tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14733404.post8288430145950967289..comments2024-01-08T05:50:04.098-05:00Comments on baxter sez: Resonant quotes on busynessAlison Piepmeierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17972854288403934814noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14733404.post-36427101392124939032012-07-06T06:13:46.808-05:002012-07-06T06:13:46.808-05:00Love to Sophie. It's so cool to get such gift...Love to Sophie. It's so cool to get such gifts from children.<br /><br />And Mary, I can tell that you and Aaron are thinking carefully about how to balance the various elements in your lives. You're both such hard workers, but I get that you've had life experiences (like Elizabeth) that have made you value leisure.Alison Piepmeierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17972854288403934814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14733404.post-91864401558896476182012-07-03T16:03:21.299-05:002012-07-03T16:03:21.299-05:00aaron and i have had countless conversations about...aaron and i have had countless conversations about this idea of busyness as a necessity in our culture. (something we are both actively working against). it seems that we are faced with criticism and judgement when people find out that we are making time to not be busy. our "leisurely activities" are openly deemed as unimportant and scoffed at by peers and friends which i find rather frustrating. <br />we function with better quality when we are not busy and i love it!maryhttp://www.flavors.me/marypiepmeiernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14733404.post-16977658220917306162012-07-03T12:03:44.082-05:002012-07-03T12:03:44.082-05:00I think my first surrender into the opposite of &q...I think my first surrender into the opposite of "busyness" came years ago after years of taking care of Sophie in such grueling ways. It felt like a reward for that care. Now, seventeen years later, I know that it's probably the proper way to live and that Sophie has taught me that.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03313726816776097840noreply@blogger.com