From: an907@anon.penet.fi (Free Amazon)
Subject: E-presents from Free Amazon
Organization: Anonymous contact service
X-Anonymously-To: alt.sexual.abuse.recovery
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 21:41:46 GMT

Hello there,

I've been away from my friends far too long.

I am sending a little early Christmas present. I wrote this to someone 
who was talking to about what a good job I was doing of taking care of 
my self. He said it didn't sound like much fun. So I started a list of 
things that made me feel good and wow! I found it to be very theraputic. 
I think I will post it to ASAR a bit before Christmas as a holiday 
present. I showed it to a couple of people and they immediately stared 
adding things to it. I love this! I find if I feel down I can pull it 
up and look at it as a reminder. If I feel happy I add to the list!!! 
So, start a list and feel good. Feel free to share it if you want and 
not if you don't.

Smiles!


Things that feel good!
**************************

Ah but I was speaking of taking care of myself... now fun... hmmmm.....

I like to rollerblade and iceskate, I cultivate bonsai which is very 
peaceful, 
draw some (pencil mostly), I love music of all and any kind (though I 
must 
admit I have to work on expanding my appreciation for opera). I used to 
play 
the piano and guitar and sing harmony. I have a pet iguana named Rambo. 
I love 
the bay of a good coondog and how they lay around in the heat cause 
they're 
too lazy to move. I like cats that come and sit on your lap and purr 
just 
because they feel like it. I like teak and running my fingers over boxes 
made 
of polished maple burls. And crisp, clean art and high ceilings and open 
space. I like warm cozy cabins and handmade quilts and primitive 
furniture. 
The smell of sawdust and shaving cream and fresh baked cookies. Fresh 
pasta 
with pesto sause, warm cinnamon bread, scones, Real maple syrup and iced 
cappichino (no sugar). Going to Burger King and ordering a cheese 
Whooper, 
hold the meat. I love diamonds and silk shirts and blue jeans and 
running 
shoes. I love to dance and to swim. I love my work. I like kalidescopes 
and 
crystal balls and cool grass, warm sand in between my toes. And children 
and 
balloons and butterflies and the beach in the fall when it's raining. I 
love 
the spray of the saltwater on my face and hanging off the side of a 
small 
sailboat, trailing my hand in the water.I love deep sea fishing and not 
catching anything. I love very old hemlock forests that are so dense the 
sound 
and light are muted like a cathedral. The high desert at sunset, a huge 
summer 
southern thunderstorm with great gray clouds and lots of lightening, a 
New 
England nor'easter and the way the wind smells like the ocean. Ice 
storms that 
coat all the trees so that they look like a fairyland and the way the 
snow 
softens all the hard edges. And the surface of big soap bubbles and the 
mountains in the cool mist and clear warm sun and people of all 
different 
kinds and holding hands and backrubs and hugs, snuggling and looking 
someone 
in the eyes while making love. I like good science fiction and bad 
science 
fiction. I like really good movies that make me cry and really bad 
movies that 
make me laugh. I like e.e.cummings and m.c.escher and magic tricks. I 
like 
being in control and I like being able to trust someone enough not to 
have to 
be in control. I like sleeping late and waking up buried in pillows and 
watching the sun through the curtains and the smell and feel of fresh 
laundry. 
I like licking peoples faces, ruffling their hair and touching their 
faces 
with my fingertips. I like spraying them with water and running away 
(and 
getting caught). I like to wrestle and win. I like to wrestle and lose. 
I like 
it when the pain goes away. I like being alive and I think I'd like a 
surprise 
party just once.

*****************

I think each of us could spend more time thinking about what makes us 
happy.

Your friend in healing,
Free Amazon

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