Great tips.   Alanon says I can start my day over any time.

Kelly
--- In achangewilldoyougood@yahoogroups.com, "personaldevelopmentfm"
<personaldevelopment.fm@...> wrote:
>
> Sometimes when I notice that I'm heading into a negative spin I have
> several things that I do to break this pattern at get myself into a
> neutral state or even somewhat towards the positive.
>
> Some of the ways I do are:
> 1) For ten minutes I watch the recording of my favorite football teams
> winning. This was such a happy game that most of the time my mind
> switches out of the funk.
>
> 2) By taking a short nap, I "restart" the day and usually get up from
> the nap ready to tackle my TODO list.
>
> Anybody have other suggestions for breaking negative patterns?
>
> Andre
>




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AMEN, AMEN.  Thank you for the reminder.

:
>
> How To Be Happy
>
>
> READ: Psalm 146
>
> Happy is he who has the God of Jacob for his help. —Psalm 146:5
>

Hi Tom, Glenda is right!  I had a crappy high school experience and against
better judgment joined classmates just as you did. I didn't have anyone
interested in what became of me either. I thought what the heck, I didn't care
for many of them when I went to school. I did have a close friend, and I have no
idea what became of them. But I have a happy life now. blessed with 6
grandchildren, take care............Debbie

Glenda Long <glndlong@...> wrote:           Hi Tom,
It would, I'm sure ,be the same with me--about High School--I was never Popular
. We were very poor--and got made fun of. School was tough for me and my family.
I don't think that is what is important. What is important is that you are
remembered by your grandchildren, your wife, your step children--the important
ones that matter. That is what matters--and make new friends--You seem like a
nice person to me--high school is not on my list of importance--Even the
valedictorian of our class would not go to a reunion. She was hurt by that
school too. What matters is now and the loved ones you have been blessed with
now.
That is what really keeps you going when times get tough.
Keep on keeping on!!
Glenda

Tom <floridapoolbum@...> wrote:
I signed up with one of those high school classmate sites. I didn't
become a "gold member" because I didn't want to bother with having my
credit card billed every month. I keep getting e-mails from the site
so I thought that this time, I would take a moment and update it with
some information. Being bi-polar, my life has been a challenge to
say the least, but it is definately something that I didn't want to
put in my "bio", so I wrote what I thought was an interesting
description about life including the joys of being a grandpa without
ever having children. (I married a mother of three in 1994.)

While I was really shy, I had the opportunity to have some people
that befriended me and helped to make my high school years enjoyable.

After high school, I met a girl from a different city. She was the
first girl to pursue me. I married her, ignoring my family and
friends because she didn't like them. I was later betrayed and had
my heart broken by my unfaithful wife.

I thought that after thirty years someone would be interested in
knowing, "What ever happened to...". Boy was I wrong! I found out
that I could see how many people visited my site. After being listed
on the site for almost year, I looked to see that noone ever even
visited my site!

I would have thought that any anger from any of my friends would have
disappeared over the years. Lots of people lose touch as they leave
high school and then later decide to catch up. Was I any different?

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Marie,
   That was a sweet letter  and notice how hard you are trying to make someone
else feel better?  You may have had it tough in school--but your trials and
hardships have turned you into a compassionate, caring person--I bet you are a
very special person--You probably feel you have nothing in common because you
were different and going through things--Things were the same for me in
school--I lost my dad when I was 14 , we were poor--no cool clothes--there was a
while after my dad died that we had no food.  I remember being very afraid and
depressed.  I am on meds too and I have to deal with depression at times--You
are brave to admit stuff like that.  I bet it was really tough with your head
partially shaved--kids can be so mean sometimes in schools.
   Glenda

robinson_marie2002 <robinson_marie2002@...> wrote:
           Hi Tom,

I feel for you.

I had some friends in highschool but i only remained in occaisional
contact w one friend. I was shy in school. I tended to let my
friends initiate contact. It was junior high though that is really
hard and painful to think about. I had an eye patch on for awhile
and head surgery done w half my head shaved. Both of those when i
was 14 when other ppl were taking about dating and going to the
dance - all i could think of was how i had to hide bc of how i
looked. The eye patch was to correct my eyes which up to then i was
cross-eyed. But starting when i was 11 and my best friend changed out
of my school when i was 11 and we hung out exclusively so i was left
w no friends when she left. That was also the year my dad died. My
hormones started working when i was 12 and that was the start of my
depression which i'm on mood stabilizers now, i am 32. I still live
in my same city i grew up in but when i see old highschool friends or
acquaintances i hide. What am i suppose to say? I have been in
therapy for 12 years and i'm on a few meds now? Hehe. Well anyways
alot of ppl can't relate to stuff like that it seems...

I am so sorry you got hurt Tom. You did a brave step by reaching out
to friends and what a total slap in the face this must have been.
Just know you are not alone...

Marie

--- In achangewilldoyougood@yahoogroups.com, Glenda Long
<glndlong@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Tom,
> It would, I'm sure ,be the same with me--about High School--I was
never Popular . We were very poor--and got made fun of. School was
tough for me and my family. I don't think that is what is
important. What is important is that you are remembered by your
grandchildren, your wife, your step children--the important ones that
matter. That is what matters--and make new friends--You seem like a
nice person to me--high school is not on my list of importance--Even
the valedictorian of our class would not go to a reunion. She was
hurt by that school too. What matters is now and the loved ones you
have been blessed with now.
> That is what really keeps you going when times get tough.
> Keep on keeping on!!
> Glenda
>
> Tom <floridapoolbum@...> wrote:
> I signed up with one of those high school classmate
sites. I didn't
> become a "gold member" because I didn't want to bother with having
my
> credit card billed every month. I keep getting e-mails from the
site
> so I thought that this time, I would take a moment and update it
with
> some information. Being bi-polar, my life has been a challenge to
> say the least, but it is definately something that I didn't want to
> put in my "bio", so I wrote what I thought was an interesting
> description about life including the joys of being a grandpa
without
> ever having children. (I married a mother of three in 1994.)
>
> While I was really shy, I had the opportunity to have some people
> that befriended me and helped to make my high school years
enjoyable.
>
> After high school, I met a girl from a different city. She was the
> first girl to pursue me. I married her, ignoring my family and
> friends because she didn't like them. I was later betrayed and had
> my heart broken by my unfaithful wife.
>
> I thought that after thirty years someone would be interested in
> knowing, "What ever happened to...". Boy was I wrong! I found out
> that I could see how many people visited my site. After being
listed
> on the site for almost year, I looked to see that noone ever even
> visited my site!
>
> I would have thought that any anger from any of my friends would
have
> disappeared over the years. Lots of people lose touch as they leave
> high school and then later decide to catch up. Was I any different?
>
>
>
>
>
>
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Thank you so much, Bethel.
   Glenda

Bethel <4444bmg@...> wrote:
           I'm sure that she is beautiful in heaven....and you are beautiful here
on earth.
Bethel
----- Original Message -----
From: Glenda Long
To: achangewilldoyougood@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2007 9:58 AM
Subject: Re: [ACWDYG ] Jessi

Thank you, Bethel. My sister was beautiful to me.--I can only imagine how
beautiful she is in heaven.
Glenda

Bethel <4444bmg@...> wrote:
This is very beautiful.
----- Original Message -----
From: Glenda Long
To: achangewilldoyougood@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2007 3:41 PM
Subject: [ACWDYG ] Jessi

Hey friends,
My daughter called me Sunday. She is taking the loss of my sister pretty
hard--She is 14 years old and when she was a baby, Annie practically lived with
me--so they were very close. She was Mommy 2 to all of my kiddos.
My daughter said she got up to get ready for school the other day and she was
crying--she asked Annie to please let her know she is alright--Annie's picture
came off the wall--slowly floated downward and landed on the bed right in front
of my daughter--she was smiling and full of life and beautiful spirit in that
picture. It touched me and my daughter.
When Annie was in this life--life was tough on her. She was a breech birth and
her head was shaped a little differently than most of ours--at school--the kids
were so mean--I got in so many fights at school over people being mean to
her--and even as an adult she was put down by some supposed adults--it hurt her
very much--but to me she was always beautiful because her spirit, her laughter,
her inner beauty made her beautiful outward to the ones who knew her. Several
guys also saw that in her--she pretty much had a guy that wouldn't stop loving
her--but she wouldn't marry him--
Anyway--just thought I'd tell you all a little about her--she was VERY special
and strong inside and beautiful, laughing, and spirited!! I am so glad I had her
in my life for the years I had her. I can only hope I learned something from her
inner beauty and strength.
Glenda

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Hi Janet,
   I enjoy your posts--you really sound like a worker.  I'm glad your hubby is in
a better way at work--I love magazines sometimes--but they do stack up.  Do you
like cooking?  I used to love it-- I would look at cook books for hours and
think and connive all sorts of sdishes--I miss that part of me--I need to get
back into my love of cooking.


Janet B <willowtop46@...> wrote:
           Well..Life here has return to normal..Hubby poo..Bob,is back to
work..The Union Vice President ....had a meeting with the two guys that reported
my husband to "Occupational Health and Safety" over his disease..Special chair
is being ordered for my husband to sit on..and Life moves on..
As for myself..well..I have been doing some de-cluttering..I have these magazine
subscriptions my parents ordered for each one of us..Chatelaine and McCleans'
for me..and they sure have added up ..so I am now passing them onto who ever
wants to read them..I told my Mom..I appreciated her thoughts but please..do not
ever get me those mag's again...so she asked me what ones I would prefer and I
said, "Country Woman"..excellent mag..as far as books we have a place in town
called..""Rainbow Recyclers and can buy all the books that I want there..trade
my old ones in..
I have been in a Manic..going on 3 days...and when I am in a Manic..I get loads
done..as you can see I cannot stop typing either..I tend to bore people with
.............me and my life..but it is now off my chest..and in here...It is
12:12 p.m. time for me to go fill my belly with some food...til next post ..take
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I'm not sure about that Jaime--I think life just gets a little tougher
sometimes--because that is how life is.  I think anyone can benefit when they
try to focus more on positives than negatives--You can ask anything.  How else
do you learn about something.  I think you are doing great so far--I am glad you
seem very self disciplined and that is a biggie!!  Good luck and you just keep
on keeping on!!!
   Glenda

wunderdog15 <wunderdog15@...> wrote:
           I read that when you begin to make a concerted effort to improve your
life by changing your thoughts, habits, feelings, etc. that life
sometimes gets worse before getting better. Has anyone else found this
to be the case?

I am committed to making changes for the good, so no matter what, I
will stay the course, but I'm curious if anyone else has had this
happen, or at least it seemed to them that things got worse before
getting better.

Also, for those of you who are seeing major benefits, how long did it
take before you began to see/feel results, i.e. changes?

I started working on this January 1st, so I'm a beginner and hope I'm
not asking questions that are out of line.

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Hi Tom,

I feel for you.

I had some friends in highschool but i only remained in occaisional
contact w one friend.  I was shy in school.  I tended to let my
friends initiate contact.  It was junior high though that is really
hard and painful to think about.  I had an eye patch on for awhile
and head surgery done w half my head shaved.  Both of those when i
was 14 when other ppl were taking about dating and going to the
dance -  all i could think of was how i had to hide bc of how i
looked.  The eye patch was to correct my eyes which up to then i was
cross-eyed. But starting when i was 11 and my best friend changed out
of my school when i was 11 and we hung out exclusively so i was left
w no friends when she left.  That was also the year my dad died.  My
hormones started working when i was 12 and that was the start of my
depression which i'm on mood stabilizers now, i am 32.  I still live
in my same city i grew up in but when i see old highschool friends or
acquaintances i hide.  What am i suppose to say?  I have been in
therapy for 12 years and i'm on a few meds now?  Hehe.  Well anyways
alot of ppl can't relate to stuff like that it seems...

I am so sorry you got hurt Tom.  You did a brave step by reaching out
to friends and what a total slap in the face this must have been.
Just know you are not alone...

Marie


--- In achangewilldoyougood@yahoogroups.com, Glenda Long
<glndlong@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Tom,
>   It would, I'm sure ,be the same with me--about High School--I was
never Popular .  We were very poor--and got made fun of.  School was
tough for me and my family.  I don't think that is what is
important.  What is important is that you are remembered by your
grandchildren, your wife, your step children--the important ones that
matter.  That is what matters--and make new friends--You seem like a
nice person to me--high school is not on my list of importance--Even
the valedictorian of our class would not go to a reunion.  She was
hurt by that school too.  What matters is now and the loved ones you
have been blessed with now.
>   That is what really keeps you going when times get tough.
>   Keep on keeping on!!
>   Glenda
>
> Tom <floridapoolbum@...> wrote:
>           I signed up with one of those high school classmate
sites. I didn't
> become a "gold member" because I didn't want to bother with having
my
> credit card billed every month. I keep getting e-mails from the
site
> so I thought that this time, I would take a moment and update it
with
> some information. Being bi-polar, my life has been a challenge to
> say the least, but it is definately something that I didn't want to
> put in my "bio", so I wrote what I thought was an interesting
> description about life including the joys of being a grandpa
without
> ever having children. (I married a mother of three in 1994.)
>
> While I was really shy, I had the opportunity to have some people
> that befriended me and helped to make my high school years
enjoyable.
>
> After high school, I met a girl from a different city. She was the
> first girl to pursue me. I married her, ignoring my family and
> friends because she didn't like them. I was later betrayed and had
> my heart broken by my unfaithful wife.
>
> I thought that after thirty years someone would be interested in
> knowing, "What ever happened to...". Boy was I wrong! I found out
> that I could see how many people visited my site. After being
listed
> on the site for almost year, I looked to see that noone ever even
> visited my site!
>
> I would have thought that any anger from any of my friends would
have
> disappeared over the years. Lots of people lose touch as they leave
> high school and then later decide to catch up. Was I any different?
>
>
>
>
>
>
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I'm sure that she is beautiful in heaven....and you are beautiful here on earth.
Bethel
   ----- Original Message -----
   From: Glenda Long
   To: achangewilldoyougood@yahoogroups.com
   Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2007 9:58 AM
   Subject: Re: [ACWDYG ] Jessi


   Thank you, Bethel. My sister was beautiful to me.--I can only imagine how
beautiful she is in heaven.
   Glenda

   Bethel <4444bmg@...> wrote:
   This is very beautiful.
   ----- Original Message -----
   From: Glenda Long
   To: achangewilldoyougood@yahoogroups.com
   Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2007 3:41 PM
   Subject: [ACWDYG ] Jessi

   Hey friends,
   My daughter called me Sunday. She is taking the loss of my sister pretty
hard--She is 14 years old and when she was a baby, Annie practically lived with
me--so they were very close. She was Mommy 2 to all of my kiddos.
   My daughter said she got up to get ready for school the other day and she was
crying--she asked Annie to please let her know she is alright--Annie's picture
came off the wall--slowly floated downward and landed on the bed right in front
of my daughter--she was smiling and full of life and beautiful spirit in that
picture. It touched me and my daughter.
   When Annie was in this life--life was tough on her. She was a breech birth and
her head was shaped a little differently than most of ours--at school--the kids
were so mean--I got in so many fights at school over people being mean to
her--and even as an adult she was put down by some supposed adults--it hurt her
very much--but to me she was always beautiful because her spirit, her laughter,
her inner beauty made her beautiful outward to the ones who knew her. Several
guys also saw that in her--she pretty much had a guy that wouldn't stop loving
her--but she wouldn't marry him--
   Anyway--just thought I'd tell you all a little about her--she was VERY special
and strong inside and beautiful, laughing, and spirited!! I am so glad I had her
in my life for the years I had her. I can only hope I learned something from her
inner beauty and strength.
   Glenda

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Hi Jaime,

I have been doing yoga at home every day since january 2nd.  This has
helped me immensly.  No it's not a quick fix.  Yes i still get a full
range of emotions.  But i'm more detached.  When i do get upset i
focus on the breathing.  I use to cancel my volunteer hours when i
was crashing in depression (i'm bipolar) but now i go and the staff
ask if i want to go home and i'm like no.  And it passes and i sit up
straight.  Try to smile outside or in.  And focus on the breathing i
am doing in my yoga classes. I do the grounding techniques my T told
me about, also affirmations.  I no longer freak out or cut at least
not since the yoga.  I ask for help when i need it.  My T, phone
help, my group home staff.  I listen to music.  I have more energy.
Life has it's ups and downs but i keep the hope and keep doing yoga
feeling good or not so good.  It works for me...

Marie



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<wunderdog15@...> wrote:
>
> I read that when you begin to make a concerted effort to improve
your
> life by changing your thoughts, habits, feelings, etc. that life
> sometimes gets worse before getting better.  Has anyone else found
this
> to be the case?
>
> I am committed to making changes for the good, so no matter what, I
> will stay the course, but I'm curious if anyone else has had this
> happen, or at least it seemed to them that things got worse before
> getting better.
>
> Also, for those of you who are seeing major benefits, how long did
it
> take before you began to see/feel results, i.e. changes?
>
> I started working on this January 1st, so I'm a beginner and hope
I'm
> not asking questions that are out of line.
>
> Thanks to all.
>
> Jaime
>

The One Flaw In Women

By the time the Lord made woman,
He was into his sixth day of working overtime.

An angel appeared and said,
"Why are you spending so much time on this one?"

And the Lord answered, "Have you seen my spec sheet on her?
She has to be completely washable, but not plastic,
have over 200 movable parts, all replaceable
and able to run on diet coke and leftovers,
have a lap that can hold four children at one time,
have a kiss that can cure anything from a scraped knee to a broken
heart
-and she will do everything with only two hands."

  The angel was astounded at the requirements.
"Only two hands!? No way!
And that's just on the standard model?
That's too much work for one day.
Wait until tomorrow to finish."

"But I won't," the Lord protested.
"I am so close to finishing this creation that is so close to my own
heart.
She already heals herself when she is sick
AND can work 18 hour day.



The angel moved closer and touched the woman.
"But you have made her so soft, Lord."

"She is soft," the Lord agreed,
"but I have also made her tough.
You have no idea what she can endure or accomplish."


"Will she be able to think?", asked the angel.


The Lord replied,
"Not only will she be able to think,
she will be able to reason and negotiate."

The angel then noticed something,
and reaching out, touched the woman's cheek.
"Oops, it looks like you have a leak in this model.
I told you that you were trying to put too much into this one."

"That's not a leak,"
the Lord corrected,
"that's a tear!"
"What's the tear for?" the angel asked.


The Lord said, "The tear is her way of expressing her joy,
her sorrow, her pain, her disappointment, her love,
her loneliness, her grief and her pride."
The angel was impressed.
"You are a genius, Lord.
You thought of everything!
Woman is truly amazing."



And she is!
Women have strengths that amaze men.
They bear hardships and they carry burdens,
but they hold happiness, love and joy.
They smile when they want to scream.
They sing when they want to cry.
They cry when they are happy
and laugh when they are nervous.
They fight for what they believe in.
They stand up to injustice.
They don't take "no" for an answer
when they believe there is a better solution.
They go without so their family can have.
They go to the doctor with a frightened friend.
They love unconditionally.
They cry when their children excel
and cheer when their friends get awards.
They are happy when they hear about
a birth or a wedding.
Their hearts break when a friend dies.
They grieve at the loss of a family member,
yet they are strong when they think there is no strength left.
They know that a hug and a kiss
can heal a broken heart.
Women come in all shapes, sizes and colors.
They'll drive, fly, walk, run or e-mail you
to show how much they care about you.
The heart of a woman is what makes the world keep turning.
They bring joy, hope and love.
They have compassion and ideals.
They give moral support to their family and friends.
Women have vital things to say and everything to give.

HOWEVER, IF THERE IS ONE FLAW IN WOMEN,
IT IS THAT THEY FORGET THEIR WORTH.

PLEASE to all your women friends and relatives
remind them just how amazing they are.........

Answer me a question if you will.. Why ? and whom do you consider to be " We " 
? Love and myGgwy Ian S..

sjsevgtsk <sjsevgtsk@...> wrote:          We must restore the Sabbath.
Which is the 4th Commandment in the Ten
Commandments in The Holy Bible. It has been replaced by Sunday which
was established by the Catholic Church.Bible never mentions Sunday as
the Sabbath Day. The Sabbath Day is Saturday the 7th & last Day of
the Week.

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Well..Life here has return to normal..Hubby poo..Bob,is back to work..The Union
Vice President ....had a meeting with the two guys that reported my husband to
"Occupational Health and Safety" over his disease..Special chair is being
ordered for my husband to sit on..and Life moves on..
    As for myself..well..I have been doing some de-cluttering..I have these
magazine subscriptions my parents ordered for each one of us..Chatelaine and
McCleans' for me..and they sure have added up ..so I am now passing them onto
who ever wants to read them..I told my Mom..I appreciated her thoughts but
please..do not ever get me those mag's again...so she asked me what ones I would
prefer and I said, "Country Woman"..excellent mag..as far as books we have a
place in town called..""Rainbow Recyclers and  can buy all the books that I want
there..trade my old ones in..
    I have been in a Manic..going on 3 days...and when I am in a Manic..I get
loads done..as you can see I cannot stop typing either..I tend to bore people
with .............me and my life..but it is now off my chest..and in here...It
is 12:12 p.m. time for me to go fill my belly with some food...til next post
..take care all..Janet..


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I read that when you begin to make a concerted effort to improve your
life by changing your thoughts, habits, feelings, etc. that life
sometimes gets worse before getting better.  Has anyone else found this
to be the case?

I am committed to making changes for the good, so no matter what, I
will stay the course, but I'm curious if anyone else has had this
happen, or at least it seemed to them that things got worse before
getting better.

Also, for those of you who are seeing major benefits, how long did it
take before you began to see/feel results, i.e. changes?

I started working on this January 1st, so I'm a beginner and hope I'm
not asking questions that are out of line.

Thanks to all.

Jaime

The Sabbath is celebrated by the Jewish people on Saturday. Pauline

Original Message:
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From: sjsevgtsk sjsevgtsk@...
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2007 16:04:26 -0000
To: achangewilldoyougood@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [ACWDYG ] Sabbath


We must restore the Sabbath. Which is  the 4th Commandment in the Ten
Commandments in The Holy Bible. It has been replaced by Sunday which
was established by the Catholic Church.Bible never mentions Sunday as
the Sabbath Day. The Sabbath Day is Saturday the 7th & last Day  of
the Week.

Please give your valuable comments on this Great Issue.

S.J.Satyapal (Evangelist)

India



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Tom,

Don't take something like this personally.  Most of the people I know
who sign up for those classmate sites are looking for a specific
person or persons and that's their focus when they visit the site.

I was also a shy person in high school.  I had some good friends, but
I didn't stand out in any way, and I didn't enjoy high school, so I
have no interest in visiting or signing up for any of those sites.

However, one of my sisters was very outgoing, popular and involved in
everything.  Name a club or a committee, and she was probably one of
the leaders.  She signed up for one of those classmate sites, and the
only response she got was from someone who wanted to know if she knew
how to contact someone else.  No "how are you" or "what are you
doing", just "Do you know how to get in touch with Jane".
Fortunately she had a good sense of humor about it, although it did
initially hurt her feelings.

It sounds as if you have a great family and a good life now.  I have
three children, two of them are teenagers, and right now I'd love to
be able to go straight to the joys of being a grandparent! (Not
really, I enjoy them most of the time.)

Sending positive thoughts your way!!

Jaime





--- In achangewilldoyougood@yahoogroups.com, "Tom"
<floridapoolbum@...> wrote:
>
> I signed up with one of those high school classmate sites.  I
didn't
> become a "gold member" because I didn't want to bother with having
my
> credit card billed every month.  I keep getting e-mails from the
site
> so I thought that this time, I would take a moment and update it
with
> some information.  Being bi-polar, my life has been a challenge to
> say the least, but it is definately something that I didn't want to
> put in my "bio", so I wrote what I thought was an interesting
> description about life including the joys of being a grandpa
without
> ever having children. (I married a mother of three in 1994.)
>
> While I was really shy, I had the opportunity to have some people
> that befriended me and helped to make my high school years
enjoyable.
>
> After high school, I met a girl from a different city.  She was the
> first girl to pursue me.  I married her, ignoring my family and
> friends because she didn't like them.  I was later betrayed and had
> my heart broken by my unfaithful wife.
>
> I thought that after thirty years someone would be interested in
> knowing, "What ever happened to...".  Boy was I wrong! I found out
> that I could see how many people visited my site. After being
listed
> on the site for almost year, I looked to see that noone ever even
> visited my site!
>
> I would have thought that any anger from any of my friends would
have
> disappeared over the years. Lots of people lose touch as they leave
> high school and then later decide to catch up.  Was I any different?
>

When we look at why we ALLOW ourselves to be sad { or whatever } we usually find
that there is a hidden agenda lurking with intent quite close by, especially
with sadness,it usually serves some purpose that may not be immediately
apparent.. I tend to dig a bit deeper, painfull as it may be, to find out what's
really going on.. Part of my journey to being a no limit { Full } person..Love
and myGgwy Ian S..

Glenda Long <glndlong@...> wrote:          Hey Jaime,
I also thought about what Michael said--and I am starting to believe what he
says about our words being so powerful. I never realized how powerful the
conversations we have with ourselves and others have an effect on our psyche,'ya
know--but we have some very helpful people in this group--and very wise.
Glenda

wunderdog15 <wunderdog15@...> wrote:
Thank you for your insight. I truly appreciate it. I learn
something new every time I read this list.

--- In achangewilldoyougood@yahoogroups.com, Michael traster
<michaelpault@...> wrote:
>
> Jamie,
>
> I believe that we tell ourselves more in our words than we mean
to. ... far more... you describe the anxiety as yours.... "MY
ANXIETY".
>
> on some level we feel protected by our negative habits...even
though they make us feel very bad.
>
> wunderdog15 <wunderdog15@...> wrote:
> Since the first of the year, I've been fighting my
anxiety and
> depression with daily affirmations and positive thoughts. I had
been
> doing very well, but the past few days, I can feel the anxiety
starting
> to build again. Last night and this morning were very difficult, to
> say the least.
>
> I'm continuing with all of the positive things and affirmations,
but
> it's difficult. I want to make good changes in my life, but
sometimes
> I need some assurance to keep on when it feels as if I'm losing
ground.
>
> I appreciate this list so much. Reading these posts helps me to
keep
> up the positive, even on bad days. Thanks for being there.
>
> Jaime
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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Hi Tom,
   It would, I'm sure ,be the same with me--about High School--I was never
Popular .  We were very poor--and got made fun of.  School was tough for me and
my family.  I don't think that is what is important.  What is important is that
you are remembered by your grandchildren, your wife, your step children--the
important ones that matter.  That is what matters--and make new friends--You
seem like a nice person to me--high school is not on my list of importance--Even
the valedictorian of our class would not go to a reunion.  She was hurt by that
school too.  What matters is now and the loved ones you have been blessed with
now.
   That is what really keeps you going when times get tough.
   Keep on keeping on!!
   Glenda

Tom <floridapoolbum@...> wrote:
           I signed up with one of those high school classmate sites. I didn't
become a "gold member" because I didn't want to bother with having my
credit card billed every month. I keep getting e-mails from the site
so I thought that this time, I would take a moment and update it with
some information. Being bi-polar, my life has been a challenge to
say the least, but it is definately something that I didn't want to
put in my "bio", so I wrote what I thought was an interesting
description about life including the joys of being a grandpa without
ever having children. (I married a mother of three in 1994.)

While I was really shy, I had the opportunity to have some people
that befriended me and helped to make my high school years enjoyable.

After high school, I met a girl from a different city. She was the
first girl to pursue me. I married her, ignoring my family and
friends because she didn't like them. I was later betrayed and had
my heart broken by my unfaithful wife.

I thought that after thirty years someone would be interested in
knowing, "What ever happened to...". Boy was I wrong! I found out
that I could see how many people visited my site. After being listed
on the site for almost year, I looked to see that noone ever even
visited my site!

I would have thought that any anger from any of my friends would have
disappeared over the years. Lots of people lose touch as they leave
high school and then later decide to catch up. Was I any different?






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Thank you, Bethel.  My sister was beautiful to me.--I can only imagine how
beautiful she is in heaven.
   Glenda

Bethel <4444bmg@...> wrote:
           This is very beautiful.
----- Original Message -----
From: Glenda Long
To: achangewilldoyougood@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2007 3:41 PM
Subject: [ACWDYG ] Jessi

Hey friends,
My daughter called me Sunday. She is taking the loss of my sister pretty
hard--She is 14 years old and when she was a baby, Annie practically lived with
me--so they were very close. She was Mommy 2 to all of my kiddos.
My daughter said she got up to get ready for school the other day and she was
crying--she asked Annie to please let her know she is alright--Annie's picture
came off the wall--slowly floated downward and landed on the bed right in front
of my daughter--she was smiling and full of life and beautiful spirit in that
picture. It touched me and my daughter.
When Annie was in this life--life was tough on her. She was a breech birth and
her head was shaped a little differently than most of ours--at school--the kids
were so mean--I got in so many fights at school over people being mean to
her--and even as an adult she was put down by some supposed adults--it hurt her
very much--but to me she was always beautiful because her spirit, her laughter,
her inner beauty made her beautiful outward to the ones who knew her. Several
guys also saw that in her--she pretty much had a guy that wouldn't stop loving
her--but she wouldn't marry him--
Anyway--just thought I'd tell you all a little about her--she was VERY special
and strong inside and beautiful, laughing, and spirited!! I am so glad I had her
in my life for the years I had her. I can only hope I learned something from her
inner beauty and strength.
Glenda

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We must restore the Sabbath. Which is  the 4th Commandment in the Ten
Commandments in The Holy Bible. It has been replaced by Sunday which
was established by the Catholic Church.Bible never mentions Sunday as
the Sabbath Day. The Sabbath Day is Saturday the 7th & last Day  of
the Week.

Please give your valuable comments on this Great Issue.

S.J.Satyapal (Evangelist)

India

A Few Inches Deep
==================

An American tourist was visiting a small village in Ireland
when there was a sudden gust of wind which blew his hat off
into the middle of a nearby pond.

Walking over to the village idiot who was sitting beside
the pond, the tourist asked, "Say, son, how deep is this pond?"

"Oh, only a few inches," replied the idiot.

After taking his shoes off and rolling his trousers up over
his knees, the tourist stepped into the pond to retrieve his
hat, and within a few seconds was completely submerged in
the water.  Swimming out to the middle of the pond, he finally
reached his hat and then struggled back to edge.

Climbing out, he turned to the village idiot and screamed,
"Hey you, I thought you said that pond was only a few inches
deep!"

"Well," shrugged the idiot, "the water only comes half way
up that duck over there."

This is very beautiful.
   ----- Original Message -----
   From: Glenda Long
   To: achangewilldoyougood@yahoogroups.com
   Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2007 3:41 PM
   Subject: [ACWDYG ] Jessi


   Hey friends,
   My daughter called me Sunday. She is taking the loss of my sister pretty
hard--She is 14 years old and when she was a baby, Annie practically lived with
me--so they were very close. She was Mommy 2 to all of my kiddos.
   My daughter said she got up to get ready for school the other day and she was
crying--she asked Annie to please let her know she is alright--Annie's picture
came off the wall--slowly floated downward and landed on the bed right in front
of my daughter--she was smiling and full of life and beautiful spirit in that
picture. It touched me and my daughter.
   When Annie was in this life--life was tough on her. She was a breech birth and
her head was shaped a little differently than most of ours--at school--the kids
were so mean--I got in so many fights at school over people being mean to
her--and even as an adult she was put down by some supposed adults--it hurt her
very much--but to me she was always beautiful because her spirit, her laughter,
her inner beauty made her beautiful outward to the ones who knew her. Several
guys also saw that in her--she pretty much had a guy that wouldn't stop loving
her--but she wouldn't marry him--
   Anyway--just thought I'd tell you all a little about her--she was VERY special
and strong inside and beautiful, laughing, and spirited!! I am so glad I had her
in my life for the years I had her. I can only hope I learned something from her
inner beauty and strength.
   Glenda

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Hi Janet,

Pardon me, it is not a book. It is just an article
written by James Calvin. It would be worth to look
into the topic though. I didn't know myself, before
reading this article, that honey mixed with cinnamon
can be so useful.

BK
--- Janet B <willowtop46@...> wrote:

> thanks for this article..I am going to search for
> this book tomorrow in ""Chapters"" a huge book store
> in Canada..It sounds so simple..Janet
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That was such a lovely thought.  You must be a remarkable women.  I
have been searching for a site like this for a long time and am glad
that I found one with people as kind and helpful as you are. Thanks.

--- In achangewilldoyougood@yahoogroups.com, Janet B <willowtop46@...>
wrote:
>
> Keep posting the good and the bad feellings.trea this group like
your everyday Journal on the road to getting better.......Janet
>
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For Today –

But it is from our twisted relations with family, friends, and society
at large that many of us have suffered the most. We have been
especially stupid and stubborn about them.

-- Twelve Steps And Twelve Traditions, page 53

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****

The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life.
Attitude, to me, is more important than facts. It is more important
than the past, the education, the money, than circumstances, than
failure, than successes, than what other people think or say or do.
It is more important than appearance, giftedness or skill. It will
make or break a company... a church... a home. The remarkable
thing is we have a choice everyday regarding the attitude we will
embrace for that day. We cannot change our past... we cannot
change the fact that people will act in a certain way. We cannot
change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the one
string we have, and that is our attitude. I am convinced that life is
10% what happens to me and 90% of how I react to it. And so it is
with you... we are in charge of our Attitudes.

-- Charles R. Swindoll

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****

Today let me recognize something good in my family, and work at
building a relationship.

-- Our best days

   Love and myGgwy Ian S..


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One of my favorite jokes:

The Pope came for a quick visit to the Southeastern part of the
United States.  The Pope, traveling alone, found his chauffeur and
got into the car and they headed to his meeting.  The Pope was
running late and was a little annoyed that the chauffeur wasn't
getting there quickly enough.  The chauffeur told the Pope that he
was on the verge of losing his driver's license if he got another
speeding ticket.  The Pope suggested that they traded places and he
would drive to the meeting.  Sure enough, the car was stopped by a
young deputy.  Once the Pope rolled his window down, the suprised
deputy recognized the Pope immediately.  Not knowing what to do now,
the young deputy went back to his patrol car and called the Sheriff.

"Sheriff, I pulled over some body real important" the deputy said.
Sheriff: "Jimmy, did you stop the Mayor?"
Jimmy:   "Nope, more important."
Sheriff: "Did you stop the Governor?"
Jimmy:   "Nope, more important than him."
Sheriff: "More important than the Governor?  Who exactly did
you stop?"

Jimmy:  "I don't now, but the Pope is his chauffeur!"




--- In achangewilldoyougood@yahoogroups.com, "teddybear1937"
<teddybear1937@...> wrote:
>
> Jokes
>
>     "I want to know what good is a web search engine that returns
> 324,909,188 'matches' to my key word. That's like saying, "Good
news,
> we've located the product you're looking for. It's on Earth." -
Bruce
> Cameron
>
> --------
>
>     On a school bulletin board: "Laugh, and the class laughs with
> you, but you stay after school alone."
>
> --------
>
>     When I was employed at our denomination' s headquarters, it was
> customary for all employees to pause for prayer each morning at
9:00.
> A "prayer bell" signaled the beginning and ending of this daily
> routine.
>     Occasionally, though, employees would find themselves on the
> phone during prayer time, and the entire office, now quiet, would
> overhear their conversation.
>     One morning during prayer time, a man could be heard in his
> office, shouting, "Hello? Hello? I can hear you. Can you hear me?"
>     After the ending bell, I commented, "I think Paul's having a
hard
> time getting through to the Lord this morning."
>
> --------
>
> A thought:
>
>     If efficiency experts are so smart about running a business,
how
> come they are always working for somebody else?
>

I signed up with one of those high school classmate sites.  I didn't
become a "gold member" because I didn't want to bother with having my
credit card billed every month.  I keep getting e-mails from the site
so I thought that this time, I would take a moment and update it with
some information.  Being bi-polar, my life has been a challenge to
say the least, but it is definately something that I didn't want to
put in my "bio", so I wrote what I thought was an interesting
description about life including the joys of being a grandpa without
ever having children. (I married a mother of three in 1994.)

While I was really shy, I had the opportunity to have some people
that befriended me and helped to make my high school years enjoyable.

After high school, I met a girl from a different city.  She was the
first girl to pursue me.  I married her, ignoring my family and
friends because she didn't like them.  I was later betrayed and had
my heart broken by my unfaithful wife.

I thought that after thirty years someone would be interested in
knowing, "What ever happened to...".  Boy was I wrong! I found out
that I could see how many people visited my site. After being listed
on the site for almost year, I looked to see that noone ever even
visited my site!

I would have thought that any anger from any of my friends would have
disappeared over the years. Lots of people lose touch as they leave
high school and then later decide to catch up.  Was I any different?

g You can't change what will happen to everyone (death), but you can
change how you respond, how you live, almost everything in your life.

Sincerely,

Alex

On 30 Jan 2007 at 13:23, Michael traster wrote:

> Can you change your fate?
>
>   a. No
>   b. yes
>   c Yes but if you do it was fated that way to begin with.
>   d There is no fate, but God can see what we will do before we do it.
>   e I don't know
>   f All of the above... ( Huhhhhh?)
>   g
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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I think C is the right answer..I think everything good and bad that happens in
our lives
   for a reason..but I guess none of us will ever know for sure..


Michael traster <michaelpault@...> wrote:
           Can you change your fate?

a. No
b. yes
c Yes but if you do it was fated that way to begin with.
d There is no fate, but God can see what we will do before we do it.
e I don't know
f All of the above... ( Huhhhhh?)
g

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