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Quotes That Make You Go Hmmm…
“Most of us can read
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Quotes That Make You Go Hmmm…
Just as man cannot live
without dreams,
he cannot live
without hope.
If dreams reflect the past,
hope
summons the future.
– Elie Wiesel
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Quotes That Make You Go Hmmm…
There is sufficient
for the world’s need,
but not for
the world’s greed.
Gandhi
For those of you who celebrate Kwanzaa, may these seven days of festivities be joyous.
Please share your favourite traditions and ceremonies.
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Positive Ponderings: Your Favourite Person

If you could only see one person this week,
who would you want it to be?
Give them a call and arrange a date.
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How Will You Spend Doomsday?
December 21, 2012 – the day life as we know it will end…or so the naysayers will have you believe. What do you believe?
Television and internet sites abound with doomsday predictions:
- The end of the Mayan calendar equals the end of the world
- A total world-wide black-out
- Planets aligning as never before
- Polar shifts
- A huge meteor plummeting toward Earth
- Supernovas and solar storms
Then there are the predictions of societies falling apart. Neighbours becoming enemies. Every man for himself, at any cost. Mass plaques. People turning into zombies!
Am I worried about what will happen on December 21st? Honestly, yes, a little, but not for any one of the reasons noted above.
Why am I worried? Because I’ve been bombarded with messages telling me I should be. So does that mean I really should be worried? Since those very messages are the ones I intellectually disregard as nonsense, then no, I guess I shouldn’t but that is precisely the effect of “mass” media; it affects our opinions.
What I am worried about is the potential for natural disasters to occur in my part of the world. (Not that I wish them on any other part either.)
Many parts of the world are experiencing abnormal weather events and my part is no exception. We used to have snow by this time of year but for the last few years, we have not.
Is this related to 2012? Yes and no. Weather patterns have been changing for years, and changing for the worse. Scientists have been warning society for years that should we not change our reliance on fossil fuels and other environmental pollutants, we would begin to see shifts in the weather. Well guess what folks, it’s 2012 and those predictions are not only coming true, they’ve been true for a while now; except now, it’s indisputable – or at least it should be. We’re seeing more changes in weather patterns and natural disasters; both in the number of events and in overall devastation.
Will we see man against man, fighting to the death, turning into zombies and destroying anyone in their path? I predict no – definitely no.
Think:
- Hurricane Sandy, East Coast, North America 2012
- Tsunami of 2011, Japan
- Earthquake in Haiti, 2010
- Katrina, New Orleans, USA 2005
- Tsunami of 2004, Indonesia/Thailand
- European drought and heat wave of 2003
- plus flooding, droughts, ice-storms, etc. in many parts of the world
All the above listed natural disasters have occurred in last 10 years and what did we witness after every single one of those devastations?
An overwhelming outpouring of global humanitarian assistance.
In the film I Am, directed by Tom Shadyac, Dr. Rollin McCraty of The Institute of Heartmath describes how the electromagnetic fields that our hearts emit can be felt by others. One of their studies takes readings from 65 random-number generators placed in cities around the world. On any given day, these machines spin numbers randomly. They spin and spin, with absolutely no sequence. During events such as the tsunami in the Indian Ocean, when there is a global shift of focussed consciousness and empathy, these random number generators all synchronize. Our collective heart energy is affecting the environment.
“What we do at the individual level really does affect the global environment.” Dr. McCraty
I, for one, am sick and tired of hearing all the negative scenarios that “will inevitably happen” should a major natural disaster befall our beautiful planet on December 21st.
There is a shift in global consciousness. People are seeking spiritual fulfillment like never before; not necessarily religious fulfillment but fulfillment of their soul and their life’s purpose. Just look at all the positivity blogs!
We don’t know what’s going to happen on December 21st, just as we do not know what’s going to happen on any day. But we can know that collectively, we can be better than individually provided that each of us act in a positive and heart-felt manner.
Make up your own mind and follow your heart.
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Quotes That Make You Go Hmmm…
Maybe Christmas, he thought… doesn’t come from a store.
Maybe Christmas, perhaps… means a little bit more!
“How the Grinch Stole Christmas” by Dr. Seuss
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Quotes That Make You Go Hmmm…
Why not go out on a limb?
That’s where the fruit is.
Will Rogers
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Recalling Happier Days
The winter holidays of “kiddom” * likely conjure up some of your best memories of childhood.
Gathering at the local toboggan hill, you lined up at the top, mounted your trusty sled and raced your buddy to the bottom both seeing if you could break the record for who would go the farthest and the fastest only to run back up and do it again. Or perhaps you both piled onto the same sled, rushing to get your feet in, legs wrapping around legs, pushing yourselves forward with knitted mittens caked with tiny damp snow balls, tumbling sideways off the toboggan as you neared the finish. You would both grab hold of the rope and scramble up the hill again, toboggan in tow.
Making snowmen at morning recess and hoping the big kids didn’t knock it down by lunchtime.
Writing letters to Santa, wondering if he’ll have time to reply and desperately
hoping you’d been good enough all year to get your wish which you revealed in confidence to the big man himself.
Excursions to the tree farm to select the perfect specimen to grace your home for the holidays. One worthy enough for the home-made ornaments.
Rushing through dinner so you wouldn’t miss a minute of your favourite holiday classic.
And on Christmas eve, tuning into the radio to listen to the reports from the airforce on where they last spotted an unidentified object flying through the sky which every kid knew without a doubt or hesitation was Santa, then racing off to bed “uncharacteristically early”*.
In our house, as the Christmas cards arrived in the mail, my mother would tape them to the wall behind our dining room table. As the month passed, the collection grew. Bright and cheery images added to the holiday decor. Inevitably, there would be at least one pair of matching cards, sometimes two, and we would make a game out of trying to find the match.
On Saturday mornings, my father would get up early and drive my best friend and I to the local outdoor skating rink, often arriving at 7:00am. (at least that’s how I remember it). The place was vacant. We had the entire rink to ourselves. He would leave us to skate to our hearts content. Where he went, if he even went anywhere, I do not know and never considered until only a few years ago. All I knew was, we were alone, we always felt safe, and we were given the freedom to do what we loved. We would practice our twirls and try to add jumps and would race from one end to the other. My father would arrive to pick us up again just as the official public hours would begin and snack bar would open. We rode home with dreams of olympic glory in our futures; the next Dorothy Hamills.
When my children were small, I began the tradition of giving them one new ornament each year. As we decorated the tree as a family, just before the final one was hung, I would present them with that year’s ornament. My hope is that when the time comes for them to have a tree of their own, to decorate with a family of their own, that they will begin their new lives built on happy memories. Hanging among their shiny new ornaments will / that each ornament they unwrap from their past will recall a happy memory from their childhood days which they can use as a base from which to branch out.
What’s your happiest holiday childhood memory?
* “kiddom” – from A Christmas Story
* “uncharacteristically early” – from Miracle on 34th Street (1994)
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Quotes That Make You Go Hmmm…

Enjoy this illustrated video featuring a recorded narration from 1929 of
A.A. Milne reading from “Winnie-the-Pooh”.
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Positive Ponderings: Wishes Granted
If I could grant you three wishes, what would they be?
What can you begin to do now to make them come true?
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