Comments on: The Zen of Alan Alda https://anempoweredspirit.com/zen-alan-alda/ Cathy Chester, MS Advocate shares decades of wisdom Mon, 02 Aug 2021 17:00:32 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 By: shifrachester@gmail.com https://anempoweredspirit.com/zen-alan-alda/#comment-24935 Fri, 07 Nov 2014 07:50:15 +0000 http://anempoweredspirit.clients.kidaweb.com/2014/11/01/zen-alan-alda/#comment-24935 Aw, what a dear person you are, Linda. Thank you!

Yes, I always practice what I'm going to say. Perhaps too much but that is my comfort zone. I need to know so I won't fumble my words!

]]> By: Linda Anderson https://anempoweredspirit.com/zen-alan-alda/#comment-24901 Thu, 06 Nov 2014 05:33:29 +0000 http://anempoweredspirit.clients.kidaweb.com/2014/11/01/zen-alan-alda/#comment-24901 Awesome post Cathy! I wanted to read it here on your blog in light of the scraping troubles you've been having lately. Thank you for admitting you practiced what you'd say to Mr. Alda before the actual moment. Good advice to all of us when and if we someday have the amazing experience that you've had!

]]> By: shifrachester@gmail.com https://anempoweredspirit.com/zen-alan-alda/#comment-24827 Mon, 03 Nov 2014 16:37:47 +0000 http://anempoweredspirit.clients.kidaweb.com/2014/11/01/zen-alan-alda/#comment-24827 Yes, Rena, he really is an amazing man with so much depth to him. He is like a chameleon that just keeps showing us what he's capable of doing. It's extraordinary.

]]> By: Rena McDaniel-The Diary of an Alzheimer's Caregiver https://anempoweredspirit.com/zen-alan-alda/#comment-24826 Mon, 03 Nov 2014 15:46:35 +0000 http://anempoweredspirit.clients.kidaweb.com/2014/11/01/zen-alan-alda/#comment-24826 Great job Cathy! I have always looked up to Alan Alda and also had the school girl crush I'm afraid. At least we picked a great guy. I love the stories that he shared and the one about the stuffed dog was such a great metaphor. He is an amazing man and he has always carried himself with humor and more importantly dignity.

]]> By: shifrachester@gmail.com https://anempoweredspirit.com/zen-alan-alda/#comment-24824 Mon, 03 Nov 2014 15:17:08 +0000 http://anempoweredspirit.clients.kidaweb.com/2014/11/01/zen-alan-alda/#comment-24824 Oh, my, thank you Pam! In our area (and perhaps everywhere) we wear a lot of black. Black, black, black. In the winter I miss vibrant colors, so I went to Macy's with all of my coupons and set out to find a vibrant colored top to go with my black pants. Something simple and hopefully timeless. Bingo!

Since there was no sales clerk in sight, I saw a nicely dressed woman and asked her what her opinion was for what I was going to attend. She asked me where I was going, and when I told her I was going to "meet" Alan Alda, she got all flustered.

It's really something special for one person to make a positive impression like that on people everywhere. And it's certainly more than well deserved, Pam.

]]> By: shifrachester@gmail.com https://anempoweredspirit.com/zen-alan-alda/#comment-24823 Mon, 03 Nov 2014 15:13:26 +0000 http://anempoweredspirit.clients.kidaweb.com/2014/11/01/zen-alan-alda/#comment-24823 You are so right. He IS a class act. A great way to put it. I actually thanked Arlene Alda for allowing us to "have" him all of these years. She chuckled.

]]> By: The Shitastrophy https://anempoweredspirit.com/zen-alan-alda/#comment-24801 Mon, 03 Nov 2014 10:24:52 +0000 http://anempoweredspirit.clients.kidaweb.com/2014/11/01/zen-alan-alda/#comment-24801 I love Alan Alda. He is such a class act and truly a gift to our world. I wish there were more of him to go around. Thank you for sharing this account.

]]> By: Pam@over50feeling40 https://anempoweredspirit.com/zen-alan-alda/#comment-24796 Mon, 03 Nov 2014 09:33:21 +0000 http://anempoweredspirit.clients.kidaweb.com/2014/11/01/zen-alan-alda/#comment-24796 First of all...YOU LOOK GORGEOUS!! That color is yours! Secondly, HOW COOL IS THIS! I am so excited for you and major jealous...i would love to hear him speak. What a fun time.

]]> By: shifrachester@gmail.com https://anempoweredspirit.com/zen-alan-alda/#comment-24789 Sun, 02 Nov 2014 19:43:42 +0000 http://anempoweredspirit.clients.kidaweb.com/2014/11/01/zen-alan-alda/#comment-24789 I am so glad you liked my post, Mary. We own all 11 episodes of MASH. That way we can watch it whenever we want. My son loves it as well, and over the years he's so enjoyed being able to watch it whenever he wanted to! I'm so glad you are now enjoying it.

Yes, Alan Alda is, as you say, a great man!

]]> By: shifrachester@gmail.com https://anempoweredspirit.com/zen-alan-alda/#comment-24788 Sun, 02 Nov 2014 19:41:34 +0000 http://anempoweredspirit.clients.kidaweb.com/2014/11/01/zen-alan-alda/#comment-24788 Oh, I am so glad you enjoyed my post, Alisa! Thanks for leaving your comment.

]]> By: shifrachester@gmail.com https://anempoweredspirit.com/zen-alan-alda/#comment-24787 Sun, 02 Nov 2014 19:41:01 +0000 http://anempoweredspirit.clients.kidaweb.com/2014/11/01/zen-alan-alda/#comment-24787 I'm so glad you enjoyed it, Helene. It was so lovely to meet both of them, and to share this magical evening with my husband. It will be a memory I will never forget. Thanks again for all of your support.

]]> By: Elaine Ambrose https://anempoweredspirit.com/zen-alan-alda/#comment-24781 Sun, 02 Nov 2014 16:46:26 +0000 http://anempoweredspirit.clients.kidaweb.com/2014/11/01/zen-alan-alda/#comment-24781 Thank you for this interesting insight into Alan Alda. I always wondered what he was like in real life.

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