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	<title>Comments on: Fall Down Seven Times, Stand Up Eight</title>
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		<title>By: nina</title>
		<link>http://lazygeisha.com/2007/02/28/fall-down-seven-times-stand-up-eight/#comment-558</link>
		<dc:creator>nina</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Mar 2007 16:26:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>saratoga,

Karma is always the better jury and executioner, and we have to be patient and have &lt;i&gt;faith&lt;/i&gt; in karma, and know that it will always be leveled.  

I think we are often challenged to learn how to let go of hurt, especially when it's something very close to us, but letting go of hurt, and practicing forgiveness ultimately sets us free.

It takes time, but we're better for it in the end.

Thanks sweetie,

xoxo,
nina</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>saratoga,</p>
<p>Karma is always the better jury and executioner, and we have to be patient and have <i>faith</i> in karma, and know that it will always be leveled.  </p>
<p>I think we are often challenged to learn how to let go of hurt, especially when it&#8217;s something very close to us, but letting go of hurt, and practicing forgiveness ultimately sets us free.</p>
<p>It takes time, but we&#8217;re better for it in the end.</p>
<p>Thanks sweetie,</p>
<p>xoxo,<br />
nina</p>
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		<title>By: saratoga</title>
		<link>http://lazygeisha.com/2007/02/28/fall-down-seven-times-stand-up-eight/#comment-554</link>
		<dc:creator>saratoga</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Mar 2007 06:47:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Indeed, karma is the better jury and executioner, Nina. In my own life, within the past few years, I experienced an event that challenged me to let go of something profoundly hurtful. It was hard, but, ultimately, freeing and for my own betterment.

That's all we can hope for, and at the time, it's still in the future.

Your reward will come.

xoxox

-saratoga</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Indeed, karma is the better jury and executioner, Nina. In my own life, within the past few years, I experienced an event that challenged me to let go of something profoundly hurtful. It was hard, but, ultimately, freeing and for my own betterment.</p>
<p>That&#8217;s all we can hope for, and at the time, it&#8217;s still in the future.</p>
<p>Your reward will come.</p>
<p>xoxox</p>
<p>-saratoga</p>
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		<title>By: nina</title>
		<link>http://lazygeisha.com/2007/02/28/fall-down-seven-times-stand-up-eight/#comment-533</link>
		<dc:creator>nina</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2007 01:44:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Dearest Terry,

Thank you sweetheart.  Agonizing is the exact word that I’d chose to describe what I went thru.  I mean, switching hosts wasn’t the end of the world, not being able to bring my old database into my new software wasn’t the end of the world, none of it was the end of the world, but it still causes me pain to know that someone thought so much of themselves to believe that they had the &lt;i&gt;right&lt;/i&gt; to try and silence someone else because they didn’t like what I had to say, and to think that they &lt;i&gt;almost&lt;/i&gt; succeeded must really wind their clock and keep them up at night, but I don’t want to focus on that too much.  I too believe that I’m better today because of my experiences.  Life is an ever evolving cycle and life is fluid.  Change &lt;i&gt;is&lt;/i&gt; indeed constant, and if we are to truly live then we must be willing to risk.  My writing and my expression have become too important to me to allow another’s petty jealousies to win out, so here we are, and here I am.  Thanks so much sweetheart.  I sincerely appreciate the support.

xoxo,
nina</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dearest Terry,</p>
<p>Thank you sweetheart.  Agonizing is the exact word that I’d chose to describe what I went thru.  I mean, switching hosts wasn’t the end of the world, not being able to bring my old database into my new software wasn’t the end of the world, none of it was the end of the world, but it still causes me pain to know that someone thought so much of themselves to believe that they had the <i>right</i> to try and silence someone else because they didn’t like what I had to say, and to think that they <i>almost</i> succeeded must really wind their clock and keep them up at night, but I don’t want to focus on that too much.  I too believe that I’m better today because of my experiences.  Life is an ever evolving cycle and life is fluid.  Change <i>is</i> indeed constant, and if we are to truly live then we must be willing to risk.  My writing and my expression have become too important to me to allow another’s petty jealousies to win out, so here we are, and here I am.  Thanks so much sweetheart.  I sincerely appreciate the support.</p>
<p>xoxo,<br />
nina</p>
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		<title>By: Terry</title>
		<link>http://lazygeisha.com/2007/02/28/fall-down-seven-times-stand-up-eight/#comment-522</link>
		<dc:creator>Terry</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Feb 2007 12:34:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I am sorry that you had to go through that agonizing experience. But I am glad that you made the choice to pick yourself up and start anew. You're right, we all have our choices to make, and it's our previous experiences that help shape us when we make these new choices. I believe I am a better person today as a result of my collective experiences, because I chose to learn what I could, grow and continue, instead of wallowing in self pity and stagnating. Change is constant. You can accept that and learn to bend when the wind is too strong, or stand stiff &#38; unyielding, and take the risk of being broken. It is indeed an individual choice. And I'm very selfishly glad you chose to dust yourself off and stand back up, a very welcome voice from the darkness.
much love,
Terry</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I am sorry that you had to go through that agonizing experience. But I am glad that you made the choice to pick yourself up and start anew. You&#8217;re right, we all have our choices to make, and it&#8217;s our previous experiences that help shape us when we make these new choices. I believe I am a better person today as a result of my collective experiences, because I chose to learn what I could, grow and continue, instead of wallowing in self pity and stagnating. Change is constant. You can accept that and learn to bend when the wind is too strong, or stand stiff &amp; unyielding, and take the risk of being broken. It is indeed an individual choice. And I&#8217;m very selfishly glad you chose to dust yourself off and stand back up, a very welcome voice from the darkness.<br />
much love,<br />
Terry</p>
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