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From: Doreen Lerner [mailto:
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Sent: Saturday, November 02, 2002 8:08 PM
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Subject: Re: [Enchanted_Self] ENCHANTMENT IN AN E-MAIL - NOVEMBER 2002
Dear Barbara,
I really enjoyed the story about Timmie.
On Thanksgiving this year I will spend part of my day volunteering with
a group of friends at the convention center, where thousands of meals
will be served to impoverished people of all ages. This is part of my
own personal recipe for enchantment this holiday season. Wishing you all
a wonderful holiday, Doreen.
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Sent: Friday, November 01, 2002 6:37 AM
Subject: [Enchanted_Self] ENCHANTMENT IN AN E-MAIL - NOVEMBER 2002
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ENCHANTMENT IN AN E-MAIL - NOVEMBER 2002
"Achieving Positive States of Mind and Body Again
and Again"
Produced by Dr. Barbara Becker Holstein,
Psychologist, Life Coach, and Originator of
THE ENCHANTED SELF(R)
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Welcome to the monthly publication of The Enchanted
Self's e-newsletter! The following is what you will
find in this month's issue.
o Recipe for Enchantment
o Article: LAUGHING: How Could Timmie Disappear?
o How to Order Books, Audio Tapes and more
o E-group: Connect with others like you!
o Share Your Enchantment!
o Quote of the Month
o Blessing of the Month
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Recipe for Enchantment #28
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Instead of watching the news, or a real-life crime
adventure with people trapped on islands, voting
each other off every week, or a sit-com that has
too many sexual innuendos for our children, find
the station that plays I LOVE LUCY reruns. You
will find yourself laughing within a moment or
two.
Let yourself indulge in the pure pleasure of
watching Lucy at her new job in a candy factory,
eating so many chocolates that her cheeks puff
out like a squirrel with acorns while she
desperately puts more chocolates under her hat.
Chuckle some more while Ricky takes over the
household chores. Of course, he burns her blouses,
can't cook and, in general, makes a mess!
If I LOVE LUCY is not your cup of tea, then try
renting a great comedy, such as the French movie
Mon Oncle (My Uncle) or going to see My Great Big
Fat Greek Wedding. You can't help but laugh.
There is no better recipe for a quick uplift than
great comedy. It touches us in all the right
places, allowing us to laugh at ourselves while
not feeling put down.
REMEMBER: A good laugh is a massage for all your
internal organs.
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Excerpts from Recipes for Enchantment, The Secret
Ingredient is YOU! LAUGHING: How Could Timmie
Disappear?
By Bernice Becker
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Since the Thanksgiving holiday is almost upon us,
I thought you might enjoy this light story that
emphasizes humor. It is from my latest book and I
am proud to say it was written by my mother,
Bernice Becker.
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The Wednesday before Thanksgiving, I'm usually at
the supermarket buying bags of food, and then in
the kitchen, preparing for the holiday. But this
Wednesday, I sat in my lounge chair sipping
amaretto-flavored coffee. The short, hectic
workweek was over, and the shopping-some nuts,
fruit, cheese, wine and pecan pies-was done. Yes,
Thanksgiving would be very different this year.
Instead of hosting the meal, we were going to be
guests at the home of our married daughter Barbara,
her husband Russell, and our six-month-old
granddaughter, Jessica. Russell's parents would
be there too.
Harry, my husband, and Diane, our ten-year-old
daughter, now an excited young aunt, and I were
planning to leave Thursday morning to arrive in
Beverly, where they lived, by one o'clock. Since
we were sleeping at our daughter's we didn't have
to over-pack. Our only ordeal was to get Timmie,
our cat, to the vet for boarding until our return
on Friday.
I'm a cat lover. We'd had many cats through the
years, and I had indulged them all. But Timmie was
the most demanding. He was also high strung.
Because we had recently moved to Westfield from
Norwalk, Connecticut, this would be Timmie's first
encounter with the animal hospital and we were
concerned about him.
After dinner Wednesday, Harry, Diane and I managed
to get our reluctant and angry pet into his
traveling case. He hated to leave home because he
knew we were going away. Hoping to appease him, I
put his favorite rubber, half chewed up mouse and
the food he liked, in a bag.
For three miles, he snarled, talked, cried, growled,
and meowed. I kept assuring him that we loved him
and we would come back soon. But inside the animal
hospital Timmie grew frightened and became very
silent. Check-in only took a few minutes-we had to
leave our names and phone number, and the number of
a neighbor in case of an emergency-but Timmie was so
quiet that I feared he had passed out. We
apologized once more for leaving him and said our
good-byes.
Thanksgiving Day was like a dream-good company,
fabulous food, interesting conversation, and
adorable Jessica, who behaved like a perfect lady
and didn't overeat. (I wish I could say the same
for the rest of us.) We all marveled at how much
she'd grown. Even the friendly rivalry between
Russell's mother and me over who would hold the
baby most amused us. (She won.) Friday, the day
we had to leave to drive home, arrived all too soon.
Back in Westfield, we headed immediately to rescue
Timmie. The woman at the desk looked through a
large appointment book for what seemed like a very
long time. Finally I asked, "What is taking so
long?"
"I have no cat named Timmie," she said.
"That's impossible," I told her. "We checked him
in on Wednesday evening."
"Are you sure Timmie is a cat and not a dog?" she
asked. We were flabbergasted.
"How could you ask such a crazy question?" Diane
blurted out.
Agitated, the woman said, "Well, we do have a dog
named Timmie who was brought in Wednesday evening
."
"Look," I said. "I'm going to check every cage
until we find our cat. He has to be here."
But we saw no sign of him. I had just started to
panic when I heard a familiar howling, and the
sound of a body being thrown against a cage door.
Sure enough, there was Timmie, furious and
frightened-and imprisoned for way too long. "He
must have heard us and recognized our smell," my
husband said.
"Here's the problem," said Diane, pointing to the
sign above Timmie's cage-which read HARRY, my
husband's name, in big black letters. Mystery
solved.
We explained the mix-up to the woman at the desk.
She looked as relieved as Timmie did as he leaped
into his carrying case. We paid the fee and
chuckled the whole way home.
When we got to our driveway, we let Harry-I mean
Timmie-out. He ran to the bushes to hide-our
punishment for having treated him so badly. Later
we heard crying and scratching at the front door.
When I opened it, he rushed in and went right to
his bowl. I'd left him a peace offering: a cut-up
chunk of white meat turkey-his favorite.
He settled down to enjoy his repast. I could hear
him purring. Then he paused, came over to me, and
rubbed himself against my leg. I understood him
perfectly. "Thank you," he said. "And don't
worry. I forgive you. After all, you are only
human."
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E-group: Connect with others like you!
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Quote of the Month
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"Sadness exists so it can be avoided, rejected.
It's something to be avoided. Like when you walk
into a dark room, you don't try to utilize the
darkness, you simply turn on the lights and the
darkness is gone."
-- Rabbi Manis Friendman, quoted in 'From the
Heavens to the Heart' by Tzvi Jacobs
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Blessing of the Month
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May you always be able to turn on the "lights" as
you walk through all the rooms and moments of your
life.
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Have an "enchanting" month. I wish you all many
enchanted moments!
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