Comments on: Stuck in a Moment We Can’t Get Out Of? http://blog.deafread.com/deaffirefighter/2008/01/15/stuck-in-a-moment-we-cant-get-out-of/ Thoughts, ideas, and narratives from a deaf firefighter Tue, 06 Jan 2009 03:33:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: neilmcd http://blog.deafread.com/deaffirefighter/2008/01/15/stuck-in-a-moment-we-cant-get-out-of/#comment-20907 neilmcd Wed, 16 Jan 2008 00:04:06 +0000 http://blog.deafread.com/deaffirefighter/2008/01/15/stuck-in-a-moment-we-cant-get-out-of/#comment-20907 Kim, the shuffle feature basically makes your ipod the DJ. In other words, it takes all the songs you have on it and mixes them up. You probably could listen to the ipod if you like music. Kim, the shuffle feature basically makes your ipod the DJ. In other words, it takes all the songs you have on it and mixes them up. You probably could listen to the ipod if you like music.

]]> By: kim http://blog.deafread.com/deaffirefighter/2008/01/15/stuck-in-a-moment-we-cant-get-out-of/#comment-20906 kim Tue, 15 Jan 2008 23:13:48 +0000 http://blog.deafread.com/deaffirefighter/2008/01/15/stuck-in-a-moment-we-cant-get-out-of/#comment-20906 GREAT blog!! I'm going to back up a moment and ask a really stuuuupid question. Shuffle feature?? I am old and not up on iPOD gadgetry. You can listen to music with this? I wonder . . .could I?? Interesting. . . :-) GREAT blog!! I’m going to back up a moment and ask a really stuuuupid question. Shuffle feature?? I am old and not up on iPOD gadgetry. You can listen to music with this? I wonder . . .could I?? Interesting. . . :-)

]]> By: todos la vie http://blog.deafread.com/deaffirefighter/2008/01/15/stuck-in-a-moment-we-cant-get-out-of/#comment-20904 todos la vie Tue, 15 Jan 2008 20:58:51 +0000 http://blog.deafread.com/deaffirefighter/2008/01/15/stuck-in-a-moment-we-cant-get-out-of/#comment-20904 Hey, Interesting you were paralleling the song with how you felt about the deaf community. Maybe that's why we need to play racquetball. :-) Hey,

Interesting you were paralleling the song with how you felt about the deaf community. Maybe that’s why we need to play racquetball. :-)

]]> By: Deaf Mom http://blog.deafread.com/deaffirefighter/2008/01/15/stuck-in-a-moment-we-cant-get-out-of/#comment-20902 Deaf Mom Tue, 15 Jan 2008 20:37:55 +0000 http://blog.deafread.com/deaffirefighter/2008/01/15/stuck-in-a-moment-we-cant-get-out-of/#comment-20902 Neil, I have to applaud you for that wonderful reply you gave to the firefighters on that forum. I bet a lot of them learned a thing or two and perhaps several will change their paradigm of what a deaf/hard of hearing firefighter can do. Neil, I have to applaud you for that wonderful reply you gave to the firefighters on that forum. I bet a lot of them learned a thing or two and perhaps several will change their paradigm of what a deaf/hard of hearing firefighter can do.

]]> By: Raining in the Northwest http://blog.deafread.com/deaffirefighter/2008/01/15/stuck-in-a-moment-we-cant-get-out-of/#comment-20901 Raining in the Northwest Tue, 15 Jan 2008 18:23:54 +0000 http://blog.deafread.com/deaffirefighter/2008/01/15/stuck-in-a-moment-we-cant-get-out-of/#comment-20901 That's exactly what I've been preaching. Stop whining and blaming, and instead, assert yourselves and approach these situations with dignity and respect. A diplomatic approach. It's not easy to do when one is stuck. The demise of one's existence is easy to blame, but perhaps then it's the individual's choices that are to be faulted? Many people do not like to be accountable for themselves. And yes, many people do obsess about the past. Relive the good ol' glory days. Face it, it's long past. One of the interesting things I learned recently is a concept called "Futuring". Look into the future and try to see what things will be like then. Try to anticipate it. Adapt the things you do now in anticipation of the future. Keep your sights on the future. Don't look back or you'll turn into a pillar of salt. Perhaps then you'll have different ideas. BF That’s exactly what I’ve been preaching. Stop whining and blaming, and instead, assert yourselves and approach these situations with dignity and respect. A diplomatic approach.

It’s not easy to do when one is stuck. The demise of one’s existence is easy to blame, but perhaps then it’s the individual’s choices that are to be faulted? Many people do not like to be accountable for themselves.

And yes, many people do obsess about the past. Relive the good ol’ glory days. Face it, it’s long past.

One of the interesting things I learned recently is a concept called “Futuring”. Look into the future and try to see what things will be like then. Try to anticipate it. Adapt the things you do now in anticipation of the future. Keep your sights on the future. Don’t look back or you’ll turn into a pillar of salt. Perhaps then you’ll have different ideas.

BF

]]> By: Jenny http://blog.deafread.com/deaffirefighter/2008/01/15/stuck-in-a-moment-we-cant-get-out-of/#comment-20900 Jenny Tue, 15 Jan 2008 17:43:48 +0000 http://blog.deafread.com/deaffirefighter/2008/01/15/stuck-in-a-moment-we-cant-get-out-of/#comment-20900 Thanks, Neil. :) That's been our goal all along - to maintain a positive, assertive approach without burning bridges, all while standing up for our current and future Deaf children in California. Thanks, Neil. :) That’s been our goal all along - to maintain a positive, assertive approach without burning bridges, all while standing up for our current and future Deaf children in California.

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