Am I Doing This Just Because It Makes ME Look Good?

Hello Boys and Girls. Long time no hear or see! There has been lots of stuff going on in Gommys' world....but today I want to talk about something that recently caught my attention as I was listening to an interview by Gary Zukav. He is a prolific author on the subject of the Soul. He was explaining about Authentic Power and Manipulative Power.

He said that we do things for different reasons. And that it is the differentiation of what we 'get' from doing the deed that is interesting.  Like, did I put money in that Salvation Army pot last Christmas Season because it was a wonderful thing to do for people I don't even know? Or was a part of it because it made me feel good about myself? hmmmmmmm

Or, does that wealthy philanthropist get an extra Gold Star for giving away money.....or did they just do it for the write off? You may ask.....what's the difference....as long as something good was done? Welllllll.....the difference is that if we do things for how it makes us look and for the respect we garner from doing it.....then that is Manipulative Power. If, on the other hand, we do the good deed just because it is the right and good thing to do....without any strings attached or wanting any kudos for doing it.....then that is having Authentic Power. And the bonus we do get from the Authentic Power...is that we know we do have respect, especially from ourselves.....because it WAS the right thing to do. I'll take the second one thank you!

When we do something for someone.....without expecting or caring if anyone else sees us do it....then that is from a place of Authentic Power and from love. When someone 'respects' you or feels loyalty to you for what you can give them.....it is only a matter of time before their 'loyalty' will find its way to the next person who gives them a little more. No thanks on that kind of loyalty!

I would say that Mother Teresa was the type that did all the good she did.....just because it was the good and right thing to do. I feel that she didn't expect anything in return. THAT is the good type of feeling we should try to emulate about ourselves.

So.....the next time you do something peeps....ask yourself which power you are using. I would suggest doing it for the Authentic Power and from a place of love. You can do it.....Gommy is pulling for ya'
Hugs and  Mush - Gommy

LISTEN TO NATURE....

Hello Boys n' Girls…you know it’s funny, but every time ….and I do mean EVERY time I begin my Gommy’s Goodies and I type ‘Hello Boys and Girls’….I have to backspace and fix it ‘cuz it always comes out BOUYS. But maybe that isn’t a mistake….because what I am wanting to share with you IS meant to ‘bouy’ up you for a bit. Anyway…..what I want to point to today is that I have always loved the quote that says, ‘People come into your lives for a Reason, a Season or a Lifetime’. When you think about that sentiment….you can probably think of people who have been in your life for all of those examples….some are still in your life, some people have left your life for a variety of reasons….and then there are the people you hope will never leave your life…..well, not for a looooong time anyway. But the reality is that not ALL people are supposed to stay in your life....all of the time. And the reason for that is that we all grow and change….and even family members may not always fit well in your life as they once did. Even ‘Blood’ doesn’t always make up what ‘family’ means.

The tricky little part is that we must know when to let go of the people or situations in our life that no longer give us enjoyment or pleasure. We must accept that not everyone is meant to ‘stay’ in our life. I was listening to a radio show yesterday and they were discussing how Friendships can turn into Friend-SHIFTS. The shift is because it isn’t feasible that we or anyone else stays the same forever. If we are doing it right…..we change;  hopefully for the better as we mature and learn how life works. For those who it seems may never mature….you probably don’t have anything in common with them any longer…..and it is time to cut the strings. These people will stay with other immature people because that is where they feel comfortable….just as you don’t feel comfortable with them any longer and move on. You know…the old ‘Birds of a Feather’ thingy. The further away from the spectrum we are from another ‘sort’ of person or personality….the less comfortable we feel. Or it may be as simple as you no longer have anything in common with someone as you once did. No worries….it doesn’t make that person ‘bad’…..it just makes that relationship irrelevant in your life now. If someone or something doesn’t bring happiness into your life any longer….just say no to it and/or them. Life is meant to bring joy and happiness….and you are in charge of who you let influence your own life.

This brings me to lessons we can learn from Nature. If we just observe how perfectly Nature operates…..and then apply it to our own lives, we can learn how to live effectively, enjoyably AND effortlessly. As to the ‘cutting off’ of what or who no longer is working in our lives any longer, we can look to Nature. In Nature, even though it is a part of the tree….the tree knows when to let go and allow its leaves to fall away and begin a new cycle. And trees are self-sufficient. If they receive the right amount of sunlight, soil nutrient and water….they will grow. And they grow without needing any amount of cheering on to grow and they don’t need an audience either. They don’t look at the other trees and think, ‘Oh…look at that Elm over there! It is prettier, taller and greener than me!’ Or, “Do all these leaves make me look fat?” What we can learn from the tress is that we should just always do our best and not be worried about anyone else and what THEY are doing. Everything will turn out ok if we mind our own business and wish well for everyone. ANNNNNNND be happy with who WE are and what WE have and stop worrying about what anyone else has or does. You know envy is one of the 7 Deadly Sins (the desire for others' traits, status, abilities, or situation). So stop that!!! OKAY?

Or how about the Sun? The Sun is not biased, it is NOT bigoted, and it shines on everyone. The Sun rises up every day....so you can say that the Sun is always a sure thing, i.e always reliable. Even if there are clouds or rain…..the Sun is still up there….just waiting to come out again and make everything all bright and sunny! The Sun doesn’t say, ‘I don’t feel like getting up today because I had a rip of a night last night.’ Or the Sun doesn’t say, ‘I don’t like the color of that persons’ skin…so I am not going to shine on him.’ I guess you could say then…that the lesson we can learn from the Sun is that we should all play nice together and share our sunshine! And realize also, that it doesn’t take anything away from you if the sun shines on everybody. And another thing to remember is that no matter what happens in our life…..the sun is going to come up tomorrow. It doesn’t stop coming up because ‘WE’ may think the world is over.

And how about how Nature is always changing? We can resist all we want about change….but as the late Congressman Bruce Barton said, "When you are through changing, you are through.” Ask the caterpillar who thought the world was over…..and then turned into a Butterfly. Sometimes we don’t realize what the Universe has in store for us if we are just willing to do a little changing. And if you are still waiting for something you want to come into your life….another good lesson from Nature is patience. As Ralph Waldo Emerson so beautifully pointed out, “Adopt the pace of Nature: Her secret is patience.”

And then there is the Snowflake. The Snowflake is so beautiful, yet it can also be deadly if we don’t have a place to stay warm and find shelter from the falling snow and coldness that comes with it. And there are also no two snowflakes that are alike, but that doesn’t make one snowflake any better than the other one. They are all beautiful in their own way. Lesson? We don’t all have to be the same to be beautiful. And another thing to learn from the Snowflake is that just because something is beautiful….doesn’t mean it can’t hurt you.

That’s it for today BOUYS n’ GURLS……try to use these lessons from Nature because Nature has been around a whole lot longer than we have been and will be here a very loooooong time after we are gone. You can do it…..Gommy is pulling for you. Hugs n' Mush- Gommy

Grands are Grand!

Hello peeps! It's been a while since I placed pen to paper.....er...fingers to keyboard. The reason is there have been lots and lots of fun times and holidays and getting together to with friends and family, that Goms hasn't wanted to tear myself away to write it down. But I HAVE posted many pictures.....cuz' after all....I am the Gomma-razzi!!

Something did come to mind in the last few days that I felt I just HAD to share with you though. While spending time with my little Grands.....it occured to me that....even though I am getting older, and with that comes a sort of invisibility....those little Grands still think Goms is pretty neat. My daughter mentioned just yesterday that it is like a Rock Star is visiting when they hear Gommy and Grandpa are coming over. And when there is a sporting event or a dance recital.....their little faces just light up when they know we are coming to cheer them on! And it is so nice to see them creak their little heads around to make sure we DID make it to their event.

The invisible part that I mentioned....is that as we grow older in this youth obsessed culture....the older you get....the less anyone 'sees' you, wants to see you or cares what your opinion is. Even the Ad Men only care about the 18-45 year olds opinions when they market their wares. But those little people.....ahhhhh.....they just want to BE with their Gommy and Grandpas and share every little piece of their life with them. They give gifts in the way of original art work to put on your refrigerator, they tell you about their day at school or where Mommy and Daddy took them last weekend. They want to make sure you see their exceptional skills at doing a cartwheel, 'reading' a book, coloring while staying inside the lines or how high they can jump. When you read them a book....they are mesmerized.  It's so much fun to read with a funny voice for each of the characters in the book and listen to their giggles....and then they make you feel as if you were an Academy Award winner for your performance in reading Good Night Moon. Where else in the world does anyone else EVER make you feel that you are so important? No where...that's where.

My little Grands don't ever notice the 'beauty spots' that have begun to appear on my hands and face. And whether I am all made up (as well as I can be made up these days) or I am dragging myself around as if I am circling the drain for the last time.....those little sweethearts think Goms hung the moon! I never find myself being bothered when they ask...."LOOK Gommy....I'm....(fill in the blank)." ....because I want to make sure they know that I think what they are doing is just as important as it actually is!!! How could you lose patience with the fifty-eleventh time they laugh when you pop a bubble you made with your bubble gum? Or find you hysterical when you share a knock-knock joke with them. And how about when I find an old Shirley Temple movie, Popeye the Sailor Cartoon or another Goldie Oldie on the computer and they are enchanted with this 'NEW' magic that Gommy is shaing with them?  It's the BEST!!!

I am often reminded that I didn't always think the fifty-eleventh time when my own children did something was so adorable....but I also didn't have the luxury back then of leaving when I wanted to either.  And back then, it was my full responsibility for the day in and day out of raising my own three children. Looking back though, I see how I may have been so busy with the day to day of living, that I missed the minute to minute of the little things that were so cute. I guess we do get do-overs because my 20/20 hindsight is allowing me to enjoy these times all the more. And when my little grands say thank you.....just for spending time with them...now THAT just melts a Gommys' heart.

Yep my friends.....never let an opportunity go by that you can spend with your little ones. They grow up soooo fast....and one day Gommy won't hold as much magic with them and the visits will be less and less often and when you do get a visit....there won't be the giggles and the excitement to see you. Although, I do have to admit....that when they grow up....you can still have a good relationship with them....even if it is a different sort of relationship. My older (adult) Grands and I have some pretty good side-splitting laughs when we get together that would not be 'Little Grand' appropriate. And one day, probably sooner than later......they will make Gommy a 'Great-Gommy'. Then they will get to learn all the Mommy/Gommy things for themselves. And the beat goes on......

These good times are ones to cherish...and they are fleeting with the passage of time. All Goms is saying is to enjoy it while it lasts. You can do it....Gommy is pulling for you!
Hugs & Mush, Gommy

Hoppy Easter my Peeps!

Spring has Sprung Peeps. This made Gommy start wondering about New Beginnings. Like why does the world seem to be spiraling downhill, into a pit of unhappiness? Why do so many peeps seem to feel sad and unhappy with their lives? Could it be that the common denominator is that no one seems to care anymore? Not even God? That our prayers are not being heard or answered? Or if you do say you have Faith….you don’t believe you are receiving what you are asking for…….as in the Scripture, “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.”?

IMHO, the part that is always missed in that Scripture is that you must 'seek' to 'receive'…..and that you must knock (and keep on knocking), until you receive the answer you are seeking. And maybe the most important part is that your must 'believe you will receive'. As the great Wayne Dyer says, "You must believe it to see it." Not the other way around.....saying that seeing is believing. But the tricky part is that we are our own worst enemies and we should be knocking on our own 'doors'.....metaphorically speaking. We ask and we ask…..and when we don’t receive….we just think we aren’t being heard, or we aren’t worthy of the thing we are asking for. But I think the real reason we don’t receive….is that we have placed a roadblock in front of the very thing we ‘say’ we are wanting. And I think the Scripture means that the seeking is to begin ‘within’, which is another good Scripture that is often overlooked. What do you really want? You have the answers inside….and sometimes you just don’t want to admit them. And you may even just feel like saying 'WHATEVER!'. But how is that working out for ya' peeps?

For example: You may ‘say’ you want a better job….or a better marriage….or more money to spend. But, somewhere inside your thinking, you are really thinking, “BUT…..work is hard to find, so I better just stay with this horrible job”. Or, "BUT……it’s no use to think this marriage will get any better because I have tried everything I know and we are just stuck in limbo”. Or, "BUT….I guess it was just meant that I would always have to live paycheck to paycheck”. Do you see the roadblocks? As soon as you ‘Asked’…..you cancelled the request by your BUTS!!!! How can your prayers be answered if you aren’t even sure what you truly want or that they will even be answered? So, get off your Buts AND your Butts and start thinking differently.

Now, this is not as easy peasy as just saying what you want…. or else everyone would be happy wouldn’t they? It is a process where you lay down the things that make you most unhappy and look for the things that make you most happy. Like…..in the marriage thingy…..do you HAVE to be right all the time…..or do you want to be happy? Now some peeps will think that if they don’t argue to the last detail on an issue and have the last word….that they lost. Really? Is it losing to be happy? Do we really want to throw the baby out with the bathwater? So, maybe the thing to do is to take little steps with this one. Don’t try to have your way allllll the time. Marriage is a relationship and the last time I looked….the definition of relationship mentioned ‘relating’ to the other person. If we are so steadfast in being right about every stinking little issue…..then we aren’t really considering the other person’s feelings about the issues that keep coming up for us.

Or in the case of the better job. It just seems easier to gripe and complain about your job than to look for another one that might make you happier. Just remember the saying about complaining, “Complaining is like a rocking chair….it gives you something to do, but it gets you nowhere.” Maybe we are just comfortable in our job, even though we don’t love it, and are afraid to change positions because we just don’t know what the new job will be like. Could be!

And about the money thing; the more you say you are broke….the more that statement will be true. I believe that thoughts become things and if we believe something enough and say it enough….we become our own prophets. So STOP bringing to you what you don’t want in your life. And if you can’t or won't do that….at least stop whining about it.

Don’t believe me yet? How about in the Bible, where in James 1:6-8, it is saying that we should always pray positively and not doubtingly. We should expect a response…but sometimes we just don’t understand the response we are receiving. But to make sure we are at least making an attempt to be 'heard'….we must truly believe that we WILL ‘receive’. But If we pray in a doubting or uncertain way, we become as another part of this scripture of James' , ‘we will be like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind.' And that makes me think of another quote that I love; "Pray to God, but keep rowing towards the shore."

So my peeps, let’s start this new Season of Spring, (which means New Beginnings), by changing some of our old habits that aren’t doing us any good anyway? Think about what you want and then think of ways that you may be hampering those things. Then try to tweak the way you have been going about your life and change the things that haven’t been working out so well. It really is ‘within’ because we are the ones making the choices each and every day. I choose to look for the things that make me happiest….and leave the junk behind. I choose to not argue about stuff that really doesn’t amount to a hill of beans to me. I choose to love myself and others and leave those behind who can't love me back. Like another favorite quote of mine....."Don't try to win over the haters. You aren't the Jackass Whisperer!". And I choose to believe that I will receive what I ask for and remove any roadblocks I may have in my way. Couldn’t hurt right? You can do it too…..Gommy is pulling for you! Happy Easter everyone! Hugs & Mush~Gommy

Look Within

Hello Boys & Girls - It's been a while since I have written to you. But something has been aching at me to share with you....and I hope it doesn't drive any of you away. I say this because it is one of the hardest things to admit about ourselves.

What it is....is.....that we bring all the crapola we have in our lives TO us. YEP...it is brought to us by our very own hands. But the good news is...that we bring the good stuff to us as well.

Now, I bet you are thinking...no way!! I wouldn't want *xyz* in my life. It is too painful...upsetting...fearful....etc. But, Goms is here to tell you....that you really have. It is hard to accept that our hand would be in something that we don't want in our life. But, the reality is that we bring everything to us....all the time.

If you believe in God....then you probably pray for things, right? So you must 'Believe' that your prayers will be answered then. GOTCHA!!! And God does answer every prayer....we just don't realize that we have sent the wrong memo out into the Universe sometimes.

Let's say you want to win the lottery. I see everyone's hand up right now. But how many of you say something like...."I wish I could win the lottery. But I'm not lucky"? Guess what??? You just cancelled your wish. Or say you want to lose weight...and you think...."I'm going to be really good and not eat anything I'm not supposed to eat.....but as soon as I lose the weight...it just comes back on and usually twice as much as I lost." BUSTED- I bet most everyone has had that thought a time or two.....or threeeeee!!!!

And have you ever noticed that the people who think about being sick the most...ARE the people who are sick the most? Or the people who think about being rich...are the richest? What you have to realize is that 'Like Attracts Like'. Thoughts send out a magnetic signal that draws the parallel back to you. That is the Law of Attraction and it works every time, with every person. And it works whether you believe it or not. Just as the Law of Gravity works. Try it....try to think that an apple won't fall if you drop it. It still fell didn't it? Even though you said you didn't believe in the Law of Gravity.

Oh, and another thing....it doesn't matter if the apple was a ripe delicious apple or a rotten apple. It still falls. So that is another way to answer the question of why do bad things happen to good people. The Laws of the Universe....have to work perfectly at all times....and can't make exceptions because someone is a good person or a bad person. These Laws are how God makes everything work perfectly and exactly all the time. There can be NO exceptions.....or everything will tilt and be off kilter. And God doesn't make mistakes.

Something to be careful about is that positive or negative thoughts and emotions have energy. The Universe brings into our life, the most powerful ideas and thoughts we have. It does not care whether you want it or not. It isn't concerned with where the energy flows into or from where it flows out. This is why things you do not want to happen, still happen. The very things you are afraid of....do come into your life. Worries come true. But why this is so? The answer consists in energy flow. The more you don't want these things to come into your life....you think about them with STRONG PASSION. So, the Universe is 'hearing' what you are emitting. It does not matter that you may be thinking that you don't want it....it just recieves what you are focusing on. And if this object is negative......then negative is what you get. Even if this is what you do not want to bring into your life. You are giving energy to things you don't want and that is why they are attracted to you. Think about abundance and wealth, and health and success and prosperity....think POSITIVE things.... and those things will be attracted to you.

Another analogy I like to use is of a flood. Now floods can be terrible and they do much damage and even kill people. But that very same flood....that did so much damage and killed people....is the same water that goes down the way to benefit others. It may bring much needed water to a farmer's herd of cattle....or it may bring water to crops that are dying from drought....or it may bring badly needed water to a village of people who depend on that water to survive. See, it wasn't bad water or good water....it was just water.

Unfortunately for 'us'....we are creatures of habit...and we take the easiest route. This is another reason things don't change for us when we 'think' we want them to change. And many times that leads us right back to square one. We don't like having those extra pounds on us...but those chips and dips sure do call our name at night while we are watching TV. And if we do believe that what we ask for is what we receive (ASK AND YOU SHALL RECIEVE)....we are correct. But the sneaky little secret...is that we must make an adjusment in the receive thingy. We must ASK-then BELIEVE-to RECIEVE. Then it is like shopping on the Net...we can just click and point to whatever it is we may be wishing for. And another little secret is that we must REALLY and TRULY believe it can happen. If there is the slightest doubt....then *POOF*....all gone.

Now you are probably asking....How long before I can start manifesting? The short answer is that there are no rules on how long. The trick is that the more aligned you are with positive feelings the quicker things happen. By aligning I mean....get the boogers and road blocks out by the roots! And THAT my dearies is the hardest part. We may think we are doing everything correctly...and we just haven't won the damn lottery yet. But there may be some hidden emotion or thought....somewhere in your psyche...that is keeping that wish from being a reality. You may think that money is bad...or rich people are stuck up.....or you were just meant to be at whatever level you are right now...or maybe if you work REAL hard...you may be a little more comfortable......but you'll never be wealthy. And you can use anything that doesn't seem to be materializing for you as you try this little pop quiz for yourself. Believe me....there IS something that is in the way of you manifesting something you really want. You just have to find the booger and pull it out by the roots. Not just prune and trim it... but rip it out by the stinking roots.

So, this is what Gommy means by 'Look Within'. You have the answers as to why *xyz* is in your life right now. Even if it is the most irritating situation in the world! You brought it to ya' Sorry peeps! That is the brutal and honest truth.

This is Gommys' offering to you today boys and girls. IMHO we can make our lives 'gooder or badder'...just by the way we think. So, my very unprofessional advice would be to start thinking good stuff and shy away from the negative stuff. Heck....just look at Jim Carrey. He tells a story about how he wrote himself a check for $10 Milllion Dollars way before he was famous. But he believed he would be famous one day and visualized it over and over. And he didn't just sit on his dufus and wait for the check to arrive. He went on acting auditions and made sure he did everything he could to be in the right place at the right time to get into show business. And after being in some films...he did manifest the money he wrote on that check. This is what Jim Carrey said himself about the writing of the check when he was on Bravo's 'Inside the Actors Studio' TV show :

On writing a 10 million dollar check to himself:
JL- When you were struggling personally and professionally, did you write yourself a check?
JC- Yeah, I made myself my check which was just basically you know, 10 million dollars to Jim Carrey for acting services rendered, dated Thanksgiving 1995, and that was uh, 1990. I gave myself five years to be one of the most successful working actors, to be given the best material, and the best scripts - things that people would never expect in a million years that I could do.
JL- What did you do with the check finally?
JC- I put the check in my fathers pocket in his casket because it was his dream too and he followed me the whole time and it was kind of a completion of all that. He saw The Mask - he saw what was happening to me, and I felt like it was ya know, it was his as well- so I’d give it to him.

Pretty awesome right? Welllll....you can do it too Boys & Girls. Gommy is pulling for ya'
Hugs & Mush- Gommy

You ARE Appreciated!

After spending the last day of the holiday vacation with my daughter and her little ones, I was riding home and listening to the radio. There was a conversation on a radio talk show about finding the Divine in the Mundane and that Love is in the Details. All the way home….I kept thinking how it applied to mothers everywhere. It made such an impression, that when I returned home, I wrote my beautiful daughter an email to tell her my thoughts.

I told her that when are mothering our children…there are days that it seems we just don’t have enough time for a minute to ourselves. And we don’t really feel anyone notices or appreciates all that we do for them. It even feels as if it is ‘expected’ sometimes.

But as I thought of the radio show and how they were talking about the topic of finding Divinity in the Mundane and that Love is in the Details….I knew that all those times I was feeling unappreciated….I was wrong. My daughter Tracey tells me all the time how she has such warm and fuzzy memories of the different holidays that I tried to make special for her and her brother and sister. There were some lean times for some of the occasions….but there was lots and lots of love and that is what she is remembering. I bet she could only tell you a very few gifts that I worried over to get her….but she does remember the ‘feeling’ that she had on those very special times. I read somewhere recently that it isn’t about the presents….it’s about the presence. And that, my friends, is ab-so-toot-ly the honest to goodness truth of the matter.

I told my daughter that on those times she feels depleted from getting up at the crack of dawn….just so she could run (that’s her exercise of choice….and her therapy too I imagine) because that is the only time she can carve out of the day to take some Mommy-time….and that getting her daughter up for school, making the lunch, taking her to school, spending time with Brandon while Samantha is at school….picking up Samantha….going to the park or to a play-date so the little bundles of energy will be ready for an afternoon nap and she just might get to answer some emails or pay some bills…..then prepare dinner for everyone, clean up and then tuck them in at night…and hopefully have enough spark left over to spend on her wonderful husband….that…it is those times that will really be appreciated....some day. It may not seem as if anyone is noticing…but take a Gommys’ word for it…THEY ARE. If Mommy or Daddy were not around to do all those things….that wonderful life those little ones ‘expect’ every day….would not be very wonderful any longer.

And one day….when the little ones have little ones of their own….they will tell Mommy and Daddy just how much they did appreciate all they did for them. All the vacations they went on that they now realize were for the enjoyment of the children….when Mom and Dad could very well have gone on some exotic adult get away alone. All the considerations they made of making sure the children were getting the proper education. The nights they stayed up because they were sick. All the million little ‘mundane’ things Moms and Dads do every, single day for their family. Those 'mundane' things are the things made of love...and love IS in the details.

So, Moms and Dads out there…..just know that what you are doing IS appreciated. You just won’t be told for a few years. But it’s coming…I promise you….it’s coming. You do matter and what you do is appreciated. And remember….Love IS in the details and never forget to look for the Divine in the Mundane. It’s there….look for it and you will see it. Gommy is pulling for ya’. Hugs & Mush - Gommy

Holiday Message to All!

Hello Boys and Girls and Happy, Merry Holidays! It has been so busy lately and we are getting ready to say good-bye to another year. They do go by faster and faster don’t they….or is it just me? Gommy just loves this time of the year. So many more peeps are willing to accept the magic of believing. You can feel it in the air. Right along with good cheer towards each other.

There are still the Henny Pennys who love to predict that the sky is falling. And there are still those grump-buckets who seem to relish in drama and other peoples’ misfortunes. And then there are the politicians who are supposed to represent us….but are more interested in making us divisive. UGH! But I say poo-poo on your head to them. The best weapon against those who don’t wish us well…..is to live happily ever after. It will sooooo bug the crap out of them! LOL

There is also the sentiment that the ‘End of the World’ is near (according to the misinterpreted, IMHO, Mayan Calendar boo yah yah and blah, blah, blah). Really? Again with the Y2K bologna? It didn’t happen then…..so why think it will happen in 2012? Why do some people just want to see this wonderful world come to an end? Geesh…..

I prefer to think that the only things that will come to an end in 2012…. is the end of doomsday thinking or the way we think that something wonderful can’t happen. How about instead, realizing that we really do have all we ever need in this world. Believe that being happy for someone else’s good fortune doesn’t take away from anything we have ourselves. Remember that when others do well…. we can all benefit from the atmosphere of good vibes and well wishes. Even if it is just feeling good about yourself for being able to feel happy for the other person. How about being satisfied with what we have….and not looking over your shoulder for what you think you don’t have? That is the secret to being truly happy. There are so many things in our lives that we take for granted every day that are really gifts of grace from God. And not appreciating them is like being disrespectful for the wonder that they are. Look around peeps….there are things everywhere to be thankful for. And one day….you will realize that all those little things you took for granted or the people you took for granted….WERE the important things.

Of course, there are some who are having hard times….but we all have the capacity to believe our way into better times. It has happened before when things seemed sooooo dismal in the World. It CAN happen if we wish it to happen. But if we just wallow in sad and bad thoughts about our lot in life….we have given up hope. And when there is no hope…it does seem bleak. But the good news is….There is ALWAYS hope. Someone said once, “If you think you can…..you are half-way there.”

So here is Gommys’ Christmas and Holiday Poem for you. May you all have a wonderful Holiday Season and remember to give thanks for what you do have. You can do it….Gommy is pulling for you! Hugs and Mush and Happy Holidays to alllllll!

Twas the Night Before Christmas (Gommy Style)

‘Twas the night before Christmas and all through the land….

Every creature was ‘stirring’….in big pots and pans.

The women were prepping the fixins’ galore,

In hopes that the big day, could be enjoyed more.

It’s a bleak year for some,

While still others make tons.

But a New Year is coming and promised to be,

Much better for all, is my grand wish for thee.

So, break out in song and prepare for the best,

Don’t let the nay-sayers steal all of your zest.

Look to the future and the past you must leave,

No promises made, if you refuse to Believe!

Now, Dasher and Dancer and Prancer and Vixen,

And Comet and Cupid and Donner and Blitzen.

Thanks for bringing good cheer with your annual flight,

Happy Holidays to all and to all a good night!’

~ Gommy 2011~