Comments for Karen Maezen Miller's Cheerio Road

Comment on how to train a peanut by Dawn

Dawn — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:50:16 +0000

Someone dear to me lost his job in a very traumatic way. He doesn’t live close enough for visits, so we call and skype. At first I talked a lot about the outrage and the injustice. I interrupted his story to ask questions. And then, finally, I listened. He drew his own conclusions, he reflected, came to his own insights. I didn’t have to do anything but listen? Really? The peanut was a tiny thing, which I found buried under all of my own baggage.

Comment on lo it is written by Trish

Trish — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:03:16 +0000

Oh! I’ve done all of this but never seen it in writing. Wonderful.

Comment on a memoirist’s lament by Jeanne

Jeanne — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:37:13 +0000

Hurray! I will finally get to see you on your visit to Butler University. I live about an hour away and look forward to this special evening. Thanks for letting me know!

Comment on how to train a peanut by Katrina Kenison

Katrina Kenison — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:50:02 +0000

In the less-is-more department, you have hit it out of the park. Don’t even know why I love this so much. I just do.

Comment on how to train a peanut by Bobbi

Bobbi — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:38:23 +0000

A simple truth.

Comment on how to train a peanut by Jena

Jena — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 21:22:33 +0000

A peanut I can do.

And because Peanut is also Pearl’s nickname, now our bluejay will remind me that my kids don’t need a song and dance, either. They already have wings, and a song, and a dance. Thank you, Maezen. I love you.

Comment on A halfway spot by Jewels

Jewels — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 03:30:58 +0000

Skimming the comments, amazing how we all are in the same boat… and yet still under the impression (delusion) from time to time that we are separate from each other…

My 6-and-a-half-year-old asked me the other day whether she could still live with me when she is married. It was priceless.

Love your writing.

Comment on The secret is out by Jewels

Jewels — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 23:09:41 +0000

@ 4. Karen, come on, does that mean I’ll never park my car? Yes, kindness and serving the needs of others, absolutely. But ahimsa starts at home, don’t you think? How about burn-out whilst in service of others?

Comment on twitter zen by Karen Maezen Miller

Karen Maezen Miller — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 23:04:32 +0000

For the record, the best place to window shop for zen is on the web like this. And most people do. The best place to practice zen is at a practice center. And few people do. Not all things are all things for all people. Browsers browse; practitioners practice. There is a place for each.

Comment on twitter zen by Jewels

Jewels — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 22:55:28 +0000

Awesome. Teaching yoga (all 8 limbs of it, not just asana), this is pretty much my daily reality with new people. Amazing how the mind colors everything. The email exchange could be perfectly harmless – provided we don’t add our prejudices and pre-conceived notions, etc. to the soup. Right View/Understanding – the first limb of the 8-fold path. The 15mins she/he wants may be just enough to whet her appetite for more. Just maybe… Or she/he may be spending the next 10 yrs looking for happiness outside. Who knows.