Posted on 12/19/2003 8:15:26 PM PST by carlo3b
Someone Loves you, more than you know...Everyone, every single person on this earth has someone that loves them. Everyone!
This magical time of the year is when we turn our attentions and our thoughts to all of the special people in our lives that we love above all others. Most every faith, creed, and nationality has some special season that is set aside to ponder on our emotions, and the real meaning of life. For many, this is a Holy time, the Holiest time of the year. It is a time of faith, of reflections on our past, rejoicing in our good fortunes, and the expectations of our future. It bring us together for celebration, and for many it reminds us of those who we love from afar and brings back memories of those far beyond.
For most of us, these are the happiest time of the year, and we look forward to these days with excitement and joy. But for some of us, far too many, these are emotional times, stressful, and lonely times. While the world around us seemingly enthralled with the celebrations, it has a deepening sadness for others, and since the majority of us are thrilled at moment, I'd like us to think about those less fortunate.
I was fearful to bring this subject to the fore at this time of the year, as it is too often, for less than charitable reasons, we are punished for our good fortune and made to feel guilty for our happiness, no matter how hard fought to achieve it. However, it is the exact opposite that I want us, you and I, for just a moment, to focus on those who can't, or won't, or unfortunately, those truly unable to share in the glory of these holidays.
Love, is the secret, love is the answer, and being in love is summit of our lives. The deeper in love we are, the closer to the surface is our emotions. Love is the driving force that brings Kings to tears, and paupers to euphoria. We love, because we need love, and we are born wired to give and receive love. Which is why the absence of love is so devastating, and those who don't feel loved, are so very sad.
When we are painfully reminded of our emptiness, as in the season of love like the holidays, that we are without someone special to share love that we feel most lonely. Everyone needs love. Babies left untouched, and unloved after birth will invariable die, or left emotionally scared for life. We all need to be loved and we all, need to love someone or something to fulfill our existence. Loneliness is an unnecessary crime, and loveless emptiness is a death sentence.
But are we really unloved, or are we alone? Being alone isn't as bad as being unloved. Are we alone by choice, or have we been forgotten, or left behind? There are very few good reasons to truly be alone in this world. If you can read this, you are never alone. If you have access to a phone, a TV, a neighbor, or a friend, you are never really alone. However, if you are unloved, now that is a problem. Are you unloved? Or, sadly, are you unlovable? Have you become bitter and unapproachable perhaps because of loneliness? Only you know the answer, but I have an answer that you may not know. Someone Loves you, yes YOU, more than you know.
Everybody is loved by someone, yes even you. GOD loves you, and nothing that you can do, or have done changes that. Sometime GOD uses things to do his work for Him, He is GOD after all, and has those kind of perks. Sometime GOD uses my puppy Zeke, to bring love to someone that needs to feel loved. I know, don't ask me how, that GOD uses my puppy, and millions of his cousins in all different shapes and sizes, to bring true love to a lonely older person, or even worse, a shy withdrawn child.
Sometimes GOD, without your knowledge, even uses you, yes you, to bring love to someone devastated in loneliness. He may remind you, out of the clear blue sky to call someone left alone, sick, or maybe forgotten. Sometime GOD may even makes you smile at a stranger or remind you to hug a kid or worse your own spouse..YIKES! And sometime, and again don't ask me how I know, GOD uses even me to do something I seem to always forget.. that is to tell you that..
.....I LOVE YOU SO VERY MUCH, ...MORE THAN YOU KNOW.. kiss...... developing ... :)
MERRY CHRISTMAS and HAPPY NEW YEAR
I LOVE YOU!
Sweet mystery of life at last I found you a LowCarb Chocolate Cake 1) Heat margarine, chocolate, milk, apricot preserves, and espresso crystals in small saucepan, whisking frequently, until chocolate is almost melted.
- 6 tablespoons margarine
- 4 ounces unsweetened chocolate
- 1/3 cup skim milk
- 1/3 cup Sugarless apricot spreadable fruit
- 2 teaspoons instant espresso coffee crystals
- 1 egg yolk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 10 3/4 teaspoons Sugar Substitute
- 3 egg whites
- 1/8 teaspoon cream of tartar
- 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
2) Remove pan from head; continue whisking until chocolate is melted and mixture is smooth.
3) Whisk in egg yolk and vanilla; add sugar substitute whisking until smooth. Beat egg whites and cream of tartar to stiff peaks in large bowl.
4) Fold chocolate mixture into egg whites; fold in combined flour and salt.
5) Lightly grease bottom of 9-inch round cake pan and line with parchment or baking paper. Pour cake batter into pan.Bake in preheated 350 degree F oven until cake is just firm when lightly touched, 18 to 20 minutes, and toothpick comes out clean (do not over bake).
Carefully loosen side of cake from pan with small sharp knife, which will keep cake from cracking as it cools. Cool cake completely in pan on wire rack; refrigerate until chilled, 1 to 2 hours.Remove cake from pan and place on serving plate.
Spread with Chocolate icing, unless your nuts.."" in that case, spread with whipped cream or a cream substitute and sprinkle with crushes pecans!""Serving size: 1 piece
Yield: 12
Nutrition:139 Calories, 3g Protein, 11g Carbohydrate, 11g FatThe Icing on the Chocolate Cake
1) Heat milk and chocolate in small saucepan, whisking frequently, until almost melted, remove from heat and whisk until chocolate is melted and smooth.
- 1/2 cup skim milk
- 2 ounces unsweetened chocolate, cut into small pieces
- 3 1/2 teaspoons Sugar substitute
2) Whisk in Sugar substitute. Cool to room temperature, refrigerate glaze, if necessary, until thickened enough to spread.Serving Size:1/12 of recipe
Yield: 12
30 calories, 1g Protein, 3g Carbohydrate, 3g Fat
Yummmmmmmmmmm! I resign ... :)
I won't ask what goes on in your kitchen while you're cooking...
I'd offer to be your proofreader, but I make too many spelling errors of my own. Thanks for the laugh :)
Bwhahahahaah should read "Remove pan from Heat, and go to the head before continuing, because the next step is long" protecting against the (are we there yet syndrome).. Thanks for the catch.. *<]8^)~
YIKES, that too.. :) LOLOLOLOL
I'm up to my neck in wrapping paper, ribbons and bows! I LOVE wrapping presents! I HATE shopping though...
You are just an impossible romantic....sigh. . :)
Thanks. ;-)
Best wishes from downunder.
Thank you my FRiend, and a very happy holiday to you and yours, keep the sunnyside up.. :)
Candlelight, and a cold, cold night, and una notte di amore.. sighSteamed Clams with Garlic Wine Broth
1) Scrub the clams, discarding any that have already fully opened.
- 2 dozen raw steamer clams, cherrystone, or littleneck (refrigerated in salted water until ready to cook )
- 1/2 cup butter
- 4 to 6 cloves garlic, peeled and thinly sliced
- 1/4 cup dry white wine
- 1 cup chicken broth
2) Melt butter in a large pot over low to medium heat.
3) Add garlic and sauté until aromatic; do not allow garlic to brown.
4) Drain clams and add to pot. Add wine, chicken broth, reduce heat to low, and cover pot.
5) Steam 10 to 15 minutes or until the majority of the clams have opened. Discard any clams that have not yet opened.
Serve in bowls with broth, with a good crusty bread to sop up the broth.
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