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4HE 2AINBOW 'ROUP IS CONTINUING ITS INFORMAL SOCIAL EVENINGS 7E HOPE THIS WILL ALLOW AS MANY OF OUR ,'"4 NEIGHBORS AND FRIENDS AND THEIR FRIENDS TO GET TOGETHER WITH US /UR NEXT SOCIAL WILL BE ON 4HURSDAY -AY AT PM ,ETS GATHER IN THE COURTYARD AREA OUTSIDE 3MITTYS ORDER WHATEVER DINNER ITEMS YOU WISH AND THEN ENJOY EACH OTHERS COMPANY AND CONVERSATION WHILE HAVING DINNER ON THE PATIO 3HOULD YOU WISH TO ENJOY YOUR OWN BEVERAGES PLEASE FEEL FREE TO BRING WHATEVER YOU DESIRE )F YOU HAVE ANY SUGGESTIONS OR QUESTIONS PLEASE CALLEMAIL $ALE AT OR DALEBECKES GMAILCOM OR "ARBARA AT OR BAMERTON ALUMNIUCLAEDU ~ Dale Beckes 38 FOUR SEASONS BREEZE | MAY 2015 Rainbow Group 2EHEARSALS ARE WELL UNDER WAY FOR THE FOURTH OF *ULY 0ATRIOTIC SHOW 7E ARE HAVING FUN SINGING THESE SONGS AND GETTING OUR RED WHITE AND BLUE ON 7E ARE ALSO ENJOYING OURSELVES AS WE ARE STIMULATING OUR SACCULUS A LITTLE ORGAN IN THE INNER EAR WHICH ONLY RESPONDS TO FREQUENCIES FOUND IN MUSIC 4HIS TINY ORGAN IS CONNECTED TO THE PART OF THE BRAIN RESPONSIBLE FOR REGISTERING PLEASURE 3O EVERY -ONDAY WE ARE LIFTING OUR MOODS AND lGHTING DEPRESSION WITHOUT SIDE EFFECTS AS WELL AS SOCIALIZING 7E MEET IN THE "ALLROOM NEAR THE PIANO 2EHEARSALS ARE ON -ONDAYS FROM TO PM /R YOU CAN CONTACT "ARBARA 7ASCO OR EMAIL AT BAWASCO DCRRCOM ~ Barbara Wasco Four Seasons Singers !S OUR GROUP WAS WINDING DOWN AT THE END OF WEEKS WE WERE RECAPPING SOME OF THE MOST IMPORTANT CONCEPTS THAT WE HAD DISCUSSED DURING THE PREVIOUS MEETINGS !LL OF US HAD LOST SOME PERSON OR PERSONS THAT WE HELD DEAR !LL OF US WERE LEARNING HOW TO GO FORWARD WITHOUT THIS PERSON IN OUR LIFE !LL OF US WERE LOOKING AT THE YEARS AHEAD AND WONDERING HOW TO BEST GO ON 7E WERE LEARNING THAT WE COULD HAVE A GOOD LIFE 7E NOW KNEW THAT WE HAD TO CHOOSE TO HAVE THIS GOOD LIFE THAT WE WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR TAKING THE NECESSARY ACTIONS TO MAKE IT HAPPEN 3O WHAT HAD WE LEARNED THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO DO )N ADDITION TO TAKING CARE OF OUR PHYSICAL SELVES WITH EXERCISE GOOD NUTRITION PROPER SLEEP AND MEDICATION COMPLIANCE WE HAD TO TAKE CARE OF OUR INNER SELVES THAT NEBULOUS ESSENCE THAT DElNES AND SUSTAINS US 3O WE REITERATED THE NEED FOR GRATITUDE LEARNING TO TAKE TIME TO APPRECIATE THE WORLD THAT SURROUNDS US THE PEOPLE THAT SUSTAIN US THE MYRIAD GIFTS WE ARE GIVEN EVERY DAY EVEN WHEN SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO LOOK HARD TO lND THEM 7E WERE REMINDED TO STAY PRESENT TO BRING OURSELVES BACK TO NOW !ND TO LIVE ONE DAY AT A TIME NOT RUMINATING ABOUT WHAT WE SHOULD OR SHOULD NOT HAVE DONE IN THE PAST NOR SPENDING OUR TIME IN THE FUTURE WITH LONELINESS AND SADNESS SPREADING ENDLESSLY AHEAD BUT TO LIVE IN TODAY PAYING ATTENTION TO HOW WE ARE AND WHAT WE ARE DOING RIGHT NOW 7E REVISITED THE CONCEPT OF SELFTALK LEARNING TO BE KIND TO OURSELVES AND TO STILL THE HARSH VOICE INSIDE AS IT BRAYS h!RE YOU CRYING AGAIN 7HAT IS WRONG WITH YOUv OR h7HY ARENT YOU DONE WITH THIS (ES BEEN DEAD FOR SIX MONTHSv 7E SHARED ABOUT WANTING TO DO SOMETHING FOR OTHERS AND HOW HEALING IT WOULD BE 3OME OF THE MEMBERS HAD ALREADY FOUND A VENUE AT WHICH TO VOLUNTEER AND HAD ALREADY BEGUN 6OLUNTEERING GIVES US A SENSE OF PURPOSE A SENSE THAT WE MATTER AND THAT WE HAVE GIFTS TO SHARE !ND WE TALKED ABOUT THE NEED TO BE SOCIAL !LL OF US HAD PASSED THE STAGE OF NEEDING TO STAY HOME ALL OF THE TIME SO WE SHARED ABOUT VISITING WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY MEMBERS OF JOINING NEW CLASSES AND GROUPS AT &OUR 3EASONS OF LEARNING HOW TO DO SOMETHING WE HAD NEVER TRIED BEFORE %ACH OF US WILL GO FORWARD IN HIS OR HER OWN WAY "UT WE HAD JOINED TOGETHER FOR THE PAST WEEKS AND IN LISTENING TO EACH OTHER AND TALKING WITH EACH OTHER WE HAD FOUND HOPE !ND AS LONG AS WE HAVE HOPE WE CAN SEE A BRIGHTER FUTURE /NE AFTERNOON ) DECIDED TO TACKLE A PILE OF UNREAD MAGAZINES NEWSPAPERS HEALTH LETTERS AND SO FORTH 4HERE SEEMED TO BE A COMMON THEME HOW TO AGE GRACEFULLY AND IN GOOD HEALTH ) SCANNED ARTICLES IN SEVERAL PUBLICATIONS 7HAT WAS ) BEING TOLD ABOUT REMAINING YOUNG AT HEART AND BODY 0RACTICE GRATITUDE STAY PRESENT AND IN THE NOW VOLUNTEER YOUR TIME DEVELOP A SENSE OF PURPOSE BE SOCIAL CHALLENGE YOURSELF AND LEARN NEW THINGS (OW INTERESTING 4HE "EREAVEMENT 'ROUP IS ON HIATUS )T WILL BEGIN A NEW WEEK CYCLE ON -AY 11. 7E MEET ON SPECIlED -ONDAYS FROM TO PM IN THE ,ODGE #RAFTS 2OOM 9OU MAY JUST WALK IN OR YOU MAY CONTACT ME AT LAURIEMLARSON GMAILCOM OR CALL AT !LL CONTACT IS CONlDENTIAL ~ Laurie Larson Bereavement Group

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