prayer

I believe we need to remember there are all

 kinds of illnesses.  The ones people seem to

mention are physical ones. The ones that

 aren't talked about so much are depression,

 anxiety, and etc.  I pray for people suffereing

 from ALL chronic illnesses, and I hope you

will join me in this prayer today.  Thanks to

 each of you good journal buddies!

Best wishes for you to have a wonderful,

happy and productive day.

Love Always & God Bless each of you,

Merry
Prayer for Those With Chronic Illness
Dear Lord, please help all those with chronic illnesses. We suffer more than people see on the outside and have lost the faith at times. Help us hold up to the daily struggle of living.

- Beliefnet member lynn3014 Appropriate for many faiths source: Beliefnet prayer circle

funny-some old some new, but cute

In a message dated 11/13/2005 12:18:25 AM Central Standard Time, I recieved this from an email friend and buddy.  You will have to scroll down to read it all, but it  is funny and worth reading, honest.  Or at least I thought it was.   Love always, Merry

Been around, but still funny.

  Hmm
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>> If you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days you would have produced
>> enough sound energy to heat one cup of coffee.
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>> (Hardly seems worth it.)
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>> If you passed gas consistently for 6 years and 9 months, enough gas is
>> produced to create the energy of an atomic bomb.
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>> (Now that's more like it!)
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>> The human heart creates enough pressure when it pumps out to the body
>> to
>> squirt blood 30 feet.
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>> (O.M.G.!)
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>> A pig's orgasm lasts 30 minutes.
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>> (In my next life, I want to be a pig.)
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>> A cockroach will live nine days without its head before it starves to
>> death.
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>> (I'm still not over the pig.)
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>> Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories a hour
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>> (Don't try this at home,maybe at work)
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>> The male praying mantis cannot copulate while its head is attached to
>> its
>> body. The female initiates sex by ripping the male's head off.
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>> ("Honey, I'm home. What the....?!")
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>> The flea can jump 350 times its body length. It's like a human
>> jumping the
>> length of a football field.
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>> (30 minutes..lucky pig! Can you imagine?)
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>> The catfish has over 27,000 taste buds.
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>> Some lions mate over 50 times a day.
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>> Butterflies taste with their feet.
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>> Right-handed people live, on average, nine years longer than
>> left-handed
>> people.
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>> Elephants are the only animals that cannot jump.
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>> Starfish have no brains

 (I know some people like that too.)
 Polar bears are left-handed.



>> (If they switch, they'll live a lot longer)




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>> Humans and dolphins are the only species that have sex for pleasure.
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>> (What about that pig??)

Have a great weekend all my journal buddies!  Don't do anything I wouldn't do!

Love ya,

Merry

personal improvement

This is something we probably should but don't always do.  We may have good intentions, but we get too caught up in our own daily routines.

A quote most of us could benefit by working on. Love, Merry

Here is your Inspirational Daily Quote, courtesy of
The Corporate Learning Institute:

Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections, but instantly set about remedying them-- every day begin the task anew.

St. Francis de Sales (1567-1622) French bishop & writer

Yesteray was my 62nd birthday. 

I had so many people send me cards, phone calls from local and out of town friends. The phone actually rang all day long.  Some of these people I had lost touch with, and I was truly touched that they thought of me and took the time to contact me. 

I'd like to thank all of my online friends who remember this day, as well as those who have contacted me lately to let me know that they were praying for me.

I feel that I must be doing something right, if all of these folks care about me, and want me to know it.  It also reminded me of how important it is to remember other people's special days.  They don't know you are thinking of them, if you don't call or write them!  I am truly blessed.  This is a boost for my ego and self esteem.  I wonder if God somehow had a hand in this. (As if he knew that this year I really needed to be reminded of how many nice people there are in my world!)

Right now things are dark and difficult for me as I try to cope with everything..    I know that the world is a good place,   But, I am struggling with depression and anxiety in regard to my physical problems..  Things like this article remind us of the light at the end of the tunnel.   Merry
In the dark night live those for whom
The world without alone is real; in night
Darker still, for whom the world within
Alone is real. The first leads to a life
Of action, the second to a life of meditation.
But those who combine action with meditation
Cross the sea of death through action
And enter into immortality
Through the practice of meditation.
So have we heard from the wise.

-Isha Upanishad

From "Teachings of the

Recognizing a Stroke

Subject: RECOGNIZING A STROKE


A neurologist says that if he can get to a stroke victim within 3 hours  he can totally reverse the effects of a stroke...totally. He said
the trick was getting a stroke recognized, diagnosed and getting to the patient  within 3 hours which is tough.

RECOGNIZING A STROKE - A true story

Susie is recouping at an incredible pace for someone with a massive stroke all because Sherry saw Susie stumble - - that is the key that
isn't mentioned below -and then she asked Susie the 3 questions.

So simple - - this literally saved Susie's life -- Some angel sent it to Suzie's friend and they did just what it said to do. Suzie failed all
three so then 9-1-1 was called. Even though she had normal blood pressure  readings and did not appear to be a stroke  as she could converse to some  extent with the Paramedics they took her to the hospital right  away.

Thank God for the sense to remember the "3" steps. Read and Learn!

Sometimes symptoms of a stroke are difficult to identify. Unfortunately, the lack of awareness spells disaster. The stroke victim may suffer brain damage when people nearby fail to recognize the symptoms of a stroke. Now doctors say a bystander can recognize a stroke by asking three simple questions:

1. Ask the individual to SMILE.
2. Ask him or her to RAISE BOTH ARMS.
3. Ask the person to SPEAK A SIMPLE SENTENCE(Coherently) (ie . It is sunny out today) If he or she has  trouble with any of these tasks, call 9-1-1 immediately and describe the symptoms to the dispatcher.

After discovering that a group of non-medical volunteers could identify facial weakness, arm weakness and speech problems, researchers
urged the general! public to learn the three questions. They presented their conclusions at the American Stroke Association's annual meeting last   February. Widespread use of this test could result in prompt diagnosis and treatment of the stroke and prevent brain damage.

A cardiologist says if everyone who gets this e-mail sends it to 10 people, you can bet that at least one life will be saved.

BE A FRIEND AND SHARE THIS ARTICLE WITH AS MANY FRIENDS AS  POSSIBLE

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PONDERISMS
 I used to eat a lot of natural foods until I learned that most people 
die of natural causes.
       
Gardening Rule: When weeding, the best way to make sure you are 
removing a weed and not a valuable plant is to pull on it. If it 
comes out of the ground easily, it is a valuable plant.
      
2.  The easiest way to find something lost around the house is to buy a 
replacement.

 3.  Never take life seriously. Nobody gets out alive anyway. 4.  There are two kinds of pedestrians: the quick and the dead.
     
5.  Life is sexually transmitted.
      
6. Health is merely the slowest possible rate at which one can die.
      
  7. The only difference between a rut and a grave is the depth.
  
8. Some people are like Slinkies. Not really good for anything, but you 
still can't help but smile when you see one tumble down the stairs.

9. Health nuts are going to feel stupid someday, lying in hospitals
dying of nothing.
  10.  Have you noticed since everyone has a camcorder these days no one
talks about seeing UFOs like they used to?

11. Whenever I feel blue, I start breathing again.
      
12.  All of us could take a lesson from the weather. It pays no attention 
to criticism.   13. In the 60's, peopletook acid to make the world weird.  Now the world 
is weird and people take Prozac to make it normal.
Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have come 
to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first.
  14.  How is it one careless match can start a forest fire, but it takes a
>> whole box to start a campfire?
      
15. Why is there a light in the fridge and not in the freezer?
    
16.  If Jimmy cracks corn and no one cares, why is there a song about him?
     
17.Why does Goofy stand erect while Pluto remains on all fours? They're 
both dogs!
  
18.   If quizzes are quizzical, what are tests?
 If corn oil is made from corn, and vegetable oil is made from 
vegetables, then what is baby oil made from?
  
19. Do illiterate people get the full effect of Alphabet Soup?
       
20.Did you ever notice that when you blow in a dog's face, he gets mad
at you, but when you take him on a car ride, he sticks his head out
the window?
     
21. Does pushing the elevator button more than once make it arrive faster?         
22.   Why doesn't glue stick to the inside of the bottle?? 
  
23.  Do you ever wonder why you gave me your email address?

Bank robber

Oh boy, I have to tell you our latest news!  Yesterday we had a bank robbery in Mason City!  It was in the middle of the afternoon.  There was NO weapon used.  It was a male, 45-55, about 6'2, average build, graying hair.  (The guy looked average--they showed the "tape" that they had of him in line)  Anyway, he left the bank, escaped.  Mason City had police out, the sherriff was out, you name it, they were all after this dude.  They even had helocopters SP? out looking, but they did not find him. They do not know where he is from, do not think he had a record though.  This isn't the first time someone has tried to rob a bank here. Every few years someone does this; but they just "get away."  I can't believe the Mason City police!  It would be funny if it weren't such a serious thing!  So, if you ever want to "rob a bank" just come to Mason City.  ha ha   I had to tell you our BIG news! 

From "crime free" Mason City, IA Love, Merry