Comments on: Creating vs. Getting http://christinekane.com/blog/creating-vs-getting/ Be Creative. Be Conscious. Be Courageous. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:46:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: bill http://christinekane.com/blog/creating-vs-getting/comment-page-1/#comment-101971 bill Sat, 17 May 2008 00:17:44 +0000 http://christinekane.com/blog/creating-vs-getting/#comment-101971 Christine, Hear, here ... Christine,

Hear, here …

]]> By: Lisa http://christinekane.com/blog/creating-vs-getting/comment-page-1/#comment-100723 Lisa Thu, 08 May 2008 21:00:05 +0000 http://christinekane.com/blog/creating-vs-getting/#comment-100723 Christine, Your insights were just what I needed today. I am a Center for Spiritual Awareness minister and love the idea of creating on every level of life. Your music has inspired many people in my groups and so please keep those powerful songs coming from "right out of nowhere." I saw you in Berkeley and look forward to your return to Calif. Namaste' Lisa Christine,

Your insights were just what I needed today. I am a Center for Spiritual Awareness minister and love the idea of creating on every level of life. Your music has inspired many people in my groups and so please keep those powerful songs coming from “right out of nowhere.”
I saw you in Berkeley and look forward to your return to Calif.

Namaste’
Lisa

]]> By: yogajenn http://christinekane.com/blog/creating-vs-getting/comment-page-1/#comment-100544 yogajenn Thu, 08 May 2008 03:50:49 +0000 http://christinekane.com/blog/creating-vs-getting/#comment-100544 hi christine! just got your newsletter and so enjoyed it - reminded me how much your blog helps me on a practical level and how I've missed it lately...so I'm grateful for the nudge back to it. and I thought you might appreciate this link & the articles' insights in relation to all you've been blogging about recently - http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/04/business/04unbox.html?_r=1&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss&pagewanted=all&oref=slogin i'm sure you don't have heaps of free time to browse the new york times these days. and i see you're reading a new Martha Beck book? i always LOVE the books you recommend so it's now on my list! this world needs more inspiring women like you - you've certainly helped, inspired, amazed and challenged me throughout these last couple of years. so thank you, and carry on... much love, jenn hi christine!

just got your newsletter and so enjoyed it – reminded me how much your blog helps me on a practical level and how I’ve missed it lately…so I’m grateful for the nudge back to it. and I thought you might appreciate this link & the articles’ insights in relation to all you’ve been blogging about recently – http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/04/business/04unbox.html?_r=1&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss&pagewanted=all&oref=slogin
i’m sure you don’t have heaps of free time to browse the new york times these days. and i see you’re reading a new Martha Beck book? i always LOVE the books you recommend so it’s now on my list! this world needs more inspiring women like you – you’ve certainly helped, inspired, amazed and challenged me throughout these last couple of years. so thank you, and carry on…

much love, jenn

]]> By: Andrea http://christinekane.com/blog/creating-vs-getting/comment-page-1/#comment-100417 Andrea Wed, 07 May 2008 19:41:26 +0000 http://christinekane.com/blog/creating-vs-getting/#comment-100417 There is a dark side to creating...unless I misunderstand the polarity of getting and creating in this blog. I do a lot of creating...I make things happen for my family, for my work, and sometimes for me....and I am now exhausted from all this magic. People recognize that I can "make things happen or appear" and ask me to "make" things all the time. I would like to tone down this visible creating (for others) and nourish myself. Not that I expect to "get" anything....I would just like some stillness to breathe and figure out what in all this creating is "mine", an expression of who I really am. There is a dark side to creating…unless I misunderstand the polarity of getting and creating in this blog. I do a lot of creating…I make things happen for my family, for my work, and sometimes for me….and I am now exhausted from all this magic. People recognize that I can “make things happen or appear” and ask me to “make” things all the time.
I would like to tone down this visible creating (for others) and nourish myself. Not that I expect to “get” anything….I would just like some stillness to breathe and figure out what in all this creating is “mine”, an expression of who I really am.

]]> By: Martha Garvey http://christinekane.com/blog/creating-vs-getting/comment-page-1/#comment-100406 Martha Garvey Wed, 07 May 2008 19:00:46 +0000 http://christinekane.com/blog/creating-vs-getting/#comment-100406 This is a nifty and powerful distinction. The pleasures of making stuff are so deep. The getting of things--usually not so much. This is a nifty and powerful distinction. The pleasures of making stuff are so deep. The getting of things–usually not so much.

]]> By: Virginia J. Pulver http://christinekane.com/blog/creating-vs-getting/comment-page-1/#comment-100399 Virginia J. Pulver Wed, 07 May 2008 18:54:33 +0000 http://christinekane.com/blog/creating-vs-getting/#comment-100399 One step further - by acknowledging the abundance we already have we become even more mindful of the gifts we have...we expres those gifts. So in my estimation, there are those who have a limited sense of things (the "getters") and those who see the abunance around them and are "graciously grateful".... Thank you for your work...you touch many lives... "Ginn" Virginia J. Pulver Read my Journals: www.pulverpages.com One step further – by acknowledging the abundance we already have we become even more mindful of the gifts we have…we expres those gifts. So in my estimation, there are those who have a limited sense of things (the “getters”) and those who see the abunance around them and are “graciously grateful”….

Thank you for your work…you touch many lives…

“Ginn”
Virginia J. Pulver
Read my Journals: http://www.pulverpages.com

]]> By: Heidi Caswell http://christinekane.com/blog/creating-vs-getting/comment-page-1/#comment-100386 Heidi Caswell Wed, 07 May 2008 18:26:26 +0000 http://christinekane.com/blog/creating-vs-getting/#comment-100386 I'm always happier when creating, so is my family. Schools I think focus too much on the getting, to pass a test, follow rules. When my youngest is stumped on her homework, knows the answer, but won't put it down because she doesn't know the right strategies, (was I supposed to circle or underline that part), something needs changing. I’m always happier when creating, so is my family. Schools I think focus too much on the getting, to pass a test, follow rules. When my youngest is stumped on her homework, knows the answer, but won’t put it down because she doesn’t know the right strategies, (was I supposed to circle or underline that part), something needs changing.

]]> By: Nneka http://christinekane.com/blog/creating-vs-getting/comment-page-1/#comment-98938 Nneka Mon, 28 Apr 2008 16:09:08 +0000 http://christinekane.com/blog/creating-vs-getting/#comment-98938 Hi Christine, I've recently been trying to understand Steve Pavlina's theory on polarity and I keep running into examples and explanations of it everywhere. I watched Lions for Lambs last night which was the perfect example. This morning I decide to check out your blog and here it is, more clarity. Thanks you so much. In Spirit, Nneka Hi Christine, I’ve recently been trying to understand Steve Pavlina’s theory on polarity and I keep running into examples and explanations of it everywhere.

I watched Lions for Lambs last night which was the perfect example. This morning I decide to check out your blog and here it is, more clarity.

Thanks you so much.

In Spirit,
Nneka

]]> By: Debra Moorhead http://christinekane.com/blog/creating-vs-getting/comment-page-1/#comment-98936 Debra Moorhead Mon, 28 Apr 2008 15:48:14 +0000 http://christinekane.com/blog/creating-vs-getting/#comment-98936 Christine, as always, you're truly inspired, and inspiring! I love this post and my readers would as well so I'll be linking to it soon. I'm looking forward to seeing you this weekend in Chicago! Christine, as always, you’re truly inspired, and inspiring! I love this post and my readers would as well so I’ll be linking to it soon.

I’m looking forward to seeing you this weekend in Chicago!

]]> By: Monica http://christinekane.com/blog/creating-vs-getting/comment-page-1/#comment-98708 Monica Sun, 27 Apr 2008 00:39:54 +0000 http://christinekane.com/blog/creating-vs-getting/#comment-98708 Christine, thanks for expressing this thought. My life has been all about creating versus getting over the last few years (or I'm trying for it to be), but I hadn't thought of it in those terms. When you create, YOU're in charge. Even simple things can be rejiggered from active (creating) to passive (getting--even though getting still involves effort), such as "I need to get a roommate to share costs" to "I'm going to create a nice space to share my house." I've had a lot more success when I create then when I try to get. Christine, thanks for expressing this thought. My life has been all about creating versus getting over the last few years (or I’m trying for it to be), but I hadn’t thought of it in those terms. When you create, YOU’re in charge. Even simple things can be rejiggered from active (creating) to passive (getting–even though getting still involves effort), such as “I need to get a roommate to share costs” to “I’m going to create a nice space to share my house.” I’ve had a lot more success when I create then when I try to get.

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