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Have a healthy contract with life; prepare to flow with life’s challenges, and life will whisk you through it.
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it. As much as you can, leave your bag- gage at the door and choose to enjoy what you are about to engage in, no matter what – you won’t regret it. Expect to feel good and you will look for the good. Expect to have a good time and even the little things will make you smile. Create your own reality. Make that reality what you want it to be. Start a tradition – this crab feed, for example, is a good tradition; it gives you the opportunity to be around a vibrant crowd. Participate in a good cause and you
will get more than you think! Forty- five dollars seems like a big chunk of
change for a meal. My small frame consumes about eight dollars worth of it but I wanted to do something differ- ent to spice up my routine and for this amount, I had great food, enjoyed the synergy, met new people, enjoyed being with friends, came away re- energized and helped a good cause. And I walked away knowing what I will write about in this issue!!! Now that’s therapeutic…just what the doctor ordered! The Portuguese community raises
funds for their charitable work. Every year, in January, February and March, Fernando Salvador and his
team get ready to wow the communi- ty. Until then – how about attending an event? Plan to have a good time no matter what! By the time this article is published it will be May, a perfect time to get out for some natural thera- py!
~Dorie Sugay is the Executive Director of Visiting Angels, provid- ing living assistance services to the Santa Clara and San Benito Counties. You can reach her at dorie@ visitingan-
gels.com.
46 May 2012 • Out & About
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