I like your post but don’t have a comment

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  10. Peggy McG Avatar
    Peggy McG

    I dont have a blog, never will, never thought I would own an I phone. But it opened a world that started with Jude, and moved on to Grace and EveryOne that comments on their blogs, then to anyone that comments on the next blog and so on and so on.. My friend calls it going down the rabbit holes. I am not a writer or poetic in anyway and often feel my comments cannot say anything better than what was already said.. I do read quite a few blogs regularly that I have never commented on and others that I comment here and there. I think from now on I will say a hello. Does the imogees come thru in comments? Testing:❤️👍

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  11. dee Avatar
    dee

    wordpress platform does have a like button. some visitors never comment (or very rarely) but I have a way of feeling connected to them because they hit that button. I’m not aware that typepad offers the option.

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  12. beth Avatar
    beth

    I’m reminded of the four agreements, two of which are: take nothing personally and don’t make assumptions.
    You, me, us. We breathe together. Some days that is all I can manage. But I feel the love.

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  13. ml Avatar
    ml

    is it just me or are there two copies of this post with different people and comments on each one?
    excellent post, Grace, Thank you!
    may we -all-live with ease…x

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  14. ml Avatar
    ml

    sorry, the two copies thing was my RSS feed.

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  15. Doris Avatar
    Doris

    Grace I follow you , Jude and many of this circle. It was and is so important for my life. Sometimes I have a bad conscious not to comment so often and not to give back a little bit of what I receive. But often it gives me a lot to ponder on during the day and I don’t come back to comment. I just want to say that I am here.

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  16. grace Forrest Avatar
    grace Forrest

    there are two Crows that cross over frequently…maybe
    they will be encouraged to stop…i wish…

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  17. Mo Crow Avatar
    Mo Crow

    shiny things and yummy treats are always interesting to crows but their idea of what a yummy treat is can be a bit disconcerting!

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  18. Mo Crow Avatar
    Mo Crow

    I try to comment over at your blog Doris but can not work out how… there is something I am not seeing!

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  19. Tina Avatar
    Tina

    I believe it takes great courage to express one’s self at the risk of hurting another’s feelings. This post and all it’s comments is why I come and sit with All of you at some point during my day. Thank You!

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  20. Tina Avatar
    Tina

    Wise words … filled with love and compassion

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  21. Angie Avatar
    Angie

    Namaste

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  22. kathy dorfer Avatar
    kathy dorfer

    i read here and other blogs ..just don’t have much to say … i love grace & jude & dee .
    maybe because i talk all day to family’s and kids . you all are a light in my day .
    thank you ( :

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  23. grace Forrest Avatar
    grace Forrest

    apropos of EVERYTHING….a platypus in the WILD…
    apropos of EVERYTHING
    this Thrills me, and it thrills me that you told US, here,
    that you saw a platypus in the wild. This is Gold.

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  24. grace Forrest Avatar
    grace Forrest

    rabbit holes, yes, sorta. I love what you say, Peggy, love this thought, to say Hello. and yes. you can see. they came through.

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  25. grace Forrest Avatar
    grace Forrest

    breathing Together, i trust that we do this, always, breathe Together, no matter anything else. I have great faith in that.

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  26. grace Forrest Avatar
    grace Forrest

    also, the confusion of a day’s post leading into the next,and yes….live with ease…whatever our circumstance

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  27. grace Forrest Avatar
    grace Forrest

    because you have decided to stay “here” , you have become important to me

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  28. grace Forrest Avatar
    grace Forrest

    we are REAL here. We come, with all that we Are and
    Stand. We are received.

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  29. grace Forrest Avatar
    grace Forrest

    we are Here. aren’t we. Over the years, just Here and
    witnessing…
    Love to you,

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  30. hermosa Avatar
    hermosa

    Yes, all this and more is why I come to read and ponder and quietly connect and breathe with the rest of us. For the courage to express, for the courage to be vulnerable, for the courage to be alive in this world, is no small thing. It is a wondrous circle here.
    well wishing,
    hermosa

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  31. Deb Avatar
    Deb

    I am chuckling like the Buddha because I thought that was a real crow making off with the cloth!!

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  32. Nancy Avatar
    Nancy

    I didn’t know that. Why didn’t I know that. I’ll look.

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  33. Nancy Avatar
    Nancy

    I read this in the before leaving for work moments and found no words. Tonight, I’m back…with still not many words, but deep gratitude for all of the comments I read here and for just going. Some days the day itself takes everything I’ve got and the blogs I read fill me back up, leaving little space for comments. But I try hard to share something, because I appreciate all of you so.

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  34. ² Avatar
    ²

    so did i , and that’s why i come back everytime, the youmeus feeling , the sort of…. similar …that shines through or words , reacting is sometimes difficult to look up for the right words , so thank you all … be sure we breath together and love is the answer yes i have also faith in that.

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  35. joanne Avatar
    joanne

    As you are to me.

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  36. Dakotah Avatar
    Dakotah

    This is one of the best posts and comments I’ve ever read here. Really!
    It sounds like this topic really hits home for many of us. A couple weeks ago I wrote about how writing is a gift and it really is. You put it out there and whether or not anyone reads or likes it or responds is irrelevant in the scheme of things. Writing is a gift of ourselves. And a gift to ourselves.
    At the same time, it can feel so lonely when no one responds, or so lopsided when you are the one leaving more comments than the other. Oh, how our brains like to keep score! lol
    I felt like I had failed to gain an audience on my own blog, and really I have. But it’s so funny to watch the stats of the blog, how one or two people will read a few pages…or no one for days…and then one person comes along and reads like 50 posts! Yet no one comments…it’s really so funny to me. Like my writing prowess is based upon whether or not someone was moved enough to respond.
    I read a lot of times without commenting. But then I feel I want to be supportive and contribute and participate and be one of the gang…especially if I really dug what someone shared I leave a comment. But a lot of times I feel like my comments sound SO dorky because I will often feel very moved by what I’ve read but just can’t say anything special or astute or particularly insightful in response.
    Anyway, I love that you both talked about this here and that Wendy saw a platypus in real life!!! I mean, wowowowowow!!!
    Comments are like seeing a platypus on my blog…haha

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  37. Kristin Avatar
    Kristin

    Grace…somehow, I just know…how, there is not an answer…but I know that you know I read whenever time allows, and as with so many other blogs, it is not every day..but when there is time and space to take in the written words and thoughts shared. Sometimes there comes a note – but always there is that connection feeling, that full circle of belonging…how you find time to write in the crazy-busy world of building home sites, gardens, making art..oh so much..I always am amazed at the scope of your writing and communicating – that you…always.

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  38. Deb G Avatar
    Deb G

    Here I am, early Saturday morning, catching up here and there…whether it is reading blogs, commenting on something, or even getting my own posts up. One thing I’m thinking about as I read this is how differently our minds and hearts can process things sometimes….

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