{"id":150,"date":"2010-12-24T14:16:00","date_gmt":"2010-12-24T14:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bettina-network.com\/blog\/?p=150"},"modified":"2018-10-18T11:05:36","modified_gmt":"2018-10-18T11:05:36","slug":"happy-holidays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bettinanetwork.com\/blog\/archives\/150","title":{"rendered":"HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!"},"content":{"rendered":"

WE\u00a0wish you much joy, happiness and love! \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

We wish for you the care and comfort\u00a0<\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 of being surrounded by friends, family\u00a0<\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 and those who need you and yours!<\/span>
\n
\n<\/span>
\nIf we could give to you any gift in the universe, we would give you the joy of giving! \u00a0Why? To to be able to give, you must know how to love – must be able to love enough that you give without thinking about what is being given back to you! \u00a0It is the gift of this holiday season, the one for which it was created!<\/span>
\n
\n<\/span><\/span>
\nTO GIVE –\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>is the ground on which the Bettina Network is built! \u00a0<\/span><\/b> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span>
\nTo give, unconditionally, is to gain the ability to see truth.<\/span>
\n
\n<\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Give of yourself to others. \u00a0You can afford to stop when you see someone in need\u00a0<\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0– it won\u2019t ruin your life or your career.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Order your life so that much of it is engaged in giving! \u00a0<\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0To give is a natural part of to live. \u00a0<\/span>
\n
\n<\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 To give does not mean giving billions to institutionally structured charities – they will only continue this society\u00a0<\/span>
\nmoving\u00a0<\/span>in the wrong direction.\u00a0<\/span>
\n
\n<\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0To give is a direct act.<\/span>
\n
\n<\/span>
\n\u00a0There are the homeless – why can\u2019t we give them homes?<\/span><\/b>
\n\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/b><\/span>There are the hungry – why can\u2019t we feed them?<\/b><\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/b><\/span>There are the addicted – why can\u2019t we expect them to give to others? \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/b><\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/span>There are those without proper clothing – why can\u2019t we clothe them?<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

there are those who need little things to facilitate their lives – a ride to someplace they need to be, but don\u2019t have the ability to get there – a conversation with someone who will really listen – honest feedback on what they are doing which is leading them down the wrong path – friends to be with because they have none and don\u2019t know how to change that – a circle of people with whom they differ so they can understand what life means to those in a different place –<\/p>\n

The sin we commit,\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

which wrecks havoc in this world,\u00a0<\/span><\/b>
\n
\n<\/span><\/b>
\nis what we do to shore up our identity as better than \u2018those people\u2019. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

We are particularly careful of our time, so we give to those in places where we think we will benefit. \u00a0We work so hard to have the \u2018right\u2019 friends, the \u2018right\u2019 job\u2019 to live in the most \u2018correct\u2019 neighborhood, to have our children go to the \u2018best\u2019 schools. We do what we can to keep those out of our neighborhood who would lessen our self-esteem. All of this is tragically life consuming.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Instead, see those in need, dying, grieving, lost. don\u2019t push them aside – \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0You have time!! \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

We are rushing toward a horrific end —
\nwe are becoming more isolated.<\/p>\n

We are terrified of the germs we might catch from one another
\nWe raise children to inherit\u00a0FEAR<\/b>.
\nOur industries make billions trading on FEAR<\/b><\/p>\n

We spend billions trying to stay young.
\nBut, in reality,
\nwe only manage to hide from ourselves,
\nfor a little while,
\nthe fact that we will grow old and die.<\/p>\n

AND SO WE WARP OUR LIVES.<\/p>\n

W<\/span>e keep the sick, the maimed, the dying, in another place so we can go about our\u00a0lives as \u00a0 though we are immortal and always young \u00a0and healthy!<\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span>
\nKeep those who are old away from us! “Assisted Living?”<\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 We don\u2019t want to see them change!<\/span><\/p>\n

We wish for you the ability to get out of the crowd working hard to store up treasures which moths and rust do corrupt and into which thieves can break through and steal,<\/p>\n

for where your heart is, there also is your treasure.<\/span><\/b>
\n
\n<\/span><\/b>
\nWe wish for you a beautiful world. \u00a0One in which the flowers are neither all lilies, nor all roses, no matter how beautiful those flowers may be. \u00a0We wish for you a world full of millions of different flowers – blooming profusely.
\n
\n<\/span><\/span>
\nWe wish for you a world of people who take the time\u00a0<\/b><\/i>
\n\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0to care\u00a0<\/b><\/i>for<\/b><\/i>\u00a0one another –\u00a0<\/b><\/i>
\n\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 who even take the time to care for the stranger. \u00a0<\/b><\/i>
\n
\n<\/span>
\nWe wish for you a world and a life full of<\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 the love\u00a0<\/span>and the joy which comes \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0FROM GIVING!!!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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