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Every thought is a prayer. Worry is prayer in reverse.
― Source unknown

Thanks for this Jacqui.

It was very timely for me.

Best wishes,
Ralph

My way may not be the only way; just the only way I knew when I needed my life to change.

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#17209

From: Justin Blackburn <justinblackburn111@...>
Date: Fri May 18, 2012 8:59 pm
Subject: BUGS PROMISING THE FUTURE SQUIRRELS

justinblackb...

Bugs Promising The Future Squirrels

Always, in all ways, there is a blessed magic in the way…

the way a dog sniffs a hillside

the way a deer nibbles through grassland

the way a mother calls her children home

the way a surreal squirrel chases a real squirrel

When did you begin searching?

Where did you begin the search?

How did you know the search began?

The magic makes us all magicians.

The golden summer green leaves sparkle

like a happy ending to a story that realized it never started.

The open arms of a heart flower run lovers together

like a lottery where everyone wins a million dollars for every smile.

I could say more about the magic but why make it less magical?

Let it roam.

When did you begin to feel the way of all life is magical?

When did you start understand the simplest thing?

What miracle happened in your hand to make everything wonderful for you always?

I am crazy enough

to believe in your laughter as the gentle smell of the magical future.

I am wild enough

to go inside myself underwater

to smile at our future picnic mayflower family basket floating down a stream of source energy.

I express the experience; I feel the magical physical emotional bliss

of the spirit of the roots

of Mother Nature

of souls touching emotions.

The everyday always magic which may come to you on a magical day- a baby born, a wedding dress worn but it’s here always like an ocean, everywhere, opening and closing the day. This magic only goes away if you can’t recognize it as magic, if you block the entrance to your heart and turn your mind plain.

For we are this magic, we are this source of being, we are the magic of a child falling off a bicycle, an alien crashing his spaceship into a Mcdonald’s, a kitten’s memory of a mother, a simple you. For we have guessed and guessed without the with and with the never. We are the ones who are the real magic forever.

Do we get our own joke?

Do we make love to our own magic?

Do we create our own world?

For the magic never made a promise it had to keep like a sandcastle in love with your hands. The magic always understands you are magical and will always be. I vow to the magic to never let me lose the magic of a squirrel climbing a tree or the experience of the tree itself stemming from the magical everything.

Intuitive Inner Healer Justin Blackburn

www.justinblackburnlovesyou.com

For a one on one Intuitive Inner Healing with Justin Blackburn please call 864-444-5688 or visit his website www.justinblackburn.com

We are all unlimited beings of God's love. Thank you. We can express our loving joy at all times. Thank you. Enjoy your love. Thank you.

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#17210

From: RSL March <rslmarch@...>
Date: Fri May 18, 2012 9:58 pm
Subject: I Believe God Wants You to Know

rslmarch

This is not a usual type of message for this group but I think is is totally relevent to what we have been talking about.

It mentions the belief of *money is the root of all evil* but of course the original Bible quote is *the LOVE of money is the root of all evil.*

When you are in the supermarket and your kids need feeding, money is quite handy to have.

Also, the message speaks of all the money you need; not a whole packet of money you would not know what to do with.

Best wishes,
Ralph

My way may not be the only way; just the only way I knew when I needed my life to change.

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On this day of your life, Ralph, I believe God wants you to know...

...that money is just as holy as meditation, just as

sacred as prayer. It is a wonderful part of God.

If you hold an idea that money is the root of all evil,

you may unconsciously keep it from you. You are

invited to drop that thought now.

All the money you need is coming to you now. Do

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#17211

From: Marzie Falah <marzie.falah@...>
Date: Sat May 19, 2012 9:19 am
Subject: Re: Re: Worry too much?.

marzie.falah

thank you very much ienjoyed alot

From: Jacqui Daane <jayvare@...>
To: giftoflovingkindness@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, May 18, 2012 1:41 PM
Subject: [giftoflovingkindness] Re: Worry too much?.

Worry Too Much?
How you can help instead.
by Alan Cohen
May 6, 2012

"Every thought is a prayer. Worry is prayer in reverse."
― Source unknown

You have likely been taught that if you love someone, you worry about them. Let's revisit that assumption. Does worry really help someone you love? Does it help you?

If you love someone who is in pain or danger, it is natural to feel for them and want to help them. The question is: What is the best way to help?

I once paid a hospital visit to the child of some friends, a little boy who had complications at birth and needed lots of help. As I stood at the baby observation window with the child's family, I could feel their anxiety. I closed my eyes and asked God how I could be most helpful. The answer came: "Stay at peace and see the boy as perfect and healed. Everyone else is worried about him, so your energy of peace will be immensely helpful to him." The child gradually gained strength and grew up healthfully.

Dropping worry about your loved ones does not mean that you sit idly by and do nothing (although in many cases less doing and more trusting might help). It means that you take whatever action you can and then leave the results in the hands of God.

Certainly prayer helps. Pray not from fear, however, but from confidence, knowing that sincere asking calls forth true answering. Know that God hears you and intends for the well-being you seek. Give thanks for the blessings in and around the situation and know that health, prosperity, and harmony are the will of God.

When faced with a challenge, try worrying less and knowing well-being more. You will help your friends more with peace than with fear.

What are you worrying about, for yourself or a loved one?

How might you be more helpful by trusting, relaxing, and knowing that well being abounds?

Say these affirmations:

I bless and help myself and my loved ones by remembering that God is present.

My richest contribution is peace.

www.healyourlife.com/author-alan-cohen/2012/05

#17212

From: Vahid Nabipour <v.nabipour@...>
Date: Sun May 20, 2012 1:51 pm
Subject: Re: Re: Worry too much?.

v.nabipour

hi،how are you?

From: Marzie Falah <marzie.falah@...>
To: "giftoflovingkindness@yahoogroups.com" <giftoflovingkindness@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, 19 May 2012, 13:49:24
Subject: Re: [giftoflovingkindness] Re: Worry too much?.

thank you very much ienjoyed alot

From: Jacqui Daane <jayvare@...>
To: giftoflovingkindness@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, May 18, 2012 1:41 PM
Subject: [giftoflovingkindness] Re: Worry too much?.

Worry Too Much?
How you can help instead.
by Alan Cohen
May 6, 2012

"Every thought is a prayer. Worry is prayer in reverse."
― Source unknown

You have likely been taught that if you love someone, you worry about them. Let's revisit that assumption. Does worry really help someone you love? Does it help you?

If you love someone who is in pain or danger, it is natural to feel for them and want to help them. The question is: What is the best way to help?

I once paid a hospital visit to the child of some friends, a little boy who had complications at birth and needed lots of help. As I stood at the baby observation window with the child's family, I could feel their anxiety. I closed my eyes and asked God how I could be most helpful. The answer came: "Stay at peace and see the boy as perfect and healed. Everyone else is worried about him, so your energy of peace will be immensely helpful to him." The child gradually gained strength and grew up healthfully.

Dropping worry about your loved ones does not mean that you sit idly by and do nothing (although in many cases less doing and more trusting might help). It means that you take whatever action you can and then leave the results in the hands of God.

Certainly prayer helps. Pray not from fear, however, but from confidence, knowing that sincere asking calls forth true answering. Know that God hears you and intends for the well-being you seek. Give thanks for the blessings in and around the situation and know that health, prosperity, and harmony are the will of God.

When faced with a challenge, try worrying less and knowing well-being more. You will help your friends more with peace than with fear.

What are you worrying about, for yourself or a loved one?

How might you be more helpful by trusting, relaxing, and knowing that well being abounds?

Say these affirmations:

I bless and help myself and my loved ones by remembering that God is present.

My richest contribution is peace.

www.healyourlife.com/author-alan-cohen/2012/05

#17213

From: "Jacqui Daane" <jayvare@...>
Date: Mon May 21, 2012 8:11 am
Subject: Re: Re: Worry too much?.

jvr20nl

Thank you Marzie.

Enjoy your day.

Go well.

Jacqui.

#17214

From: "Jacqui Daane" <jayvare@...>
Date: Mon May 21, 2012 8:15 am
Subject: Re: Worry too much?.

jvr20nl

An Enemy Called Average
by John Mason
(excerpt)

What we say is important. Our vocabulary should be filled with words of hope and dreams. Be known as someone who speaks positively.

Recently I saw a sign under a mounted large mouth bass. It read, "If I had kept my mouth shut I wouldn't be here." How true! Don't jump into trouble mouth first.

Let me pose this question for you: Starting today what would happen if you changed what you said about your biggest problem, your biggest opportunity?

I don't know if you've had this conversation or not, but last month I turned to my wife, Linda, while we were sitting together in our family room and said, "Just so you know, I never want to live in a vegetative state dependent on some machine. If that ever happens, just pull the plug."

She immediately got up, walked over and unplugged the TV.

"Our words create our worlds," says Dean Sikes. Your words have the power to start fires or quench passion.

Don't be like the man who joined a monastery in which the monks were allowed to speak only two words every seven years. After the first seven years had passed, the new initiate met with the abbot, who asked him, "Well, what are your two words?"

"Food's bad," replied the man, who then went back to his silence.

Seven years later the clergyman asked, "What are your two words now?"

"Bed's hard," the man responded.

Seven years later - twenty-one years after his initial entry into the monastery - the man met with the abbot for the third and final time. "And what are your two words this time?" the abbot asked.

"I quit."

"Well, I'm not surprised," the cleric answered disgustedly. "All you've done since you got here is complain!"

Don't be like that man; don't be known as a person whose only words are negative. If you're a member of the "negative grapevine," resign.

Contrary to what you may have heard, talk is not cheap. Talk is powerful!

(The author of 14 books that have sold more than 1.4 million copies, John is also a noted speaker and founder and president of Insight International, an organization dedicated to helping people reach their dreams and fulfill their destinies.)

#17215

From: "anniemarkee2004" <anniemargaigh@...>
Date: Mon May 21, 2012 1:04 pm
Subject: I wonder why....

anniemarkee2004

I wonder why I think as I do...the glass always seems half empty....I am loved
by one daughter and my husband but focus on those who exclude me or who walk
away from me.  I try so hard to enjoy things and live in the moment but negative
thinking seeps in.  I want to model good things for my daughter and I do...I am
a hard worker, etc but I also put myself down as I feel unworthy.  I am not
talking body image...
Some days are positive but many are not.  It is my choosing really...I can make
the day a good one or a bad one..I can be happy or cranky...so why would I
choose the lesser one...
JUst me musing, hoping for a reponse as I am trying tio get over my demons...
Annie

#17216

From: RSL March <rslmarch@...>
Date: Mon May 21, 2012 3:18 pm
Subject: Re: Worry too much?.

rslmarch

Hi Jacqui,

I do not disagree with the sentiment of this article by John Mason but it seems to me that some people feel that when they complain, they are merely stating the truth and to say anything different would be untruthful.

What do you think?

Best wishes,
Ralph

My way may not be the only way; just the only way I knew when I needed my life to change.

From: Jacqui Daane <jayvare@...>
To: giftoflovingkindness@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, May 21, 2012 9:15 AM
Subject: Re: [giftoflovingkindness] Worry too much?.

An Enemy Called Average
by John Mason
(excerpt)

What we say is important. Our vocabulary should be filled with words of hope and dreams. Be known as someone who speaks positively.

Recently I saw a sign under a mounted large mouth bass. It read, "If I had kept my mouth shut I wouldn't be here." How true! Don't jump into trouble mouth first.

Let me pose this question for you: Starting today what would happen if you changed what you said about your biggest problem, your biggest opportunity?

I don't know if you've had this conversation or not, but last month I turned to my wife, Linda, while we were sitting together in our family room and said, "Just so you know, I never want to live in a vegetative state dependent on some machine. If that ever happens, just pull the plug."

She immediately got up, walked over and unplugged the TV.

"Our words create our worlds," says Dean Sikes. Your words have the power to start fires or quench passion.

Don't be like the man who joined a monastery in which the monks were allowed to speak only two words every seven years. After the first seven years had passed, the new initiate met with the abbot, who asked him, "Well, what are your two words?"

"Food's bad," replied the man, who then went back to his silence.

Seven years later the clergyman asked, "What are your two words now?"

"Bed's hard," the man responded.

Seven years later - twenty-one years after his initial entry into the monastery - the man met with the abbot for the third and final time. "And what are your two words this time?" the abbot asked.

"I quit."

"Well, I'm not surprised," the cleric answered disgustedly. "All you've done since you got here is complain!"

Don't be like that man; don't be known as a person whose only words are negative. If you're a member of the "negative grapevine," resign.

Contrary to what you may have heard, talk is not cheap. Talk is powerful!

(The author of 14 books that have sold more than 1.4 million copies, John is also a noted speaker and founder and president of Insight International, an organization dedicated to helping people reach their dreams and fulfill their destinies.)

#17217

From: Ron Denberg <horsefan1951@...>
Date: Mon May 21, 2012 8:43 pm
Subject: Re: I wonder why....

horsefan1951

Hi Anne,

There is an old saying, "you can't keep the birds from flying over your head, but you can stop them from making a nest in your hair."

Most of our attitudes and ways of thinking stems from what we have been exposed to as a child. Also, for the most part, the world is not that terribly a positive place. So, we are constantly being exposed to negative thought patterns. Therefore to think positively, we have to constantly choose to do so. Basically, it is like being an alcoholic or someone who over eats. We have to choose to do the right thing all the time or fall into old thought patterns or what we were programmed to do and are constantly being exposed to which influence us.

As Jacqui always says, "Live in love and appreciation," but we have to train ourselves to do so. I believe that mediation on positive things and even self hypnosis is helpful training. Taking care of our minds and spirit takes the same diligence as taking care of our bodies or our children or anything else.

I also believe that a support group like this is also helpful. We are social beings, and it is easier when we have others to encourage us to do the right thing.

Be well, and be happy, Ron

From: anniemarkee2004 <anniemargaigh@...>
To: giftoflovingkindness@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, May 21, 2012 6:04 AM
Subject: [giftoflovingkindness] I wonder why....

I wonder why I think as I do...the glass always seems half empty....I am loved by one daughter and my husband but focus on those who exclude me or who walk away from me. I try so hard to enjoy things and live in the moment but negative thinking seeps in. I want to model good things for my daughter and I do...I am a hard worker, etc but I also put myself down as I feel unworthy. I am not talking body image...
Some days are positive but many are not. It is my choosing really...I can make the day a good one or a bad one..I can be happy or cranky...so why would I choose the lesser one...
JUst me musing, hoping for a reponse as I am trying tio get over my demons...
Annie

#17218

From: RSL March <rslmarch@...>
Date: Tue May 22, 2012 7:45 am
Subject: Re: I wonder why....

rslmarch

Hi Annie,

I could not add anything to what Ron has said. I just wonder if you feel like this all the time or whether it comes and goes and whether it has been the same all your life or just recently?

Best wishes,
Ralph

My way may not be the only way; just the only way I knew when I needed my life to change.

From: Ron Denberg <horsefan1951@...>
To: "giftoflovingkindness@yahoogroups.com" <giftoflovingkindness@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, May 21, 2012 9:43 PM
Subject: Re: [giftoflovingkindness] I wonder why....

Hi Anne,

There is an old saying, "you can't keep the birds from flying over your head, but you can stop them from making a nest in your hair."

Most of our attitudes and ways of thinking stems from what we have been exposed to as a child. Also, for the most part, the world is not that terribly a positive place. So, we are constantly being exposed to negative thought patterns. Therefore to think positively, we have to constantly choose to do so. Basically, it is like being an alcoholic or someone who over eats. We have to choose to do the right thing all the time or fall into old thought patterns or what we were programmed to do and are constantly being exposed to which influence us.

As Jacqui always says, "Live in love and appreciation," but we have to train ourselves to do so. I believe that mediation on positive things and even self hypnosis is helpful training. Taking care of our minds and spirit takes the same diligence as taking care of our bodies or our children or anything else.

I also believe that a support group like this is also helpful. We are social beings, and it is easier when we have others to encourage us to do the right thing.

Be well, and be happy, Ron

From: anniemarkee2004 <anniemargaigh@...>
To: giftoflovingkindness@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, May 21, 2012 6:04 AM
Subject: [giftoflovingkindness] I wonder why....

I wonder why I think as I do...the glass always seems half empty....I am loved by one daughter and my husband but focus on those who exclude me or who walk away from me. I try so hard to enjoy things and live in the moment but negative thinking seeps in. I want to model good things for my daughter and I do...I am a hard worker, etc but I also put myself down as I feel unworthy. I am not talking body image...
Some days are positive but many are not. It is my choosing really...I can make the day a good one or a bad one..I can be happy or cranky...so why would I choose the lesser one...
JUst me musing, hoping for a reponse as I am trying tio get over my demons...
Annie

#17219

From: "Jacqui Daane" <jayvare@...>
Date: Tue May 22, 2012 9:58 am
Subject: Re: I wonder why....

jvr20nl

Hi Annie,

Every time you say ' I want', you think lack. Every time you think of people not liking you[in your mind], you are taking attention away from those that do.

Every time a day passed that you weren't grateful for your blessings, the sun, the rain, the wind, the bird in the tree, is a day you haven't lived fully.

Have you already noticed what magnificent feet you have?. Why they carry you where ever you want to go. Look at those hands, so strong and capable, yet so gentle they can lift a baby without hurting it.

You are a magnificent being, there is no other like you anywhere on earth. Do you think God, in creating you,would have gone trough so much trouble if he didn't think you were worth it?

Dear heart learn to love your self and treasure every moment of your life and become the wonderful being you truly are.

I wish you well.

Jacqui..

#17220

From: "Jacqui Daane" <jayvare@...>
Date: Tue May 22, 2012 10:00 am
Subject: Re: Worry too much?.

jvr20nl

Hi Ralph

Why are you still bothered about what other people may or may not be thinking?.

Jacqui.

#17221

From: RSL March <rslmarch@...>
Date: Tue May 22, 2012 11:27 am
Subject: Re: Worry too much?.

rslmarch

Hi Jacqui,

We all have different experiences in life and so we do not all see everything the same way.

Earlier, I was looking at some quotes I have saved from*The Secret* and I saw one which said:

*Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

To improve any day immediately, say and feel "Thank you" seven times in a row.*

I have often said on this site, that I found my life started to change when I learned to say thank you for absolutely everything whether it is something I feel happy about or not.

However, I have often met people who do not seem to be able to bring themselves to do that. Their first thought is, *But how can I say thank you for something I do not want? That would be like telling a lie.*

My life experience is that saying thank you works every time.

I was wondering if you have found the same?

I remember that when I was 18, a friend and I had a holiday in Scotland (in the summer).

One morning we stopped by Loch Lomond. I said, *I think I shall go for a swim.*

My friend said, *I think that water looks cold!*

I said, *We are on holiday. We have to have a swim.* and I changed into my swimming togs and dived in. I swam for the shore as quickly as I could and got out.

I will not repeat the words I used but I indicated to my friend that his opinion was right.

Now my friend was of a scintific turn of mind and believed in conducting experiments to test his opinion.

However, on this occasion, he was content to be guided by what I said I thought.

Best wishes,
Ralph

My way may not be the only way; just the only way I knew when I needed my life to change.

From: Jacqui Daane <jayvare@...>
To: giftoflovingkindness@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2012 11:00 AM
Subject: Re: [giftoflovingkindness] Worry too much?.

Hi Ralph

Why are you still bothered about what other people may or may not be thinking?.

Jacqui.

#17222

From: Ron Denberg <horsefan1951@...>
Date: Tue May 22, 2012 2:02 pm
Subject: Re: I wonder why....

horsefan1951

Hi Anne,

I thought I'd add a little something to what has already been said. There is a proverb, "As a man thinks in his heart, so is he." Basically, what it means to me is how we see ourselves is how we become and how we project ourselves to others. I believe this is a basic truth in many religions and philosophies. Today, my meditation is that I am a happy person. Simply put, I am happy for no other reason. I am happy because I see myself as happy and I see myself as happy because I choose to see myself that way and focus my thoughts on seeing myself as happy. It is a very simple concept that really works!

Have a happy day everybody!

Ron

From: anniemarkee2004 <anniemargaigh@...>
To: giftoflovingkindness@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, May 21, 2012 6:04 AM
Subject: [giftoflovingkindness] I wonder why....

#17223

From: frank washington <fcwashington80@...>
Date: Tue May 22, 2012 3:21 pm
Subject: Re: Worry too much?.

fcwashington80

i know sometimes I am... but i stay true to my self as often as possible and let it role off my back when it needs to.

From: Jacqui Daane <jayvare@...>
To: giftoflovingkindness@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2012 6:00 AM
Subject: Re: [giftoflovingkindness] Worry too much?.

Hi Ralph

Why are you still bothered about what other people may or may not be thinking?.

Jacqui.

#17224

From: "Jacqui Daane" <jayvare@...>
Date: Wed May 23, 2012 9:46 am
Subject: Re: Worry too much?.

jvr20nl

Hi Ralph,

Saying Thank you for everything is the way to go. I do it all the time, good or not so good, I give thanks and all is well in my life.

Jacqui.

#17225

From: RSL March <rslmarch@...>
Date: Wed May 23, 2012 11:17 am
Subject: Re: Worry too much?.

rslmarch

Thank you Jacqui.

Best wishes,
Ralph

My way may not be the only way; just the only way I knew when I needed my life to change.

From: Jacqui Daane <jayvare@...>
To: giftoflovingkindness@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2012 10:46 AM
Subject: Re: [giftoflovingkindness] Worry too much?.

Hi Ralph,

Saying Thank you for everything is the way to go. I do it all the time, good or not so good, I give thanks and all is well in my life.

Jacqui.

#17226

From: Cheri Sadler <bonnielassshaw@...>
Date: Wed May 23, 2012 2:07 pm
Subject: Re: Worry too much?.

bonnielassshaw

Jacqui,

I agree, although it is hard to do so at times. I have found I say it through clenched teeth on occasion (smile). But forcing myself to do it, usually ends with my thought(s) proving thankful.

It is not an easy task this road I have chosen, but I am happy at each crossroad. regardless of the struggle to get there.

Anger is the fire in one's mind that burns away all of one's virtuous deeds. Anger should be ABSOLUTELY Surrendered!

#17227

From: Ron Denberg <horsefan1951@...>
Date: Wed May 23, 2012 2:27 pm
Subject: Re: Worry too much?.

horsefan1951

It is true that being thankful for things that are not pleasant is beneficial. However, I find that seeing things through the eyes of faith and being thankful for a positive outcome is even more beneficial for me and I feel helps bring about a positive result.

I would really like to thank everybody in this group for helping me to focus on the good things and having a positive attitude. It has always been a struggle for me, and I find that this group is really helping me to practice things that I already know.

I would also like to add a testimony of a changed life over the internet. I had been chatting with someone for a few months who was traumatized and even afraid to leave the house. At my continual urging, this person found a job and lost 50 lbs and is so much happier. This person says that I saved her life, since she felt that her life was destroyed 4 years ago. I never met this person and will probably never meet her. But, the transformation thrills my heart and always will what the power of words can do.

Ron

From: Cheri Sadler <bonnielassshaw@...>
To: "giftoflovingkindness@yahoogroups.com" <giftoflovingkindness@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2012 7:07 AM
Subject: Re: [giftoflovingkindness] Worry too much?.

Jacqui,

I agree, although it is hard to do so at times. I have found I say it through clenched teeth on occasion (smile). But forcing myself to do it, usually ends with my thought(s) proving thankful.

It is not an easy task this road I have chosen, but I am happy at each crossroad. regardless of the struggle to get there.

Anger is the fire in one's mind that burns away all of one's virtuous deeds. Anger should be ABSOLUTELY Surrendered!

#17228

From: Cheri Sadler <bonnielassshaw@...>
Date: Wed May 23, 2012 2:42 pm
Subject: Re: Worry too much?.

bonnielassshaw

Ron and all here,

It is lovely to hear your story.

I have always told my daughters.. Wars begin and end with words. Let your words be the ones that keep the wars at bay, it is not only the words you use, but the tone and how you use them. Speak softly and with love and with your heart and soul,.

But first and foremost, and I learned this from Jacqui (right here in our own group) that you must speak kindly to your self before you can speak kindly to others. I firmly believe and will forever believe the words and the love being given with the words will destroy anger and selfishness faster than the speed of light.

Cheri'

Anger is the fire in one's mind that burns away all of one's virtuous deeds. Anger should be ABSOLUTELY Surrendered!

#17229

From: Bobby Hadipraja <bolis97@...>
Date: Thu May 24, 2012 4:23 am
Subject: Re: Worry too much?.

bolis97

Dear Cheri,

Most of the times, I would have the inclination to tell the same things to my daughters with a string at the back that people would finally be nice back to you.

But recently, I just realize that I may just dig a hole for them to fall into in case the response from the people around is not as expected. This does not mean that I neglect the importance of being kind and loving to ourselves and others. I just realize that we are being kind and nice to ourselves and others not for them to follow suit, but merely it is just the right thing to do regardless of what kind of response we would get back. Life is so immensely creative in that it has unlimited possibilities that it is impossible to predict what is going to come out of it. It can't be reduced to knowledge.

Life seems to offer only 2 roles, the antagonist and the protagonist. The good guy or the bad guy. The angry person or the patient person. If we are trapped in one of these roles, then the mind will take charge of our life and we would always make the effort to maintain the inclination. The minute was say that we are a patient person or we need to become a patient person, the mind will keep track of our actions and try to fit our actions into the pre-selected mould. We will start to keep building the image by discarding things that do not seem to fit and accumulating the meritorious actions. So our life is now reduced to a certain concept.

On the other hand, a natural life should be effortless. We may become a patient person in certain context, but at other times we may explode in anger wherever necessary. This would just spring out of our the depth without our knowing. What takes charge is beyond the mind. Nothing is without Joy, and everything is a miracle.

Regards,
Bobby Hadipraja

From: Cheri Sadler <bonnielassshaw@...>
To: "giftoflovingkindness@yahoogroups.com" <giftoflovingkindness@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2012 9:42 PM
Subject: Re: [giftoflovingkindness] Worry too much?.

Ron and all here,

It is lovely to hear your story.

Cheri'

Anger is the fire in one's mind that burns away all of one's virtuous deeds. Anger should be ABSOLUTELY Surrendered!

#17230

From: "Jacqui Daane" <jayvare@...>
Date: Thu May 24, 2012 8:02 am
Subject: Re: Worry too much?.

jvr20nl

Hi Ron,

What a lovely result you booked with your friend.You are her angel and as you see angels don't have to be present or near by to work miracles. Some one else is waiting for your help somewhere.

Bad things that happen to us are experiences life send us from time to time. Be glad you receive them and find the lessons you are suppose to learn from them.

Cancer was a great teacher in my case.

Go well today.

Jacqui.

#17231

From: "Jacqui Daane" <jayvare@...>
Date: Thu May 24, 2012 8:11 am
Subject: Re: Worry too much?.

jvr20nl

Hi Cherie,

Every journey is what we choose to make of it, easy, hard, difficult or smooth.

Initially we are sure the roof is falling on our heads, but when we take a good look everything teaches us a lesson.

Our hot water cylinder went haywire one night and since no one was working at that time we had to wait till the next morning to find someone to help. He came, took a look and told us we needed a new one.

I immediately started to wonder what this is going to cost and couldn't, for the life of me, find any thing positive about the whole mess.

Well guess what, since the thing was old, the insurance paid for the replacement and the electrician, so it never cost us a cent.

So keep the faith, love yourself first and all will be well.

Jacqui.

#17232

From: Lkjerhy Reter <abcghtut@...>
Date: Thu May 24, 2012 8:48 am
Subject: plzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

abcghtut

i m soo much nervous plz help me what to do how can i be the best

plzzzzzzzzzzz

#17233

From: Ron Denberg <horsefan1951@...>
Date: Thu May 24, 2012 1:31 pm
Subject: Re: plzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

horsefan1951

The simplest and fastest way I know to overcome nervousness is to take deep slow breaths and to think of a positive outcome of whatever you are nervous about.

Long term, you need to train your thoughts to focus on good and positive things. There are probably thousands of books out there, religious and non religious to help you do this. If you can be more specific about what is bothering you, we can focus more on the specific issue.

Please be open. I think I can safely say that everybody here cares and wants to help.

Be well, and be happy, Ron

From: Lkjerhy Reter <abcghtut@...>
To: "giftoflovingkindness@yahoogroups.com" <giftoflovingkindness@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2012 1:48 AM
Subject: [giftoflovingkindness] plzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

i m soo much nervous plz help me what to do how can i be the best

plzzzzzzzzzzz

#17234

From: Ron Denberg <horsefan1951@...>
Date: Thu May 24, 2012 1:41 pm
Subject: Re: Worry too much?.

horsefan1951

Thank you Jacqui, your letter really means a lot to me!

I'm very sorry to hear that you suffered or are suffering from Cancer. I've heard more than once of some people actually being cured from Cancer or the Cancer went into remission from laughter therapy. By watching comedies and actually forcing themselves to laugh, they say hormones were released into their bodies and the people were healed.

I will continue to pray for you and thank God that you are alive. The world needs more people as yourself.

Best wishes, Ron

From: Jacqui Daane <jayvare@...>
To: giftoflovingkindness@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2012 1:02 AM
Subject: Re: [giftoflovingkindness] Worry too much?.

Hi Ron,

What a lovely result you booked with your friend.You are her angel and as you see angels don't have to be present or near by to work miracles. Some one else is waiting for your help somewhere.

Bad things that happen to us are experiences life send us from time to time. Be glad you receive them and find the lessons you are suppose to learn from them.

Cancer was a great teacher in my case.

Go well today.

Jacqui.

#17235

From: angely yuwana <angely_y@...>
Date: Thu May 24, 2012 6:13 pm
Subject: Re: Worry too much?.

angely_y

Dear Jacqui,

I'm Angely from Indonesia. Here is an information fr my friend, about Cassava for Cancer.

Hope you get well soon, be spirit and always be happy .... :) happy

Regards. Angely

From: Ron Denberg <horsefan1951@...>
To: "giftoflovingkindness@yahoogroups.com" <giftoflovingkindness@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2012 8:41 PM
Subject: Re: [giftoflovingkindness] Worry too much?.

Thank you Jacqui, your letter really means a lot to me!

I will continue to pray for you and thank God that you are alive. The world needs more people as yourself.

Best wishes, Ron

From: Jacqui Daane <jayvare@...>
To: giftoflovingkindness@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2012 1:02 AM
Subject: Re: [giftoflovingkindness] Worry too much?.

Hi Ron,

What a lovely result you booked with your friend.You are her angel and as you see angels don't have to be present or near by to work miracles. Some one else is waiting for your help somewhere.

Bad things that happen to us are experiences life send us from time to time. Be glad you receive them and find the lessons you are suppose to learn from them.

Cancer was a great teacher in my case.

Go well today.

Jacqui.

#17236

From: "shutti abiodun shuaib" <sabscode@...>
Date: Thu May 24, 2012 8:02 pm
Subject: Re: Worry too much?.

sabscode

I hope you get well jacqui and I pray you pass this hard lesson of yours.

Sent from my BlackBerry wireless device from MTN

From: angely yuwana <angely_y@...>

Sender: giftoflovingkindness@yahoogroups.com

Date: Thu, 24 May 2012 11:13:24 -0700 (PDT)

To: giftoflovingkindness@yahoogroups.com<giftoflovingkindness@yahoogroups.com>

ReplyTo: giftoflovingkindness@yahoogroups.com

Subject: Re: [giftoflovingkindness] Worry too much?.

Dear Jacqui,

I'm Angely from Indonesia. Here is an information fr my friend, about Cassava for Cancer.

Hope you get well soon, be spirit and always be happy .... :) happy

Regards. Angely

Thank you Jacqui, your letter really means a lot to me!

I will continue to pray for you and thank God that you are alive. The world needs more people as yourself.

Best wishes, Ron

From: Jacqui Daane <jayvare@...>
To: giftoflovingkindness@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2012 1:02 AM
Subject: Re: [giftoflovingkindness] Worry too much?.

Hi Ron,

What a lovely result you booked with your friend.You are her angel and as you see angels don't have to be present or near by to work miracles. Some one else is waiting for your help somewhere.

Bad things that happen to us are experiences life send us from time to time. Be glad you receive them and find the lessons you are suppose to learn from them.

Cancer was a great teacher in my case.

Go well today.

Jacqui.

#17237

From: RSL March <rslmarch@...>
Date: Thu May 24, 2012 11:05 pm
Subject: Re: Worry too much?.

rslmarch

Hi Ron,

Your message is very interesting to read. Thank you.

Best wishes,
Ralph

My way may not be the only way; just the only way I knew when I needed my life to change.

From: Ron Denberg <horsefan1951@...>
To: "giftoflovingkindness@yahoogroups.com" <giftoflovingkindness@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2012 3:27 PM
Subject: Re: [giftoflovingkindness] Worry too much?.

It is true that being thankful for things that are not pleasant is beneficial. However, I find that seeing things through the eyes of faith and being thankful for a positive outcome is even more beneficial for me and I feel helps bring about a positive result.

I would really like to thank everybody in this group for helping me to focus on the good things and having a positive attitude. It has always been a struggle for me, and I find that this group is really helping me to practice things that I already know.

I would also like to add a testimony of a changed life over the internet. I had been chatting with someone for a few months who was traumatized and even afraid to leave the house. At my continual urging, this person found a job and lost 50 lbs and is so much happier. This person says that I saved her life, since she felt that her life was destroyed 4 years ago. I never met this person and will probably never meet her. But, the transformation thrills my heart and always will what the power of words can do.

Ron