Comments on: Needing a fresh start

By: Jessica

Jessica — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 23:17:38 +0000

Amy-Lynn: No, I haven’t read or seen Anne of Green Gables, but you’ve found a great analogy to the story I tell here, in Marilla’s response. What a great scene to have stuck in your memory: “I don’t get despair because that would mean I’ve given up on God.”

So, you’ve been in my world of web projects! Scope creep, developers vs. designers, project managers in liason with clients, and the mess of communication that can ensue. For our sense of humor, we held fooseball tournaments in the office, back in the days when internet-tech companies were enjoying big profits, before 2001.

By: Amy-Lynn Bell

Amy-Lynn Bell — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 15:58:54 +0000

I don’t know if you’re familiar with the Anne of Green Gables stories, but whenever I start feeling depressed, I always think of the scene where Anne asks her Aunt Marilla if she ever feels herself sinking into the depths of despair. Marilla tells her she never does, because to do so would mean that she’d have given up on God.

I love how you’ve compared our society to web projects. As a former manager of such, I know in far too much excruciating detail about scope creep etc. All of our systems can’t help but be flawed because they’re built by imperfect humans. Thankfully we’ve been given two things to help us cope with the mess we make on a daily basis: each other and a sense of humour!

By: Jessica

Jessica — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 01:18:39 +0000

Thank you Carole, how heartwarming to receive this award. Hmmm, do I even have seven blogger friends to pass it on to…I’ll have to think! I think it’s time to start a blogroll here at Live on Purpose.

Mckay: “our best defense is the love of one’s self” Brilliant. Yet how many of us on the planet have really attained this? I can’t guess. We’re not talking about narcissism here, we’re talking about unconditional love, which encompasses both pride and humility, faults and strengths, and the like.

By: Mckay K

Mckay K — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 18:56:03 +0000

Excellent post Jessica!

It is up to each individual to learn to live the best we can in the society in which we live. That is the goal and trials of society are how we learn to do it. Our best defense is the love of one’s self. Our fresh start is each new day that we are privileged to awake to.

CONGRATULATIONS on receiving the Flower of
Friendship Award!