Joy
 
                                                                                                            EYCK, Jan van
                                                                                                            The Annunciation,  1435
         
                                                                                                   Oil, transferred from wood to canvas
                                                                                                            National Gallery of Art, Washington
 
        Joy is a return to the deep harmony of body, mind and spirit 
                that was yours at birth and can be yours again.
                That openness to love,
                that capacity for wholeness with the world around you,
                is still within you.
                                                    ~ Deepak Chopra
 
Joy, rather than happiness, is the goal of life,
for joy is the emotion which accompanies
our fulfilling our natures as human beings.
It is based on the experience of one's identity
as a being of worth and dignity.
                                                      ~ Rollo May
 
 
   
O little town of Bethlehem
How still we see thee lie
Above thy deep and dreamless sleep
The silent stars go by
Yet in thy dark streets shineth
The everlasting Light
The hopes and fears of all the years
Are met in thee tonight

For Christ is born of Mary
And gather'd all above
While mortals sleep, the angels keep
Their watch of wond'ring love
O morning stars together
Proclaim the holy birth
And praises sing to God the King
And Peace to men on earth

How silently, how silently
The wondrous gift is giv'n!
So God imparts to human hearts
The blessings of His heav'n.
No ear may hear His coming,
But in this world of sin,
Where meek souls will receive him still,
The dear Christ enters in.
 
O holy Child of Bethlehem
Descend to us, we pray
Cast out our sin and enter in
Be born to us today
We hear the Christmas angels
The great glad tidings tell
O come to us, abide with us
Our Lord Emmanuel
                ~ Written By: Phillips Brooks
                ~ Music By: Lewis H. Redner
 
 
A few of the reasons why it has been a VERY fattening week!!!
 
Senior Resource Center Advisory Council Luncheon
Mount Vernon Country Club
12-07-04
 
 
Wednesday Morning Breakfast Club at LePeep
12-08-04
 
 
Radio City Christmas Spectacular
Buell Theatre
12-08-04
 
P.F. Chang's
12-09-04
 
 
Rotary Breakfast at El Rancho
12-10-04
 
Hilltop Restaurant
Golden, Colorado
12-10-04
 
 
 
                                        Dear God,   
                        Please take care of Mommy and Daddy and my little sister   
                    and Gramma and all of the people in the world - and please, God,
                    take good care of yourself because if anything happens to you, we
                    are in the soup.       
                                                       ~ Dick Van Dyke, Faith, Hope, and Hilarity
                                           
                                                   
 
 
 
December 12, 2004    Third Sunday of Advent