<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2464801035128106419.post2371168117647087098..comments</id><updated>2009-11-04T15:20:49.150-08:00</updated><category term='reflection'/><category term='Temple'/><category term='Thomas Jefferson'/><category term='Bicycling'/><category term='Fire'/><category term='Emerson'/><category term='Thomas Merton'/><category term='Iowa'/><category term='Abyss'/><category term='Wichita Mountain Refuge'/><category term='Gardens'/><category term='Presence'/><category term='Sacred'/><category term='Poetry'/><category term='Humor'/><category term='Spring'/><category term='Mary Oliver'/><category term='hibernation'/><category term='Wisdom'/><category term='hearth'/><category term='Childhood'/><category term='Sue Monk Kidd'/><category term='Oklahoma'/><category term='Rainer Maria Rilke'/><category term='Rilke'/><category term='Cooking'/><category term='Granddaughter'/><category term='Virginia'/><category term='well'/><category term='Wild Flowers'/><category term='Christmas'/><category term='Jefferson Pools'/><category term='Boynton Vortex'/><category term='Robert Bly'/><category term='Bison'/><category term='blizzard'/><category term='Celtic'/><category term='Laughter'/><category term='Take Big Bites'/><category term='cardinals'/><category term='Herbs'/><category term='Wales'/><category term='Listen'/><category term='Naomi Shihab Nye'/><category term='Intention'/><category term='Journey'/><category term='Sedona'/><category term='Prairie Dogs'/><category term='Hiking'/><category term='Ireland'/><category term='Elijah'/><title type='text'>Comments on Julane: It's Better to Jump the Abyss Than to Reupholster ...</title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.sacredjourneying.com/feeds/2371168117647087098/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2464801035128106419/2371168117647087098/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.sacredjourneying.com/2009/11/its-better-to-jump-abyss-than-to.html'/><author><name>Julane</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02227328206232078719</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>1</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2464801035128106419.post-5053025281261361254</id><published>2009-11-04T14:26:28.620-08:00</published><updated>2009-11-04T14:26:28.620-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Julane,  Loved your comments about reupholstering ...</title><content type='html'>Julane,  Loved your comments about reupholstering your rut -- I&amp;#39;ve done that a time or two myself!  Here&amp;#39;s a poem I wrote about wanting to get out of a rut:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;WANTING TO LEARN&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I Googled quantum physics&lt;br /&gt;on the web.  My eyes glazed&lt;br /&gt;over like a drunk on cheap&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;wine.  Refracton, diffraction&lt;br /&gt;wave particle duality.  String&lt;br /&gt;theory left me strung out.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What I know about the universe&lt;br /&gt;is a silent knowing:&lt;br /&gt;we are all connected, energy&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;wrapped in a body of muscles&lt;br /&gt;bones, cells with memories&lt;br /&gt;buried like a corpse&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;resurrected by Spirit&lt;br /&gt;moving into light.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Audrey Streetman&lt;br /&gt;11/4/09</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2464801035128106419/2371168117647087098/comments/default/5053025281261361254'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2464801035128106419/2371168117647087098/comments/default/5053025281261361254'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.sacredjourneying.com/2009/11/its-better-to-jump-abyss-than-to.html?showComment=1257373588620#c5053025281261361254' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.sacredjourneying.com/2009/11/its-better-to-jump-abyss-than-to.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2464801035128106419.post-2371168117647087098' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2464801035128106419/posts/default/2371168117647087098' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1699819656'/></entry></feed>
