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Storytime Tapestry Newsletter
The newsletter devoted to spreading love
and cultural awareness around the world.
February 28, 2008
Today’s Announcement
Don’t
forget to order your copy of Angels Watching Over Me, the story of an ordinary
woman facing less than ordinary challenges.
Angels Watching Over Me is a story of family love, sacrifices, poverty
and an undying faith that makes heroes out of all of us. Here is the link in
case you have forgotten it: http://www.lulu.com/content/964306
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Today’s Stories
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THANK HEAVEN WE ARE ALL ABLE
TO DREAM!
THE DREAM IS NOT IMPOSSIBLE
Ellie
Braun Haley
Our
thoughts and words and the thoughts and words of those around us are powerful.
They have a strong influence on us.
It has been said "do not constantly tell a child she is clumsy or she
shall become so" and "do not tell a lad he is stupid for he will
become convinced it is so and therefore apply himself no more." We are all
greatly affected by conditions around us, and as I mentioned, by thoughts and
words directed at us and by our own thoughts and perceptions (views/insights).
A golfer visualizes his putt traveling toward the cup and dropping in. This
practice putt in his mind is powerful and will aid him in getting the weight
(force) correct and the direction accurate. It may be the slight slope which
keeps his ball from dropping, though if he notices it, he will also take this
into consideration.
Visualization, our mental pictures, can also shape us. When I was working seriously on losing weight I visualized
myself at a lighter weight. I also celebrated my weight loss before it had
actually happened. I did this because I wanted my body on the same team with
me, working with me to make it so. When I use the word celebrate it was not
merely a celebration in my mind, I literally caused endorphins to increase by
the excitement I generated.
We bring about so much by our own energy, by our own thoughts. Often we are
armed to protect ourselves and do not utilize the tools available to us.
Many of us have felt uncomfortable in a room as we sense the negativity of
another and if we knew how we would guard ourselves against this bombardment.
If we but visualize a protective shield surrounding us the negativity will be
unable to reach us.
Encouraging our children to dream, to aim for reachable goals is a huge
step in achieving them. We need to do the same for ourselves. Talk about our
expectations for ourselves. Dream about the aspiration, visualize achieving it
and celebrate it long before it has taken place. All we think and do has the
power to help bring about the dream.
"I like my body, every single cell
of it! It is my own and I shall always dwell within, so I find it necessary to
bombard it with positive thoughts." ellie Braun-Haley
Ellie Braun-Haley
Author/Motivational Speaker
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LAUGHTER
Ellie Braun Haley
"Let
laughter bombard every part of you until you want to shiver and shake with
delight! THIS is truly a massage for your organs!" EBH
Doctors' Comments On Patient Charts:
• "Patient has chest pain if she lies on her left side for over a
year."
• "Discharge status: Alive but without permission."
• "The patient refused an autopsy."
• "The patient has no past history of suicides."
• "Patient has left his white blood cells at another hospital."
• "Patient had waffles for breakfast and anorexia for lunch."
• "She has had no rigors or shaking chills, but her husband states she was
very hot in bed last night."
• "She is numb from her toes down."
• "While in the ER, she was examined, X-rated and sent home."
• "Occasional, constant, infrequent headaches."
• "She stated that she had been constipated for most of her life, until
she got a divorce."
• "The patient was to have a bowel resection. However, he took a job as a
stockbroker instead."
• "Patient has two teenage children but no other abnormalities."
• "Skin: Somewhat pale but present."
• "Patient was seen in consultation by Dr. Blank, who felt we should sit
on the abdomen, and I agree."
• "The patient was in his usual state of good health until his airplane
ran out of gas and crashed."
• "When she fainted, her eyes rolled around the room."
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The For Goodness Sake Site is on
hold right now as we finish two books. However please visit the site and read a
huge number of uplifting stories.
Here is the address: http://www.eaglecreek.org/goodness.html
Also Shawn has developed a site
for my stories to reside. and gradually over the next month these will be be
added. There are only three there to start with but soon it will be 24 and then
more!!! and the address for that site is:
http://www.elliebraunhaley.ca
or
http://www.elliebraunhaley.ca/stories.html
Up for your reading pleasure is :
A Dawning
The Audacity to Learn
Airborn
AND TO CLOSE if you know of someone
who is grieving please send them this link:
Celebrate Life of a Loved One
Especially for those who wish to download a list of more than 50 ideas for
Celebrating the Life of a loved one, go to this site: ( and click on the LIST)
http://www.evrcanada.com/
Happy traveling!
Hugs ellie
Ellie Braun-Haley
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ESPECIALLY FOR YOU
A number of years ago I worked for a college and taught for the college two
days of each week in the city and for two days of the week I was on the road
traveling for this same college taking my courses out into some of the towns in
both Alberta and Saskatchewan. Often I picked up hitchhikers. This practice
caused a lot of concern for my family and to ease their worries I had to
promise I would cease. This is the story of what happened one night in
Saskatchewan.
The Broken Promise
She was returning from teaching out in a small community. It was only
9:30 in the evening but in November it gets dark early and it was definitely a
black and moonless night. The car heater was on and she was grateful to be
driving a dependable car. A blizzard was blowing in and this would not be the
time to have car trouble, not on these roads! A teacher for the nearest city
College, she'd been traveling the same route for over a year and there was
seldom traffic on the little secondary highway.
She remembered back to when she had first started teaching out in the small
communities. In those days she was constantly picking up hitchhikers. She
smiled as she remembered the one young 16-year-old fellow she picked up one day.
He kept saying, “Haven't we met somewhere?” They laughed long and hard when
they remembered that she had given him a ride a month previously on the same
road. She thought back to the day when she was on the northern route and had
given a ride to a man. He was seated before she realized he was drunk and a
talker. He talked and talked and made little sense. Finally with great relief
she saw another hiker and picked up that one to keep the first company.
Her family became greatly concerned about her welfare over the hitchhikers but
she continued the practice until the day her sister talked to her. Her sister's
friend had been shot in the head by a hitchhiker, all because the girl stopped
out of mercy to help a man in a storm.
The storm that night brought the memories. They'd gone to school with this
girl. She was gentle and thoughtful. To die because of an act of goodness did
not make sense. That was when the family heard the promise. 'No more
hitchhikers, I promise!'
Well, I won't see a hitchhiker on this road she thought. It is unlikely I'll
see a car!
She came out of a slight curve and slowed because a car was parked on the road
ahead. These little highways just don't have any shoulders, she thought. Then
she saw the man waving. He was in trouble and she slowed more. He looked like
he was in trouble but what if he wasn't? A screwdriver on the floor was the
only protection she had.
In a flash she remembered the promise. She remembered the old school friend,
dead because of a hitch hiker. She knew this road well though and the chances
of another car coming along to help were stacked well against this lone
motorist.
She pulled over and rolled down the window. She had pulled ahead of the
stranded car. Now as he ran toward the car in the dark she shook with fear and
yet knew if he was truly in need she could not leave him here in this storm.
The stranger explained that his car was dead. She knew she had to break the
promise and hoped she would live to see her children that night. She told him
to get in. They drove for an hour into the next city and she took him to a
telephone booth. She waited until he had made a call. When he reported back to
her that a family member would soon be there for him, she wished him well and
left.
Tears fell on her cheeks as she drove away. It felt as though she had been
holding her breath for an hour. “I hope they'll understand why I had to break
my promise. I think I've been watched over this night!”
by Ellie Braun-Haley
A Wee smile
Going To Church
A friend was in front of me coming out of church one day, and the
preacher was standing at the door as he always is to shake hands. He grabbed my
friend by the hand and pulled him aside
The Pastor said to him, "You need to join the Army of the Lord!"
My friend replied, "I'm already in the Army of the Lord, Pastor."
Pastor questioned, "How come I don't see you except at Christmas and
Easter?"
He whispered back, "I'm in the secret service.
May the wind blow at your back and push
you in a good direction
AND MAY YOUR DAY PRESENT YOU WITH GOOD
MEMORIES OF TIMES SPENT WITH THOUGHTFUL PEOPLE!
Ellie Braun-Haley
Author/Motivational Speaker
Poetry
Corner
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HONESTY
Dr.
Harmander Singh
He
was very angry one day because he was not able to decide why his honesty was
not being accepted. He went to a philosopher. When he listened to it, he
rebuked him saying:
O
Mortal human,
Find
your image
In an
honest human, the mirror,
You see we may disregard
The
blue thoughts
Between
you and honesty,
You
cannot believe
Because
your
Faith
is in seen things
But
when
Believe,
then also I feel
You
may need to have faith
In
the unseen; the experiences,
You
see, we all know
Personal
weaknesses
Bring
doubt, Bhagouauty
In
the honesty of
Others
who deserve
It
not, however it needs effort
To
leave such flaws as let go.
Dr. Harmander Singh
bhagouauty@gmail.com
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REVERENCE
Dr.
Harmander Singh
He
always respected his friends. However, one day he found that some of the
friends are like free end. He bowed his head to his great friend and said with
being humble in a manner of appreciation. He said:
What
a day
I do
not know
How I
feel today
Nevertheless,
I am certain
That
someone
Dear
to my heart
Has
given me
A
reward
Of
affection
With
delights of perfection,
Yes,
my friend
Has
given me
Great
satisfaction, the gift of contentment
As a
feeling of reverence, the honor
That
makes Bhagouauty,
Humble
his being
With
great reverence
For
and to my friend
That I have.
Dr. Harmander Singh
bhagouauty@gmail.com
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Feedback
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