tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3379561194571607372.post1052869916828025271..comments2023-04-15T07:44:29.784-07:00Comments on spiritually directed...: First ImpressionsROBERTAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09130103117335080071noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3379561194571607372.post-28831509732080976532009-10-27T03:42:41.571-07:002009-10-27T03:42:41.571-07:00Funny how we get a certain view in our heads of ho...Funny how we get a certain view in our heads of how things will be based upon past experience, and then find that time has indeed not stood still. I think my bubble would have been burst too Roberta. I am hoping that when I take my mom, we can be out in the countryside more, and see more of what Ireland is in my mind and heart. :c)Jaynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14057094040409159429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3379561194571607372.post-45583878852338538412009-10-26T16:43:54.094-07:002009-10-26T16:43:54.094-07:00Hallo again Roberta and glad to see you back home ...Hallo again Roberta and glad to see you back home safely. Reading your posts struck a chord with me as something similar happened to me a few years back when I went back to Ireland where I was born. I left as a young child but always returned for family holidays and went back well into my twenties and beyond. I saw ireland throught the troubles and when I went there in the heyday of the Celtic Tiger I thought then that although things were great and it would be wrong to be a "begrudger", that somethingwas already being set in motion that would rob Ireland of so much that people loved it for.I think many of the Irish who live there are a little tired of the romantic view we exiles have. Yet<br />I still hanker for the soul of my land of birth and I do feel that it still has something that the UK will never give me no matter how long I live here. I think you are great to be adaptable to learn and get something positive from your experience. I want to hear more of what you picked up from the conference too.<br />I didn't know you were Irish until now but I do feel a strong affinity with what you say so is that me being daft or is serendipity working here ??Blue Eyed Ennishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06181985609681328032noreply@blogger.com