Our wish for a sweet, happy and healthy New Year is turbo charged this year. Wishing powerful healing to brother Tim, Marilyn Knowles and Grandma Lenore. I am confident that this New Year will bring me wellness and perhaps some patience in getting there.
Ann Denz sent this wonderful New Year's prayer that I wanted to share with all of you
May you enjoy your apples and honey!
May you find it easy to give and receive
May you know when to surrender, and do so with grace
May you remember that some people's lives are parched dry... and be grateful for the abundance in yours
May you find beauty in unexpected places.
May you carry your loads with ease amid sweetness
May you learn and teach well.
May you move with as much joy and ease as you can
May your home be filled with fresh air and light
May your tense and angry times be short-lived...
so that you come back quickly to your comfortable ol' self
May you be startled and delighted by new beginnings
May you find your uniqueness
May you enjoy your friends and hear beautiful music
May you come to the surface for air when you need it
May you take exquisite care of yourself
And may everything that hurts you also be a little funny (This is my favorite one)
Have a wonderful 5771!!
I have chemo on Monday and cousin Anita will join me. Thanks to my meditation coach I have a new attitude about it. All week I've said to people that next week I'd likely feel pretty miserable. My coach reminded me that a new narrative was in order. So, I am looking at the chemo as the process that heals me and I expect to feel better next week than I ever have after chemo. Thanks to reiki, breathing exercises I hope to hold on to the positive thinking. Just reread your blog posts from the last blog and feel ready to take this on thanks to all of your amazing energy.
Yes, I danced at the wedding and even made my sister in law Sue cry when she saw Jonathan and I dancing the jitterbug. Brother Joe informed me that he had the orthopedic surgeon on stand by. It was a giant burst of family and the hard part was saying good bye. Then I remembered a phrase from cousin John "Don't regret that it's over, be thankful that it happened". I was enormously thankful to be a part of this gorgeous celebration.
Expecting a visit today from dear friend Frank from Hawaii (also a proud member of the "I beat cancer" club- which I intend to join soon). Friend Deanne from DC will join us too. Tomorrow morning we are doing a walk for ovarian cancer which should be very powerful.
L'shana Tovah to you and your family. May it be a year of wellness, goodness and joy.
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ReplyDeleteMay serenity envelope you on this journey.
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MJ - you have the natural instincts of a fighter. Being a fighter doesn't mean smooth sailing. So your chemo may cause fatigue and not so good feelings, but the gain of destroying the cancer far outweighs the yucks.
ReplyDeleteI will be with you in spirit on your walk.
This is indeed your year my friend.
Love, Laurie Lyons
p.s. I feel so stupid writing Lyons. Hard to believe you know another Laurie!
Love this New Year blessing! So perfect for you.
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Best wishes and prompt recovery. We see from your previous post that your indicators are much better.
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Here in AZ the sun is rising, along with my spirits, as I read your inspiring post, MJ. I will be thinking of you often today while flying across the country, and visualizing - especially - you and Jonathan jitterbugging.
ReplyDeleteMJ- You are sounding wonderful- full of life, love, joy and positive thinking. wishing all of you that same strength for the New year..to continue to fill your lives with the abundance of family, friends, love, light and the path to healing.
ReplyDeleteG'mar hatimah tovah- may you be sealed well in the book of Life for this year and MANY MANY MANY more years to come.
Dear MJ,
ReplyDeleteI love the New Year prayer. Especially the part about taking "exquisite care" of yourself. Seems if you (we) do that-the rest will surely follow. I know next week will be a brilliant and glorious week for you. Love to Jonathan and the kids.
Linda H.
Thinking of you and hoping that chemo is rocketing your numbers up again (without doing a number on you).
ReplyDeleteWe join in sending our wishes for happiness, strength and wellness in the new year. L'shana Tova from all of us!
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