tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8021154093098498497.post8614359297972655154..comments2023-11-02T06:10:32.496-06:00Comments on Julie's Triathlon Journal: Identity CrisisUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8021154093098498497.post-46516934023404467992008-06-25T18:49:00.000-06:002008-06-25T18:49:00.000-06:00Beautiful and touching post, and 'straight from th...Beautiful and touching post, and 'straight from the heart'. Excellent comments, especially Keith's. <BR/><BR/>Read 'Eckhart Tolle's', <I>The Power of Now</I>, and the one I am reading at present titled, <I>A New Earth</I>, that I am finding 'insightful' and 'helpful' in trying to understand this 'mad world' we all find ourselves living in, that so easily weighs us down with what we call 'modern living'. What a joke! There is nothing 'modern' about it. Humanity has been going backwards since the Industrial Revolution that changed everything. Nietzsche said it best, especially with his now famous line, 'God is Dead'... 'Modern Man' (woman) must re-invent themselves, while at the same time keeping George Orwell's <I>1984</I> constantly in the back of their minds, while doing their best to prevent 'that world' from becoming 'our world'. Anyhow, I think you will find Tolle's books filled with much Buddhist wisdom and understanding. <BR/><BR/>/btw Maybe you have already turned a corner!? With your new blog on hiking, makes me think you would make an <I>excellent</I> tour guide. At heart and in every fiber of your body, you are an outdoor enthusiast with many hard fought battles with the environment and with overcoming personal and physical challenges, which we call 'experience'. Why not work at something you really love, which makes you feel it is not work at all? I think you would be 'perfect' as an outdoor adventure 'Pass Tour Guide and organizer. Think about it!!! :-)<BR/>Best,<BR/>JohnJohn Princehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05745039414992084651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8021154093098498497.post-74672215633706462832008-06-25T14:57:00.000-06:002008-06-25T14:57:00.000-06:00Well, it's all been said - and anyhow, quite hones...Well, it's all been said - and anyhow, quite honestly you don't need to explain to anybody about anything, whatever you decide is right for Julie Anderson, not me, not anyone else, but the very important and wonderful you! Come live in Fernie with us......now wouldn't that be fab....Cathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07724813805713962903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8021154093098498497.post-74508579217288220642008-06-24T20:40:00.000-06:002008-06-24T20:40:00.000-06:00hey jules....even the majority of people that are ...hey jules....even the majority of people that are "happy" and "know their identity" question who and what they are and where is their life headed....the important thing is to enjoy the journey and if what you are donig is not enjoyable leave it behind you!! oh and i forgot to unclip again!!Charlie Brownehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06371640149283892044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8021154093098498497.post-78877942978320256442008-06-24T16:24:00.000-06:002008-06-24T16:24:00.000-06:00Wow that was a good post, and good comments. I re...Wow that was a good post, and good comments. I really don't know what else to say, I got no wisdom to share. I just know I also don't know what I want to do with life. I work a job I don't care for, I just do it cause it's there and is a means to accomplish all my hopes and dreams. I'm satisfied with this, but somtimes I wish I also had a job that felt fulfilling.runningmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04741958241490144866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8021154093098498497.post-48297744256932479182008-06-24T16:02:00.000-06:002008-06-24T16:02:00.000-06:00Thanks guys -- Keith, I have to meet you. :) :)And...Thanks guys -- Keith, I have to meet you. :) :)<BR/><BR/>And, I'm going to be reading "What Happy People Know" -- Thanks Jenna!Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05255136788289244187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8021154093098498497.post-90813439331886986542008-06-24T15:08:00.000-06:002008-06-24T15:08:00.000-06:00So Julie, are you leaving the Dollar Store??? You ...So Julie, are you leaving the Dollar Store??? You do right, you've outgrown the place and you have better things to do. Keith has said it all in a much more eloquent manner than I could ever aspire to. <BR/><BR/><BR/>Here's to looking forward to the next stage of your life from someone who knows a bit about making a fundamental change!Jasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07599650365325912267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8021154093098498497.post-77318591462860521212008-06-24T13:11:00.000-06:002008-06-24T13:11:00.000-06:00Julie. You are Julie. Not Julie from the Dollar St...Julie. You are Julie. Not Julie from the Dollar Store. Just crazy young, funny, entertaining, wild, adventourous, Julie. You dream the dreams and then give yourself permission to go get them - whatever they are - they are YOURS. Pick up a copy of What Happy People Know.....it was a life changing book for me!!Jennahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16271587857910381627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8021154093098498497.post-50338111068821927682008-06-24T13:00:00.000-06:002008-06-24T13:00:00.000-06:00Where to start?? This might be a long comment. I h...Where to start?? This might be a long comment. I hear you loud and clear. Stay strong!<BR/><BR/>Welcome to my life. I was asked going into grade 6 what I was going to be when I grew up. Forty some years later I'm still struggling with that same question. What I do now wasn't a job then, and who knows what jobs will be available in another 10 years? The downside of knowing what you want to do is the anguish of not being able to do it for some reason.<BR/><BR/>The best way to learn to do something is to start doing it. That sometimes means that you learn you really don't want to be doing it after all. Then you find out if you've learned to move onto the next thing you want to learn.<BR/><BR/>There's a story about two zen monks walking together. A woman asks them to help her across a river. The older monk picks her up, carries her across, puts her down, and accepts her thanks with a nod. The two monks go on. The younger struggles with this for a while, then asks the older one "Our order isn't supposed to have anything to do with women. How could you do what you did?" The older monk says "I put her down on this side of the river, why are you still carrying her?"<BR/><BR/>Quitting, and failure, are such hot buttons in our world. And it's all perception! Even worse, it's often OTHER people's perceptions. How is quitting something you don't want to be doing anymore a failure? Rather, it's a recognition of someone with the strength to steer their own course. Even when you've given something everything you have and it still hasn't worked out, you're stronger for it, and if you look, there are likely unexpected wins in there too.<BR/><BR/>I once talked to a guy going through bankruptcy procedures. He'd been a multi-millionaire. I was just out of high school. He said he had learned more from this "failure" than he ever had from his successes. He encouraged me to get out and try things, because the worst that will happen is that you'll get lucky the first time, live the fat and happy life and you'll stop learning.<BR/><BR/>I feel sorry for the people that strive to get the trappings of success in our society, the big house, the big car, the big blonde (sorry) the recreational properties and vehicles, and all the "toys". Are they happy? Often not. What's important is to do what's right for you.<BR/><BR/>So I encourage and applaud your decision to stop the courses, and sell the store. Move on with the path of your life whatever that might be. Listen to your heart. The more you do it, the clearer the messages will become, and deeper truths will emerge into the light of day.<BR/><BR/>I totally believe that when opportunity knocks, you have to make the most of it. Some people say that's luck. I say opportunity is much more likely to knock at the door where the sidewalk is shoveled, and the steps are swept. New opportunities seem to come to those that are making the most of their current opportunities. My theory is that dreams, opportunities, love, friendship, luck, happiness and all that, as well as their opposites will go to where they are loved and appreciated.<BR/><BR/>I don't think I need to tell you to have fun in the process!Keithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09364395150014197905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8021154093098498497.post-77581477750767394512008-06-24T12:33:00.000-06:002008-06-24T12:33:00.000-06:00Hey...my dad is in his mid-60s and says he still d...Hey...my dad is in his mid-60s and says he still does not know what he wants to do with his life!! <BR/><BR/>My advice is that you need to do what is right for you. Sounds simple but it is true!! If you have taken a good hard look at things and you don't like them...then change them. You have the power to do that.<BR/>And it is just human nature to be curious (nosy). Just ignore it. Harder than it sounds but big minds talk about ideas, mediocre minds talk about events and small minds talk about other people!! I just totally exagerrate or out right lie...gets them every time...b/c you darn right that they will not get the info correct when they pass it on to others!!<BR/>And as for women in business...could write a book on that one...TOTALLY hear ya!!<BR/>Take care of YOU!!Kelly B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01714590623942266353noreply@blogger.com