Happy Thanksgiving Thanksgiving thoughts are the kind of thoughts that we should have all year long. For it is the folks with thankful hearts whose lives are filled with song. We should take time for kindness to those we hold most dear,and just extend a helping hand to others through the year. Let's set aside some quiet time and share it with a friend. For friendships brings a special joy and pleasure without end. So may the blessings of this day that I would ask for you, now fill you with Thanksgiving Peace that lasts the whole year through.
Kathy Hamilton/simikathy
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Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is threefold: 1) Read the words below, and select one or more to use in a comment that states something intelligent. (Not restricted to politics or religion, which sadly--but of necessity--has been our perpetual focus of late...) 2) Increase your vocabulary by learning new (seldom used) "weird" words in our language. 3) Start sneaking these words into your day-to-day life. (Or vote that a word be intentionally ignored??? But, please, tell us why you think so.) In an effort to strengthen the language, as Orwell recommended, we should strive to find the perfect words when communicating with others--instead of sloughing off responsibility and regurgitating an overused phrase out of sheer laziness. Play on...I can't wait to see what all-ya'all come up with. Humor allowed; nay! Even sought!
~~~~~~~ Shibboleth: a use of language regarded as distinctive of a particular group. A widely held belief. Brouhaha: a confused disturbance far greater than its cause merits. Hobgoblin: A mischievous goblin Blatherskite: A noisy talker of blatant rubbish; foolish talk or nonsense. Acrasia: Lack of self-control; when you act against your better judgment. Floccinaucinihilipilification: To establish or state that something has no value. (Yes, I checked the spelling on this one 3 times, and there ARE 29 letters in this word.) Galimatias: Stupid, Meaningless talk Kakistocracy: A government that is run by its worst citizens. ~~~~~~ Ready? Set? GO!
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Sexual Assault- Has it happened to you?
Sexual assault-Francine Sanderson "Justice".
In the year 2005 two altercations broke out with a neighbor and her associates, harassment and threats were made. In Feburary, 2007 I was sexually assulted by a maintenance man. Then "Police Misconduct" took place April 18, 2007. Once all is brought out in a "Court" of Law. I can move forward and put the past behind. Assault, Sexual, Police Misconduct, Court of Law, Justice Legal
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Some Really Good Advice 1) Give people more than they expect and do it cheerfully. 2) Marry a man/woman you love to talk to. As you get older,
their conversational skills will be as important as any other. 3) Don’t believe all you hear, spend all you have or sleep all you want. 4) When you say, “I love you,” mean it. 5) When you say, “I’m sorry,” look the person in the eye. 6) Be engaged at least six months before you get married. 7) Believe in love at first sight.  Never laugh at anyone’s dreams.
People who don’t have dreams don’t have much.
9) Love deeply and passionately. You might get hurt but it’s the
only way to live life completely. 10) In disagreements, fight fairly. Avoid name calling. 11) Don’t judge people by their relatives. 12) Talk slowly but think quickly. 13) When someone asks you a question you don’t want to answer,
smile and ask, “Why do you want to know?” 14) Remember that great love and great achievements involve great risk. 15) Say “bless you” when you hear someone sneeze. 16) When you lose, don’t lose the lesson. 17) Remember the three R’s: Respect for self, Respect for
others, and Responsibility for all your actions. 18) Don’t let a little dispute injure a great friendship.
When you realize you’ve made a mistake,
take immediate steps to correct it. 20) Always remember, a true friend is someone who
reaches for your hand and touches your heart.
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Have you ever felt really stressed about something, only to see the stress vanish when you talk the situation through with a friend? Quite often, our experience of stress comes from our perception of a situation. Often that perception is right, but sometimes it isn’t. Sometimes we are unreasonably harsh with ourselves, or jump to wrong conclusions about people’s motives, and this can send us into a downward spiral of negative thinking. Thought Awareness, Rational Thinking and Positive Thinking are simple tools that help you to change this negative way of thinking. This page teaches you how to use them. Introduction:The most commonly accepted definition of stress is that it occurs when a person believes that “demands exceed the personal and social resources the individual is able to mobilize”. In short, it’s when we feel out of control. When people feel stressed, they have made two main judgments: First, they feel threatened by the situation, and second, they believe that they’re not able to meet the threat. How stressed someone feels depends on how much the situation can hurt them, and how closely their resources meet the demands of the situation. Perception is key to this as (technically!) situations are not stressful in their own right. Rather it is our interpretation of the situation that drives the level of stress that we feel. Quite obviously, we are sometimes right in what we say to ourselves. Some situations may actually be dangerous, may threaten us physically, socially or in our career. Here, stress and emotion are part of the early warning system that alerts us to a threat. Very often, however, we are overly harsh and unjust to ourselves in a way that we would never be with friends or co-workers. This, along with other negative thinking, can cause intense stress and unhappiness and can severely undermine our self-confidence. Using the Tool:
Thought AwarenessYou are thinking negatively when you fear the future, put yourself down, criticize yourself for errors, doubt your abilities, or expect failure. Negative thinking damages confidence, harms performance and paralyzes mental skills. Unfortunately, negative thoughts tend to flit into our consciousness, do their damage and flit back out again, with their significance having barely been noticed. Since we barely realise that they were there, we do not challenge them properly, which means that they can be completely incorrect and wrong. Thought Awareness is the process by which you observe your thoughts and become aware of what is going through your head. One approach to it is to observe your “stream of consciousness” as you think about the thing you’re trying to achieve which is stressful. Do not suppress any thoughts. Instead, just let them run their course while you watch them, and write them down on our free worksheet as they occur. Then let them go. Another more general approach to Thought Awareness comes with logging stress in your Stress Diary. When you analyze your diary at the end of the period, you should be able to see the most common and the most damaging thoughts. Tackle these as a priority using the techniques below. Here are some typical negative thoughts you might experience when preparing to give a major presentation: - Fear about the quality of your performance or of problems that may interfere with it;
- Worry about how the audience (especially important people in it like your boss) or the press may react to you;
- Dwelling on the negative consequences of a poor performance; or
- Self-criticism over a less-than-perfect rehearsal.
Thought awareness is the first step in the process of managing negative thoughts, as you cannot manage thoughts that you are unaware of. Rational ThinkingThe next step in dealing with negative thinking is to challenge the negative thoughts that you identified using the Thought Awareness technique. Look at every thought you wrote down and challenge it rationally. Ask yourself whether the thought is reasonable. What evidence is there for and against the thought? Would your colleagues and mentors agree or disagree with it? Looking at the examples, the following challenges could be made to the negative thoughts we identified earlier: - Feelings of inadequacy: Have you trained yourself as well as you reasonably should have? Do you have the experience and resources you need to make the presentation? Have you planned, prepared and rehearsed enough? If you have done all of these, you’ve done as much as you can to give a good performance.
- Worries about performance during rehearsal: If some of your practice was less than perfect, then remind yourself that the purpose of the practice is to identify areas for improvement, so that these can be sorted out before the performance.
- Problems with issues outside your control: Have you identified the risks of these things happening, and have you taken steps to reduce the likelihood of them happening or their impact if they do? What will you do if they occur? And what do you need others to do for you?
- Worry about other people’s reactions: If you have prepared well, and you do the best you can, then you should be satisfied. If you perform as well as you reasonably can, then fair people are likely to respond well. If people are not fair, the best thing to do is ignore their comments and rise above them.
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“What I do today is important because
I am exchanging a day of my life for it.”
Author Unknown, from A New Day “Each day is a gift.”
Author Unknown, Title of the Story, Each Day is a Gift “That which you think about, you create.
Thoughts are things!
And that which you think about, good or bad -
you create into your own reality.”
The Law of Attraction “When you arise in the morning,
think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive -
to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.”
Marcus Aurelius “Today, many will break through the barriers of the past by
looking at the blessings of the present. Why not you?”
Steve Maraboli “Will someone else’s life be brighter tomorrow
because of what you have done today?”
William Arthur Ward “What today will be like is up to me.
I get to choose what kind of day I will have!”
Sculptor’s Attitude “We must look for ways to be an active force in our own lives.
We must take charge of our own destinies, design a life of substance
and truly begin to live our dreams.”
Les Brown
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Vision and Faith When you get to the end of all the light you know, and it’s time to step into the darkness of the unknown, faith is knowing that one of two things shall happen: either you will be given something solid to stand on, or you will be taught how to fly.
- Edward Teller When the night is cloudy, I still believe in stars, Even when the darkness blocks the light. They’re shining out like beacons on the other side of hope. You can see them when you hold your heart just right. - Selia Qynn Whatever you vividly imagine, ardently desire, sincerely believe, and enthusiastically act upon… must inevitably come to pass!
- Paul J. Meyer Every thought has the power to bring into being the visible from the invisible. It is absolutely necessary for us all to understand that everything we think, do or say comes back to us. Every thought, word or action—without exception—manifests itself as an actual reality. - Ann Wigmore Cherish your visions and your dreams. They are the children of your soul, the blueprints of your ultimate achievements.
- Napoleon Hill Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope or confidence. - Helen Keller Vision enables you to glimpse into the future, to sense its hope and power, because you yourself are the means for that future’s creation.” - Sara Paddison Hold a picture of yourself long enough in your mind’s eye and you will be drawn toward it. - Dr. Harry Emerson Fosdick The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today; Let us move forward with strong and active faith.
– Franklin D. Roosevelt If you don’t have a vision for the future, then your future is threatened to be a repeat of the past. - A. R. Bernard Life does not consist mainly, or even largely, of facts and happenings. It consists mainly of the stream of thought that is forever flowing through one’s head. - Mark Twain Look ahead; envision the beautiful blessings waiting on your distant shores. If you follow your personal stepping-stones with joy, love, faith and gratitude, the swiftest currents will not impede your journey. – Steve Brunkhorst
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Achievement Don’t mistake movement for achievement. It’s easy to get faked out by being busy. The question is: Busy doing what?
- Jim Rohn More… The only world in which “defeat” exists as a reality is the one darkened by the false idea that what may have happened to us a moment ago is the same as what’s possible for us to achieve now. - Guy Finley More… When an idea reaches critical mass, there is no stopping the shift its presence will induce. - Marianne Williamson More… The greatest inventions and accomplishments began as the flicker of an idea. This tiny flame was then fueled by desire and faith. Watch out for those tiny little ideas. You have the potential to turn them into great things. - Steve Brunkhorst More… The world needs dreamers and the world needs doers. But above all, the world needs dreamers who do.
- Sarah Ban Breathnach More… You cannot climb a mountain if you will not risk a fall.
- Rick Beneteau More… Have the dogged determination to follow through to achieve your goal; regardless of circumstances or whatever other people say, think, or do. - Paul J. Meyer Winners compare their achievements with their goals, while losers compare their achievements with those of other people.
- Nido Qubein Ordinary people believe only in the possible. Extraordinary people visualize not what is possible or probable, but rather what is impossible. And by visualizing the impossible, they begin to see it as possible. - Cherie Carter-Scott Think of yourself as on the threshold of unparalleled success. A whole, clear glorious life lies before you. Achieve! Achieve! Andrew Carnegie (1835-1919) Desire is the starting point of all achievement, not a hope, not a wish, but a keen pulsating desire which transcends everything. - Napoleon Hill Human beings who leave hehind them no great achievements, but only a sequence of small kindnesses, have not had wasted lives. - Charlotte Gray Those who truly have the spirit of champions are never wholly happy with an easy win. Half the satisfaction stems from knowing that it was the time and the effort you invested that led to your high achievement. - Nicole Haislett Achievement requires more than a vision - it takes courage, resolve and tenacity. - Neil Eskelin
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“Thank God–every morning when you get up–that you have something to do which must be done, whether you like it or not. Being forced to work, and forced to do your best, will breed in you a hundred virtues which the idle never know.”
~ Charles Kingsley ~“No duty is more urgent than that of returning thanks.” ~ Unknown ~~ Unknown ~ “Let us be grateful to people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.” ~ Marcel Proust ~~ Marcel Proust ~ “What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity.
These are but trifles, to be sure; but, scattered along life’s pathway, the good they do is inconceivable.” ~ Joseph Addison ~~ Joseph Addison ~ “Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.” ~ Melody Beattie ~~ Melody Beattie ~ “Blessed are those that can give without remembering and receive without forgetting.” ~ Author Unknown ~~ Author Unknown ~ “If you concentrate on finding whatever is good in every situation, you will discover that your life will suddenly be filled with gratitude, a feeling that nurtures the soul.” ~ Rabbi Harold Kushner ~~ Rabbi Harold Kushner ~ “He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.” ~ Epictetus ~~ Epictetus ~ “The sun was shining in my eyes, and I could barely see
To do the necessary task that was allotted me.
Resentment of the vivid glow, I started to complain–
When all at once upon the air I heard the blindman’s cane.” ~ Earl Musselman ~~ Earl Musselman ~ “There is a calmness to a life lived in Gratitude, a quiet joy.” ~ Ralph H. Blum ~ ( American Author )~ Ralph H. Blum ~ ( American Author ) “You simply will not be the same person two months from now after consciously giving thanks each day for the abundance that exists in your life. And you will have set in motion an ancient spiritual law: the more you have and are grateful for, the more will be given you.” ~ Sarah Ban Breathnach ~
Simple Abundance“As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.” ~ John Fitzgerald Kennedy ~~ John Fitzgerald Kennedy ~ “A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world.” ~ Joseph Addison ~~ Joseph Addison ~ “To speak gratitude is courteous and pleasant, to enact gratitude is generous and noble, but to live gratitude is to touch Heaven.” ~ Johannes A. Gaertner ~~ Johannes A. Gaertner ~ “To educate yourself for the feeling of gratitude means to take nothing for granted, but to always seek out and value the kind that will stand behind the action. Nothing that is done for you is a matter of course. Everything originates in a will for the good, which is directed at you. Train yourself never to put off the word or action for the expression of gratitude.” ~ Albert Schweitzer ~~ Albert Schweitzer ~ “Most of us, swimming against the tides of trouble the world knows nothing about, need only a bit of praise or encouragement - and we will make the goal.” ~ Jerome P. Fleishman ~~ Jerome P. Fleishman ~ “Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others.” ~ Cicero ~~ Cicero ~ “Every time we remember to say “thank you”, we experience nothing less than heaven on earth.” ~ Sarah Ban Breathnach ~~ Sarah Ban Breathnach ~ “Gratitude is something of which none of us can give too much. For on the smiles, the thanks we give, our little gestures of appreciation, our neighbors build their philosophy of life.” ~ A. J. Cronin ~~ A. J. Cronin ~ “Nothing is more honorable than a grateful heart.” ~ Seneca ~~ Seneca ~ “True thanksgiving means that we need to thank God for what He has done for us, and not to tell Him what we have done for Him.” ~ George R. Hendrick ~~ George R. Hendrick ~ “Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.” ~ Henry Ward Beecher ~~ Henry Ward Beecher ~ “Thankfulness is the beginning of gratitude.
Gratitude is the completion of thankfulness.
Thankfulness may consist merely of words.
Gratitude is shown in acts.” ~ David O. McKay ~~ David O. McKay ~ “If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough.” ~ Meister Eckhardt ~ ~ Meister Eckhardt ~
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Today I will delete from my diary two days: yesterday and tomorrow. Yesterday was to learn and tomorrow will be the consequence of what I can do today. Today I will face life with the conviction that this day will not ever return. Today is the last opportunity I have to live intensely; as no one can assure methat I will see tomorrow’s sunrise. Today I will be brave enough not to let any opportunity pass me by, my only alternative is to succeed. Today I will invest my most valuable resource: my time, in the most transcendental work: my life; I will spend each minute passionately to make of today a different and unique day in my life. Today I will defy every obstacle that appears on my way trusting I will succeed. Today I will resist pessimism and will conquer the world with a smile, with the positive attitude of expecting always the best. Today I will make of every ordinary task a sublime expression, Today I will have my feet on the ground understanding reality and the stars’ gaze to invent my future. Today I will take the time to be happy and will leave my footprints and my presence in the hearts of others. (Author Unknown)
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This is Dedicated to a very Special Man who taught me the Value of my life- Johnny Mac “May you live all the days of your life” - Jonathan Swift The challenge in life is not to merely exist but to experience life to the fullest. Choosing to embrace life and really live requires us to move from the known to the unknown. Life seems to wait on us to decide to enter in. If we choose to only do the minimal activities, then we will have minimal joy in our life. However, when we look up and step out into the unknown, we then increase our joy, our passions and our fulfillment with life One of the things I did was make a list of all the things I wanted to do in my life. It’s changed some as I’ve gotten older, but I love marking things off as I accomplish them. Let me share just a small portion of my list with you- 1. Travel in every state in America (I’ve done 15 so far) 2. Work on a ranch in Texas ( I love the little house on the Prarie effect) 3. Write a book for Teenagers 4. Write historical novels 5. Work with High School kids ( 3 Years worth- Spec. Ed Teacher) 6. Speak 3 foreign languages I’m working on Spanish but still have 2 to go 7. Play the guitar I’m not great, but I play. I love it! 8. Play the piano not yet, but I will 9. Travel on every continent not yet, but I’m working on it. 10. Own my own business 11. Bungee jump What a rush! My list is MUCH larger, but it gives you an idea. Make your own list. Put it up where you can see it, then start working toward marking off each accomplishment. I don’t know if you’re 21 or 91 but I learned a long time ago to live as if this was the last day of my life because you never know how much time you have. I also decided a long time ago to make the most of every day believing that if I was still breathing I had that day to live to the fullest and make a difference.I plan on still living that way every day of my life. Life can be thought about. Or it can be LIVED!! I hope you’ll decide to live every day, every moment with gusto coming to the end with absolutely no regrets! If you do that, then no matter how you define success, you will have achieved it!! Life can be thought about. Or it can be LIVED!! Make it a great day because I believe in myself and I believe in you!!! Kathy Hamilton/simikathy
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