Walking the Talk…A Walk Through Life

Once you decide you are going to use your computer at home to help boost your weekly pay, or maybe even be able to tell your boss, “I’m Resigning” you then begin to realize you need tools.

So what are these needed tools?
Everywhere you look someone says, “the money is in the List” or words to that effect.

So how do you get a list?

Where do you start?

Who will show you what to do? Is there any information out there that is free to do this or must I pay for all this?

What if I am on a Govt Pension, or a Dis-ability Pension, how can I possibly get started online without the necessary funds to purchase what is needed for starting a business.

After all, there must be things one needs even if you are building an online business. Somebody said the easy way was to make a blog. They said this was a Web Log shortened to Blog, and that they are free and all you do is write like you are making a daily journal sort of.

Okay, so what do you write about? some say you choose a subject which is in popular demand today.

How do you find out what people are looking for?

There must be a way to sort through these needs or else the Internet would not have so many Web Pages on it, and millions more being made every day. Does one need what some call “your own piece of Internet Real Estate”

Most of these questions have answers I know, but where to start looking? Well the Search Engines, or SEO’s as they are called is a good place to begin.

You may be looking for Web Sites or Domain names, or how does one get traffic to a site? Why is “Traffic” needed? I’ve seen sites that are called Word Press Blogs, and others called “Blogspots”. It really is quite confusing for beginners.

These were some of the many things I asked myself some years back when I first decided I needed to find a way to make some extra dollars online.

I was only a Pensioner of 68 at the time, (quite a bit more now) but the Pension left us with more month than money as they say.

We weren’t able to take holidays like other folks did. Rent kept going up but Pension stayed the same.

Even when we finished paying off the car there still didnt seem to be enough left over to save at the end of each fortnight.

So I began my long and actually rather expensive search for a business, or at least the way to make one, to help me earn those extra dollars online. I got myself onto some newsletters as I thought they would be bound to have all the things I was needing.

That was not a good idea! Cost a lot of unnecessary money, which I need not have spent at all I have learned since then.

To cut a very long story much shorter, I finally woke up one day recently when I went back to an old program I had joined some years ago. About 5 years back I believe. The gentleman who created the business, had set it up to try to help others earn online like he was.

To this end he created many different tools which are all needed to build an online business. Auto-responder, Tracker, Rotator, mailing list areas, etc, etc.
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Everything was all there. So I duly paid my monthly subs as they became necessary. Then I decided it was much less expensive and simpler if I paid the whole lot at the “one time only” cost.This I duly did and became a lifetime member. However, I didn’t get very far as I was much too independent to ask anyone to show me how these tools worked.

I really was clueless to a lot of it. Especially how the actual auto-responder part worked. Consequently I made so many mistakes, and only 1 sale, so I decided that didn’t work!

So what would I do now? What a lot of others do when they come online. Chased the strings and strings of sites that come up claiming to have the latest and greatest fastest way to make an income online!!!!!!!

How could any of us be so blind as to believe half of that rubbish! I believe in our desperation to become better off financially we seem to throw out normal caution straight out the window!

However, I have recently found there really are some very genuine people out there in “cyber-land” who actually are more than willing to help others.

I have been very blessed with a lass who really knows what she is talking about and is wonderfully helpful. She even gives Free info to those who search it out. Its great info too.

Also, I went back to my original place where I had become a “lifetime member” and found, Yes, they would help and show me what to do.

All I had needed was to ask. Amazing what happens when you start to put your chickens in their correct rows as it were and really begin to “think straight”. Things fit into place then and it all comes together.

I have spent this last week reading, writing, reading again, making sure I have done what was required correctly, and now find things are falling into place correctly.

I am now getting traffic! I expect by the end of this week to actually be making sales after all these years of useless “chasing dreams”.

Reality is where it is at. Sure, you need your dreams, but you also need your cool calculating common-sense to make sure you do things in order!

As someone said “if you continually do what you have been doing, then you will keep getting what you have always got.”

That is so very true. So today as I am writing this I sincerely trust others may be able to read this and receive some help from it.

I make myself available to those who seriously want and need help. Particularly Pensioners or those who are technically challenged as some of us are. Computers were not an easy thing for me to learn, but I have mastered a good deal of it now and am able to give others a helping hand now too.

Written by Danella Rutherford
Web site http://danellamarie.com/12scnow/

I am now a 72 year “young” Pensioner living near a beautiful beach on the Central East Coast of New Zealand.

In writing this Article I am speaking mainly to others who are Pensioners like us and need some extra dollars online each month to make our Pensions stretch a bit.:)

I now use a blog which is still progressing as I learn more about these things with time.
At our age its not always easy to grasp how it all fits together so I have done what I hope will help many others.
Using Auto-Responders (one of these Tools I spoke of) is not easy to learn. At least it wasn’t for me.
After I asked for help, I found it quite a simple task but very powerful, so now I am able to support others who find it difficult too.

If you should find yourself in need of some genuine assistance please contact me and I will be only too pleased to do so.

You can contact me easily at danella@danellamarie.com or check through my site for other means.
http://danncobay.com/
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This story here is my Testimony of how The Lord set me free from cigarettes and smoking.
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Trusting God’s Word.
Psalm 37 verses 5 to 7a.

For a number of years, far too many, to be truthful, I have attempted on a number of occasions to give up smoking.
I’ve tried patches, gum, cold turkey, etc, but nothing worked. Funnily enough everywhere I turned, folks were pointing out the disasters, ill-health, and personal disgust they had with smokers. This seemed to dig me into a deeper hole of saying, “can’t you see I’m trying extremely hard, stop judging me” then I would gratefully pick up the ciggies as soon as it became possible without harming anyone or giving me anymore angst from folk around.

As time wore on, I became extremely frustrated with myself, as I was totally unable to stop of my own free will!
On the Sunday of 24th May, Pastor Paul announced a “prayer and fasting of 3 days before our next monthly corporate evening.
I went home that day, and although Monday wasn’t a very good day fasting wise, on Tuesday morning I was talking with my “Father” and my prayer was,

“Father this is going to be my time of prayer and fasting to be free of Cigarettes.
I don’t care how you do it, just remove the cigarettes from my life during this time and set me free.
I have seen the miracles you worked on folks with alcoholism, the folks with drug problems, even my own miracle Son, given so long ago, and he is still very much alive, even when we were told it is impossible. Nothing is impossible to you O God, therefore I wait for you to free me from cigarettes. I cannot do it Father, I have tried as you well know, but your word says: This kind cometh not out, but by prayer and fasting. So this is what I am now doing Father. I wait for your word to release me. Set me Free Father in Jesus name. Thank you Father.

That prayer is as clear today as it was then.
After prayer I went away to bed and promptly forgot what I had prayed! Choice eh? Crazy, but true.

On Wednesday was Beryl’s birthday, and I was taking Ruth with me to her afternoon tea at Joy’s place.
I needed to pick up a Card for her as I hadn’t had a chance to go get one during the weekend.

We went to the Plaza at Papamoa, and I went into Woolies.
As I was going in I became more and more aware something was drastically wrong with my health.
I was icy cold yet sweating like nobody’s business, my legs felt like they had been weighed down with lead weights, my arm were so heavy I could barely lift them, and I was fast running out of breath.

It was quite scary actually, and all I could think of was, Jesus, help me. I don’t know what to do, but Jesus, just help me do what I must. Bless you Lord.
That just kept going through my head, over and over.

I finally got through check-out, getting weaker by the second, made it out to the little garden area by the doors and sat for a few moments. Then I realized I had to make it back to the car or Ruth wouldn’t know where I was as I had left her sitting in the car.

So I proceeded to make it to the car. I got about halfway before running out of “leg-power”, so grabbed hold of the “spoiler” thing on someone’s car to support myself.

A lady in a red car pulled into the park just as I took hold of the spoiler thing, and as she got out of her car, I asked her if she could help me, as I thought I might be having a heart attack.

To this day I have no idea where those words came from, because up till then, that thought had not even been in my mind.
After all, I have always been what my Doctors describe as “completely healthy” for which I am very thankful.

So these had to be my Fathers words as I realized later.

The lady was really superb, she had no cell phone or anything but at the same time, someone was coming along the parking area that did, and she asked if he would ring 111 for an ambulance. He said yes, and asked her if she knew the problem. Her answer was, the lady says she thinks she’s having a heart attack.

I heard him speak to the ambulance staff as they cam online with him shortly afterwards, and started telling him what to do with me till they got there.

Just then a lady from the other side of the car park came rushing across, and said can I help, I am a nurse.

The other lady told her the problem, then this new lady began to help and was about to ask questions when she heard me calling on Jesus name and thanking him for keeping me in his hands.

She said to me” you know Him,” and I said yes, because I knew she was talking about Jesus.
She then said, “Good because I do to. I am going to pray of you right now.” All I could do was cry and thank God for his love for me.

The ambulance arrived a short time later, and again God had gone before me.

He had put in place one of Brendon’s customers who is a paramedic and ambulance Driver.

As soon as I heard his voice I knew everything was going to be okay. It was like I could see all the steps God had arranged for me at that very specific moment.

Tony was so good to me. As soon as he fully realized who it was he became very determined I was not going to die if he had anything to do with it. He was very sure about that.

During that time in the ambulance there was this dreadful crushing feeling in my chest, and my arms were so heavy, I could barely lift them, yet all I wanted to do was sleep, but for some reason I was unable to. Still don’t know why I couldn’t.

After arrival at hospital, there were all the usual things to be done, name bands and tests etc. this started at around 2.10pm I think it was.

I don’t remember going to the Coronary Unit so I guess the morphine they injected or something had put me out. While in Coronary Unit I can remember one of the Doctors asking me if I would mind if they gave me a clot busting drug to remove the clot. They said there was a 50-50 chance it may cause a stroke and this was why they needed to ask my permission. I told them to go ahead and do what they believed was the correct thing for me as I trusted them to do it right.

They thanked me and I think I just dropped straight off to sleep because I don’t remember anything else.

I woke in there about 4 pm. I was extremely thankful to see Brendon there. He had brought the necessary bits and pieces for me, but mostly my thought was if he was okay. He looked fairly upset, but that’s what happens when your spouse ends up in hospital un-expectedly.

He told me that the second lady at the plaza was a member of the Papamoa Baptist church, which is Pastored by Steve Trim, and he was our 1st Pastor when we arrived back from Australia all those years ago.

They had immediately placed me on their prayer list, so there were prayers not only from our own church, but also from where we start4ed our journey in Papamoa.

God is so good. We do not realize the half of his awesomeness on our part!!!!! Can’t remember now the exact time on that, but around then.
I felt really good, but somewhat fearful as to what had happened and what was going to happen.

There were tubes and wires and pinging sounds, and all sorts of paraphernalia that didn’t exactly bring peace of mind. (Smile)

However, they seemed to think I was okay at that stage and informed me that the Doctors would be coming to see me in a couple of minutes.

Some folks from church came in at that time. I remember Pastor Paul, and Elaine, and I think Lyn and somebody else was there too. Bit hazy in that time.

After visitors were gone I believe I dozed off, then Doctors came to see how I was etc. Apparently all things were working the way they wanted.

They told me the Clot had busted up the way they expected but I had still quite a huge problem as the 2 parts of my heart on the left side were “talking” to one another.

Apparently on each side of our heart, there is a top and a bottom lobe, and mine on the left were beating at different times, when they are supposed to beat together.

Apparently this is a stress thing in our hearts. Not entirely sure about half of this as I still haven’t asked many questions.

Anyway, up till then they seemed quite satisfied with all the necessary things being done etc. so I just nodded off to sleep again, tremendously thankful that God had heard my prayer!

However, about 7pm, that evening I woke again, and looked around feeling much better than before and was a little surprised to see so many Staff in my cubicle. There were about 7 or 8 of them.

Then I thought, ah yes, it’s around 7, they probably have a team change now so I didn’t think any more about it. They were all smiling and happy looking, so, as far as I was concerned, everything was rosy, as they say.

Then one of the Medical Staff, Doctor Curry, by name. She is one of the loveliest little Irish people I have come across in many a long day. She was quite beautiful in nature as well as heart.

She sat on my bed and proceeded to explain some of the day’s happenings.

That was when I first found out I had actually died and come back. That was quite a shock!! Talk about floored! That’s an understatement.

Doctor Curry, although she gave me permission to call her “Connlahg” which was short for her full Gaelic name, then proceeded to inform me of how serious the whole situation was.

Thankfully I was totally oblivious up till then of most of the happenings.
Dr Curry explained how the way in which ambulance driver had “set me up” as they put it, was the only thing that saved my life. To say I was shocked was an understatement.

She told me that had it not been for Tony, (Paramedic) “setting me up” like he had in the Ambulance, they would have lost me completely as there would not have been enough time to do the set up necessary to restore my life.

This was when I began to see the steps God had put in place. It was awesome, because I became aware at that time of when I was “asleep” a short time before, and sensing how lovely and peaceful and gentle everything was where I was then. It was beautiful. Soft and warm and a gentle darkness. A sense of masses of people yet not seeing anyone. Also a sense that God and Jesus and Holy Spirit were all with me at that time. It was tremendous, and so mightily real!!!

However, when I became aware of what Dr Curry was saying, I immediately thought, “If this is what it is like to be home with you Father, then take me home now. I don’t have anything else to do here, I can come home now and be free of this ghastly world here.”
Obviously not what God wanted.

She then showed me how they had me taped to a 24 hour monitor which would tell them at all times if I was okay, not matter where I was . I was attached to that monitor for the complete rest of my stay in hospital. So even when I was asleep I was being monitored. Amazing eh?

Medicine today is an awesome experience.
Throughout all this time in there I was aware of 2 mighty things, God had heard my prayer and freed me from smoking, and he had brought me back from death for some more time here on earth, for which I am certain he will show me as time goes on.

I can only tell you when you trust God for something, and I mean Really Trust Him, He WILL do it, provided you have asked according to his Will.

We can all say, “But how do we know his will?”

Simply ask the question, what does his word say regarding this.
I know with smoking it easy to say, there is nothing written specifically in his word.
That is true, but he does say about putting things into our bodies, or on them, that will harm them in any way. Even tattoos are spoken of, so there was no escape for me in that way. Or for any of us.

I can only finish this testimony to the power of God and His Living Word, by saying, Praise the Mighty God. He Lives!! He Lives!! H Lives!! And I am so glad to be free of ciggies.
Can truthfully say, there is no desire to smoke, there have been no withdrawal symptoms, just a deep, deep knowledge He did it, and I thank him for it.

Check out our leading Psalm.
Psalm 37 verse 5 to 7 a. What an awesome Father we have. Not just a God, but Our Father!!!!
Don’t you love Him? He’s Beautiful Beyond Description.

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This piece has been written as a reply to a lady on another social site, but they don’t allow much in the way of character space, so I am putting it here for all the world to see. We need to be so very careful in our handling of the foods we eat no matter whether at home or eating out.
Please be cautious of eating at places that don’t seem to have much in the way of customers. Usually a good sign they are not very well liked for some reason or another.

Ah Rosemary, what a true blessing you are to so many of us.
Simple things like food protection often go out the window in people’s busy lives, then they wonder why they get sick.

I learned a valuable lesson at a restaurant recently.
Hubby and I wnet out on “splurge meal” as we call it. Using pension money to eat out. hehehe.

When we got there, everything seemed very quiet at the place we chose which was a well known Chinese Eatery round our way, and it was a Friday night too. there was a French eating place across the street but we didn’t have enough funds to dine there!!

As we walked into the one we chose, because we do appreciate Chinese dishes, as I said it was awfully quiet. there was only one man sitting there eating, and I later noticed he was a staff member anyway.

We sat for a few moments at a table and a waitress came and spoke to us very nicely and gave us our bottle of water for the table and asked what we would like to drink.
I chose a glass of white wine, which turned out to be very nice indeed, hubby chose his usual spiced tomato juice.

Then I thought to myself I would ge see what they had to eat and let hubby know too.

On looking at the food dishes in the “Bain-Marie” for keeping hot food hot, I noticed that it hadn’t been moved for quite a while which told me there hadn’t been any customers in quite a wee while.
That should have warned me, but I didn’t listen to my “inner” voice. sure wished afterward that I had!!!

We decided to eat.
I chose my usual favorite which is seafood with Waldorf salad and some coleslaw.

While we started on our meal, I noticed the waitress get a large spoon type ladle and stir each dish that was there for the Smorgasbord meals. Each dish was stirred with the smae spoon!! that should have been a huge red light, but my mind must have been in dreamland or somewhere, because I didn’t even register what she had doen until next day!!!!!
You do not stir from one dish to another in thos palces with one spoon without cleaning the previous food off it first!

Hubby chose to have a common roast meal, which I thought was daft because he could have a roast meal at home anytime.!! however, he chose the better part as things turned out.

I was really enjoying my seafood till I came to a couple of muscles. Actually there were 4 of them.

They looked kind of dark to me, and since I’ve been a fisherman most of life I didn’t think they looked very good. However, I tried one and it was sort of okay, and I gave one to hubby and he said it was okay so I ate the other 2.
On eating the last one I noticed a bitterness that should not be there. Within about 15 minutes my whole body was first extremely hot, then shivery almost immediately after.
This went on for quite a while. Hubby asked why I wasn’t going to get anything more to eat and I just said ”
I’ll have 2 deserts tonight so I don’t need any mains”. I didn’t want to ruin his night by telling him I was feeling very queer. I think I was close to passing out, which would have been a fine kettle of fish. Pun un-intended.

anyway, I had a very small ampount of desert, and when I noticed hubby was quite finished, I said I wasn’t feeling very well.
He went and got the car and brought it up to the door to pick me up as I wasn’t capable of walking to the car.

During the night I was violently ill, and vomiting. It was ghastly!!!!

It took me 3 days in bed to get over that bout and I kinow for a fact it was food poisoning simply because those foods had been sitting too long and hand’t even been stirred or kept moving in any way.

So take heed of the intel Fom ClassyRose!!!
She is so spot on with her timing. Even though people may live in colder countries than New Zealand at Christmas, there is still far too much of the idea of just leave it all on the table. Folks can help themselves if they want soomething else to eat etc.

That’s asking for trouble with a capital “T” Just DON’T DO IT!

Bless you mightily Rosemary for that timely reminder.

Danella.

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Getting More Garden Produce Naturally
By Frederick Corrigan

Here in this section of the United States, most people start their backyard vegetable garden in the spring, as soon as the frost is out of the ground.
Wrong–Wrong–Wrong!!

Let’s change that.

Start next year’s vegetable garden in early fall, shortly after Labor Day. You’ve harvested most of this year’s crops and now the garden will lay fallow until spring.

Till your garden and plant “Red Clover”. The red clover will grow about 1 1/2 to 2 inches, before winter sets in. This ground cover will help to keep the wind, rain and snow from eroding the soil.

This is only part of the benefit. The red clover has very long roots, and as winter ends, the spring weather makes the plants grow very fast. Memorial Day is normally, “THE” planting day for most of the vegetable garden.

Now, till this red clover in! The benefit will be more nitrogen in the soil and green manure to enhance the soil.

A well planned vegetable garden will give you healthy food, save you money and it doesn’t have to take up a lot of space or your time. The garden space in the images below is 6 feet wide by 13 feet long, with a good southern exposure.

We planted tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, egg plant, 3 kinds of lettuce, string beans and carrots.

By using plastic around the tomato, pepper, and cucumber plants, we minimized the need for weeding and the plastic helps to keep the roots cool and moist.

The lettuce plants were enclosed, using old window screens. Mr. Rabbit had his eyes on the plants, but he couldn’t get to them.

We had planted beets, but when the seedlings were about 1 inch high, some very small birds flew in and had a feast. In all of my years of gardening, I’ve never lost a crop in this manner.

Although we had a very hot dry summer, in our part of New England, we had a good crop of vegetables.

Labor Day has come and gone, time to pull most of the plants, “TILL” the soil and seed with the “Red Clover”.
Oct. 31, we picked the last of the green tomatoes and will use them to make green relish or in a stir fry.

As the last photo shows, the red clover has been growing over the last 6 weeks and come spring, we’ll till and turn it in.

Proper Preparation Prevents Poor Performance!!! This 5 “P” Principle can be applied to many different situations.

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I have been into my qondio Intels again lately! There are some wonderful pieces in there. Here’s mine to get a start from: Dannco Very cheeky I know, but it just gives you a start. Nobody expects you to read anyone person’s Intel, but I do have to say they are really superb.

Texas Gent is special to me because we have similar interests in

gardening and he is also dis-abled as well, so we have similarities!

Anyway, he has made some very valid comments here from an American person’s point of view. And also Mike’s comments too.

Both excellent reading, no matter what country you live in.

By Texas Gent

This piece was initially intended as a comment to Michael Muehleisen’s intel titled “Taking Back What Is Ours.” However, it was quickly discovered there is a limit on the length of a comment. So it is now offered in this manner instead. The state of the union as I see it, does not make it possible at this time in age to take back what is ours for the following reasons.
Without even counting the financial and economic woes, America is no longer a strong nation in any sense of the word because the people who make up this nation have been weakened in body, mind, and spirit.

In body, look at the masses of, and soon to be victims of cancer, diabetes, aids, obesity, and other weakening perils of the human body brought on by the non-foods most are forced to consume, and the ways of life most are forced to accept.

In mind, look at the dumbing down of America with the no child left behind policy… incentives to make extra money for passing them on without even so much as basic skills to correctly give change from a five dollar bill for a $2.36 purchase without the aid of a computer or cash register. Continuing with programs like affirmative action which make it acceptable to not attain the prerequisites required for degrees and practices… based on race, nationality, or color of one’s skin. Learning, and thinking are no longer required processes.

Even in speech and written forms of communication, one need not speak English in America… “Americanese” and ebonics are just fine, and acceptable throughout all levels of our society.

In spirit, the continued decline of any inheritance or legacy to look forward to of value and substance which would be worth having, fighting, and dying for. Just do as you’re told, accept what is given to you, and you will be allowed to exist.

Weakened in body, mind, and spirit, the American powers that be have corraled the masses into herds of dependants… funneling them into chutes of mere existence to accept their fate. This is the state of the union as I see it.

However, on a brighter note, I am reminded of a quote which stated “We the few, have done so much, with so little, for so long; that we can do darn near anything… with nothing at all.”

To those who will be strong, speak out, and take action to right the wrongs, I say be encouraged and reminded of a quote by Mr. Spock from an episode of Star Trek… “The needs of the many, outweigh the needs of the few.”

Even though there has been no “change”, there is still hope… if nothing else. Yes, “I have a dream” too.

Terry Davis is a disabled Army retiree who is now an entrepreneur, avid organic gardener, and advocate of healthy living.

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FreeCycle And Give To Your Heart’s Content
By Texas Gent

As the biggest gift giving time of the year approaches, I am reminded by the ever-caring and thoughtful ClassyRose that it is also the perfect time to once again bring your attention to the heart warming gesture of freecycling. Even though this intel is geared towards American readers and members, those from other countries should also appreciate the gist of it.
The economic state has resulted in damaging effects worldwide in the lives of multi-millions of people. Loss of jobs and homes have become so commonplace that it’s hardly even mentioned in the news anymore. Just because the media has chosen not to keep this doom and gloom news to the forefront… do not be lulled into a false sense of belief the economy has recovered.

The losses continue to mount each and every day. People are still losing jobs, homes, and everything else they once owned at an alarming rate. I dare say you will not have to go outside a five mile radius of your home to find families and people desperately in need of something you no longer need that can virtually be a life-saver to them.

The abundance of perishable and non-perishable foods filling your fridges, freezers, and cabinets which you probably will never get around to preparing or eating. Or maybe it’s just something you don’t like. You remember that case of canned foods you bought at such a bargain… only to find out you didn’t like it?

What about that old couch, chair, bed, or other furniture you plan to replace soon, or may have already replaced, and they’re now taking up room in your garage, attic, or basement? How about that old fridge you have out in the garage that you only keep a few beers or sodas in? That old stove that one of the burners don’t work on, and you don’t want to pay someone to come haul off?

How about those clothes that are too small or large for you now that still have plenty of wear in them, or perhaps some of those new clothes you haven’t worn, and probably never will? What are you going to do with that 3/8 inch drill when you get that new 1/2 inch drill for Christmas?

What about that other two-slice, or four-slice toaster you haven’t used in ages? Where is that blender or juicer you were once so crazy about that you can hardly remember where you put it? That old car your son or daughter left behind? Those hand and garden tools you will not use again since you moved into the apartment?

Think about those children within a five mile radius of you who slept on the floor last night because they no longer have a bed to sleep in due to it being sold to help pay the electric bill to keep the empty fridge running… in case someone donated some food to the family.

Think about the single mom, or dad with the child or children who got laid off because their job or position went overseas. Think about the old lady or old man up the street whose spouse passed away and they no longer have that social security or retirement coming in to pay the basic utilities, keep a roof over their head, and eat a decent meal at least twice a day.

Tired of thinking? Okay, then stop thinking and start freecycling your no longer needed, wanted, or unused goods through your nearest www.freecycle.org. Give, and give to your heart’s content. You remember back in the day when charitable organizations used to come to your home and pick up things you wanted to donate… but now you have to go to them?

Well, when you freecycle, the needy will come to you for whatever it is you wish to give… even if it’s just a few canned goods, or those few little bags of frozen foods you know you’re not going to use. It doesn’t matter what it is, someone needs it, and they will walk the distance to get it if neccessary.

So not only now during this holiday gift giving season, but at all times, think of those people in such close proximity of you who are needy. Freecycle and give to your heart’s content… and bless them with a little offering of that which you have been greatly blessed with.

Terry Davis is a disabled Army retiree who is now an entrepreneur, avid organic gardener, and advocate of healthy living.
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Hi there folks,

This is a particularly sad time in New Zealanders’ lives.
We just lost 29 precious guys in a huge Coal Mine Disaster.
For about 6 days we had hope that maybe they would have a window of opportunity to become free from the mine, but it was not to be.

On the sixth day there was another huge explosion, even bigger than the 1st, and the People heading the Rescue Team, Mr Peter Whittall the Mine Boss, broke the news that all had perished.
He said there was no way anyone could have survived that last explosion.

Mr Whittall is a very strong and humble leader. He brought the news to the mining families on his own. No rescue members with him. He said it was his job no one else’s.
Takes a man of courage to do that.

I am including a video here for you all to listen to Gary McCormacks’ beautiful poem written especially for the youngest member who was having his very first day on the job. First job total apparently. Just finished college.

There are other videos online now to do with htis story, but this one in particular I believe tells the depth of feeling for the families.

There is a trust fund going thorugh the banks in NZ too for the families as many of them of course have little children to care for.

The mine bosses have been excellent and have already approved certain amounts of funding so none of the families is left without at Christmas time.

Curently the mine is closed but the men who are still part of it of course, have no jobs so the company is keeping them on for a certain time so that they can work something out.

Of course they are really hoping that the mine can be re-opened so as the other guys, around 100 of them will still have work. That part of NZ has very little work of any description other than mining as that is what the whole area has always been. A mining area. Whether Gold or coal.

However, on this particular day, the mixed gases were just too much and 29 fabulous husbands, Fathers, Sons and Sweethearts all persihed.

Pray the Lords Blessing to be with all the living members of each family.

May God bless all who work in the mines which gives us the ability to use Steel and have coal for our warm fires etc.

Without those strong men we would have nothig of that.

I give my heartfelt love to all of you in Greymouth on Nz’s Rugged West Coast, nad ask that you my be comforted deeply in your hour of need.

God Bless you al.
Danella Rutherford

20 Carter Street,
Mt. Maunganui,
Tauranga, 3116
New Zealand.