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matowiyan says:
Shabbat Shalom, Time for another pleasant island in time!! Such a joy after such a hectic week. Hugs & smiles, Mato
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Posted: August 21, 2009 6:42PM EDT
matowiyan says:
Yes, we are so alone, yet, that loneliness makes us cherish each other all the more. May your Shabbat be blessed and blissful.
I'm running late with the Shabbat Shalom greetings. My apologies to my friends on the East Coast. I am going to make it by sundown here, but I want you all to know you are not forgotten!! I checked You Tube for Lehi Dodi to add some joy to your Shabbas, but there is not a single one!! On Friday's Sundown, we embark on a special journey to our precious Island in time. We leave behind all the cares of the daily world and welcome the Shabbas Angels and our friends. Shabbas restores our peace of mind and joy of living. Without it, we fall prey to all of the fearful illusions around us. May your Shabbat be pleasant and peaceful.
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Posted: August 7, 2009 10:39PM EDT
aberlaine says:
Thank you so much for your weekly messages. I actually remembered to light Shabbat candles Friday night. Now I need to find a place where I can feel Jewishness
Posted: August 9, 2009 8:34AM EDT
matowiyan says:
Mitzvot are emprising efforts which we make to bring peace and restore harmony. Even though the fancy words remained with our Garden Lands Brothers, the Silence of Love, Solomon's Shamir, was brought to Turtle Island. the Mitzvot are still sincerely kept on Turtle Island by the 28 Nahual Nations who are Abram and Sarai's descendants.
"A great pianist was asked by an ardent admirer: 'How do you play as well as you do?'
The artist answered: 'The notes I handle no better than the pauses between the notes -- ah! that is where the Art resides.' " . . . .Likrat Shabbat.
In great living, as in great music, the art is in the Pauses. Surely one of the enduring contributions which the Ancestors made to the Art of Living in Balance to Win the Game of Life is the Shabbat, the Pause between the Notes. We are Blessed with Shabbat to preserve both the memories and visions of Paradise which our Ancestors Enchanted for us each Shabbat Eve. It is Grandmother's Silence of Love Pauses which Provide Clarity and Harmony to Grandfather's Rolling Thunder Words. When we stop and listen with out Hearts, we receive Their Blessings in great abundance.
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Posted: July 31, 2009 10:43PM EDT
whaley39 says:
Re the Bermuda trip. I have both flown over, and cruised to Bermuda. Next time (and I hope it will happen) I will fly for sure. Lots of bad things happened on the cruise from Norfolk, including rocky seas, a cattle call at dinner time, theft of our dinner seats by folks who would not own up, terrible chairs for reading, a 40-watt bulb in the shop's library, and a good chance we would not have docked at St. George's as planned. The ships are getting too big for all but the Royal Dockyard. You have to love large ship cruising to put up with all that, and increasingly I find people less ineterested in cattle calls, and more interested in the neat small chip cruises available from ACCL, CruiseWest and the like. Of course maybe you like the casino, line dancing, bingo and the rest. Then go to it!
Posted: March 28, 2009 11:42AM EDT
aberlaine says:
Whaley, that's what I'm afraid of. I don't like rough seas and I don't like large ships. The last time my partner and I cruised, he was seasick most of the time. The only reason I'm thinking of Bermuda is because I found the place adorable and quaint. But the cost was the thing. I'd really love to go back to the Caribbean.
A friend I cruised with the last time and I are looking into ACCL cruises. I think we'd both love that. And, no I'm not into bingo, line dancing or gambling. I'm a 64-year old retiree just looking for a calm place on the seas. On the Royal Caribbean cruise, there was so much to do on the ship, we didn't even have to get off if we didn't want to. And both of us have fibromyalgia, so we needed calmness
Posted: March 29, 2009 4:38PM EDT
daisydoyle says:
Good to hear from you, Nancy. My daughter has not seen a rheumatologist, even though I have urged her to do so. I think she is so despondent about it all that she is giving up, thinking that there is nothing that can be done. She's been on Utracet and Elavil (dr prescribed for sleeping). I find Cymbalta great for my own mild fibro symptoms, and it helps with the pain of neuropathy in my feet, but she can't take it. One of the main problems is that she has taken seizure meds for years, and you can't mix dilantin and phenobarb with too much. I am encouraging her to start some kind of weight loss program as a beginning in fighting the fibro. Mainly so that she will take some action of some sort. To make her even more depressed, her birthday is this month and she will be 44. I think she is now going through some peri-menopausal symptoms, too. There is no sadness that competes with not being able to help your child.
By the way, if you ever try to get off Cymbalta, be extremely careful. I tried cutting down once and can't begin to tell you the physical and emotional trauma involved. Soon I will once again try by cutting back to 30mg a day instead of 60. I read somewhere that it is impossible to get off of. Why I want to get off when it does some good things for me is another whole story!
Thanks for 'listening'!
Maggie
Posted: March 7, 2008 2:24PM EST
daisydoyle says:
Hi, Nancy!
Thanks for inviting me to be your friend. I always like your posts in the book section, and I also thank you for info on fibromyalgia. My daughter is still miserable and not getting any better. She never seems to have any relief. Lyrica did nothing for her.
Anyhow, I will check out your posts on the book boards.
Maggie
Posted: February 28, 2008 11:53PM EST
aberlaine says:
Maggie, I'm sorry to hear about your daughter. Has she been seen by a rheumatologist? They're the ones who actually treat fibromites. Has her doctor put her on Ultracet or Elavil? Both work great for my pain. And I take trazodone to help me get to sleep. And Cymbalta for my chronic depression. Boy, sure sounds like I'm a walking pharmacy. But that half of what I used to take.
Nancy
Posted: March 7, 2008 1:56PM EST
