Marianna
Holzinger by Nigel A. JAMES
Destined
Discussions
It was just
the other day, and I was having a chat with Marianna Holzinger, and,
whilst we were talking she told me of something quite
interesting. And, she told me all about her annual
“girls' get-togethers”, and, to no great surprise, they have never
encountered a shortage of suitable chatting material!
But, there
have been surprises! And plenty! And the surprises have always been
the fact that everyone has always known what everyone else was going
to talk about without actually knowing what they were going to say!
Everything was always a surprise, and one that had started a full
year before!
At the end of each party, everyone retires to a corner and secretly writes a list of all that they hope to achieve within the coming 12 months. These lists are then sealed in envelopes and given to Marianna to keep for the following year. And then the ripples of reactions are those of delight when the time comes around for their opening! And so each party takes off.
And, each
party then becomes an celebration of past, present and future. Of who
has done this and who has done that and who has been here and who has
been there, and so-on, and so-on. And, more often than not, the
things that are told are truly amazing, and the talking and laughing
and comparing of stories goes on until late in the night!
And now,
with 15 parties behind them, Marianna and her friends have
discovered that future plans are not the same as new years'
resolutions. They have a different dynamic. Plans, not only turn
into facts, they also become reasons for raising a glass. And, what
could be better - A toast for not only times past, but also the
present, and, of course, the future as well?
Groups are
more than good fun, they encourage as well!
Good Health Marianna and
friends!
