Accentuate The Positive

TUES., NOV. 21, 1995, 1:01 PM
OFFICE, PULLIAM

You have had some “downer” experiences, of late, and your nation is muddling along with destructive competition between the political parties. But today is warm for late Fall, and you’ve put in a good morning’s work helping Michael with the Freitag floor. So once again, as a counter to Isaiah and all the doom and gloom I had him declare, I call on you to accentuate the positive.

You still are employed in quite a wonderful setting, socially, professionally, and environmentally. Your classes shall wind down in positive ways, and you look forward to Christmas and New Years here, in your fine Farm home. It shall be difficult to finally clear out of this office, but you already are starting to prepare, and it should be a positive joy to decide what to keep, for some enjoyment in years of retirement. You do have a spacious attic, and some of what is in it now could be replaced by what you want to keep from this office. Always look at this as a positive change, even as you enjoy your status right up until “the time”.

How is your health? Though there are a few signs of deterioration I call on you to ignore these as much as possible, see life as a positive experience, and let your body respond to that as it can. Your foot still may recover function… or it may not. You call it a minor imperfection, and so do I. You can do most of what you want and need to do. Let any pains affirm that you are alive and “experiencing”.

Continue to disregard any problems in your prostate, except in regularly taking in the natural healing substances as you do now. Positive thinking and feeling is no absolute cure-all, but it certainly helps to maintain health. Enjoying life every day is much better than taking medication or giving in to medical treatments. You have several possibilities for breakdowns of organs or systems, but just know that your body will live and function as long as it needs to.

It has been said that people who fight to stay alive do live longer than those who “give up” and let death “take them”. I tell you that some who fight valiantly to stay alive find, when they do pass on over, that it would have been better, for them and for others (including loved ones), if they hadn’t fought so hard. My best prescription is one of enjoying earth life as much as possible, seeing it as a positive adventure, basically, AND YET looking forward to the experiences of dying and death, as yet another positive adventure. Be much more glad for all you’ve experienced than sad or angry with what you shall “miss”.

Apply this premise to Charity. She has passed on over, and her body is buried in an ideal place. As soon as you can, let the joyous memories of your time and times together supplant the feelings of loss. She was a good part of your life. Appreciate her, but look forward to other ways to give and receive love. Sometime later there will be another dog… when you won’t need to make comparisons.

When you consider the numbers of homeless and transient humans on this earth, combined with those who have places to live, but with dissatisfaction, you can feel joy that you have the Farm, your home place. For you it has a sacred quality, with several places that have a special sacredness. Few folk on this earth can say this honestly, so be aware and appreciate this blessing.