Listen carefully

imbibe truthfulness

wanderers pace to and fro

early smiles humble

well-disposed is the path

to adequate perception

Understanding and believing are not the same thing.” Gertrude Stein

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33 responses to “Listen carefully”

  1. Lovely and profound poem.

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    1. Thank you, Sadje! ❣️

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      1. You’re welcome

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  2. Truthfulness is definitely the key to the universe! 💖

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    1. It definitely is and thank you, Colleen. 💖

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  3. Eugi, what theme are you using? Not many of the themes have comment likes anymore. I think it’s frustrating! The only way you can like a comment is through the reader!

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    1. I am using Tenku. I switched back to the orignial sharing buttons, including the ‘like’ button. Many of my followers informed me they couldm’t leave a ‘like’. I’m not sure if it works yet since I switched not too long ago.

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      1. I was able to go into Tools/marketing (on colleenchesebro.org) /sharing buttons and add the like even though it says it’s a legacy feature. WP is really pushing it for engagement. Why have a blog if we have to read, and add likes to comments through the reader? On Tanka Tuesday on the creator plan, I don’t have that option. I would have to get a plugin. If they take this away, we all need to send them emails! We shouldn’t have to lose those connections.

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      2. I did he same thing by adding the ‘like’ button and the sharing buttons and that’s when my followers couldn’t leave a like. Now, one of my followers said they can leave a ‘like’. It’s confusing and frustrating.

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      3. It doesn’t work on the creator plan. You have to get a plugin for comment likes. I researched this yesterday. The comment likes still work on the plan below (Explorer, the old premium plan). That is what is frustrating!

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      4. I get it now, what a mess WP has made. I wonder if they will be changing the Explorer plan, as well.

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      5. I think this is a step toward getting rid of the “legacy features and legacy-classic themes.” I could be wrong, but if they make the comment likes something only found on the Creator plan, they make a ton more money!!

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    1. Thank you, Susi! 💗

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      1. You are so very welcome, Eugenia! ❤

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  4. Loved the quote and really enjoyed the poem 😊

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    1. Thank you so much, Pooja! 💗

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      1. You’re very welcome! ☺️

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  5. Nice poem. XO

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    1. Thank you, Ellen.

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  6. Reality is a two edge sword… neither side seems to meet, but both are sharp.
    I was reading the WP issue comments… WP has messed up so much. I no longer get notifications in my email for just likes… which is OK, but I also don’t get notifications of comments to comments on other blogs… on certain (or all – I can’t remember).

    I don’t bother with the Reader. I never have. I think that whole thing was a waste of space. I don’t need WP telling me what I might like (they used to do that).

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    1. The WP comment situation is a mess and confusing. I didn’t used to bother with the reader but now I need it to find blogs I like.

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      1. I’ve got a favorites list… and then I try and respond to comments (in my email box and the notification in the dashboard). Because I do not follow all that many blogs. My mailbox would explode!

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      2. I follow too many blogs, mainly because of my weekly prompt. It’s become difficult to comment because of the changes. I receive new posts via email but not comments.

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      3. WP just doesn’t know when to stop mucking up. I’ve mentioned before that if ‘They’ ever try and kick me out…(out of how I operate) I ain’t coming back. Which is why I won’t mess with switching themes.

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      4. Even if you don’t mess with switching themes, WP will still muck you up. I try to go with the flow but I have my limits.

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      5. I just got one of those little “Thanks for so many years of ‘flying with us’…. More like being on a train that has gotten derailed that it no longer knows which direction it should be going….

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      6. I hear ya! I got a chuckle from your comment.

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  7. Your words are beautiful and profound, Eugi, and I love the quote too! 🩷

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    1. Thank you, Lauren.

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  8. Absolutely marvelous with a great quote which is so true. Thanks, Eugi.

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