Thursday, June 30, 2005

The power of Words

Good Morning everyone,  

Words are powerful  

They can inspire, invoke, hurt, deny, defame.....  

There are thousands of poems, songs and sonnets that make us think, make us change, bring up emotion, help us remember, help us release.  

What words do you use to create your Life poem?  

The spoken word is a contract with the Universe; it manifests, it calls in these things we say, to us.  

The phrase ,"Watch what you wish for, you may get it!", is said in jest; but some truths are said that way to take the bite out of their serious message......  

Be conscious of the words you use today, write them down. At the end of the day, read them back, like a poem and see what song you are singing to the Universe.  

 Here is the thought for the day-  

They say the world is round and yet,
``Sometimes I think it's square.
``So many little hurts you get,
``From corners here and there.
``We flatter those we scarcely know
``And please the fleeting guest.
``Yet we deal many a thoughtless blow,
``To those we love the best.

Roger Heffington
 

Namaste,

Marianne Goldweber

Wednesday, June 29, 2005

Kindness

Good Morning, Happy Wednesday!  

 Kindness.... we have all been in a place where a kind word makes all the difference, it diffuses anger, it makes things right, it soothes and comforts.

  We all want kindness; expect it even. But being kind is not always easy. It means removing our own fears, judgements and motives. It means getting involved, even on a small level, taking an emotional risk.  

 It is a privilege to be in the space of someone in need, and our kindness is sometimes a band aid when we did not even see a wound...  

Practice kindness today.

Its a two fold gift, one for the doer and one for the recipient.  

 Here is the thought for the day;  

At the end of life we will not be judged by how many diplomas we have received, how much money we have made, how many great things we have done.

We will be judged by 'I was hungry and you gave me to eat, I was naked and you clothed me, I was homeless and you took me in.'

Hungry not only for bread -- but hungry for love.
Naked not only for clothing -- but naked for human dignity and respect. Homeless not only for want of a room of bricks -- but homeless because of rejection.

Mother Teresa
Catholic Missionary, Nobel Peace Prize Recipient

 

Namaste,

Marianne Goldweber


Tuesday, June 28, 2005

Optimism and Motivation

Good Morning, Happy Tuesday!  

Two men looked through jail bars...One saw mud...The other stars.......   Which one are you?  

To see things as an optimist allows you to use your ability of "perception" to roll over challenges, and see them as purposeful lessons...

Opportunities rather than obstacles.  

It is easy to want to "nay say" and "poo-poo" optimistic outbursts...or optimistic catch phrases. But once you know them, you can't help but use them!!!  

Positive thinking and optimism is contagious. Motivational material and speakers, get endorphins flowing. They get us excited about our future, and it lifts our mood... 

We get creative and inspired. It is beneficial to use these kinds of materials every day.  

My personal favorite Motivational speaker is Zig Ziglar. My favorite book of his is "Over the top." He uses humor and storytelling in order to inspire and motivate.  

When I was 19, My personal and professional Mentor, Harry Abel,  introduced us to his tapes, and forced us to listen to him every day. I was not the most positive person back then, and those tapes had a profound impact on my attitude (and boy did I have one!) and life.  

One of my favorite Zig-isms is, "Some of us learn from other people's mistakes and the rest of us have to be other people."  

Annoy, I mean Inspire, your friends and coworkers, become an Optimist. Get motivated, get inspired, get happy, and above all

HAVE FUN DOING IT!  

Here is the Thought for the day!  

 An optimist is someone who goes after Moby Dick in a rowboat and takes the tartar sauce with him. Zig Ziglar  

Namaste!

Marianne Goldweber

Monday, June 27, 2005

Being of Service and asking for help

Good Morning from Sunny Michigan!  

 So many times, we suffer, angst and worry. Trudging through life, carrying our burden basket, hoping someone will notice. Or going it alone, martyr like, wearing our sufferage like a badge of honor.  

 There are many depending on us, physically, financially, spiritually, and emotionally.   Others are depending on us to be an example, watching what we do, more than listening to what we say.   

There is strength in asking for help.

Many of us come from industrial age women, self sacrificing to the point of loosing  their identity, resentful for who they could have been if.........  

The example to our daughters and sons is; that it is not selfish to care for the self. It creates balance, and part of this is asking when in need...  

Just like on the airplane "put on your own oxygen mask before assisting others with theirs."

All of us are wanting to be of service.

 Others are waiting to feel good about helping us. There is a circle of energy that is created when we give.  

In order to be complete,  it requires we learn to ask and graciously receive. Or we will never know the humbling that is required to allow others to be of service to us. Then we will understand how hard it is for others to allow us to help them.  

It creates surrender of control, eliminates our separateness, demands trust,  creates community,and  removes ego.  

It also allows us to admit, we don't have all the answers and that we need each other.  

Blessings to everyone.  

Here is the thought for the day ! 

 When I dig another out of trouble, the hole from which I lift him is the place where I bury my own. Norman Vincent Peale  

Namaste,

Marianne Goldweber

Friday, June 24, 2005

A room with a view

Good Morning and HAPPY FRIDAY!!!!  

Imagine there is a room with many windows..

You and I are standing across from each other.....  

We both have different views of the same room.......However, what is visible to you, may be out of my perception from my viewpoint...  

In order to see the room in a different way, I must move to another window... and there things that I could not see before.......  

Has the room changed?....No... but, my viewpoint has been altered because I have a new perspective.....  

How can we apply this to life our life?....  

Are there situations that require us to reexamine them from another window?...

Are there conflicts that we have because we have not gone to another's window to see it in their perspective?....  

Doing this allows us to admit we may not have had all the facts.... It prevents us from assuming and making judgment based on only one perspective....

It allows us to forgive and be forgiven.  

 Try to apply this to some issue that you are stuck in. Or ask for another's perspective on the same issue.

It may give you food for thought.....  

Here is the thought for the day!   It is possible to be standing on one side of a door and perceive the world as a dark and lonely place, while on the other side of that very same door are countless people just waiting to lend support and cheer you on. All that is required is that you turn the knob.

Author Unknown
 

  
Namaste,
Marianne Goldweber
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Thursday, June 23, 2005

Guidance from above

Good Morning!!! Happy Thursday!!  

 I want to take this opportunity to greet our new Villagers who have been added to our list this Morning!!! Visit the web log link under my name to read the past thoughts of the day.....  

Someone asked my yesterday about when Mercury is going retrograde again.... It will be July 23, for more info click on the hyperlink above. It will take you to a place that describes it in detail.  

I find comfort in knowing that we have guides, angels, ancestors watching as we travel through this Earth walk.  

I believe that we chose them, friends to stand with us as we enter our human life...to forget that they are there, and hopefully become aware again that they are there, guiding us, coaching us, through our own inner voice.   Through messages like pennies under foot, whiffs of perfume, messages from strangers, our friends in the animal tribe....  

I reflect on how long we chalk these occurrences up to coincidence, or "the weirdest thing happened to me the other day" or my personal favorite "I was just thinking of you........"  

I always kid that if I had a Native name it would be- Runs With Scissors, my guides really signed on for a tour of duty with me!!!!!  But, fortunately, they don't have to work as hard as they used to....or so I think.....lol....  

 Once we are aware that the Universe is waiting patiently, guiding us gently, available for questions, ready to give answers..

All we have to do is trust.... and ask......

Blessings to all of you today..  

Here is the Thought of the day....  

Last night as I sang to the stars,
I realized they may be the souls of
former friends or of future children.
So, I sang louder and louder
and I thanked them for listening,
I heard their applause
and they thanked me for coming,
At the same time we both said
our "Your Welcomes,"
And as I watched them twinkle,
They watched me Shine…

Laura Duksta
www.HippieandTheBaldChick.com

 
Namaste,
Marianne Goldweber
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Wednesday, June 22, 2005

Life is like Gardening

Happy Wednesday

 

Life is like Gardening.

 

Until you have put your bare hands in the the soil.

Smelled the moist, rich Earth.

Felt the warmth of the Sun.

Gently plant the seeds.

Nurturing, something you grew.

Praying for rain.

Gently tending, weeding, watering in order to bring the abundance of harvest.

Waiting patiently. 

Watch a squirrel eat your biggest, reddest tomato.

Gathering the bounty of your labor.

Preparing the meal,and feeding your family.

 

Or, you could just read all there is to know about Gardening.

 

 

Here is the thought for the day:

 

I wanted a perfect ending.

Now, I've learned, the hard way, that some poems don't rhyme, and some stories don't have a clear beginning, middle and end.

Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what's going to happen next.

Delicious ambiguity.
Gilda Radner

1946-1989

 
Namaste,
Marianne Goldweber
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Tuesday, June 21, 2005

Our sacred story

Good Morning Happy Tuesday, Welcome Summer!  

We all have our story... Our own, personal story of who we are, where we came from, and what experiences have shaped us. We all need to share that with others, it seems to explain where we are coming from.  

Who we are. Why we do the things we do.  

People have become hungry to be heard, to tell their story, to receive understanding and love.   

In the Mirror of Illusion of Self, does that mean that we are not Listening to others?  

Do we honor that Sacred sharing of someone else's personal story?  

Do we ask, "How are you?" and wait to hear the answer?  

If we knew the personal story of everyone we met, we would be more tolerant of their behavior, and forgiving of their indiscretions.  

To be Heard, Nurtured and Loved, means to; Listen, Nurture and Love others.  

Here is the Thought for the Day;  

Every one of us needs a home. The world needs a home. There are so many young people who are homeless.They may have a building to live in, but they are homeless in their hearts. That is why the most important practice of our time is to give each person a home.
Thich Nhat Hanh 

Click above for more info on this man.
 

Namaste,
Marianne Goldweber
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Monday, June 20, 2005

Letting go, allowing for Divine process

Good Monday Everyone,

As the full moon fast approaches, I can't help but feel the pull of the tides in me to move, do, accomplish. Bringing things out, into the physical world. Ideas that I have nurtured. Finishing things I have worked on to release.
Do you have the bubbling pot in you, ready to spill forth? Energy building, but no idea why?

This is the strength of the full moon. Bring it out, make it happen. Whatever idea, thought, emotion that needs to be released, now is the time...
Allow this tidal wave to carry these things forth.


This is where I utilize my fire pit for burning those written thoughts that I want to "send to the Universe", to "give to Creator" in order to unburden my human self. To watch the fire, consume my offering is like watching it physically go, to be Finished. Released.

Start your own full moon ritual. It will be something you will find yourself looking forward to every month.
 
Here is the thought for the day:
Inside myself is a place where I live all alone and that's where you renew your springs that never dry up.
Pearl Buck (1892 - 1973)
 
 

Namaste,
Marianne Goldweber
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Thursday, June 16, 2005

Full Moon and Summer Solstice coming!!

Good Morning,   Happy Thursday!!  

There is a full moon coming on Monday the 20th just so happens that it is happening at Midsummer or summer solstice June 21st, the longest day of the year...  

If you get a chance, do a search under Summer Solstice to see how every culture and religion on Earth celebrates the beginning of Summer!!!  

 Now that all the planting is done, time for tending, and playing. A time of celebrating the sun, warmth and life...  

A time to appreciate Our Mother Earth and maybe make a promise to help heal her.... Clean up a park, pick up litter when you see it...Recycle....  

Time to release old stuff, papers and clutter.. Have a garage sale, give things away to those less fortunate, open yourself to abundance by not hoarding, and releasing things that no longer serve you...

Clean out the cave ... plant something.....  

Whatever you do, do it with loving intent, and you will feel better for it and bring abundance your way!!!!!!!!    

Here is the Thought for the day!!!  

Let us be grateful to people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom. 

Marcel Proust

  
Namaste,
Marianne Goldweber
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Tuesday, June 14, 2005

Creatures of Habit- Finding The road less traveled

Good Morning!! Happy Tuesday...  

We Humans-being are all-or-nothing....... Sometimes change seems insurmountable, so we don't bother, even if the change would create a better reality.  

We get trapped in routine, we have become part of the "machine of daily living".  

This is our personal illusion.....It is a Habit  6 : a settled tendency or usual manner of behavior 7 a : a behavior pattern acquired by frequent repetition or physiologic exposure that shows itself in regularity or increased facility of performance b : an acquired mode of behavior that has become nearly or completely involuntary c : ADDICTION  

It's "interesting" that the synonym for habit is "addiction"......

Habits are Addictive, and while we are in the cycle of habits, we can loose days, years and lifetimes to them... Like Rip Van Winkle...  

The best way to break a habit, or routine is to divert from it in some small way......  

 I have, out of habit, driven to Downtown Cleveland, and then realized I was there, but had no intention of going Downtown...That is the force of a habit.....  

Have you ever answered the phone at home, "This is Marianne, thank you for calling XYZ company?" I have.....  

Our lives are filled with little things we do, ritually, without thinking.....  

Get off the highway, and drive through the city on your way home.... Take a different route... Instead of eating inside, eat your dinner outside..... Take a walk in your neighborhood.... Run through someone's sprinkler. Look for interesting rocks in a river, creek or stream......  

Change your routine, just a little.... We are creatures of habit, changes can be made very slowly, and eventually you will find yourself being more adventuresome, or saying hello to strangers, shopping in different stores ... going to new neighborhoods ... trying new restaurants...opening yourself to diversity....Looking forward to quiet time by the stream....  

It creates a chain effect...You begin seeing your personal space in a new way, cleaning out closets, going through your wardrobe, getting out more... 

Whatever it is that you do, have fun doing it.. And before you know it, those habits will change......  

And life just might be a little more interesting....  

Here is the thought for the day!

Too many times we stand aside
And let the waters slip away
'Til what we put off 'til tomorrow
Has now become today
So don't you sit upon the shoreline
And say you're satisfied
Choose to chance the rapids
And dare to dance the tide...

Garth Brooks, The River

   
Namaste,
Marianne Goldweber
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Monday, June 13, 2005

Did you see my inner child?

Good Monday to All !!!  

I'm not sure when it happens, but there is a shift that occurs, from being a child to an adult.  Someone shatters our reality with the programming of adulthood.....Then we begin trying to make our children like us...... doomed to a lifetime of deadlines and over scheduling; Fun and appreciation for Life is something you have to "fit in" the day. Or go without.  

I have looked in the mirror of illusion of self, and decided; I want to be more like my child...  

What spirit! What kindness, What generosity, What thoughtfulness.

Always thinking of others first.....What simple beauty... To lie in the grass, and marvel at the complexity of Creation.... How ants carry boulders in their world....How to talk to God like a friend. To create art from twigs and string... To forgive people.....To smile at Elders.... To hold hands and not be ashamed of public displays of affection. To pick bouquets of dandelions and give them in Love...  

I love the way they see life so completely, without ego, or expectation.....

Yes...I've decided I want to be more like my child........   

 Here is the thought for the day:

If a child is to keep alive his inborn sense of wonder, he needs the companionship of at least one adult who can share it, rediscovering with him the joy, excitement and mystery of the world we live in.

Rachel Carson
   
Namaste,
Marianne Goldweber
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Friday, June 10, 2005

Living through the eyes of a child

Good Morning everyone..Happy Friday!!  

Living can be serious business.  

We get tunnel vision and attack each day as something to "get through" rather than lifting our perception to say "Wow, thank you for another day.What new adventure is in store for me? How can I make it the gift it really is?"  

The person that reminds me of this is my son, my ancient one in a little body.  

He says that  if we took more time to read a book... go sit in nature in the park....  watch the animals... relax on a floatie in the pool....

We would not let life freak us out...When he does this,then he can hear his little voice clearer, and it cleanses his mind..

 "Things would be much clearer" he says.  "When I freak out, I go to my room (his sacred space) and read a book, then I feel better."   

 Is life freaking you out?  

Are you like hennie pennie and running from imaginary fears? Predicting doom? (watch out for that fox!)  

Are you investing so much of yourself in your job, that you have lost sight of who you really are?  

Are you so busy solving the worlds problems that you have a mountain of your own?  

Ask a child their opinion.

Have them show you how to color, tell a joke, be creative, play.  

They are not just children, but wise spiritual beings on a Journey.

Sometimes, they hear the answers clearer than we do.  

All you have to do is ask.........  

Here is the thought for the day;  

I love the story of the little girl who showed her teacher a picture she painted of a tree. The tree was purple.

The teacher said, "Sweetheart, I've never seen a purple tree, now have I?" "Oh?" said the little girl. "That's too bad."
Marianne Williamson
From her book: A Return To Love

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Namaste,
Marianne Goldweber
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Thursday, June 9, 2005

changing the world by changing me

Good Morning!!! Happy Thursday!!!  

 Sometimes, the task of changing the world seems impossible to do, but creating a changed world starts with me.  

The hardest world to change is your own personal world. Once you honestly look at it, you can see how globally the task is daunting. 

If everyone started changing themselves, the World would be healed. Sounds too good to be true. Perhaps, let's try it and find out!!  

I can apologize, I can forgive, I can do random acts of kindness, I can choose to be happy.  

I can quit complaining and do something about the things that I do not like, or have, or want.  

I can stop wearing my pain and hurt like a banner, needing to feed the victim.  

Everyone has had pain, hurt, regret, anger, death happen to them.  

Heal yourself by helping heal another.

The kind word you wish you received, give to another.

Want to be forgiven? Forgive another.

Want Joy and Abundance, Create joy and abundance for another.  

We are entering the time of Summer, the place of South on the Medicine wheel, In some Native American cultures, this is a time to remind us to not take ourselves so seriously.

This place is governed by Coyote, the trickster... Is there some way that you are fooling yourself; telling yourself a half baked lie?  

It is time to laugh it off, learn to let go of old negative thinking. Plant new Ideas that will come into be "harvested" in the fall....  

Here is the Thought for the day!!  

Past the seeker as he prayed came the crippled and the beggar and the beaten. And seeing them...he cried, "Great God, how is it that a loving Creator can see such things and yet do nothing about them?"... God said, "I did do something, I made you.

Sufi Teaching

  
Namaste,
Marianne Goldweber
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Wednesday, June 8, 2005

Friends and travelers on the Good Red Road

Hi everyone!!  

I was reminded of the friends in my life; All who have their "specialty". Some are my Spiritual friends, some are Shopping/ party friends, some know me better than I know myself, and some know me less....

But, as I walk down this path called Life...The Good Red Road...

I am reminded of the blessing of each and every traveler that has walked with me awhile......

Thank you.........

Here is the thought for the day............  

I've dreamed many dreams that never came true.
I've seen them vanish at dawn.
But I've realized enough of my dreams thank the Lord,
To make me want to dream on.

I've prayed many prayers when no answer came,
Though I've waited patient and long,
But answers have come to enough of my prayers
To make me keep praying on.

I've trusted many a friend that failed,
And left me to weep alone,
But I've found enough of my friends that are really true,
That will make me keep trusting on.

I've sown many seeds that have fallen by the way,
For the birds to feed upon,
But I've held enough golden sheaves in my hand,
To make me keep sowing on.

I've drunk from the cup of disappointment and pain
I've gone many days without song,
But I've sipped enough nectar from the Roses of Life
To make me keep living on!

'Roses Of Life'
by Ron DeMarco

 
Namaste,
Marianne Goldweber
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Monday, June 6, 2005

New moon June- Inspiration

Good Morning everyone!!  

Today is the New Moon...

Now is the time to allow the Universe to give you the guidance that we all need.   It is a great relief to say that we do not know what to do....

Where we need to be.....

What we want to do with our lives.....

Where does happiness lie?......

What course of action to take next....  

It is only in being humble enough to stop, be quiet, and ask for help from the Universe that the path is cleared..  

How nice to know, we are not alone.....  

Take some time today to find the courage to ask your Guides, Ancestors, Angels, Creator; Where do I go from here?....

The answer may surprise you.......    

Some aboriginal  people use the moon time (menstrual cycle) to be open to the creative process. Because we are open at that time, we should try to be alone for a day or two, to be open to the natural flow of "inspiration"to be cultivated in the coming month and brought into fruition by the next full moon.... The new moon serves this purpose too for men and women alike...  

For more information, go to my web journal, archives "This little light of mine" April 29,2005 for more info on the new moon and what it means to us..  

Here is the thought for the day!  

How do geese know when to fly to the sun? Who tells them the seasons? How do we, humans, know when it is time to move on? As with migrant birds, so surely with us, there is a voice within, if only we would listen to it, that tells us so certainly when to go forth into the unknown.

Elisabeth Kubler-Ross 

 
Namaste,
Marianne Goldweber
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Friday, June 3, 2005

Miscommunication creates chaos and confusion

Good Morning! Happy Friday!  

As this week comes to a close, many of you are anticipating the end of the school year, mixed with relief, and some of you a new schedule and anxiety. What a liberating feeling for our children. Let's help them celebrate!  

 We are entering the dark moon this weekend, complete on Monday, June 6th.  

The new Moon takes us into the shadows, a time to create, reinvent yourself, take an emotional time out. Get new ideas.

It is a time to embrace the nothingness, in order to get new inspiration.....

This is a reminder for me to use this time to mourn the things that did not come to pass in the last month, but celebrate with new energy, the ideas that I fertilize today for the coming month.  

For you that follow the Jamie Sams Monthly guide, we are entering the month of Storyteller Grandmother of the sixth moon (June) .

We are reminded this month to remain young at heart, and always "Speak our truth" say what you mean, speak from your heart in a truthful, clear and concise manner.     

If you would like to follow along, the 2 books are "the thirteen original clan mothers" and the daily meditation "Earth Medicine, ancestors ways of harmony for many moons." Jamie Sams is an exceptional writer and teacher of the Native American way. (I have found them used for a minimal price online at amazon or one of those.)  

 Miscommunication creates confusion. Misunderstanding creates assumption, which is not good communication. I have seen many things go south because assuming, or not saying how we feel.  

When someone tells you a story of their personal truth or something that happened to them, this intimate sharing is for you to see how this is about you, you are being told these things so you can reflect it back to the self and grow.  

To not hear the message hidden in the story is a disservice to the self. These stories, or conversations are seldom "coincidence," it is a message for you to unravel.   Have a safe, blessed and happy weekend!  

 Go to my blog at  Walking the Red Road  more on the new moon... 

 
Namaste,
Marianne Goldweber
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Wednesday, June 1, 2005

Procrastination- why put it off?

Good Morning  Friends,

Sometimes the dark thing has a name; it is called "PROCRASTINATION"-

Meaning; to purposefully and habitually put things off.

Some of us have made a lifetime of internal and external clutter due to this.

So with a light heart, here is the thought for the day!!!!!

Blessings!

The Procrastinator's Creed:

1. I believe that if anything is worth doing, it would have been done already.

2. I shall never move quickly, except to avoid more work or find excuses.

3. I will never rush into a job without a lifetime of consideration.

4. I shall meet all of my deadlines directly in proportion to the amount of bodily injury I could expect to receive from missing them.

5. I firmly believe that tomorrow holds the possibility for new technologies, astounding discoveries, and a reprieve from my obligations.

6. I truly believe that all deadlines are unreasonable regardless of the amount of time given.

7. I shall never forget that the probability of a miracle, though infinitesmally small, is not exactly zero.

8. If at first I don't succeed, there is always next year.

9. I shall always decide not to decide, unless of course I decide to change my mind.

10. I shall always begin, start, initiate, take the first step, and/or write the first word, when I get around to it.

11. I obey the law of inverse excuses which demands that the greater the task to be done, the more insignificant the work that must be done prior to beginning thegreater task.

12. I know that the work cycle is not plan/start/finish, but is wait/plan/plan.

13. I will never put off until tomorrow, what I can forget about forever.

14. I will become a member of the ancient Order of Two-Headed Turtles (the Procrastinator's Society) if they ever get it organized

 
Namaste,
Marianne Goldweber
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