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| TSSundaram, I see you are on line........good day to you, special one. Hope all is well and you are in good mental relaxation for your eye surgery. Let us know when you are recovering nicely. Health and Happiness to you! Judamom |
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| Hi Juda, I'm with you sending Ystan good energy. The Christmas preparations are flying along. I found some really nice ribbon, and all the gifts look really good under the tree. The momentum I've built will carry me through to the holiday with minimum effort now. I would say not quite relaxed, but certainly not frantic. Another resolution, ban franticness from my life. If I could be busy and productive without being sucked into franticness, that would be fine with me. Namaste, Shelly
PS. I seen Tssundaram logged in this morning, Namaste Tssundaram, wishing you well, Shelly |
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| Christmas stress. When my daughter was a baby I had a Christmas stocking embroidery project that I stayed up late to finish. That was the last time I stressed over Christmas. I just refuse! If it isn't fun, I don't do it, even if it means leaving out some little touches or for example, one year at quite the last minute, printing up gift certificates on my computer for everyone and wrapping them up in big boxes 
An administrative note: as this thread is getting quite long again, I would suggest that someone think of a new title and prepare to move the thread after a few more pages. No big rush, but I recall the quirky problems that cropped up around 12 or 13 pages last time and would like for you to be able to continue the conversation without stuff like that happening this time   |
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| Hi everyone, I had just enough time to get happy and excited about some beautiful snow that was coming down. Then I looked again, and the sun was out, and it had stopped! Haha, someone's teasing me. Oh well, at least I didn't have to shovel it, although I don't mind shovelling.
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| Hi Everyone
Hi Shelly
I do know exactly how challenging it is to be organized. I wonder if it's because of the vata mind that it's difficult to be organized. For me, it feels very confining, like there's the right way,and then every other way is wrong, e.g.) the scissors go in the drawer, and nowhere else. Like I have the follow a straight and narrow path. i know it takes 2 seconds to put the scissors away--end of story. But the mind says, I want the scissors to have the freedom to be anywhere... of course, I pay for it by spending a lot of time looking for them, there goes the story.
This the time to be organized, and it PAYS to be organized. The trick is to have fun getting organized, enjoying being organized... I am still evolving.
How is everyone doing?
My furnace was out for two days. This is not the midwest, but it happens to be the coldest days this year. There's even a layer of frost in the backyard. It's great because it tells me how I need to cultivate more compassion and also to feel gratitude.
Much love to all of you
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| I would like to share this with all my wonderful friends here at the forum at this time of holiday flurry, when calmness is such a nice welcome.
Buddha in Glory
Center of all centers, core of cores,
almond self-enclosed, and growing sweet--
all this universe, to the furthest stars
all beyond them, is your flesh, your fruit.
Now you feel how nothing clings to you;
your vast shell reaches into endless space,
and there the rich, thick fluids rise and flow.
Illuminated in your infinite peace,
a billion stars go spinning through the night,
blazing high above your head.
But in you is the presence that
will be, when all the stars are dead.
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| Hi Zzzulu, I have to say that you're not inspiring me to be more organized. Actually, your inspiring me to set all my scissors free! Haha! I'm kidding, because I also don't like going to the scissor's drawer and being dissappointed.
Sorry about your furnace, are you having some of the crazy wind? Tourist has been experience some crazy weather also. My husband was just talking about if we should get a generator or some type of heater for the next time the power goes out. Last time we were so lucky that it wasn't too cold, although we all had piles of blankets on. All I wanted was coffee in the morning, and the lights came back at just the exact right time for that.
Thanks for sharing some inspirational poetry. I think I'll copy that and reread a few times. Enjoy the day, Shelly |
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| shelly - we had another big wind last night, but still thankfully have power. There are reports of people dying of carbon monoxide poisoning from running generators and barbecues in the house  The balance side is that I heard of a tree hitting right in the middle of a house and missing all the people inside sleeping, as well as one where a woman heard a noise at 3 am, jumped out of bed to see what it was and had a tree crash right through the ceiling and land on her bed where she had been seconds before.
I know someone who lives in a very exposed, rural area where they end up being without power for a long time. She is feisty and tough and calimed that she had no problem dealing with the power outage that lasted nearly a week - she checked into a really fancy hotel  |
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| Hi Tourist, it seems everyday the forecast is calling for more wind storms for B.C. I think of you everytime, I know you're a smart woman, but things can get crazy, so I send you a prayer. Survival stories after a storm are so interesting, when the tree fell in our yard it was similar. My husband and our dog had been out there a minute before, they left the spot and the tree fell there. Now it's my Christmas tree. My friend came in and said how did you ever find a tree with all those pinecones on it. I was laughing, and I said that's the way it fell in the yard.
I hope everyone is well, I'm sending love to all, hope to hear news from Ystan soon, also I Tssundaram, I'm thinking of you. My father had cataract surgery a few years ago, and now can drive at night again. Namaste. Shelly |
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| bstqltmkr and friends:- bstqltmkr's message 72151. Many thanks for remembering me. I am giving rest to my eyes during the pre-operative period. Medication continues. Only once a day I look at the mails, these days. Any news about ystan?. She should have had her operation on last monday. If you get any news, please inform me also. Best wishes to all of you. |
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| Today will probably be my last opportunity to wish everyone a Merry Christmas, so I wanted to be sure to get over here and do that. Today will be a lot of baking to prepare for tomorrow's dinner, and a get together tonight with my inlaws. Right now I'm a bit nostalgic, thinking of Christmas seasons past. We used to be much more rushed Christmas morning because we also used to run to the Grandparents house before Christmas dinner. Now my parents are the Grandparents, but I'm thinking of the ancestors, and am thankful for all the hard work they took on to get us all to where we are today.
I used to have mixed thoughts on celebrating Christmas after I removed myself from the church. I was worried about celebrating commercialism, and I'm not such a commercialistic person. I don't have that type of conflict with the holiday anymore. I know I believe in Jesus as a Holy person, I can't blame him for the way his teachings have been twisted or omitted to suit the ideals of religious leaders in the past. I hope in the future for a return to the loving kindness of his teaching to come through all the religious dogma. As for the commercialism, getting a gift for everyone we can buy for just feels good. I hope they're pleased with my selections. A couple of gifts I managed to make, yay, that I like.
So, with a clear conscience, and pure love and joy in my heart and mind, I'm wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and Peace on Earth, Shelly |
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| You said it ALL so beautifully and you covered it ALL. What a wise lady.........sometimes one does not have to be aged to be wise. Happy New Year Shelly and all...... Namaste. Peace and Health. Judamom |
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| Thank you so much Juda, when you agree with me it means a lot because I respect you so much. Thank you for mentioning the New Year, this morning I've been living in the past, it's time once again to look forward. Then I'll be off to live this day, and enjoy the present moment by moment. Yesterday I recieved from Santa some new Yoga music, and wanted to try it out. I had the most wonderful practice Christmas morning, definately a first for me, and maybe no surprise, I had a wonderful Christmas. Though how's this for ironic, it was our first green Christmas in as long as I can remember, and right now the biggest flakes ever are quickly covering everything in sight. It's so beautiful right out my window. It's wonderful, I love it, Love and Peace to all, Shelly |
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| Granddaughter, Katie and I did Yoga stretches together. She brought me a 'dream catcher' in blue to go in the Yoga meditation room. She also gave me some Nag Champa Incense. Now on to the New Year. I have been asking everyone if they think Peace on the Planet in 2007 is possible and I get many diverse and interesting thoughts. Namaste Judamom |
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| To all my friends in this forum:- Page no.11 of our Forum got stagnated with message 72271 0f 2006-12-27. It must continue the journey. Hence I thought I will reproduce a New Year Greetings I received from a friend, just for your perusal.
2006 is going 2 finish
Now, we need to face 2007
There may be risks involved
We may need to face roadblocks
So stay alert
Share time with friends
Jump over obstacles
With care
And caution
Face challenges
Remember to laugh
Cooperate
Discover
Make new friends
Above all...be ready for adventure
Stick together
And you will be able to go far
Very far.....
Well, not quite that far....
Always take time to smell the flowers
Don't forget to relax and enjoy
And don't forget me who who likes u very much
Advance Happy New year-2007 |
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| Thank you TSSundaram for contunuingi the journey.
To "make new friends", I would like to add: make time for old friends.
Happy 2007 to all of my wonderful friends at Yoga Forum. You have made a great impact in my life and I want to THANK YOU.
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| Good to hear from you Tssundaram, I also see Zzzulu posted, but can't see her post. These pages are getting sluggish again. Juda and I have posted on a new thread, temporarily titled New Title for New Thread. Hope you join us over there soon. Shelly
Edited by bstqltmkr 2006-12-31 8:33 AM
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| Okay, I goofed, the new thread has it's permanent title in place. The new title is "The Friendship Continues", and so I'm looking forward to Tssundaram, Zzzuluwarrior, and Ystan adding to the posts there, and of course anyone who wants to add to the conversation. |
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| This seems an appropriate place to end this thread. Please move to: The Friendship Continues. |
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| I see this thread is already becoming glitchy so it is time to move on. |
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