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Esme Upon the Cloud said this:
“I love how this starts, you set the scene so well that the reader is right there on that road in Oxford with you and Mickie; but moreso how it suddenly blooms into joy with a sudden awareness of love. Of metta”And because I couldn’t have put it any better, Hariod, I have used her words to introduce your excellent post on ‘metta’. I am so pleased that in some small way I was able to inspire you to write this – thank you. Metta.
Jessica. By Thomas Hawk, San Francisco — The homeless girl with love in her eyes.
It was during a balmy mid-afternoon in Central Oxford that I and my friend of some 20 years’ standing gingerly negotiated a crossing of the busy street that had first been lain a millennia ago during Saxon times — then a loosely set cobbled carriageway running northwards up from the ford of the oxen at Grandpont, some half mile or so distant along adjoining St. Aldates. The year was 1992 and a palpably self-satisfied, Thatcher-hewn metropolitan hum of affluence pervaded the air in equal measure to the oppressive diesel fumes belching from the buses and taxis that laboured and lurched their way along Cornmarket Street towards Carfax, twixt which our body’s wove, breathing in unnatural rhythms, yet mysteriously embracing the effluvium with bare arms and wide open hearts, unburdened neither by concerns nor the otherwise ubiquitously lugged, logo-laden…
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“…he’d simply learned to access the contentedness and amity lying dormant within humankind.” Yep 🙂
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Yep! I second that Kathy. 🙂
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I also enjoy the Salzberg clip that Hariod added in the comments.
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Thank you Marie, I’m honoured you thought my words good enough to introduce such a beautiful piece of writing by Hariod. Metta all round!
– esme upon the Cloud
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The pleasure is all mine Esme. The moment I read your comment and Hariod’s beautiful piece of writing, I knew that those two were indelibly connected. Metta 🙂
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Hariod, there is only one thing I would change about this post: nothing! 🙂
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You’re exceedingly kind, dear Marie, and I’m grateful and highly flattered too, that you felt this piece worthy of sharing with your subscribers here. Thank you so much. I hope your readers find some modest amount of merit in my words on Mettā. With much gratitude and my very best wishes, Hariod.
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You are most welcome Hariod. The pleasure is all mine.
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Hi Marie, I nominated you for the Versatile Bloggers Award. You can choose to accept it or not. I know it is time consuming, and you may not want to participate. Check it out on my page http://www.combingthecatacombs.wordpress.com
As you know I really like your page, and thought you really deserved one. Thanks Kathy
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Hi Kathy, thank you so much for the nomination. I have already been awarded the Versatile Bloggers Award, but if I hadn’t I would gladly accept this one.
Thank you for thinking of me and for all your wonderful support which is truly appreciated. With very best wishes Kathy, Marie
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Thanks Marie for letting me know. I thought of you right away, I understand.
These things take a lot of time really, but I haven’t had but one at the time, then I got two more. No problems.
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Congratulations on your two nominations Kathy. They are well-deserved! And I’m honoured and humbled that you would think of me – thank you so much for your support and encouragement.:)
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Thank you, it’s really people like you that motivate and inspire me. You have a story to tell and share, and that gives some hope to those who see no hope. People need to be assured, and know that they are worthy. You have succeeded at that, and that is what really I admire about you, plus your honesty.
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Kathy, I am absolutely speechless! That you think so much of my humble blog is beyond flattering. That you echo my thoughts and feelings which was the premise for my blogging is truly amazing. Thank you so much for your kind words. I write/wrote for people like you – people who seek hope and assurance and honesty.
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You are well deserving, and I am glad that I started this venture, it has led me to meeting some beautiful people such as yourself.
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Kathy, my head is swelling so much!:) I can’t think what I’ve done to deserve so much praise, but I am grateful to you and accept your compliments graciously. You are very kind.
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As are you, my friend.
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Oh, and thanks for the supportive comments.
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Wowwwww great story
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Thanks Tareau – Hariod’s writing is “great”.
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Such a great story. What a lovely website!
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Thank you Ipuna.:) Hariod Brawn’s writing is amazing and it is indeed a great story.
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So was I so pleased you inspired Hariod to write this Marie.. 🙂 xxx
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🙂 xxx
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