Connie Stetson offers up a parable for today?s post, and like all classic parables, her story illustrates a moral lesson. Leave it to Connie to find humor and wisdom in unwanted facial hair.
?Up until the time of the Menopause, the Swedish ruled the Queendom of Connie,? she writes. ?Fair, liberal, and free of excess body hair, they ruled all parts of the Connie with good judgment, equilibrium and ease?. Little did she suspect that just under the skin, awaiting some deep genetic signal, a coarser, darker presence was lurking.?
Find out what lurks beneath and the lesson learned, read " A Parable of Woe or A 'Hairy-Tale'" at http://www.fiftyisthenew.com
From the hokey pokey to the horn of plenty, simple thanks to random acts, our Fifty is the New correspondents have much to be thankful for. We?ve all got an attitude about gratitude, this month?s theme.
Visit http://www.fiftyisthenew to read all the posts, or link on one below. Check them out and share your thoughts. All of us at Fifty is the New wish you a Happy Thanksgiving!
"I am grateful for everyday sensuality: a big cozy cashmere shawl, a hand on the small of my back, my kitty?s deep purr, the velvet voice of Ella Fitzgerald while taking a candlelit bath, Brazilian music (not waxes), robust red wine and of course chocolate."
?Cathy Fischer, ?Horn of Plenty: Nuts and Chews?
http://www.fiftyisthenew.com/2008/11/26/horn-of-plenty-nuts-and-chews/
?I?m extra grateful for no longer having to send diplomatic emails to undecided friends and relatives about why Obama was the better, more reasonable choice. Diplomacy didn?t work; I still got called a ?hater? for calling Sarah Palin dumb.?
?Carine Fabius, ?Gratitude for the Least Among Us?
http://www.fiftyisthenew.com/2008/11/26/gratitude-for-the-least-among-us/
?Ahhhh, but where would we all be without the glory of our gal pals reflecting real the truth back to us? I think this is where real evolution takes place, sitting across the table from a dear friend, the kind of friend who is willing to say what is real when it?s necessary.?
?Melissa Howden, ?Hokey Pokey Revival?
http://www.fiftyisthenew.com/2008/11/26/hokey-pokey-revival/
?The uniquely American celebration of Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday of the year?.?
?Christie Healey, ?Simply Giving Thanks?
http://www.fiftyisthenew.com/2008/11/25/simply-giving-thanks/
?Clearly, I?m thankful for the good stuff in my life?health, family, friends, Obama?s election, yada, yada, yada, but not to acknowledge and be grateful for the near-misses would shortchange what I know to be true??
?Prudence Baird, ?The Kindness of Random Acts?
http://www.fiftyisthenew.com/2008/11/25/the-kindness-of-random-acts/
?My silly, secular, passing bright, but not very deep brain, is having a rough time wrapping itself around a subject this philosophical??
?Connie Stetson. ?On Gratitude?
http://www.fiftyisthenew.com/2008/11/25/on-gratitude/
First of all, I?m really grateful that this election is over.
Second thing is, after commiserating with a disheartened friend whose husband voted for McCain, let me say I?m really, really grateful that mine voted for Obama. Perish the thought of having to fight about that seriously pesky issue in between wiseass comments about stray socks [...]
Photo by Cathy Fischer
A new friend wrote to me recently and said, ?Thank You for living fully.?
This caused me to pause.
On first reading my inclination was to discount her perception saying to myself,
?Oh I don?t really do that, I am just doing what shows up.?
Now I wonder why my first instinct is almost always to [...]
The uniquely American celebration of Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday of the year. When I started to write this blog I was trying to list all of the things I am thankful for. Then it occurred to me how simple this annual celebration is. Just before winter comes we are prompted to reflect on the [...]
Someone once warned me, ?Don?t be grateful for what you don?t have. Be grateful for what you do have.?
Here?s my response based on 50+ years of living: ?Nonsense.?
I?m very grateful for what I don?t have and I don?t think for a second that this attitude devalues my overwhelming appreciation for what I do have.
Clearly, I?m [...]
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