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The meaning of life

21 Aug 2015 Comments Off on The meaning of life

by uniquelyyourscraftjournal in Seeds of thought

“People say that what we’re all seeking is a meaning for life…. I think that what we’re really seeking is an experience of being alive, so that our life experience on the purely physical plane will have resonance within our innermost being and reality, so that we can actually feel the rapture of being alive”

Joseph Campbell

Let Go

19 Aug 2015 Comments Off on Let Go

by uniquelyyourscraftjournal in Perspectives Tags: human being, let go

Dear Fellow Jounalers,

How many times in your life have you tried to control another person’s behavior or circumstance? How many times have you tried to untied the strings that bind you to those circumstances and then felt guilty when you picked up the “scissors”? The following ideas come from an article I read recently about what letting go really is. Please feel free to share.

~Sallie

To ‘let go’ does not mean to stop caring, it means I can’t do it for someone else.

To ‘let go’ is not to enable, but to allow one to learn from natural consequences.

To ‘let go’ is not to care for, but to care about.

To ‘let go’ is not to judge, but to allow another to be a human being.

To ‘let go’ is not to be protective, it’s to permit another to face reality.

To ‘let go’ is not to regret the past, but to grow and live for the future.

To ‘let go’ is to fear less, and to love more.

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Random Thought on wrinkles?

14 Aug 2015 Comments Off on Random Thought on wrinkles?

“Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been.”

Mark Twain

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Old Phone Book

12 Aug 2015 1 Comment

by uniquelyyourscraftjournal in Perspectives Tags: friends, phone book

Dear Fellow Jounalers,

G is at it again! Enjoy!

~Sallie

Funny, isn’t it? I mean the way people drift in and out of your life, and sometimes in high numbers? The other day I was cleaning out some old boxes at home, and I found an old, (and I mean 20-30 years old) personal phone book. You know, the kind where you write down the names and addresses of people “on your list.”

My book contained the names of everyone from close personal friends to passing business acquaintances. What a list of names! Surprisingly, I was able to put a face with almost every name. I then lapsed into a session of that great game, ‘I wonder where they are now.’ You know, because I’m sure you’ve played it yourself.

Closely examining the book, I narrowed it down to a list of seven people I would love to talk with again. I started dialing. Here’s the result:

¨ Four were disconnects, or numbers that had been reissued. Not surprising considering the length of time.

¨ One was a number that had passed from a parent to a now married child. Regrettably, my friends from the past had been killed in an auto accident about ten years ago.

¨ The last two? PAYDIRT! I found my long-lost friends!

The conversations were long and friendly. Full of “catching up, and how are you.” It was really a great feeling to reconnect with that long past part of my life again. For a few minutes of conversation, I felt 30 years young again! With one couple I was able to set up a dinner date. The other, a retired Marine now living in Arizona, the reunion would need be delayed. Didn’t matter really, just being in touch was great!

If YOU have an old phone phonebook in your home somewhere. Go dig it out, and start dialing!