tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19606253.post4139028363804457788..comments2023-11-03T02:19:04.895+13:00Comments on attempting abandonment: The pursuit of happiness and the glimmer of hopelucy arhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05853654737119450492noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19606253.post-17314880892961590672007-04-06T03:59:00.000+12:002007-04-06T03:59:00.000+12:00Sandy, you so need a blog. Come on, for our enligh...Sandy, you so need a blog. Come on, for our enlightenment- You can be our online inspirer and theology guide...lucy arhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05853654737119450492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19606253.post-30774078618233066262007-04-05T10:16:00.000+12:002007-04-05T10:16:00.000+12:00Lucy! I am at Roots but because I've rejected ambi...Lucy! <BR/>I am at Roots but because I've rejected ambition, I am going as steward. So look out for someone you used to recognise,add 10 years, a yellow vest and a couple of stone and that will be me..Mel!<BR/>OK so this isn't really a comment..sorry. I love your blog and heartily reccomend the book: Living More for less - Doris Janzen Longacre. Herald press.<BR/>It's not all abot being frugal but about changing the way we exist in order to help others/ get the right perspective.<BR/>Lots of Love<BR/>MelThe Cook Househttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17822915910653212670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19606253.post-65698642061878788592007-04-04T09:06:00.000+12:002007-04-04T09:06:00.000+12:00Tim,I cannot reject ambition because in many ways ...Tim,<BR/>I cannot reject ambition because in many ways it seems to me to be a selfish way to live, you know, no power no responsibility. But what of the people with no voice who need those of us who have a voice to fight for them and lift them so they too can be heard? It would be oh so much easier to live for myself and claim it to be my pursuit of humility, but something within me (shall we call it God?) won't allow me. I do not seek power or position, at least at my finest moments, for my benefit, but I must make a difference or die trying. Take Daryl for example, what he is currently doing brings with it a certain amount of power and fame, which he does not seek, but the alternative is to leave these people to continue dying or hope that someone else will care enough to do what he does. Which should he choose? "Everyone to whom much is given of them will much be required." (Luke 12:48b)<BR/>May hope (for justice, love and peace) guide us!<BR/>SandyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19606253.post-84864621218648965862007-03-31T01:33:00.000+12:002007-03-31T01:33:00.000+12:00tim here,(now that lucy has assumed my identity an...tim here,(now that lucy has assumed my identity and photo I don't know my own username and password sorry) watching the movie it was pretty obvious that chris' 'pursuit of happiness' was fueled by a total discontent with life as it was for him (and his family...sort of), it seemed that he was a very ambitious person. It was a nice story but he seemed pretty lost (definitely not in a worldly sense though) I'm curious to know how many of you out there reject ambition and strive to be content with worldly nothingless. Is that a wrong way to be?... genuine question by the way)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com