tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58760908678138461212024-03-21T07:49:20.700-07:00Diane's BlogDiane's Stories: In the hope of sharing, caring, helping and entertaining others
Diane Kleinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04795660623666491852noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5876090867813846121.post-3491914807024117442019-11-18T19:48:00.000-08:002019-11-18T19:48:32.573-08:00What Readers say about my novel, IN THE NAME OF HELP. :-)<a class="skip-link screen-reader-text" href="https://dianeklein.com/what-people-are-saying/?fbclid=IwAR2EJ3MOtTgasBxrpSgNqjya0sqfg0ooeMn7rIDCdCABQ3EqFT46EOgZ7pg#content" style="-webkit-clip-path: inset(50%); background-color: #d7d6d6; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px); color: #333333; font-family: "PT Sans"; font-size: 17px; height: 1px; margin: -1px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: absolute !important; text-decoration: none; transition-duration: 0.2s; transition-property: color, background-color, border-color; transition-timing-function: linear; width: 1px; word-wrap: normal !important;">Skip to content</a><br />
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“A must read book (novel) on the subject of Psychiatric abuse. This book tells all. For those of you who think I rail against the psychs unjustly, this book may possibly change your mind. Not for the faint of heart though. For those with courage only.” <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Dr. Ian Shillington, Naturopathic Doctor, Clearwater, Florida</em></div>
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“Perhaps the loftiest of literary goals–and particularly that of the novel, as an art form–is the advancement of society. A novelist can, by means of telling a compelling tale with characters who deal with the most insidious causes of societal decay, create a profound and positive impact, and so stir the reader to thought and action. Diane Klein, with her book, “In the Name of Help: A Novel Exposing Psychiatric Abuse”, is such an author–one who passionately tells a powerful story through admirably-crafted characters with guts and heart enough to, in order to help a friend and family member, take on the psychiatric industry and the legal system it uses to enforce employment of its destructive practices (i.e., drugging and ECT, etc). There is nothing is more lethal to the survival of a culture than that which claims to help but, instead, knifes it with violence. The alarm this very entertaining story has served to sound for over fifteen years–warning of the abuse that psychiatry, while masquerading as a helpful profession but factually wreaks upon our world–rings yet louder, nowadays: one is today hard-pressed to find a show on television which is not sponsored by the latest psychiatric drug, and; few there are among us who do not know at least one close friend or family member who has fallen prey to the chemical imbalance ruse foisted upon us by Big Pharma and its handsomely-remunerated pushers, the psychiatrists. “In the Name of Help: A Novel Exposing Psychiatric Abuse” illustrates clearly that real help for mental problems is not only possible, but overcome only though hard work and caring. Diane Klein’s novel lays bare the despicable laziness, and desire for obscene profits without any real product, which prompts psychiatry’s pharmacological approach and, as such, represents an important work of contemporary literature.” <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Robb Henderson, Finger Lakes, New York</em></div>
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“Reading this book was like having Ms. Klein follow me through my youth and write a book about what I saw happen to my own cousin, only I couldn’t save her before the drugs and shock “therapy” killed her. This book may be fictional in regards to characters, but it’s story is all too true. Since “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” there has not been a book that more accurately shows the truth behind those closed doors. A well-written book that’s worth the read. A real eye-opener.” <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">a reader, Washington State</em></div>
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“In The Name Of Help is one of those stories that gives you a real chill — because it’s all too possible and all too real. It starts out with the cheerful fun of “college days” with the somewhat nieve Cathryn showing a glimmer of the mental fragility that eventually leads to her personal hell. Cathryn, so beautiful but so insecure selects a “control freak” for her marriage partner. Her willingness to accept “direction” from others (parents, doctors, husband) takes her into abusive situations where her own acceptance of her condition leads her ever deeper into a system that often has little to do with providing help to an emotionally fragile person. This is a gripping story — first of romance turned sour, then of fighting a system designed to minimize the power of those who might have the victim’s best interest at heart. It’s particularly frighting because this could really happen to almost anyone. The corruption that motivates several of the villains is all too possible in our psychiatric care and judicial oversight system. The book is a great read and is hard to put down. I highly recommend it.” <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">a reader</em></div>
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“This is just a great book with a very important point. Very satisfying story that you just can’t put down. Looking forward to the next book from this wonderful author!” <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Keith E. Schare</em></div>
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“I loved In the Name of Help! Beside the fact that it is a great read, I found this story very close to home… I have seen firsthand the effect that psychiatric drugs can have on people and how healthier (and less lucrative) alternatives have been shunned and not explored. This book inconveniently and brilliantly exposes a truth that should be seen by a lot more…” <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Carolina Terzi, Los Angeles, California</em></div>
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“This is one of the most thought provoking books I have read in a long time. This book showed what love and true friendship really mean. It also gave me the creeps knowing that this situation could happen and even worse probably does.” <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Lisa A. Ronan</em></div>
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“This book is a must for someone that enjoys learning while having a good time at the same time, The truth that this book exposes about the world of psychiatry is quite hard hitting. It is very easy reading and keeps the reader interested at all times. It is important for everyone to know what psychiatrists “technology” really do to to people “in the name of help”. It is important also for everyone to become aware of this horrors so we can all do our part to stop this so called professionals from continue to destroy lives. Diane Klein is a very good writer who is able to make her readers feel what the people in her novel are feeling. I highly recommend this book.”– a reader</div>
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“This book blasts the scam of ripping off loved ones and families. It’s “fiction” but way too true. Giving the Psychiatrists and the State power to decide to do what they want is a blatant disregard of all human rights. The irony of it all is the Psychiatrists don’t even have a working definition or remedy of what mental illness is. It is like the car mechanic being the complete authority on cars but having no idea what is wrong or how to fix it. Would anyone really use a car mechanic like that or trust his word?” <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Jimbo</em></div>
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“Diane Klein’s book will awaken readers who have been misled by psychiatry and drug industry PR. No helpful technology under the guise of help – and what can happen to a person caught up in its web. Financial incentive drives this business as the reader will discover. Moments of definite excitement too. Hopefully the screenplay based on the book will be picked-up and produced sooner rather than later – the public will want to see this.” <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Ed Marsh</em></div>
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“On one level, this is a well-written, very real love story. It’s a novel about two people growing up in the ’60s — who finally really grow up in the ’90s. It is also a modern setting of the classic gothic horror story — the kind of book you DON’T want to read alone late at night, or you might start thinking: “This could happen to me, right here, right now.” Because it could. Because it is also an expose of a REAL horror, that to my personal knowledge, does happen daily, to innocent people across the U.S.A. and around the world. Because the “things that go bump in the night” in this novel are not imaginary monsters, but real people, whose lust for power and wealth and hate for mankind, leads them into corrupting the judicial system for their own purposes, to those they are supposedly there to safeguard. DON’T read this novel if you are easily scared. Because by the time you’ve finished it, you will know that someone COULD be about to knock on your door, to haul you away to a shortened life of misery and horror… in the name of help.” <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">a reader</em></div>
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“This is still a novel, and a good read although the underlying story is quite alarming. One can understand how easily this type of scenario could happen and the churning of bureaucracy is more about making money than helping people. As well as being a little frightening there is a predictable love story running through the book that takes the sting out of what could easily be a real life situation. I not only enjoyed this book but it has left me with an after taste of consideration that most novels do not usually impart. A recommended read.” <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">L. E. McDonald, Hamilton New Zealand</em></div>
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“This book is a must read and one that I couldn’t put down until done. We may like to think that evil isn’t real and that evil things can’t happen to us…..but after reading this book I don’t think you will ever feel that way again. I know I won’t. Psychiatric abuse is evil and it is real. Diane did a great job on this novel.” <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">a reader</em></div>
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“If you think you live in a free country where you are free to do as you please as long as you hurt no one, read this book! Diane Klein does a superb job of demonstrating Psychiatry’s role in the prostitution of our Justice system. It clearly shows how profit and political gain motives are used for incarceration in psychiatric institutions — in the name of help. Had I not had to excersise considerable effort to pull my mother out of one after a “nurse” working on commission put her in there, I might have not believed it… Ms. Klein’s book, however, goes beyond exposing and documenting abuse potential. It puts the “which came first, the mental illness or the psychiatric drug?” question into proper perspective and leads to the inescapable conclusion in the majority of cases: “The drug!” The book also explores relationships and the potential of a determined person who is acting with genuine interest to help. By the end of the book, you can be sure that there is hope, there is help and YOU can do something about it.” <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Gary Baren</em></div>
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“First, I think the story is excellent and is well worth reading. However, the mass market edition was actually published before the trade book edition — and it suffers from having a much lower level of editing that the later edition. (The physical book is also less attractive.) Since used copies of the trade book edition sell for about the same price as this edition, there’s little point in purchasing this version. Get the trade book edition — you’ll appreciate the story more.” <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Pete, San Francisco Bay Area</em></div>
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“I am not a big reader, but a friend sent me this book and I haven’t been able to put it down. It is a novel, which makes it very interesting, but sad to say it is filled with truth. Unless you have had a close friend or loved one who has been trapped within “The Snare” (The Mental Health System), you would not be aware of the atrocities that go on there. Especially when the legal system becomes involved in the form of a “Conservator” assigned by the “Public Guardian’s Office”. It is then you lose complete control of your loved one as they go around and around in the system while spiraling down, over drugged and labeled with a “mental illness” which can vary depending on which psychiatrist you talk to, because there is no scientific proof for any of their labels, and that’s a fact. The author has portrayed the whole ugly nightmarish trap very well while making it very interesting, as I said before. It is obvious she has seen it first hand as I have. My son had, before being trapped in “The Snare”, and on occasions still has a great sense of humor. He loves Monty Python and could quote a lot of their skits. One of the skits was called “Funny Walks”, which he says isn’t so funny anymore, because that’s what is going on all around him caused by the destructive drugs they are forced to take. WELL DONE DIANE!!!!!!!” <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Ann Patricia Williams</em></div>
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“Hey, I actually know the author, she is very awesome. She told me how much she she had to work and research to get the correct information and data. I thought that it was very true in a very frightening way. I think everyone should know of the evil the psychiatrists are spreading around, saying they are ‘helping’ people. Diane Klein does just that and I commend her for sticking a foot out to the wolves to get the truth out to the rest of us.” <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Jillian Tigerspaz, California</em></div>
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“I have long had an interest in the mental health system, and psychiatric issues. Having a close family member who was hospitalized twice, given electric shock and medications, I had a good idea of what the mental health system can be like. This relative later went on to work in mental health field in order to help others who were going through similar issues, and was appalled at what went on. The rotating door, of patients coming in, being over-medicated and thrown out when the insurance ran out only to withdraw from those drugs on the streets, weeks later coming in again worse than when they began. The lack of empathy from over-worked staff, the red-tape, but especially the drugs. The over-drugging. The labeling, and drugging again. The attempted suicides by patients who obviously were not being helped. The zombies who were so out of their minds that they didn’t even know their name or what day it was. This is real, and this book nailed it. This happens, this IS happening. The fact that some of the reviewers on here are so bigoted and caught up in what religion the author is instead of focusing on what the issue is, is appalling. Why are they not more outraged at our mental health system? Someone mentioned that they thought she was stuck back in the 50’s … WRONG! This goes on NOW. Some hospitals still administer electric shock treatment, including one in my own hometown. In fact things are worse. Everything has a label, kids are being put on drugs that are causing them to become more depressed, shoot up schools, commit suicide. We are a over-diagnosed, over-medicated society. There are people lost in the system without a voice. I applaud Ms. Klein for standing up and being a voice for some of those people. This is a good book. I could not put it down. It speaks the truth, and I would highly recommend it.” <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Lucy</em></div>
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“‘In the Name of Help’ is a compelling story of greed and corruption perpetrated under the guise of mental treatment. It chronicles the life of Cathryn Solberg Kent, a once-beautiful woman who is dominated by an abusive husband and who then, after many electric shock treatments and two decades of addiction to psychiatric drugs, is caught in the web of a corrupt and uncaring judicial system. Cathryn’s life is taken over by a complete stranger who becomes her legal conservator and she is forced into living under demeaning conditions and subjected to further medication against her will. She is fortunate however to have two college friends, Nick and Linda, who become aware of her plight and join together to help their friend recover her dignity. As Nick and Linda uncover the trail of deceit and corruption which allowed Cathryn to lose all control over her life and person, unable to make even the most basic decisions in her life, they also discover their own love for each as their relationship matures into a romance based on honesty and trust. Well researched and written from the heart, this novel opens our eyes to the common psychiatric abuses happening in our communities all across this country, yet ignored by the media. It is time that we woke up to the shameful treatment which so many fall victim to in this age of psychiatric drugs and uncaring laws. This story is touching, tragic, and yet gives us hope for the future. It shows us how we can have hope for the future, and how decent people can prevail in the face of criminal “help.’” <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">a reader</em></div>
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“A wonderful book giving details in a specific and personal way of the terrible psychiatric abuse that is rampant in society today. (The country of Italy has caught on and closed down all psychiatric facilities, Russia has banned all psychiatric drug imports, the USA FBI is raiding and closing psych facilities one after the other and the main stream media is finally catching on with expose’s of over drugging of foster children for profit motives etc.) This book exposes in a very personal way the terrible crimes committed by psychiatrists in the name of help. Excellent reading.” <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Deke Rivers</em></div>
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“Great book! I’ve already passed it on to someone else. Most of my reading is non-fiction and usually not novels but this one I was interested in from the start. I also lost quite a bit of sleep because I just had to read one more chapter . and then the next and the next! The entertainment value was great but it was also a real eye-opener in revealing what can happen when one finds oneself trapped in the legal and psychiatric treadmill. Sobering to say the least!” <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Dennis Schliewe</em></div>
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“After years of seeing <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">In the Name of Help</em> on a friend’s shelf I picked it up to read this past weekend. Wow!! I opened it, read the first two pages, it grabbed me and I never put it down. Being a slow reader, I could not believe two days later when I came to the end. Being a Vietnam Vet with PTSD and having been in countless mental treatment facilities you were writing about my experiences. Help might be a work of fiction but, to me it was as true as true can get. Thank you for this work. I can only wait anxiously for your next one so that I may devour it with as much hunger as Help, which I have started for the second time.” <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">DH</em></div>
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“<em style="box-sizing: border-box;">In the Name of Help</em> portrays the horrors that we face when our emotional moorings drift loose and the consequences that arise from our misplaced faith in ‘professionals’ who could very well be suffering from a greater spiritual sickness than we are. It is also a tale of genuine love and the redeeming value of loyalty and true friendship.” <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Matthew J. Pallamary, Author of Land Without Evil, San Diego, California</em></div>
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“Although fiction, <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">In the Name of Help</em> has the loud ring of truth [about] psychiatric atrocities which are continuing today in virtually every ‘mental health’ facility in the United States and Canada. Through this book, Diane Klein has made an important contribution to our continuing struggle against psychiatric fascism and for human rights.” <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Don Weitz, anti-psychiatry activist, radio producer, and co-editor of Shrink Resistant: The Struggle Against Psychiatry in Canada</em></div>
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“<em style="box-sizing: border-box;">In the Name of Help</em> is one of the most important stories of our time. It could have happened to anyone.” <em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Barbara Ayash, International Woman of the Year, International Freedom Medal Winner</em></div>
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Diane Kleinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04795660623666491852noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5876090867813846121.post-32778327879033534872017-10-01T11:23:00.001-07:002017-10-01T11:25:14.829-07:00<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Hello, my friends out there!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I'm finally back to my BLOG adventures and I wanted to share some of my adventures so you would know me better. I would love to hear from you!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Some of my adventures, including a trip to Europe when I was 19, young and naive, will add to my writing soon. :-)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I've done some crazy fun stuff and I keep on learning... Some of my treasures are shark fishing (thanks, Alan), jumping out of an airplane (thanks to my son, Paul) and when I bought myself a Harley Davidson XG750 for my 72nd birthday. :-) </span><br />
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<br />Diane Kleinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04795660623666491852noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5876090867813846121.post-57263214431119831342013-06-04T12:44:00.002-07:002013-06-04T12:44:56.234-07:00<h2>
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<br />Diane Kleinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04795660623666491852noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5876090867813846121.post-46404260579077575562013-03-29T11:31:00.000-07:002017-10-01T11:10:03.467-07:00Is Anyone There?<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Anyone out there?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Anyone listening?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hello?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Anything you want to tell me -- or tell someone?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Anything you want to know from me? Or about me?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I would LOVE to hear from you.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's so nice to know your communications have reached someone. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Someone once told me, 'WRITERS WRITE!"</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But writers also want to know that READERS READ! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thanks!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Diane</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">From Me to YOU!</span></b></h2>
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<br />Diane Kleinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04795660623666491852noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5876090867813846121.post-26983528824795133162013-03-29T11:30:00.006-07:002017-10-01T11:10:26.118-07:00More Things My Grandkids Don't Know About Me<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I feel wise.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And blessed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Far from perfect, just a work in progress. :-)</span></div>
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Diane Kleinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04795660623666491852noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5876090867813846121.post-88875304684931281122013-03-29T11:09:00.004-07:002013-03-29T11:09:50.689-07:00Things My Grandkids Don't Know About MeFor many, many years I had an inability to confront life situations and that is why, unfortunately, I wasted a lot of good time 'being bulimic' and then smoking dope.<br />
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Before that, I was the model 'girl next door,' Girl Scout and then Prom Queen twice. I earned a four year State Scholarship by exam and then went to college at the University of Illinois and I got my degree at Northwestern. But in spite of 'making the Dean's List,' I learned virtually nothing; my fault.<br />
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Then some years later, I got on a motorcycle with an idiot and became a hippie. Those were the most miserable months of my life.<br />
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Spending almost 3 years without my kids was my worst mistake.<br />
Not learning how to spot low-toned and destructive people earlier was not smart.<br />
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Thinking that everyone else had the answers and knew what they were doing was especially stupid. My own integrity and awareness should have been what guided me through all those years of doubt and mistakes.<br />
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But, thanks to the efforts of an amazing man, with clarity and vision and persistence, I began to unravel the questions I had had for a very long time. Then I began to find my own answers and to see that I although I had made many mistakes, I wasn't wrong about many things.<br />
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We don't have to have wars and disease and insanity. We don't need to hurt one another and make life harder than it already is. We <i><u>can</u></i> be happy. I know. I am.<br />
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I have seven grandchildren and they are each amazing to me. I was there for each birth and I want to last a long time to see what they do and if there is any way that I can help.<br />
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Ask me anything. :-)<br />
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Diane Kleinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04795660623666491852noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5876090867813846121.post-32941845162339345052013-02-07T10:19:00.001-08:002013-02-24T10:56:38.596-08:00Have You Ever Felt Invisible?American Indians and other cultures value their elders and look upon them as wiser because of their years and experiences.<br />
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As I get "older" but feel younger and wiser, I seem to grow more and more invisible to some others.<br />
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Check it out. See if you pass by any "older" people today. See if you pay much attention to them or if you barely notice them. <br />
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Are they becoming invisible?<br />
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I sure wish I had my Grandmother Sarah around right now. She fled Russia in the early 20's, crossed the border into Poland in a wagon keeping three small children quiet, lived in a strange country for a year before they were allowed into the U.S. and then they weren't very well received.<br />
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This woman spoke five or six languages and was an expert seamstress and cook/baker. She raised chickens at her home in Wisconsin and grew the most amazing fruits and vegetables there. She canned and preserved and stayed active in various groups well into her late 70's. She taught me many things but she could have taught me so much more.<br />
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But she became more and more invisible. Less and less respected and admired.<br />
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Sarah Silver, I hope you can hear me now. You were positively amazing and I still love you with all my heart. <br />
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Your aging granddaughter. :-)Diane Kleinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04795660623666491852noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5876090867813846121.post-70894792474827647692013-02-05T09:55:00.000-08:002013-02-05T09:56:55.951-08:00The End of 2012 and It's February!Sure seems like it was just..... :-)<br />
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Jolie was a stray, about two years old, when she found my daughter's house and wouldn't leave the front stoop. They had a dog and so they didn't feed her but she still wouldn't go away.</div>
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No chip, no signs around the neighborhood and no one looking for her. I saw her and despite her low warning growl, I fell in love. She stayed at my daughter's until our house was built and then I brought her home. I told her she was pretty so many times, that her name became "Jolie."</div>
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She had probably been mistreated and then just dumped. She made things difficult around here because she bared her teeth or growled and even snapped at friendly hands reaching out to her. She dug under the fence I invested in in a different spot every day. She learned how to get through an electronic fence. But she never left for long. I would find her curled up on our front porch, making no sound but just waiting for the door to open so she could come back in to us.</div>
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But she got old and had many body problems. Most recently the vet wanted to remove part of her front paw because of an ugly tumor. I just couldn't put her through it. Her hips were giving out causing her to drag her back paw to the point of bleeding -- inside and outside the house. We put a bootie on her. </div>
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Sometimes she ran through the house like a puppy, chasing a toy or just acting goofy. Other times I winced watching her back legs slide out from under her.</div>
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It was agonizing to watch her age and hurt.</div>
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I wished that she would just go to sleep one day and find a brand new happy puppy body. With a wagging tail. It didn't happen and we couldn't watch her get worse.<br />
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On Saturday we made a decision and yesterday we had to stop her pain. <br />
But ours isn't gone yet. <br />
Jolie is everywhere around the house and she is nowhere at the same time.<br />
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I'm thankful that I have a compassionate and caring family and friends who have made this very rough time easier for us. I love you all. I love you, Jolie.<br />
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<i><u>Can</u></i> good triumph over evil? </div>
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Diane Kleinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04795660623666491852noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5876090867813846121.post-22412131315737808722012-12-23T14:36:00.000-08:002012-12-23T14:37:19.058-08:00The Hardest Task One Can Have<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The hardest task one can have is to continue to love his fellows despite all reasons he should not.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A primary trap is to succumb to invitations to hate.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">These are excerpts from a brilliant and beautiful article entitled, "WHAT IS GREATNESS," by L. Ron Hubbard and it cam be found in a book that virtually saved my life: A NEW SLANT ON LIFE.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Contact me and I'll gladly send you the entire essay. I aspire to its message every day of my life. And sometimes, with some people, it isn't always easy....</span>Diane Kleinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04795660623666491852noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5876090867813846121.post-35435179059766697512012-12-16T10:19:00.001-08:002012-12-16T10:19:44.343-08:00Stupid? Apathetic? Greedy? What the hell....There is so much information available to us that leads to what's <i><u>really</u></i> contributing to much of the violence in our society today. <br />
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Are we too stupid to understand it? <br />
Too apathetic to feel we can do something about it? <br />
Or are there too many of us who are too greedy and who are benefiting from the devastation?<br />
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Now, that's hard to confront. More greedy evil people than the good guys? No, not true.<br />
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I know that, personally, I cannot stand it when I feel that there is nothing I can do about something. <br />
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So, I ask myself, "What <i><u>can</u></i> I do about this." <br />
Then I believe that there is always <i><u>something</u></i>.<br />
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Diane Kleinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04795660623666491852noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5876090867813846121.post-84912865733704567312012-12-12T09:57:00.000-08:002012-12-12T09:57:27.142-08:00Why would anyone read a BLOG?Almost wanted to give up this BLOG idea today.<br />
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I found myself wondering why anyone would want to read what I wrote. But, oh, well, I still need to do the writing. <br />
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I learned yesterday that Hemingway did 70% of his writing in a short period of just nine years. Amazing. And everything he wrote was from what was happening around him. So unfortunate that he was put in the hands of those who destroy in the name of help.<br />
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Okay. It has been a bit of a tough morning. Our pooch is 13 years old and not doing so well. This part of pet ownership is the hardest. Got to decide what is the best thing to do.... ;-(<br />
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My daughter gave me some words of wisdom that I think I have used on her before and it really helped a lot. She reminded me that I have to 'use what I know.'<br />
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So, I believe that we are <i>not</i> our bodies, anymore than we are our cars or our clothes. We are spiritual and eternal beings, just like all great religions thought -- before the ridiculousness and destructiveness of the 'mental health field' began to tell us that we are all animals and that we only live once and blah blah blah blah. <br />
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I remember my one psychology class at the University of Illinois. Made no sense. I thought it was me. It wasn't. It made no sense. And none of the dozens of psychology books and articles that I read during those years gave any answers to anything. None.<br />
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I believe that we can become more aware, more intelligent and more able. Every single day. I aspire to that and I want to share my joy and comfort at this stage of my life with anyone who cares to listen. So, with sincere love and warmth, I wish you an excellent day.<br />
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<br />Diane Kleinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04795660623666491852noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5876090867813846121.post-84337373319690242212012-12-11T11:11:00.001-08:002012-12-11T11:11:32.410-08:00Diane's Blog: My Blue Bloods Dinners....,<a href="http://dianeklein.blogspot.com/2012/12/my-blue-bloods-dinners.html?spref=bl">Diane's Blog: My Blue Bloods Dinners....,</a>: If you haven't watched this TV show, you may not get what I'm after here. Family is hugely important to me. Always has been and always wi...Diane Kleinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04795660623666491852noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5876090867813846121.post-7140765367260772512012-12-11T11:03:00.001-08:002012-12-11T11:03:45.121-08:00My Blue Bloods Dinners....,If you haven't watched this TV show, you may not get what I'm after here.<br />
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Family is hugely important to me. Always has been and always will be. I haven't always succeeded with a few of those not-so-high-toned relatives, but for the most part, I think I've let those close to me know how much they mean to me and how much I would do for them. <br />
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So, here's the deal. I love the family dinners on Blue Bloods. My sister-in-law, a beautiful lady, told me that when she was growing up, her family actually had those kinds of family dinners and she loved them. I was envious.<br />
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There was a time, when I was pretty young, that my mom and her sister Lil made some family gatherings happen, but that was long ago. I've longed for something like that ever since.<br />
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When Frank, Henry, Danny, Erin, Jamie, Linda, Sean, Jack and Nicky<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;"> come together around that dinner table in just about every episode, -- though I know it's Hollywood/TV/make-believe, -- I love the caring, the conflict, the resolutions and the love. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px;">So how do you make such a thing happen? Wishing won't do it. So around everyone's crazy schedule and some of the guys flying here and there and some working all kinds of hours, I determined to have my <i>Blue Bloods Dinner </i>and it was wonderful! Thanks, family. I love you VERY much. :-)</span></span><br />
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Diane Kleinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04795660623666491852noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5876090867813846121.post-8418482455047241962012-12-08T11:44:00.000-08:002012-12-08T11:44:27.179-08:00Tough Holiday Times?Many people go to so much trouble to decorate their homes for the holidays. We were enchanted with what we saw on our way home from Orange County last night where we visited with my in-laws, who are very special people.<br />
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But if we could put some of that willingness to cause a good and happy effect on others in more ways than beautiful and elaborate Christmas lights, the Earth would change over night.<br />
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What are the real rewards of a good life? Money? Homes? Possessions? 60 or 70 or 80 years of accumulating <i>stuff</i> and then what? <br />
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I believe that the real rewards, and the best things you can offer others, are understanding, affinity, caring, compassion, positive support and real help. To contribute to someone becoming more able and less affected by the difficulties of this Earth -- and there are some legitimate concerns at this time even surpassing the sometimes negative feelings and worries around the holidays -- would be the best thing I could do for those I care about. What do you think?<br />
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Wishing you all a very peaceful and healthy and happy holiday season. <br />
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<br />Diane Kleinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04795660623666491852noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5876090867813846121.post-92108925857314929262012-12-07T09:38:00.000-08:002012-12-07T09:38:33.884-08:00Wisdom I Could Use....A failed marriage because I didn't know how to fix anything. Without my children who I adored. A drop-out teacher who loved the kids but couldn't survive in the system and couldn't figure out what to do about it. Destructive relationships because I couldn't look at what was actually in front of me. Making every mistake I could....<br />
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Add a lot of pot to that mix. Instead of feeling all my pain and discomfort and finding out how to deal with how crazy life can be, I further messed up my own abilities by drowning my perceptions in a smoke haze.<br />
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I'm so lucky that I'm still alive.<br />
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Two brothers took the time to help me out of that horrible time in my life, when I was going further down and fast. Then came some amazing wisdom. <i>Just a book. </i> But it helped me save my own life. And that's the truth.<br />
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If you want to match problems, difficulties, personal tragedies, upsets, conditions or anything else with me, I can assure you that I am not speaking from little experience in life. <br />
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But that was then and this is now and either the stars aligned or I'm a very blessed person or both, because everything that I wanted to change or fix in my life, I learned to do something about and only my persistence was probably a little unusual. <br />
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What I learned, I learned the hard way. But I found out that I can truly do something about anything. And that, if I listed my hurdles and challenges, is nothing short of miraculous. I want to share this with anyone who cares to hear my stories.<br />
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So, please read that again. <i>I can do something about anything. </i>And so can you.<br />
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<br />Diane Kleinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04795660623666491852noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5876090867813846121.post-80902808192462693552012-12-05T11:35:00.000-08:002012-12-05T11:40:37.131-08:00The Beginnings<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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5 December 2012<br />
My amazing daughter told me that I need to start a BLOG. She said that what I have to say could help others. I couldn't turn that down as my primary motivation is to help people improve life in any way I can. I've done it. They can do it.<br />
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