WORDS WORTH HEARING

Happiness is in the heart,not in the circumstances.

Anonymous

You don't stop laughing because you grow old; you grow old because you stop laughing.

Michael Pritchard

There is a time to let things happen and a time to make things happen.

Hugh Prather


Everything worthwhile, everything of any value,has a price. The price is effort.

Loretta Young


Slow down and enjoy life. It's not only the scenery you miss by going too fast -- you also miss the sense of where you are going and why.

Eddie Cantor


All from Good Stuff magazine


Bye For Now,


Bill


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The Dow and The Tao

I’m sure you all learned and remember what a homonym is from your English classes in grade school. NOT! Don’t feel bad. Neither did I. I missed that class along with grammar, punctuation, spelling, penmanship and geography. Not too swift with math either.

A homonym, according my wife (who went to all the classes I missed) and to Funk and Wagnall’s is, “a word identical with another in pronunciation, but differing from it in origin, spelling and meaning.” (p 308)

Isn’t it interesting and amusing that the Dow and the Tao are homonyms as Tao is pronounced dau. Could any two words be more different from one another than these? The Tao is a religion and philosophy founded by Lao Tsu in China 2500 years ago. I wonder what he would feel about the new China? It is amazing how his comments which follow are so appropriate today.

There’s not much good news to quote from the Dow these days (though it is getting a little better), but so much from the Tao. Here is a sampling:

Better stop short than fill to the brim.
Oversharpen the blade and the edge will soon blunt.
Amass a store of gold and jade and no one can protect it.
Claim wealth and titles and disaster will follow.
………………………

Accept disgrace willingly.
Accept misfortune as the human condition.
Accept being unimportant.
Do not be concerned with loss or gain.
……………………...

That which shrinks must first expand.
That which fails must first be strong.
That which is cast down must first be raised.
……………………...


We would love to hear if/how these apply to your situation.

Bye For Now,
Bill
williampenzer.com
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561 361 1898 x 301

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15 1/2 Relaxing/Fun Things You Can Do for Free

• Take a bath by candlelight with or without bubbles.
• Invite your partner or special person to join you ( a good way to clean up your act!).
• Walk in the park or on the beach or just sit on a bench there. Perhaps meet a special person.
• Listen to relaxing music in the bath, on the bench or while walking or while you eat dinner or do the dishes or anytime.
• Watch an old movie on TV.
• Look through albums, pictures or family videos and remember the good old happy days and believe that they will return.
• Dance with your beloved in your living room or any room as if you were teens.
• Write a response (please be kind) to one of our blogs and press submit.
• Do relaxation, meditation, guided imagery, yoga, tai chi or whatever you are comfortable doing to de-stress.
• Spend 5-10 minutes a day remembering happier times and envisioning a healthy, positive future.
• Feel grateful for all you still have despite whatever you have lost.
• Make a list of what is really, really important to you and go for it.
• Go to a free support group…even if it isn’t for a problem you have.
• Get in touch with what made your “inner child/teen” happy. Blow bubbles, skip, shoot hoops, listen to your generation’s music, read a comic or whatever.
• Go to a bookstore or library and read fun stuff for free.
• Think of other things that can work and send your ideas to us. ( This is the 1/2!)

“ HAPPINESS WALKS ON BUSY FEET”
Kitle Turmell

Bye For Now,

Bill
www.williampenzer.com
954 475 1371 x 301
561 361 1898 x301

see blog on 3/17/09 to know our goals