Comments on: My Brain Is My Favorite Toy http://cheerfulmonk.com/2008/08/18/my-brain-is-my-favorite-toy/ Happiness As a Spiritual Practice Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:20:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Jean http://cheerfulmonk.com/2008/08/18/my-brain-is-my-favorite-toy/comment-page-1/#comment-4576 Jean Sun, 12 Apr 2009 19:58:22 +0000 http://cheerfulmonk.com/?p=599#comment-4576 Patrick, Yes, I too have been there, done that. It hurts, but we can learn and grow from the situation. I figure if we have to go through the pain we might as well learn something from the experience and wind up stronger, with more to offer the world. Thank you for coming by. Patrick,
Yes, I too have been there, done that. It hurts, but we can learn and grow from the situation. I figure if we have to go through the pain we might as well learn something from the experience and wind up stronger, with more to offer the world.

Thank you for coming by.

]]> By: Patrick http://cheerfulmonk.com/2008/08/18/my-brain-is-my-favorite-toy/comment-page-1/#comment-4567 Patrick Sun, 12 Apr 2009 16:45:16 +0000 http://cheerfulmonk.com/?p=599#comment-4567 I wish getting over a broken heart can be so easy as following a few steps.. but its not? :( I wish getting over a broken heart can be so easy as following a few steps.. but its not? :(

]]> By: Diane/lovewhoyouare http://cheerfulmonk.com/2008/08/18/my-brain-is-my-favorite-toy/comment-page-1/#comment-2027 Diane/lovewhoyouare Thu, 09 Oct 2008 19:42:46 +0000 http://cheerfulmonk.com/?p=599#comment-2027 Hi All, Love of learning! AHHH.... When I was little I remember I would get headaches and the doctor told me to stop reading so much....Yuk.... So I would just rest in between. Or suffer through the headache. Then I was taught speed reading, I think in fourth grade... I love the Quantum Physics theory....its fascinating! Hi All,

Love of learning! AHHH….

When I was little I remember I would get headaches and the doctor told me to stop reading so much….Yuk…. So I would just rest in between. Or suffer through the headache.

Then I was taught speed reading, I think in fourth grade…

I love the Quantum Physics theory….its fascinating!

]]> By: Jean http://cheerfulmonk.com/2008/08/18/my-brain-is-my-favorite-toy/comment-page-1/#comment-1649 Jean Sun, 14 Sep 2008 23:19:41 +0000 http://cheerfulmonk.com/?p=599#comment-1649 Jeanne, Thanks! Jeanne,
Thanks!

]]> By: Jeanne Dininni http://cheerfulmonk.com/2008/08/18/my-brain-is-my-favorite-toy/comment-page-1/#comment-1648 Jeanne Dininni Sun, 14 Sep 2008 21:42:33 +0000 http://cheerfulmonk.com/?p=599#comment-1648 As far as I'm concerned, lifelong learning is where it's at! After all, learning of one kind or another is what life is all about, because learning facilitates growth. I <i>always</i> have my nose in a book or my mouse on a website, and I make no apology whatsoever for the fact! Hope those two little girls <i>do</i> grow up learning that it's OK for women to use their intellects. I can think of only <i>one</i> reason why God would have given women brains: so they would <i>use</i> them! As far as I’m concerned, lifelong learning is where it’s at! After all, learning of one kind or another is what life is all about, because learning facilitates growth. I always have my nose in a book or my mouse on a website, and I make no apology whatsoever for the fact!

Hope those two little girls do grow up learning that it’s OK for women to use their intellects. I can think of only one reason why God would have given women brains: so they would use them!

]]> By: Jean http://cheerfulmonk.com/2008/08/18/my-brain-is-my-favorite-toy/comment-page-1/#comment-1647 Jean Sun, 14 Sep 2008 19:28:10 +0000 http://cheerfulmonk.com/?p=599#comment-1647 Jeanne, My folks didn't appreciate my interest in learning until I won a scholarship to Stanford. When I was a kid I was always the bookish, lazy one. Then they were proud of my doing so well at Stanford, but that was because I also had an active social life. I remember them being embarrassed once when they brought some friends into my room one vacation...they wanted to show me off and instead caught me studying. I still remember the looks on their faces. They were strongly opposed to my getting a Ph.D., they didn't want me to be one of those people who go to school all of their lives. That's not the reason I decided against it...I like exploring and learning on my own. One of the neat things about this post is I put the picture on Flickr and a woman asked me if she could use it for a T-shirt for her 4-year-old daughter and maybe another little girl. She wanted to let them know it's all right for women to use their brains. I really appreciate your comments. rummuser, :) Thanks for sharing! That comment was made in jest. In fact, I'm not a snob. I was always close to my folks, especially my mom, and one reason I married my husband was because he would fit into my family. If I hadn't loved them it wouldn't have hurt so much. I don't look down on people who don't share my interests, but it still hurts when I see studious kids being called nerds and geeks. I agree with Jeanne, we each need to use our God-given talents and respect one another for it. I also believe our cultural prejudice against learning and thinking is leading to our downfall as a nation. Again, thanks for commenting. Jeanne,
My folks didn’t appreciate my interest in learning until I won a scholarship to Stanford. When I was a kid I was always the bookish, lazy one. Then they were proud of my doing so well at Stanford, but that was because I also had an active social life. I remember them being embarrassed once when they brought some friends into my room one vacation…they wanted to show me off and instead caught me studying. I still remember the looks on their faces. They were strongly opposed to my getting a Ph.D., they didn’t want me to be one of those people who go to school all of their lives. That’s not the reason I decided against it…I like exploring and learning on my own.

One of the neat things about this post is I put the picture on Flickr and a woman asked me if she could use it for a T-shirt for her 4-year-old daughter and maybe another little girl. She wanted to let them know it’s all right for women to use their brains.

I really appreciate your comments.

rummuser,
:) Thanks for sharing! That comment was made in jest. In fact, I’m not a snob. I was always close to my folks, especially my mom, and one reason I married my husband was because he would fit into my family. If I hadn’t loved them it wouldn’t have hurt so much.

I don’t look down on people who don’t share my interests, but it still hurts when I see studious kids being called nerds and geeks. I agree with Jeanne, we each need to use our God-given talents and respect one another for it. I also believe our cultural prejudice against learning and thinking is leading to our downfall as a nation.

Again, thanks for commenting.

]]> By: rummuser http://cheerfulmonk.com/2008/08/18/my-brain-is-my-favorite-toy/comment-page-1/#comment-1646 rummuser Sun, 14 Sep 2008 13:25:03 +0000 http://cheerfulmonk.com/?p=599#comment-1646 Jean, on your comment to Jeanne Dininni, we have a phrase for this phenomenon. Reverse snobbery! Neither deserves any attention any way. Jean, on your comment to Jeanne Dininni, we have a phrase for this phenomenon. Reverse snobbery! Neither deserves any attention any way.

]]> By: Jeanne Dininni http://cheerfulmonk.com/2008/08/18/my-brain-is-my-favorite-toy/comment-page-1/#comment-1644 Jeanne Dininni Sun, 14 Sep 2008 03:06:43 +0000 http://cheerfulmonk.com/?p=599#comment-1644 Intellectual endeavors weren't especially appreciated in my neighborhood when I was growing up, either. But, my dad did have a personal appreciation for them, which always made me particularly proud when I did well in school. Dad was a prolific poet and, while he made his living doing manual labor and later managing others who did manual labor, he nevertheless always made time for his poetry and enjoyed exercising his mind with lengthy mathematics problems early in the morning while drinking his tea before he left for work. Whether through nature or nurture (or a bit of both), I, too, have always had a fascination for both words and numbers. (Thanks, Dad!) Glad you've learned to ignore the voices of the naysayers, Jean! Each of us must follow our own creative path, based on our God-given gifts. (Though I definitely agree that they don't know what they're missing!) I loved returning to college after raising my four kids and (finally) earning my A.A. at 53, graduating with high honors, and serving as treasurer of the honor society at my campus. And, though, at this point, I haven't decided to seek a higher academic degree, intellectual pursuits have always been the activities toward which I gravitate and on which I thrive! It is indeed nice to connect with a kindred spirit! Intellectual endeavors weren’t especially appreciated in my neighborhood when I was growing up, either. But, my dad did have a personal appreciation for them, which always made me particularly proud when I did well in school.

Dad was a prolific poet and, while he made his living doing manual labor and later managing others who did manual labor, he nevertheless always made time for his poetry and enjoyed exercising his mind with lengthy mathematics problems early in the morning while drinking his tea before he left for work. Whether through nature or nurture (or a bit of both), I, too, have always had a fascination for both words and numbers. (Thanks, Dad!)

Glad you’ve learned to ignore the voices of the naysayers, Jean! Each of us must follow our own creative path, based on our God-given gifts. (Though I definitely agree that they don’t know what they’re missing!)

I loved returning to college after raising my four kids and (finally) earning my A.A. at 53, graduating with high honors, and serving as treasurer of the honor society at my campus. And, though, at this point, I haven’t decided to seek a higher academic degree, intellectual pursuits have always been the activities toward which I gravitate and on which I thrive!

It is indeed nice to connect with a kindred spirit!

]]> By: Jean http://cheerfulmonk.com/2008/08/18/my-brain-is-my-favorite-toy/comment-page-1/#comment-1643 Jean Sun, 14 Sep 2008 01:19:16 +0000 http://cheerfulmonk.com/?p=599#comment-1643 Jeanne, Thanks! It's always great to connect with a kindred spirit. I don't know about you, but where I grew up people looked down upon intellectual activities. I think our culture as a whole still does, it's just that I no longer pay much attention. They don't know what they're missing. :) Jeanne,
Thanks! It’s always great to connect with a kindred spirit. I don’t know about you, but where I grew up people looked down upon intellectual activities. I think our culture as a whole still does, it’s just that I no longer pay much attention. They don’t know what they’re missing. :)

]]> By: Jeanne Dininni http://cheerfulmonk.com/2008/08/18/my-brain-is-my-favorite-toy/comment-page-1/#comment-1642 Jeanne Dininni Sun, 14 Sep 2008 00:57:48 +0000 http://cheerfulmonk.com/?p=599#comment-1642 Jean, I totally agree with you. Not only do I harbor a deep fascination for the inner workings of the human mind, but also, like you, I am inveterately curious. I would be perfectly happy spending most of a given day exploring, via online research or real-world study, any one of a vast number of topics that strike my fancy and, with the exception of writing, can think of no more intellectually fulfilling way to spend my time. Wonderful post! Jeanne Jean,

I totally agree with you. Not only do I harbor a deep fascination for the inner workings of the human mind, but also, like you, I am inveterately curious. I would be perfectly happy spending most of a given day exploring, via online research or real-world study, any one of a vast number of topics that strike my fancy and, with the exception of writing, can think of no more intellectually fulfilling way to spend my time.

Wonderful post!
Jeanne

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