From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2014 #1120 Reply-To: joni@smoe.org Sender: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk Unsubscribe:mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe Website:http://jonimitchell.com JMDL Digest Thursday, August 21 2014 Volume 2014 : Number 1120 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Re: Both sides now something's lost, something's gained ["Paul Meyer-stro] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2014 21:15:43 -0700 From: "Paul Meyer-strom" Subject: Re: Both sides now something's lost, something's gained Beautifully expressed. You said my feelings perfectly (although I haven't frog holes in my barn floor to repair). A rare and beautiful ability to spot and describe profundities with elegant, clear, and unique verse. SIQUOMB - -------------------------------------------------- From: "Marianne Rizzo" Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2014 8:03 PM To: "joni list" Subject: Both sides now something's lost, something's gained > SOMETHING'S LOST and SOMETHING'S GAINED in LIVING everyday > Well, I was talking to patti about this. > "something's lost and something's gained in living everyday." > This truly, profound statement was written by a special 23? year old > person? > > I am so touched by this statement. I think of this often. . > So many times I have found this in life. . . . > Something's lost and something's gained. . . . > > I pour some concrete in my barn to repair the ground and perhaps closing > up some habitat for toads and for a while, I no longer saw the toads in > my barn, and I thought, something's lost and something's gained in living > every day. I thought perhaps I had cemented over habitat. ( they came > back, later though!) > But, we lose one thing in this continuation of life, and we hopefully gain > another thing. . . > THIS is the cycle of life . . . . continuous, yet broken. > > WHO sees this at 23 years old, 21 years old? WHO arrives at this and is > then able to express it? > I don't know if I would have come to this myself. > What other profound thoughts/analysis are found in this mind/heart of > joni? > A very smart, intellectual, contemplative, creative one. > A gift to us. Thank you joni. > > How else has joni inspired us and given us words for our experiences? > We are better for it. > Marianne ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V2014 #1120 ****************************** ------- To post messages to the list,sendtojoni@smoe.org. Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe -------