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One of the ways I’m able to keep up with SFPNN is attempting to keep it organized. ** THANK YOU to all of our authors who keep me on track!  J ** Often I’ll schedule articles in advance because some of our authors keep us supplied with stories several weeks ahead of their run date.  Usually this works out great!  

 

However, there are times like this morning when I have something already scheduled to run, but an author sends in another story which is more timely.  Some days I’ll just reschedule the previous article; other days I might decide to run both.  That’s what I’m doing today.  I hope you’ll enjoy both items by Joseph Walker this morning!   I sure did. 

 

And don’t miss Dr. Barbara’s blessings…   They may be short and sweet, but they contain a lot of wisdom and insight!

 

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Sir Froggie's Positive News Network:  Thursday, December 07th, 2006
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1.      (Fill in the blanks.) Today, I desire and experience…

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I also affirm the following positive reality:

“I tune in and feel God’s Love flowing through me.
I know I am loved and cherished just for being me.”

JMP


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2.      BONUS ARTICLE: ValueSpeak
An Extra Weekly Column
By Joseph Walker

A LONG AND HAPPY LIFE – TOGETHER

      Dec. 7, 1941, was a beautiful Sunday morning for George and Verda.  But then, EVERY morning had seemed beautiful since these childhood sweethearts were married the previous September.  They had loved each other since . . . well, for as long as either one of them could remember.  And now they were looking forward to a long and happy life.

      Together.

      Of course, George had to finish college first.  And there was the little matter of unrest in the world.  As a member of the Reserve Officer Training Corps, George was duty-bound to help the war effort if he was needed.  But the Army had promised to allow him to graduate from college before they called him up, and George and Verda were confident that the trouble in Europe would be under control by then.

      The events of Dec. 7, 1941 – “a day that will live in infamy” – changed all that.  Suddenly America was fully engaged in a world war with no end in sight, and George and Verda knew their long and happy life was about to be interrupted.  They cherished the time they had together, refusing to consider all of the awful possibilities while speaking mostly of what they would do after George came back – the two of them, and the baby who would be born two months after George left for training.

      George was assigned to the 13th Army infantry as it made its way through France and into Germany.  He didn’t write much about his war experiences in his letters home – he didn’t want to worry Verda – but war historians suggest that the fighting was brutal, and casualty rates were high.  Verda stayed close to family – both hers and George’s – and tried to stay as busy as she could.  She tried not to wonder and worry about what her husband was doing Right Now; instead, she preferred to think about Someday, when they would once again be together.

      When she received word that George had been killed in combat Verda was devastated.  She had known and loved George her whole life, and she couldn’t imagine a future without him.  Family and friends tried to encourage and comfort her, but she was inconsolable.

      “This isn’t right,” she would say over and over.  “This wasn’t supposed to happen.”

      In fact, it DIDN’T happen.  At least, not the way she was originally told.  George and his patrol had indeed been caught in a treacherous crossfire, and most of his comrades were killed.  George was also hit – a German bullet destroyed his right knee.  But a medic dragged him to safety, and he was immediately taken to an Army field hospital.  Somehow in all the confusion his name was added to the list of the dead.  But he was very much alive.  In pain, but alive.

Nearly a month passed before the error was corrected and Verda found out that she wasn’t a war widow after all.  George was transferred to a stateside hospital, where she could travel to visit her not-so-late husband.  By the time he was released from the hospital the war was over, and he returned to Verda, their daughter and that long and happy life they had planned.

      Together.

      These days Verda doesn’t remember much about the years that have passed since then.  She sits in her comfortable chair, surrounded by many of the beautiful ceramic figurines she has created through the years, while George – still slightly hobbled by the injuries he received in Germany – tenderly cares for her.  Most of the past 50 years are a blur to her.  But she vividly remembers when George went to war.

      “They told me he died,” she says.  “But he didn’t really die.  Then he came home and we were a family.”

      Together.

— © Joseph Walker

For more ValueSpeak, please visit
http://www.sfpnn.com/joseph_walker1.htm

E-mail Joseph at: valuespeak@msn.com 


Look for Joe's book,
"How Can You Mend a Broken Spleen? Home Remedies for an Ailing World." It is available on-line through www.Amazon.com.




3.      The Enchanted Self     — by Dr. Barbara Becker Holstein

ENCHANTED BLESSINGS:  PT 3 of 4

Today we share the blessings of week 3 in our 4 part series…

May you always find it easy to fully value yourself
And then have the pleasure of others fully valuing you also.

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May learning always have the sweetness of a special treat for you.

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May you always be delighted in your efforts,
Satisfied with your journey
and able to feel joy
knowing that you tried!
And may you also be fortunate enough to succeed much of the time!

— © Dr. Barbara Becker
Holstein

In private practice since 1981, Dr. Barbara Becker Holstein, psychologist and originator of The Enchanted Self, has committed to bring the keys of enchantment to the world.

 





4.      “Stand firm knowing that God has already prepared a significant life for you that He will faithfully bring into being.”

— © Dr. Bruce Wilkinson in Everyday Positive Thinking by Louise Hay



 

5.      ValueSpeak
A Weekly Column
By
Joseph Walker

SIX YEARS TO A NEW, IMPROVED ME

There’s a big day coming: 12-21-12.

Not only does it have a lovely, once-in-a-millennium symmetry to it, but it also marks the end of the 1,872,000-day cycle of the ancient Mayan calendar.

That’s a long run – so long that none of the ancient Mayans who developed it are going to be around to say “Happy New Year” to each other.

Which is sort of interesting, when you stop and think about it. These people could develop an extraordinarily complex calendar that has endured for more than 500 centuries, but they couldn’t figure out how to do the most basic thing in the world: stay alive.  There’s a message there for the folks at Hallmark and Daytimer, but I’m not exactly sure what it is.

Coincidentally (or perhaps not?) the year 2012 will also feature a rare astronomical alignment involving the Sun, the moon and several planets (not including, of course, Pluto, which we now know isn’t really a planet but is merely Mickey Mouse’s dog).  According to Newsweek magazine, at least one researcher says “he believes the alignment will trigger a reversal in the magnetic fields of the Sun, causing it to get 10 or 20 times hotter, which will reverse the Earth’s rotation on its axis and flood its inhabitants.”

“Mainstream astronomers,” Newsweek hastens to add, “don’t agree.”

Whew!

There are those in the metaphysical world who are quite worked up over what 2012 might mean to even the non-Mayans among us.  Some see it as the end of the world (how do you say “doomsday” in Mayan?).  Others see it as a gateway through which all manner of interesting phenomena – from spiritual healing to UFOs – may pass.

I don’t know about that, but I do know what 2012 represents to me.  My youngest child, Jon, will turn 21 – a fully fledged adult.  A meaningful part of my life will be over.  Anita and I will be empty-nesters.  Our children will all be adults.  And living away from home.

Which isn’t exactly a doomsday scenario.  I mean, this won’t reverse the Earth’s rotation or anything.  But it’s the end of something important to me.  I love the day-to-day processes of being a father.  I love sharing meals and TV programs.  I love spontaneous conversations and spur-of-the-moment games.  I love chasing my daughter through the house as we try to tickle each other.  I love impulsive wrestling matches with my son on the living room floor.  I love laughing together.  I love crying together.  I love working together.  I love playing together.

I just love being . . . you know . . . together.

I know – they will always be my children, and I will always be their father.  But it’s different when your children become adults.  I know how that works.  So I’m not especially looking forward to 2012 even though I understand that it’s going to happen whether I like it or not.  The Mayan calendar is going to end.  The Sun is going to slip into its rare astronomical alignment.  And my children are going to grow up.  There isn’t much I can do about any of it.

Except, perhaps, to prepare for it.  I can savor every moment that I have with my two children still at home. I can make sure there are no regrets.  I can work on being a better grandfather, and a more valuable resource to my adult children.  And I can strengthen my relationship with Anita, my best friend and partner in Life Beyond 2012.

And I can take another lesson from the Mayans.  According to Newsweek, they viewed life as cyclical.  “The world collapses,” explained David Carrasco, professor of Latin American religions at Harvard University, “but then it gets reborn.”

So I guess that’s my personal goal for 12-21-12: rebirth.  The way I see it, I have six years to a new and improved me.

Which, come to think of it, would make it a really big day for me and my family.

If not the Mayans.

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— © Joseph Walker

For more ValueSpeak, please visit
http://www.sfpnn.com/joseph_walker1.htm

E-mail Joseph at: valuespeak@msn.com 


Look for Joe's book,
"How Can You Mend a Broken Spleen? Home Remedies for an Ailing World." It is available on-line through www.Amazon.com.


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