* NEW Possibilities (1, JANUARY - Eastern Standard Time) !! *

We don't always understand the ways of Almighty God . . . But we accept with faith . . . the holy will with no looking back, and we are at peace - Anonymous.

. . . We can put the past behind us.  Each day is a new beginning.  And each day . . . offers us the opportunity to look ahead with hope.  A power greater than ourselves . . . is ever with us.  When we fear facing new situations, or when familiar situations turn sour, we can look to the power for help in saying what needs to be said and for doing what needs to be done.  Our higher power is as close as our breath.  Conscious awareness of its presence strengthens us, moment by moment!

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" The past is gone.  Today is full of possibilities.  With each breath I will be aware of the strength at hand. "

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K. Casey
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* " No FEAR " ? *

Man presented me with fear, but, God presented me with Love.    

Kim. 

* LUMOSITY - brain Game !

Q.1.  WHAT do you call a Penguin standing in a Desert ?

Q.2.  Lost or Found ?



A.  One or the other.

** global-Child Development Researcher !

. . . "Let's use our words to find out what is wrong." . . . Interview excerpt January 2014 'The Australian Women's Weekly' / Dr. Karyn Purvis (global-Child Development Researcher).

* ' WHERE, Oh Where, Is . . . ? ' (Quiz) . . step-by-step guide to friendship (hopefully) !!

"Stamping-tramping

reindeer feet

clomp and stomp through

polar sleet.

Step-by-step in

Christmas snow,

search for Santa,

Where'd he go?

Clip-clop, clip-clop, two-by-two.

Santa!  Santa!  WHERE are you?

 . . .  Ziggy-zaggy

tricky track.

Crisscross, crisscross,

doubles back.

Giant paws

in snowy drifts ...

Who has left

these polar prints? . . . "

excerpt Where, Oh Where, Is Santa Claus?

Written by Lisa Wheeler.

  

" Merry Christmas " (as the saying goes)!

* Are there any words that you could  hypothetically use to finish that Story - by yourself, with friends or family??

" Season's GREETINGS .. . "

"Sending warm wishes of peace and happiness this Christmas and wholehearted blessings for the New Year.

(with my love) Kim. "

"JUST In Case, you didn't know .. . "

God loves everyone !

** ICONIC no-Cook FUDGE ! **

"FUDGE is so wonderfully sweet that it is best eaten in small quantities - a small bagful is a lovely gift.

You will need:

3 oz. (75g.) butter
4 tablespoons condensed milk
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 lb. (400g.) icing sugar, plus extra for dusting

1.  In a big bowl, beat together the vanilla extract, butter and condensed milk.
2.  Sift the icing sugar and gradually mix it in.  You might have to use your hands to make sure the sugar is properly mixed in, so make sure they're clean.  When you are finished, the mixture should come together to form a firm ball.
3.  Now you should dust a clean surface with icing sugar and place the ball on to it.  With a rolling pin, roll the mixture evenly until it is a square about 3/4 inch (1.5 cm.) thick.  Cut this into smaller squares.
4.  Leave your fudge to dry overnight.
5.  *If you are making your fudge for a special occasion, why not cut it with pretty shaped cookie cutters instead of cutting it into squares?
6.  To make Chocolate fudge follow the recipe above and add 1oz. (25g.) of cocoa powder to the icing sugar when sifting it into the mixture."

(compliments CLASSIC Milly-Molly-Mandy.)


Bon Apetit.k.

HEART of Creation ..

 LOVE

The heart of love is the heart of creation.

All is possible through love.  All is worthwhile for love.

May all you think and feel reflect love's eternal truth.

 .. God. 

* * MEMORY-tray Game * *

"YOU and your friends can test your memory with this simple tray game.

ASK a grown-up to make up a tray in secret with lots of different everyday objects on it.

FOR example, there could be a pencil, an apple, a sharpener, a sweet, a pair of scissors, a roll of sticky tape, a carrot, a key, a bar of soap, a cotton reel, a toothbrush, a feather, a clothes peg, a coin, a paper clip, a pebble, a pot plant, a golf ball, an onion - anything they can find really.  THEY musn't show you yet and they should cover the items with a tea towel until you are ready to start.

THE tray is then uncovered and you have one or two minutes to memorise as many of the things on it as you can before it is taken away.

WHEN the tray has gone, you must each write down as many of the things as you can remember.  Congratulations to the person who remembers the most items" (compliments Milly-Molly-Mandy).

Spelling ??? ..

Choose the correct spelling of this frequently misspelled word:

flourescent

fluoresent

fluorescent

Answer:

fluorescent

* * Complete ANY Assignment ! !

"Love has the quality of informing almost everything-even one's work" - Sylvia Ashton Warner.

We are changed through loving and being loved.  Our attitudes are profoundly and positively affected by the presence of love in our lives.  EACH time we offer a loving response to a friend, co-worker, even a stranger, we powerfully influence the dynamics of the interaction between us.

EVERY response we make to someone changes us while it informs them.  When we treat others with disdain, we invite the same.  WHEN we express only criticism of others, our self-assessment is equally negative.  The beauty of a loving posture is that it calls forth love in response.  The more love we give away, the more we receive.

Any task before us is lessened when we carry love in our hearts.  Love is more powerful than fear.  Love helps to open the channel to God, assuring us of the strength, the understanding, the patience needed to complete any assignment confronting us.

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I am loved, unconditionally, by God.  And I will experience the reality of that love the more I give it away.  Love wants to change me - and it can! 

K. Casey

* MATCH the SONG * ... ? ?

MATCH the song to the band/musician.

Song                                                      Band/musician

1.  "Manic Monday"                               a.  ZZ Top

                                           

2.  "A Hard Day's Night"                         b.  The Who

3.  "Just Got Paid"                                  c.  The Bangles

4.  "Workin' for the Man"                        d.  The Beatles

5  "The Dirty Jobs"                                 e.  Roy Orbison

     ***

Answer

1.  c,  2.  d,  3.  a,  4.  e,  5.  b

LIFE is NOT Easy .. or, is it ? !!!

"LIFE is not easy for any of us.  BUT what of that?  We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something and that this thing must be attained"  -  Marie Curie, the first woman to win a Noble Prize in Physics.

A Deed ! ?

"I do believe it is possible to create, even without ever writing a word or painting a picture, by simply molding one's inner life.  AND that too is a deed" - Etty Hillesum, diarist.

" Trust .. . "

"Do not bring people in your life who weigh you down.  And trust your instincts . . . good relationships feel good.  They feel right.  They don't hurt.  They're not painful.  That's not just with somebody you want to marry, but it's with the friends that you choose.  It's with the people you surround yourselves with" (First Lady Michelle Obama).

~ BASKET Case ? ! .. ~

"Put all your eggs in the one basket and-WATCH THAT BASKET"  -  Mark Twain.

* How do you personally decipher that comment ??

~ Ruth Bell GRAHAM ~

"A happy marriage is the union of two (2) good forgivers" - Ruth Bell Graham, philanthropist, poet, and author.

~ NEW Heights ! ! ~

I have found that sitting in a place where you have never sat before can be inspiring - Dodie Smith.

REPEATEDLY, today and every day, we will be in new situations, new settings with old friends, and old settings and situations with new friends.  EACH instance is fresh, unlike all the times before.  AND inspiration can accompany each moment, if we but recognise how special it is.

"We will never pass this way again," so the song says, which heightens the meaning of each encounter, every experience.  ACKNOWLEDGING that something can be gained each step along the way invites inspiration.

INSPIRATION moves us to new heights.  We will be called to step beyond our present boundaries.  MAYBE today.  WHENEVER the inspiration catches our attention, we can trust its invitation; we are ready for the challenge it offers.  We need not let our narrow, personal expectations of an experience, a new situation perhaps, prevent us from being open to all the dynamic possibilities it offers.

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I must be willing to let my whole self be moved, inspired.  I must be willing to let each moment I experience to be the only moment getting my attention.

 Karen Casey

" And, " ' .... .. ' .

'One of Cooper's stunts was to pay the exact taxi fare and when leaving the cab, to slip something into the taxi driver's pocket saying, "Have a drink on me." That something would turn out to be a tea bag.'  (Tommy Cooper (1921 - 1984), comedian.)

(Tommy Cooper surely lived with a positive "quick wit" !)

Cheers,
Kim.

"I keep HEALTHY by ... "

"I keep healthy by eating a rainbow of colours every day" (Marie Maher, 61, is retired and lives in Sheffield, South Yorkshire).

' BY the light of the Moon ' ! ?

'Last night, I dreamed I ate a 10lb. Marshmallow.  WHEN I woke up, the pillow was gone' - Tommy Cooper (1921 - 1984), comedian.

IF and VALUE ??

IF I should take your pain away, where would the value be ??

"Frame, STEP, step" ? !

I came home from Hospital with a two (2) wheel frame.  

I had been reversed on by a 'four-wheel drive' in May.  I was "strolling" home on a lovely day when suddenly, I was knocked sideways by that car backing-out of its driveway..  FORTUNATELY, the car stopped when a "solid clunk" was noticed by its driver.  SUBSEQUENTLY, my new wheelchair had been jammed underneath and wedged in towards the middle.  The wheelchair was a "write-off", but, I believe I am still here to tell that story.

 I hadn't been able to lift my right foot, but, my RECENT operation in a City Hospital (emergency back surgery) has allowed me to lift that aforementioned foot.  Yay!!

Life certainly may have its "Hurdles", and at times, I felt as though I was suffocating in raw emotion.  "My God"!  

Step by step, and with that steel Frame, I am encouraged..  many steps must ensue THOUGH, if I am going to become any better.

Love to you - all,
Kim.