HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL!

I trust this newsletter finds you in good health and eager to take-on the challenges and opportunities of 2018!

I want to share with you something that happened to me on Christmas Eve Day while I was shopping at STOP & SHOP in the Islandia shopping center. I had filled my shopping cart with my purchases, and was waiting on line to check out. When the clerk spoke the total and I was about to use my credit card for the $51 & change, she said "it was taken care of." Bewildered, I asked "How come?" She motioned to the person in back of me. I turned, and it was a Hispanic man who said to me "Merry Christmas!" with a big smile! I was nonplussed! Whether it was my white hair, or my cane, or just plain good old Christmas spirit, I'll never know!

Driving home I remembered this happened last Christmas season at STOP & SHOP: I was about to pay and a Hispanic man had covered the cost of my shopping, saying "Merry Christmas!"

YOGA CLASS SCHEDULE

Invite your friends and family members to join you. First introductory class is FREE. Newcomers call 631-234-4747 to confirm.

FULL MOON MEDITATION -- Interesting stuff happening in the heavens!

I use the Sierra Club Wall Calendar to plan our Full Moon Meditations. January has TWO full moons! January 1 a Monday and January 31 a Wednesday with a TOTAL LUNAR ECLIPSE! February has NO full moons! March has TWO: Monday March 1 and Saturday March 31, which is the FIRST DAY OF PASSOVER.

So, here's the compromise, weather permitting, all 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm:

It's Free. Healthy snacks. What we don't consume, you take home!

Om Shanti,
Grace Durga

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