Dear List(s),

This was sent me by a friend on a small list I belong to.

I'm passing it along in the hopes that a "smile" bring you
a day of peace, and comfort.

Have a great day!!

Karen G.

Humor is such a strong weapon, such a strong answer. Women have to make jokes
about themselves, laugh about themselves, because they have nothing to lose.
- Agnes Varda
Laughter can cure a physical condition; it can and will positively affect an
emotional illness as well. Laughter ushers in a new perspective which gives
vent to a changed attitude. And our attitude toward any situation, any
individual, is all-powerful.
A negative, critical attitude toward our financial situation, toward our
disease, toward our boss, or spouse, or children, determines how we feel moment
by
moment. In like manner, when we raise our sights, look at the world with
lightness in our hearts, expecting to enjoy the day, the people, the activity,
we'll succeed.
Finding humor in a situation, any situation, prevents us from succumbing to
feelings of powerlessness. Feeling powerless, behaving as victims, came easily
for many of us before we chose this program and the Twelve Steps to live by.
Choosing a humorous response, opting to laugh at our situation, at any point in
time, keeps our personal power where it belongs--with ourselves.
My emotional health depends on my active involvement in deciding who I am,
right now. Deciding to chuckle rather than snarl will give me an unexpected
emotional boost.



Karen Hallenbeck~Sikorsky~George BS,RN,UM,QC
Interqual Certified
Published Psychiatric Researcher
Advocate for those in CIP, HIV, Psychologic Pain
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Ya'll are special you truly are, and to be the
catalyst for this group is a miracle for I know
in my heart that God's will created this group(s)
and each of you are very very special to me, always
no matter what I AM SO PROUD to a "part of" what
this family has become..AND WILL BE!!!!

"God will do for you what you cannot do for yourself...""


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