Comments on: Meaning. Maybe there is just not going to be a lightning-bolt, thundering voice-of-god moment where I realize: this is it! – Guest Post by Lindsey. http://www.kellydiels.com/2009/11/04/meaning-maybe-there-is-just-not-going-to-be-a-lightning-bolt-thundering-voice-of-god-moment-where-i-realize-this-is-it-guest-post-by-lindsey/ Cleavage is about the three things everyone wants more of: sex, money and meaning. Kelly Diels is writing through the lines that shape us. Sat, 31 Jul 2010 21:44:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: emjaybee http://www.kellydiels.com/2009/11/04/meaning-maybe-there-is-just-not-going-to-be-a-lightning-bolt-thundering-voice-of-god-moment-where-i-realize-this-is-it-guest-post-by-lindsey/comment-page-1/#comment-953 emjaybee Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:51:23 +0000 http://www.kellydiels.com/?p=645#comment-953 How did you get inside my head? Because this is exactly where I am. Worse, I am married to someone who *does* have a passion, and who is puzzled (but not judgemental) that I don't. You can drive yourself crazy thinking about it, I know that much. Just like you, have had to stop doing that, and concentrate on the now, and keep my eyes open in case I miss something. How did you get inside my head? Because this is exactly where I am. Worse, I am married to someone who *does* have a passion, and who is puzzled (but not judgemental) that I don’t. You can drive yourself crazy thinking about it, I know that much. Just like you, have had to stop doing that, and concentrate on the now, and keep my eyes open in case I miss something.

]]> By: Kelly Diels http://www.kellydiels.com/2009/11/04/meaning-maybe-there-is-just-not-going-to-be-a-lightning-bolt-thundering-voice-of-god-moment-where-i-realize-this-is-it-guest-post-by-lindsey/comment-page-1/#comment-935 Kelly Diels Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:39:42 +0000 http://www.kellydiels.com/?p=645#comment-935 <a href="#comment-931" rel="nofollow">@Chris Baltzley</a>, another dimension to Cleavage - love that, thank you! And Chris, what a wonderful quote from Emily Dickinson. I'm officially adding it to my repertoire. How perfect that you applied it to Lindsey's writing. Yes. Exactly. @Chris Baltzley, another dimension to Cleavage – love that, thank you!

And Chris, what a wonderful quote from Emily Dickinson. I’m officially adding it to my repertoire. How perfect that you applied it to Lindsey’s writing. Yes. Exactly.

]]> By: Sarah http://www.kellydiels.com/2009/11/04/meaning-maybe-there-is-just-not-going-to-be-a-lightning-bolt-thundering-voice-of-god-moment-where-i-realize-this-is-it-guest-post-by-lindsey/comment-page-1/#comment-934 Sarah Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:29:58 +0000 http://www.kellydiels.com/?p=645#comment-934 So much of this is relatable, Lindsey. So very very very much and yet...I have come to a place where I have to believe that even if I don't have one true passion, the Meaning is still there. It is my life. And the now. And the moment. It is what we do and how we think and the connections we make along the way. I have no ONE THING to show. No proud trophy to display. No concrete, driving force behind my existence - nothing that is truly mine, anyway. There is nothing tangible nor describable. But I have me and I have now and I know that I want happiness. For me that happiness means acceptance, letting go, asking questions and toying with their answers but not so much that it disturbs me anymore. You see it. I know you see it. It is the now that you are most important to. Not a love affair, or a humanitarian project, or a desperate need to make some kind of art. It is the now. The moments. It's the slowing down that's hard to do. Slowing down the mind. Letting the body follow. Anyway. Love this. Quite obviously. Love it. Well done lady! So much of this is relatable, Lindsey. So very very very much and yet…I have come to a place where I have to believe that even if I don’t have one true passion, the Meaning is still there. It is my life. And the now. And the moment. It is what we do and how we think and the connections we make along the way. I have no ONE THING to show. No proud trophy to display. No concrete, driving force behind my existence – nothing that is truly mine, anyway. There is nothing tangible nor describable. But I have me and I have now and I know that I want happiness. For me that happiness means acceptance, letting go, asking questions and toying with their answers but not so much that it disturbs me anymore.

You see it. I know you see it. It is the now that you are most important to. Not a love affair, or a humanitarian project, or a desperate need to make some kind of art. It is the now. The moments. It’s the slowing down that’s hard to do. Slowing down the mind. Letting the body follow.

Anyway. Love this. Quite obviously. Love it. Well done lady!

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]]> By: Chris Baltzley http://www.kellydiels.com/2009/11/04/meaning-maybe-there-is-just-not-going-to-be-a-lightning-bolt-thundering-voice-of-god-moment-where-i-realize-this-is-it-guest-post-by-lindsey/comment-page-1/#comment-931 Chris Baltzley Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:45:17 +0000 http://www.kellydiels.com/?p=645#comment-931 My god, girl, this reminds me of what Emily Dickinson said - that she knew it was poetry if it took the top of her head off! Wow! As for the whole over-riding passion thing, I've always been kind of fond of the word "dilettante" - but in one of its original meanings that we seem to have lost - "devoted amateur". (And I LOVE the name Cleavage. You know, one of the cool things about diamond is that it has what geologists call "perfect cleavage" in all four directions of its crystalline structure. Gotta love that symmetry.) Chris My god, girl, this reminds me of what Emily Dickinson said – that she knew it was poetry if it took the top of her head off! Wow!
As for the whole over-riding passion thing, I’ve always been kind of fond of the word “dilettante” – but in one of its original meanings that we seem to have lost – “devoted amateur”.
(And I LOVE the name Cleavage. You know, one of the cool things about diamond is that it has what geologists call “perfect cleavage” in all four directions of its crystalline structure. Gotta love that symmetry.)
Chris

]]> By: My Favorite « ivy league insecurities http://www.kellydiels.com/2009/11/04/meaning-maybe-there-is-just-not-going-to-be-a-lightning-bolt-thundering-voice-of-god-moment-where-i-realize-this-is-it-guest-post-by-lindsey/comment-page-1/#comment-930 My Favorite « ivy league insecurities Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:37:16 +0000 http://www.kellydiels.com/?p=645#comment-930 [...] blog can wait. You can wait. I can discuss existential cleavage another day. Today (and everyday) I am a mom, at the mercy of miniature people who melt [...] [...] blog can wait. You can wait. I can discuss existential cleavage another day. Today (and everyday) I am a mom, at the mercy of miniature people who melt [...]

]]> By: Aidan Donnelley Rowley @ Ivy League Insecurities http://www.kellydiels.com/2009/11/04/meaning-maybe-there-is-just-not-going-to-be-a-lightning-bolt-thundering-voice-of-god-moment-where-i-realize-this-is-it-guest-post-by-lindsey/comment-page-1/#comment-929 Aidan Donnelley Rowley @ Ivy League Insecurities Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:30:50 +0000 http://www.kellydiels.com/?p=645#comment-929 Unsurprisingly (for me), gorgeous. Cheers to Meaning and meaning and the wild world of existential cleavage. Cheers to asking the big questions and living without all the answers. If the answers are clear, we've asked the wrong questions. Unsurprisingly (for me), gorgeous. Cheers to Meaning and meaning and the wild world of existential cleavage. Cheers to asking the big questions and living without all the answers. If the answers are clear, we’ve asked the wrong questions.

]]> By: Jenny http://www.kellydiels.com/2009/11/04/meaning-maybe-there-is-just-not-going-to-be-a-lightning-bolt-thundering-voice-of-god-moment-where-i-realize-this-is-it-guest-post-by-lindsey/comment-page-1/#comment-928 Jenny Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:41:52 +0000 http://www.kellydiels.com/?p=645#comment-928 As a 24-year-old.. this gave me goosebumps. Great post Lindsey! "So when I was younger it was enough to accept the world’s validation and subtle cues about where I should go next." As a 24-year-old.. this gave me goosebumps. Great post Lindsey!

“So when I was younger it was enough to accept the world’s validation and subtle cues about where I should go next.”

]]> By: Lindsey http://www.kellydiels.com/2009/11/04/meaning-maybe-there-is-just-not-going-to-be-a-lightning-bolt-thundering-voice-of-god-moment-where-i-realize-this-is-it-guest-post-by-lindsey/comment-page-1/#comment-927 Lindsey Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:19:34 +0000 http://www.kellydiels.com/?p=645#comment-927 Kelly, I am more honored than you know to be guest posting on your marvelous new site. Thank you. You are one of my very favorite writers and thinkings - really, people - out there and I am deeply grateful to have bumped into you in the blogosphere. xoxo Lindsey Kelly,
I am more honored than you know to be guest posting on your marvelous new site. Thank you. You are one of my very favorite writers and thinkings – really, people – out there and I am deeply grateful to have bumped into you in the blogosphere.

xoxo
Lindsey

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