Comments on: What stage are you in? http://www.journeyguy.com/what-stage-are-you-in/ Life, adventure and faith in southwest Virginia Mon, 16 Jan 2012 04:58:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Angela W. http://www.journeyguy.com/what-stage-are-you-in/comment-page-1/#comment-428 Angela W. Mon, 24 Jul 2006 23:47:51 +0000 http://www.nobledesign.us/trailguide/?p=242#comment-428 I think with as far as our journey experience, we or I am in stage two! I think with as far as our journey experience, we or I am in stage two!

]]> By: Jeff http://www.journeyguy.com/what-stage-are-you-in/comment-page-1/#comment-429 Jeff Mon, 24 Jul 2006 15:58:29 +0000 http://www.nobledesign.us/trailguide/?p=242#comment-429 <b>Mark, Interesting observations. Perhaps you could give us a shot over at your blog at some better stages? You'd be bound to get some high traffic from them. Kimball closed his post it was getting so many comments...</b> Mark,
Interesting observations. Perhaps you could give us a shot over at your blog at some better stages? You’d be bound to get some high traffic from them. Kimball closed his post it was getting so many comments…

]]> By: Mark W. http://www.journeyguy.com/what-stage-are-you-in/comment-page-1/#comment-430 Mark W. Mon, 24 Jul 2006 15:44:18 +0000 http://www.nobledesign.us/trailguide/?p=242#comment-430 Sadly, I'm somewhere past Stage 8 already...except for the Dukes of Hazzard movie (gag me with J. Simpson's ex-husband!). However, I hope that this is where the stages break down. Step 9 and 10 don't seem like very good experiences either. In fact, the whole system described is very bleak to me. I know that stage 10 is supposed to present the most mature stage - acceptance of others' imperfections - but the way Kimball has written it sounds too much like "settling" for something unsatisfactory and just learning to "deal." Where is the resurgence of joy? That's a stage I would be most interested in finding. In short, I think reading Kimball's stages is useful, but I think that any real progress might require an individual to tear it up and start over - re-writing our own ending from the more mature perspective we've acquired. Thanks for sharing Kimball's post. Sadly, I’m somewhere past Stage 8 already…except for the Dukes of Hazzard movie (gag me with J. Simpson’s ex-husband!). However, I hope that this is where the stages break down. Step 9 and 10 don’t seem like very good experiences either. In fact, the whole system described is very bleak to me. I know that stage 10 is supposed to present the most mature stage – acceptance of others’ imperfections – but the way Kimball has written it sounds too much like “settling” for something unsatisfactory and just learning to “deal.” Where is the resurgence of joy? That’s a stage I would be most interested in finding.

In short, I think reading Kimball’s stages is useful, but I think that any real progress might require an individual to tear it up and start over – re-writing our own ending from the more mature perspective we’ve acquired.

Thanks for sharing Kimball’s post.

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