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lonelyaztec

Dear Freinds on IM,

Happy Christmas to all of you.

And Hapy New Year.

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indira

Happy Christmas and a prosperous New Year, with peace, health and happiness to you too, and all IM peeps.

IVAN

And a happy Christmas to you too, and to everyone.

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larki55

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to everyone.
May this New Year bring us closer to peace.

seventies'hippy

Happy Christmas Everyone, however you might celebrate,,,,,,,,,,,,,
May our many roads meet & pass by safely in 2006

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cyberhippie

The weather has broken, there's a nip in the air and Binsar recieved it's first covering of snow, kumaoni music in the background, a scented room and the promise of a wood stove beckons!!

All is well in the world, with only nature as your friend!!

Merry Christmas one and all from the land of Shiva!!

MeCasa

I hope ya'll have a Christmas full of family, friends and love

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HowieUK

Merry Xmas to all Imers!

Hope we all have a great break and to all those in India (I'm jealous!) not really, have a brilliant time!

Great card Seventies!

Hope you don't mind, I have registered on Jacquie's site to send her wonderful cards to friends?

Best Wishes

Howie

mca2005

Merry Christmas to Everyone...the info you all posted here made my first trip to India much more and enjoyable --....so you gave a gift to someone you didn't even know! So thanks for all your help!

Putty

To all Indiamikers (where ever you are),

May you all have a
MERRY CHRISTMAS
and a
HAPPY NEW YEAR !!

All the best,
Putty

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gotta go

Have a very merry Christmas
and a Happy New Year to everybody out there..

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aadil

Here's something I thought would make interesting reading at Christmas time.

A Gift for My Daughter

It's Christmas and I have the usual problem of deciding what to give you. I know you might enjoy many things — books, games, clothes.

But I'm very selfish. I want to give you something that will stay with you for more than a few months or years. I want to give you a gift that might remind you of me every Christmas.

If I could give you just one thing, I'd want it to be a simple truth that took me many years to learn. If you learn it now, it may enrich your life in hundreds of ways. And it may prevent you from facing many problems that have hurt people who have never learned it. The truth is simply this:
No one owes you anything.

Significance

How could such a simple statement be important? It may not seem so, but understanding it can bless your entire life.

No one owes you anything.

It means that no one else is living for you, my child. Because no one is you. Each person is living for himself; his own happiness is all he can ever personally feel.

When you realize that no one owes you happiness or anything else, you'll be freed from expecting what isn't likely to be. It means no one has to love you. If someone loves you, it's because there's something special about you that gives him happiness. Find out what that something special is and try to make it stronger in you, so that you'll be loved even more.
When people do things for you, it's because they want to — because you, in some way, give them something meaningful that makes them want to please you, not because anyone owes you anything.
No one has to like you. If your friends want to be with you, it's not out of duty. Find out what makes others happy so they'll want to be near you.
No one has to respect you. Some people may even be unkind to you. But once you realize that people don't have to be good to you, and may not be good to you, you'll learn to avoid those who would harm you. For you don't owe them anything either.

Living your Life

No one owes you anything.

You owe it to yourself to be the best person possible. Because if you are, others will want to be with you, want to provide you with the things you want in exchange for what you're giving to them. Some people will choose not to be with you for reasons that have nothing to do with you. When that happens, look elsewhere for the relationships you want. Don't make someone else's problem your problem.

Once you learn that you must earn the love and respect of others, you'll never expect the impossible and you won't be disappointed. Others don't have to share their property with you, nor their feelings or thoughts.

If they do, it's because you've earned these things. And you have every reason to be proud of the love you receive, your friends' respect, the property you've earned. But don't ever take them for granted. If you do, you could lose them. They're not yours by right; you must always earn them.

My Experience

A great burden was lifted from my shoulders the day I realized that no one owes me anything. For so long as I'd thought there were things I was entitled to, I'd been wearing myself out — physically and emotionally — trying to collect them.

No one owes me moral conduct, respect, friendship, love, courtesy, or intelligence. And once I recognized that, all my relationships became far more satisfying. I've focused on being with people who want to do the things I want them to do.

That understanding has served me well with friends, business associates, lovers, sales prospects, and strangers. It constantly reminds me that I can get what I want only if I can enter the other person's world. I must try to understand how he thinks, what he believes to be important, what he wants. Only then can I appeal to someone in ways that will bring me what I want.

And only then can I tell whether I really want to be involved with someone. And I can save the important relationships for those with whom I have the most in common.

It's not easy to sum up in a few words what has taken me years to learn. But maybe if you re-read this gift each Christmas, the meaning will become a little clearer every year.

I hope so, for I want more than anything else for you to understand this simple truth that can set you free: no one owes you anything.

By Harry Browne, December 25, 1966
(This article was originally published as a syndicated newspaper column, dedicated to my 9-year-old daughter.) harrybrowne.org

Here's wishing you a Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year too!!! Hope you have a memorable one and enjoy all the good things in life. May peace, joy and happiness come your way always!!! May all your Indian travel dreams come true!!!

Cheers,
Aadil.

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navinkurian2002

Merry Christmas Folks !!

Christmas is forever, not for just one day,
for loving, sharing, giving, are not to put away
like bells and lights and tinsel, in some box upon a shelf.
The good you do for others is good you do yourself.
~Norman W. Brooks, "Let Every Day Be Christmas"

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