Time for Reflection; From the Quote of the Week Files; December 26, 2016

​Time for Reflection

​G​etting ready for the New Year!

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“As the year comes to a close, it is a time for reflection – a time to release old thoughts and beliefs and forgive old hurts. Whatever has happened in the past year, the New Year brings fresh beginnings. Exciting new experiences and relationships await. Let us be thankful for the blessings of the past and the promise of the future.” 

Peggy Toney Horton

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In case you want to do some reflecting for 2016...

What was biggest thing you learned this past year?

What was your biggest personal change from January to December of this past year?

What was an unexpected joy this past year?

What was an unexpected obstacle this past year?

​What was the ​

hardest you

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laughed this year

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What was your best moment of the year?

Pick three words to describe this past year.

Happy Reflecting!  

And pass over that bowl of popcorn.

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Next Week...

The annual Word of the Year Project

What will your word be for 2017?

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Wishing you a most beautiful day wherever this may find you!​

The Meaning of Christmas; From the Quote of the Week Files; December 19, 2016

The Meaning of Christmas
from Two Unusual Sources...

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"It's Christmas Eve, it's the one night of the year where we all act a little nicer, we smile a little easier, we cheer a little more...for a couple of hours out of the whole year we are the people that we always hoped we would be. It's a miracle, it's really sort of a miracle, because it happens every Christmas Eve..."You have to do something, you have to take a chance, you do have to get involved. There are people that are having trouble making their miracle happen. There are people who don't have enough to eat, there are people that are cold...you can go out and say "hello" to these people. You can take an old blanket out of the closet and say "here" you can make them a sandwich and say "oh by the way here!" I get it now! If you give, then it can happen...then the miracle can happen to you. It's not just the poor and hungry, it's everybody who's got to have this miracle!! And it can happen tonight for all of you! If you believe in this spirit thing, the miracle will happen and then you'll want it to happen again tomorrow. You won't be one of those (Scrooges) who says Christmas is once a year and it's a fraud...it's not! It can happen every day..you've just got to want that feeling. And if you like it and you want it you'll get greedy for it...you'll want it every day of your life, and it can happen to you. I believe in it now! I believe it's gonna happen to me now, and I'm ready for it. It's great! It's a good feeling..it's better than I've felt in a long time! I'm ready....have a Merry Christmas, everyone."

From the movie "Scrooged" (1988)
starring Bill Murray _________

Charlie Brown: Isn’t there anyone, who knows what Christmas is all about?!

Linus: Sure Charlie Brown, I can tell you what Christmas is all about. Lights please?

And there were in the same country shepherds, abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them! And they were sore afraid. And the angel said unto them, “Fear not! For, behold, I bring you tidings o great joy, which shall be to all my people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ, the Lord. And this shall be a sign unto you: Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.” And suddenly, there was with the angel a multitude of the Heavenly Host praising God, and saying, “Glory to God in the Highest, and on Earth peace, and good will toward men.

That’s what Christmas is all about, Charlie Brown.

From the TV Show; A Charlie Brown Christmas

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eObVoC0dOp0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s74pvLWoYzU

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Did you know the Quote of the Week has a world wide audience?

With that in mind may I wish all....

Buon Natale

Linksmų Kalėdų

God Jul

​Happy ​Hanukkah

Rõõmsaid Jõulupühi

Nollaig Shona Dhuit

Kala Christouyenna 

M​erry Christmas

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Priecïgus Ziemassvºtkus

Krismasi Njema

Feliz Navidad

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Wishing you most beautiful day wherever this may find you!

Quotes about this Holiday Season!

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"If you were going to make this the best holiday season ever, how would you do it? It won't happen for most people, because most people won't have that as their #1 intention. And it's unlikely that you'll have the life-changing holidays that you could have if you don't create a powerful intent."

Debbie Ford

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This Holiday Season…

Mend a quarrel... Seek out a forgotten friend... Dismiss suspicion, and replace it with trust...Write a love letter... Share some treasure... Give a soft answer... Encourage youth...Manifest your loyalty in word and deed...Keep a promise... Find the time... Forgo a grudge... Forgive an enemy... Listen... Apologize if you were wrong… Try to understand... Flout envy... Examine your demands on others... Think first of someone else... Appreciate... Be kind... Be gentle... Laugh a little, Laugh a little more... Deserve confidence... Take up arms against malice... Decry complacency... Express your gratitude... Welcome a stranger... Gladden the heart of a child... Take pleasure in the beauty and the wonder of earth... Speak of your love... Speak it again... Speak still once again.

Author Unknown

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Wishing you a most beautiful day wherever this may find you!

We don't Know; From the Quote of the Week Files; December 5, 2016

​We don't know

"When we think that something is going to bring us pleasure, we really don’t know what’s going to happen. When we think something is going to give us misery, we don’t know. Letting there be room for not knowing is the most important thing of all. We try to do what we think is going to help. But we don’t know. We never know if we’re going to fall flat or sit up tall. When there’s a big disappointment, we don’t know if that’s the end of the story. It may be just the beginning of a great adventure…. Life is like that. We call something bad; we call it good. 

But really we just don’t know. "

Pema Chodron

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Wishing you a most beautiful day wherever this may find you!