Positive Power – What is

‘DWYSYWD’?

 

1-Minute Weekly Prescription of Positive Power!
Issue #135: by Joe DePalma and ReadySetRise.com

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*** Positive Pills of the Week ***
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Pill #1 – STUPID, NAÏVE, OR WISE? — AND CONSERVING ENERGY

“The stupid neither forgive or forget.
The naïve forgive and forget.
The wise forgive but do not forget.”

-Thomas Szasz, M.D.
Psychiatrist and Author

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“It takes only 17 muscles to smile
and it takes 47 muscles
to frown.”

Why waste energy?”

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Pill #2 – THE TEN MOST IMPORTANT WORDS IN ANY LOVING RELATIONSHIP

“1. Trust

2. Intimacy

3. Communication

4. Commitment

5. Love

6. Friendship

7. Patience

8. Humor

9. Flexibility

10. Forgiveness”

Source:
“Love”
by, Gregory J.P Godek

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*** Positive Shot of the Week ***
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WHAT IS “DWYSYWD”…AND 9/11

>From the moment the attack began on September 11, 2001, Rudolph
Giuliani, the Mayor of New York City, seemed to be everywhere
giving his fellow New Yorkers a shoulder to lean on.

He seemed to be tireless.

But no one could possibly blame Mayor Giuliani if he had forgotten
about Diane Gorumba during this time.

Diane’s mother had met the mayor at her son’s wake.

Michael Gorumba, a New York City firefighter, died of a heart
attack while he was on duty on August 28, 2001.

At Michael’s wake, Diane’s mom tearfully explained to Mayor
Giuliani that Diane no longer had a father, grandfather, or, now, a
brother to give her away at her wedding. Mom asked the mayor if he
would help the family by giving her daughter away at the September
16 ceremony. The mayor said he would be honored.

Then September 11 . . .

On Diane’s wedding day — a Sunday afternoon just five days after
the disaster — everyone in St. James Lutheran Church in Brooklyn
was hoping that the mayor didn’t forget

The groom, a New York City police officer, took his place at the
altar.

Five minutes later, those waiting inside the church heard cheers
coming from those outside the church.

The mayor had arrived as he promised he would.

He had been standing up for an entire city for five straight days
and now he was going to stand up for Diane Gorumba.

Behind the beautiful bride, her elderly grandmother whispered, “God
bless you, Rudy. God bless you, Rudy.”

— adapted from a story in the Los Angeles Times

– Joe DePalma and ReadySetRise.com

Positive Power – What is ‘DWYSYWD’?