Birthdays !
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PLUMPUDDING
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Yes Pasnip, and I hope you carry on proving them wrong and enjoying every day.
My very good friend who died two years ago carried on for over nine years after they had told her she didn't have long to live, and every time she went back in hospital she giggled at the surprise on the faces of the doctor's who knew her and said yes I'm still here.
She had a brilliant attitude to life and carried on doing as much as she was able right up to the end and always thought about other people and tried to help them. She even taught her carers to sew, knit and crochet and used to come to the allotment whenever she could.
My very good friend who died two years ago carried on for over nine years after they had told her she didn't have long to live, and every time she went back in hospital she giggled at the surprise on the faces of the doctor's who knew her and said yes I'm still here.
She had a brilliant attitude to life and carried on doing as much as she was able right up to the end and always thought about other people and tried to help them. She even taught her carers to sew, knit and crochet and used to come to the allotment whenever she could.
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We know we have an eventual expiry date but whilst it remains unspecified in the distant future it,s easy to take life foegeanted Having a diagnosis made or a time limit imposed suddenly brings the reality home and I think it concentrates the mind on how much livng you still want to cram in while you are still able. I'm convinced positivity buys you extra time.
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PP
your very good friend sounds like she passed on her attitude to me> Type of lady I'd want on my side in a battle.
I just love the look on district nurses and doctors faces when they haven't seen me for a while so I know just why she giggled.
Primrose
I'm with you on the positivity front.
Always been positive I'd never win the lottery, cant see me being proved wrong there
I don't do it.
your very good friend sounds like she passed on her attitude to me> Type of lady I'd want on my side in a battle.
I just love the look on district nurses and doctors faces when they haven't seen me for a while so I know just why she giggled.
Primrose
I'm with you on the positivity front.
Always been positive I'd never win the lottery, cant see me being proved wrong there
I don't do it.The danger when people start to believe their own publicity is that they often fall off their own ego.
At least travelling under the guise of the Pa Snip Enterprise gives me an excuse for appearing to be on another planet
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I've given up birthdays - my sister came to stay who is 7 years older than me and told me I should be thinking of selling up and down sizing as it was surely getting too much for me. At least my only son who is a GP and would be the beneficiary of any spare cash that resulted was supportive, his take being "use it or lose it".
I am a great believer in positive thinking. I had a nephew, who sadly died young of a brain tumour, that worked in the drugs industry and developed some world renowned treatments but at one time he was looking for a new line of research. I suggested investigating if there is a chemical/hormone basis for positive thinking. We have all been full of a cold for example with a special event or perhaps a sporting fixture coming up and have made a recovery just in time. I was always positive about going to work and had very little time off though could be pretty rough at weekends. There are those who believe in the power of prayer, regulars will know I am not one, but that is just another manifestation of the same effect. Half full every time!
I am a great believer in positive thinking. I had a nephew, who sadly died young of a brain tumour, that worked in the drugs industry and developed some world renowned treatments but at one time he was looking for a new line of research. I suggested investigating if there is a chemical/hormone basis for positive thinking. We have all been full of a cold for example with a special event or perhaps a sporting fixture coming up and have made a recovery just in time. I was always positive about going to work and had very little time off though could be pretty rough at weekends. There are those who believe in the power of prayer, regulars will know I am not one, but that is just another manifestation of the same effect. Half full every time!
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Must admit to having been a 'half empty' person mostly in the past. Cant admit to thinking positive at present, but neither am I thinking negative.
In truth I don't tend to think about the alien within. My immediate family treat it with the same humour and contempt as I do and my working on the plot means I don't think about it at all.
I am keeping well clear of discussing the power of prayer, but each to their own . It does comfort some I'm sure, but not me.
In truth I don't tend to think about the alien within. My immediate family treat it with the same humour and contempt as I do and my working on the plot means I don't think about it at all.
I am keeping well clear of discussing the power of prayer, but each to their own . It does comfort some I'm sure, but not me.
The danger when people start to believe their own publicity is that they often fall off their own ego.
At least travelling under the guise of the Pa Snip Enterprise gives me an excuse for appearing to be on another planet
Pa Snip wrote:Must admit to having been a 'half empty' person mostly in the past. Cant admit to thinking positive at present, but neither am I thinking negative.
In truth I don't tend to think about the alien within. My immediate family treat it with the same humour and contempt as I do and my working on the plot means I don't think about it at all.
I am keeping well clear of discussing the power of prayer, but each to their own . It does comfort some I'm sure, but not me.
Sigh..... amazing what you can slip in without discussing is it not! Amazing! My life is prayer in action. Not a question of comfort. Without it I would be dead long long ago. Several times over... Hate "religion ¨ but faith and prayer are other things entirely.. Have woken very sick today so thing I will sign out now. Have a grand day and yes, praying for all as I do every day and in every way. Fare thee well grand folk all and sad that you have had such negative things. I live my faith in love and kindness, Makles me sad and even sicker reading this; was why I signed off at Easter ,, Blessings and peace.. getting too negative here again...love you all! so does God
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Pa Snip
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Nothing negative intended at all Marigold, each to their own god and their own beliefs.
Feel it a shame you chose to quote me in isolation but not going to get drawn in to the subject any further.
Sorry you are not feeling good today, hope your day improves.
Feel it a shame you chose to quote me in isolation but not going to get drawn in to the subject any further.
Sorry you are not feeling good today, hope your day improves.
The danger when people start to believe their own publicity is that they often fall off their own ego.
At least travelling under the guise of the Pa Snip Enterprise gives me an excuse for appearing to be on another planet
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alan refail
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I was always under the impression that we steered clear of religion and politics on the forum.
It is a great pity that a thread which started by discussing how easy it was to miss the announcements of birthdays on the new format should have descended to this!
It is a great pity that a thread which started by discussing how easy it was to miss the announcements of birthdays on the new format should have descended to this!
Cred air o bob deg a glywi, a thi a gei rywfaint bach o wir (hen ddihareb Gymraeg)
Believe one tenth of what you hear, and you will get some little truth (old Welsh proverb)
Believe one tenth of what you hear, and you will get some little truth (old Welsh proverb)
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Funny, I got the gist that we were all being positive and getting on with things regardless and appreciating what we have.
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Pa Snip
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alan refail wrote:I was always under the impression that we steered clear of religion and politics on the forum.
It is a great pity that a thread which started by discussing how easy it was to miss the announcements of birthdays on the new format should have descended to this!
Quite agree.
I quote two previous posts,
Geoff wrote
There are those who believe in the power of prayer, regulars will know I am not one
I then wrote
I am keeping well clear of discussing the power of prayer, but each to their own . It does comfort some I'm sure, but not me.
I'm sure no offence was intended, in fact I struggle to see why any was. It is a shame that some appears to have been. Both are hardly derogatory or hardcore religious statements
As I previously stated, I hope Marigolds day improves
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Pa Snip
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Primrose wrote:Well it's
Happy Birthday to Mr or Mrs Nobody again today. I remembered to check the main Index !
bet it wont be long before we miss the day the next birthday appears, or it will be someone who hasn't been on the forum since year dot
The danger when people start to believe their own publicity is that they often fall off their own ego.
At least travelling under the guise of the Pa Snip Enterprise gives me an excuse for appearing to be on another planet
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alan refail
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Pa Snip wrote:
bet it wont be long before we miss the day the next birthday appears, or it will be someone who hasn't been on the forum since year dot
If my memory serves me aright, the next one you must definitely not miss comes up on 11 May.
Cred air o bob deg a glywi, a thi a gei rywfaint bach o wir (hen ddihareb Gymraeg)
Believe one tenth of what you hear, and you will get some little truth (old Welsh proverb)
Believe one tenth of what you hear, and you will get some little truth (old Welsh proverb)
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Pa Snip
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Alan you get my thanks.
No idea whose birthday you refer to, apart from them appearing automatically I guess I would just have to wade through profiles to find out whose.
However, you did cause me to look on my diary and I noticed a hospital appointment in May was not on there. Had to find letter to confirm date.
Obliged to you because I knew I had an appointment around that time. Thanks
No idea whose birthday you refer to, apart from them appearing automatically I guess I would just have to wade through profiles to find out whose.
However, you did cause me to look on my diary and I noticed a hospital appointment in May was not on there. Had to find letter to confirm date.
Obliged to you because I knew I had an appointment around that time. Thanks
The danger when people start to believe their own publicity is that they often fall off their own ego.
At least travelling under the guise of the Pa Snip Enterprise gives me an excuse for appearing to be on another planet