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Pastimes : The Positive Thoughts Thread -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Chuzzlewit who wrote (235)	5/29/1999 7:51:00 PM
From: mph	Respond to of 1093

Chuzzy: Sounds like a case of angst to me. IMO, when the going gets tough, the tough go shopping... at least that's what I do. Shopping by yourself is an uplifting experience. You can be in a crowd all alone and do a great deal of people watching as well as self-contemplation. Look around you in the mall--- there are always people who are in evidently worse shape than you, for one reason or another. Makes me count my blessings. Plus, a shopping expedition is the ultimate test of strength---will you succumb to the glitter or not. Today, I passed the test. Left the mall empty handed, but full-walleted, so to speak. A bright side to everything..... M

To: Chuzzlewit who wrote (235)	5/29/1999 8:00:00 PM
From: mph	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1093

Chuzzy: You are too young or young minded for the downsides of middle age. But just to make sure you know what they are, I set them forth below: MIDDLE AGE (siiigggghhhhh) Maybe it's true that life begins at fifty. But everything else starts to wear out, fall out, or spread out. There are three signs of old age. The first is your loss of memory, the other two I forget. You're getting old when you don't care where your spouse goes, just as long as you don't have to go along. Middle age is when work is a lot less fun - and fun a lot more work. Statistics show that at the age of seventy, there are five women to every man. Isn't that the darndest time for a guy to get those odds? You know you're getting on in years when the girls at the office start confiding in you. Middle age is when it takes longer to rest than to get tired. By the time a man is wise enough to watch his step, he's too old to go anywhere. Middle age is when you have stopped growing at both ends, and have begun to grow in the middle. Of course I'm against sin; I'm against anything that I'm too old to enjoy. A man has reached middle age when he is cautioned to slow down by his doctor instead of by the police. Middle age is having a choice of two temptations and choosing the one that will get you home earlier. You know you're into middle age when you realize that caution is the only thing you care to exercise. At my age, "getting a little action" means I don't need to take a laxative. Don't worry about avoiding temptation. As you grow older, it will avoid you. The aging process could be slowed down if it had to work its way through Congress. You're getting old when getting lucky means you find your car in the parking lot. You're getting old when you're sitting in a rocker and you can't get it started. You're getting old when your wife gives up sex for Lent, and you don't know till the 4th of July. You're getting old when you wake up with that morning-after feeling, and you didn't do anything the night before. The cardiologist's diet: if it tastes good, spit it out. It's hard to be nostalgic when you can't remember anything. You know you're getting old when you stop buying green bananas. See, CTC, you ain't there yet. BE HAPPY M

To: Chuzzlewit who wrote (235)	5/29/1999 8:40:00 PM
From: Ms. X	Respond to of 1093

Chuzzy, From someone who knows what it is like to have things go very wrong and very painful I can tell you... You will rally again simply because you have to, because life does not stop. Start the day with a positive affirmation and do something nice for yourself. Say nothing negative about you as a person and work toward your goals. Next thing you know you will be climbing that mountain :-) All the best! Jan I am

To: Chuzzlewit who wrote (235)	5/30/1999 6:50:00 AM
From: Edwarda	Respond to of 1093

Maybe your correspondent has been suffering from the same malaise and has been trying to rejuvenate. That what you are doing is not going into a black hole but merely awaiting a thoughtful and lively answer. Ever think of that?

To: Chuzzlewit who wrote (235)	6/1/1999 9:14:00 AM
From: mph	Respond to of 1093

Some positive thoughts on love and beauty: Coventry Patmore (1823-1896) The Revelation An idle poet, here and there, Looks around him; but, for all the rest, The world, unfathomably fair, Is duller than a witling's jest. Love wakes men, once a lifetime each; They lift their heavy lids, and look; And, lo, what one sweet page can teach, They read with joy, then shut the book. And some give thanks, and some blaspheme And most forget; but, either way, That and the Child's unheeded dream Is all the light of all their day. mph