Comments on: Self Worth

By: Marcie

Marcie — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 05:19:42 +0000

I agree with Sharon. The computer guy is only a part of what you did. It is not who you are. Who you are – the kind and generous soul and friend, thoughtful and caring, always helping, always offering humor, laughs and a wise crack. The one who helps others in need (picking up friends to drive them to work – albeit a sometimes frightening experience if anyone has ever been a passenger in Farokh's car !!! Or mentoring a young, new employee like you did me). You are heart felt and the expression of love, compassion and forgiveness. You are a good soul that has and continues to make a difference in the lives of anyone that crosses your path.

As for what you will do – keep entertaining the ideas and put no pressure on yourself to make a decision. You have many gifts and thus many options will appear. Take your time in contemplating them. And be kind and understanding of your body's need to rest. You have been in doing mode for so long that it's hard to just "be". I know it would be hard for me too, but it's the challenge that faces us all at various times in our lives………..times when we are forced to stop….and we can no longer busy our minds, so we begin to think, think, think. If you haven't read any of his work, Eckhardt Tolle's "A New Earth" is a great book about the mind, body and spirit.

I love you, my friend.

Marcie

By: Sharon MacLeod

Sharon MacLeod — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 22:35:15 +0000

You have never been Farokh the computer guy! Computer Guy seems like such a small part of the package

Lots of Love,
Sharon

By: Sharon Singer

Sharon Singer — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 12:26:13 +0000

you're wandering right into the core of identity and many of the feelings and questions therein… often we seem to believe the illusions of whatever answers we come up with to the limiting question 'what do you do?'. it can be such a relief to be able to say 'this is who I am' in the midst of all the complexities…. whenever a challenge arises that turns our somewhat ordered lives upside down, we have to regroup, and find out who we are becoming as a result. it's a tough gig, but it's always where the authentic juice is, isn't it?
meeting my physical limitations has not been fun, but it does take me deeply into a different quality of becoming, and man, it increases my compassion.
so many blessings to you Farokh.

By: Rick

Rick — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 15:27:13 +0000

I thought the first line was "I am a useless gift" and I thought this is going to be an interesting blog entry.

In all my travels I have never noticed a correlation between wealth and happiness. Lots of sadness etc. from poverty, of course, but the happiest people I ever saw were the Sherpas in Nepal. Always smiling, sharing laughs, never a cross word and yet they had almost nothing. And it radiated to us foreigners – everybody who goes there feels it. So why is it so? Clearly we create our own meaning. Don't look for it externally, or from others, it is within (I don't think this conflicts with any spiritual view).

As a retired person I get the question "what do you do?" all the time. My answer usually creates consternation (much to my secret delight I must confess) – "I attend to my life". I have no idea what I mean by that but it is somehow what I do. In the old days another version of the question was "what is your sign?". I once heard a person respond "faeces". I always thought a very wise answer.

In the end though we are all just ripples on the pond and being a useless gift is plenty good enough for me.

Rick