Re: what matters this christmas/ calming the flurry

[Guest guest]

Awww..Ceep. you have such a way of expressing things, I wish I were so

eloquent! You expressed my feelings exactly, my families happiness is the most

impotant thing on this X-mas eve.

Happy holidays to you and your loved ones!

Louise Atkinson

Open RNY May 1st,2000

Dr. Goldfarb

278/168

Abdominoplasty 7/02

[Guest guest]

Ceep, I think your well worded message should apply every day of the

year. We all have too much " stuff " . I live in an area where keeping

up with everyone else is a way of life and the pace is always full

speed ahead. Its not how I was raised but it seems to be life as it

is today. I long for the slower, quieter pace of life, a less

material life, a small town life instead of this rat race I find

myself a part of. (can I change it..uyup if I want to get divorced as

hubby loves this area!!) Kids today have so much stuff they do not

appreciate anything anymore..its want, want, gimme more..I have

nieces and nephews that I watch tear into gifts, then throw them

aside as they race to open the next package. Then they run off and

leave the nice gifts strewn about, unappreciated. They are kids who

have everything and want for nothing, and are bored unless every

second of their life is scripted.

So, thanks for the wonderful words. Your right, stuff does not matter.

Cindy in Va

lap RNY 2/8/02

> Dear Brave Souls:

>

> What matters this Christmas, just a reminder, I know you know this

in your

> bones:

>

> What matters, just this one day, is that you arrive, show up, open

the door

> with a smile that starts at your heart and shines outward....

> Stuff doesn't matter

>

> what matters, just this one day, is that you tell each soul you

love, that

> you love them and appreciate that they are on earth, and that your

life would be

> poorer without them...

> Stuff doesn't matter

>

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