tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13292807.post115531411394474628..comments2024-01-29T13:44:58.835-08:00Comments on mad organica: Rambling On About My ListsDiz Riverahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04618954577639763316noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13292807.post-1155775458323670512006-08-16T17:44:00.000-07:002006-08-16T17:44:00.000-07:00Wow! I just found you and this post was amazing. ...Wow! I just found you and this post was amazing. I need to take a hint from you and do some listmaking. Thank you for the inspriration!Anihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01365032844616050727noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13292807.post-1155673631037540432006-08-15T13:27:00.000-07:002006-08-15T13:27:00.000-07:00this is so inspriring! thank you! I too tend to he...this is so inspriring! thank you! I too tend to hem myself in and am constantly reminding myself that this isn't beneficial to anyone...perhaps a wallet list would bring it home just a little more. =)<BR/>have a great day!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13292807.post-1155667388751090862006-08-15T11:43:00.000-07:002006-08-15T11:43:00.000-07:00This is the best idea I have read in a while and y...This is the best idea I have read in a while and you have fired me up to do this.<BR/><BR/>I also make the time excuse, and it just serves to keep me life small and keep me feeling like I am living in Lack. <BR/><BR/>I am tired of saying "no, no, no"...there has to be a way to start saying YES and I think you have shown me a way to do it.<BR/><BR/>Thank you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13292807.post-1155613756454636632006-08-14T20:49:00.000-07:002006-08-14T20:49:00.000-07:00Oops, just deleted my comment. I wanted to tell yo...Oops, just deleted my comment. I wanted to tell you about a woman I used to know. She was in my aerobics class and was probably mid 40s when I was 25. She danced with abandon, with a relaxed smile on her face, obviously not giving two shits. Even then I knew it was cool & I felt inspired. So this sounds too dramatic to be true, but a few years later, I heard that she'd been paralyzed in an accident. How fucking cruel can life get. I think of her sometimes and I exercise, dance, whatever, as an honest to god tribute to her.Marigoldiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08652950080530484536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13292807.post-1155613183281416312006-08-14T20:39:00.000-07:002006-08-14T20:39:00.000-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Marigoldiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08652950080530484536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13292807.post-1155608705133916282006-08-14T19:25:00.000-07:002006-08-14T19:25:00.000-07:00Thank you. Thank you. What you wrote here gives me...Thank you. Thank you. What you wrote here gives me courage, and I need courage now more than at any other time.Green Whalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15090715287317525082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13292807.post-1155573132764367232006-08-14T09:32:00.000-07:002006-08-14T09:32:00.000-07:00Thanks everybody for the good words. So glad to h...Thanks everybody for the good words. So glad to hear that the Two Shits Theory is alive and kicking in others. <BR/><BR/>WeakerV - I love you too.<BR/><BR/>Ali - Yo, I'm gonna check that out. Thanks for the tip. I've never even heard of Nia.Diz Riverahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04618954577639763316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13292807.post-1155535327716321292006-08-13T23:02:00.000-07:002006-08-13T23:02:00.000-07:00Hi Madness,I thought I'd delurk a bit because this...Hi Madness,<BR/><BR/>I thought I'd delurk a bit because this post totally hit home. I also love dancing, it is a fundamental part of my life. Everything you talked about here - being in your body, feeling the joy of movement, being non-judgmental - seems so aligned with my favorite kind of movement practice that I just had to comment.<BR/><BR/>Have you ever tried a Nia class? It's a mix of dance arts, healing arts and martial arts. I just recently became a certified teacher. Nia is incredible, the fundamental principle is to feel the joy of movement, and that through moving in the body's way we find health.<BR/><BR/>I know there are tons of classes in CA, and I think you would love it if you gave Nia a try.Ali Ambrosiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00521627345210424042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13292807.post-1155504466957552642006-08-13T14:27:00.000-07:002006-08-13T14:27:00.000-07:00I *love* the idea of a This Is Me list. I'm going ...I *love* the idea of a This Is Me list. I'm going to start one asap.Melindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18316870863381452769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13292807.post-1155481631725735302006-08-13T08:07:00.000-07:002006-08-13T08:07:00.000-07:00Madness, I love you. This post encapsulates perfec...Madness, I love you. This post encapsulates perfectly what I love about you. Just this year, I entered unexpectedly, without warning, into my not-giving-a-shit phase of life. I woke up one day and coolness just wasn't a motive for me anymore. Probably not coincidentally, my real life started falling into closer alignment with my "dream" life than ever before. It has been amazing. The transformation isn't entirely complete; there are still some ragged edges and stubborn vestiges of the old, tamped-down-and-hemmed-in-by-fear me, but I'm shaking them off slowly and methodically. Thanks so so so much for the inspiration.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13292807.post-1155421736509970862006-08-12T15:28:00.000-07:002006-08-12T15:28:00.000-07:00This is a fantastic post, Madness. I want to print...This is a fantastic post, Madness. I want to print it out and keep IT in my wallet. (but my wallet is really small, so I will just try to remember what I love about it) I'm also so in awe of the dancing -- I'm always in awe of dancing. I'm such a non-dancer and have always thought/known that if I was the kind of person who could really let go and dance... it would have a profound impact on my life. But I haven't tried to work on that yet. Maybe some day. But you, enjoy that movement!Laini Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14064837312936707024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13292807.post-1155391040829620882006-08-12T06:57:00.000-07:002006-08-12T06:57:00.000-07:00Oh hell yes. Dancing again, wherever and however, ...Oh hell yes. Dancing again, wherever and however, goes a long way toward saving the world. It's like Superman recharging above the clouds.Marigoldiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08652950080530484536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13292807.post-1155337724389361152006-08-11T16:08:00.000-07:002006-08-11T16:08:00.000-07:00My friend, this is what matters and your words are...My friend, this is what matters and your words are inspiration for me today. How great that you went ahead and took the dance class. And isn't it wonderful to be a little older and really, truly know that it's alright To just not give 2 shits?? It's liberating I tell you.kristenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09471813805433407905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13292807.post-1155325349044301012006-08-11T12:42:00.000-07:002006-08-11T12:42:00.000-07:00"but is feeling good and having joy in an exact mo..."but is feeling good and having joy in an exact moment without one goal attached to it enough? I testify that it is. "<BR/>i second that!angelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12536541862598457738noreply@blogger.com