Winter - November, December 2010 and January 2011
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In This Issue - Winter (November, December 2010 and January 2011)

"Serendipity. Look for something, find something else, and realize that what you've found is more suited to your needs than what you thought you were looking for."

- Lawrence Block -

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Page 12 - The Gift in a Grain of Sand - By Janet Desautels

Our past provides the form from which we create: when we are able to see our past and its hardships with new eyes, we can receive its gifts and see that it does not confine us. Our past does not determine our ability to move forward and be joyful in life. It can be used as a tool to bring about the vast potential within each of us. Instead of complaining about and resenting our past, thus allowing it to define who we are and what is possible for us; we can consider the possibility that our past pain is like a grain of sand within an oyster. The uncomfortable friction between the sand (our early environment) and flesh (our being) produces passionate desire: perhaps for freedom, for self expression, for joy. This desire can lead to the choices...

Page 16   -Winter Solstice at Stonehenge - By Susan Cossi in collaboration with King Arthur Pendragon

Stonehenge, a prehistoric Bronze Age monument of the late Neolithic period dating from 3700 to 1600 BC attracts over 887,000 visitors a year and is a true wonder of mysticism to the world. These gigantic stones, some individually weighing 25 tons form a circle, some say representing an astronomical clock or calendar and these immense stones are carefully aligned on a sight-line pointing to the winter...

Page 19 - Sweet Child of Mine A Crossover Ghost Story
- By Alf Hudgeon

She is my sweet child, she is your sweet child. Like you and I, she is a sweet child from God, our inner and higher source of All That Is. She lived here on Mother Earth and she died here as well. I never knew this little soul personally; her life ended long before I was born. We all exist in human form energy; we are all connected in one way or another; we are all one. We are billions of intermingling human thoughts and feelings swirling around our beautiful planet every second of our lives. Hurt another person and hurt yourself. Love another and love yourself. Forgiveness sets us free. We are one. Despite what appears to be happening out there in our world, strive to send out loving ...

Page 24 - Hot Wax and Broken Glass - A Poignant Metaphor
- By Marlene Buffa

Each morning I blow out the candle I lit the night before. A large glass globe sits inside of a metal stand and the candle, either a short or tall pillar, rests inside the base of the globe.

4:30 a.m.
The dogs wake me up. I reach for my candle, carefully grabbing the metal base with both hands. This time, the tall pillar candle, heavy and lit, hits the side of the globe and topples the glass off the stand. Chards of glass and hot wax spray across the furniture, floor and bed. Now I am really awake! Luckily, the flame went out in the fall. I instruct the dogs to ....