Dizziness Newsletter
<December 2000
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Submitted by DClauss
BUTT PRINTS IN THE SAND
One night I had a wondrous dream,
One set of footprints there were seen,
The footprints of my precious Lord,
But mine weerre not along the shore.
But then some stranger prints appeared,
And I asked the Lord,
"What have wee here?
Those prints are laarge and round and neat,
But Lord, they arrre too big for feet."
"My child," He said in somber tones.
"For miles I carrried you alone.
I challenged you to walk in faith,
But you refused and made me wait.
You disobeyed, you would not grow,
The walk of faith, you would not know.
So I got tired, I got fed up,
And there I dropped you on your butt.
Because in life, there comes a time,
When one must fight and one must climb,
When one must rise and take a stand,
Or leave their butt prints in the Sand."
Dianna
Submitted by C9177
The young man was at the end of his rope. Seeing no way out, he dropped to his knees in prayer. "Lord, I can't go on," he said.
"I have too heavy a cross to bear."
The Lord replied, "My son, if you can't bear its weight, just place your
cross inside this room. Then, open that other door and pick out any cross you wish."
The man was filled with relief. "Thank you, Lord," he sighed, and he did as he was told.
Upon entering the other door, he saw many crosses, some so large the tops were not visible. Then, he spotted a tiny cross leaning against a far wall.
"I'd like that one, Lord," he whispered. And the Lord replied,
" My son, that is the cross you just brought in."
When life's problems seem overwhelming, it helps to look around and see what
other people are coping with. You may consider yourself far more fortunate
than you imagined.
Submitted by PoppyDeb
"Remote Control"
"Cash, check or charge?" the cashier asked after folding items the
woman wished to purchase. As the woman fumbled for her wallet, the
cashier noticed a remote control for a television set in her purse.
"Do you always carry your TV remote?" the cashier asked.
"No," she replied. "But my husband refused to come shopping with me,
so I figured this was the most evil thing I could do to him."
Submitted by Lxsgp
In the 1960s, a National Aeronautics and Space Administration team working on the Apollo moon mission took some astronauts to Arizona, where the terrain of the Navajo Reservation looks very
>much like the lunar surface. With all the trucks and large vehicles were two figures that were dressed in full lunar spacesuits.
NASA official Charles Phillip Whitedog tells that a Navajo sheep herder and his son were watching the strange creatures walking about. The father did not speak English and his son asked for him what the strange creatures were. They were told that they were astronauts training to go to the moon. The man became excited and asked if he could send a message to the moon with the crew.
NASA personnel grabbed a tape recorder and the old Navajo spoke into it. When asked to translate, his son refused. The NASA people played the recording for other natives on the reservation, each of whom smiled or chuckled and likewise refused to translate. Finally, they paid someone to translate the sheep herder's message:
"Watch out for these guys, they come to take your land."
World history is replete with examples of people "watching out" for one another. But I believe today's world is learning the value of keeping faith. One writer accurately says, "On the day
when we can fully trust each other, there will be peace on earth."
Keeping faith is essential between nations and within nations. It keeps the peace. Keeping faith is essential between companies and their customers. It creates good will. And keeping faith is essential between friends and within families. It builds bonds of love that no amount of adversity can break. Invincible bonds are
forged upon the anvil of trust.
If people like you, they'll give you a hand. But if they trust you, they'll give you their heart. And heart to heart, we can face anything together.
HOW OBSERVANT ARE YOU?
Write down your answers to check 'em at the end. (No cheating now!)
1. On a standard traffic light, is the green on the top or bottom?
2. How many states are there?
3. In which hand is the Statue of Liberty's torch?
4. What 6 colors are on the classic Campbell's soup label?
5. What 2 letters don't appear on the telephone dial?
6. What 2 #'s on the telephone dial don't have letters by them?
7. When you walk does your left arm swing w/ your right or left leg?
8. How many matches are in a standard pack?
9. On our flag, is the top stripe red or white?
10. What is the lowest # on the FM dial?
11. Which way does water go down the drain, clockwise or counter-clockwise?
12. Which way does a "no smoking" sign's slash run?
13. How many channels on a VHF TV dial?
14. Which side of a women's blouse are the buttons on?
15. On a NY license plate, is New York on the top or bottom?
16. Which way do fans rotate?
17. Whose face is on a dime?
18. How many sides does a stop sign have?
19. Do books have even # pages on the right or left side?
20. How many lug nuts are on a standard car wheel?
21. How many sides are there on a standard pencil?
22. Sleepy, Happy, Sneezy, Grumpy, Dopey, Doc. Who's missing?
23. How many hot dog buns are in a standard package?
25. On which card is the cardmaker's trademark?
26. On which side of a venetian blind is the cord that adjusts the opening between
the slats?
27. On the back of a $1 bill, what is in the center?
28. There are 12 buttons on a touch tone phone. What 2 symbols bear no digits?
29. How many curves are in a standard paper clip?
30. Does a merry-go-round turn clockwise or counter-clockwise?
SCROLL DOWN FOR THE ANSWERS
Answers:
1. Bottom
2. 50
3. Right
4. Blue, red, white, yellow, black, and gold
5. Q, Z
6. 1, 0
7. Left
8. 20
9. Red
10. 88
11. Counter-clockwise (unless you happen to be south of the equator)
12. Towards the bottom right
13. 12 (no #1)
14. Right
15. Top
16. Clockwise as you look at it
17. Roosevelt
18. 8
19. Left
20. 5
21. 6
22. Bashful
23. 6
24. Did you notice there wasn't one?
25. Ace of spades
26. Left
27. ONE
28. *, #
29. 3
30. Counter-clockwise
Scoring:
30-28 Genius...Mensa is calling!
25-27 Not too shabby!
20-24 You could do better!
16-19 McDonald's is calling!
15 or below Damn! Being blind wouldn't affect you one bit!!
Eleanor Roosevelt wrote:
Many people will walk in and out of your life But only true friends will leave footprints in your heart. To handle yourself, use your head;
To handle others, use your heart.
Anger is only one letter short of danger. If someone betrays you once, it is his fault; If he betrays you twice, it is your fault. Great minds discuss ideas;
Average minds discuss events;
Small minds discuss people.
He who loses money, loses much;
He, who loses a friend, loses much more; He, who loses faith, loses all.
Beautiful young people are accidents of nature, But beautiful old people are works of art. Learn from the mistakes of others.
You can't live long enough to make them all yourself. Friends, you and me....
You brought another friend....
And then there were 3....
We started our group....
Our circle of friends....
And like that circle....
There is no beginning or end....
Yesterday is history.
Tomorrow is mystery.
Contributed by DavidDearest
THE TABLECLOTH
The brand new pastor and his wife,
newly assigned to their first
ministry, to reopen a church in
suburban Brooklyn, arrived in early
October excited about their
opportunities. When they saw their
church, it was very run down and
needed much work. They set a goal to
have everything done in time to have their
first service on Christmas Eve.
They worked hard, repairing pews,
plastering walls, painting, etc. and
on Dec 18 were ahead of schedule and
just about finished. On Dec 19 a
terrible tempest - a driving rainstorm
hit the area and lasted for two days.
On the 21st, the pastor went over to
the church. His heart sank when he saw
that the roof had leaked, causing a
large area of plaster about 20 feet by
8 feet to fall off the front wall of
the sanctuary just behind the pulpit,
beginning about head high. The pastor
cleaned up the mess on the floor, and
not knowing what else to do but
postpone the Christmas Eve service,
headed home. On the way he noticed
that a local business was having a
flea market type sale for charity so
he stopped in.
One of the items was a beautiful,
handmade, ivory colored, crocheted
tablecloth with exquisite work, fine
colors and a Cross embroidered right
in the center. It was just the right
size to cover up the hole in the front
wall. He bought it and headed back to
the church.
By this time it had started to snow.
An older woman running from the
opposite direction was trying to catch
the bus. She missed it. The pastor
invited her to wait in the warm church
for the next bus 45 minutes later.
She sat in a pew and paid no attention
to the pastor while he got a ladder,
hangers, etc., to put up the
tablecloth as a wall tapestry. The
pastor could hardly believe how
beautiful it looked and it covered up
the entire problem area.
Then he noticed the woman walking down
the center aisle. Her face was like a
sheet. "Pastor," she asked, "where did
you get that tablecloth?" The pastor
explained. The woman asked him to
check the lower right corner to see if
the initials, EBG were crocheted into
it there. They were. These were the
initials of the woman, and she had
made this tablecloth 35 years before,
in Austria.
The woman could hardly believe it as
the pastor told how he had just gotten
the Tablecloth. The woman explained
that before the war she and her
husband were well-to-do people in
Austria. When the Nazis came, she was
forced to leave. Her husband was going
to follow her the next week. She was
captured, sent to prison and never saw
her husband or her home again.
The pastor wanted to give her the
tablecloth; but she made the pastor
keep it for the church. The pastor
insisted on driving her home, that was
the least he could do. She lived on
the other side of Staten Island and
was only in Brooklyn for the day for a
housecleaning job.
What a wonderful service they had on
Christmas Eve. The church was
almost full. The music and the spirit
were great. At the end of the service,
the pastor and his wife greeted
everyone at the door and many said
that they would return. One older man,
whom the pastor recognized from the
neighborhood, continued to sit in one
of the pews and stare, and the pastor
wondered why he wasn't leaving. The
man asked him where he got the
tablecloth on the front wall because
it was identical to one that his wife
had made years ago when they lived in
Austria before the war and how could
there be two tablecloths so much
alike?
He told the pastor how the Nazis came,
how he forced his wife to flee
for her safety, and he was supposed to
follow her, but he was arrested and
put in a prison. He never saw his wife
or his home again all the 35 years in
between.
The pastor asked him if he would allow
him to take him for a little ride.
They drove to Staten Island and to the
same house where the
pastor had taken the woman three days
earlier. He helped the man climb the
three flights of stairs to the woman's
apartment, knocked on the door and he
saw the greatest Christmas reunion he
could ever imagine.
THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS
'Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the town,
Joseph was searching, walking up roads and down;
Mary was waiting, so meek and so mild;
While Joseph was seeking a place for the Child.
The children were nestled, each snug in their beds,
The grown-ups wouldn't bother, there's no room they said;
When even the innkeeper sent them away,
Joseph was wondering, where they would stay.
He thought of the caves in the side of the hills,
Let's go there said Mary, it's silent and still;
The moon on the breast of the new fallen snow,
Made pathways of light for their tired feet to go.
And there in a cave, in a cradle of hay,
Our Savior was born on that first Christmas Day!
The Father was watching in heaven above,
He sent for His angels, His couriers of love;
More rapid than eagles God's bright angels came;
Rejoicing and eager as each heard his name;
Come Power, Come Cherubs, Come Virtues, Come Raphael,
Come Thrones and Dominions, Come Michael and Gabriel.
Now fly to the Earth, where My poor people live,
Announce the glad tidings My Son comes to give;
The Shepherds were watching their flocks on this night,
And saw in the heavens and unearthly light.
The Angels assured them, they'd nothing to fear,
It's Christmas they said, the Savior is here!
They hastened to find Him, and stood at the door,
Till Mary invited them in to adore.
He was swaddled in bands from His head to His feet,
Never did the Shepherds see a baby so sweet!
He spoke not a word, but the Shepherd's all knew,
He was telling them secrets and blessing them too.
Then softly they left Him, The Babe in the hay,
And rejoiced with great joy on that first Christmas Day;
Mary heard them exclaim as they walked up the hill,
Glory to God in the Highest, Peace to men of good will!!
A wish from HOST AHTH Kat, HOST AHTH Dizzy and HOST AHTH Rand for all of our dizzy friends
We wish that all of you will find some sense of relief this year and that your dizziness and illnesses will subside or disappear entirely. While we know this is a huge wish for God to forsee, we will continue to pray that this will become a reality for each and every one of us.
Thanks to all of you for your support, love and friendship this year and we hope that you will remain with us in the year 2001. We love all of you dearly and wish each of you a Blessed Merry Christmas and a Joyous New Year!
Love and hugs,
HOST AHTH Kat, HOST AHTH Dizzy and HOST AHTH Rand
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