I thought I'd post a picture that shockingly proves there are ghosts walking around in Pompei, Italy (if you look closely, you can see him, toga and all, just behind my son and me)! (click on the picture to enlarge)
HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYBODY!
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6 responses to “Ghosts of Italy Wish You A Happy New Year!”
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As always I love your sense of humor. It’s late and I’ve not been feeling well the past few days but, after enlarging the picture and searching for 30 seconds, I finally got. God Bless you and your family in this great new year.
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Hi Chris. Thank you for all you have done for the TEAM in 2008. My wife and I had an opportunity to meet Terri at the seminar in Calgary, Alberta a while back but did not get the opportunity to shake your hand. You have both had a huge impact on us and our business and we appreciate it beyond description.
LLR was what prompted me to begin thinking about my purpose. I had been a graphic/web designer for 15 years at that point and was just going through the motions. I was bored, hopeless and not expecting anything to change. About half way through LLR though I realized that I am meant to lead. Life has been amazingly vibrant and exciting since that realization. I am only just starting that journey but it has been incredible. Thank you!
By the way, in the nightowl video posted on the TEAM website you mentioned that real men drink from the bottle. I thought you might get a kick out of an unprompted photo of our four year old son, Graeme. You can see it at http://www.bakhen.ca/images/chug.jpg. Enjoy!
All the best to you and yours in 2009. Please give our love (and a hug) to Terri for us.LikeLike
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Toga!
I did a double-take on this after enlarging the picture, Chris. That guy behind you, looks shockingly like George Carlin! Ghosts, indeed!
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Chris:
“HAPPY NEW YEAR”
Advice for All
on New Year’s Day
Ann Landers
Let this coming year be better than all the others. Vow to do some of the things you’ve always wanted to do but couldn’t find the time.
Call up a forgotten friend. Drop an old grudge, and replace it with some pleasant memories.
Share a funny story with someone whose spirits are dragging. A good laugh can be very good medicine.
Vow not to make a promise you don’t think you can keep.
Give a soft answer.
Free yourself of envy and malice.
Encourage some youth to do his or her best. Share your experience, and offer support. Young people need role models.
Make a genuine effort to stay in closer touch with family and good friends.
Resolve to stop magnifying small problems and shooting from the lip. Words that you have to eat can be hard to digest.
Find the time to be kind and thoughtful. All of us have the same allotment: 24 hours a day. Give a compliment. It might give someone a badly needed lift.
Think things through. Forgive an injustice. Listen more. Be kind.
Apologize when you realize you are wrong. An apology never diminishes a person. It elevates him.
Don’t blow your own horn. If you’ve done something praiseworthy, someone win notice eventually.
Try to understand a point of view that is different from your own. Few things are 100 percent one way or another.
Examine the demands you make on others.
Lighten up. When you feel like blowing your top, ask yourself, “Will it matter a week from today?”
Laugh the loudest when the joke is on you.
The sure way to have a friend is to be one. We are all connected by our humanity, and we need each other.
Avoid malcontents and pessimists. They drag you down and contribute nothing.
Don’t discourage a beginner from trying something risky. Nothing ventured means nothing gained. Be optimistic. The can-do spirit is the fuel that makes things go.
Go to war against animosity and complacency.
Express your gratitude. Give credit when it’s due… and even when it isn’t. It will make you look good.
Read something uplifting. Deep-six the trash. You wouldn’t eat garbage… why put it in your head?
Don’t abandon your old-fashioned principles. They never go out of style.
When courage is needed, ask yourself, “If not me, who? If not now, when?”
Take better care of yourself. Remember, you’re all you’ve got. Pass up that second helping. You really don’t need it. Vow to eat more sensibly. You’ll feel better and look better, too.
Don’t put up with secondhand smoke. Nobody has the right to pollute your air or give you cancer. If someone says, “This is a free country,” remind him or her that the country may be free, but no person is free if he has a habit he can’t control.
Return those books you borrowed. Reschedule that missed dental appointment. Clean out your closet. Take those photos out of the drawer and put them in an album. If you see litter on the sidewalk, pick it up instead of walking over it.
Give yourself a reality check. Phoniness is transparent, and it is tiresome. Take pleasure in the beauty and the wonders of nature. A flower is God’s miracle.
Walk tall, and smile more. You’ll look 10 years younger.
Don’t be afraid to say, “I love you.” Say it again. They are the sweetest words in the world.
If you have love in your life, consider yourself blessed, and vow to make this the best year ever.LikeLike
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Chris,
My New Year’s thoughts prompted by your ghost are reminiscent of Charles Dickens “A Christmas Carol.”
May your ghost not be a Ghost of New Year’s Pasts, who reminds us of past mistakes, things we regret and truly wish to forget.
May your ghost not be the Ghost of New Year’s Yet To Come, who causes us to fear our future, should we continue in paths of error.
Instead, may your ghost be the Ghost of New Year’s Present, a happy and joyful fellow who reminds us of the joys and pleasures of living in the moment, enjoying the journey and knowing change that revolutionizes our futures can begin now.
Happy New Year!!LikeLike
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He looks a little too much like dexter yager for me….. I have the urge to buy irrelevant tools right now.
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