Hello my dawlinks! My husband's cousin Artie just left our home to go back to his home in California. Such a nice man, a few quirks like the rest of us but thats a subject for another day, no? Anyway, while he was here, he and my husband were talking about their Uncle Muttel (for all you goyishas out there I simpliflied his name) By the way, goyishas is plural for non-Jews. Anyway, Uncle Muttel thought he single handedly won World War II with the help of Winston Churchill and lived under this delusion until his demise. He was, other than being known as being an absolute loon, a loving and wonderful man; much like the rest of the men in my husband's family.
So why is your Yenta telling you this? It's simple, dawlinks. Within the world there are things that cause us pressures and stresses and it's how you handle them and how you expell them that counts. How you get through them is one thing but what you do is what effects your body. Uncle Muttel was always happy, rarely ill, and made everyone around him smile. Oy vey, I'd agree it was an extreme of course, however the point is to stay light hearted, pick your "battles" and I'm hoping they aren't as big as World War II, and remember the sun will set this evening, rise in the morning and the moon still shines over Moscow.
Perhaps a little exercise to try, my dawlinks? Think of your pain as dark clouds in the center of your "being". The only way to get rid of them is sun that shines within you. The brighter you make your personal sun, the more the clouds disapate, the better (perhaps) you'll feel. Give it a try. It couldn't hurt!
Your Yenta
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Today was an incredible full moon so I find it interesting I read the above from Yenta that included something about 'the moon still shines over Moscow'. Really liked this piece.... And realized it kind of dovetails to something many might want to check out about the power of the mind for envisioning things -- on Lumigrate's YouTube channel. It's Dr. King doing an exercise we suggested as something just fast -- I'd seen the owner of MasterDrive use it in his presenations as he utilized 'State of Mind' in restoring racecar drivers who had crashed or not to higher performance levels (as well as with 15 year olds or those with some difficulty for driving requiring special rehab driving services, which I did for his company for 2 years).
I encourage people to take a few minutes (under 6) to find the 'power of imagery' for mind-body connection to follow this link to see Paula's Lemon Exerices (as we call it). (on You tube we titled it 'Imagination Exercise'). She teaches the basics of mindful breathing and why/how. FREE! (Always love to provide lots of things for ALL) ~~ Mardy
PS -- I started studying this meditation form, by the way, when first ill 20 years ago and it helped me tremendously over the years. I'd start new patients with this on our first day, as well (when appropriate).
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