Words of Inspiration

I received this from my friend Jean.
It’s a reprint from a Dear Abby column.

I believe that love conquers all. The worldwide coronavirus is teaching us we are all one in body, but not yet in spirit. Every day may not be good, but there is good in every day. Don’t count the days—make the days count by throwing a kiss, sharing a smile with others, and waving a hand of greeting to them.

When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. Drink a refreshing glass of lemonade and make a toast: “To our health, God willing. Never give up!” And remember, the best medicine is a dose of laughter.

As President Kennedy said, our most common link is that, “We all inhabit this small planet. We all breathe the same air. We all cherish our children’s future, and we are all mortal.”

Pause daily to reflect, think positively and affirm the conviction that we, as a nation will overcome this challenge as we have so many others before? Be agents for globalizing hope. Do good for others. The greatest joy in life comes from giving.

Sending love and hope to all. 

CARMELLA LaSPADA, FOUNDER, NO GREATER LOVE, INC.

 

 

Oh Dear

 

Oh dear, the world has gone crazy. Why do they hoard toilet paper? I went shopping last month and found all the paper product shelves empty. Now I can understand hoarding canned goods, rice and beans, you know…non-perishables, but toilet paper!

Back in the 50’s during the cold war when everyone feared the atom bomb and built shelters in the back yard, they stocked them with foodstuffs and water. The grocery stores never ran out of anything, much less toilet paper.

After checking with all the local stores for toilet paper and finding them bereft of that necessity, I went on line with my search. I finally hit upon Amazon.com. Voila! I found a box of 12 roll double ply for $50. What??? Talk about price gouging.

When it arrived, they delivered it to the wrong apartment.

That resident rang my bell. “There’s a package for you at my apartment. I would have brought it up to you but it’s too heavy to lift”.

How heavy can toilet paper be? I thought but said “Thanks, I’ll bring my cart and pick it up.”

When I tried to lift it, I understood what she meant. I had to lower my cart to the floor and slide the box into it. I took it home, and dragged it out onto the balcony to air out overnight.

The next day, when I opened the box to reveal the contents, I understood why they charged $50. Amazon sent twelve huge rolls of industrial toilet paper. You know…the kind you find in public rest rooms. No wonder it felt too heavy to lift. The rolls are so big, I could never fit one on the holder. I placed one on the back of the toilet. Then I had to find space to store the rest. No easy task in my small apartment. I finally moved some towels to stock my cache of toilet paper.

I have enough toilet paper to last at least a year. I hope the virus doesn’t last that long. I’d have to reorder.

 

What's So

During these Covid-19 stress full times, a friend sent me this.

What's So

By Werner Erhard

What's so is always just what's so. What's so doesn't care what you think, feel, intend or wish; it will not bend. You can be freaked out or driven over what's so, and it won't change what's so. If you're late for an appointment, getting freaked out about it won't have you arrive any earlier. If you're having a bad day, being freaked out won't change what's so.

That which you seek will not bring you satisfaction — aligning with what's so will.

When you're upset, you're never upset over what's so. What's so is just what's so, and you're upset.

If your house burns down and you get upset, does it bring your house back?

What's so doesn't care if you're upset; it's up to you how you handle what's so. There is no confusion in what's so. When you don't know you just don't know — there is no confusion there.

There's nothing right or wrong about what's so. What's so is always open to different interpretations. There's always just what's so, and then you have an interpretation.

What scares you isn't what's so, it's your interpretation. The interpretation is never true; what's so is real, the interpretation is not.

Who you're being is just who you're being, and what's so doesn't care if you're happy with it or not, so why should you? When you're not being with what's so, that's also just what's so. Why should you concern yourself?

Other people should always be the way they're being; if you think they shouldn't, that's your interpretation. Bring yourself back to what's so about them. Until you can be with what's so, you can't be with anything or anyone. You may have control over other people's what's so, but none over their interpretation — give it up.

If you take action or not, it's still just what's so. If it works out well or not, it's still just what's so. You can never make a right or wrong decision or take a right or wrong action.

Whatever you do will always bring you more of what's so, and then you have an interpretation about it. Whatever you don't have, so what? Whatever you've done or thought in the past, again so what? Whatever happens in the future is not to be feared. It's just going to be more of what's so.

The challenge is to spend as much time in what's so as you can. The chatter in your head is more interpretation, and it has nothing to do with what's so. There's nothing wrong with the chatter, it's just you listening to a fantasy.

The thought that there is something wrong is an illusion; there is nothing wrong, there is only what's so.

Notice when you're comparing what's so to some fantasy of how it should be. Bring yourself back to what's so and it will be O.K.

Ask yourself what's so and align with that. Align with what's so and it will not matter. That is the foundation of transformation and satisfaction.

Not aligning with what's so is the only thing that will ever bring you hardship or suffering. Life in what's so witl bring you harmony, grace, and balance.

The other side of what's so is so what.