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Editor: Dr. Wolf J. Rinke I would like to wish you and your loved ones a happy, healthy and wealthy
Holiday Season.--Wolf =================================================== =================================================== Christmas 1901: Fanatical, mobile and willing to die for their cause, "terrorists" preach that all government is a hindrance to peace and equality. Using bombs, assassinations and arson they foster fear and uncertainty and attack innocent people. The media generates hysteria and people are afraid to travel, shop and in general go about their business as usual. Terrorists? No! Anarchist, and just as frightful as today's terrorists. "Anarchism is a crime against the whole human race, and all mankind should band against the anarchist," said President Theodore Roosevelt upon the assassination of President William McKinley. Christmas 1904: Many cities passed laws against spitting. Citizens were warned not to touch someone else's clothes, lick postage stamps or lick their fingers when turning pages in a book. Newark, NJ passed an ordinance outlawing rummage sales. Why? The "great modern plague"--tuberculosis, took the lives of 150,000 people per year during the early 20th century. Christmas 1917: "We should think careful of our manner of celebrating Christmas just now, when the darkest cloud in the world's history is hanging over us." The same writer advised that because of a shortage of food, patriotic families should serve cod for the holidays. The world was in the third year of the war that was to end all wars, World War I, and celebrating the holidays seemed downright unpatriotic. Christmas 1932: Local charities and religious groups were delivering food and toys to poverty stricken families across the country. The US federal government distributed 48 pounds of flour, five pounds of butter and six pounds of pork to thousands of hunger stricken families across the country. The great depression was ravaging America. Christmas 1940: "We are mistaken when we compare war with 'normal life.' Life has never been normal. Even those periods which we think most tranquil … turn out, on closer inspection, to be full of crisis, alarms, difficulties, emergencies," said writer C.S. Lewis upon Germany launching its Blitzkrieg against England. Christmas 1941: "…we can spare little time from our urgent tasks for the friendly and noble sentiments that should fill our hearts at Christmas time," said a senior military officer. Instead volunteers were asked to scan the skies for enemy planes, and the telephone company requested that people refrain from making long distance calls so that the lines could be kept open for the war effort. The attack of Pearl Harbor changed America forever. Christmas 1946: Americans were busy building bomb shelters, warning sirens blared throughout the land and air-raid drills were routine. After the Soviet Union detonated the hydrogen bomb, Americans became obsessed with a new and overwhelming fear-the threat of radiation. Christmas 1950: The "invisible demon" causes panic throughout the land. The nation closes public pools, parks, and movie theaters. People avoid shaking each other's hand, and are reticent to handle anything that has been touched by some one else. Polio has struck and no cure seems anywhere in sight. Christmas 2001: The memory of September 11 lingers on. America is in mourning and many people feel that peace as we know it is gone forever. The challenges we are facing this holiday season are not new nor will they be the last. What we fear today-unemployment, war in Iraq and Afghanistan, world-wide terrorism, and the H1N1 flu--only seem to be the most serious we have ever had. And one reason is that the media overwhelms us with all the news that is unfit to print. So be sure to dramatically decrease your consumption of the news, especially over the holidays. Overexposure gives you an unwarranted sense of worry, fear and anxiety. It is important to remember that we have faced threats before and we
have always conquered them. No matter how dire at the time, because
of the innate nature of human nature and our incredible ability to innovate,
we will conquer all. It just takes time. And what does not kill us will
make us stronger. What to do? Count your blessings not your problems
(see paragraph #3) and give generously of yourself to others and your
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=================================================== The next night the pair came to rest at the house of a very poor, but very hospitable farmer and his wife. After sharing what little food they had the couple let the angels sleep in their bed so they could have a good night's rest. When the sun came up the next morning the angels found the farmer and his wife in tears. Their only cow, whose milk had been their sole income, lay dead in the field. The younger angel was infuriated and asked the older angel how she could have let this happen? "The first man had everything, yet you helped him," she accused. "The second family had little but was willing to share everything, and you let their only source of sustenance die." "Things aren't always what they seem," the older angel replied. "When we stayed in the basement of the mansion, I noticed there was gold stored in that hole in the wall. Since the owner was so obsessed with greed and unwilling to share his good fortune, I sealed the wall so he would not find it. Then last night as we slept in the farmer's bed, the angel of death came for his wife. However, I gave him the cow instead." Things aren't always what they seem. Sometimes that is exactly what happens when things don't turn out the way they should. Have faith and trust that everything happens for a reason. And many times things work out to your benefit which you might not find out until some time later. For FREE articles, inspirational messages and money saving offers on
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