Comments on: Opening Up

By: Alexandra

Alexandra — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 19:24:41 +0000

Sometimes I want to get a printer and print out all your beautiful posts back to back and make a book out of them. We all have so many roles and titles and responsibilities and dreams and individially and collectively, they do define us, and yet, can’t begin to all at the same time.
” I am trying to operate from a place of integrity every step of the way.”
That quote pretty much sums up why your blog is one of my favorites. I have to admit, I have gotten really burned out on both blog writing and reading, but there are a handful that I don’t think I could ever tire of and this is one of them!

By: boho girl

boho girl — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 21:24:03 +0000

you always inspire me to step outside of my comfort zone. you were there during that huge epiphany for me. a time and place with you that i will reflect on for the rest of my life. a story i will tell my grandkids while i’m rocking in my chair. “when swirly and i were sitting on the couch, she helped me navigate my way around my core values…and to embrace my true feelings about focus”.
you inspire and you dare and i love it.
and i love you.

By: kelly

kelly — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 05:55:41 +0000

i have been daring for awhile, now if i could just let go of others opinion about this not bother me – i am good!

By: lisa

lisa — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 05:05:36 +0000

Searching and searching for a little light revealing who I am. I declared 2008 a year to to fall in love or re-fall in love. So far, I am re-falling in love with many things that have shaped who I am today. The light seems to have grown from a dot to a faint glow. You have given me a little more to think about…

By: christine

christine — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 21:43:38 +0000

Thank you for that reminder, lady. I needed it especially today when I was wondering which of the gazillion roads to skip down next! xo

By: indigene

indigene — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 20:06:19 +0000

Society puts so much pressure on us to be one thing or another. I think the term for all those things you are, I am and so many others are “Renaissance Woman/Women.” I think for the first time in a very long time, we (artists) are experiencing something wonderful. Change is becoming this wonderful and mysterious thing to be embraced instead of being afraid of. Finally, we all, who are called artists (or behind our backs, “flaky, indecisive, etc.) are living in “our” time. It is a wonderful time for expression and living to the fullest! It’s wonderful that we are finding each other and spreading the joy of change and self-expression!

By: Ms. Conley

Ms. Conley — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 19:46:55 +0000

I love that you have written this so elegantly. It helps to know that I am never alone with the same dilemmas and that by you sharing your thoughts and journey helps me to feel somewhat grounded and normal. x

By: Sunny

Sunny — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 18:36:51 +0000

Funny, but this is the way I’ve always seen you — completely multi-dimensional. It comes through much more than you’re aware of.

By: Kerstin

Kerstin — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 15:58:37 +0000

I am so glad you wrote this today. You have touched on this subject before and every time you do, does it help me release a big sigh of relief. It is ok to be many things. It is ok to have more than one job-title. It is ok to have a multitude of roles in your own life, and that of others.
Especially when it comes to defining myself professionally do I always struggle with a need to push myself through one hole, so that I can tell people, THIS is my profession. Well, for me, it doesn’t work that way. I have done so many things that I am always tempted to say “I went to the university of life” – that’s my qualification.
Only yesterday did I drive my husband crazy by telling him about how I wish to consolidate all the various websites I have – another indication of my “split” personalities. And then I had to laugh at myself. I always do this when I feel overwhelmed in certain areas of my life; I have this need to order it all and bring it under one roof. Well, I guess my LIFE is that roof, covering all my roles and personas and professions already.
Thank you.

By: Ash

Ash — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 15:07:13 +0000

This post completely spoke to me. Thank you Christine for the inspiration!