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Howdy Folks and Good Day!
Happy
I’m going for the positive stuff!
This time of year is so important! Not only because of the holidays, but because it’s the close of one year, the open of another. It’s closure and setting the stage for new beginnings all in one.
In the midst of all the chaos, festivities, and to-do lists, it’s a great time to reflect on our lives. Did we meet our goals for the past year? Are we where we thought we would be by this time? Are we where we want to be? Are we the kind of person we want to be? Are we happy? Healthy? Loving? Peaceful within? If not, what changes can we make to bring us a little closer to our soul’s desires?
It’s a lot to think about… especially if we haven’t taken the time to check in previously throughout the year. A lot can happen in 365 days! Sometimes a lot can happen in 3 hours! A little reflection is a good thing, especially if we act on the insights gained.
Mark and I try to take a few days after the holidays to talk about our goals for the new year. Not just the lofty stuff, but the every-day stuff too. Things as simple as wanting to improve our health are just as important as wanting to be the next best selling author or star director. In fact, our personal goals often have a greater impact on reaching those big goals than the actual steps it takes to fulfill our dreams. It’s the little stuff like having a good attitude, staying in great health, and recognizing and dealing with our fears that enables us to reach for the gusto!
Although Mark and I plan for the new year after the holidays, we both do a lot of thinking and reflecting before our planning stages so we know what we want by then. It doesn’t require becoming so still in thought you become a twin figure of The Thinker statue. Merely putting our intention out there by asking ourselves questions like, “What do I really want in my life? What do I need to change? What’s working? What isn’t?” and allowing our minds to ruminate on it while we go about our days can make a big difference.
Here we are folks, all in this together—the last month of 2005. Do you know what you want? Do you know what’s working or not working for you? Do you know what you’d like to change or need to change? Start asking. And listening. Then plan a little time to do some planning! It really does help.
Take care and welcome to December!
Peace, Love, Happiness and Health
Jeanette
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I also affirm the following positive reality:
“Self, I love you and am grateful for you. You are a blessing to me and to this
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“Windfalls of abundance are
manifested by this change that you’re making or considering. The change is a good idea!”
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© Angel Numbers by Doreen Virtue
3.
RECIPE
FOR ENCHANTMENT # 51
Here is a new and
fun way to swallow a smile and begin your day with laughter in your heart…
Close your eyes and
take a deep breath and let out all your invisibly held tensions. Now smile,
bend the sides of your mouth upwards and hold the smile. Visualize this smile
turning inward and lighting up your eyes, floating up to your brain and washing
it with joy...then moving down to your nose, and slipping down your throat.
All the time the
smile is bringing a new sense, a new energy of joy to your face. It is like you
are catching the "Happiness Bug." Let the smile infuse into your
heart, shine its light into your stomach, relax your lungs, so you can take an
even bigger breath. Let the smile you swallowed move and refresh every limb,
muscle and organ of your body. Let it infuse into your blood.
Sit a moment and
enjoy this experience. You will open your eyes and truly feel like a new
person. Enjoy your smile all day long!
And so will others enjoy being around you more!
This recipe was
shared by Mary Ellen, the internet "Angelscribe"
and author of "Expect Miracles"
and "A Christmas Filled With Miracles". Her website is http://www.angelscribe.com/
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“If you ever need to know how
precious you are, Little One, just call.
I will be sure to answer.”
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This Dance, Little One? God’s Whispers
by Lisa Vaden
5. ValueSpeak
A Weekly Column
By
HEY, JUDE
Jon was outraged – or at least, as outraged as a 13-year-old boy can be.
“This song,” he sniffed, “is AWFUL!”
Generally, I don’t pay much attention to comments teenagers make about
the music of my generation. How can
eardrums pounded into commercial submission by the likes of Eminem
and Fifty (pronounced “Fitty” – I’m not joking) Cent
hope to understand the subtle rhythmic nuances of the Moody Blues or the potent
musicality of
But “this song” was “Hey, Jude” by the Beatles – by most accounts one of
the greatest songs of the rock-n-roll era.
It has gentle passages. It has
hard-driving licks. It has at least one
really good scream by Paul McCartney. I
couldn’t let Jon’s uninformed dig pass unchallenged.
“This song,” I sniffed right back, “is simply the most successful song
ever released by the greatest popular musical group of all time. It sold more than five million copies in six
months and is still being played on music stations all around the world 37
years after it was recorded. YOUR music
will be as outdated as my polyester bellbottoms next week.”
“But listen to it, Dad,” Jon protested.
“LISTEN to it!”
I looked at my son as if for the first time. Never mind that he is almost an exact replica
of me at 13 – this couldn’t possibly be my child. He may very well have my height, my dimples
and my disposition, but if he doesn’t have my music in his soul it’s time to
re-write the will.
I took a deep breath. Perhaps if
I explained the song to him a little he would understand it more. I talked to him about the Beatles, and where
they were on their musical journey in 1968.
I told him how the group had evolved through the years and how they were
soon to disband and go their separate ways.
I explained Yoko Ono.
Well, as much as one can explain Yoko Ono.
I tried to help him see how this song mirrored one of the most chaotic,
frenzied years of a chaotic, frenzied era: the U.S.S. Pueblo incident in North
Korea, the Tet Offensive, the Battle of Saigon, the
My Lai Massacre, the assassinations of Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert
Kennedy, the Democratic National Convention, student riots, “Rosemary’s Baby,”
the “black power” protests at the Mexico City Olympics, the election of Richard
M. Nixon.
It took all seven minutes and 11 seconds of the song’s
then-unprecedented running time to get through it all, but finally I thought I
saw the slightest ray of understanding on his adolescent face.
“I think I sort of understand what you’re talking about,” Jon said. “But I still don’t think its right to make
fun of the Jews.”
Now it was my turn to be confused.
“The Jews?” I repeated.
“I don’t think I said anything about Jewish people.”
“But the song does,” he said, an unspoken “well, DUH!” written all over
his face. “It says `Hey Jews’ over and
over again, and I just think . . .”
“What a second,” I said, trying really hard not to laugh. “Did you say `Hey Jews’?”
“No,” he continued, “the Beatles did.
And I just think that’s wrong, no matter what the North Koreans were
doing to Yoko Ono at the Democratic National Convention.”
Now, I’ve got to be honest. Part
of me is pleased that Jon was outraged by a perceived slight to another
religious denomination. Another part of me
is hoping that his father (uh, I’m still assuming here that this would be me)
will eventually learn to listen before he lectures. But now there’s this other part of me that is
suddenly, inexplicably, enigmatically wondering: what WERE the North Koreans
doing to Yoko Ono at the Democratic National Convention?
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For more ValueSpeak, please visit http://www.sfpnn.com/joseph_walker1.htm
E-mail Joseph at: valuespeak@msn.com
Look for Joe's book, "How
Can You Mend a Broken Spleen? Home Remedies for an Ailing World." It is available on-line through www.Amazon.com.
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