tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2538625224020600073.post7889676023089332009..comments2024-03-17T22:40:41.947-07:00Comments on The Social Porcupine: What Does It Mean To Be Real?Keturah Lambhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05041749245034077912noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2538625224020600073.post-54639416161790928832020-09-24T08:57:45.891-07:002020-09-24T08:57:45.891-07:00Ahhhh, I love how you say goodness and beauty are ...Ahhhh, I love how you say goodness and beauty are MORE real. These days I've been such a mess, even in public, and I've been trying to step out of that and just breathe and remember what it is I want and who I am. It means letting the tears have their time, but that they AREN'T what define me and my path. I must pull those thistles and plant flowers, so that joy may abound most.Keturah Lambhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05041749245034077912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2538625224020600073.post-49025410989307181272020-09-24T06:57:08.502-07:002020-09-24T06:57:08.502-07:00I'm so GLAD you understood those lines. It bot...I'm so GLAD you understood those lines. It bothers me how people (myself included) speak of being human as if it's inferior and unable to be something more. Humanity is a beautiful, wonderful creation of God's. To be whole is holy, what a thought? I think this is what I actually needed today, as I'm navigating some rough waters of growth. This is reality, in it's harsh wildness. Oh, but what a gift! Keturah Lambhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05041749245034077912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2538625224020600073.post-59838355316911881762020-09-24T06:54:29.805-07:002020-09-24T06:54:29.805-07:00I love Thor, but I feel the humor is done better i...I love Thor, but I feel the humor is done better in Guardians of the Galaxy ;) Keturah Lambhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05041749245034077912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2538625224020600073.post-40310444885218140672020-09-24T06:52:14.413-07:002020-09-24T06:52:14.413-07:00I do believe in making every day count, but I love...I do believe in making every day count, but I love what you say about it! Yes, I think you're spot on. Most people wouldn't know that satisfaction can be found in the small things, and those are the days that count greatest! I do something called calendar journaling to help see each day as special and set apart and worthy of life. And yet you're right when you say we can't focus on it too much. Keturah Lambhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05041749245034077912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2538625224020600073.post-85969806771643678782020-09-18T12:02:47.268-07:002020-09-18T12:02:47.268-07:00I want to hug this post, that's how much I lov...I want to hug this post, that's how much I love it.<br />It's so true, everything you said.<br />(Also, I don't somehow owe it to the public to show them every last struggle I go through??! I'm not somehow being deceptive if I don't talk about all my failures and struggles?!? You DON'T HAVE to be "vulnerable" ALL THE TIME. It's okay to be private about stuff. It's probably even good to be private about stuff. You can't have beauty without authenticity, but that doesn't mean it's the authenticity that's the end goal. You can have authenticity without beauty, but what's the point of that? The end goal is <em>beauty.</em> None of which, of course, is to say that people being vulnerable isn't sometimes a huge blessing to other people struggling with similar stuff. Just that you don't have to be a mess in public. You really don't.)<br />Someone (I don't know if you know her, the Story Sponge) left me an amazing comment semi-recently that kind of relates. It had to do with people demanding realism in stories, in the form of morally grey characters. And she pointed out that what on earth are you saying? People are more real if they do more bad things?? Bad things are more real than good things?? It doesn't make sense. Real isn't the end goal; goodness and beauty are. And they aren't somehow less real than badness and ugliness. In fact, they're more real.Sarah Seelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14833954108422068010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2538625224020600073.post-33502826562947984522020-09-17T12:27:23.125-07:002020-09-17T12:27:23.125-07:00"To be real is to be human. And to be human i..."To be real is to be human. And to be human is to be whole." YES. Yes to this whole post, but there's something about those two sentences in particular that sum it up so beautifully. Isn't "whole" just the most beautiful word? I love how it's from the same root as "holiness." Reality is good, because God made it; whatever is bad is actually just a corruption of the good, and therefore LESS real. Such a good post, Keturah.Megan the Nutmeghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13978560952822239158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2538625224020600073.post-65127473016065997442020-09-17T10:18:16.418-07:002020-09-17T10:18:16.418-07:00As someone with mental health issues I didn't ...As someone with mental health issues I didn't love how Thor's depression (a genuine mental illness) was a joke...but, EVERYTHING in Thor's movies have always been a joke and hey, I still love Thor and Endgame. Wedricus the First https://www.blogger.com/profile/06869703191641110813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2538625224020600073.post-52396528083764786472020-09-17T08:52:11.941-07:002020-09-17T08:52:11.941-07:00I've been thinking about this same thing recen...I've been thinking about this same thing recently, Keturah. What is "real"? Similar to this I've heard people recently talking about making each day "count." They ask "how do you make each day count?" But I wonder, at what point does a day "count"? And who decides? Someone might look at one of my days and think it didn't count because I didn't accomplish much...but I think every day is a gift. Doesn't mean I want to waste it or anything, but being focused on making it count just makes it harder to find satisfaction in the day. Same with being "real" online.Katie Pownerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02721093793293410687noreply@blogger.com