Part VIII Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland

What Alice found in the beautiful garden first were three gardeners. They were oblong and flat with the hands and feet at the corners and were numbered two, five and seven. They were painting a white rose tree red because they had mistakenly planted the wrong color and they feared the Queen of the garden might cut off their heads if she found out. Alice soon found out that they feared her for good reason. (Interesting that this Queen of Hearts was so heartless.) Almost anything and anyone could prompt her to scream, ‘Off with their heads!’ Why, even the Duchess was in jail awaiting execution for boxing the Queen’s ears. It’s a wonder there were any heads left at all. But Alice saw that they were only a pack of cards and felt she had nothing to be afraid of. The beauty of the garden, however, did seem overshadowed by the Queen’s anger and her subjects’ fear.
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Walking

Here’s some good news from AARP if you follow this plan you will walk about 1.666 miles per day and reap the following benefits.

This resolution could improve your life in many ways: “I will walk 50 miles every month.” Just half an hour of walking each day at a brisk pace of 3.5 MPH will get you there. Here are seven things you could accomplish within a matter of months:

1. Get Fit
Aerobic Capacity: 19% increase
Physical function: 25% increase
Risk of disability: 41% decrease

2. Save on annual medical bills
Normal-weight retiree: $3300
Overweight retiree: $2500
Entire country: $1.4 trillioin

3. Improve cardiovascular health
Heart disease: 32% lower risk
Stroke: 33% lower risk
Type 2 diabetes: 71% lower risk

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Full of Hope and Praise

“If we do not listen we do not come to the truth. If we do not pray we do not even get as far as listening…Four things go together: silence, listening, prayer, truth.” Hubert Van Zeller

In the book of James we are reminded that; “Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry. (1:19) James goes on to say, “Don’t fool yourselves by just listening to it. If you hear the message and don’t obey it, you are like people who stare at themselves in a mirror and forget what they look like as soon as they leave.” Do you look like a ball of negative emotions? Or a gown of Hope and Praise?

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Part VII Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland

What Alice finds outside the March Hare’s house under a tree are the March Hare, the Mad Hatter and the Door Mouse all sitting at the corner of a large table having tea. When they see Alice approaching they cry out that there was no room, no room! Because there are only three at this large table and there is so much room for others, Alice indignantly assumes (wrongly…Oh! how much trouble we get into by assuming) that there is plenty of room for her and takes a seat in a large armchair at the end of the table.
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Coffee Cup Wisdom

A friend of mine brought this quote to my attention. I found it most interesting and wanted to get some of your thoughts on the meaning of this.

“The irony of commitment is that it’s deeply liberating-in work, in play, in love. The act frees you from the tyranny of your internal critic, from the fear that likes to dress itself up and parade around as rational hesitation, To commit is to remove your head as the barrier to your life.” Anne Morriss,
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