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RE: PLEASE SHARE YOUR WISDOM - 6/1/2008 11:57:01 AM   
J1937

 

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Status: online 		Dear Betty,

Thanks from me, too! This text contains a most important message and conveys it very well. (Oh, this may sound very "teacher-like" , but I can´t think of how to put it better right now). To me, it once more confirms how much we need to share our gifts and accept what others have to give us. It reminds me of the Enneagramm-types, too.

Juliana
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RE: PLEASE SHARE YOUR WISDOM - 6/13/2008 4:31:09 AM   
J1937

 

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Status: online 		This morning I´d like to share with you what I found on www.2u.ie:

A young girl said to her friend, “When I get older, I want to wear glasses just like Granny’s because she can see so much more than most people. She can see the good in a person when everyone else sees a bad side. She can see what a person meant to do even if they didn’t do it. I asked her one day how she could see the good and she said it was the way she learned to look at things as she got older. When I get older, I want to wear a pair of glasses just like Granny’s so I can see the good too."   ~Walter Buchanan


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RE: PLEASE SHARE YOUR WISDOM - 6/13/2008 2:01:49 PM   
buttington

 

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Status: offline 		Juliana, Isn't that lovely !!

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RE: PLEASE SHARE YOUR WISDOM - 6/17/2008 1:42:23 AM   
J1937

 

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Status: online 		Jude,

It just struck me that for the two of us Granny´s glasses have a special connotation: they are magnifying glasses, with which one can spot the tiniest bit of good and enlarge it! We had posts on this months ago, remember?
Let´s keep looking through these glasses!

Juliana
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RE: PLEASE SHARE YOUR WISDOM - 6/17/2008 4:36:56 PM   
buttington

 

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Status: offline 		Juiliana, Spot on for me right now!!!!!!!!!!! I need binnoculars to see the little bit of good at the moment. I'm in danger of giving up looking for it altogether.

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RE: PLEASE SHARE YOUR WISDOM - 6/17/2008 5:22:27 PM   
J1937

 

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Status: online 		Don´t give up,  dear Jude! Things will look (at least) a little different tomorrow!
Bedtime for us Europeans - sleep well!

Hugs,
Juliana
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RE: PLEASE SHARE YOUR WISDOM - 6/17/2008 6:46:20 PM   
buttington

 

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Status: offline 		Dear Juliana, I'll try not to give up! As I was saying to Lynn, I don't seem able to.
However, I am being sorely tested. Mothers don't give up on their children, but I feel close to it.

Love, Jude


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RE: PLEASE SHARE YOUR WISDOM - 6/22/2008 9:14:51 AM   
Imenuff

 

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Status: offline 		Considering all the transitions, struggles, etc that are facing many of us right now, this really spoke to me this morning. We had a visiting Nigerian Missionary speak at Mass this morning. Now I don't know if what he said was true (I haven't checked it) but it was very meaningful. He stated that "Do Not Be Afraid" appears in Scripture 365 times, one for each day of the week. He went on to talk about life, from hour to hour, day to day, one time we are happy, then sad; one moment calm and peaceful, the next worried. Today we have a home, tomorrow we may not because of finances, floods, natural disasters, etc. Today we are healthy, tomorrow maybe not. All God keeps telling us day after day is "Do Not be Afraid, I am with you." He just took everyday life and every day life occurrences like car accidents, loss of a job, illness, death in a family, the normal days of life and brought to it all how, if we look for it we can find a different instance in scripture daily where the Holy One has said "Do not be afraid, I am with you."
May the blessing of how much each one of us is truly loved fill our lives today.

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RE: PLEASE SHARE YOUR WISDOM - 6/22/2008 10:41:43 AM   
buttington

 

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Status: offline 		Dear Betty,
Whether the number of instances is right or not doesn't really matter. The message is spot on. Fear is the opposite of Love.

Jude

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RE: PLEASE SHARE YOUR WISDOM - 8/11/2008 9:21:26 AM   
Imenuff

 

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Status: offline 		I received this in an email this morning and thought others might also find it thought provoking.

There was 
a blind girl who hated herself because she was blind. She 
hated everyone, except her loving boyfriend. He was always 
there for her. She told her boyfriend, 'If I could only see 
the world, I would marry you.'
 
One day, 
someone donated a pair of eyes to her. When the bandages 
came off, she was able to see everything, including her 
boyfriend. 
He asked 
her,'Now that you can see the world, will you marry me?' The 
girl looked at her boyfriend and saw that he was blind. The 
sight of his closed eyelids shocked her. She hadn't expected 
that. The thought of looking at them the rest of her life 
led her to refuse to marry him.


Her 
boyfriend left in tears and days later wrote a note to her 
saying: 'Take good care of your eyes, my dear, for before 
they were yours, they were mine.' 
This is 
how the human brain often works when our status changes. 
Only a very few remember what life was like before, and who 
was always by their side in the most painful situations.


Life Is a 
Gift



Today 
before you say an unkind word - Think of someone who can't 
speak.


Before 
you complain about the taste of your food - Think of someone 
who has nothing to eat.


Before 
you complain about your husband or wife - Think of someone 
who's crying out to GOD for a companion.


Today 
before you complain about life - Think of someone who went 
too early to heaven
Before 
complaining about the distance you drive to be with your loved one, Think of someone who 
walks the same distance with their feet and have no one to love .


And when 
you are tired and complain about your job - Think of the 
unemployed, the disabled, and those who wish they had your 
job.


And when 
depressing thoughts seem to get you down - Put a smile on 
your face and think: you're alive and still 
around and your loved.

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RE: PLEASE SHARE YOUR WISDOM - 8/21/2008 10:49:25 AM   
Imenuff

 

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Status: offline 		This is just too good not to pass on!!!

Life is not the way it's supposed to be. It's the way it is. The way you cope with it is what makes the difference.
Written By Regina Brett of The Plain Dealer, Cleveland , Ohio
To celebrate growing older, I once wrote the 45 lessons life taught me. It is the most-requested column I've ever written. My odometer rolls over to 90 in August, so here goes:

1. Life isn't fair, but it's still good.
2. When in doubt, just take the next small step.
3. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.
4. Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.
5. Pay off your credit cards every month.
6. You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.
7. Cry with someone. It's more healing than crying alone.
8. It's OK to get angry with God. He can take it.
9. Save for retirement starting with your first paycheck.
10. When it comes to chocolate, resistance is futile.
11 .Make peace with your past so it won't screw up the present.
12. It's OK to let your children see you cry
13. Don't compare your life to others'. You have no idea what their journey is all about.
14. If a relationship has to be a secret, you shouldn't be in it.
15. Everything can change in the blink of an eye. But don't worry; God never blinks.
16. Take a deep breath. It calms the mind.
17. Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful.
18. Whatever doesn't kill you really does make you stronger.
19. It's never too late to have a happy childhood. But the second one is up to you and no one else.
20. When it comes to going after what you love in life, don't take no for an answer.
21. Burn the candles, use the nice sheets, wear the fancy lingerie. Don't save it for a special occasion. Today is special.
22. Over prepare, then go with the flow.
23. Be eccentric now. Don't wait for old age to wear purple.
24. The most important sex organ is the brain.
25. No one is in charge of your happiness except you.
26. Frame every so-called disaster with these words: ' In five years, will this matter?'
27. Always choose life.
28. Forgive everyone everything.
29 What other people think of you is none of your business.
30. Time heals almost everything. Give time time.
31. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.
32. Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends will. Stay in touch.
33. Believe in miracles.
34. God loves you because of who God is, not because of anything you did or didn't do.
35. Don't audit life. Show up and make the most of it now.
36. Growing old beats the alternative -- dying young.
37. Your children get only one childhood. Make it memorable.
38. All that truly matters in the end is that you loved.
39. Get outside every day. Miracles are waiting everywhere.
40. If we all threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone else's we'd grab ours back.
41. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.
42. The best is yet to come.
43. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.
44. Yield.
45. Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift.

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RE: PLEASE SHARE YOUR WISDOM - 8/21/2008 11:24:36 AM   
Hildegard

 

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Status: offline 		Thank you, Betty!

There is certainly a lot of life experience and wisdom in this list! I don't recall a sense of humor being mentioned, but it is evident in the points made!

Love,
Edda

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RE: PLEASE SHARE YOUR WISDOM - 8/22/2008 12:45:21 AM   
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I just read your definition about "FEAR" thats really great! I'm a writer myself & i take alot of words & put a definition (that really fits) just like you did & i really can relate with that one,
thanks for sharing it with us I'm sure I'll pass it on too, I work with alot of teenagers & its putting the meaning of a word in that lay-out & with a meaning that gets people to stop & think for a moment, it helps me start alot of conversations & teach some very important lessons to teenagers everyday! with so much going on in this busy, crazy world we all live in...Our youth are taking their own lives before they've even begun. If we could each take just a few minutes out of our day & talk, listen or teach a child or teenager something (any child) our youth are crying out for our attention parents just don't have the time but maybe you do... tomorrow doesn't come for all of us, so please lets all make a difference in someone elses day!!! I tell at least a dozen youth a day the meaning of "Suicide"...
                              SUICIDE
                        S~ someone
                          U~ U or
                             I~ I
                               C~ Considered
                                  I~ Important
                                   D~ Died
                                     E~early
there are some really great people on this site, the caring, compassion the way people read each others storys & offer kind words & prayers has truly been a blessing to know there are so many other people really out there who truly care!!!
Thank You & God Bless You All
Sunshine4ever
 
 
   
  
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RE: PLEASE SHARE YOUR WISDOM - 8/22/2008 6:03:47 PM   
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Status: offline 		Betty, that is so good I shall be cutting and pasting it when I get home!

Love, Jude

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RE: PLEASE SHARE YOUR WISDOM - 8/23/2008 5:34:05 PM   
J1937

 

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Status: online 		Betty, Thank you for sharing those "rules" - it is good to be reminded of the wisdom they hold.

Sunshine, Thank you, too! As a teacher, I am sad to say that I grieve over several of my students who took their own lives. These sad experiences taught me that it is vital to use some time of teaching for telling young people that a time may come when they will think their problems have got so big they cannot bear life any more. If they then pluck up courage to just get over the next minutes/hours/day/night, things will look different and a path will open for them to go on.
I agree with you: young people are crying out for attention these days, and each one of us can listen, empathize with, help... the ones crossing our paths.

Blessings on your work!

Juliana
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RE: PLEASE SHARE YOUR WISDOM - 8/28/2008 6:11:44 PM   
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Status: offline 		I have a little mantra, or "word gift" that you can "send" when you have fallen out with someone you have loved, and it really doesnt matter who is to blame; the only thing that matters is the essence of the words below, which is   "love"  (Gods' love is in us all, it is something we all share, and because individually, we make up the one "brotherhood of man").  You can say the words, write them, think them, or meditate on them, and you don't have to say them to the person, as long as it comes from your heart that is the only thing that matters, after all we can send a prayer in our thoughts to God can't we, so we can send out these words of love to someone in the same way:

"I love you .....
I am sorry.
Please forgive me.
Thank you"

This helped me personally at a time when I really did feel and think that all was lost. It became my mantra, over days, weeks and actually months, but thank God, blessings and healing did come, the clouds between us cleared for a rainbow and things became all right again.

I hope they help as much as they helped me.

love and light
Gina and Jackoryx
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RE: PLEASE SHARE YOUR WISDOM - 8/29/2008 10:30:52 AM   
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Thank you for sharing your experience. That mantra is the basis of
Ho’oponopono. For anyone wanting to know more about how and why it works, this is a good place to start:
 
http://www.freespiritcentre.info/articles/8/2817_hooponopono__part_1_of_4/ .
 
Alchemist
 


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RE: PLEASE SHARE YOUR WISDOM - 8/29/2008 2:05:24 PM   
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Status: offline 		Gennai and Alchemist, thank you for your posts. You must have known I would need something to help make sense of something which happened to me today. I don't think I did or thought anything which could have lead to what happened, but I do believe we are all responsible for every situation, whether consciously or unconsciously.

I will say the little mantra, even, as you say, I don't think I am in the wrong. It really doesn't matter. What is important is to change the situation.

Love, Jude

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RE: PLEASE SHARE YOUR WISDOM - 8/29/2008 4:53:34 PM   
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I imagine Spirit knew what you needed today. I haven't been here for awhile and was drawn immediately to this post.


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RE: PLEASE SHARE YOUR WISDOM - 8/29/2008 9:53:45 PM   
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Status: offline 		Alchemist, thank you for this interesting link!

Have a great weekend,
Love,
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