tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2010554100777777698.post9213939092490378277..comments2023-07-26T11:31:24.173-04:00Comments on Stream of Unconscious: I Hear the Mermaids Singing...Johttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18374533546936641553noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2010554100777777698.post-59089815887744851962007-05-24T19:03:00.000-04:002007-05-24T19:03:00.000-04:00if you move to figi, you would be on a high for ab...if you move to figi, you would be on a high for about 3 months... then you would wonder what it would be like to move to australia, then japan, etc. etc. The thing about life is we struggle with contentment of where we are but the truth is, people are people everywhere. Everywhere has its problems, frustrations and disappointments. It's learning to LIVE where we are that is one of the marks of maturity, I think. I am here in China, and yes I love it, but part of me wonders what it would be like to live in America with a job, paying bills like the rest of my friends and looking for someone to start a life with. Going after one dream always means putting on hold, or sacrificing others.Aubreehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07146670375324065464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2010554100777777698.post-89362179599952696872007-05-24T09:05:00.000-04:002007-05-24T09:05:00.000-04:00One of my favorite poems is by Carl Sandburg. Your...One of my favorite poems is by Carl Sandburg. Your post made me think of it. We are all limited in some ways. You are testing your boundaries--determining which are real and which only exist within you. Fear not!<BR/><BR/>LIMITED<BR/>I AM riding on a limited express, one of the crack trains<BR/> of the nation.<BR/>Hurtling across the prairie into blue haze and dark air<BR/> go fifteen all-steel coaches holding a thousand people.<BR/>(All the coaches shall be scrap and rust and all the men<BR/> and women laughing in the diners and sleepers shall<BR/> pass to ashes.)<BR/>I ask a man in the smoker where he is going and he<BR/> answers: "Omaha."brdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09999205528107936871noreply@blogger.com