Hello my dawlinks! My apologies for the long absence. My friend Esther, you remember her from the first thing I wrote? Well, she wasn't feeling well so I went to take care of her and Marvin. Oy vey! Marvin. Such a mensch as I've never met. I thought my husband was a wonderful man but Marvin was willing to do everything and anything necessary for Esther. My dawlinks, at first I thought it was wonderful. They've been married for 52 years and he's still so in love with her that he slaves over her. It was beautiful and brought tears to my eyes.
After an hour, a light bulb went on in my head. My grandson would be very angry if I wasn't specific about what type of light bulb so let's say it was one of those new fangled energy savers, you know one of those curly Q things, so it came on slowly. Esther isn't feeling well because she's not moving around enough maybe? Marvin's bushed becaused all he does is run around for her. Esther's self esteem is dred (Yiddish for in the ground) and she looks like a shlubb (again with the Yiddish which means unkept). In the meantime Marvin is wasting away to next to nothing, poor man and was at the end of his rope which is why I was called. Now listen Kindlech (children), I'm no miracle worker but I've been known to pull a few interesting things out of my little hand bag once in a while.
So we start from the beginning like that Julie Andrews woman said in the Sound Of Music, great movie by the way, you should see it. Little victories dawlinks, thats all, little victories. So at this point you're probably shaking your head and wondering if your Yenta has lost her mind, no? It's simple. Think for a moment, you cheer on a team when you're watching them on your TV and they can't hear you. Why don't you cheer yourself on? So? You want an example? Of course you do.
Did you brush your teeth? "yea" You say that outloud and in the mirror. After you get out of bed, "I did it!" For every little detail you accomplish, you give yourself a cheer. You might feel silly about it, even if you're by yourself but trust your Yenta, dawlinks, it'll make a difference in how you feel about yourself. It's helping Esther and Marvin is finally had a chance to plotz on the couch and rest. He's catching up on Dr. Oz. Thanks be to G-d for Tivo.
Go on, give it try. You've read this, now give yourself a cheer. It couldn't hurt!
Your Yenta!
Yenta Tellabenta is truly a 'creation' for outreach and education with Lumigrate.com through storytelling and reinforcement of key concepts related to body, mind, spirit. Written by a very talented and somewhat mysterious younger wise woman who found her way to Lumigrate the summer of 2009, we hope you enjoy having your own Yenta with us at Lumigrate! Yenta (meaning 'town gossip' or 'connector') has a dedicated Forum at Lumigrate at http://www.lumigrate.com/forums/health-issuesdis-eases/fibro... [1] and can also be found on facebook.
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I was in this Forum looking at what's all here because we'll be having a NEW spiritual writer joining us soon (maybe even today!) and we were communicating about where and what and how and who ... and of course that brought me to referring to Yenta. I noticed that Yenta wrote this on December 7, 2009, so today is 12/7/10 and I thought I'd repost this on facebook since it's just ALWAYS good to see Yenta's face! And what she writes is so timeless and is good 'year after year!'. THANK YOU, Yenta! For giving us so much to think about, laugh about, and an example of how we weave and integrate things at Lumigrate.com -- the Grate Group is quite something!
~~ Mardy
Live and Learn. Learn and Live Better! is my motto. I'm Mardy Ross, and I founded Lumigrate in 2008 after a career as an occupational therapist with a background in health education and environmental research program administration. Today I function as the desk clerk for short questions people have, as well as 'concierge' services offered for those who want a thorough exploration of their health history and direction to resources likely to progress their health according to their goals. Contact Us comes to me, so please do if you have questions or comments. Lumigrate is "Lighting the Path to Health and Well-Being" for increasing numbers of people. Follow us on social networking sites such as: Twitter: http://twitter.com/lumigrate [3] and Facebook. (There is my personal page and several Lumigrate pages. For those interested in "groovy" local education and networking for those uniquely talented LumiGRATE experts located in my own back yard, "LumiGRATE Groove of the Grand Valley" is a Facebook page to join. (Many who have joined are beyond our area but like to see the Groovy information! We not only have FUN, we are learning about other providers we can be referring patients to and 'wearing a groove' to each other's doors -- or websites/home offices!) By covering some of the things we do, including case examples, it reinforces the concepts at Lumigrate.com as well as making YOU feel that you're part of a community. Which you ARE at Lumigrate!