tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5571565192190133699.post303153881423560011..comments2023-09-09T07:45:00.979-04:00Comments on Learn, Live, and LOVE it!: Ships that have SailedAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13580188285831662788noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5571565192190133699.post-9169622781411357512011-10-29T13:28:06.724-04:002011-10-29T13:28:06.724-04:00Elisa I feel like I have countless thoughts and id...Elisa I feel like I have countless thoughts and ideas in my head that still need to be processed before I can adequately respond to this post. What a beautiful account of you and your abilities, yet the decisions that led you to where you are in life. You said you have a pretty decent rig - I think that your current ship is grand and fabulous, in every way possible. Oh goodness I just want to sit on the floor together while the kids play and talk for hours about this. You are a better person than me to have never thought about this before, since I seem to struggle with my own "what ifs" sometimes and miss the beauty of today and the ship I'm on right now. Thank you for sharing. How I miss you!heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14943414688590535473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5571565192190133699.post-43033416022934791792011-10-25T20:35:01.382-04:002011-10-25T20:35:01.382-04:00I read this post last night before I went to bed. ...I read this post last night before I went to bed. I haven't been able to stop thinking about it since. I'm a true believer that life, with all of our input and decisions, and even their consequences/blessings work out exactly how they are supposed to. Perhaps this thought just makes me feel better, but there is a plan and that is so comforting to me. I look back on all of the "what ifs" in my life (your list is twice as long as mine - you talented girl :)) and thank Him for it. All of those talents or realizations that you had are still apart of you. They have brought you right where you are - and I'm thankful for that because you have been a sweet blessing in my life. You are the one that brought me back to art after I had Jude. You are the one that taught countless sunday school lessons that made my heart burn. It was all of your intelligence and talents, plus your beautiful soul and testimony that not only made me smile but made me want to be a better person. So, I just wanted you to know I'm thankful you are where you are at and excited to see what you decide to further do with the gifts you've been given. You're incredible. <br /><br />p.s. you could do any of the things on your list and i'm sure you will :)linzihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12768715434859270565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5571565192190133699.post-66551150163153277972011-10-24T23:51:38.757-04:002011-10-24T23:51:38.757-04:00I do this sometimes in the future tense: "Shi...I do this sometimes in the future tense: "Ships that will have sailed."<br /><br />There are lots of things I still CAN do with my life—we're not even 30 yet, people!—and I still recognize that they're beyond my capacity/probably not as cool as I think they are/not what I *really* want to be doing.<br /><br />The jury's still out on some of them (got a magazine from BYU today that had me yearning for academia, for example). It will all depend on what I have time to do and what I really want to do when I have time to do it. That logic might be circular. <br /><br />When it comes down to it, I know that what I'm doing now (mothering, writing) is what I REALLY want to be doing. Maybe later in life, I'll have time to add other pursuits to the list (like when my kids are grown), but for now, I think I've chosen the better part for me and my life.<br /><br />[I hear you on the biological sciences: I'm sad I'm not as good at math as I once was. (Science was never a favorite subject for me.)]Jordan McCollumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16523599384793856702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5571565192190133699.post-50316813289313467732011-10-24T23:03:20.634-04:002011-10-24T23:03:20.634-04:00Beautiful. This so eloquently sums up how I feel ...Beautiful. This so eloquently sums up how I feel sometimes. I have to remind myself that I didn't choose all those other possibilities. I chose THIS possibility. I'm not ashamed to admit that I wonder "what if" on occasion, but I have had to learn not to dwell on it. I hope to find a good career fit for myself one of these days. When those days are not so chock full of raising my adorable kiddos, but until then I will do my best to focus on this possibility, this choice. Thanks for sharing Elisa. You're awesome!Shannonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08305428805088842399noreply@blogger.com