Season's Greetings

[Guest guest]

To all listers,

Season's Greetings & all the best wishes for a

happy

and prosperous New Millenium.

With regards

Lew

[ Malaysia ]

[Guest guest]

Right back atcha, sweetie! May I copy your translations at the end of the email and forward on to others who would enjoy?!

God's blessings to you and yours as well!

Amy

[Guest guest]

just passing them on myself. Not many people call me sweetie, but then Marcia's

seen my face and she still does....

> Right back atcha, sweetie! May I copy your translations at the end of the

> email and forward on to others who would enjoy?!

>

> God's blessings to you and yours as well!

[Guest guest]

gubisara wrote:

>Merry Christmas!

>

>From: the Guberman family

thanks, and the same to you and everyone...

....and here is something people interested in alternative and esoteric forms of

healing may find interesting:

You can download the book Radiant Healing by Isabel Bellamy for free at

www.radianthealing.net. It seems jam-packed with information the author

collected in many years of healing practice (radionics etc. etc.).

For downloading, I would use Internet Explorer since when I tried to download

the book using my usual Netscape browser (version 4.7.3), it wouldn't work at

all, ie all that appeared (after the initial " enter " page) was a blank page with

a menu bar at the top, with practically none of the menu links working..

Everything worked and displayed (and subsequently downloaded) to perfection with

Internet Explorer.

Happy holidays!

Ulla

[Guest guest]

Sophie,

What was the diagnosis? I've never heard of mumps in cats, but abscesses,

or enlarged lymph nodes yes.

Kat

[ ] season's greetings

> Happy Xmas to all of you. Hope you will have a pleasant time with

> people you love.

> Whatever you do, eat or drink: Remember to look after your liver,

> treat it well, so it will treat you well in the coming year.

> I am just finishing up at the office and then it's off to the vet! As

> always, one of our cats has decided to get sick just when we are

> getting ready to have a holiday. Can cats have mumps? It certainly

> looks like it.

> Enjoy your Xmas!

> Sophie

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Kat,

she just looked so much like a cat with mumps: a big fat cheek and

all misery and despair. Our two cats are pretty wild roamers, they

come home in the morning exhausted from a night out, eat, cuddle and

sleep for most of the day before they get restless again. This one,

Mollie Malone, gets into fights, she is the queen of the neighborhood

and a tough one. Yes, it was an abscess. In fact, she cleared most of

it herself on the way to the vet, so all he needed to do was clean up

and give her a shot. Xmas day she was back to her usual beautiful

self and delivered her Xmas present on to our back door steps. Let me

tell you it was small and grey.

So much love!

Sophie

> Sophie,

> What was the diagnosis? I've never heard of mumps in cats, but

abscesses,

> or enlarged lymph nodes yes.

> Kat

> [ ] season's greetings

>

>

> > Happy Xmas to all of you. Hope you will have a pleasant time with

> > people you love.

> > Whatever you do, eat or drink: Remember to look after your liver,

> > treat it well, so it will treat you well in the coming year.

> > I am just finishing up at the office and then it's off to the

vet! As

> > always, one of our cats has decided to get sick just when we are

> > getting ready to have a holiday. Can cats have mumps? It certainly

> > looks like it.

> > Enjoy your Xmas!

> > Sophie

> >

> >

> >

[Guest guest]

Hi All -

I don't know if it's appropiate or whatever, but I have a gift, and 'tis the

season. It's an odd thing, but roll with me here, ok?

The most important thing I do, hands down, is to live a pattern. I used to do

this each day, but the sleep disorder thing makes days bit confusing, so I just

go with from whenever I wake up to whenever I sleep again. You can alter it

likewise, if you need to:

One day, when I was so depressed I was pretty sure I didn't want to go on, it

just popped into my head all of a sudden. I don't know where it came from. I

won't even speculate. At the time, it was odd enough just to have a clear and

cogent thought, but I didn't really notice that about it until later. I just

figured what the heck, it wasn't like I had anything left to lose, and it seemed

right, so I decided to try it. I could check out later if it didn't work. See, I

needed something so simple a 3 year-old could learn it and do it. I was too

messed up for anything more complicated than that, and anyway, like most things

that are really really true, this was simple and clean and clear. So I tried it,

and then I found I liked it. And I still find more new things to like about it

as I go along, because I always, always get something from it. So here goes:

Each day, I do something, however insignificant, just for myself. To make me

feel better and to remind me that I deserve it. Which is true. I do deserve it.

But I had to ritualize it to make it work for me, because I kept getting

distracted and forgetting to honor that by thinking everything else in the

universe was more important. Work, family, bills, all kinds of " important " stuff

like that can get your priorities screwed up. This helps fix it.

Each day, I do something, however insignificant, for someone else. Doesn't

matter what it is. That's there to remind me that I wouldn't have gotten this

far without help myself, and that I am not the exact center of the universe, no

matter how it looks that way to me from here. It doesn't have to be some huge,

life-altering, Pay It Forward thing. Just something that makes somebody else's

path a little smoother. A compliment, a kind word, a kidney. You'll know your

opportunity it when you see it.

Each day, I do something for no damned good reason at all, just because I feel

like it. That's to remind me to have fun and be stupid and not get overwhelmed

by seriousness. A life devoid of pleasure isn't worth having. Maybe I'll tell a

joke to a supermarket clerk all of a sudden, just to see if I like her smile as

much as I think I will. Maybe I'll rollerskate or paint my nails blue. Maybe

I'll boogey around the house a la Risky Business, or shop for a new palace

online (I seem to misplaced the last one). Doesn't matter. It's not supposed to

make sense or serve any practical purpose whatsoever. Everything isn't about

something else. Everything can't be intellectualized or rationalized until I

suck the life right out of it. Some stuff just is, and sometimes I just am, and

sometimes that's all I need to know about it. I'm sure you can find some equally

stupid activities, if you try. : D

It doesn't matter how small or unimportant any of these 3 daily things seem,

and it doesn't matter which things ways choose to carry out your 3 goals each

day. It's pretty much a free-for-all, really. You create it as you go.

Opportunities for all three are all over the place, all day, every day.

Sometimes, all three get done in a couple of minutes each. Sometimes, one of

them will steer your whole life in a new direction. Just depends. You never

know. But you do have to pay attention or you won't see the opportunities. It's

maybe just that acquiring the habit of watching for opportunities for good

things to happen that's the most important part. I'd hesitate to say that,

though, because it's not just the watching - it's the 3 things I actually do

that bring on the goodies, and it's each one of them that gives me something the

other two can't replace. It all works together.

I won't kid ya. I've been practicing this as a lifestyle for ohhh...7 or 8

years now. I started right out doing it all. It was easier than I expected. It

took several years to get really good at it and make it so habitual I almost

don't have to think about it much any more, but I've had a pretty good time

getting there. And I have been too sick to accomplish all my goals every day. I

hate when that happens, but I try anyway. (One last rule - if you mess it up

today, don't double up tomorrow. Just start over and look for new opportunities.

Nobody's keeping score - especially me.)

Honestly, it won't fix everything in your life. It won't make you well when

you're sick, or put money in the bank when you're broke. It won't take away all

the really bad days, either, but it will fix some of them in surprising ways. I

said I was hard to kill - and this odd thing I do now is one of the main reasons

why. I've got more important stuff to do than give up. So. Neener, neener, mold.

Neener, neener, bad guys. Sucks to be you. I probably ought to add a daily

butt-kicking to the formula, but I think living well probably is the best

revenge after all. And frankly, I've never on my worst day had any trouble

remembering what bad guys deserve. That wasn't a problem that needed solving.

But I did have trouble remembering these other things, so that's what the

formula, or plan, or whatever-you-want-to-call-it does for me. I know that every

day, three good things will happen, and I will be a vital part of them each. I

choose them, I make them happen on purpose, and at least one

other person will benefit. I don't spend a dime to do any of this when I'm

broke, and never more than pocket change when I do have money, because it's not

about that.

It will, I promise you, improve the quality of your life. It's as magical or

religious or practical as you think, or none of those things at all and

completely the opposite, if that's how you want to look at it. I don't even know

where it came from, exactly, so I can't say. But I saw it as a gift, and it

turned out to be one, so this seems like the right time to spead it around.

Some days are 90% one part, and 5% each the other two parts. It just depends

on what pops up and which things I choose to go with. I don't like rules, don't

like other people telling me what to do, and I especially don't like anyone

taking my choices away from me. So, with these three things, I'm getting it (or

giving it) my way and I like that. Being a moldie, that's where I find many of

my best opportunities these days. What I do know about it for sure, is that it

will empower you with its choices, and enrich you with its results. It sounds

like nearly all of us need that now, so if you think this is the thing for you,

go with it, and let me know how it works for you. And if not, please hit delete

and ignore the crazy woman with the blue fingernails on rollerskates. Some

people just aren't into fruitcakes, some people collect them (or, at lest, the

tins they come in).

And that's my fat-free, deep discount, re-giftable, totally exchangeable,

non-polluting, one-size-fits-all Chrismukkakwansaa Year gift to you guys this

year. Thanks for being here. You did/do/will make a difference, every single

day, even if you can't see it happening from where you are right now.

Serena

There is no such thing as an anomaly. Recheck your original premise.

...Ayn Rand,

paraphrased

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