tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3477393606153944420.post566104890362478413..comments2024-03-21T00:38:44.793-06:00Comments on Just Add Light and Stir: Learning to make peaceful choicesSandra Doddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11853107998229753762noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3477393606153944420.post-63624040668700578212011-07-06T15:22:40.073-06:002011-07-06T15:22:40.073-06:00This post was timed perfectly for me. Thank you. ...This post was timed perfectly for me. Thank you. I've been making a very concerted effort to feel the switch, to know it's there, to not live as if someone or something else controls that switch. My daughters and I recently experienced a really rough week while being evacuated from Los Alamos while my husband and his parents stayed in town. Seven days of stress, not knowing when we'd go home, and trying to find stuff to do gave me plenty of opportunities to feel that switch. Sometimes I handled everything with ease, peace, and calm, and other moments were not so good. Added stress can make things more difficult, as it did in this situation, but the experience helped to me to be more aware of how my reactions would impact my daughters, and I was much more aware of actually choosing my actions instead of being "switched" more often than not. Schuyler's words often resonate with me, and it's such a gift that she shares her experience so clearly. Thank you for sharing.Chrysanthemamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11742105211504335294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3477393606153944420.post-25465982944861239102011-07-06T04:23:23.003-06:002011-07-06T04:23:23.003-06:00Reading through after this was published, I made t...Reading through after this was published, I made two editorial changes. I wrote out "five" and I replaced a comma with a period, making two separate sentences of the last two. I'm saying this because it was Schuyler's writing, but if it's going to be out here for all time (i.e., a few years), I wanted it to be more easily readable. I didn't change a word, just changed the technicalities. <i>[Admission of quote changing, for the record.]</i>Sandra Doddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11853107998229753762noreply@blogger.com