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"WHAT GOD HAS PROMISED"

God has not promised skies always blue,

Flower-strewn pathways all our lives through;

God has not promised sun without rain,

Joy without sorrow, peace without pain.

But God has promised strength for the day,

Rest for the weary, light for the way,

Grace for the trials, help from above,

Unfailing sympathy, undying love."   

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 "In the world you will have tribulation, but be of

good cheer, I have overcome the world!" 

John 16:33.

I thank you my Lord for the gift of life on my Birthday! 

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Good Thursday Morning my friends.

Today is International Day of Persons with Disabilities - 3 December 2009

The annual observance of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities on 3

December, aims to promote an understanding of disability issues, the rights of persons

with disabilities and gains to be derived from the integration of persons with disabilities

in every aspect of the political, social, economic and cultural life of their communities.

The Day provides an opportunity to mobilize action to achieve the goal of full and

equal enjoyment of human rights and participation in society by persons with disabilities,

established by the World Programme of Action concerning Disabled Persons, adopted

by the United Nations General Assembly in 1982.

Here are some events happening around our area to commemorate the Day

United States:

1. Rehabilitation International (RI) will feature guest speakers and a video in

a fundraiser to support persons with disabilities on International Day. (For more

information:

rachael@riglobal.org

) The Muscular Dystrophy Campaign and Trailblazers, a group of young disabled

campaigners, are launching a campaign called Inclusion Now. (For more information:

www.muscular-dystrophy.org

To learn more about this day go to:

http://www.un.org/disabilities/default.asp?id=1484

To celebrate the United Nations International Day of Persons with Disabilities, a

group of disabled people at leading disability charity, Papworth Trust have launched

a recording of a song they have written.

The song which explores disabled people's feelings about equality, choice and independence

and their thoughts about how society treats them is both moving and thought provoking.

Visit the site to hear there song.

http://www.papworth.org.uk/news-detail.php?aid=100

Will you join me? Let's stand together this Saturday for T-Day.

December 5 (first Sat. of every month) is Together We Can Change The

World Day...T-Day. We encourage everyone to participate in a project,

large or small, public or private, to help make the world a better

place.

Make a difference. www.projectpossibilities.info

"In helping others, we shall help ourselves, for whatever good we give out completes

the circle and comes back to us." ~Flora Edwards

Have a fabulous day.

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Holiday Happy Hour

When life gives you pumpkins, make Pumpkin Pie Milkshake

Here's something that I'm going to try for the first time this year.  I hope it comes out good.

According to Kevinthe creator of this delicious drink, "This drink is pretty much a pumpkin pie in milkshake form …

You can easily control the consistency of the shake by changing the amount of milk

you use. If you like a thick shake, use just enough milk so that the ice cream or

frozen yogurt will puree in the bender. If you like a thinner shake, add additional

milk."

What goes in it:

2 cups vanilla frozen yogurt

1/4 cup milk

1/3 cup canned pumpkin puree

1/4 teaspoon vanilla

1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

1/4 teaspoon ginger

1/8 teaspoon cloves

1/8 teaspoon nutmeg

2 tablespoons brown sugar

2 tablespoon ginger snap cookies (crumbled, optional)

Place all ingredients in a blender. Blend on high speed for approximately one minute.

Serve in a glass of your choice. Garnish with the crumbled gingersnap cookies, and that's it! 

Hey! I think I'm ready for the Food Network. ' BAM! ' Its yummie good!

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

For more delicious recipes like this go to:

http://www.visionaware.org/cocktails#tabs-7

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We are huffing and puffing. 

Charlie and I are getting ready for the Gobble Gobble day.

our stress levels are going up. We're down to the final day before Thanksgiving. And there is still so much to do.

A Bloggle thought for Today

"The single greatest thing you can do to change your life today would be to start

being grateful for what you have right now. And the more grateful you are, the more

you get.

In the spirit of Thanksgiving, I've decided to give away these gifts to you that can help make a difference.

 Get your gifts here www.projectpossibilities.info

"Instructions on Gratitude

By David Steindl

Hold someone's hand to spread calm.

Whatever is given is a gift—even the most difficult experiences and traumatic events

can be seen as Wake-Up calls, and therefore gifts. And the appropriate response to

any gift is gratitude. In the depth of our heart, we can turn fear into courageous

trust, agitation and confusion into stillness, isolation into a sense of belonging,

alienation into love, and irrational reaction into Common Sense. The creative imagination

of gratefulness will suggest to each one of us how to go about this task. Here are

five small gestures that can help you show gratitude and stay awake.

1. All gratitude expresses trust. Suspicion will not even recognize a gift as gift:

who can prove that it isn't a lure, a bribe, a trap? Gratefulness has the courage

to trust and so overcomes fear. The air has been electrified by fearfulness these

days, a fearfulness fostered and manipulated by politicians and the media. There

lies our greatest danger: fear perpetuates violence. Mobilize the courage of your

heart, as the truly awake ones are doing.

Say one word today that gives a fearful person courage.

2. Because gratitude expresses courage, it spreads calm. Calm of this kind is quite

compatible with deep emotions. Join the truly compassionate ones who are calm and

strong. From the stillness of your heart's core reach out.

Calmly hold someone's hand today and spread calm.

3. When you are grateful, your heart is open—open towards others, open for surprise.

During big wake-up calls in your life, or in our collective lives, we often see remarkable

examples of openness: strangers helping strangers often in heroic ways. Others turn

away, isolate themselves, dare even less than at other times to look at each other.

Violence begins with isolation. Break this pattern. Make contact with people whom

you normally ignore—eye-contact at least—with the agent at the toll booth, the parking

lot attendant, someone on the elevator.

Look a stranger in the eyes today and realize that there are no strangers.

4. You can feel either grateful or alienated, but never both at the same time. Gratefulness

drives out alienation; there is not room for both in the same heart. When you are

grateful you know that you belong to a network of give-and-take and you say "yes"

to that belonging. This "yes" is the essence of love. You need no words to express

it; a smile will do to put your "yes" into action. Don't let it matter to you whether

or not the other one smiles back.

Give someone an unexpected smile today and so contribute your share to peace on earth.

5. What your gratefulness does for yourself is as important as what it does for others.

Gratefulness boosts your sense of belonging; your sense of belonging in turn boosts

your Common Sense. Your "yes" to belonging attunes you to the common concerns shared

by all human beings. We have only one enemy, our common enemy: violence. Common Sense

tells us: we can stop violence only by stopping to act violently; war is no way to

peace.

Web source:

 www.oprah.com

Here's how you can get your good on!

XEROX IS DOING SOMETHING COOL

If you go to this web site,

www.LetsSayThanks.com

   you can pick out a thank you card and Xerox will print it and it will be sent

to a soldier that is currently serving in  Iraq . You can't pick out who gets it,

but it will go to a member of the armed services.

How AMAZING it would be if we could get everyone we know to send one!!!    It is

FREE and it only takes a second.

Wouldn't it be wonderful if the soldiers received a bunch of these?    Whether you

are for or against the war, our soldiers over there need to know we are behind them.

This takes just 10 seconds and it's a wonderful way to say thank you.    Please take

the time and please take the time to pass it on for others to do.  We can never say

enough thank you's.

Thanks for taking the  time to support our military!

Warm thoughts and wishes to hope this Thanksgiving will be especially plentiful!

May your stuffing be tasty

May your turkey plump,

May your potatoes and gravy

Have never a lump.

May your yams be delicious

And your pies take the prize,

And may your Thanksgiving dinner

Stay off your thighs!  

A Big Thanksgiving Hug! To All My Bloggle Readers. 

May your hearts and home be full of divine blessings on this Thanksgiving! 

J Blind I Can

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Good Tuesday afternoon to you. Hope it's going well!

A Bloggle  Inspiration
Aim for success, not perfection. Never give up your right to be wrong, because then
you will lose the ability to learn new things and move forward with your life.
--David M. Burns

The Together We Can Change The World Association  call for action.  

Will you raise your hand and join me to give a  Preemie a chance at life?

Every person that takes the pledge to make a difference will get  some wonderful gifts.  

Click here to save a  Preemie baby today.

www.projectpossibilities.info

Every year, 20 million babies are born too soon, too small and very sick ― half a

million of them in the United States. November 17 is when we fight.

Do you know a baby that was born too soon, too small, unable to suck, unable to breathe

on his own? Premature birth is a health crisis that jeopardizes the lives and health

of nearly half-million babies each year. It is the #1 killer of newborns and can

lead to lifelong disabilities. Worse: the number has increased 31 percent since 1981.

It can happen without warning and for no known reason. Until we have more answers,

anyone’s baby, could be born too soon.

Medical advances give even the tiniest babies a chance of survival, yet for many

babies premature birth is still a life or death condition. It’s the #1 cause of death

during the first month of life. And babies who survive face serious health challenges

and risk lifelong disabilities.

The rate of premature birth has never been higher. In half the cases, we simply don’t

understand what went wrong. We need to fight for answers. And, ultimately, preventions.

November 17 is dedicated to raising awareness of the crisis of premature birth.

We need to fight ― because babies shouldn’t have to. 

To learn more about premature birth go to

 www.marchofdimes.com/fightforpreemies

Thank you for your support

J Blind I Can

www.projectpossibilities.info

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Together We Can Change The World Association Remembers our Vets.

Happy Veterans Day

Veterans Day commemorates the extraordinary life led by those in service of the nation.

It's time to honor the brave soldiers who safeguard our peace and freedom. 

 Thank you all for your tireless dedication to keeping our country safe.

"In the beginning of a change, the patriot is a scarce man, and brave, and hated

and scorned. When his cause succeeds, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing

to be a patriot." - Mark Twain

Here's Uncle Sam's musical tribute to all who served in any branch of the Military. 

 Today is Veterans Day. Take time to honor those who have served. And remember those

who gave their lives.

Here are some gifts you can help  support Our Veterans, and make a difference in their lives.

www.betheanswerforacause.info

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To all Happy Harvest Day!
J Blind I Can in the kitchen
Try My High-Protein Pumpkin Pancakes!
I'm going to do my very best today to help you avoid all the candy and cake temptations
that are all around you by giving you a delicious healthy
alternative! Try this treat: High protein pumpkin pancakes (aka "pumpcakes").
Enjoy!
This recipe is by Tom Venuto.
7.5 oz (212 g) of canned pumpkin
1/3 cup (27 g) oatmeal dry
1/3 cup (40 g) multigrain or whole wheat pancake mix
1 scoop (26 g) vanilla (or plain) protein powder
4 egg whites
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 tsp nutmeg
1 tsp ground ginger
2 tsp cinnamon
Sweetener (brown sugar or splenda): Optional
Yield: makes 2 large (5 inch wide) pancakes
Nutrition information for 2 pancakes, unsweetened
Calories: 507
Protein: 44.1 g.
Carbs: 69.7 g.
Fat: 5 g.
My pumpkin pancake tasted so yummie good! Hope yours  was too!

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The T.W.C.CT.W. Asociation cares about al little ghosts and goblins this Halloween. Here's some very important safety tips for all parents. 

Treat your little ones to a safe and sound Halloween this year.

Halloween originated from several customs, the earliest of which dates back to Ireland

in the fifth century B.C. As we know it today, the October 31 celebration is a fun

way to dress up in sometimes scary costumes. But experts warn that precautions are

needed to ensure that disguises are the only frightening things on All Hallows' Eve.

The number one cause of injuries on Halloween night is accidental falls from tripping

over hems of costumes, steps, curbs or unseen objects, according to that National

Safety Council. But even more startling is that four times more children are killed

annually in pedestrian/automobile accidents on that holiday night than on any other

night of the year, reports the CDC.

Use these tips to avoid injuries and danger.

"The most important thing on Halloween is that children are escorted and watched.

They have a great potential of running from in front of or behind a car," says Richard

Douglas, a Lewisville, Texas, police department community relations officer. "We

prefer that the young ones are in from trick or treating before dark."

Indeed, the CDC reminds parents that the return from daylight-saving to standard

time lengthens the period of darkness and that a number of other factors could put

children in the path of a car. These include their short stature, inability to react

quickly enough to avoid a car or evaluate a potential traffic threat, lack of impulse

control and distractions because of shouts from other children, eye-catching costumes

and urges to acquire the best candy.

"Children are so excited on that night that they aren't using their normal safety

sense," says Kerri Totty, a certified hand therapist at Harris Methodist Fort Worth

Hospital.

Totty deals with some of the injuries that children and their parents may receive

during the days leading up to Halloween as well as on the holiday itself, such as

cuts and burns related to turning a pumpkin into a jack-o'-lantern.

"We see a lot of kitchen knife injuries. These can be devastating because of the

structures in the hand," Totty tells WebMD. These include tendons, nerves and arteries.

She says that major therapy is required when the tendons and nerves are severed when

a child or adult uses an inappropriate knife or uses one incorrectly. Physical therapy

to prevent scarring from permanently disabling a hand can last for eight to 12 weeks.

"Usually these injuries happen because [people are] not paying attention to what

they're doing or they're cutting toward themselves or using the knife like an ice

pick," Totty says, adding that knives should be clean because the bacteria on it

can cause a major infection in any cut.

For adults, the medical experts advise using sharp knives; small children should

just draw the jack-o'-lantern design on the outside of the pumpkin with a marker

and let someone older do the cutting. Youngsters who are old enough could use knives

intended for carving pumpkins.

"With my own children, I let them use the special pumpkin cutters that have the serrated

edges. These work as well as anything," says Mark Mason, MD, a plastic surgeon at

Harris and also at the Cook Children's Medical Center in Fort Worth.

Safety organizations warn parents and trick-or-treaters alike to be aware of other

dangers.

Finally, therapist Totty says, "You have to be their eyes and ears to protect them.

And don't allow them to suck suckers when they're running down the street!"

It's a lot to remember, but it's better to make Halloween a night for fright—not

fear.

Web source Courtesy of Web  md  

Join me with Project  Possibilities

Will you raise your hand and join us for CHANGE?

Together We Can Change The World, Inc. has created the 5 Million For Change Campaign

to mobilize a force of good that will sweep across the globe and create true sustainable

CHANGE on every continent.

It's not just enough to say you want to help create CHANGE - you have to have the

resources and tools to do just that. The Together We Can Change The World Association

has created everything you need - giving it to you totally FREE as our contribution

To learn more click here:

www.betheanswerforacause.info

Have yourself a specdracula day!

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