Comments on: Hard Fun and The Beautiful – Bamboo Edition http://www.workhappynow.com/2009/09/hard-fun-beautiful-bamboo-edition/ You must by happy to do great work. Sun, 05 Feb 2012 17:23:22 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: HR Recruiter http://www.workhappynow.com/2009/09/hard-fun-beautiful-bamboo-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-6542 HR Recruiter Thu, 17 Sep 2009 07:26:50 +0000 http://www.workhappynow.com/?p=1349#comment-6542 I like your blog! Interesting! Hard? That would be my working hours and days. It is so tiring. Fun? I love my co-workers. Beautiful? I am working so hard for my one only daughter. I am a single mom. And my daughter is a beautiful princess who makes my life goes on. I like your blog! Interesting! Hard? That would be my working hours and days. It is so tiring. Fun? I love my co-workers. Beautiful? I am working so hard for my one only daughter. I am a single mom. And my daughter is a beautiful princess who makes my life goes on.

]]> By: J.D. Meier http://www.workhappynow.com/2009/09/hard-fun-beautiful-bamboo-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-6496 J.D. Meier Mon, 14 Sep 2009 08:14:05 +0000 http://www.workhappynow.com/?p=1349#comment-6496 I had a lucky bamboo plant in my office, but it died (I guess it wasn't that lucky.) I still have my banana plant and I like the greenery. I think ambiance really does make a difference when it comes to enjoying your workspace. I had a lucky bamboo plant in my office, but it died (I guess it wasn’t that lucky.) I still have my banana plant and I like the greenery. I think ambiance really does make a difference when it comes to enjoying your workspace.

]]> By: Karl Staib - The Work Happy Guy http://www.workhappynow.com/2009/09/hard-fun-beautiful-bamboo-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-6487 Karl Staib - The Work Happy Guy Mon, 14 Sep 2009 02:42:41 +0000 http://www.workhappynow.com/?p=1349#comment-6487 Hi Marc, you are pretty amazing yourself. Hi Lance, harmony is a great way of talking about balance. It's less about walking a tight rope and more about riding the flow. Hi Megan, surrender is so hard. I've been using more surrender to relax in a situation. I find myself going back to old habits like tightening my neck and back. I just have to keep practicing. Hi Sue, I'm glad you noticed. As for Be the Change Alliance, I think that's great. We have so many opportunities to change the world, we just need to seize them. Hi Marelisa, Bamboo is an amazing plant. Hi again Sue, I'm so glad you came back again. I always love reading your comments. Life shouldn't be a competition. It should be about helping each other. We need to work together to make this world a better place. Hi Marc, you are pretty amazing yourself.

Hi Lance, harmony is a great way of talking about balance. It’s less about walking a tight rope and more about riding the flow.

Hi Megan, surrender is so hard. I’ve been using more surrender to relax in a situation. I find myself going back to old habits like tightening my neck and back. I just have to keep practicing.

Hi Sue, I’m glad you noticed. As for Be the Change Alliance, I think that’s great. We have so many opportunities to change the world, we just need to seize them.

Hi Marelisa, Bamboo is an amazing plant.

Hi again Sue, I’m so glad you came back again. I always love reading your comments. Life shouldn’t be a competition. It should be about helping each other. We need to work together to make this world a better place.

]]> By: Sue http://www.workhappynow.com/2009/09/hard-fun-beautiful-bamboo-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-6477 Sue Sun, 13 Sep 2009 04:17:30 +0000 http://www.workhappynow.com/?p=1349#comment-6477 Have just finished reading the article on the blogging alliance. This is so great to see examples of people working together and cooperating to benefit a group, rather than getting caught up in the (almost unhealthy form and level of) competitiveness that seems to have become so much a part of the social conditioning in North America and many of the other industrialized, developed nations. The timing of reading this article--and the philosophy that seems to have been adopted by the group-- was kind of an interesting coincidence as I'd just finished watching a video on the Global Oneness Project website. The video, consisting of an interview with a community activist in South Africa, discussed cooperation among groups and communities to achieve goals that benefit everyone and how a win-win approach is often undermined by competitiveness and a mind-set that focuses on "limited resources" rather than "there is enough for everyone if we work together". The other interesting point I noticed in the article was the observation that the number of comments left by other readers/subscribers increased after the alliance members started leaving comments. That mind-set of "No one wants to be the first to do something" is really fascinating--and perplexing. Thank goodness there are a few courageous souls who are willing to break from the herd and be leaders or try something different or we really might all be in a sorry state. Thanks for including the link to the article on the blogging alliance--and for all the other great links that have led me to any number of useful and interesting resources. Have just finished reading the article on the blogging alliance. This is so great to see examples of people working together and cooperating to benefit a group, rather than getting caught up in the (almost unhealthy form and level of) competitiveness that seems to have become so much a part of the social conditioning in North America and many of the other industrialized, developed nations. The timing of reading this article–and the philosophy that seems to have been adopted by the group– was kind of an interesting coincidence as I’d just finished watching a video on the Global Oneness Project website. The video, consisting of an interview with a community activist in South Africa, discussed cooperation among groups and communities to achieve goals that benefit everyone and how a win-win approach is often undermined by competitiveness and a mind-set that focuses on “limited resources” rather than “there is enough for everyone if we work together”.

The other interesting point I noticed in the article was the observation that the number of comments left by other readers/subscribers increased after the alliance members started leaving comments. That mind-set of “No one wants to be the first to do something” is really fascinating–and perplexing. Thank goodness there are a few courageous souls who are willing to break from the herd and be leaders or try something different or we really might all be in a sorry state.

Thanks for including the link to the article on the blogging alliance–and for all the other great links that have led me to any number of useful and interesting resources.

]]> By: Marelisa http://www.workhappynow.com/2009/09/hard-fun-beautiful-bamboo-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-6471 Marelisa Sat, 12 Sep 2009 17:09:18 +0000 http://www.workhappynow.com/?p=1349#comment-6471 Hi Karl: I love how your bamboo plant finds a way to prosper even if you sometimes forget to water it. Congratulations on the blogging alliance, I'm sure you'll do great. Hi Karl: I love how your bamboo plant finds a way to prosper even if you sometimes forget to water it. Congratulations on the blogging alliance, I’m sure you’ll do great.

]]> By: Sue http://www.workhappynow.com/2009/09/hard-fun-beautiful-bamboo-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-6467 Sue Sat, 12 Sep 2009 03:51:50 +0000 http://www.workhappynow.com/?p=1349#comment-6467 Hi Karl, Ah, the big warm welcome is making a come-back! ;-) Glad to hear it. Sounds like you've had a bit of a challenge this week with trying to find some balance between spending time with your family and on the Work Happy Now site. I wouldn't presume to speak on behalf of other readers, but the sense I get is that probably your regular readers would fully support you and understand a desire to want to spend time with your immediate family--especially your baby son. From what I'm told--and what I've observed with my niece, little ones grow and change very quickly; you really don't want to miss out on those special moments. Work-wise, what was hard was an emotionally and mentally draining 3 hour conversation about the challenging work situation. In other areas, my sweetie is now half a world away in India for the next month or so, while I am "stuck" here on the west coast, for now, so that definitely feels a bit hard. (Thank goodness Skype is behaving itself again!) Not only am I missing my significant other, but I'm wishing I could also be there to spend time with his extended family, and I'm getting nostalgic for the weird and wonderful times I've experienced in my visits to India. What is fun at the moment is having found a project that I feel passionate about and where I do get to use a lot of my talents. I have been volunteering with an organization called Be the Change Earth Alliance--helping to put together the latest version of the action guide that is given to participants in the Be the Change Action Circles. (The emphasis is on implementing practices that move one toward a more sustainable life style.) The really exciting part will be helping in designing the curriculum for a Social Justice circle. This is right up my alley and I can't wait to start pulling together some resources and maybe even writing a few short essays to introduce the modules. One moment of real beauty this week was hearing a poem that a friend of mine had written several years ago. I resonated with the mind set she described in the first couple of verses and really appreciated that in the remainder of the poem she reminds us of the keys that are available to us help us unlock and move out from a place of being stuck. Sometimes hearing the right words at the right time is equivalent to listening to a beautiful musical composition. Best wishes to everyone for a fun and beautiful weekend. Hi Karl,

Ah, the big warm welcome is making a come-back! ;-) Glad to hear it.

Sounds like you’ve had a bit of a challenge this week with trying to find some balance between spending time with your family and on the Work Happy Now site. I wouldn’t presume to speak on behalf of other readers, but the sense I get is that probably your regular readers would fully support you and understand a desire to want to spend time with your immediate family–especially your baby son. From what I’m told–and what I’ve observed with my niece, little ones grow and change very quickly; you really don’t want to miss out on those special moments.

Work-wise, what was hard was an emotionally and mentally draining 3 hour conversation about the challenging work situation. In other areas, my sweetie is now half a world away in India for the next month or so, while I am “stuck” here on the west coast, for now, so that definitely feels a bit hard. (Thank goodness Skype is behaving itself again!) Not only am I missing my significant other, but I’m wishing I could also be there to spend time with his extended family, and I’m getting nostalgic for the weird and wonderful times I’ve experienced in my visits to India.

What is fun at the moment is having found a project that I feel passionate about and where I do get to use a lot of my talents. I have been volunteering with an organization called Be the Change Earth Alliance–helping to put together the latest version of the action guide that is given to participants in the Be the Change Action Circles. (The emphasis is on implementing practices that move one toward a more sustainable life style.) The really exciting part will be helping in designing the curriculum for a Social Justice circle. This is right up my alley and I can’t wait to start pulling together some resources and maybe even writing a few short essays to introduce the modules.

One moment of real beauty this week was hearing a poem that a friend of mine had written several years ago. I resonated with the mind set she described in the first couple of verses and really appreciated that in the remainder of the poem she reminds us of the keys that are available to us help us unlock and move out from a place of being stuck. Sometimes hearing the right words at the right time is equivalent to listening to a beautiful musical composition.

Best wishes to everyone for a fun and beautiful weekend.

]]> By: Megan "JoyGirl!" Bord http://www.workhappynow.com/2009/09/hard-fun-beautiful-bamboo-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-6466 Megan "JoyGirl!" Bord Fri, 11 Sep 2009 22:36:12 +0000 http://www.workhappynow.com/?p=1349#comment-6466 Great vlog; I loved it! Hard this week was balancing my time now that (and I'm so not complaining about this!) my boyfriend is home from Iraq and in the picture for a couple months. He lives 45 minutes away from me in a house in the country. I find myself spending a couple days out there at a time, and we're doing all kinds of home improvement things. As a result, I haven't been writing or doing my usual blog-related stuff and fell behind in some cases (although, what is "behind" exactly?! it's all my opinion of what I 'should' be doing). So finding balance was harder than usual now that I have new stuff to do and enjoy. Fun this week was being a guest blogger at The Jungle of Life. Holy cats, I was like a kid on Christmas morning. Such an honor, and so many amazing people showed up to support what I wrote. (*bow*) Beautiful this week was being able to practice surrender AGAIN. I wrote about it for the Jungle of Life post, and that very day during which I was responding to amazing comments, I was given unexpected news that begged me to surrender my will once more. "God's will, not my will, be done today." I'm always impressed at how the Universe works. Quite simply, it's beautiful how aligned all the energies are. Happy Friday and may your weekend be awesome! Great vlog; I loved it!
Hard this week was balancing my time now that (and I’m so not complaining about this!) my boyfriend is home from Iraq and in the picture for a couple months. He lives 45 minutes away from me in a house in the country. I find myself spending a couple days out there at a time, and we’re doing all kinds of home improvement things. As a result, I haven’t been writing or doing my usual blog-related stuff and fell behind in some cases (although, what is “behind” exactly?! it’s all my opinion of what I ’should’ be doing). So finding balance was harder than usual now that I have new stuff to do and enjoy.
Fun this week was being a guest blogger at The Jungle of Life. Holy cats, I was like a kid on Christmas morning. Such an honor, and so many amazing people showed up to support what I wrote. (*bow*)
Beautiful this week was being able to practice surrender AGAIN. I wrote about it for the Jungle of Life post, and that very day during which I was responding to amazing comments, I was given unexpected news that begged me to surrender my will once more. “God’s will, not my will, be done today.” I’m always impressed at how the Universe works. Quite simply, it’s beautiful how aligned all the energies are.

Happy Friday and may your weekend be awesome!

]]> By: Lance http://www.workhappynow.com/2009/09/hard-fun-beautiful-bamboo-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-6458 Lance Fri, 11 Sep 2009 10:29:44 +0000 http://www.workhappynow.com/?p=1349#comment-6458 Karl, Balance...I can relate! Or, how I've really been thinking about it recently is in terms of harmony. How can I find that spot where there's harmony within it all. Sounds like some pretty great things are happening - very cool! And for me, when I think about the beautiful - I think about last night. It was so good. I have a soccer team I'm coaching - my daughter's team - a different group of kids than I've coached before. And we did a little practice scrimmage against my son's team (who I coached last year). It was so fun - first of all to see how much fun my new players were all having out there. And second, to listen to all the kids on my son's team - many of whom I've coached before - all excited to play us because they were out to get me! A fun night all around! Karl,
Balance…I can relate! Or, how I’ve really been thinking about it recently is in terms of harmony. How can I find that spot where there’s harmony within it all.

Sounds like some pretty great things are happening – very cool! And for me, when I think about the beautiful – I think about last night. It was so good. I have a soccer team I’m coaching – my daughter’s team – a different group of kids than I’ve coached before. And we did a little practice scrimmage against my son’s team (who I coached last year). It was so fun – first of all to see how much fun my new players were all having out there. And second, to listen to all the kids on my son’s team – many of whom I’ve coached before – all excited to play us because they were out to get me! A fun night all around!

]]> By: Marc and Angel Hack Life http://www.workhappynow.com/2009/09/hard-fun-beautiful-bamboo-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-6455 Marc and Angel Hack Life Thu, 10 Sep 2009 22:53:08 +0000 http://www.workhappynow.com/?p=1349#comment-6455 You rock, Karl! ;-) Hope you're having an awesome Thursday! You rock, Karl!

;-)

Hope you’re having an awesome Thursday!

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