tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3262667444203368600.post8143736629562799506..comments2023-10-19T22:16:05.831-07:00Comments on The repurposed writer: "Fighting vainly the old ennui"Consuelo Saah Baehrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16106845289763202756noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3262667444203368600.post-10591918134191146962015-06-19T19:40:25.223-07:002015-06-19T19:40:25.223-07:00I feel lucky to provide you with something you wer...I feel lucky to provide you with something you were searching for. Thanks for visiting.<br />Consuelo Saah Baehrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16106845289763202756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3262667444203368600.post-15150798932648375242015-06-19T04:50:08.302-07:002015-06-19T04:50:08.302-07:00thank you for this post - it turned out to be just...thank you for this post - it turned out to be just what I was searching for.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3262667444203368600.post-89253590972377475242013-08-16T16:43:12.185-07:002013-08-16T16:43:12.185-07:00Thank you, what an unexpected but welcome response...Thank you, what an unexpected but welcome response. I appreciate you taking the time to reach out. I was in a pretty dark place for a moment feeling really low. I think that does hit the nail on the head. I don't want to accept that I've chosen this for myself. I read somewhere that "The secret of happiness is freedom. The secret of freedom is courage."<br /><br />Well tho losing my last job was out of my choice accepting that I am free has been a scary and mentally liberating experience. I have the time if not the funds to explore what interests me and find out what I truly want to do with the gift of life.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06754518470222951320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3262667444203368600.post-29936032181237770492013-08-16T13:17:23.308-07:002013-08-16T13:17:23.308-07:00Oh, Charles, Charles - I like your comment so much...Oh, Charles, Charles - I like your comment so much though I commiserate regarding the lack of fulfilling work. Here's what to do. Tolle says to accept everything as if you had chosen it and it will transform the situation. Yes, even unemployment and ennui. Say out loud, I accept this as if I had chosen it. I don't judge it as good or bad. <br /><br />Whenever I do that, it takes away the sting and pretty soon I'm able to let life flow instead of keeping it in irons.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3262667444203368600.post-76033760065095104882013-08-16T13:04:49.464-07:002013-08-16T13:04:49.464-07:00Thank you for sharing. I must have heard that song...Thank you for sharing. I must have heard that song a hundred times but that phrase never caught my attention in this way until you wrote about it. I'm currently unemployed looking for work and the ennui is killing me. I know there is fulfilling work to be done out there and I'm trying to find, in your words, a way "to participate."Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06754518470222951320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3262667444203368600.post-56661992600455976822012-07-22T14:51:12.726-07:002012-07-22T14:51:12.726-07:00Bravo. Bring on that fake French accent and say
...Bravo. Bring on that fake French accent and say <br />"ennui" as often as possible.Consuelo Saah Baehrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16106845289763202756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3262667444203368600.post-18786075990270672832012-07-22T14:04:12.796-07:002012-07-22T14:04:12.796-07:00because I was handicapped by ennui without being a...because I was handicapped by ennui without being aware of the word, it's been a pleasure to reference CoPorter's lyrics in "I get a kick out of you" - even sing those few lines - to show off my sophistication and fake French accent...and use a word that NOBODY speaks and hardly anybody knows its meaning.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3262667444203368600.post-62172893014448285302012-06-25T08:04:06.971-07:002012-06-25T08:04:06.971-07:00I yearn for friends like yours.
Thanks for foll...I yearn for friends like yours. <br /><br />Thanks for following me.Consuelo Saah Baehrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16106845289763202756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3262667444203368600.post-77066581821536447772012-06-25T07:52:39.601-07:002012-06-25T07:52:39.601-07:00The letter N in Gorey's Gashlycrumb Tinies was...The letter N in Gorey's Gashlycrumb Tinies was <br />"N is for Neville, who died of ennui.". This led to a shorthand among my friends of walking into a room, flopping dramatically on a sofa and moaning "Just call me Neville...", or answering the question, "What are you doing?" with "Just Nevilling..."carlareyhttp://www.wednesdaywandered.comnoreply@blogger.com