Saturday, July 6, 2019

ALONG THE TRAIN OF LIFE JULY 7-2019

SHALOM OUT THERE TO MY READERS:

TODAY LET'S DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
GET A PEN/PENCIL AND PAPER TO WRITE ON AND..

1. LIST 5 THINGS THAT ARE GOOD IN YOUR LIFE RIGHT NOW.

2. LIST 5 THINGS/PEOPLE THAT YOU ARE SO THANKFUL FOR IN YOUR LIFE RIGHT NOW.

3. LIST 5 CHALLENGES FACING YOU RIGHT NOW.

4. HIGHLIGHT IN YOUR 3 QUESTIONS WHICH THINGS KEEP YOU GOING, KEEP YOU HOPEFUL, KEEP YOU  HAPPY.

5. CHALLENGE OF THE MONTH: CAN WE TRY TO FOCUS ON THE POSITIVE ELEMENTS IN OUR LIFE, ACCEPT THE DIFFICULT FACTS/FEELINGS THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW, AND CELEBRATE EACH DAY THAT WE CAN SMILE AND SOMEHOW COPE WITH WHAT IS NOW, (LET OUR WORRIES WAIT FOR ANOTHER DAY), AND CELEBRATE WHAT WE CAN! TODAY!

6. G. BLESS ALL OF US FOR THIS NEW MONTH/CHODESH AND FOR THIS NEW DAY! I WISH US ALL GOOD HOPEFUL EVENTS !

UNTIL NEXT MONTH,
CHW

Monday, June 3, 2019

AS WE TRAVEL ALONG THE TRAIN OF LIFE; JUNE 3-19

SHALOM OUT THERE!

WHAT IS OUR MOOD, OUR SITUATION, OUR LOOK TO THE FUTURE AT THIS POINT OF DAY AND TIME?

NO ONE KNOW, NO ONE REALLY KNOWS WHEN OR WHERE OUR TIME WILL BE TO LEAVE THIS TRAIN RIDE. BUT RIGHT NOW TODAY, NOW, IF WE ARE READING THIS LETTER, WE HAVE THIS MOMENT, MAYBE WE HAVE ALL OF THIS DAY ALONG THE TRAIN OF LIFE.

HOW ARE WE USING IT? ARE WE DOING SOMETHING PLEASANT FOR OURSELVES? OR ARE WE PINING AWAY FOR WHAT WAS, AND CANNOT BE AGAIN.

 HAVE WE SMILED TODAY AT SOMEONE, AT SOMETHING? COULD WE MAKE SOMEONE ELSE HAPPY TODAY, WITH A SMILE, A HELLO AND SMALL CONVERSATION TO SEE HE/SHE IS FEELING TODAY.

HAVE WE NOURISHED OURSELVES WITH A GOOD HEALTHY MEAL, OR A GOOD NOSH? HAVE WE SAT DOWN AND LEFT ALL OUR TASKS AT HAND, TO READ A BOOK THAT WE ARE IN MIDST OF.

 HAVE WE CALLED A FRIEND, A RELATIVE, WHO IS THERE JUST FOR THE CALLING.

WE HAVE 'THIS MOMENT IN TIME' TO TAKE A DEEP BREATH, AND DO SOMETHING NICE FOR OURSELVES! WE HAVE NO GUARANTEES OF TIME-NO ONE REALLY DOES, EVEN THE 'HEALTHY' ONES. BUT WE KNOW TO APPRECIATE EVERY BIT OF LIFE AND TIME.

SO FOR THIS MONTH OF JUNE, I AM WISHING ALL OF US (ME TOO, AS I SOMETIMES DROWN IN MY SORROW OF FEELINGS AND HAPPENINGS AROUND US),  TO SIT UP OR STAND UP AND SAY TO OURSELVES: NOW IS MY TIME! TO READ, TO SLEEP, TO VISIT, TO EAT, TO DO WHAT 'TALKS' TO ME! I COUNT AS MUCH AS OTHERS DO. AM I BOTTOM ON THE TOTEM POLE? LET'S CLIMB UP AND BE AT THE TOP!

I WISH US ALL GOOD HEALTH, GOOD ATTITUDE, AND A GOOD RIDE TODAY, NOW ON THE TRAIN OF LIFE!

UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN, NEXT MONTH, G. WILLING.
CHW

Sunday, May 5, 2019

ALONG THE TRAIN OF LIFE, MAY, 2019

SHALOM/HELLO TO MY READERS:

MORE AND MORE, I AM REALIZING THE IMPERMANENCE IN LIFE. NOTHING IS FOREVER, NOTHING LASTS FOREVER. JUST AS THE LOVELY FLOWERS WITHER AND FADE AND DIE, AND AS ALL THE ANIMAL CREATURES DO, SO DO WE HUMAN BEINGS GROW, FLOURISH, WITHER, AND DIE. THAT IS THE SCHEME OF LIFE.

KNOWING THAT, WE REMEMBER KOHELET/PSALMS. TO EVERY THING THERE AS A SEASON. A TIME TO GROW, A TIME TO LIVE, A TIME TO SOAR, AND A TIME TO OUR END. THOSE OF US WHO LIFE WITH PAIN, ARE FORCED TO PAINFULLY BE SO AWARE OF OUR BODY AND MIND LIMITATIONS.

SO AS I OFTEN WRITE, LIVE THE MOMENT! BE HAPPY FOR TODAY, CELEBRATE THAT WE ARE STILL ON THIS PLANET EARTH! MAKE NOTE OF OUR HAPPY MOMENTS, OF OUR ATTACHMENT TO PEOPLE WE LOVE AND CARE ABOUT, TO BOOKS, TO MUSIC, TO MOVIES, TO WHATEVER IT IS THAT MAKE US SMILE ALONG THE WAY!

LET'S GO FOR IT! ENJOY WHAT WE CAN. EVEN THE 'HEALTHY' PEOPLE WILL HAVE TO GET OFF THE TRAIN OF LIFE AT SOME POINT. WE ARE GIVEN THIS OPPORTUNITY TO CHERISH WHAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW, AT THIS MOMENT OF TIME.

SO LET'S LIVE AS BEST WE CAN. HOPEFULLY, WE WILL CONNECT AGAIN AT THE BEGINNING OF NEXT MONTH.

WISHING US ALL A GOOD MONTH, AND MANY OCCASIONS TO SMILE EVEN THO' THINGS ARE TOUGH.
YOURS,
CHW
YOU ARE ALWAYS WELCOME TO RESPOND TO MY BLOG.

Saturday, April 6, 2019

ALONG THE TRAIN OF LIFE, MARCH 2019

SHALOM/HELLO TO MY READERS:

AS TIME MARCHES ON, SO FAR, SO DO WE. ON OUR ROUTE THROUGH LIFE, WE ARE MEETING VERY CRITICAL, PAINFUL MOMENTS. WHERE DO WE REACH OUT, AND TO WHOM? I KNOW THAT I HAVE OFTEN CRAWLED INTO MY LITTLE SHELL, AND TRIED TO HIBERNATE AMONGST MY TEARS, FEARS, AND DEPRESSION. YET A PHONE CALL FROM A FRIEND OR NEIGHBOR, AND ESPECIALLY FROM A CLOSE FAMILY MEMBER SPEAKS VOLUMES TO US. SOMEONE CARES, LOVES, WORRIES ABOUT US.

 I AM SUGGESTING TO ALL OF US, INCLUDING TO MYSELF, THAT WE DO REACH OUT FOR FRIENDSHIP, HELP, ENCOURAGEMENT, AND FRIENDSHIP,

 MAN IS NOT MADE TO LIVE UTTERLY ALONE. MANY OF US REACH OUT TO OUR CREATOR, BUT RIGHT HERE ON EARTH, WE NEED PEOPLE. 'PEOPLE NEED PEOPLE', A SAYING /SONG WAS SO POPULAR. SOCIALIZING HELPS TO BRING OUT OUR SMILES AND HOPEFULNESS. A LUNCH WITH A FRIEND TO SIT AND ENJOY, AND TO SHARE OUR WORRIES AND HARDSHIPS, AND YES, EVEN OUR SUCCESSES HOWEVER SMALL.

MY WISH FOR THIS MONTH IS FOR ME AND FOR YOU, THAT WE DO REACH OUT TO OTHERS, TO SHARE, TO ENCOURAGE ON OUR TRAIN RIDE THRU' LIFE. LET'S BE KIND TO OURSELVES, DO THINGS TO MAKE US SMILE- BUY A GOOD BOOK THAT YOU ALWAYS WANTED TO GET, GO TO A CONCERT, RELAX IN YOUR COZY ABODE. BUT LET US NOT FORGET THAT OTHERS ARE PERHAPS NOT SURE WHAT THEY CAN DO FOR US, BUT LET'S LET THEM EASE OUR BURDEN .

I WISH ALL OF US AS APRIL IS UPON  US WHICH MEANS SPRING, PASSOVER,
EASTER, FLOWERS BLOOMING, SUNNY SKIES, MANY SMILES AND GRATITUDE FOR WHAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW. LET'S TRY TO FOCUS ON THE POSITIVE, AND MAKE EACH DAY A DAY OF GRATITUDE  FOR WHATEVER GOOD WE FIND IN OUR LIVES. HARDSHIPS ARE PART OF THIS TRAIN RIDE, BUT ARE MOMENTS OF PLEASURE, IF WE LOOK FOR THEM.

UNTIL NEXT MONTH, G. WILLING,
MY BEST WISHES ,
CHW

Wednesday, February 27, 2019

ALONG THE TRAIN OF LIFE'S JOURNEY, FEB. 2019

HELLO ONCE AGAIN IN THIS NEW MONTH OF FEBRUARY, 2019:

THANK G. TO REACH OUT TO US ALL ONCE AGAIN. WHEN WE ARE NOT FEELING UP TO PAR, IT IS SO EASY TO BECOME A RECLUSE IN OUR HOME. WHEN WE ARE IN NEED, THOUGH, SUCH AS NEEDING SOMEONE TO ACCOMPANY US TO THE HOSPITAL, OR TO SIT BY OUR SIDE WHEN WE HAVE DIFFICULTY COPING WITH WHAT IS,- ALL OF A SUDDEN, WE HAVE NO ONE TO TURN TO. YES, EVERYONE HAS THEIR OWN LIVES, AND ARE BUSY. WE DON'T WANT TO 'BOTHER' ANYONE.

I AM SUGGESTING THAT WE MUST REACH OUT, AND DEVELOP FOR OURSELVES A FRIEND OR TWO, OR MORE. MAN IS NOT MEANT TO BE EXCLUSIVELY ALONE! WE CANNOT SURVIVE ON THIS 'ISLAND' WITHOUT REACHING OUT FOR FRIENDSHIP AND CARING.

SO THIS MONTH I AM ASKING EACH ONE OF US TO LOOK AROUND US. DO WE HAVE SOMEONE, FAMILY OR FRIEND, THAT WE CAN REACH OUT TO FOR SUPPORT, TO BE AT OUR SIDE, WHEN WE NEED IT. JUST AS WE WANT TO HELP OTHERS, AND GET TRUE SATISFACTION AT HAVING BEEN THERE FOR SOMEONE ELSE, SO MUST WE BEFRIEND AND SEEK OUT SOMEONE FOR OURSELVES. GOING TO SERIOUS HOSPITAL PROCEDURES, DISCUSSIONS WITH DOCTORS WARRANTS OUR TAKING SOME FRIEND WITH US.

PEOPLE NEED PEOPLE. SO LET'S BEFRIEND OTHERS AND FIND FRIENDS FOR OURSELVES. G. BLESS US ALL WITH BETTER HEALTH AND PEACE OF MIND AND FRIENDSHIPS.

UNTIL  NEXT MONTH, HOPEFULLY,
CHW

Thursday, January 31, 2019

ALONG THE JOURNEY OF LIFE, JAN. 2019

HELLO/SHALOM OUT THERE:

THIS PAST MONTH HAS BEEN QUITE DIFFICULT AND CHALLENGING, AS MANY GET CANCER AND/OR MORE COMPLICATIONS. THE TRAIN OF LIFE IS LETTING TOO MANY OF MY DEAR ONES GET OFF PERMANENTLY.

THAT IS THE REALITY OF LIFE!

THE MAIN WAY I COPE WITH MY REALITIES IS TO GRAB ONTO TODAY,. WE CAN'T CHANGE YESTERDAY, WE CAN'T PREDICT WHAT TOMORROW WILL BRING, BUT WE CAN DEAL WITH BETTERING OUR TODAY. TO GIVE GRATITUDE FOR EVERY GOOD THING OR PERSON IN OUR LIVES, TO MAKE THE BEST OF EACH DAY-TO READ, TO RELAX, TO VISIT WITH LOVING FRIENDS AND FAMILY, TO DO WHAT MAKES US FEEL GOOD. AT THE SAME TIME, OF COURSE, WE MUST DO WHATEVER MEDICAL NEEDS ARE UPON US TO DO TO TRY TO BETTER OUR SITUATION.

  LET'S REMEMBER PRAYER, MEDITATION, EXERCISE, AND YES, EVEN 'FUN' ACTIVITIES.

AT SOME POINT WE ALL, YOU, ME, MY DEAREST FRIENDS AND FAMILY WILL BE TAKEN OFF THE TRAIN AS IT JOURNEYS ALONG. THAT IS BEYOND OUR CONTROL. BUT WE CAN TAKE STEPS ALONG THIS TRIP. VISIT ANOTHER ONE IN MORE NEED THAN OURS. HELP A NEIGHBOR, CALL BY PHONE IF WE CAN'T GET OUT OURSELVES.

I WISH US ALL ENJOYMENT OF THE TIME THAT WE HAVE-LET'S LAUGH A LITTLE OR A LOT, LET'S DANCE WITH LIFE NOW, AS BEST WE CAN.
UNTIL NEXT MONTH, G. WILLING,
CHW

Sunday, December 2, 2018

ALONG THE TRAIN OF LIFE...NOVEMBER, 2018

SHALOM !
HOLIDAY TIME, XMAS OR CHANUKAH, IS WONDERFUL AND YET, ALSO STRESSFUL TO MANY!
LET' S PAUSE FOR A MOMENT, AND CONCENTRATE ON HOW LUCKY WE ARE, SICK IN WHATEVER DEGREE, TO BE ALIVE AT THIS MOMENT. WE HAVE THE 'NOW' BEFORE US.
TIME TO CALL OUR FRIENDS, OUR LOVED ONES FROM FAR AND NEAR, TO THINK AND MEDITATE OF ALL WE TO  ARE GRATEFUL FOR. WHAT A CHALLENGE IT IS:TO BE POSITIVE: ALL IS NOT O'KAY, NOR PERFECT. LET'S TAKE A FEW MINUTES DAILY TO THINK OF WHAT IS GOOD,RIGHT NOW FOR US INDIVIDUALLY. AS A PEOPLE, WHAT WE HAVE ENDURED AND ARE STILL HERE IN THE NOW!
I SEND US ALL SPARKS OF LIFE, OF LAUGHTER, OF LATKES, OR CANDLES GLOWING WITHIN OUR HOMES AND AROUND US. LET'S CHERISH THE 'RIGHT NOW', AND LET THE FUTURE HAPPEN AS IT WILL, BUT WITH OUR WAKING UP TO BE 'HAPPY', DESPITE ALL! THANK G. WE THIS MOMENT IN TIME TO SAY THANK YOU TO G.D, TO THE UNIVERSE, FOR THE MANY MIRACLES WE HAVE SEEN AND HOPE TO SEE YET IN OUR LIFETIME.
HAPPY PEACEFUL HOLIDAY WISHES FROM ME TO ALL WHO READ THIS BLOG.
G. WILLING, UNTIL NEXT MONTH-
CHW, YOUR FELLOW PARTNER IN LIFE'S CHALLENGES!