tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-547288358478443275.post9008615990915599..comments2011-06-08T19:25:00.787-07:00Comments on Passion Play and Purpose: When Sadness came callingThought Bubble Tenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13665668153611429559noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-547288358478443275.post-1394017365873098532011-04-07T01:01:25.253-07:002011-04-07T01:01:25.253-07:00@ Winton, Thanks for your comment, Winton. I thin...@ Winton, Thanks for your comment, Winton. I think the *S* was more a way of indicating that she is a like a person for whom I have neither attachment nor aversion :).Thought Bubble Tenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13665668153611429559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-547288358478443275.post-15794384671862882402011-04-06T15:02:35.018-07:002011-04-06T15:02:35.018-07:00I like the way you dealt with Sadness. I was wonde...I like the way you dealt with Sadness. I was wondering whether you were giving it too much meaning by giving is a capital S. But accepting how you were feeling seems to have helped you to move on.Winton Bateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07383561940886657594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-547288358478443275.post-38391515716430416842011-04-06T14:17:45.739-07:002011-04-06T14:17:45.739-07:00@ Meredith Yes, it was with a huge sense of relie...@ Meredith Yes, it was with a huge sense of relief and gratitude that she left! Woo Hoo!Thought Bubble Tenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13665668153611429559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-547288358478443275.post-53663732597514909652011-04-06T14:16:52.206-07:002011-04-06T14:16:52.206-07:00@np She turned it down because she would have been...@np She turned it down because she would have been getting paid at a much higher rate than a sales assistant would be paid. As someone working in an organization for social justice and the empowerment of workers generally and women specifically, she did not feel it was ethically justifiable.<br /><br />I can tell you that I'm no fan of sadness either especially because I know what it's Thought Bubble Tenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13665668153611429559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-547288358478443275.post-72202852290687613312011-04-06T08:02:20.360-07:002011-04-06T08:02:20.360-07:00All this might be a blessing in disguise for her. ...All this might be a blessing in disguise for her. Go and do something fun.Meredithhttp://www.meredithprose.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-547288358478443275.post-69585665805300315642011-04-06T06:37:33.345-07:002011-04-06T06:37:33.345-07:00Your friend sounds like a lovely, caring person, a...Your friend sounds like a lovely, caring person, and it's too bad she had to find herself in this predicament. I'm not quite clear why she turned down the part-time position at no loss of pay, but obviously that's her decision to make. I'm not a big fan of sadness, I consider it mostly a bad habit, except in those situations where one consents to be sad, as in the death of a nothingprofoundhttp://wwwaphorismscom.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com