Comments for Life Putting http://www.danputt.com Sometimes it's quotes, sometimes it's my thoughts, sometimes it's pictures. Fri, 04 May 2012 21:08:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Comment on Appreciate the day by Kevin Friedman http://www.danputt.com/2012/05/03/appreciate-the-day/#comment-281 Kevin Friedman Fri, 04 May 2012 21:08:00 +0000 http://www.danputt.com/?p=1027#comment-281 Wow, beautiful post. Thanks for sharing. Reminded me the end of American Beauty (sorry, can't help but post)... :-) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGiI-MuTWf0 Wow, beautiful post. Thanks for sharing. Reminded me the end of American Beauty (sorry, can’t help but post)… :-)

]]> Comment on Sitting in the car… by Kevin Friedman http://www.danputt.com/2012/04/27/sitting-in-the-car/#comment-280 Kevin Friedman Fri, 27 Apr 2012 22:17:00 +0000 http://www.danputt.com/?p=948#comment-280 Love this for so many reasons. The honesty, the outcome, the wisdom. :-) I was kind of fascinated by " I didn’t allow myself the option of discussion." I find it's pretty amazing how we can let our thoughts either STOP us from doing something or rationalize away our true feelings about something (e.g. "I'm not THAT miserable at my job --- I should just make the best of it... blah blah blah.") Maybe it's because I'm a Libra, or maybe it's because I'm male, or maybe it's because of family/religious damage... but I feel like it's been a LONG (painful) journey for me to actually TRUST my heart/feelings and not let my mind "talk" me out of how I REALLY feel. And, frankly, most of this "talk" is really just bullshit anyway. As you say, sometimes we have to say f*ck it, follow our heart, and hop out of the car... even if it's moving. :-) Love this for so many reasons. The honesty, the outcome, the wisdom. :-)

I was kind of fascinated by ” I didn’t allow myself the option of discussion.” I find it’s pretty amazing how we can let our thoughts either STOP us from doing something or rationalize away our true feelings about something (e.g. “I’m not THAT miserable at my job — I should just make the best of it… blah blah blah.”) Maybe it’s because I’m a Libra, or maybe it’s because I’m male, or maybe it’s because of family/religious damage… but I feel like it’s been a LONG (painful) journey for me to actually TRUST my heart/feelings and not let my mind “talk” me out of how I REALLY feel. And, frankly, most of this “talk” is really just bullshit anyway.

As you say, sometimes we have to say f*ck it, follow our heart, and hop out of the car… even if it’s moving. :-)

]]> Comment on This American Life…on Love / relationships by irving_severino http://www.danputt.com/2008/03/29/this-american-life-on-love-relationships/#comment-176 irving_severino Mon, 26 Sep 2011 01:54:05 +0000 http://danputtdotcom.wordpress.com/2008/03/29/this-american-life-on-love-relationships#comment-176 I'm interested in this podcast. Which one is it exactly? O.o Searching through 10+ years of podcasts isn't really my thing =p I’m interested in this podcast. Which one is it exactly? O.o Searching through 10+ years of podcasts isn’t really my thing =p

]]> Comment on Post Irene sunset by tomtrebes http://www.danputt.com/2011/08/28/post-irene-sunset/#comment-233 tomtrebes Mon, 29 Aug 2011 01:45:10 +0000 http://danputtdotcom.wordpress.com/2011/08/28/post-irene-sunset#comment-233 Beautiful! Beautiful!

]]> Comment on the wastebasket by bhargreaves http://www.danputt.com/2011/05/12/the-wastebasket/#comment-234 bhargreaves Fri, 22 Jul 2011 19:38:50 +0000 http://danputtdotcom.wordpress.com/2011/05/12/the-wastebasket#comment-234 There are more gnomes on Excel in the basement calculating the NPV of trash cans vs labor out there than you'd probably think.The problem is that some fucker still throws it on the floor. Best laid plans, etc. There are more gnomes on Excel in the basement calculating the NPV of trash cans vs labor out there than you’d probably think.The problem is that some fucker still throws it on the floor. Best laid plans, etc.

]]> Comment on Jury Duty by jerrycolonna http://www.danputt.com/2011/04/14/jury-duty/#comment-232 jerrycolonna Fri, 15 Apr 2011 13:00:58 +0000 http://danputtdotcom.wordpress.com/2011/04/14/jury-duty#comment-232 Just remember to spend your evenings watching "12 Angry Men." Just remember to spend your evenings watching “12 Angry Men.”

]]> Comment on The magic wand – do overs by jerrycolonna http://www.danputt.com/2010/03/07/the-magic-wand-do-overs/#comment-222 jerrycolonna Mon, 08 Mar 2010 06:19:46 +0000 http://danputtdotcom.wordpress.com/2010/03/07/the-magic-wand-do-overs#comment-222 Yup. Totally get it. Yup. Totally get it.

]]> Comment on The magic wand – do overs by jerrycolonna http://www.danputt.com/2010/03/07/the-magic-wand-do-overs/#comment-221 jerrycolonna Mon, 08 Mar 2010 06:19:23 +0000 http://danputtdotcom.wordpress.com/2010/03/07/the-magic-wand-do-overs#comment-221 "It's not what you do, it's who you are, right?"That's right...but even more, for reasons to personal to say here, thanks for that reminder. “It's not what you do, it's who you are, right?”That's right…but even more, for reasons to personal to say here, thanks for that reminder.

]]> Comment on The magic wand – do overs by danputt http://www.danputt.com/2010/03/07/the-magic-wand-do-overs/#comment-220 danputt Mon, 08 Mar 2010 01:07:00 +0000 http://danputtdotcom.wordpress.com/2010/03/07/the-magic-wand-do-overs#comment-220 and for the record I don't think eating 12 oreos is bad and wrong. I thinkit's totally understandable...but for the sake of my argument and in thecontext of your diet, it's considered bad and wrong. and for the record I don't think eating 12 oreos is bad and wrong. I thinkit's totally understandable…but for the sake of my argument and in thecontext of your diet, it's considered bad and wrong.

]]> Comment on The magic wand – do overs by danputt http://www.danputt.com/2010/03/07/the-magic-wand-do-overs/#comment-219 danputt Mon, 08 Mar 2010 01:04:45 +0000 http://danputtdotcom.wordpress.com/2010/03/07/the-magic-wand-do-overs#comment-219 Maybe that's really the key here, detachment. Maybe the playfulness for meisn't coming from the idea of do overs, it's coming from the detachment ofmy personal worth to my actions and outcomes. Holy crap is life heavy andscary when your worth is directly related to what you do. Eating 12 oreosis bad and wrong, so you, Jerry, are bad and wrong. I've lived under thisphilosophy before, it sucks. But now in a do over it seems like it's easierto separate the eating of 12 oreos, a mistake, from who you are. So maybe ado over makes detachment from outcomes easier?just thinking out loud here. Maybe that's really the key here, detachment. Maybe the playfulness for meisn't coming from the idea of do overs, it's coming from the detachment ofmy personal worth to my actions and outcomes. Holy crap is life heavy andscary when your worth is directly related to what you do. Eating 12 oreosis bad and wrong, so you, Jerry, are bad and wrong. I've lived under thisphilosophy before, it sucks. But now in a do over it seems like it's easierto separate the eating of 12 oreos, a mistake, from who you are. So maybe ado over makes detachment from outcomes easier?just thinking out loud here.

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