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Message 348

“You can’t wait until life isn’t hard anymore before you decide to be happy”
This was said by a woman named Nightbirde

I waste a lot of time watching the short movie reels on facebook but Tuesday I saw three that changed my perspective on everything. This, this wasn’t wasted time.

Nightbirde (the author of the above quote) was performing on America’s Got Talent. At the time she was on, she had a 2% chance of survival with active cancer. She said “Two percent is not 0%. Two percent is something, and I wish people knew how amazing it is,”

She sang a song called “it’s ok”. There wasn’t a dry eye in the house – nor in my house. I was also impressed by the fact she went to the audition alone. She had courage oozing out of every pore.

Hers is the first verse of her song :
I moved to California in the summer time
I changed my name thinking that it would change my mind
I thought that all my problems they would stay behind
I was a stick of dynamite and it was just a matter of time, yeah
Oh, dang, oh, my, now I can’t hide
Said I knew myself but I guess I lied

The second was a performance by a young girl (I think she was 18 or 19) who had endured many years of bullying. The bullying led to self harming. She used an eraser on her skin trying to erase herself from everything. But there she was up on stage. The courage she showed standing up there risking ridicule and rejection was overwhelming.

These third was a young woman who had a speech disability but it disappeared when she sang.

They all stood up in front of the judges, the audience and millions of others watching on tv. Tell me again what you’re afraid of?

These three young women represent the strength and courage I aspire to. Following on Frank Somma’s concept of having a motto for the year, I don’t know how I’m going to put it into words yet but I know these women will be my role models in everything I do in 2026. I hope I can come up with a motto that fits.

You have the strength and courage Dig deep and pull them out whenever you feel scared or nervous. You’re not being bullied, people most likely don’t make fun of the way you talk and you probably have more than a 2% chance of survival so what’s holding you back?

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Message 347- Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas everyone. This will be a very loose message since most people are doing other things today.

Snoopy said:
“Last year, this day, things were so different.
Next year, this day, things will have again changed.
Where you are today is your latest spot, not the final one. You have no idea how magical the universe is.”

Although today is a day of celebration for many, the important thing is to realize that you are here today no matter where that “here” is.

Enjoy life, enjoy people, enjoy everything. You never know what the next hours or days will bring.

Think back over all your Christmases and see what’s happened in all those years.

This is the very first year that I wish I wasn’t traveling and actually wished I had a place to go. Don’t feel sorry for me because that’s cause for celebration. I don’t know why this has happened although I suspect it is from all the IFS work I’ve done.

I always wanted to avoid Christmas because it was never a very happy holiday. Alcohol will do that to a family. I never felt I belonged on the one day of the year a child should feel totally loved and wanted.

It’s taken me all these years to get to this point and I’m grateful to have gotten to this point. As they say better late than never.

And I just have to tell you about the two unexpected Christmas gifts I got. The universe takes such good care of me.

The first made me as excited as a kid getting her first bike. I plugged my phone in the usb port of my car two days ago and lo and behold CarPlay connected and worked. I have been unable to get it working for the entire year and a half I’ve had the car. But all of a sudden it works. The only thing I can figure is that the other battery case I had might Have obstructed it being read. I switched cases and this is the first time I’ve plugged it in since the switch.

And then I had a box of power bars left over from some race and as I was getting everything ready for my trip I heard something rattling around in the box. Out fell a necklace I’ve been looking for for over 6 months.

What more could a girl ask for?

Have a wonderful day. I’m on the road now and my race starts Sunday morning. I’ll tell you more about it as it gets closer.

Merry diamond Christmas

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Merry Christmas!!!

Daily Gratitude: what’s the greatest gift you can give someone? It’s Christmas so take some time out of your busy day to think about it.

I think the gift you can give someone else is very similar to the one you can give yourself.

And that’s letting go.

Let go of everything this year. Don’t look at what you might get or attain in the coming year. Look at areas in your life that need changing. I will bet you’ll find things that need to be let go of.

I had to let go of the “I can do everything myself” this year. The “I don’t need no stinking help” philosophy no longer works (and here’s a little secret. It never worked. I just couldn’t see it). There were other things I had to let go of too and once I did it was so freeing.

One of the best ways for me to be able to do that was by using my mantra “everything always works out for me”. If I didn’t believe that, it would be harder for me to hold open my palms and let the bird fly away.

Can you think of things that you either did let go of or that you want to let go of? Write them down and frequently revisit them.