tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7041802843110274347.post5914242228008104102..comments2023-11-06T19:32:54.152-05:00Comments on Cricket And Porcupine: EnoughCrickethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07584174478393760131noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7041802843110274347.post-2392265227665617292010-06-09T15:23:47.351-04:002010-06-09T15:23:47.351-04:00Friko - Hello again. Thank you (I think) and welc...Friko - Hello again. Thank you (I think) and welcome to Cricket and Porcupine. I will try my best not to disappoint you, but brace yourself all the same.Crickethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07584174478393760131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7041802843110274347.post-45105624086924221222010-06-09T12:52:24.614-04:002010-06-09T12:52:24.614-04:00cricket, I love yo.. , that is, I love this rambli...cricket, I love yo.. , that is, I love this rambling tale that either goes anywhere nor comes from anywhere but is totally, gloriously, of the moment.<br />You stick to your guns, man.<br /><br />just for this, I am going to follow you. For now, anyway. You might disappoint me in the future.Frikohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04277167831642088694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7041802843110274347.post-16984146947178434442010-06-09T12:36:35.532-04:002010-06-09T12:36:35.532-04:00great post...i find myself in that category as wel...great post...i find myself in that category as well...kinda happy where i am...i would like to move though, but that is a much longer story...it would not take winning the lottery but a whole other miracle...<br /><br />thanks for stopping in today. smiles.Brian Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722940075884718007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7041802843110274347.post-25757898000610330172010-06-07T11:31:36.111-04:002010-06-07T11:31:36.111-04:00I'm of fairly much the same state of mind, and...I'm of fairly much the same state of mind, and it does sometimes piss off MY WIFE, so I can dig where you're coming from. I'm positive our marriage would survive a sudden cash windfall, though. That's because I'd let her spend most of it on whatever she felt she needed. I only need little stuff to keep me happy - a good book, something fun to snack on, etc.<br /><br />My Dad always told me that we (Sullivans) would never hit the lottery, but we also would never starve. I've found that to be amazingly true, in both respects, thus far. And, like you, whenever I have been blessed with some sort of unexpected surplus, it has always found an emergency use immediately. I prefer to think that God pre-funds my small disasters.Suldoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07778845367184916684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7041802843110274347.post-37947893518125496302010-06-07T09:43:20.395-04:002010-06-07T09:43:20.395-04:00I think it is wonderful that you are happy with wh...I think it is wonderful that you are happy with what you have. It makes for a much more satisfying life.<br /><br />Most of my lottery plans end up the same way... pay off my bills, makes sure my kids are cared for, college money and what I would like to do for those people who have helped me over the years. <br /><br />I think I really have no idea what to do with a huge sum of money... but I'd like to try.Ananda girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09578471199205376974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7041802843110274347.post-673798548083318342010-06-05T10:29:49.430-04:002010-06-05T10:29:49.430-04:00What an interesting post, Cricket.
I don't h...What an interesting post, Cricket. <br /><br />I don't have a patron saint, Cricket, I don't think that will surprise you much! <br /><br />However, I think the gap between what you are talking about, and what your wife is expressing is that when talking about the issue of contentment, you're equating it with material goods. It's the way the question is framed, "Do you want more stuff?" "I'm personally content...with the stuff I have." but the stuff isn't really the issue, contentment is. <br /><br />For some people the concept of being "content" sounds negative. As if you aren't willing to try. For others it sounds right, and peaceful. Your wife would like more stuff, but is likely emotionally content, just as you are. <br /><br />The gap between what your expressing seems larger than it is, because it's framed around material goods. Could you still be content surrounded by more? Almost certainly, because it isn't attached to stuff. Less, or more, the internal mechanism is the same. <br /><br />Emotionally content, and materially content aren't mutually exclusive things. <br /><br />My husband and I have had less, and then had more, but the feeling of contentment with each other remains the same, and I mean that in a good way. Would your marriage survive with more stuff? I bet it could, and would, should it ever arise because what keeps you together is not "stuff". More, or less and the bond is still there. <br /><br />You could likely be just as happy in a mansion, as in a modest home, because your sense of happiness isn't reliant on stuff, either in the lack of it, or in the excess of it. <br /><br />That's my guess, at least. In trying to talk about what is actually a core feeling within you, what I saw you expressing was that it isn't dependent on stuff. What your wife was expressing was that more stuff would be nice. There isn't such a huge gap in those mindsets, it all depends on how the question is framed. <br /><br />"What more would you want?" was answered with, "No, really, I'm good with what I have." but the gap exists in the focus. You'd still be you, and have that inner feeling of peace, because from all that I understand about you, Cricket, your contentment is tied to God, and other non-stuff related things :-) <br /><br />Present in a shack, or a mansion. <br /><br />That's all just a guess on my part. Just my honest response to "The problem with you is..." that your choice of focus in what you were asking had a gap in it. Ask your wife if she's emotionally happy, but wants more stuff. <br /><br />She'd likely say, "Yes." right? Then ask yourself, would you still be happy when surrounded by more stuff, and since you've expressed contentment with material goods as they are, and a sense of rightness not reliant on stuff? The answer is still likely, "Yes". <br /><br />Cricket: My happiness and contentment has little to do with stuff. <br /><br />Cricket's wife: But I wouldn't mind more stuff. In fact, more stuff sounds nice to me. <br /><br />Really, there isn't as big a gap in that unless what your wife is actually saying is, "I'm not emotionally content, or happy because I don't have this stuff." and I really don't think that's what she was saying. <br /><br />Maybe try asking her.Land of shimphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15671954452597068904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7041802843110274347.post-7023462575585471762010-06-05T08:20:31.770-04:002010-06-05T08:20:31.770-04:00I so love the way you think. I can also understand...I so love the way you think. I can also understand your wife dreaming about something new and different because she can. Travel would fulfill that for me but I'd still want my place to come home to.Hilaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12787493532006658679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7041802843110274347.post-35500077380860170532010-06-04T18:07:18.380-04:002010-06-04T18:07:18.380-04:00For we have brought nothing into the world, and ne...<i>For we have brought nothing into the world, and neither can we carry anything out. So, having sustenance and covering, we shall be content with these things. ~ 1 Timothy ch 6, vv 7-8.</i><br /><br />I too have enough. <br />Excellent piece.Thumbelinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16797968670320215838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7041802843110274347.post-72342934821632951942010-06-04T13:13:59.452-04:002010-06-04T13:13:59.452-04:00I, too, am thankful that I have enough. I even hav...I, too, am thankful that I have enough. I even have more than enough, so that I may share with others who are struggling to reach enough.<br /><br />How blessed am I!GreenJellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10008711974632671478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7041802843110274347.post-79892861602606135072010-06-04T12:17:27.324-04:002010-06-04T12:17:27.324-04:00my prayer since i have been a college student has ...my prayer since i have been a college student has been taken from proverbs where it says (and this is my paraphrase)<br /><br />lord, let me not become poor and thus tempted to break your commands by stealing.<br /><br />let me not become wealthy and be tempted to forsake you you because of pride.<br /><br />give me my daily bread and let me be thankful.<br /><br />that's enough.<br /><br />excellent piece.limehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17259558876349307173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7041802843110274347.post-71858268324407386572010-06-04T12:08:48.578-04:002010-06-04T12:08:48.578-04:00Excellent piece, Cricket! Very well done.
My wif...Excellent piece, Cricket! Very well done.<br /><br />My wife of 31 years and I have often wondered how drastically our lives would change (even with a paltry 5 or 6 million).<br /><br />Though, it never crossed my mind to wonder whether our marriage would be different...or not survive it. I suppose it would be different.<br /><br />Good food for thought. BTW, if I win on Saturday night (yes, I did pay my "Dummy Tax" this week), I'll be happy to donate a large sum to the charity of your choice. ;)Andyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10945901944078164054noreply@blogger.com