Positive Mantra

Preparing for the meeting

Nothing in this world has ever been achieved without careful preparation. The purpose of the meeting should be outlined, and the agenda set. The purpose, date and time should be put down on a notice, to be sent to all concerned. The venue, capacity of the hall and facilities available must be checked. Tea or snacks required should be ordered well in advance. Sufficient time should be given and, if possible, all invitees must be spoken to and participation confirmed, lest you be facing empty chairs on the day of the meeting. Notes, minutes of the previous meeting, report cards or other material should be at hand during the meeting.

After opening the meeting, you should briefly read the minutes of the last meeting, and later set the agenda for the current one. This done you should invite the chairman to take over the proceedings. All important resolutions, policy decisions and financial implications must be recorded and verified in the end. Every subject taken up for discussion must be forwarded by someone and seconded by another, before being debated and discussed at the meeting.

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Happy Valentine, My Love!
All my love is yours.
Praised be love that brings us home,
Pilgrims to these shores.
Yearnings here find harborage;
Vanities, sly smiles.
All that righteous anger rends,
Love here reconciles.
Even in the darkness where
No bitterness finds rest,
Thoughts of you are like a dawn
Intent on happiness.
Nor would I have so light a heart
Except that I am blessed!

Written by William Byrd.
Performed by John Sankey.
Copyright by Nicholas Gordon

Love Comes Through the Eyes That See
And through the ears that hear,
For people are quite beautiful,
And words make feelings clear.
Love comes through the hands that touch
With unabashed affection,
For only skin-to-skin can love
Maintain its true direction.

Love comes through the tastes and smells
Of fresh and well-cooked food,
For in the gift of nourishment
Is much else that is good.

But though love comes through senses five,
Love comes from the heart,
For there resides the greater love
Of which ours is a part.

Music by Lord Franklin
Sequenced by Barry Taylor.
Copyright by Nicholas Gordon

This Valentine's I Wish that You Were with Me.
It's lonelier than most days I'm alone,
Even though we'll manage on the phone
To touch with words the face we cannot see.
You away are far more dear to me
Than anyone who might remain at home.
My love is in the places that you roam,
Being with you where I cannot be.
We do not choose the objects of our passion,
But passively await the holy fire
That immolates our past and lights our fate,
Twisting through the alleys of desire.
So I am yours, and will contented wait,
Allowing love my life and will to fashion.

Written by Dimitri Shostakovich.
Sequenced by J. Marques.
Copyright by Nicholas Gordon.

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The secret of a happy marriage remains a secret.
-- Henry Youngman

Some love lasts a lifetime. True love lasts forever.
-- Author Unknown

All mankind loves a lover.
-- Henry Thoreau

To love and win is the best thing. To love and lose, the next best.
-- William M. Thackeray

Love is friendship set on fire.
-- Jeremy Taylor

To love another person is to see the face of God.
-- Les Miserables

There is only one happiness in life, to love and be loved.
-- George Sand

I never knew how to worship until I knew how to love.
-- Henry Ward Beecher

Love is, above all else, the gift of oneself.
-- Jean Anouilh

Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love.
-- Albert Einstein, Famous American Scientist

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