tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21772508.post7123043872108772737..comments2023-09-10T02:34:27.443-07:00Comments on From a Lofty Perch: National TreasureGardeniahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06233358355888022857noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21772508.post-61606224158537306552009-09-18T06:14:12.434-07:002009-09-18T06:14:12.434-07:00It was good seeing that Oprah's roots were sho...It was good seeing that Oprah's roots were showing, LOL!Gardeniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06233358355888022857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21772508.post-59737470573493947112009-09-17T20:43:51.669-07:002009-09-17T20:43:51.669-07:00Uh, I am back. Prolly shouldn't say anything ...Uh, I am back. Prolly shouldn't say anything bc I have not been faithfully out here for so long.<br /><br />To me, it is very simple. She has a God given gift. In sharing it, her joy will be made complete because that is partly why she was created.<br /><br />He feeds and strengthens me as I give of the gift He gave me in doing hair. He provides for me, nourishes me, encourage me and bringsHeidi Gretherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09027072040231034018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21772508.post-14741401963301313572009-09-17T19:15:05.973-07:002009-09-17T19:15:05.973-07:00I did not mean this "obligation" - call ...I did not mean this "obligation" - call it that, or passion, or art, or music, or writing, or cooking, or growing things, or even being alive, or what ever is beautiful in us (humanity) that cries to come out, to connect through a conduit is placed within us specifically to meet anyone's idea of wholeness, only we can decide what makes US whole, and I believe Whitney found that, at Gardeniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06233358355888022857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21772508.post-14405571724431977072009-09-17T07:30:07.848-07:002009-09-17T07:30:07.848-07:00I have been writing a post about this Oprah interv...I have been writing a post about this Oprah interview myself Gardenia. I'll probably post it this weekend some time. I was completely fascinated by the interview and by Houston.<br /><br />Your question is a very big question.<br /><br />I don't feel any one is obligated to do anything. We can't legislate the imagination...we can barely legislate parents performing their duties to Candy Minxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07350752657678863378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21772508.post-79235966300280731282009-09-17T04:37:05.142-07:002009-09-17T04:37:05.142-07:00When someone is gifted in that manner, then does a...<i>When someone is gifted in that manner, then does a burden or obligation exist to share it with the world? I think it does because that person will never be completely whole if that "creating factor" within them is not producing.</i><br /><br />I disagree. I don't think any individual has any such obligation, nor any obligation to meet anyone's idea of what makes them whole.mister anchovyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14047409406840291723noreply@blogger.com