tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5133335371844144872.post8258122122512730853..comments2023-04-27T10:03:20.994-05:00Comments on fungle jungle: Wounded for Lifemushroomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07651027035577798096noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5133335371844144872.post-40426974106549062572014-12-30T09:48:33.571-06:002014-12-30T09:48:33.571-06:00I don't think there's anything wrong with ...I don't think there's anything wrong with trying to be pleasant for the sake of others. That may be the subject of today's post.mushroomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07651027035577798096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5133335371844144872.post-64083190910840870102014-12-30T01:32:00.454-06:002014-12-30T01:32:00.454-06:00I often will force a smile while waiting in long l...I often will force a smile while waiting in long lines. Definitely don't feel joyful about it though.<br />Then again, I reckon it's better than complaining or getting upset over it. USS Ben USN (Ret)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07492369604790651538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5133335371844144872.post-12735718638328783562014-12-29T22:15:08.314-06:002014-12-29T22:15:08.314-06:00You're probably right. I am often guilty of t...You're probably right. I am often guilty of trying to force joy. It never works. mushroomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07651027035577798096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5133335371844144872.post-25895149604304447802014-12-29T20:02:48.881-06:002014-12-29T20:02:48.881-06:00Excellent post, Mushroom.
I'm not an expert on...Excellent post, Mushroom.<br />I'm not an expert on joy (no, really, I'm not) but it seems to me that the most joyfull people I have met aren't aware of it as much as those who have the blessing to know them.<br /><br />I was about to say it's a subconcious connection to being To Him, but really it's a supernatural connection to God.<br />Or a higher conciousness we are unable to have without Him.<br /><br />Thus the grafting. <br /><br />I would also venture to say there ain't no serious joy, only different purities of it. Besides, we are in danger of boxing in joy if we try too hard to be serious about it.<br />Then again, we do the same thing if we try too hard to be glib.<br />USS Ben USN (Ret)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07492369604790651538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5133335371844144872.post-12589229333579861702014-12-29T16:43:58.155-06:002014-12-29T16:43:58.155-06:00Hard to know about fruit. Decay and stench, that ...Hard to know about fruit. Decay and stench, that is just roots making life out of death. Being surrounded by fertilizer is dirty and smelly. Work with what is given, and the rest is up in the air.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5133335371844144872.post-84028380500400019852014-12-29T14:59:58.003-06:002014-12-29T14:59:58.003-06:00That's a good question. I've met people w...That's a good question. I've met people who were a blessing to me, and I'm not sure they even knew how fruitful their lives were. <br /><br />We see it, but the branch is just there going about its business. <br /><br />There was an expression they used to use in sports when they would say that someone who was having an extraordinary game was "unconscious". I think that's the way it is sometimes.mushroomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07651027035577798096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5133335371844144872.post-31048953038690346272014-12-29T14:07:58.511-06:002014-12-29T14:07:58.511-06:00Beautifully put, Mushroom, especially that last pa...Beautifully put, Mushroom, especially that last paragraph. <br /><br />Quite often, I think, we have no idea just what fruit we bear. Does the grafted limb know it has been grafted, or does it only know that it still has life? But having been grafted in, we still bear fruit, just the same.juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.com