Comments on: Ivan’s Health http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/blog/2008/04/19/ivans-health/ Sacred Poetry from Around the World Thu, 4 Dec 2008 23:01:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: ingrid http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/blog/2008/04/19/ivans-health/#comment-231 ingrid Wed, 30 Apr 2008 18:09:33 +0000 http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/blog/2008/04/19/ivans-health/#comment-231 I've been thinking of you all week, Ivan, and finally sat down to make a donation. What you give to us all through your mailings is priceless. THANK YOU for being who you are, and doing what you do. With Love, Ingrid I’ve been thinking of you all week, Ivan, and finally sat down to make a donation. What you give to us all through your mailings is priceless. THANK YOU for being who you are, and doing what you do. With Love, Ingrid

]]> By: Sobhanandi/Joke http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/blog/2008/04/19/ivans-health/#comment-212 Sobhanandi/Joke Fri, 25 Apr 2008 19:07:17 +0000 http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/blog/2008/04/19/ivans-health/#comment-212 Dear Ivan, Great are the people that can ask for help and really receive. They are rare. You are one of them. Dear Ivan,

Great are the people that can ask for help and really receive. They are rare. You are one of them.

]]> By: Ivan M. Granger http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/blog/2008/04/19/ivans-health/#comment-211 Ivan M. Granger Fri, 25 Apr 2008 16:13:42 +0000 http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/blog/2008/04/19/ivans-health/#comment-211 Thank you, everyone, for the very kind notes. And I understand about tight financial circumstances, so please don't feel awkward about that. A contribution of any amount is a true gift. Yes, money is an issue, but more important to me are your supportive thoughts. So, thank you. Ivan Thank you, everyone, for the very kind notes.
And I understand about tight financial circumstances, so please don’t feel awkward about that. A contribution of any amount is a true gift. Yes, money is an issue, but more important to me are your supportive thoughts. So, thank you.
Ivan

]]> By: Tatiana http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/blog/2008/04/19/ivans-health/#comment-207 Tatiana Thu, 24 Apr 2008 16:30:46 +0000 http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/blog/2008/04/19/ivans-health/#comment-207 Dear Ivan, All my best wishes for your health. I very much hope there will be a way for you to overcome these problems, and that afterwards you will be a wiser, stronger and even more compassionate person because of it. My donation is small, I am living on a very basic income because of severe health problems of my own for all my adult life. But I am most gratefull to you for all the inspiring and uplifting emails I received from you over the years and I've also told many friends about Poetry Chaikhana. I am very much looking forward to receive many more of these emails and hopefully you will tell us in one of them that things are going much better with you again. Warm regards, Tatiana Dear Ivan,

All my best wishes for your health. I very much hope there will be a way for you to overcome these problems, and that afterwards you will be a wiser, stronger and even more compassionate person because of it.

My donation is small, I am living on a very basic income because of severe health problems of my own for all my adult life. But I am most gratefull to you for all the inspiring and uplifting emails I received from you over the years and I’ve also told many friends about Poetry Chaikhana.

I am very much looking forward to receive many more of these emails and hopefully you will tell us in one of them that things are going much better with you again.

Warm regards,

Tatiana

]]> By: marion http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/blog/2008/04/19/ivans-health/#comment-190 marion Sun, 20 Apr 2008 20:42:44 +0000 http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/blog/2008/04/19/ivans-health/#comment-190 I'm so sorry you have this illness Ivan, and hope you won't be debilitated for too long. I hope you have support from family and friends. I know how a chronic illness can impact on one's life, I am on a disability welfare payment myself, can no longer work, and over the years have had huge financial restraints. My donation is necessarily small, but my appreciation of all you do in the Poetry Chaikhana is enormous. You reach so many people with words of inspiration and encouragement, it is so special a thing to find on one's journey. The Chaikhana is such a spiritual centre,and I feel so glad you have reached towards the community when you need to. You have all my good wishes and kind thoughts, Marion I’m so sorry you have this illness Ivan, and hope you won’t be debilitated for too long. I hope you have support from family and friends. I know how a chronic illness can impact on one’s life, I am on a disability welfare payment myself, can no longer work, and over the years have had huge financial restraints. My donation is necessarily small, but my appreciation of all you do in the Poetry Chaikhana is enormous. You reach so many people with words of inspiration and encouragement, it is so special a thing to find on one’s journey. The Chaikhana is such a spiritual centre,and I feel so glad you have reached towards the community when you need to. You have all my good wishes and kind thoughts,

Marion

]]> By: Joanne http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/blog/2008/04/19/ivans-health/#comment-188 Joanne Sun, 20 Apr 2008 03:25:14 +0000 http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/blog/2008/04/19/ivans-health/#comment-188 Dear Ivan, I agree with Maura that it could not have been easy for you to ask for our help but I am so glad that you have. More from O'Donohue: "May the nourishment of the earth be yours, may the clarity of light be yours, may the fluency of the ocean be yours, may the protection of the ancestors be yours. And so may a slow wind work these words of love around you, an invisible cloak to mind your life. Ygeia kai hara (health and happiness), Joanne Dear Ivan,

I agree with Maura that it could not have been easy for you to ask for our help but I am so glad that you have.

More from O’Donohue:

“May the nourishment of the earth be yours,
may the clarity of light be yours,
may the fluency of the ocean be yours,
may the protection of the ancestors be yours.
And so may a slow
wind work these words
of love around you,
an invisible cloak
to mind your life.

Ygeia kai hara (health and happiness),

Joanne

]]> By: Raven Garland http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/blog/2008/04/19/ivans-health/#comment-187 Raven Garland Sun, 20 Apr 2008 02:38:19 +0000 http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/blog/2008/04/19/ivans-health/#comment-187 Dear Ivan, I have been where you are. Unable to work fully, an artist with no health insurance. I am very grateful today that my husband has a job which includes health insurance as a benefit. I am still very challenged financially so can only make a very small donation. I really like the poetry chaikhana. Thank you very much and blessings on you and your health. Raven Dear Ivan,
I have been where you are. Unable to work fully, an artist with no health insurance. I am very grateful today that my husband has a job which includes health insurance as a benefit. I am still very challenged financially so can only make a very small donation. I really like the poetry chaikhana. Thank you very much and blessings on you and your health.
Raven

]]> By: Maura http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/blog/2008/04/19/ivans-health/#comment-184 Maura Sat, 19 Apr 2008 16:33:48 +0000 http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/blog/2008/04/19/ivans-health/#comment-184 Ivan, Thank you for turning to us. I think this was not an easy decision for you. I read Donahue's poem, feeling its full gravity and application. Like him, you speak for us all, our own debilities and efforts to heal, to engage with the community, which will support us. Ivan,

Thank you for turning to us. I think this was not an easy decision for you. I read Donahue’s poem, feeling its full gravity and application. Like him, you speak for us all, our own debilities and efforts to heal, to engage with the community, which will support us.

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