tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37258556.post2238629733687054902..comments2024-03-27T11:48:21.579-07:00Comments on InScribe Writers Online: Falling into Autumn/Out of the Express Line ... by Jocelyn FaireTracy Krausshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05066853243062725525noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37258556.post-59238401310255986752019-09-24T21:03:10.609-07:002019-09-24T21:03:10.609-07:00Thank you Sharon for your well crafted rambling ap...Thank you Sharon for your well crafted rambling appreciation of the autumn thoughts. Oh my, I too feel as though I should only read a book when everything else is done. What am I thinking?-but yes that productivity guilt runs deep. Sarah Youngs writings tell us we are engaging in work in the spiritual realms when we spend time with God. What could be more important? Thank you again for your delightful response!! Jocelyn Fairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15767357831759356035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37258556.post-58438306331443730892019-09-24T15:42:32.604-07:002019-09-24T15:42:32.604-07:00I love your double-barrelled title, Jocelyn. "...I love your double-barrelled title, Jocelyn. "Falling into Autumn/Out of the Express Line” is a great opener for your heartfelt blog--heartfelt by the writer and heart-felt by the reader. I’ve fallen past the middle of autumn and I definitely am “out of the express line,” although I can remember it well. I have read your blog with its rich language and rich thought several times, but struggle to respond without rambling. <br /><br />Like you, I strive to be still and know that God is God and that I am not. Therefore I must trust him more fully with the complexities of life. I agree with Sarah Young’s comment that spending time with God is a “difficult discipline because it goes against the activity addiction on this age,” as in time period but also in the sense that we’ve learned or been taught to be busy and productive all our lives. My 96-year-old aunt and I were talking recently about the way we almost felt guilty for taking time to read a book. Even now I keep mentally and physically busy, but I want to let the Lord lead me slowly and calmly beside the still waters.<br /><br />Thanks for the way you include John Donahue’s thoughts on our experience "being harvested" in our elder years and our “becoming aware of the sacred circle that shelters (our lives).” Then I love your take-away conclusion, my friend: "With God's help, I want this to be a slow down time to take in the elegant beauty of fall and share from my harvest those who need its gleanings."<br /><br /> Sharon Espesethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13013272853384312117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37258556.post-19621930760951855922019-09-24T09:04:03.992-07:002019-09-24T09:04:03.992-07:00Thank-you for your comments, Yes, this (not so cle...Thank-you for your comments, Yes, this (not so clean) new daily slate is more complicated with our lived experience. I love how faith, life and ideas become more interesting as they intersect. Jocelyn Fairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15767357831759356035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37258556.post-22977420493573521002019-09-23T08:18:25.430-07:002019-09-23T08:18:25.430-07:00Truth: "self-initiated change is always more ...Truth: "self-initiated change is always more welcome than change thrust upon us." That's for sure! Also, we so often say that today is a clean slate when the reality is that because of lived experiences "our today, is not exactly a brand new slate." I hadn't understood it that way before. So, thank you for sharing your thoughts!Susan Barclayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12668380401591029520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37258556.post-40420858759478674072019-09-21T18:09:55.687-07:002019-09-21T18:09:55.687-07:00Thank-you Wendy, and yes may we mature into marvel...Thank-you Wendy, and yes may we mature into marvelous foliage, like the maples. Blessings to you as well :)Jocelyn Fairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15767357831759356035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37258556.post-38857584435693168462019-09-21T14:36:12.196-07:002019-09-21T14:36:12.196-07:00Lovely fall reflections, dear Jocelyn. Autumn also...Lovely fall reflections, dear Jocelyn. Autumn also reminds me to slow down and notice the changes around me and inside of me. May we mature rich in grace and marvelous like the maples.<br />Blessings ~ Wendy Mac Wendy L. Macdonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01702077484754964660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37258556.post-86238804835466491212019-09-21T12:57:40.586-07:002019-09-21T12:57:40.586-07:00You are so right, the combination of joy and sadne...You are so right, the combination of joy and sadness ... the parallel tracks that most of our lives run on. Truthfully there is a beauty about each season. Jocelyn Fairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15767357831759356035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37258556.post-10915758437549360422019-09-21T06:16:06.422-07:002019-09-21T06:16:06.422-07:00The imagery in this post is so rich! It is both a ...The imagery in this post is so rich! It is both a blessing and a bit of a melancholy thing to grow old, isn't it?<br />Tracy Krausshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05066853243062725525noreply@blogger.com