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I opened my email tonight to find that there were four different emails

containing a .zip file of 22K. I didn't open it since it seemed suspicious.

One of them claimed to be from @.... It could be the handiwork

of someone mischievous who got my/our emails from the yahoo group. I suggest

treating the attachment with caution. -

Re: How do I turn around self-judgement?

> > I'm new to this, and this may be in all of the messages

somewhere,

> > but how do I do a turnaround on myself? Like, I should be earning

> > more money. Or I should be less afraid? Any ideas? Thanks in

advance.

>

> Hi, MB. I think turnarounds are great fun. I look for ways to turn

> thoughts around to myself, to the other, to the opposite (of the

> thought), to my thinking, to being willing, and to looking forward

to.

> To take your example about earning money...

>

> - to the other: Other people should be earning more money.

> - to the opposite: I should not be earning more money, or I should

be

> earning less money.

> - to my thinking: My thinking should be earning more money. I

should

> be earning more thinking.

> - to being willing: I am willing to earn more money. I am willing

to

> believe that I should be earning more money than I do.

> - to looking forward: I look forward to earning more money. I look

> forward to believing that I should be earning more money than I

do.

>

> I also like to try replacing words like " should " , " must " , or " have

to "

> with words like " could " , " might " , or " want to " .

>

> - I could be earning more money. I might be earning more money.

>

> Finally, an idea that occurs just now is to replace one symbol with

> another. For example, replacing the symbol " money " ,

>

> - I could be earning more popcorn.

> - I could be earning more earmuffs.

> - I could be earning more earwigs.

> - I could be earning more dirt.

> - I could be earning more honey.

>

> Also, while looking for ways the turnarounds are true for me, I try

to

> remember that I don't have to believe the turnaround any more than

the

> original thought.

>

> I don't know if anyone else will agree with me, but *I* think the

most

> important thing is to have fun.

>

> Tom

Thanks, Tom. Sorry it took me so long to respond. I appreciate your

help, and I too am always open for more humor. MB