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Vol.2 No. 1 Premier Issue ~ Copyright Harvey Cohen ~Published by AaaHa! Dynamics Press

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If you do not believe you can have it all,
then you get to choose
how much less than all you will have!

 

Lunch Time

While sitting in a small neighborhood coffee shop, that I frequent for lunch, I overheard a man mumbling to himself at the table next to mine;
mumble-mumble......Lousiest service I've ever seen. 
mumble-mumble......What does she think, I have all day?
mumble-mumble......Look at her, she is as slow as molasses.
 mumble-mumble......Lousiest service I've ever seen.
Now, I have to tell you, Shirley is a pretty efficient waitress. Maybe not the fastest, but surely not the slowest. It seemed as though this guy, lets call him Mr. P.O., was just doing his thing, being uptight. Soon his mumbling included huffing and puffing; 
 
Mr. P.O.: mumble-mumble, huff- puff....Lousiest.....yadda, yadda....
 
It was not difficult to see his veins making an angry appearance on his neck. At this point, AL, the owner/cashier, not oblivious to Mr. P.O.'s restaurant rage, approached Mr. P.O., and this is what I overheard;
 
AL : I'm so sorry for......
 
Mr. P.O. : (Interrupting AL): You should be. This is a helluva way to run a restaurant. I'll never come in here again. Lousiest service I've ever seen.......mumble- mumble, huff- puff, yadda, yadda....
AL : Shirley, our waitress, well, her mother died last week and she is  not over the shock of her loss, and so..... 
 
Mr. P.O.  : (Stunned...and interrupting AL again): Oh, my God, I didn't know. Oh, my God, I didn't know.
 
AL :  I'll be glad to take your order.
 
Mr. P.O. : No big deal. I'll wait. Oh, my God, I didn't know.
Mr. P.O. calmed down a lot. Not a peep. Not a mumble. Not a huff. Not a puff. When Shirley came to take Mr. P.O.'s order, Mr. P.O. couldn't be sweeter, kinder or gentler. And judging from Shirley's face, Mr. P.O. left her quite a generous tip.

Apparently, before Mr. P.O. could be rid of the considerable stress of the moment, (stress so unhealthy that it invites all sorts of  undesirable bodily stuff), and be patient, understanding, forgiving and kind, he required a death somewhere. I wonder if just a simple 'coma' would have been enough for Mr. P.O. to chill out? I don't  think a 'lobotomy' would have had a chance. 

Ever wonder what it would take for you to be more patient, more forgiving,  more understanding, and kinder, about someone ........................where patience,  understanding, forgiveness, and kindness, might be absent? What would it take?  Wadda ya think?

Happy trails,

Harvey
 
P.S.  Oh, yes, AL whispered to me as Mr. P.O. left the premises:
AL :  The 'death card'........it works every time.
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"One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. 
How he got into my pajamas I'll never know.
.......W. C. Fields

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" Tolerance is the positive and cordial effort to understand 
another's beliefs, practices, and habits without necessarily 
sharing or accepting them."
--------Joshua Liebman
 
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'I don't suffer from insanity. I enjoy every minute of it." 
----------Mel Dozer
 
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"Live your beliefs and you can turn the world around."
---Thoreau
 
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"A "No" uttered from the deepest conviction is better than 
a "Yes" merely uttered to please, or worse, to avoid trouble."
---------Mohandas Gandhi
 
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My psychiatrist told me I'm going crazy. I told him, "If you don't 
mind, I'd like a second opinion." He said, "All right. You're ugly too!"
---------Rodney Dangerfield
 
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 The name of the legendary Lady Godiva's horse was Aethenoth.
 
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THE OPTIMISM HOTLINE

Your mind is like an oven, with only one objective. 
To cook up whatever is inside.
So, what's cookin'?
Think you've got a problem with no solution on the horizon? 
Okay, so...... your  mind is obliged to take your order:
ONE PROBLEM COMING UP,
SMOTHERED WITH  STRESS.
HOLD THE SOLUTION!

There is no problem, personal or business, that cannot be resolved to your satisfaction, when your intention, your attitude, is to be receptive for resolution that you know, without question, already exists somewhere in the cosmos. Hey........ where did you think great ideas and discoveries come from, 'chopped liver'?

Your mind's limitless creative capacity can only reveal solutions as you are convinced that solutions exist and are available to you. That's the 'cosmic realization' all great thinkers, discoverers, creative artists, and inventors, operate from. (It's something that's learned or revealed.)

Likewise, the same 'cosmic realization' can guarantee that there is no problem that will be solved if you insist that you've tried everything, and  retreat into the illusion of 'unsolvable'......a.k.a, limitation. Creative options and solutions that are starring you in the face will be invisible to you. YUP!, YOU ONLY SEE WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR. That's the 'cosmic realization'.

That's what's cookin'!
Here is your mission:
 
With a ball point, or felt tip pen, 
draw a happy face on the inside of your thumb. 
Two dots for the eyes, a smile for the mouth. 
Look at your thumb, and with as much conviction 
as you can muster, affirm the following;
Today I will remember 
that no matter where I stare, 


 there are sensational opportunities
for me to be aware. 

Glance at your thumb during the course of the  day. It will be a reminder to you, that you are not confined to ideas that imply creative solutions to problems are not available to you. 

Should you decide to take this mission, don't  be surprised to find yourself drawn to ideas and opportunities that enhance your life in greater ways. As a matter of fact, you can expect it. Wanna bet? 

Reinforce the above affirmation every morning as you replace a fading happy face on your thumb. 
This mission is to continue each day until the next issue of
 THE 11TH  COMMANDMENT.   
 
 
 
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    Cherish your visions. Cherish your ideals. Cherish the
    music that stirs in your heart, the beauty that forms in
    your mind, the loveliness that drapes your purest
    thoughts, for out of them will grow all delightful
    conditions, all heavenly environment; of these, if you
    but remain true to them, your world will at last be built.
    -------------James Allen, As A Man Thinketh
     
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    "Last night I dreamed I ate a ten-pound marshmallow, 
    and when I woke up the pillow was gone."
     ----------- Tommy Cooper
     
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    "You can make anything out of anything."
    ..........Patricia Lakin
     
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