tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5042782917800828712.post1785305755741437337..comments2023-10-03T05:20:45.062-07:00Comments on Footprints In The Mud: Coming Apart at the 'Seems'Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5042782917800828712.post-5675084761922190002017-08-07T04:50:42.529-07:002017-08-07T04:50:42.529-07:00@Shannon Smith Thank you Shannon! I wonder why it&...@<a href="#c6889710412627766126" rel="nofollow">Shannon Smith</a> Thank you Shannon! I wonder why it's so easy to envy others and so hard be grateful for what we have? Beth Brubakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11574468465438029160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5042782917800828712.post-67625089992803914522017-08-07T04:47:02.184-07:002017-08-07T04:47:02.184-07:00@Anonymous Thank you so much! :)@<a href="#c2137113807587256225" rel="nofollow">Anonymous</a> Thank you so much! :)Beth Brubakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11574468465438029160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5042782917800828712.post-57805177156113224242017-07-27T06:11:11.160-07:002017-07-27T06:11:11.160-07:00Great post, Beth! I just realized this a few year...Great post, Beth! I just realized this a few years ago in my own life. I often just have to look across my street and see the new houses, expensive cars, and seemingly lovely families. What I don't know is what really happens in their lives. For instance, one family's home was in foreclosure about 4 years ago. The wife and kids left first, and then the husband a month or so later. I'm not even positive they stayed together.<br />And a new friend just recently told me that "she wants what we have". I couldn't help but to tell her that there was a few things in her life that I wouldn't mind for me! After talking about this for awhile, we concluded that everyone seems to think that "the grass is always greener"- what we don't think about is that grass over there has been fertilized with manure for years. <br />We often see things on the surface, never realizing the true nature of what happens to get it. Or keep it. Or, in some instances, not be able to handle it. Thank you for posting this blog, it is both uplifting and inspiring! I look forward to reading this weekly!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15287617695872506873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5042782917800828712.post-68897104126277661262017-07-27T05:18:48.435-07:002017-07-27T05:18:48.435-07:00Great post, Beth! I realized this a couple years a...Great post, Beth! I realized this a couple years ago in my own life. I often just have to look across the street and see the new big houses, expensive cars, and seemingly lovely and perfect families. What I didn't know at that time was that one was in foreclosure. The wife and kids left first, then the husband a month or so later. I'm not sure if they even stayed together. <br />And then, just recently, a new friend told me that she "wants what we have". I told her that there were some things in her life that I wish that we had. We ended the conversation realizing that everyone seems to think that "the grass is always greener" on the other side-what we don't think is that manure has been fertilizing that grass for years. Thank you for sharing this post. I look forward to your posts weekly. Very uplifting and encouraging!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15287617695872506873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5042782917800828712.post-21371138075872562252017-07-24T16:21:55.514-07:002017-07-24T16:21:55.514-07:00Really lovely thoughts expressed with heartfelt sk...Really lovely thoughts expressed with heartfelt skill<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com