tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215947813958873200.post24747759898999745..comments2023-10-28T04:43:07.707-07:00Comments on hearthtalks: Faithful waiting and tending has it's rewardsKathryn Knollhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10283255235968110903noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215947813958873200.post-62749754835174584302008-01-08T15:03:00.000-08:002008-01-08T15:03:00.000-08:00Lovely and loving post, Sister Kathryn. I have an ...Lovely and loving post, Sister Kathryn. I have an exquisite orchid plant a mere five feet away from where I sit ... and she is gorgeous right now. Actually, she flowers TWICE a year and the blooms last for a long while. She arrived in my life soon after I had a full hysterectomy. She was so small with a single, thin flowering branch when she showed up at my house, and now, she is hearty with thick twisting stalks - beautiful and thriving! She represents MUCH to me.The Dreamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01290191765817150140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215947813958873200.post-33974243995618135502008-01-07T21:52:00.000-08:002008-01-07T21:52:00.000-08:00Oh Kathryn, thank you. Once again your words quiet...Oh Kathryn, thank you. Once again your words quietly bow my head. I feel like that orchid, with God as my patient caretaker. Your last sentence moved me to tears: "I'm almost positive that we each have caused THE HOLY ONE, from time to time, to blurt out: "O My God! Awesome!" It is what I -- my whole life -- tried to get from OTHERS and just this year finally "got it" that I've been looking in the wrong places! Where I really need it from is God -- and my Self!<BR/><BR/>You rock my world and I'm so glad!Carlahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04418825161278465488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215947813958873200.post-36936288967213832742008-01-05T17:16:00.000-08:002008-01-05T17:16:00.000-08:00Oh, she is beautiful. I have been dreaming of an o...Oh, she is beautiful. I have been dreaming of an orchid for a long time and Sylvain keeps asking if I want him to buy me one. I tell him yes, as a house warming present when I get my own place. Now I read this here and I feel even more bonded to my future orchid, wherever she is.Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08182881635816655061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215947813958873200.post-82896081735836042572008-01-05T17:02:00.000-08:002008-01-05T17:02:00.000-08:00it is so interesting to read this today after just...it is so interesting to read this today after just last night reading a chapter in John Sanford's "Dreams: God's Forgotten Language" which spoke about orchids. he compares the qualities of orchids to those of the self: individual and unique.<BR/><BR/>you have captured well here the aspect of the tender caring for the orchid without a recipe or prescription. it seemed like an intuitive process for you laced with much patience. it seems to me that that is what is required of us to grow ourselves...listening, intuition & lots of patience!<BR/><BR/>sometimes we are the beautiful blossom and other times the scraggly tendrils.Kayce aka lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01479940262271959482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215947813958873200.post-26751307088029505082008-01-05T15:24:00.000-08:002008-01-05T15:24:00.000-08:00This is so true and just what I wanted to read rig...This is so true and just what I wanted to read right now. Thanks.Elspethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08818240263719381120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215947813958873200.post-1102919769010308922008-01-05T15:12:00.000-08:002008-01-05T15:12:00.000-08:00we have two rescue dogs-a weim and a weim mix. bo...we have two rescue dogs-a weim and a weim mix. both of us (my husband and I) are fairly selfish (I don't mean that in a bad way-we are ones that like our time and our money to do with what we want) and we managed to get two fairly high maintenence animals. One of them was severely neglected and sick to boot. They take training and as neither my husband or I owned dogs prior to these two, the training is a mish mosh hit or miss collection of tips and ideas we've learned from a variety of dog owners, trainers, websites and -of course-the dog whisperer :-)<BR/><BR/>anyway, I get a trial in patience constantly as I try to train these two. Over and over again. And then one day, they just get it and respond appropriately. It fills my heart. Your post helped me see what good lessons there are in these seeming trials.<BR/><BR/>thank you.Brandi Reynoldshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05676340757693182786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215947813958873200.post-83811998048223828092008-01-05T12:22:00.000-08:002008-01-05T12:22:00.000-08:00I absolutely believe it works that way with people...I absolutely believe it works that way with people. There's such a big difference between nurturing and controlling. We can't make the river flow any faster and I don't think we should do it with people, either. The most we can do is stand by and provide a buffer, make sure they have what they need (emotionally speaking) and let them grow into their own nature.thailandchanihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10171731740204067889noreply@blogger.com