By Pat Rodegast, from “Emmanuel”

Loved ones are never lost. You must experience it (death) in your own way. Of course, you will miss the physical being but when you learn to go beyond that, there will be no missing at all. Even as you sit in your human form, once you allow yourself-notice the word “allow” to believe that you exist beyond the physical, you will touch hands with those who have left. And it will be real. It will be more real than the physicality that you had touched before.

Are you aware that the physical body is a shield or a shell? It does not reveal but rather hinders revelation. If you did not have need of illusion you would not need a physical body at all.

What should you do immediately following the death of a loved one? That is an excellent question. First, the willingness to let that person go to the next step in their evolution is extremely helpful, not only to you but to them. A “farewell,” a “bon voyage,” a “Godspeed.” Then the rest of you look at each other and give comfort and assurance, and provide all the hugs and tissue that are necessary. Next, take yourself to a place of great luxury and enjoy an incredible feast. Salute the soul that has completed its task. Give a toast to the time you will meet again and go about the business of your own lives.

Death is not only a time of mourning. It is a time of truth.

Karmic ties can be formed by an unwillingness to express any negativity thus holding resentments that go into the soul consciousness to return in another life. By your dealing with the negative emotion, by cleansing the relationship, you are helping both of you. The saying “Don’t speak ill of the dead,” is nonsense. There is no such thing.

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By Strickland Gillilan, “Aspiring to Greatness”

A man had a little daughter-an only and much-beloved child. He lived for her ~ she was his life. So when she became ill and her illness resisted the efforts of the best obtainable physicians, he became like a man possessed, moving heaven and earth to bring about her restoration to health.

His best efforts proved unavailing and the child died. The father was totally irreconcilable. He became a bitter recluse, shutting himself away from his many friends and refusing every activity that might restore his poise and bring him back to his normal self. But one night he had a dream. He was in Heaven, and was witnessing a grand pageant of all the little child angels. They were marching in an apparently endless line past the Great White Throne. Every white-robed angelic tot carried a candle. He noticed that one child’s candle was not lighted. Then he saw that the child with the dark candle was his own little girl. Rushing to her, while the pageant faltered, he seized her in his arms, caressed her tenderly, and then asked: “How is it, darling that your candle alone is unlighted?” “Father, they often relight it, but your tears always put it out.”

Just then he awoke from his dream. The lesson was crystal clear, and its effects were immediate. From that hour on he was not a recluse, but mingled freely and cheerfully with his former friends and associates. No longer would his little darling’s candle be extinguished by his useless tears.

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…for Nicholas Weis, June 28, 2000 – June 25, 2010

By Mary E. Frye

Do not stand at my grave and weep
I am not there. I do not sleep.
I am a thousand winds that blow.
I am the diamond glints on snow.
I am the sunlight on ripened grain.
I am the gentle autumn rain.
When you awaken in the morning’s hush
I am the swift uplifting rush
Of quiet birds in circled flight.
I am the soft stars that shine at night.
Do not stand at my grave and cry;
I am not there. I did not die.

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From Nicholas’ parents, Jon & Heather Weis:

Details for Nicholas’s CELEBRATION OF LIFE: The viewing will be on Friday, July 2nd at Lowe Funeral Home in Burlington, NC from 2-4 and 6-8pm. The service will be held Saturday at Lambs Chapel in Haw River, NC at 11 AM followed by a procession to Alamance Memorial Park where Nick will be laid to rest. We welcome all who have ever… listened to, laughed with or have been touched by Nicholas to come and help us celebrate his life.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to:
The Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation
302 Ridgefield Court
Asheville, NC 28806
Or  www.pbtfus.org ** If you decide to donate to the PBTF please write “In Memory of Nicholas Weis”

Read Nicholas’ obituary HERE and sign the family’s guestbook.

For directions to Friday’s viewing, click HERE.

For directions to Saturday’s church service, click HERE.  (Directions are from Greensboro.)

Motorcycle riders:

Be at the church on Saturday by 10am to get lined up for one last ride with our buddy Nicholas!

CLICK HERE TO SEE PICS OF NICHOLAS

CLICK HERE TO HEAR THE NICHOLAS MIX OF ‘SMILE’

Author unknown

One day, an expert in time management was speaking to a group of business students and, to drive home a point, used an illustration those students will never forget.

As he stood in front of the group of high-powered overachievers he said,

“Okay, time for a quiz” and he pulled out a one-gallon, wide-mouth Mason jar and set it on the table in front of him. He also produced about a dozen fist-sized rocks and carefully placed them, one at a time, into the jar.

When the jar was filled to the top and no more rocks would fit inside, he asked, “Is this jar full?” Everyone in the class yelled, “Yes.”

The time management expert replied, “Really?” He reached under the table and pulled out a bucket of gravel. He dumped some gravel in and shook the jar causing pieces of gravel to work themselves down into the spaces between the big rocks. He then asked the group once more, “Is the jar full?”

By this time the class was on to him. “Probably not,” one of them answered.

“Good!” he replied. He reached under the table and brought out a bucket of sand. He started dumping the sand in the jar and it went into all of the spaces left between the rocks and the gravel. Once more he asked the question, “Is this jar full?” “No!” the class shouted.

Once again he said, “Good.” Then he grabbed a pitcher of water and began to pour it in until the jar was filled to the brim. Then he looked at the class and asked, “What is the point of this illustration?”

One eager student raised his hand and said, “The point is, no matter how full your schedule is, if you try really hard you can always fit some more things in it!”

“No,” the speaker replied, “that’s not the point. The truth this illustration teaches us is: If you don’t put the big rocks in first, you’ll never get them in at all.”

What are the ‘big rocks’ in your life? Time with your loved ones, your faith, your education, your dreams, a worthy cause, teaching or mentoring others? Remember to put these big rocks in first or you’ll never get them in at all. So, tonight, or in the morning, when you are reflecting on this short story, ask yourself this question: What are the ‘big rocks’ in my life? Then, put those in your jar first.

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According to this article in US News and World Report, it could actually be more affordable to live in today’s world and have nicer things than we had 10 years ago.  In relation to inflation rates, the prices of many household items such as TV’s, furniture, paint, decor, appliances, and even music have stayed the same or gone down in the past 10 years!  Whooo!  Of course, you can still always get your favorite Country music FREE right here on the Wolf…that’s one thing that will never change

xoxo
-Charley

a Millennium Falcon!!!

A production crew donated their time to help grant the wish of one special little kid… he wanted a Star Wars fort. So, they made him one.

The 9-year-old was given a massive Millennium Falcon for his backyard… and it’s pretty much an accurate model.

The ship itself will include solar powered LED interior and exterior lighting.

PICS

By Colin McCarty

One of the best things we can do in our lives is this:
Begin again.

Begin to see yourself as you were
When you were the happiest and strongest you’ve ever been.

Begin to remember what worked for you
(and what worked against you),
And try to capture the magic again.

Begin to remember how natural it was when you were a child –
To live a lifetime each day.

Begin to forget the baggage you have carried with you
For years:
The problems that don’t matter anymore,
The tears that cried themselves away,
And the worries that are going to wash away
On the shore of tomorrow’s new beginnings.

Tomorrow tells us it will be here every new day of our lives;
And if we will be wise,
We will turn away from the problems of the past
And give the future — and ourselves — a chance
To become the best of friends.
Sometimes all it takes is a wish in the heart to let yourself…
Begin again.

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Our friend, retired Air Force MSgt Mark Evans, is at it again! His organization “Pizzas4Patriots” is shipping 10,000 New York- and Chicago-style pizzas to U.S. soldiers serving around the world…all so they can have a taste of home this Fourth of July. We’ve helped spread the word about Pizzas4Patriots over the past three years and we love the fact that it’s just gotten bigger and better! Find out more and please consider making a donation at the Pizzas4Patriots web site.

Thank you!!!