To everyone who visits this blog, I wish you all a wonderful 2018 and thank you for your support in 2017. It has been a year filled with accomplishments we might never have thought possible a year ago today.
I am expecting the same in 2018…
May each of your hopes and aspirations meet with success in the coming year.
I share below a few quotes that inspire me for the coming year:
Hope smiles from the threshold of the year to come, whispering, “It will be happier.” –Alfred Lord Tennyson
I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past. –Thomas Jefferson
It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves. –William Shakespeare
The best way to predict the future is to create it. –Abraham Lincoln
If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude. –Maya Angelou
Happy New Year to Mike, his beautiful family and all the amazing people that post on this blog!! It is my sincere wish for Mike that 2018 will be the year that Benjamin leaves CoS and returns to his loving family, and that he enjoys his 2 brothers whom would love him with open arms.
Happy New Year Mike & family! And to all the commenters and readers as well.
May 2018 bring happiness and reconnections.
Happy New Year to all, I wish everybody a prosperous year, may the force be with one!
I’ve decided to find and buy the very first version of Dianetics, the Modern Science of Mental Heath. And when I find this book, why I am going to find another person to read it along with me.
My hope is that the two of us can audit each other to Clear, that is my dream, afterall Hubbard said any two people of normal intelligence can “clear” themselves
I will start at the beginning, we no need Emeters or an organization, we only wish to go Clear.
Happy New Years to all here from an infrequent commenter. Thank you for all the posts and comments. Have come to adore all of you (most all of you) even though I haven’t personally met you. To those disconnected from family and friends, I fervently hope that comes to an end this year. It has gone on way too long. The best in 2018.
Barbara Howard (Bo)
Happy new year to you and your family .
Happy New Year, Everyone!
It is FREAKIN’ FREEZIN’ in my neck of the woods, so nothing like spending the first day of 2018 binge-watching Marilyn Monroe movies. Love her! Have now seen every single one of her films, even the early bit-part movies. Is that an accomplishment, or what? She was funny and a good actress, very talented (in addition to what you guys would call “talented” 🙂 What happened to her should not have…but I digress…OK,
I want to thank every one of you, and of course, Mike, and his beeautiful, supportive family, for all he does including providing this forum where I can spout off when I feel like it – its therapeutic, n’est-ce pas? And aside from the personal benefits to me and possibly all of us, the truth is getting out there, every day and THAT is what’s most important.
And then there’s all of you, from whom I learn, my blog buddies -last night my friends and I raised a toast to all of you last night, that we’d soon be celebrating on the beach at OSD’s place, and so, to Mike, Leah, and everyone visiting here, borrowing a breathy phrase from the immortal Marilyn:
“Thanks ever so”.
2018 is going to be good 🙂
Back at ya kiddo!
Here, it’s BEYOND cold. The rivers are frozen, the water’s too hard to sail through. Salt isn’t working on the roads, even. You’d think we’d been transported to north of the smarter Americans, the Canadians (They don’t send their money to Washington to be wasted, but keep it local, “in the family”.
Back when I had a business after kicked out of SO, one of my clients was Eric Sherman. He told me he produced a documentry about Marilyn Manroe. He did write 2 books about producing, never saw the doc. Perhaps you’ll run across the doc someday. As for the value of this blog – yes, don’t know where I’d be trying to de-program all by myself, sniff 🙂
Eric is a semi celebrity in the bubble. He gives talks at CC on how to make it in the entertinment biz and how to write screen plays etc.
Thanks for the good wishes and entertaining blog comments, Aquamarine. Happy New Year to you!
You’re welcome, Cindy. Back at you with that!
What, no front porches of infinity, bowling leagues, or lions’ dens? No 47x Super Mega Chalupa Supreme Expansion? What kind of New Year’s message is THAT, Mike?
Best wishes to you & yours Mike! You helped to make 2017 more bearable for many with this blog and the Aftermath series. Cheers to the New Year!
Happy New Year, all!
My wish is that we all have no wish to wish anything away. Let’s just watch the evil Empire dribble away to non-existence, not wasting our energies on it, letting days, weeks, months pass without giving it a thought. That’s how I spent most of my “out” years: concentrating on making a life ass I wanted it. Tonight I’ve been reviewing those years and the primary attribute has been FUN, with a bunch of fulfilling, now that I’ve left the useless busy-work behind. Living well IS the best revenge.
Happy New Year Mike!
Happy New Year Mike!!!!
Happy New Year to all!!!!
RB
Happy New Year RB I love your work! Can’t wait to see what you do in 2018!
Thank You Mike for everything!
Happy New Year to you and your family!!!
Happy New Year, RB! You’re terrific to us. And to the cult I’d say you’re terrifying!
Best wishes for the new year to everyone on the A Team and to all fellow activists who are helping expose the cult. May 2018 be a banner year in the fight against cruelty, greed and disconnection.
My best and honest wishes for a prosperous 2018 for you and your family Mike. Also for Leah and the many that keep track of the truths exposed in this blog.
Your work and dedication have no price, but sure indeed receive a lot of gratitude and hope that things within the bubble will change for the benefit of the staff, public and any others that deserve a life of joy by enjoying the simple things of life as choose by oneself.
Thank you!
All the best to you and yours, Mike. I’m very grateful for all you’ve done. If I said this before, it can’t say it enough. Wishing you all the best in 2018,
A favorite anonymous quote of mine:
“If you haven’t got all the things you want, be grateful for all the things you don’t have that you don’t want.”
Among the things I’m grateful for: never having been in scientology.
Happy New Year, everyone.
Happy New Year Mike! May 2018 bring your and Leah’s hopes to fruition and that Scientology will be exposed more and more, that we will find Shelley Miscavige, that those shackled by the prison of belief will be freed and that all those imprisoned physically will be freed!
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Happy New Year to you and your family.
Thanks for all you do to shine the light of truth in such an entertaining way.
Shining the light of truth. Yes you are, LDW. Please…carry on.
Happy New Year Mike.
Best wishes for you and your family.
Chris Baranet
Happy New Year to you Mike and the family. Thank you for everything you have done. Many wishes to all of you who come here and support and contribute to our cause. My biggest wish for myself is that my son comes to his senses and comes home to his family who love and miss him terribly. He is actually an amazing guy and it is so unfathomable to me that he disconnected from us. For anyone else who has been disconnected from, I wish the same. At some point there needs to be an awakening…………
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Yes, I wish the same Lois. Thinking back on my 20 years in SO, the last 10 were in Doubt – Hangup at Doubt etc. Im thinking most of them are only barely hanging in working on their ‘supreme test’, reminding themselfs they are ‘chosen ones’ and seeing the outpoints but staying trying to fix them. They will each give up in their own time. People change when they are ready. I still cry about my 3 lost kids now and then but it’s gotten much better with more understanding of what I’m dealing with. The stories are priceless to healing. Thank you so much for telling yours 🙂
Happy New Year to all here. Wishing you a rewarding year in 2018✨ ?✨?✨
Mary, are you handing out rewards? Seeing how I’m jess po’ white trailer trash with page numbers on my toilet paper, I could use a reward.
☺️ I think you’ve paid your dues. I reward you a case of toilet paper. You should be good to go ?
That’s the greatest present I’ve ever been given! Thanks Mary!
Thanks, Internet Mom! 🙂
Happy New Year, Mike, Christie, and LittleMikes ( those boys!!) All the best to your family.
Mike, Happy New Year to you and your family. I don’t think anyone predicted what an amazing impact you and Leah would have on revealing the truth about Scientology.
And your blog has been a continuous source of information to help me deprogram from the many years of being in the cult. Thank you for your continued dedication.
Mike, wishing a great and happy 2018 for you and your family.
Happy new year! You have been an inspiration to so many. I love reading your blog. You and your family deserve all great things this year!
Best wishes for a great 2018!
Do you guarantee a great 2018? With Best wishes? You do??? Awwwww, that’s great, I Yawn! I feel much better now. Thanks for your posts.
May you and your family have a terrific new year. And thank you for all the work you do to make this a better place.
Cheers to you, Mike. Best wishes to all your family.
You have been a facilitator for hope and healing for many this past year. Thank you. I wish you and your wife and kids all of the best this next year.
Happy New Year to everyone! I wish you peace, good health, love, and prosperity- lets keep fighting the good fight!
Happy new year Mike. Thank you for educating, inspiring and making me laugh along the way!
Happy New Year everyone!
Let this be the year! Hopefully the authorities will conduct raids on organizations that practice human rights violations, and hopefully steps will be made to revoke the tax exempt status of all harmful cults. (Gee, I wonder if we can imagine any such organizations.)
May families be reunited and may the healing begin.
Happy New Year to Mike and his family and everyone who frequents here. Hoping that 2018 brings about more individuals leaving this organization and beginning the process of reconnecting with their loved ones.
I know I may be an incorrigible optimist, but I truly believe that we may be witnessing the beginning of the end to this nightmare for so many of you, and that there is more hope now than ever before. Best wishes for a wonderful New Year.
I pray you are correct, Mick. Happy New Year to all 🙂
Happy New Year!
Hoping to see a 3rd season of Aftermath in 2018.
Happy New Years! Many blessings in 2018 for the Rinders and the Freedom Fighters known and yet to be known….God Bless…
Thank you, Mike. May joy, peace and prosperity be yours in the coming year and beyond.
Many thanks for all you’ve done and continue to do.
Keep up the good work!
Happy New Year, Mike. All the best.
TC Happy New Year. Your many articles have made my transition back from being a Bot so much smoother. You Rock!
Happy AD 68! (68 years After Dianetics – where’s my scotch and soda – hic)
Sorry, Richard! But, I drank it. I know…I know, but, it was just sitting there! How could I pass that up? Tell you what, I’ll buy you a scotch & soda next New Year’s! How’s that?
To everyone here: A very happy New Year’s! May the BEST day of your past…be the worst day of your future. Watching the Rose Parade right now. It’s a beautiful day here in Southern California. Especially at the beach.
“May the best day of your past be the worst day of your future.” OSD,that’s an IRISH saying and you’re a Scotsman. Have you CSW’d the Gaelic authorities for permission? Just checking. Actually, I’m just needling you because weather-wise I’m jealous. 🙂 We’re deep frozen up here with no let up in sight 🙂 Happy New Year!
But, Irish, Scots & the Welch are all Celts. We’re interchangeable.
True, except its the Welsh, not the Welch, my friend. Welch is a grape juice. OSD, you are a constant joy to me. Sometimes I wonder if the unique comedic soul of the late Gracie Allen didn’t migrate over to a Huntington Beach surfer dude when she dropped her bod decades ago.
I’m glad somebody is enjoying above freezing temps.