http://corafoerstner.com/betrue/ Cora's Blog and Writings Fri, 11 Feb 2011 23:51:40 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 http://corafoerstner.com/betrue/comment-page-1/#comment-149 nursing schools Fri, 31 Dec 2010 09:52:28 +0000 http://corafoerstner.com/?p=278#comment-149 nice post. thanks. nice post. thanks.

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]]> http://corafoerstner.com/betrue/comment-page-1/#comment-69 Susan Matthewson Mon, 11 Oct 2010 20:35:55 +0000 http://corafoerstner.com/?p=278#comment-69 I think you've hit on a subject that many of us in our age group grapple with all the time: how to be authentic, live an authentic life, and fulfill the potential we all have while finding peace and solitude within the hectic lives we all live. I struggle with constant distraction, jumping from this thing to that, or as someone close to me once said of me, "Your mind stops at a lot of stations along the track." Yes, and that can be fun and interesting and adventurous, but it can also result in lack of focus and, worse, lack of any kind of purpose. I recently attended The New Yorker festival here in NYC and went to see one of my favorite writers, Lorrie Moore. She had an interesting response to a question about how she finds time to write that has made me reevaluate my distraction and sometimes seemingly random days. She said, "You cannot coax solitude out of loneliness, but rather you must carve solitude out of connection. In other words, the connections and activities of your daily life with fellow workers, family, friends, jobs, hobbies, recreation, or whatever are what fill you with the raw material for writing and it is from that busy-ness that you must carve out the solitude." So perhaps, I've been too hard on my busy-ness since I truly enjoy most of my days to the utmost and like their random, spontaneous nature and cherish the little adventures and experiences I have. I think I just need to concentrate more on carving out some meditation time and that crucial solitude to savor the busy-ness rather than complain about it. I think you’ve hit on a subject that many of us in our age group grapple with all the time: how to be authentic, live an authentic life, and fulfill the potential we all have while finding peace and solitude within the hectic lives we all live. I struggle with constant distraction, jumping from this thing to that, or as someone close to me once said of me, “Your mind stops at a lot of stations along the track.” Yes, and that can be fun and interesting and adventurous, but it can also result in lack of focus and, worse, lack of any kind of purpose. I recently attended The New Yorker festival here in NYC and went to see one of my favorite writers, Lorrie Moore. She had an interesting response to a question about how she finds time to write that has made me reevaluate my distraction and sometimes seemingly random days. She said, “You cannot coax solitude out of loneliness, but rather you must carve solitude out of connection. In other words, the connections and activities of your daily life with fellow workers, family, friends, jobs, hobbies, recreation, or whatever are what fill you with the raw material for writing and it is from that busy-ness that you must carve out the solitude.” So perhaps, I’ve been too hard on my busy-ness since I truly enjoy most of my days to the utmost and like their random, spontaneous nature and cherish the little adventures and experiences I have. I think I just need to concentrate more on carving out some meditation time and that crucial solitude to savor the busy-ness rather than complain about it.

]]> http://corafoerstner.com/betrue/comment-page-1/#comment-66 Cora Foerstner Sat, 02 Oct 2010 20:48:55 +0000 http://corafoerstner.com/?p=278#comment-66 Yes, do respond in your blog. I would love to here your point of view. That's why I thew the question out to see how people respond. I seems that the older I get, the fewer answers I have to the hard questions and the more I want to know how others handle life. Yes, do respond in your blog. I would love to here your point of view. That’s why I thew the question out to see how people respond. I seems that the older I get, the fewer answers I have to the hard questions and the more I want to know how others handle life.

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