tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17676950.post114135326229225363..comments2023-12-18T12:01:58.089-05:00Comments on Poets Online - the blog: ContentmentPoets Onlinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11880224855001620610noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17676950.post-1144019308487812012006-04-02T19:08:00.000-04:002006-04-02T19:08:00.000-04:00I agree with Tom - there is a group of poets that ...I agree with Tom - there is a group of poets that I meet with and we were discussing just this idea.<BR/><BR/>Perhaps, we EXPECT to be content for a longer time (forever?) than we should expect that feeling to last.<BR/><BR/>For me, it would be more important to know that more of these moments were coming, and that I could do things in my life to make more moments of contentment possible.<BR/><BR/>It see unrealistic to expect to arrive at contentment and then to remain there for very long.<BR/><BR/>Is that a kind of pessimism?Poets Onlinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11880224855001620610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17676950.post-1143616192223214692006-03-29T02:09:00.000-05:002006-03-29T02:09:00.000-05:00Being content, to me, seems to be something that i...Being content, to me, seems to be something that is transitory at best.<BR/><BR/>Even the monk who becomes enlightened, does not stay in that state for the rest of his days. <BR/><BR/>I think we need another word for that minute of peace with ourself & our place here. Content seems wrong. Perhaps one of your poets will come up with it.<BR/><BR/>Looking forward to their poems. (I'm no poet.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17676950.post-1141579117677291772006-03-05T12:18:00.000-05:002006-03-05T12:18:00.000-05:00I would caution you not to confuse being content w...I would caution you not to confuse being content with <I>accepting </I>what you have.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com