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	<title>Comments on: Consistency and beautiful existence</title>
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	<description>Building bridges, connecting community, village alchemy                                                                 .</description>
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		<title>By: A. Person</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I know, I said I would never read your blog. However, I have been sitting in a very small camper for 3 days and I have exhausted all other time consuming activities. I have read only one of your posts and become thoroughly confused. Lets start at the beginning. I can understand a desire to live a &quot;beautiful&quot; life. In life I have come to understand that beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Perhaps it is too much to hope that others perceive you as having a beautiful life? Furthermore, I am slightly confused about what you mean by showing others what it is like to experience life. It is my understanding that people experience their own lives and the lives of others through a &quot;lens&quot; crafted from past experiences and teachings. Perhaps it is not life you hope to help people experience, but life as you see it?

Lastly, I find it interesting that you told some friends not to get wasted. There have been times in my life when I have been a &quot;heavy drinker.&quot; assuming your referring to alcohol, and if not lord knows I have given it all a shot. At any rate, I feel that getting &quot;wasted&quot; ,while it is not immediately successful at making a person consistent, in the long run has the potential to create a need for consistency. From personal experience I can tell you that to have some one tell you not to get &quot;wasted&quot; and to, in time, find a balance in your own life are two completely different things. I&#039;ll let you have a guess at which is most likely to be more effective. 

At any rate, I probably should not have read your blog at all. I feel it has not been entirely productive if at all. However, it has been a good use of 20 minutes. So perhaps a success.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I know, I said I would never read your blog. However, I have been sitting in a very small camper for 3 days and I have exhausted all other time consuming activities. I have read only one of your posts and become thoroughly confused. Lets start at the beginning. I can understand a desire to live a &#8220;beautiful&#8221; life. In life I have come to understand that beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Perhaps it is too much to hope that others perceive you as having a beautiful life? Furthermore, I am slightly confused about what you mean by showing others what it is like to experience life. It is my understanding that people experience their own lives and the lives of others through a &#8220;lens&#8221; crafted from past experiences and teachings. Perhaps it is not life you hope to help people experience, but life as you see it?</p>
<p>Lastly, I find it interesting that you told some friends not to get wasted. There have been times in my life when I have been a &#8220;heavy drinker.&#8221; assuming your referring to alcohol, and if not lord knows I have given it all a shot. At any rate, I feel that getting &#8220;wasted&#8221; ,while it is not immediately successful at making a person consistent, in the long run has the potential to create a need for consistency. From personal experience I can tell you that to have some one tell you not to get &#8220;wasted&#8221; and to, in time, find a balance in your own life are two completely different things. I&#8217;ll let you have a guess at which is most likely to be more effective. </p>
<p>At any rate, I probably should not have read your blog at all. I feel it has not been entirely productive if at all. However, it has been a good use of 20 minutes. So perhaps a success.</p>
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