Words - Ilana Moshel

On Fri, Jan 27, 2012 at 5:47 PM, Dr. Lisa Earle wrote:

-------Original Message-------
From: Ilana Moshel
Date: 1/27/2012 7:32:12 AM

Wonderfully described


CIGARETTE:
A pinch of tobacco
rolled in paper
with fire at one end
and a fool at the other!

MARRIAGE:
It's an agreement
wherein
a man loses his bachelor degree
and a woman gains her master

LECTURE:
An art of transmitting Information
from the notes of the lecturer
to the notes of students
without passing through the minds
of either

CONFERENCE:
The confusion of one man
multiplied by the
number present

COMPROMISE:
The art of dividing
a cake in such a way that
everybody believes
he got the biggest piece

TEARS:
The hydraulic force by which
masculine will power is
defeated by feminine water-power!

CONFERENCE ROOM:
A place where everybody talks,
nobody listens
and everybody disagrees later on

ECSTASY:
A feeling when you feel
you are going to feel
a feeling
you have never felt before

CLASSIC:
A book
which people praise,
but never read

SMILE:
A curve
that can set
a lot of things straight!

OFFICE:
A place
where you can relax
after your strenuous
home life

YAWN:
The only time
when some married men
ever get to open
their mouth

EXPERIENCE:
The name
men give
to their
Mistakes

DIPLOMAT:
A person
who tells you
to go to hell
in such a way
that you actually look forward
to the trip

OPTIMIST:
A person
who while falling
from EIFFEL TOWER
says in midway
"SEE I AM NOT INJURED YET!"

MISER:
A person
who lives poor
so that
he can die RICH!


FATHER:
A banker
provided by
nature

BOSS:
Someone
who is early
when you are late
and late
when you are early

POLITICIAN:
One who
shakes your Hand before elections
and your Confidence later

DOCTOR:
A person who kills
your ills by pills,
and kills you
by his bills!

Unexpected Hugs

Life is filled with unexpected hugs.

- Elaine Singer.

A quote from Elaine Singer. She felt compelled to visited her daughter Susan's grave in the Jewish cemetary in Ft Lauderdale that day. Looking up and over and saw my father and sister's (Simon and Suzie). Then upon arriving home, she found a letter waiting from my mother.

I love this quote.

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Associated with email-thread surrounding this photo Elaine found recently of our Confirmation group at Temple Emanu-El.

...Feeling Halfway Better Than Yesterday...

Man muss halt von Tag zu Tag immer auf das Gute sehen und dankbar sein, wenn man sich halbwegs besser fuehlt als gestern.

- Dr. Lisa Ruden-Earle

"One must stop from day to day, to always see the good in and be thankful for finding himself feeling halfway better than yesterday!"

Great quote on the human-condition, from one of my greatest sources of inspiration.


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-------Original Message-------
From: Dr. Lisa Earle

...sharing (for your German practice...:)))





-------Original Message-------
From: Walter & Ariane Roy
Date: 1/9/2012 12:30:12 PM
To: Lisa Earle
Subject: Hallo

Dear Lisa

Thank you for your frequent e-mails! The last one was very funny and brings the e-mail-problem to the point!!!!

Weiter in Deutsch:
Ich freue mich immer von dir zu hören, und dass es dir mit dem Herzschrittmacher besser geht. Kannst du wieder ohne Rollstuhl in den Pool??
Walter war heute nochmals zur Abklärung seiner Darmkrämpfe im Spital. Seine Werte sind alle gut. Die Ursache seiner Krämpfe sind scheinbar Verdauungsreste, die im Darm stecken bleiben. Da gibt es nur eine Durchspühlung des Darmes, wozu er einen bis 2 Tage im Spital bleiben müsste. Das will er natürlich nicht und geht lieber mit Krämpfen und Appetitlosigkeit herum. Du kennst Walter. Sein Sturkopf ist zeitweise wirklich schwer erträglich! Er will nicht wahrhaben, dass seine Unlust beim Essen auch für mich nicht gerade appetitfördernd ist. Aber es ist sein Körper und er muss auf seine Weise damit klar kommen.
Generell, sollst du wissen, hat Walter sehr abgebaut. Er ist sehr mager geworden und bewegt sich nur mehr sehr langsam fort. Er weist plötzlich greisenhafte Züge auf. Trotz allem kann er immer noch die Treppen gehen und sich selber anziehen, was mich freut. Unser war das gemeinsame Essen. Ich hoffe sehr, dass in der wärmeren Jahreszeit Walter wieder mehr Appetit bekommt. Das würde die zwischenmenschliche Atmosphäre deutlich verbessern.
Anbei noch einigen Bilder von Weihnachten mit Simon, die dich sicher freuen werden.

Ich umarme dich fest und freue mich, dass es dich gibt!!!!!!

Much Love from all of us!
Ariane




-------Original Message-------
From: Dr. Lisa Earle
Date: 1/9/2012 2:20:18 PM
Subject: Re: Hallo

Meine liebe Ariane-

Vielen Dank fuer deinen E-brief, der die jetzige Situation so richtig vormalt. Wie man hier in English sagt: "Old age is not for Sissies"( Das Alter ist nicht fuer Feiglinge (((

Es ist so schwer sich mit den verschiedenen Alterserscheinungen abzufinden und I kann es verstehen was Walter (und auch du, die ihn versucht zu helfen) jetzt durchgehen...

Auf English:

I also had a pretty difficult year (Von einem Spital nach dem Andern...), the pacemaker seems to help a lot, but this Blood condition (MDS - Mylodiplastic Syndrome - check it with Google) where I have to check my Hemoglobin and the White Corpuscles every 3 weeks,seem to make me fairly weak, but I am doing the Best I am able to do. Yes, I still let Julie take me down to the pool in the Wheel chair, my legs are giving me too much pain, if I use them going uphill especially. I am getting Physical Therapy twice a week (at home) which are quite helpful.

Man mus halt von Tag zu Tag immer auf das Gute sehen und dankbar sein , wenn man sich halbwegs besser fuehlt als gestern (? May be?)

Bitte gib Walter meine innigsten Wuensche fuer eine schnelle Verbesserung der Magen Situation - Ich habe auch aehnliche Schwierigkeiten - wenig Appetit. Gib ihm wenig Fleisch und meistens gekochtes Gemuese - aber sicherlich wird sein Herr Doctor ihm eine Diet vorschreiben. (Ich nehme "Metamusil" (check with Google)_ fuer die bessere Ausleerung des Darmes - das scheint zu helfen.

Ariane Darling, ich umarme dich und wuensch dir und Walter und deinen Buben ein Prosit (und vor Allen) gesundes, Neujahr!

Alles Liebe, Lisa





-------Original Message-------
2012/1/10 Dave R wrote:

Hallo Ariane!
I am sorry to hear of Walter's discomfort and loss of appetite. A quick note in case it might be helpful... Pam said to think about food or drink that might help moving digestion along. For example: Water (ALWAYS important), mineral oil, laxative (Abfuehrmittel?).

The cilia (Zilien? - Haerchen in dem Darm) that move digestion along may be damaged or not working so well. Think of food or drink that move through easily.

Hope this letter is not an unwanted intrusion.

Love to you both, from both of us...
---Dave and Pammie.

PS: Ich wuerde auf Deutsch schreiben, aber das Thema ist wichtig.




-------Original Message-------
From: Dave R
Date: 1/10/2012 2:29:36 PM
To: Dr. Lisa Earle
Subject: Re: Fw: Hallo

Man mus halt von Tag zu Tag immer auf das Gute sehen und dankbar sein , wenn man sich halbwegs besser fuehlt als gestern

Is this your own quote?
It's a very good comment to the human-condition :))).

Ich genoss die deutsche Leseuebungen (oy this German multi-word construction!).
---D.






-------Original Message-------
2012/1/10 Dr. Lisa Earle wrote:

...my own quote )))

(sometimes I surprise myself and instead of borrowing someone else's thoughts, I do think for myself, especially when writing in my mother tongue (German)...

Thanks also for sharing your sensible advise to Ariane and Walter =I agree totally and I am hoping that it will be helpful ! Love to both of you for thinking in this direction! I am certain they will also appreciate it.

Love, MOM

Thought of the Day

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From: Dr. Lisa Earle
Date: January 05, 2012, 12:45pm

THOUGHT OF THE DAY:

"Seize the moments of happiness, love and be loved! That is the only reality in the world, all else is folly."

- Leo Tolstoy

Thought of the Day

I like this one...!


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From: Dr. Lisa Earle
Date: Dec 26, 2011 at 10:48 AM
Subject: !!!


THOUGHT OF THE DAY:

"The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances; if there is any reaction, both are transformed."

- Carl Jung

The New Kindle

I got mom a Kindle Reader as a wedding gift last month. looks like she's finally starting to enjoy it. 

WooHoo!

Andrea Hirschhorn on Facebook

Lifted from a conversation Mom had with Andrea on Facebook.com
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Andrea Hirschhorn commented:
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Die Gedanken sind frei

Thoughts are free, who can guess them? They flee by like nocturnal shadows. No man can know them, no hunter can shoot them with powder and lead: Thoughts are free!...




Lisa Earle commented:
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Die GEdanken sind frei, wer kann sie erraten?
Sie gehen forbei wie naechtliche Schatten!
Kein Mensch kann sie wissen, kein Koerper einschliessn...

Ich bleibe dabei:Die Gedanken sind frei...by Friedrich von Schiller!
Thanks for sending this wonderfu poem - I remember it so well!
love, Lisa.



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Lisa Earle commented:
I wish we could meet someday...we have a lot in common...How do you like China?



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Andrea Hirschhorn commented:
Way back we watched a disturbing BBC documentary about Hans Litten, that's where I came across the poem. Very powerful!



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Andrea Hirschhorn commented:
And on the other note - we love it here. Challenges at every corner but we truly enjoy it! Plus haven't given up on visiting you!
Would love to meet one day...