Gratitude Archives

Sad News, Debby, Aka Debbie, Is Dying

This just in. Wow. She is special.

The latest news on Debby, age 41, is that she is dying, slowly. This is sad news but I suppose for a polar bear this being held in captivity at the Assiniboine Zoo in Winnipeg, Mb. this could be considered to be a long life.

They say she is the oldest living polar bear in the world.

She is being fed things she loves such as veggie dogs and smoked goldeye in hopes of adding back some of the weight she is losing.

Having visited there many times I recall the polar bear exhibit to be one of the most popular sites at the zoo. I can attest to that. They will eventually upgrade the site but not until Debby passes on.

Cheers,

Genes “Easy Ways”

Christmas Wishes, Greetings, Happy New Year, Eh!

This time of year is a special time for many folks for family and friends. For some, who are isolated, it can bring about memories and sadness. In other parts of the world it is meaningless. Others find it too commercialized and detracts from their interpretation of what it really means to them.

A special prayer goes out to those who are homeless, isolated, in poor health and those lacking in abundance of any kind.

Whichever way you chose to celebrate, or not, as the case may be, I wish to send you a positive message, a warm greeting, love even if and especially if you are not surrounded by family or friends. A wish for peace, love, joy and happiness, not just for this time of year. Let the spirit carry us though out the year and years.

I received a message in one of the groups I am in. They are doing a meditation, which I won’t post here, for World Peace, Abundance and Freedom.

All good things to aspire for and hope for in the world. I am not into some of the wording and such so I won’t post that. What I will post is a bit of what I would suggest you do if you so choose.

The suggested starting time is Dec. 24th at 9 AM or if you cannot do this start at 9 PM Dec. 23rd in whichever time zone you are in. In simple terms, just think of Peace, Abundance and Freedom for everyone, put your thoughts and attention on that. Thoughts are energy and we are energy as is everything else. It is said to raise our vibrational energy and affect consciousness. It is not voodoo or magic. It just is.

Do this until 9 PM Dec. 25th at anytime you choose to be part of the “wave” effect. Now you can do this all year round if you wish.

Important: Include your own spirituality into it, God, Buddha, Jesus, Allah, Universal Energy, whatever is meaningful to you. I believe that it must feel right to you and not be someone else’s beliefs. That applies to anything in life. Respect, honor the differences in everyone and follow your own truth.

Mediation and prayer has been demonstrated to affect things positively. Mass meditations have shown to reduce crime in certain areas so anything we can do in this regard is positive, in my opinion.

In a previous post I mentioned another planned meditation that you may wish to consider.


I will post a few messages for this time of year in several languages. Again, this is just in the spirit of this time of year. Also these are greetings written in these languages and not to mean all celebrate this event. I am not an expert in languages so please forgive any mistakes.


Canadian – Merry Christmas, Happy New Year! Eh! (Most of us don’t really add the eh part)
Arabic – I’D Miilad Said ous Sana Saida
Bengali – Shuvo Baro Din – Shuvo Nabo Barsho
Cantonese – Seng Dan Fai Lok, Sang Nian Fai Lok
Cheyenne – Hoesenestotse & Aa’e Emona’e
Dutch – Vrolijk Kerstfeest en een Gelukkig Nieuwjaar!
French – Joyeux Noël et Bonne Année!
German – Fröhliche Weihnachten und ein glückliches Neues Jahr!
Greek – Kala Christougenna Ki’eftihismenos O Kenourios Chronos
Hebrew – Mo’adim Lesimkha. Shanah Tova
Hindi – Shubh Naya Baras
Indonesian – Selamat Hari Natal dan Tahun Baru
Japanese - Kurisumasu Omedeto Shinnen omedeto
Portuguese – Boas Festas e um feliz Ano Novo
Italian – Buon Natale e Felice Anno Nuovo
Mandarin – Kung His Hsin Nien bing Chu Shen Tan
Russian – Pozdrevlyayu s prazdnikom Rozhdestva i s Novim Godom
Tagalog – Maligayang Pasko at Manigong Bagong Taon
Ukrainian – Veseloho Vam Rizdva i Shchastlyvoho Novoho Roku!
Zulu – Sinifesela Ukhisimusi Omuhle Nonyaka Omusha Onempumelelo

So my best wishes to everyone in all ways and always.

In love, peace and gratitude.

Namaste

Genes “Easy Ways”
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A Good Day, Inspired and Gratitude Visually Exposed

Inspiration can come in many forms and as beauty is, it is in the eye or heart of the beholder. I wanted to present some videos on a separate page yet there is a challenge with imbedding them. I can do it but adding to or making changes creates the challenges as the page then does weird things and the videos do not show properly. So for now I will do them in post fashion.

I came across this video on gratitude, appreciation and can be a form of meditation for some.

It is entitled:

A Good Day- Brother David Steindl-Rast

I do hope you enjoy this moment of inspiration.