hi all some cyber-family-members feel the need to leave the list for awhile or stop sending in messages; some members tend to interpret these 'losses' in a negative way the causes may be anything at all e.g. noted in the past few days: ...there was so much e-mail I had to get off for a while... ...Brazil. I will be signing off this evening for a couple of weeks... ...I've been off-line for a couple of months now, so have missed a lot... ...I have been on nomail for most of the summer... ...problems over the last few months which have stopped me contributing... i feel most comfortable when there is a certain amount of balance in things; listing to the negative causes me extreme 'no'-tion-sickness i have decided to officially re-announce one of my missions since i have just re-discovered it it's all about full glasses and the sunny sides of the street this is part of the motivation behind all the news articles i post i am impressed that delda white sent in these words: >...I always post on the list when my mom (Joyce, >69/1) isn't doing well. Just thought I'd post >that for 2 days now she's felt a bit better... in my humble opinion awfulizing and catastrophizing can result in a boat-load of negativity that lists so far to one side as to cause capsizability which is the ultimate in ridiculosity the miracle is that we are here when we need us your cyber-sibling janet http://www.newcountry.nu/pd/members/janet/index.htm 51/10 - almonte/ontario/canada - [log in to unmask] janet paterson