Julie said: "My view on lawns/yards is that of a biologist -- if it needs our help to grow then it doesn't belong there."
Me: I agree with you 100%!!!!! I've been following that mantra for a while now!
The Julie Chronicles, part 1
Moderator: DonnaT
-
GalicianGirl(SO)
- Founding Member
- Posts: 558
- Joined: Mon Aug 04, 2003 10:40 pm
- Location: Houston, Texas
I'm glad that you decided to join our little group. -
Beauty
- Retired Site Administrator
- Posts: 3662
- Joined: Thu Aug 14, 2003 4:30 am
- Location: Northern VA
- Contact:
-
CJ
- Miss Diamond Goddess
- Posts: 3562
- Joined: Sun Nov 02, 2003 11:12 pm
- Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Hi all,
Julie,
You wrote: And help is not supposed to be something I have to go begging for. I agree that such is the case (well, in the best of all possible worlds, anyway). However, and this I've learned over the last few years working at the job I currently have, people will not know that you'd welcome support if you don't somehow at least hint that such support would be appreciated. I keep telling people: it's neither a sin nor a sign of weakness to make your needs known. In fact, it's quite the opposite; speaking up in our hour of need is the surest way to allow those who genuinely like and want to help to use their talent, for both their benefit and ours. Too often, we confuse vulnerability (our native state as fragile yet beautiful creatures) with weakness. Yet, it takes a strong person to reach out to others and say, "please, help." When (and, yes, I'll grant you, if) others help, it serves to reaffirm our common humanity by providing a sense of community. This very forum is a perfect example of this.
As for our "responsibility to awe," I agree. This way of being in the world is still fairly new, though, among both scientists and regular mortals.
I have a plaque up on my living room wall that bears the portrait of a thoughtful Einstein. Beneath the photo is a quote of his that reads: "A moment of understanding is worth a lifetime spent in awe." I agree, if the words are meant to spur us to know the world and to be curious about how we fit in. However, I do believe that such an "understanding" can, and does, actually lead to a sense of the glory, the grandeur, and the wonderful mystery that is the world (and we in it, of course).
I can picture myself taking a stroll among the violets in your backyard. Let it grow, Julie, let it grow...
My regards to Kate.
Love,
CJ
Julie,
You wrote: And help is not supposed to be something I have to go begging for. I agree that such is the case (well, in the best of all possible worlds, anyway). However, and this I've learned over the last few years working at the job I currently have, people will not know that you'd welcome support if you don't somehow at least hint that such support would be appreciated. I keep telling people: it's neither a sin nor a sign of weakness to make your needs known. In fact, it's quite the opposite; speaking up in our hour of need is the surest way to allow those who genuinely like and want to help to use their talent, for both their benefit and ours. Too often, we confuse vulnerability (our native state as fragile yet beautiful creatures) with weakness. Yet, it takes a strong person to reach out to others and say, "please, help." When (and, yes, I'll grant you, if) others help, it serves to reaffirm our common humanity by providing a sense of community. This very forum is a perfect example of this.
As for our "responsibility to awe," I agree. This way of being in the world is still fairly new, though, among both scientists and regular mortals.
I have a plaque up on my living room wall that bears the portrait of a thoughtful Einstein. Beneath the photo is a quote of his that reads: "A moment of understanding is worth a lifetime spent in awe." I agree, if the words are meant to spur us to know the world and to be curious about how we fit in. However, I do believe that such an "understanding" can, and does, actually lead to a sense of the glory, the grandeur, and the wonderful mystery that is the world (and we in it, of course).I can picture myself taking a stroll among the violets in your backyard. Let it grow, Julie, let it grow...
My regards to Kate.
Love,
CJ
