Symptoms of Inner Peace // Joy to the World
Procrastinating today by googling myself
and came across some new results from stuff I posted to a fibromyalgia listserv
back in the pre-google, pre-graphic interface version of the net, the contents
of which Google has apparently bought (along with other old
listservs).
Among the postings that came up was this 1994 post of mine. I decided it was worth sharing anew. I don’t know the original author as it was passed on to me by someone else. I posted it as an antidote to postings about the symptoms of depression, which were all too familiar to that group. I think I want to make a poster out of this!
Among the postings that came up was this 1994 post of mine. I decided it was worth sharing anew. I don’t know the original author as it was passed on to me by someone else. I posted it as an antidote to postings about the symptoms of depression, which were all too familiar to that group. I think I want to make a poster out of this!
Procrastinating today by googling myself and came
across some new results from stuff I posted to a fibromyalgia listserv back in
the pre-google, pre-graphic interface version of the net, the contents of which
Google has apparently bought (along with other old
listservs).
Among the postings that came up was this 1994 post of mine. I decided it was worth sharing anew. I don’t know the original author as it was passed on to me by someone else. I posted it as an antidote to postings about the symptoms of depression, which were all too familiar to that group. I think I want to make a poster out of this!
SYMPTOMS OF INNER PEACE
A tendency to think and act spontaneously rather than on fears based on past experiences.
An unmistakable ability to enjoy each moment.
A loss of interest in judging other people.
A loss of interest in interpreting the actions of others.
A loss of interest in conflict.
A loss of the ability to worry (This is a VERY serious symptom).
Frequent, overwhelming episodes of appreciation.
Contented feelings of connectedness with others and with nature.
Frequent attacks of smiling.
An increasing tendency to let things happen rather than make them happen.
An increased susceptibility to the love extended by others as well as the uncontrollable urge to share it.
Be on the lookout for symptoms of inner peace. The hearts of a great many have already been exposed to inner peace and it is possible that people everywhere could come down with it in epidemic proportions.
This could pose a serious threat to what has been, up to now, a fairly stable condition of conflict in the world.
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With that in mind I pass on (once again) the link to my gigantic Joy to the World Christmas/holiday e-card, which uses a NASA photo of the earth as backdrop. Hopefully, four years after its original creation, more people have large enough screens with which to view it whole.
Now I really must do some work!
Among the postings that came up was this 1994 post of mine. I decided it was worth sharing anew. I don’t know the original author as it was passed on to me by someone else. I posted it as an antidote to postings about the symptoms of depression, which were all too familiar to that group. I think I want to make a poster out of this!
SYMPTOMS OF INNER PEACE
A tendency to think and act spontaneously rather than on fears based on past experiences.
An unmistakable ability to enjoy each moment.
A loss of interest in judging other people.
A loss of interest in interpreting the actions of others.
A loss of interest in conflict.
A loss of the ability to worry (This is a VERY serious symptom).
Frequent, overwhelming episodes of appreciation.
Contented feelings of connectedness with others and with nature.
Frequent attacks of smiling.
An increasing tendency to let things happen rather than make them happen.
An increased susceptibility to the love extended by others as well as the uncontrollable urge to share it.
Be on the lookout for symptoms of inner peace. The hearts of a great many have already been exposed to inner peace and it is possible that people everywhere could come down with it in epidemic proportions.
This could pose a serious threat to what has been, up to now, a fairly stable condition of conflict in the world.
*******
With that in mind I pass on (once again) the link to my gigantic Joy to the World Christmas/holiday e-card, which uses a NASA photo of the earth as backdrop. Hopefully, four years after its original creation, more people have large enough screens with which to view it whole.
Now I really must do some work!
Posted: Fri - December 22, 2006 at 11:36 AM
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-- From "Crazy, He Calls Me"
written by: Bob Russell / Carl Sigman
Sung by Billie Holiday
"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has."
-- Margaret Mead
"Hope is the thing with feathers
That perches in the soul,
And sings the tune--without the words,
And never stops at all..."
-- Emily Dickinson
"In our sleep, pain, which we cannot forget, falls drop by drop upon the heart, until, in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom, through the awful grace of God.
-- Aeschylus, Agamemnon
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