Comments on: The Latte I Might Have Missed

By: katie weinberger

katie weinberger — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 16:12:55 +0000

so true…

By: V-Grrrl @ Compost Studios

V-Grrrl @ Compost Studios — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 00:57:34 +0000

I like to think the certainty of our extinction keeps us going–like the vision of a finish line motivates a runner, like a person in a spinning class watches the clock on the wall and wills herself to keep going.

By: Diane

Diane — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 22:40:37 +0000

I am SO glad that you ended up with a latte instead of a ride to the ER . . . or worse. When I was sideswiped by a car that totaled mine a few years ago, I was rattled but mostly okay. A Bolivian student who had been a pediatrician in her country came by my desk to tell me it was time to celebrate. Celebrate? I was without a car, pretty bruised and sore, and kinda depressed about the close call. Yes, she said, in her country this would call for a celebration with good food and wine. . . a celebration of good fortune where there could have been a very sad story. I guess it’s all a matter of perspective. On the way home from the doctor’s later that day, we stopped and got filet mignon and good red wine. I wish I would remember this perspective more often. You made me think of it today. And your words make me feel very tender about all of us marching or muddling through our days and our lives. Thanks.

By: m. heart

m. heart — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 20:26:34 +0000

Not to mention the millions of complex functions the human body is doing sub-consciously while we wake up, shower, get dressed, drive to work…it does make you think that anything is possible.