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Good Will Hunting
26 March 1998, Thursday

After watching the Academy Awards the other night, I finally gave in and went to another Movie. AND . . . I'm glad I did!

This afternoon I saw "Good Will Hunting"! If You haven't seen it yet, then put it on your LIST of Movies to go see! A Fantastic Movie!

I am a Robin Williams Fan anyway. He was Great! I'm really surprised that they didn't get more of the awards, but I guess Hollywood as their own little politics, also. Too bad it had to compete against the special effects of "Titanic". I saw both Movies and I liked both Movies. They both outshined the Movie "This Is As Good As It Gets" with Jack Nicholson. BUT . . . That is my opinion.

I'm not going to tell you about the Movie. You just need to see it for yourself. Follow your heart and dreams and check this movie out.

See Y'all later!  Linda (Oakie)

31 March 1998, Tuesday 

I found the following the other day and wanted to share with eveyone. It has to do with "Realizing the Power of Your Own Thoughts".

If you were to become aware of only one mental dynamic, the most important one to know about would be the relationship between your thinking and the way you feel.

It is important to realize that you are constantly thinking. Don’t be fooled into believing that you are already aware of this fact! Think, for a moment, about your breathing. Until this moment, when you are reading this sentence, you had certainly lost sight of the fact that you were doing it. The truth is, unless you are out of breath, you simply forget that it’s occurring.

Thinking works in the same way. Because you’re always doing it, it’s easy to forget that it’s happening, and it becomes invisible to you. Unlike breathing, however, forgetting that you are thinking can cause some serious problems in your life, such as unhappiness, anger, inner conflicts, and stress. The reason this is true is that your thinking will always come back to you as a feeling; there is a point-to point relationship.

Try getting angry without first having angry thoughts! Okay, now try feeling stressed out without first having stressful thoughts – or sad without sad thoughts – or jealous without thoughts of jealousy. You can’t do it – it’s impossible. The truth is, in order to experience a feeling; you must first have a thought that produces that feeling.

Unhappiness doesn’t and can’t exist on its own. Unhappiness is the feeling that accompanies negative thinking about your life. In the absence of that thinking, the unhappiness, Or stress. Or jealousy can’t exist. There is nothing to hold your negative feelings in place other than you own thinking. The next time you’re feeling upset, notice your thinking-it will be negative. Remind yourself that it’s your thinking that is negative, not your life. This simple awareness will be the first step in putting you back on the path toward happiness. It takes practice, but you can get to the point where you treat your negative thoughts in much the same way you would treat flies at a picnic: You shoo them away and get on with your day. . . . By: Richard Carlson, Taken from his book titled: "Don’t Sweat The Small Stuff…and it's all small stuff"

THINK ON THESE THINGS: Do not undermine your worth by comparing yourself with others. It is because we are different That each of us is special. Do not set your goals by what other people deem important. Only you know what is best for you. Do not take for granted the things closest to your heart. Cling to them as you would your life, for without them, life is meaningless. Do not let your life slip through your fingers by living in the past nor for the future. By living your life one day at a time, you live all the days of your life. Do not give up when you still have something to give. Nothing is really over until the moment you stop trying. It is a fragile thread that binds us to each other. Do not be afraid to encounter risks. It is by taking chances that we learn how to be brave......by Ralph

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