Issue 17
In this issue:
1) Welcome letter by Sibyl McLendon
2) Instructions For Life by John Wheeler
3) Mid-Life For Women Author Unknown
4) How To Meditate from QualityBooks
5) The Power Of Music
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Welcome Letter by Sibyl McLendon
Ya'ah'teh' and greetings to you all this week. I sincerely hope that this week is filled with blessings for each and every one of you.
This week's newsletter is sort of a hodge-podge of things, no theme at all! It is most likely due to how tired I am after 2 days with my 6
year old Grandson; taking care of him always manages to remind me that I am not as young as I used to be. That is why I included the piece
called "Mid-life for Women" this week. I got it in an e-mail, and laughed out loud when I read it. All you women out there who are
around my age will get a chuckle, and the younger women will see what they have to look forward to!
The article about meditation is a good one. So many people seem intimidated by the word 'meditation', without realizing that we all
meditate, every day, without knowing that is what we are doing. It does not have to be an involved ritual, it can be a simple relaxation
technique used daily. I think it goes right along with last week's article about listening to your 'Voice'. We would all profit from
listening to our gut feelings more, they seldom steer us wrong. Call it what you will, your higher self, your angel or your intuition, it will
keep us from making bad decisions. As I have said before here, but it is still a fundamental truth, praying is you, talking to the Creator;
meditating is you, listening to His answers.
I am very fond of the song that I have included this week. It may not have been
written by an American Indian, and it may have been from a cartoon, but it speaks truths. Plus which, it always reminds me of
Saturday mornings, watching Pocahontas with Anthony!
I want to end this week with a call for content. If any of you have
favorite stories, do any writing, would like to share a poem, a favorite song or even have a pet peeve, send it to me. I am always looking for
worthwhile things to include here. Have a great week, everyone!
by Sibyl McLendon 
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"I can trust my friends. . . . These people force me to examine myself, encourage me to grow."
Cher
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INSTRUCTIONS FOR LIFE
We live on an island surrounded by a sea of ignorance. As our island of knowledge grows,
so does the shore of our ignorance."
- John A. Wheeler
1. Give people more than they expect and do it cheerfully.
2. Memorize your favorite poem.
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.
8. Never laugh at anyone's dreams.
9. Love deeply and passionately. You might get hurt but it's the only way to live life completely.
10. In disagreements, fight fairly. No 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. Call your Mom.
16. Say "bless you" when you hear someone sneeze.
17. When you lose, don't lose the lesson.
18. Remember the three R's: Respect for self; Respect for others; Responsibility for all your actions.
19. Don't let a little dispute injure a great friendship.
20. When you realize you've made a mistake, take immediate steps to correct it.
21. Smile when picking up the phone. The caller will hear it in your voice.
22. Marry a man/woman you love to talk to. As you get older, their conversational skills will be as important as any other.
23. Spend some time alone.
24. Open your arms to change, but don't let go of your values.
25. Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer.
26. Read more books and watch less TV.
27. Live a good, honorable life. Then when you get older and think back,
you'll get to enjoy it a second time.
28. Trust in God but lock your car.
29. A loving atmosphere in your home is so important. Do all you can to create a tranquil harmonious home.
30. In disagreements with loved ones, deal with the current situation. Don't bring up the past.
31. Read between the lines.
32. Share your knowledge. It's a way to achieve immortality.
33. Be gentle with the earth.
34. Pray. There's immeasurable power in it.
35. Never interrupt when you are being flattered.
36. Mind your own business.
37. Don't trust a man/woman who doesn't close his/her eyes when you kiss.
38. Once a year, go someplace you've never been before.
39. If you make a lot of money, put it to use helping others while you are living. That is wealth's greatest satisfaction.
40. Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a stroke of luck.
41. Learn the rules then break some.
42. Remember that the best relationship is one where your love for each other is greater than your need for each other.
43. Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it.
44. Remember that your character is your destiny.
45. Approach love and cooking with reckless abandon.
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Mid-life for women
Author unknown
Mid-life is when the growth of the hair on our legs slows
down. This gives us plenty of time to care for our newly
acquired mustache.
Mid-life women no longer have upper arms; we have wingspans.
We are no longer women in sleeveless shirts; we are flying squirrels in drag.
Mid-life has hit when you stand naked in front of the mirror and can see your rear end without turning around.
Mid-life is when you bounce (a lot), but you don't bounce back. It's more like splat!
Mid-life is when you want to grab every firm young lovely in a tube top and scream, "Listen, honey, even the Roman
Empire fell, and those things will too!"
Mid-life is when you realize that, if you were a dog, you would need a control top flea collar.
Mid-life is when you go to the doctor and you realize you are now so old, you have to pay someone to look at you
naked.
You know you are getting old when you go for a mammogram and know it is the only time someone will ask you to appear
topless in a film.
Mid-life brings the wisdom that life throws you curves and that you're now sitting on your biggest ones.
Mid-life can bring out your angry, bitter side. You look at your latte-swilling, beeper-wearing know-it-all teenager
and think, "For this I have stretch marks?"
Mid-life is when your memory really starts to go: the only thing you still retain is water.
The good news about mid-life is the glass is still half-full. Of course, the bad news is that it won't be long
before your teeth are floating in it.
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"If you don't like something change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude. Don't complain."
Maya Angelou
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How To Meditate: A Guide For The Complete Beginner
QualityBooks
Meditation is not a complex matter. It's not even a spiritual practice, as many people think, unless you wish to make it one. It is more like
aerobics for the mind. It tones and tunes up the thinking processes and the emotions and brings everyday life into sharper focus and new degrees
of ease and harmony. It will NOT turn you into a flower- brandishing pansy or a grinning freak. It can improve your athletic performance or
your love life, even increase your IQ. And the best part about meditation is that it requires nothing on your part but the time it
takes to do it.
Start by choosing a comfortable chair. If you're new to this, we don't advise using your bed. The chair should have a high back and sloped
enough to support your head so it won't drop into your lap when you relax. Sit down, sink in as deep as you can, and close your eyes. If you
can't seem to remain still for more than a moment, try the stress-reducing techniques outlined elsewhere in the collection.
Once your body is relaxed, keep your eyes closed and try to blank your mind, pushing aside every thought that pops up. You might be surprised
how busy your mind really is, but this will be a lot of fun if you give
it a try, even though it might take weeks before you can blank your mind for even a couple of seconds. Don't think this means you're going to
have to work. The longer it takes the more stressed your mind was to begin with and the more benefit you'll get from any improvement. This
mind-blanking business can be frustrating at times, but it is definitely worth the effort, or lack of effort if you will. This clearing of the
mind is more a growing process than something to be learned, so no one can really teach you how to do it. Transcendental Meditation (TM) has
been using one technique for several years which seems to help, however. It involves the mental repetition of short, meaningless word in time
with your breathing. The word acts as a focus point, something for the mind to latch onto, and it makes it easier for stray thoughts to fade
into the background.
The first few times you try this, one of two things should happen. One type of person will find they can't seem to relax their minds. They will
suddenly begin a train of thought and may follow it for several minutes before remembering the original reason for relating. That's fine. This
loss of concentration indicates a degree of relaxation, and this sort of contemplation can be very valuable, as it can provide new insights into
old subjects.
A second type of person will have dreamlets, the mini-dreams you have before falling asleep. After trying to pull themselves out of the
dreamlets a few times, they will probably fall asleep. That too is fine. This indicates an ability to relax at will, and the person only needs to
learn how to remain mentally alert while in the relaxed state.
You'll find trying this, even unsuccessfully, for as little as a week, that your waking level of concentration, your resistance to stress and
your endurance in all sorts of tasks will have increased. It will continue to increase long after you have learned to really blank your
mind.
Once you are able to do that, you will find your mind becomes a clear screen on which you can project the most vivid fantasies, analyze
problems and situations with amazing clarity and objectivity and delve into the depths of your thinking processes. That's only a side benefit.
As we have said, the most exciting benefits are seen in your day-to-day life.
You can remain in a meditative state as long as you like, but from five to twenty minutes after you reach that level of relaxed alertness your
body will probably want to rise again. You can open your eyes and go about your business any time you like, although you may find yourself
either a little drowsy or very energetic. People react differently to relaxation. You should immediately notice a calmness and vigor that will
stay with you through the day.
These effects occur because meditation produces a response from the brain similar to that
of the stress-reducing techniques. It regulates and increases your mental tolerance to all kinds of stimulus. So instead
of a brain-wave curve most of us carry around that would sound like gangly acid-rock if you hear it, your brain-wave curve will come to
resemble more and more the sound of a flute or massed strings. And that
will do you a world of good, even if you happen to be a gangly acid-rock musician!
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Colors of the Wind
from the Disney movie Pocahontas
Music: Alan Menken
Lyrics: Stephen Schwartz
You think I'm an ignorant savage
And you've been so many places
I guess it must be so
But still I cannot see
If the savage one is me
How can there be so much that you don't know?
You don't know ...
You think you own whatever land you land on
The Earth is just a dead thing you can claim
But I know every rock and tree and creature
Has a life, has a spirit, has a name
You think the only people who are people
Are the people who look and think like you
But if you walk the footsteps of a stranger
You'll learn things you never knew you never knew
Have you ever heard the wolf cry to the blue corn moon
Or asked the grinning bobcat why he grinned?
Can you sing with all the voices of the mountains?
Can you paint with all the colors of the wind?
Can you paint with all the colors of the wind?
Come run the hidden pine trails of the forest
Come taste the sunsweet berries of the Earth
Come roll in all the riches all around you
And for once, never wonder what they're worth
The rainstorm and the river are my brothers
The heron and the otter are my friends
And we are all connected to each other
In a circle, in a hoop that never ends
How high will the sycamore grow?
If you cut it down, then you'll never know
And you'll never hear the wolf cry to the blue corn moon
For whether we are white or copper skinned
We need to sing with all the voices of the mountains
We need to paint with all the colors of the wind
You can own the Earth and still
All you'll own is Earth until
You can paint with all the colors of the wind
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Everyone wants to ride with you in the limo, but what you need is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down.
--- Oprah Winfrey
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