{"id":13130,"date":"2011-08-08T07:22:52","date_gmt":"2011-08-08T12:22:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dangermond.org\/?p=13130"},"modified":"2011-08-08T17:56:58","modified_gmt":"2011-08-08T22:56:58","slug":"state-of-the-union-survey-results-contd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.dangermond.org\/?p=13130","title":{"rendered":"State of the Union survey results (cont’d)"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the survey<\/a> I posted before leaving for Spain, I posted<\/a> the numerical results but none of the commentary that appeared – here is the commentary:<\/p>\n

5. What has been the best remedy for getting over loss and pain?<\/p>\n

46.4% Time
\n17.9% Friends
\n14.3% Family
\n3.6% Art
\n0 Travel<\/p>\n

Need to explain:<\/p>\n

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Combo: friends, physical activity, travel\/new perspective; and some losses are not really surmountable – losing a parent at a very young age. It’s always a loss though there some compensations; losing a parent (father) before I knew him has not been like losing a lover or sibling or a job. And sometimes the best remedy for a lost love really is a new love. I’ve learned that more than once. \ud83d\ude42 like any other loss for me.<\/p>\n

Staying as busy as possible<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Again, all of the above. But, you did ask for best. I’d say Friends<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Time, friends, and family<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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all of the above with special emphasis on time<\/p>\n

6. What is the most moving book you have ever read, most inspiring film, or any work of art that transformed you – be it from your childhood through the passage into adulthood, to now?<\/p>\n

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So many! books, film and art. hard to choose just one! Barbara Kingsolver’s A PRODIGAL SUMMER got me thinking about the terrible things people are doing to the earth.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Samurai\u2019s Garden<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Tree of Life<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Harold and Maude<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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A Course in Miracles<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Richard Ford’s story collection “Rock Springs”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Moving book: To KIll A Mockingbird and The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle; hmm both with birds in title; film – probably “The Sound of Music” my grandmother drove me to Memphis about 7 times to see this film when it came out. Take away lesson: there is a song for every occasion.; Work of art: paintings of women by Picasso, I learned that women are powerful. At first, I didn’t like them because I thought Picasso was a misogynist. Then I realized that he was expressing the poweful emotions evoked b y all the amazing women in his life – his mother, numerous lovers\/wives, his daughter. He was figuring out their roles\/influences on his life, that was expressed as his art which was so close to the persona\/character<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Pyewacket – children’s book<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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name of the rose.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Goodnight Moon, Encounters @ the End of the World, The Grotto of the Loue by Corot<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The Moviegoer<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Charlotte’s Web<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Lovely Bones<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Hummmm<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Lean on Pete<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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that’s a hard question! The possible answers are all revolving around a theme of works that made me think differently. Not that they were necessarily works of high art, but that afterward the world looked different: A Wrinkle in Time, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court, Maus, Pulp Fiction<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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House Music circa 1989..changed my life forever…for the best…<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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hard to say – so many great works out there<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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book – how proust can change your life<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Dostoyevski<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Way too hard. Loved Grapes of Wrath and G\u00e9ricault\u2019s The Raft of the Medusa at the Louvre.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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La Strada — Fellini’s movie; To the Lighthouse — Virginia Wolfe<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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couldn’t pick just one<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Middlemarch<\/p>\n

7. What is the best advice you would give your young self if you could go back in time?<\/p>\n

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Like one of those inspiring books–“don’t sweat the small stuff!”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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save more $<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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don’t worry about it<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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face your fears; don’t run away from them<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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don’t take the easy road, take the most fulfilling<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Get married and have children earlier<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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It gets better. And you are beautiful, smart and powerful; use your gifts to make the world a better place.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Become a lawyer instead….<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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be true to yourself and dont worry what others think.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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look longer & don’t doubt<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Have confidence<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Know when to say enough<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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trust that you have wisdom and power<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Slow down and enjoy…<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Get over your shyness becasue it doesn’t get any easier<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Make wiser life decisions..<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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You are not special. Get over yourself and grab take life by the throat, because it goes on with or without you.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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worry less. marry for money.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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relax<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Don’t take any shit<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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There’s plenty of time for sex drugs and alcohol but only a short time to be a kid. Enjoy being a kid.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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address my ADD in high school or college<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Give yourself time and don’t hurry into life.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

8. What is the best advice you would give yourself now if you could go forward in time and have hindsight?<\/p>\n

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It was all about attitude. Always. You can’t change what happens sometimes, but you can change your attitude towards it!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Be more patient<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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work less, play more, love more<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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i don’t know<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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relax<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Keep on. You’re in the right place at the right time with the right people. The universe is providing and will continue to provide for you.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Exercise more<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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spend better time with those you love.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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don’t look<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Ha ha, probably “have confidence”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Cherish these moments<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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relish every minute now, do not live for tomorrow<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Spend more time with the people you love.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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there is still hope to change myself<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Choose wisely<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Don’t know. I don’t see how I can give my self advice from the future if I don’t know that future or my future self.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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worry less – marry for money<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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relax<\/p>\n

Continue to study and learn<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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There’s plenty of time for sex drugs and alcohol but just a short time to be a kid. Enjoy being a kid!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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live mindfully<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Enjoy each and every second.<\/p>\n

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In the survey I posted before leaving for Spain, I posted the numerical results but none of the commentary that appeared – here is the commentary: 5. What has been the best remedy for getting over loss and pain? 46.4% Time 17.9% Friends 14.3% Family 3.6% Art 0 Travel Need to explain: Combo: friends, physical activity, travel\/new perspective; and some losses are not really surmountable – losing a parent at a very young age. It’s… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13130","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-main"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1kHSD-3pM","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dangermond.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13130","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dangermond.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dangermond.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dangermond.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dangermond.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13130"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.dangermond.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13130\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13141,"href":"http:\/\/www.dangermond.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13130\/revisions\/13141"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.dangermond.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dangermond.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13130"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.dangermond.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}