tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2789848305671189900.post1401775446853920895..comments2024-01-26T13:36:51.551-08:00Comments on Writing and Living by Richard P. Hughes: What do you do when you know you're running out of time?writing and living by Richard P Hugheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03814139767151989286noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2789848305671189900.post-23385456235847100752012-04-29T07:33:06.482-07:002012-04-29T07:33:06.482-07:00Hi, Richard, I thanks for commenting on my blog. I...Hi, Richard, I thanks for commenting on my blog. I left a reply on it for you.<br /><br />Meanwhile, I think you've probably hit a good balance: raising a grandson while finishing books and starting new ones. You are probably going to live a lot longer than you think, and you have a chance to turn your grandson onto the thrill of good books.<br /><br />As for the classics: Oh, go ahead and take a peek. They're classics for a reason. A few years ago, I read Don Quixote for the first time, purely as part of research for a story I was writing that made reference to the book. Well, I sat in the kitchen several mornings laughing out loud while my husband asked me what was so funny!Elizabeth Varadan, Authorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01708206753256682635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2789848305671189900.post-65570851497890451852012-04-25T05:27:01.756-07:002012-04-25T05:27:01.756-07:00It's very hard to balance everything, isn'...It's very hard to balance everything, isn't it? Right now, I'm at a stage in my life where I do have time to write. I'm trying to make the most of it!Talli Rolandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04780882465745107715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2789848305671189900.post-43406874511255698882012-04-24T15:27:24.634-07:002012-04-24T15:27:24.634-07:00Above all else, know that the rich legacy you'...Above all else, know that the rich legacy you're leaving in that little guy will go so much farther to affect mankind positively than any other one thing that we do here on earth. Not to say that our projects and inspirations are not important, but what an awesome gift to be given a "live" blank slate on which to leave our experiences, dreams, hopes and values...take care!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01998973805998600350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2789848305671189900.post-72367595847815089692012-04-24T15:27:09.286-07:002012-04-24T15:27:09.286-07:00Above all else, know that the rich legacy you'...Above all else, know that the rich legacy you're leaving in that little guy will go so much farther to affect mankind positively than any other one thing that we do here on earth. Not to say that our projects and inspirations are not important, but what an awesome gift to be given a "live" blank slate on which to leave our experiences, dreams, hopes and values...take care!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01998973805998600350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2789848305671189900.post-20713086806142920622012-04-24T04:32:34.488-07:002012-04-24T04:32:34.488-07:00Hi Richard .. you have an amazing attitude and I&#...Hi Richard .. you have an amazing attitude and I'm so pleased your grandson is in such wonderful company - he needs it, I understand, however you will do all that you can for him.<br /><br />That said - you need to remember you too .. and start concentrating and doing a few of those things you would really love to do and while you still can. Possibly easier now the little one is still reasonably young .. <br /><br />Good luck and enjoy both sides of life .. Cheers HilaryHilary Melton-Butcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17596532480645510678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2789848305671189900.post-54310503538304799112012-04-22T08:29:51.489-07:002012-04-22T08:29:51.489-07:00So, I set things up to get your posts sent to my p...So, I set things up to get your posts sent to my phone, so imagine this-- I'm lazying in bed, reading your post, lost in the depth of it. You said a lot with this short post and it all hit home.<br /><br />Let me set the scene.<br />Recently, we had to clean up my dad's video game collection. Hundreds of games. Games we bought with him with a promise to play with him. Games he wanted to play while he retired, many games he said he'd play next month... and so on. Each one, when I look at them feels like a kick in the gut. There is no way, any one person could play all those games in any life time, forget one whose life is cut short like his.<br /><br />But my dad always lived with the motto, "I'll do it in a month." His months ran out and it was still close to his last words.<br /><br />And so, I talked with my brother last month and he was struggling with this-- "It's not fair he never got to do these things he dreamed of doing". My response was that he was happy putting these things off. Always, he was happy.<br /><br />He thought about this. This month he's come to this conclusion: "I don't care anymore about the unimportant things. Those things that I can do next month, they aren't what matter. Raising us was more important than those silly dreams. This is how I want to live, putting the things that can wait off until tomorrow so I can be happy today."<br /><br />Down load your books and read the ones that tempt you (Even if you read 2 a year, that's 60 books!) Write while you can, but at the end of the day, it's the time with your grandson that really matters in his life, and that will really push you to live yours.Tanya Reimerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00293977395016853814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2789848305671189900.post-50521370618193465062012-04-21T21:41:17.648-07:002012-04-21T21:41:17.648-07:00It is indeed difficult to balance everything in li...It is indeed difficult to balance everything in life. We have to prioritize and try to limit our other activities so that we can find time to write.Rachna Chhabriahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16900999965919504282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2789848305671189900.post-72565957040681311082012-04-21T18:37:32.847-07:002012-04-21T18:37:32.847-07:00I stopped writing so I could concentrate on my edu...I stopped writing so I could concentrate on my education. I regretted it big time because writing is my first passion and I found it really difficult to get back into it. If I could do it again I wouldn't have stopped writing altogether. I would've simply cut it back a bit.Lynda R Young as Elle Cardyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09975442291393246148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2789848305671189900.post-66576381352244058132012-04-21T18:16:31.743-07:002012-04-21T18:16:31.743-07:00Time passes faster with each year it seems. There...Time passes faster with each year it seems. There are so many things to shuffle, prioritize, re-prioritize, and then shuffle again when life shoves new ones in your way. <br /><br />Seize the moment. Make now most important. Now will never come again.Jeff Hargetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14198367021884647821noreply@blogger.com