life, ruddy absurd it can be often, i'll grant many of you that premise, however, does life owe you any favours or do you get out of it, what you put into it?
if, like many, you have been told before, that you lack the right attitude to activate positive change within your personal or financial circumstances, just what is it that can cultivate in you, the right kind of changes that further enable you to lead more fulfilled lives?.
well, one thing for certain, is that one answer does not fit all unique circumstances.
Xena posted this the other day.If you have the good fortune to talk to Xena in the chat room you will see that this works for her.She is always in a pleasant mood and boy is she fuunnnny!!!
http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/forum/thread.aspx?id=36573&page=1&site=3#493817
all right- all those out there who own pets, or have owned pets will hopefully see my point of view and understand.
the rest of you can point and laugh at my weakness.... my cat is dying.
she is 119 in people years, i guess it's to be expected that she go sometime, but still it sucks!
(((((((((((JoAnna))))))))))
http://web.vet.cornell.edu/public/petloss/
Grieving the Loss of a Pet
Grief is a process of physical, emotional, social and cognitive reactions to loss. The grieving process is hard to work through! One needs to be patient with themselves or others experiencing loss. Studies have found that people often go through stages or phases of grief. Although responses to loss are as diverse as the people experiencing it, patterns of stages commonly experienced have emerged. Some stages of grief reactions are described below.
Shock/Denial:
A feeling of numbness can last hours to weeks. It is a period often described as "unreal", (i.e. being amazed to have made it through a euthanasia). Some reactions people experince during this stage are: having disorganized thoughts, feeling unaffected, thinking about suicide, feeling numb, being euphoric or hysterical, feeling outside their body, or being talkative, hyper or passive. Other people will feel in denial of the loss. (i.e. "I can't believe he is really gone...it just doesn't seem real.)
Searching/Yearning:
People will often find themselves acutely missing the pet that is gone. Individuals in this phase can be pre-occupied with thoughts of the deceased; they may have dreams about the pet who is gone. Reactions experienced may also include sensing that one sees or hears the pet outside their home. Feelings commonly experienced are intense pining, sadness, fear, anger, relief, irritability, guilt and yearning. Sometimes anger is not directed at the loss, but instead towards a family member, veterinarian, self or God. During this period individuals may find themselves bursting into tears at unexpected times. People may also experience physical illness, pain, weight change, fatigue and change in appetite.
Disorganization:
During this phase individuals are beginning to live their lives without their animal companion and learning new skills. This commonly leads to feeling disorganized, as well as needing to evaluate and learn different ways of managing life (i.e. how to fill that empty spot when coming home without someone to greet you).
Reorganization:
People in grief forget that grief is a process and that through this process, new coping skills are learned. The pet who is gone is usually never forgotten. In the case of death, most individuals never "get over" the loss. However, survivors learn to live with loss. The intensity of the loss changes, and a survivor can rejoin life. One finds that they can eat and sleep. Individuals may establish new relationships with pets. Sadness and crying still occur at times, while simultaneously increased happiness will be experienced.
Used with permission from Jennifer Marshall, CSW.
this is a great article:.
emotional memory management "postive control over your memory" by joseph m. carver, ph.d.. http://www.drjoecarver.com/memory.html.
very helpful stuff!!.
Thanx!! Printing it.
Will you be there?
i keep coming across these 2 words, not just here, but all over the web.. i'm confused!
surely "noone" is spelled "no-one"?.
what about "loose"?
I'm at a loss for words.
i have ben toying with this for some time to take under such a big job--and should it be book length / booklet or even a tract or a mere essay..it has me stumpt big time...i need some input is anyone interested or should just i just forgetthe whole frigin thing and just stick with things like writing about my mom helen (decd) my brother larry (decd) and skippy my first dog i ever had now also (decd) try to leave as much as possible about jw crap and write about things that make me feel ok and not depressed -- please i would like to put in book form eventually..thanks in advance everyone..linda lou aka queenie
If anything it might be theraputic.Me..I'm more of bury it and make new happy memories.
military cant assure safety of philippine jehovahs witnesses in endgame .
they are still alive, but the military cannot assure that the four philippine jehovahs witness hostages held by the abu sayyaf will be rescued alive.
two male witnesses were already beheaded by the rebels.. .
I am starting to believe that the JW should just have to face their fate.They chose to put their lives in jeporday.I feel sorry for the soldiers that have lost their lives trying to save them.Such a waste!!
SPOONERISM!!!
i don't mean to make light of the 9/11 in any way, so i apologize if this post seems to be in poor taste.
but 9/11 especially sticks in my mind for another reason....9/11/81 was when i married my first wife, a disaster beyond description in itself.. we separated about two weeks shy of our 18th anniversary....today would have been our 21st anniversary if we had remained married.. funny, i never thought about it until the 9/11 tradegy occurred.
now, whenever i hear about the wtc disaster, i am reminded that 9/11 date has hurt me badly twice.
Richard ..for you it is a tragedy..as for the destruction of the twin towers it is an Atrocity...Tragedy just isn't a strong enough word.
in what movie and who said;"we're here on a mission from god".
whoever guesses correctly wins and gets to come up with another one..
In what movie and who said;"We're here on a mission from God"
Whoever guesses correctly wins and gets to come up with another one.
