Comments on: My Surf Board Taught Me The Most Critical Lesson http://mentalsidewalk.com/2009/11/my-surf-board-taught-me-the-most-critical-lesson/ Sat, 04 Sep 2010 13:27:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Leydys Janee http://mentalsidewalk.com/2009/11/my-surf-board-taught-me-the-most-critical-lesson/#comment-1120 Leydys Janee Mon, 15 Feb 2010 16:26:34 +0000 http://mentalsidewalk.com/?p=600#comment-1120 Thank you for the entertaining read! Alright playtime is over and back to school work. Thank you for the entertaining read! Alright playtime is over and back to school work.

]]> By: fredsarkari http://mentalsidewalk.com/2009/11/my-surf-board-taught-me-the-most-critical-lesson/#comment-503 fredsarkari Wed, 09 Dec 2009 16:11:14 +0000 http://mentalsidewalk.com/?p=600#comment-503 Jo Jo, Thanks for the amazing comments and sharing your journey. You are an inspiration to many. There is so much courage within Cancer fighters. You should be proud of who you are and who you are becoming. Jo Jo,

Thanks for the amazing comments and sharing your journey. You are an inspiration to many. There is so much courage within Cancer fighters. You should be proud of who you are and who you are becoming.

]]> By: Jo http://mentalsidewalk.com/2009/11/my-surf-board-taught-me-the-most-critical-lesson/#comment-497 Jo Sun, 06 Dec 2009 15:51:53 +0000 http://mentalsidewalk.com/?p=600#comment-497 In the spirit of riding the Hawaiian rainbow with you Fred….I was watching TV the other day and there were some Charlie Chaplin quotes used that just really hit me in the gut….fanbloodytastic (as my English friends would say)! “To truly laugh, you must be able to take your pain, and play with it!” “Laughter is the tonic, the relief, the surcease for pain.” “Nothing is permanent in this wicked world - not even our troubles” Several people close to me are fighting cancer and dealing with the physical and emotional pain of the disease. As a cancer survivor I can tell you that laughter is good medicine and that mental pictures are very powerful as a healing tool. Rarely do I take a photograph using a camera. I know in my soul that when I take a mental photograph in that moment, for me it represents celebrating the joy of living. On my cancer journey I created a mental picture of a battle. Much more fierce than Patton or McCarthy had ever fought. one of bubble wrap representing cancer cells and chemo representing warriors fighting. I used to sit in the Cancer Clinic and visualize the entire battle, smells, sounds, attack strategy, all of it. I'd even sit there and say outload..."take that you bloody buggers"...And so I am still here taking mental pictures nine years later. It is possible to have a mental picture of what life represents and to grab onto it in your mind and take youreslf to that special place where you know there is joy in living.....this under any circumstances if you have the courage to do so. Jo Jo Pee In the spirit of riding the Hawaiian rainbow with you Fred….I was watching TV the other day and there were some Charlie Chaplin quotes used that just really hit me in the gut….fanbloodytastic (as my English friends would say)!
“To truly laugh, you must be able to take your pain, and play with it!”
“Laughter is the tonic, the relief, the surcease for pain.”
“Nothing is permanent in this wicked world – not even our troubles”
Several people close to me are fighting cancer and dealing with the physical and emotional pain of the disease. As a cancer survivor I can tell you that laughter is good medicine and that mental pictures are very powerful as a healing tool. Rarely do I take a photograph using a camera. I know in my soul that when I take a mental photograph in that moment, for me it represents celebrating the joy of living. On my cancer journey I created a mental picture of a battle. Much more fierce than Patton or McCarthy had ever fought. one of bubble wrap representing cancer cells and chemo representing warriors fighting. I used to sit in the Cancer Clinic and visualize the entire battle, smells, sounds, attack strategy, all of it. I’d even sit there and say outload…”take that you bloody buggers”…And so I am still here taking mental pictures nine years later.
It is possible to have a mental picture of what life represents and to grab onto it in your mind and take youreslf to that special place where you know there is joy in living…..this under any circumstances if you have the courage to do so.

Jo Jo Pee

]]> By: fredsarkari http://mentalsidewalk.com/2009/11/my-surf-board-taught-me-the-most-critical-lesson/#comment-495 fredsarkari Thu, 03 Dec 2009 22:08:43 +0000 http://mentalsidewalk.com/?p=600#comment-495 Meher, Our heart and spirit does see the truth in the beauty around us. Meher,

Our heart and spirit does see the truth in the beauty around us.

]]> By: MEHER AMALSAD http://mentalsidewalk.com/2009/11/my-surf-board-taught-me-the-most-critical-lesson/#comment-494 MEHER AMALSAD Thu, 03 Dec 2009 17:01:38 +0000 http://mentalsidewalk.com/?p=600#comment-494 . My Dear Fred: Thank you for sharing the BLISS OF THE MOMENT. It is in this moment that we experience the gift of "BEING". Furthermore, The lens of the camera does not capture the same panoramic beauty as the lens of our heart and spirit. With Blessings of love and light to you from Meher Amalsad . .

My Dear Fred:
Thank you for sharing the BLISS OF THE MOMENT.
It is in this moment that we experience the gift of “BEING”.
Furthermore,
The lens of the camera does not capture the same panoramic beauty as the lens of our heart and spirit.

With Blessings of love and light to you from

Meher Amalsad

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]]> By: fredsarkari http://mentalsidewalk.com/2009/11/my-surf-board-taught-me-the-most-critical-lesson/#comment-493 fredsarkari Thu, 03 Dec 2009 14:56:56 +0000 http://mentalsidewalk.com/?p=600#comment-493 Bonnie, glad you enjoyed the read. I read your line a few times as there is so much importance to it -" See and feel the experience at that moment." . Bonnie, glad you enjoyed the read.

I read your line a few times as there is so much importance to it -” See and feel the experience at that moment.” .

]]> By: Bonnie Hunter http://mentalsidewalk.com/2009/11/my-surf-board-taught-me-the-most-critical-lesson/#comment-492 Bonnie Hunter Thu, 03 Dec 2009 14:31:51 +0000 http://mentalsidewalk.com/?p=600#comment-492 Thank you for sharing your NOW moment with me. It just emphasies when living in the NOW we listen , see and feel the experience at that moment. I believe " the feeling that a person/ customer has when they leave, will be the deciding factor if they return" Thank you for sharing your NOW moment with me. It just emphasies when living in the NOW we listen , see and feel the experience at that moment. I believe ” the feeling that a person/ customer has when they leave, will be the deciding factor if they return”

]]> By: Bruce Kahkesh http://mentalsidewalk.com/2009/11/my-surf-board-taught-me-the-most-critical-lesson/#comment-491 Bruce Kahkesh Thu, 03 Dec 2009 13:11:30 +0000 http://mentalsidewalk.com/?p=600#comment-491 It is true in deed . It is true in deed .

]]> By: fredsarkari http://mentalsidewalk.com/2009/11/my-surf-board-taught-me-the-most-critical-lesson/#comment-488 fredsarkari Wed, 02 Dec 2009 16:54:25 +0000 http://mentalsidewalk.com/?p=600#comment-488 Vivian, thank you for such a great comment. It reminded me how important it is to take the time to keep those memories bright and vibrant within our minds. I took 30 seconds to reflect on the rainbow again and now I feel like I have charged my mind for hours. :) Vivian, thank you for such a great comment. It reminded me how important it is to take the time to keep those memories bright and vibrant within our minds.

I took 30 seconds to reflect on the rainbow again and now I feel like I have charged my mind for hours.
:)

]]> By: Vivian http://mentalsidewalk.com/2009/11/my-surf-board-taught-me-the-most-critical-lesson/#comment-487 Vivian Wed, 02 Dec 2009 16:48:58 +0000 http://mentalsidewalk.com/?p=600#comment-487 Fred I so agree with you the outward beauty we see is a picture we will always keep in our hearts. The memories will always stay with us creating a fondness and a reaction to anything else similar coming up at us in the future. Your rainbows will help those of us who have seen beauty in nature and to just sit back reflect and enjoy what we have. Thank you for sharing your moment with us Vivian Fred I so agree with you the outward beauty we see is a picture we will always keep in our hearts.
The memories will always stay with us creating a fondness and a reaction to anything else similar coming up at us in the future.
Your rainbows will help those of us who have seen beauty in nature
and to just sit back reflect and enjoy what we have.
Thank you for sharing your moment with us
Vivian

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