tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9153239170529797909.post7878260571579725468..comments2024-03-24T10:54:20.657-06:00Comments on Jennifer Ruth Jackson, Poet: The Only Way to "Be Someone"Jennifer Ruth Jacksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04699005759754946494noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9153239170529797909.post-50569796806972690492017-03-30T16:30:03.665-06:002017-03-30T16:30:03.665-06:00When everyone talks about "what might have be...When everyone talks about "what might have been", they only mean the good stuff sliding through their hands. They don't understand what they managed to cling to is a casualty in the daydreams of another life... the gain and loss of different things.<br /><br />How is the new book coming?Jennifer Ruth Jacksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04699005759754946494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9153239170529797909.post-67553439681010786852017-03-30T16:24:06.112-06:002017-03-30T16:24:06.112-06:00Opportunities I can take advantage of hardly come ...Opportunities I can take advantage of hardly come around. I feel like I'm waiting for a bus in the middle of a vast wasteland. I hope it will come (and it might), but it's doubtful. <br />I try to fill life with all the good I can manage in case I have to figure things out without an outside chance coming my way.<br /><br />I hope everything is well with you!Jennifer Ruth Jacksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04699005759754946494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9153239170529797909.post-60174547662054420572017-03-29T07:12:14.170-06:002017-03-29T07:12:14.170-06:00"Not every 'what-if' is a regret.&quo..."Not every 'what-if' is a regret." Well said! Sure, your life might have taken a different path, but you'd have missed good things as well as tough ones because of those changes. I'm glad you see the value in where you are now.<br /><br />@mirymom1 from<br /><a href="http://samanthabryant.com" rel="nofollow">Balancing Act</a>Samantha Bryanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17684962313482409801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9153239170529797909.post-36566527686526114962017-03-28T11:20:18.963-06:002017-03-28T11:20:18.963-06:00I don't like not knowing what's next, and ...I don't like not knowing what's next, and for me "next" is probably three-four years in the future. Perhaps that's because I had a plan that went smoothly for so long, before pursuing grad school. My only plan now is to keep taking the opportunities that arise. I know it can be hard to wait (even though I don't think I've ever had to wait as long as you have), but you're right: we can't give up hope.Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13169693931876135259noreply@blogger.com