<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7355169292089791281.post3843184266260181086..comments</id><updated>2009-02-18T17:00:39.394Z</updated><title type='text'>Comments on Finding Simplicity: Give and Take - When The Balance Is Off Kilter</title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://finding-simplicity.blogspot.com/feeds/3843184266260181086/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7355169292089791281/3843184266260181086/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://finding-simplicity.blogspot.com/2009/02/give-and-take-when-balance-is-off.html'/><author><name>Sharon J</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09050104785278502068</uri><email>dioritt@yahoo.co.uk</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>5</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7355169292089791281.post-7418418108114246184</id><published>2009-02-18T17:00:00.000Z</published><updated>2009-02-18T17:00:00.000Z</updated><title type='text'>Hi Ruth. Glad you managed it :)If you choose Name/...</title><summary type='text'>Hi Ruth. Glad you managed it :)&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;If you choose Name/URL instead of Anonymous, you can type 'Ruth' in so that you won't be confused with any other anonymous commenters. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I'll try to keep writing as often as I can :)</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7355169292089791281/3843184266260181086/comments/default/7418418108114246184'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7355169292089791281/3843184266260181086/comments/default/7418418108114246184'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://finding-simplicity.blogspot.com/2009/02/give-and-take-when-balance-is-off.html?showComment=1234976400000#c7418418108114246184' title=''/><author><name>Sharon J</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09050104785278502068</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='01431085588570170635'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://finding-simplicity.blogspot.com/2009/02/give-and-take-when-balance-is-off.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7355169292089791281.post-3843184266260181086' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7355169292089791281/posts/default/3843184266260181086' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7355169292089791281.post-3842860725536109309</id><published>2009-02-18T16:33:00.000Z</published><updated>2009-02-18T16:33:00.000Z</updated><title type='text'>let see, yes ive done it with no pass word, sorry ...</title><summary type='text'>let see, yes ive done it with no pass word, sorry its me that got it wrong, keep writing x Ruth</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7355169292089791281/3843184266260181086/comments/default/3842860725536109309'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7355169292089791281/3843184266260181086/comments/default/3842860725536109309'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://finding-simplicity.blogspot.com/2009/02/give-and-take-when-balance-is-off.html?showComment=1234974780000#c3842860725536109309' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://finding-simplicity.blogspot.com/2009/02/give-and-take-when-balance-is-off.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7355169292089791281.post-3843184266260181086' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7355169292089791281/posts/default/3843184266260181086' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7355169292089791281.post-3554198005198420929</id><published>2009-02-18T06:37:00.000Z</published><updated>2009-02-18T06:37:00.000Z</updated><title type='text'>Cabbage Heart. That's exactly it. Toxic people wil...</title><summary type='text'>Cabbage Heart. That's exactly it. Toxic people will continue to leech off of you until there's nothing left to give then they happily move on to the next 'victim' leaving you to pick up the pieces of your own life.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Margaret. I totally agree. People come into our lives for different reasons and often our relationships with them draw a natural close. They're the ones we can look back on </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7355169292089791281/3843184266260181086/comments/default/3554198005198420929'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7355169292089791281/3843184266260181086/comments/default/3554198005198420929'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://finding-simplicity.blogspot.com/2009/02/give-and-take-when-balance-is-off.html?showComment=1234939020000#c3554198005198420929' title=''/><author><name>Sharon J</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09050104785278502068</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='01431085588570170635'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://finding-simplicity.blogspot.com/2009/02/give-and-take-when-balance-is-off.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7355169292089791281.post-3843184266260181086' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7355169292089791281/posts/default/3843184266260181086' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7355169292089791281.post-4706173904510165903</id><published>2009-02-18T04:35:00.000Z</published><updated>2009-02-18T04:35:00.000Z</updated><title type='text'>To survive in our world, not only physically but e...</title><summary type='text'>To survive in our world, not only physically but emotionally and spiritually, we have to have the ability to adapt and part of that is recognising what we need in our life to move on. I don't mean "toxic" friends but those who no longer walk to the same drum as we do. It's not that you have to deliberately exclude them but their path through life may take a different route and we don't have to </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7355169292089791281/3843184266260181086/comments/default/4706173904510165903'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7355169292089791281/3843184266260181086/comments/default/4706173904510165903'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://finding-simplicity.blogspot.com/2009/02/give-and-take-when-balance-is-off.html?showComment=1234931700000#c4706173904510165903' title=''/><author><name>Margaret's Ramblings</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11736694208684946814</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='07115006244963285766'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://finding-simplicity.blogspot.com/2009/02/give-and-take-when-balance-is-off.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7355169292089791281.post-3843184266260181086' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7355169292089791281/posts/default/3843184266260181086' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7355169292089791281.post-5819145229672184058</id><published>2009-02-17T23:20:00.000Z</published><updated>2009-02-17T23:20:00.000Z</updated><title type='text'>Mmm...experiencing the Toxic a bit myself at the m...</title><summary type='text'>Mmm...experiencing the Toxic a bit myself at the moment. It seems as though the more you try to help or the more you give, then the more liklihood they are to take and abuse the privilage.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;xoxoxoxox</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7355169292089791281/3843184266260181086/comments/default/5819145229672184058'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7355169292089791281/3843184266260181086/comments/default/5819145229672184058'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://finding-simplicity.blogspot.com/2009/02/give-and-take-when-balance-is-off.html?showComment=1234912800000#c5819145229672184058' title=''/><author><name>Cabbage Heart</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10366928264475596399</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='12545125233530906498'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://finding-simplicity.blogspot.com/2009/02/give-and-take-when-balance-is-off.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7355169292089791281.post-3843184266260181086' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7355169292089791281/posts/default/3843184266260181086' type='text/html'/></entry></feed>