tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4391026698341929539.comments2010-01-14T16:26:33.828-08:00Jesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04787347616763831535noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4391026698341929539.post-61235120798421987872010-01-14T16:26:33.828-08:002010-01-14T16:26:33.828-08:00I love the way you paint the picture with your words! I never get tired of reading about your travels. Thank you!Amandahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05591273567387227086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4391026698341929539.post-51160037360844261922009-11-03T20:37:08.654-08:002009-11-03T20:37:08.654-08:00a great story! I hope you post some pics of the paintings your students are doing!!nlehethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05145932346065808968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4391026698341929539.post-43818900306362154742009-06-03T18:25:35.691-07:002009-06-03T18:25:35.691-07:00Dear Jess,<br />You have so eloquently expressed yourself in this blog; the feeling of coming home and nothing has changed but yourself...it is very overwhelming and a little scary, indeed. You are a brave and fiercely independent girl who creates her world as she wants it to be! You will be fine once you settle into the Jessness who is in Iowa. <br />The plum rains have come, and with it, the humidity. The air is being cleansed at this moment as the morning rains fall over the lushness of the village where I live. The veggie place and I call your name on Tuesdays, can you hear us? We miss you! <br />Enjoy &#39;Home&#39;, my girlLalahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16980406518330602404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4391026698341929539.post-41240078328733542582009-06-03T18:20:53.725-07:002009-06-03T18:20:53.725-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Lalahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16980406518330602404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4391026698341929539.post-65659678587273777072009-05-22T05:34:44.417-07:002009-05-22T05:34:44.417-07:00Felt sorry for ur security nightmare in Kashmir. Anyways daily stuff here.<br />It was nice reading ur observation. Hope 2 c u again in kashmir.Ashqabadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15604121615607066362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4391026698341929539.post-21801256102242185542009-05-02T23:08:00.000-07:002009-05-02T23:08:00.000-07:00I am overwhelmed at the path of my life. Everyday I cannot not step out of my path. Everyday another dream is lost. I live in a world of lost hope and short term goals that satisfy my mind momentarily and sends me into this perpetual state of loneliness, loss of my past, and loss any hope of being meaningful to myself. <br /><br />My only hope is no hope, no plan, just to act out despite, to force another path to happen. To quit ignoring my feelings, of home, of her. Am I ready to create the world I need? Can I not be?Danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05513607864951969473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4391026698341929539.post-9967439063826615642008-11-21T23:18:00.000-08:002008-11-21T23:18:00.000-08:00Beautiful thoughts, Jess, very honest and true. You`ve inspired me to tell my mom I love her just because. <BR/><BR/>An interesting note is that the Chinese character for `good` (hao) consists of the characters for `mother` and `child`, because that relationship is the purest, most natural form of love, and therefore has the simplest meaning: Good. <BR/><BR/>Take care on your travels. I`m glad I found your blog!Jadedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02624902339111018831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4391026698341929539.post-42130870682952104392008-10-07T13:52:00.000-07:002008-10-07T13:52:00.000-07:00"For the harmony of lines,<BR/>in the wind swept pines...<BR/>and the shapes of the stones<BR/>they cling to...<BR/>there is power in eyes,<BR/>united with mind,<BR/>to be the one-<BR/>that they sing to.<BR/>we are proof...<BR/>we are witness...<BR/>the other verifies the other-<BR/>we are one and the same<BR/>and from the same place-<BR/>sharing traits from the face-<BR/>of the mothership"<BR/>-J.SLSuperlovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00148735902149528987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4391026698341929539.post-81956855699702661432008-09-18T08:49:00.000-07:002008-09-18T08:49:00.000-07:00Dear Jess...oh ignore the hhhh stuff....I just spent10 minutes writing you a noteand it did not get published sooo i just did the hhh thing and put in the letters below to see if it worked and of course it did but i lost all I wrote previously darn sooo I will write more later ok momDanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05513607864951969473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4391026698341929539.post-28425364972104094342008-09-18T08:45:00.000-07:002008-09-18T08:45:00.000-07:00hhhhhDanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05513607864951969473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4391026698341929539.post-35689005894500986692008-09-03T00:41:00.000-07:002008-09-03T00:41:00.000-07:00Hey Jess! Guess I to am not comfortable in my own skin as Jayma says! Although right know I have but one goal in life ( i am finding it too narrow and finally coming out of it!) so I am focusing on that. I have been over coming my anxiety about everything. Feeling comfortable where I haven't in years. Becoming comfortable pleasing other parts of me! Started to read books and listen to a book on CD. Learning and taken in a bit but more than EVER! Look at reading the "BHAGAVAD GITA as it is" by A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada! Living vicariously thru you as we speak!Danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05513607864951969473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4391026698341929539.post-35977676248734759182008-09-02T13:03:00.000-07:002008-09-02T13:03:00.000-07:00hey jess- i am one of dan's friends...jayma....sum call me 'superlove". i too wonder why people settle down. i wonder what the word "settle" even means. i understand the inclination to root down, like a tree... but- it is def. not how I'm intrinsically built.I think that some of "where people is at" is a frequency thing. The higher the frequency, the more evolved (the more someone has worked to find, or look for answers) Call them (us) the seekers. One breakthrough after another. Boom! It's a very uncomfortable process- but nesessary for growth. I feel that the "beings on the cutting edge of creation" are those of us who continually choose to master whatever dimension we find ourselves in. But we have to be WILLING to enter any dimension... any universe- and "take a look" at what we see. It takes a high courage level to let go and "let god"--- I feel that we all are "little-giants---incarnates of the creator---source energy" and "we people are as much god" as whatever idea we have about the "big man in the sky"... if only we can see that- (breakthrough the ultimate illusion) then we can engage in the mystery of life. are we the universe- god-source-creator trying to explain it-self? Infinity finding a route? Are these persons an expression of the multitude of personal expression of god=selves? I have traveled to 11 countries and have engaged in taking a look because--- i guess, that what I really wanted. I feel eternally blessed and much more emotionally informed and intelligent in doing so- maybe this is my destiny- to be an eternal sojourner- to look behind the nook and crannies- maybe the curiosity will kill me- but I do know that, for who i am- I can't live and breath, being "comfortable" in my own skin, or "settled-down" in my own person- without taking the ride.<BR/>blessings to you sister!Danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05513607864951969473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4391026698341929539.post-88053453660623175332008-08-29T12:27:00.000-07:002008-08-29T12:27:00.000-07:00AMAZING!!! UUgh if only i could take a short trip there!!!!!!!!!Lucashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18022431272641821262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4391026698341929539.post-6088560503110462382008-07-11T08:17:00.000-07:002008-07-11T08:17:00.000-07:00It's great to see that you're doing well. I know what it feels like to have someone who inspires you and makes life on Earth mean something - I'm glad you're experiencing that!clakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12383555089966666180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4391026698341929539.post-51063116907602517622008-04-25T10:02:00.000-07:002008-04-25T10:02:00.000-07:00Sorry babe, I thought that was Taroko! I guess it's Tai Ji Xia Gu! Amazing.<BR/>You are a superb photographer. Amazing colors, composition and timing. I'm impressed, you never cease to amaze me with your passion and creativity! You've captured the essence of Taiwan in your photos!Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16980406518330602404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4391026698341929539.post-7934273419576844322008-04-25T09:44:00.000-07:002008-04-25T09:44:00.000-07:00Jess,<BR/>That photo you posted of Taroko Gorge is Magic!! It's a perfectly balanced Yin Yang of creative genius, on both the part of the 'Tao' and the 'photographer.' <BR/><BR/>Jess, <BR/>I love your 'freshness', your honesty, your passion; your motivation to create and to appreciate; how you inspire me and all those around you to BE themselves and to explore and adventure; your ability to see and to love all that surrounds you; your awareness of the beauty and truth of life and of the seeds that you are continuously planting. You are a bundle of creative love and inspiration wrapped up in a tiny cute and lovely package, a gift to each friend who has the good fortune of encountering you. Thank you for being YOU!!!<BR/><BR/>Love and Peace, <BR/>Your lucky sisterLaurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16980406518330602404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4391026698341929539.post-22614132919078779112008-03-25T13:32:00.000-07:002008-03-25T13:32:00.000-07:00Yes Jess! We are all a lot alike in those ways but if we look at the contrasts we really see how different our beliefs can be. I have to agree when politics and religion is set aside the world could get along much better. I don't want to look either, right now I just want my own life to make sense.<BR/><BR/>"I need someone to love me the whole day through, ?????... take a look at my eyes you can tell that's true".<BR/><BR/>Crosby, Stills, Nash & Youngdanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05513607864951969473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4391026698341929539.post-85337185426216072102008-02-15T14:55:00.000-08:002008-02-15T14:55:00.000-08:00Peace and all good to you, Jess.<BR/>I am trying to figure out this blog. At times I am technologically challenged. I had sent you a response earlier to the blog.<BR/>I am currently in San Antonio involved in a mission preparation program for my future work with the poor in St. Lucia.<BR/>Peace and all good to you this day.<BR/>Sister Mary LeeSister Mary Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07070862730646230341noreply@blogger.com