tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8045558338047530867.post2159503256428978246..comments2024-03-08T21:16:28.550+00:00Comments on The General Whirl: RulesJoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04681996675508746353noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8045558338047530867.post-37933469692640245592011-03-24T03:20:32.590+00:002011-03-24T03:20:32.590+00:00Jos, this post makes my head spin :-). I don't...Jos, this post makes my head spin :-). I don't like rules so much. I am used to chaos, I grew up with it, but I don't like it. This is what I came up with early on, rules are only good if you make them up yourself and then have the right to change them anytime you want :-). You cannot follw the rules other people make up, it just does not work, then I believe you have real chaos. Follow your heart dear Jos. That can NEVER be wrong. xoxoAnnie Coehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01980814479525038344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8045558338047530867.post-14551001832139871782011-03-24T02:14:41.987+00:002011-03-24T02:14:41.987+00:00jos, i broke the rules, i broke my heart, i broke ...jos, i broke the rules, i broke my heart, i broke my passion and my purpose wide open, and although i have some regrets, following my true self is not one of them.<br /><br />nothing happens in a vacuum. to me, to come alive is as much a responsibility as it is a privilege.<br /><br />ps i love your writing these days. it is just beautiful.<br /><br />love<br />kjkjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15122196887043345981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8045558338047530867.post-34508613174503190412011-03-23T21:13:58.733+00:002011-03-23T21:13:58.733+00:00Hi Jos, i'm going to wade in here. I think rul...Hi Jos, i'm going to wade in here. I think rules are a construct. Being married to a japanese person living in australia, myself growing up in england, i've learnt many rules are transient. I've learnt this in my studies of sociology and anthropology also. My wife's construct of guilt is far different to mine. But then again, as a western person we have certain rules woven into the tapestry of society, many of these come from religion which Marx thinks is a construct of the human condition to understand the world around us. Japanese culture therefore has something such as obligation as a construct. Anyway, Jos, the rules are there, but the rules of the heart can conflict with that, i think you are somewhere there. I would follow your heart with this one, therefore you will be being true to yourself, and set yourself free. I only partly know how i got to this point. PaulSpindrifthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13052520038521108511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8045558338047530867.post-91455617020219884192011-03-23T19:18:12.501+00:002011-03-23T19:18:12.501+00:00I took an IQ test once and apparently, I'm ver...I took an IQ test once and apparently, I'm very good at recognizing patterns, except in my own life. I grew up in chaos, I never knew what would make my father angry, one day it would be one thing, another day, something else. I think that's when I started looking for patterns. And I have a deep addiction to rules, which I also break on a regular basis, but I'm learning to be okay with that. It's complicated I've decided. Life is complicated, people, OMG people are complicated. I'm learning that I can hold opposite beliefs at the same time and not explode. Who knew?<br /><br />I don't think there are right or wrong answers. What works at a certain time, may or may not work again later on. It depends. Everything changes all the time and that's what's been so hard for me, accepting all the changes as natural and normal. Sigh.<br /><br />I'm blathering on now. Take care.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8045558338047530867.post-30481393657015966162011-03-23T19:17:40.296+00:002011-03-23T19:17:40.296+00:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8045558338047530867.post-2102743448896567082011-03-23T15:38:46.302+00:002011-03-23T15:38:46.302+00:00It has helped me to run away for a time. The circu...It has helped me to run away for a time. The circular pattern of my mind is unwinding itself and allowing new thoughts as yet unconsidered. We are able to look with new eyes from a new perspective. My heart is with you Citrus.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=janRdrFO4GU&feature=related" rel="nofollow">For you</a>Wine and Wordshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06778785233226804217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8045558338047530867.post-15702419649492678662011-03-23T15:09:57.793+00:002011-03-23T15:09:57.793+00:00as someone who makes her living interpreting rules...as someone who makes her living interpreting rules, it seems to me that there is usually more than one way of reading them. otherwise there would be no lawyers...<br /><br />i have no doubt that you will settle on a morality that works for you. i find it really important to have a framework that guides my decision-making so i very much identify with what you have written about how scary chaos can be. i suppose the trick is to keep the moral framework under review and get your spanner out when it needs a bit of adjustment.elderly rock chickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14124830900256764200noreply@blogger.com