RE: Re: Two things

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Me too. I read it many years ago but am reminded of its premise quiet often. Your encounter with the lady could be right out of the book. I'm glad you volunteered to help her. I hope it works out - for her... and for you.BillTo: ACT_for_the_Public From: hbbr@...Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2012 14:23:31 +0000Subject: Re: Re: Two things

By the way, Bill, I loved that book. Hard to believe it is just a novel, it has so many good nuggets of truth in it. I think I'll get it off my shelf and re-read it.

Helena

>> > Maybe you experienced "Synchronicity." See the first paragraph of the summary section of > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Celestine_Prophecy > I often wonder if there really is a big plan but we have to be aware enough to see it.> Had I been in your shoes I'm almost certain that I would have been unable to not volunteer to help her transcribe her story.> Hmmmmm> Bill> > To: act_for_the_public > Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2012 22:36:15 +0000> Subject: Two things> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Two things happened in my life today, both important, each so very different.> > One is familiar to me: My sister went into the hospital again with extreme pain and weakness. Even though she is out of it mentally due to pain meds, she wants to hang with me on the phone, and so I willingly listen to her moaning and cajoling me to not hang up 'cause she needs her sissie. OMG! Painful to go through, painful to hear her pain, painful to feel her pain - and a joy to be there for her in the small way I am able to be.> > The other thing that happened was a total surprise: An elderly woman stopped me on the street as I was carrying groceries in from the car. She had a totally alive, compelling face, and although her posture was stooped, it was commanding (if you know what I mean). I was immediately drawn in. She asked me some innocuous question about who can park on the street, which I politely answered. Then she launched into "I'm 89 years old, and I served as a machinist in WW1 when they recruited women because all the boys were at war, and I worked beside Rosie the Riveter, and I loved that job, and I loved all my jobs, even though I've had a very hard life, raising my kids as a single mom, and I would like to write a book about my life but I dislike computers, but I can type like crazy on an old manual typewriter - do you know where I can get ribbons for that? - and GOSH! I was spellbound, as my beloved Edy's All Natural Fruit Bars melted in my grocery bag. She lives on 5th St and I live on 3rd, and I hope to run into her again. Next time, I will invite her in. What a highlight of my day meeting her was!> > So there you have it. The mystery of the ebb and flow of life. And each of us right smack in the middle of it all. > > -Helena (in awe and wonder)>

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I wonder if she knows what a powerful impact she had on me? I hope to see her again. I live on the last street in my small community next to the baseball field, so everybody walks by my house when they go for a walk - I am keeping my eye out for her! I met a lot of people that way, including one very old gentleman who walks his very old dog every day. It is the highlight of my day to see them slowly walking by each morning, each crippled with painful arthritis but walking anyway. Sounds like ACT!Helena

To: "ACT_for_the_Public" <act_for_the_public >Sent: Thursday, February 2, 2012 10:24:57 AMSubject: RE: Re: Two things

Me too. I read it many years ago but am reminded of its premise quiet often. Your encounter with the lady could be right out of the book. I'm glad you volunteered to help her. I hope it works out - for her... and for you.

Bill

To: ACT_for_the_Public From: hbbr@...Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2012 14:23:31 +0000Subject: Re: Re: Two things

By the way, Bill, I loved that book. Hard to believe it is just a novel, it has so many good nuggets of truth in it. I think I'll get it off my shelf and re-read it. Helena >> > Maybe you experienced "Synchronicity." See the first paragraph of the summary section of > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Celestine_Prophecy > I often wonder if there really is a big plan but we have to be aware enough to see it.> Had I been in your shoes I'm almost certain that I would have been unable to not volunteer to help her transcribe her story.> Hmmmmm> Bill> > To: act_for_the_public > Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2012 22:36:15 +0000> Subject: Two things> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Two things happened in my life today, both important, each so very different.> > One is familiar to me: My sister went into the hospital again with extreme pain and weakness. Even though she is out of it mentally due to pain meds, she wants to hang with me on the phone, and so I willingly listen to her moaning and cajoling me to not hang up 'cause she needs her sissie. OMG! Painful to go through, painful to hear her pain, painful to feel her pain - and a joy to be there for her in the small way I am able to be.> > The other thing that happened was a total surprise: An elderly woman stopped me on the street as I was carrying groceries in from the car. She had a totally alive, compelling face, and although her posture was stooped, it was commanding (if you know what I mean). I was immediately drawn in. She asked me some innocuous question about who can park on the street, which I politely answered. Then she launched into "I'm 89 years old, and I served as a machinist in WW1 when they recruited women because all the boys were at war, and I worked beside Rosie the Riveter, and I loved that job, and I loved all my jobs, even though I've had a very hard life, raising my kids as a single mom, and I would like to write a book about my life but I dislike computers, but I can type like crazy on an old manual typewriter - do you know where I can get ribbons for that? - and GOSH! I was spellbound, as my beloved Edy's All Natural Fruit Bars melted in my grocery bag. She lives on 5th St and I live on 3rd, and I hope to run into her again. Next time, I will invite her in. What a highlight of my day meeting her was!> > So there you have it. The mystery of the ebb and flow of life. And each of us right smack in the middle of it all. > > -Helena (in awe and wonder)>