tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post8695699620706818979..comments2024-03-28T08:36:57.190+00:00Comments on Yorkshire Pudding: ComplacencyYorkshire Puddinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comBlogger47125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-5792783922307913532020-10-10T07:57:06.056+01:002020-10-10T07:57:06.056+01:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Rotex Plastichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13923158693412068211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-36145553385782645592020-10-05T08:55:48.521+01:002020-10-05T08:55:48.521+01:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Gear Up It Solutionshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05880486865302043562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-24348324881607498522019-12-28T10:19:56.766+00:002019-12-28T10:19:56.766+00:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Delores Whitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13461528180084136766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-18730038222735622402019-12-25T13:48:01.758+00:002019-12-25T13:48:01.758+00:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.voizacinchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06574010349267445109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-33738443966097075892019-11-18T06:56:03.163+00:002019-11-18T06:56:03.163+00:00I live in a city/state where I have no relatives c...I live in a city/state where I have no relatives close by. It's a 5-6 hour journey home where my sisters (3 of them) and my children and grand children live. I was reminded (although I didn't need to be because the thoughts have already been whirling around) that I'm not getting any younger and they worry that something will happen to me and I will have no one around. Nice huh? So, although I love where I live I am starting to get ideas on what needs to happen to move back home and to do it without incurring debt, as I have none now. I am just a couple of years younger than you, also in relatively good health and those thoughts of health sliding have been niggling the back of the brain for a year or so now. Chain Stitch Crochethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07865611172125103299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-78302832385889898792019-11-17T09:04:35.205+00:002019-11-17T09:04:35.205+00:00Your "Now" post set me off on far too ma...Your "Now" post set me off on far too many trains of thought to single out a single one for comment. I think I may have read it a day or so after you had published it and as you once implied that you 'abandoned' a post once the next one had been written I rarely comment directly on a late-read post. However I thought it was significant and will respond with my own post. <br /><br />I'm glad that my posts come over as positive because, whether I'm complacent or not, life has been good to me and one thing I learned at 16 was that, whilst positivity cannot alone keep you alive ,negativity can certainly help speed your demise.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-88151026336907563692019-11-17T00:20:14.262+00:002019-11-17T00:20:14.262+00:00When I read this comment, "You've Got You...When I read this comment, "You've Got Your Troubles" by The Fortunes came into my head. I don't know why.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-57232519438921900582019-11-17T00:17:32.209+00:002019-11-17T00:17:32.209+00:00Nurses tend to have a clearer view of human fallib...Nurses tend to have a clearer view of human fallibility because of their daily work and your comment demonstrates this.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-14750609133489948392019-11-17T00:14:08.785+00:002019-11-17T00:14:08.785+00:00Wise reflections Bob. Thank you for this contribut...Wise reflections Bob. Thank you for this contribution.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-11026214070163829762019-11-17T00:12:28.927+00:002019-11-17T00:12:28.927+00:00You are right Steve. We cannot control the future ...You are right Steve. We cannot control the future and maybe that is how I rarely agonise about my complacency - though it's there all the same.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-41221489185169991722019-11-17T00:09:06.773+00:002019-11-17T00:09:06.773+00:00No wonder that you and Tony have had so many wonde...No wonder that you and Tony have had so many wonderful holidays since you retired!Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-30544421206613642952019-11-16T23:51:00.561+00:002019-11-16T23:51:00.561+00:00You are so right YP. I try not to be complacent an...You are so right YP. I try not to be complacent and do appreciate how good things are for me.... and they are very good ( not perfect, that would be silly !) I know from observation how quickly that can change. Fingers crossed it doesn't, but if it does I'll be able to look back with gratitude for all that went before. CheersHelsiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15136273834165751276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-8201200683938203102019-11-16T18:10:04.053+00:002019-11-16T18:10:04.053+00:00No to both of your questions but I do love creativ...No to both of your questions but I do love creative work and I enjoy making quilts and similar fabric items.Bonniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17738727252267659979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-76534852868938774872019-11-16T16:36:43.342+00:002019-11-16T16:36:43.342+00:00I think it makes sense for all of us to plan for t...I think it makes sense for all of us to plan for the future as much as is practical, but at the same time, you have to live your life now and enjoy it. Is it complacency? Or is it simply not being unduly worried about a future you can't control?<br /><br />I save for retirement with every paycheck, but I'm not stressing about it too much. Perhaps I should be, but I think there's as much danger in that as in ignoring the inevitable. It's a balancing act.Steve Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11684120060438252945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-62466164217006302292019-11-16T15:09:21.685+00:002019-11-16T15:09:21.685+00:00No.No.Tasker Dunhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17634612033217902946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-76520714254850023182019-11-16T15:07:19.006+00:002019-11-16T15:07:19.006+00:00To my mind this is one of your best posts ever. A...To my mind this is one of your best posts ever. All of us have ups and downs, good times and not so good times. I am grateful for today and look forward to tomorrow. One of my sons and his wife are in Israel as I write this, and one of my grandsons is preparing to leave for a two-year stay in northern Uganda to work among refugees from Congo and South Sudan. My life has not turned out as I once envisioned it, but I am extremely happy where it has taken me. In a short 16 months I will be 80, and Mrs. RWP passed that milestone already. We know we don't have decades left, and we also know we could die in our sleep tonight. With age comes a little bit of perspective and, hopefully, a little bit of wisdom as well. Seize the day -- it's all one has, really. No one is guaranteed another breath. rhymeswithplaguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10870439618129001633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-58315353821712175652019-11-16T15:05:58.260+00:002019-11-16T15:05:58.260+00:00Enjoy the good times because bad things always hap...Enjoy the good times because bad things always happen. None of us get out of this life without suffering of some kind. You don't sound complacent but rather contented. Contentment is a lovely thing. You've worked hard I'm sure for all that you have, you didn't expect it to fall into your lap. <br /><br />Death and disease will come to us all, I'm so upbeat, I know:) Enjoy your walks and your wife and your children and be thankful every day for you are blessed. And I genuinely mean that.My life so farhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16721270441968035994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-3168458090165543832019-11-16T14:42:03.306+00:002019-11-16T14:42:03.306+00:00This is a beautiful post. And it has a lot of wisd...This is a beautiful post. And it has a lot of wisdom in it. I think about these things ALL THE TIME. No, it's not healthy but when one has anxiety, that's the way it is. I doubt I've had a stretch of more than an hour in my life when I wasn't worrying what was to come. I may look complacent and accepting on the outside but I never am. At the same time, I am never not aware of the blessings in my life. A strange conundrum. I think my biggest take-away from this post is this: "And if that day should arrive, I will doubtless look back rather enviously upon the days I am living in right now." I think this is quite true. Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-64421836561055945542019-11-16T14:06:44.980+00:002019-11-16T14:06:44.980+00:00I don't think you even commented on that "...I don't think you even commented on that "Now" post Graham and yet its core point has remained with you like a seed. You have been through a lot of challenges Graham and yet you still soldier on - emitting a sense of positivity and contentment through your blog and your well-considered comments.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-90130950750412306322019-11-16T13:59:29.160+00:002019-11-16T13:59:29.160+00:00Oddly this morning before I went for my walk in th...Oddly this morning before I went for my walk in the woods I was penning a post which has been in my mind since your post <a href="https://beefgravy.blogspot.com/2019/09/now.html" rel="nofollow">Now</a> on 30 September. This post has given me lots more food for thought none of which is condensable into a short blog post.<br /><br />Having managed at the age of 16 (thanks to the then decade or so old NHS) to get through a usually-fatal (even today) lung disease I don't think I ever took my life for granted. However, having lived with cancer since a diagnosis and major operation (in those days) in 1998 and a heart attack and 5 stents in 2000 it has almost had the opposite affect. I think. The truth is that I don't think about mortality every day. I just assume that whatever gets thrown at me I will come out the other side. Of course that is nonsense so I suppose I am complacent. <br /><br />I think that this post and the comments on it (and I look forward to your 'Peng' post) have been some of the most interesting and enlightening I've read for a while.Graham Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196744947133121475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-16152091499713723172019-11-16T12:17:51.441+00:002019-11-16T12:17:51.441+00:00I hope you won't mind me sharing this particul...I hope you won't mind me sharing this particularly thoughtful comment in my next blogpost Adele.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-5015163935402065602019-11-16T12:09:02.171+00:002019-11-16T12:09:02.171+00:00I like that chiming rhyme in "attitude of gra...I like that chiming rhyme in "attitude of gratitude" and I will remember it MQ. Belated seventieth birthday greetings to you and thanks for calling by once again.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-31024279525272728042019-11-16T12:06:50.037+00:002019-11-16T12:06:50.037+00:00I know that you are speaking from painful past exp...I know that you are speaking from painful past experience so your words have extra validity ADDY. Thank you.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-74044038699799697472019-11-16T11:51:25.994+00:002019-11-16T11:51:25.994+00:00Live with an attitude of gratitude. It's a lon...Live with an attitude of gratitude. It's a long road to the end of life, and no one knows when they will reach the end of it. I never imagined that I would get to 70, but here I am, and still in fine fettle. I do sometimes think what if, but push it to the back of my mind. I'm not ready yet, got a whole lot more living to do. Meanqueenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02705837426373680532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-29595800787950202322019-11-16T11:32:47.874+00:002019-11-16T11:32:47.874+00:00I think, when things are going well, we all get co...I think, when things are going well, we all get complacent, but it is good to be aware of this and have contingencies planned for when Fate gives us a kick up the backside. My complacency was shattered ten years ago, but I take comfort in the fact that I survived and not only that I rose above it. Appreciate the goods things you have, live life to the full and take one day at a time.ADDYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01018958238940897902noreply@blogger.com