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Think back on all of the things you set out to do at the beginning of the year. Think back further to those things you promised to do by the time you reached thirty or forty or fifty. Any regrets? How many things on that list have you set out in full determination to do, but in the end, that devil on your shoulder warned you against starting, telling you that you’re too old, too young, too out of shape, too afraid? Too often we listen to that nagging voice telling us that we “can’t” or we “shouldn’t.” Too often, that voice leads to opportunities lost. Now think back on all the times you went with your gut feeling, not that voice in your ear. I would bet that nine times out of ten, despite the fear and the doubt, you came out feeling like you were on top. Pretty remarkable feeling, wouldn’t you say?

It’s so easy to succumb to the “voice of reason,” we hear screaming inside. Don’t get me wrong, sometimes that is the voice to heed. But I’m talking about dreams here, not those decisions that bring into question our duties or responsibilities. I’m talking about that personal something that you’ve always wanted to accomplish for yourself, but were too afraid. Those goals we set at the beginning of the year like running a marathon, losing 15 pounds, taking a trip solo, or conquering a phobia. When we have a dream or a goal, we mean well, don’t we? We set out to do it. But something keeps us from it. There’s that voice, that deafening voice that serves as an insurmountable barricade, and keeps us from taking that first step. It whispers, taunting us by saying that we’re not good enough, not serious enough, not ambitious enough, not smart enough, and not brave enough. Ironic isn’t it that all too often that voice echoes in the same timbre of our mother, our father, our husband or wife, even our children. Imagine your dream; it could be ambitious, something that will take years to accomplish, or even something small and personal to bring you a little happiness. The possibilities abound when you are able to ignore the voices, and take that first step forward. I did, and it completely altered my perspective on where I was headed in life.

My fiancé and I just recently relocated from sunny Florida to the green and rolling horse farms of central Kentucky. We had both grown up in the Sunshine State and had little desire to leave until he was offered a scholarship to attend the University of Kentucky’s School of Law. It was with heavy hearts that we said goodbye to friends and family, 100% humidity, and the tourist-filled streets. Once we arrived in Lexington, we found that there were more than hurricanes and humidity missing. People’s accents were different, there was no Cuban food to be found in any of the ethnic food aisles, and jobs that had been abundant in the South were not as easily available up in the bluegrass.

It was after a month of job-hunting (as though it were my job), that I decided I needed to take myself on an outing. I had been cooped up in the apartment, sending resumes, sending thank you letters, desperate for human interaction and even more desperate for a job. The pressure and the disappointment were mounting. Yes, it was definitely time for an outing. I consulted my handy “Welcome to Kentucky” guide that the Kentucky Visitor’s Bureau had graciously supplied me with, skeptical of what I might find. I searched for attractions in the area, and one caught my eye right away: The Raven Run Sanctuary. “A Sanctuary,” I thought to myself, “Now there’s just the thing I need.” The description sounded promising, “a 470 acre nature sanctuary with over 10 miles of hiking trails.”

I was intrigued. But something kept me from walking out the door just then. That voice, far in the back of my mind whispering “do you really thing this is a good idea?” I began to doubt myself. I picked up the phone and called a friend. Single and in her early twenties, it was practically effortless to get her to side with my wilder, adventure-seeking half. It only took a few minutes of conversation to convince me that I needed to change into a pair of shorts, a tank top and some good walking shoes, and head out the door. My more cautious side prompted me to grab a small backpack into which I threw a Swiss army knife, a sweater, and a bottle of water. I was dressed and out the door within ten minutes of having spoken to my friend.

The drive to the nature sanctuary was calming and pleasant. I rolled all of the windows down and turned the radio off, enjoying the sounds of tractors, the smell of fresh cut grass, and the feel of the blowing wind along the way. The sanctuary was about forty minutes from where I live in Lexington, and the further I drove, the more I was reminded of the film “Deliverance” and the unforgettable “You ain’t from these parts, are ya’?” scene, complete with “Dueling Banjos” orchestrating my imagination. Again, the voice came back warning “this is foolish, anything could happen out here!” A slight bump in the road had me worried that my tire had gone flat, a wrong turn wondering if I might be shot at for having trespassed.

After having unknowingly driven past the entrance to the park twice, I was almost ready to give up, but I thought “what the hell, I’ve come this far!” I had finally made it to the parking lot, and to my horror, there was only one other car parked there. “Oh lord,” the voice said, “you’re going to be murdered or worse out here in the woods by yourself, and no one will find your body for weeks, or even months.” I took some solace in knowing that at the very least I had told my friend where I was headed. Even my fiancé had no idea of my intention to go hiking on a whim.

There was a sign that pointed to the “Nature Center.” I figured there would be someone there whom I could ask about the safety of a young girl hiking on her own. I picked up an abandoned walking stick, and started down a cemented path that lead through a wood. It was quiet. I looked ahead, and saw nothing but the path. I looked behind, and saw the same. On either side were trees, and trees, and more trees. But I kept on, and eventually came to an opening where there sat a small house with a sign marking it as the Nature Center. A barn sat behind the house.

There was not a soul to be seen, although there were four cars parked near the small building. Employee’s cars I guessed, although I did not see any employees. At the window there was a sign in sheet and a pile of maps with a rock laid on top to keep the wind from blowing them away. I glanced down the list. There had been six sets of visitors that day, all of which had already come and gone except for one couple. No one had come on their own I noticed, and most had remarked that this was not their first visit to the sanctuary. I carefully wrote in my name. I wanted to be sure that it was legible in case I was killed or bitten by a snake or attacked by a bear. I listed the make and model of my car, the number in my party (one), and stated this was my first visit to the park. “Maybe I should lie,” I pondered, just in case some sick bastard chanced a look and decided to hunt down some ignorant city girl in the woods that day. I decided I’d take my chances. I opened my map, gripped my walking stick anxiously, and took my first steps down the path, starting my journey. It took me about a half hour of walking to get used to the idea that I would not be running in to other people.

There was a sign posted that said “Overlook.” “That sounds nice,” I thought, and headed in the direction it pointed toward. I came to a fork in the road, and consulted my handy, Xerox-copied map. Either path would lead me to the overlook, so which one to take? Robert Frost’s “The Road Less Traveled” came to mind. Both looked pretty well defined, but feeling inspired, I took notice that the path to the right led into the woods, the other through a flowered field, and I made the decision that any reader of that poem would make, “and I took the road less traveled by.” It led me deep into a forest. Not a sound could be heard save for the fall of leaves and my own labored breathing as I trekked up and down the hillside. Then came the echo of my fiancé’s voice in my head wisely stating “you should not be doing this by yourself.” I kept on with some trepidation. And then I stopped dead in my tracks. A doe with her fawn were lunching on a bush. It was the closest I had ever been to nature. I stood quite still until my joints felt stiff and I became eager for a better look. My step forward alerted them to my presence and they dashed off, leaping further into the wilderness. I kept on. I was beginning to feel better about this, until I had a moment of dread recalling scenes from the “Blair Witch” film. What if the paths were changing continuously and I ended up lost forever? What if I was reading the map incorrectly? I took a deep breath, and with great effort, worked again to quiet these voices of the skeptical city girl.

After about an hour of hiking, I realized that I was walking quite near a Cliffside. Again fear. Fear of heights this time. I thought I could see water below, but was too nervous to bend over the side and take a better look. I decided just to keep on my path. It wasn’t long until I reached the end. There were several large boulders in front of me, and I mustered up the courage and climbed from one down to another. I had not prepared myself for the spectacular view that surrounded me. It had all been worth it; all the fear, all the anxiety, all the doubt. I stood about thirty stories above a river, and across me and on all sides of me were cliff walls, cutting sharply into the grey-blue waters below. And for the first time since I had set out on this outing, on this search for sanctuary, I felt peace. And more than that, I felt accomplishment. I had conquered all of my urban fears to venture out into a breathtaking timeless moment, hidden away from everyone else at that particular point in time, feeling as though all of the trees and cliffs and the river below were available only to me. It was as though I had traveled through Alice’s looking glass into another world, another time.

I don’t recall how long I sat there, breathing in the fresh air, exhaling all of the tension I had carried with me from the start. The voice stopped then, and a new voice chimed in. “You did it,” it said. “You weren’t bitten by a snake; you weren’t attacked by bears, or killed or raped by some mad man, or attacked by poison ivy.” I felt like I could do anything just then. I had even braved sitting near the edge of the cliff to get a better look. And then I suddenly felt silly, realizing that I had spent all this time applying my knowledge and wariness of the asphalt jungle to this far less dangerous and far more inviting rural wilderness.

I started my hike back worry free and filled with vigor and pride and a sense of accomplishment. I thought back over all the pedicures and shopping sprees I had treated myself with. I thought back on the safe choices I had made that, in their own way were rewarding, but lacked any real challenge and therefore any reaffirming sense of “you can.” I thought back and realized that this outing, this desperation for sanctuary turned adventure, was the best thing I had done for myself in years. And that has made all the difference.

The Road Less Traveled

by Robert Frost

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood

And sorry I could not travel both

And be one traveler, long I stood

And looked down one as far as I could

To where it bent in the undergrowth


Then took the other as just as fair

And having perhaps the better claim

Because it was grassy and wanted wear

Though as for that, the passing there

Had worn them really about the same


And both that morning equally lay

In leaves no step had trodden black

Oh, I kept the first for another day!

Yet, knowing how way leads onto way

I doubted if I should ever come back


I shall be telling this with a sigh

Somewhere ages and ages hence

Two roads diverged in a wood

And I took the one less traveled by

And that has made all the difference

Haley is a graduate from Florida State University’s Department of Anthropology. She lives in Lexington, Kentucky with her fiancé, and spent most of her life in Florida. Interests are Latin American and Caribbean cultures, religion, symbol and ritual, issues concerned with self and social identity, and the arts (particularly opera, theatre, and especially musical theatre).

In the begining the WORD already existed…The WORD was the source of life… John 1 vs. 1-4

The creation of the world from God’s mouth is no longer news. And that Jesus cursed the fig tree not to produce fruits also is no news. The news is this: we all fail to realize that for every word said, there is a re-resulting effect. Proverb 18 vs. 21—what you say can preserve life or destroy it, so you must accept the consequences of your words.

Do you know that there is power in the spoken word? Mark 11 vs. 23—I assure you that whoever tells this hill to get up and throw itself in the sea and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says will happen, it will be done for him.

A very good illustration is the words of Prophet Ezekiel. Ezekiel 37 vs. 4/7/9-10—He said, prophesy to the bones. Tell these dry bones to listen to the word of the lord—so I prophesied as I had been told. While I was speaking, I had a rattling noise, and the bones began to join together—God said to me, mortal man, prophesy to the wind. Tell the wind… so I prophesied as I had been told. Breath entered the bodies and they… What we get most times result from the words we say to ourselves or to others Matthew 12vs. 37—Your words will be used to judge you—to declare you either innocent or guilty

Hear this, the result you get today is from what you said yesterday. And tomorrow’s results start today. What are the things you have just said? What are you saying right now? What will you say in an hour or two before today is over? I want to tell you how powerful words are. Some years back, I had watched a recorded video message of Bishop T. D. Jakes with the title ‘the ten commandment of working in a hostile environment’ and I did what he said. I had applied for a position in a celebrity magazine as an Advert executive. Then I began saying to myself’ I am the right person for this job’ continuously from the first day I had seen the vacancy advertisement. And when I got the job, I was not surprised.

Words are seeds. Be mindful and thoughtful of your words. Have you ever thought of why there is a dictionary and a thesaurus? Begin today to select words that create a vision of what you want and what you will become. 1 Peter 3 vs. 10—As the scripture says, if you want to enjoy life and wish to see good times, you must keep from speaking evil and stop telling lies.

I leave you with these words from an anonymous author A careless word may kindle strife A cruel word may wreck a life A bitter word may hate instill A brutal word may smile and kill A gracious word may smooth the way A joyous word may light the day A timely word may lessen stress A lovely word may heal and bless Romans 10vs. 10—for it is by our faith that we are put right with God; it is by our confession that we are saved.

SHALOM!

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Procrastinating can be fun, sometimes!

I manage to fit unscheduled shopping sprees into my already busy timetable, visit people I haven’t seen for awhile or give them a ‘quick’ phone call. Sometimes I’ll even clean out the refrigerator, wardrobe, and any closet or room in the house – well they need cleaning and sorting sooner or later! If I had a dog I’d probably take it for a long walk, maybe give it a bath, clip its toenails, place ribbons in its hair – procrastinating can be fun!

The word procrastinates means to defer action, or put off (I’ll add dawdle and ‘hope it goes away’ as well). What’s interesting is the cras (adv) in procrastinator is the Latin word for tomorrow. To me this snippet of information means procrastinators have been around for a really, really, really long time! Wonder what strategies they applied back then.

When I drag my feet, and keep putting something off, at the back of my mind is a flicker of hope that someone else will step in and do for me what I’d rather not (like my accounting paperwork!).

There are many, many reasons someone procrastinates and also varying levels. What lies beneath could be a fear of failure or fear of success, have no idea how to start or finish a project, in a state of overwhelm, depression, seems pointless, not motivated, or maybe just maybe laziness.

What happens when you know there’s something you really should be doing instead of cleaning out the refrigerator again? Maybe an assignment’s due, bills are overdue, and filing needs to be done urgently because you can’t see your desk anymore. My guess is your frustration and stressometer starts rising rapidly.

Now would be a pretty good time to sit down and ask yourself some serious questions such as the ones below:

1. How can I better organise myself to get things done?

2. What’s in it for me? What are the pros and cons of procrastination?

3. What will I lose if I complete what I need to? Could be stress levels!

4. What will I gain if I complete what I need to? This could be in the form of free time, peacefulness; banish forever what you have to complete. Maybe your gain will be a special purchase – much like presenting yourself with a prize!

5. How important is this really to me? For example how important is paying your electricity bill? If you do not pay your electricity bill your power will be cut off. On the other hand you might have 3 things that need to be done first as a matter of priority.

6. Is the reason I drag my feet due to a ‘who cares’ attitude? Can I delegate this project (there’s that glimmer of hope again) to someone else?

7. Do you actually know what you need to do? Seriously, maybe the process is unclear on how to start or finish whatever it is that needs to be done.

When you’ve done that, break down what needs to be done to the smallest denominator and work your way up from there. Sometimes we think about ALL the things that need to be done which in turn overwhelms us. Start really, really small and work your way up by taking baby steps. Be in the present moment totally.

A life long habit that’s ready for change takes commitment, action, as well as time and effort.

By initially answering a few simple questions much like the ones above will help start that ball rolling towards greater clarity about what gets done and what doesn’t, and is this okay. Maybe the outcome is to work on procrastination at a much deeper level and pursue some professional help.

Michaela Scherr Transformational Coach

We all begin life traveling on the “road to happiness.” At some point during this journey we may come to realize we turned left when we meant to turn right; which sidetracks us and puts us on plan “D” instead of plan “A”. Life’s not exactly “unhappy” – it’s just not as fulfilling as we know it can be. We begin to feel as if life became” sabotaged” somewhere along the way. Now it’s time to regain control and get back on track. You just need to readjust the road map!

That said, you are at “choice point.” Maybe your choice is to continue what you’re doing. OK. Just don’t expect different results. Maybe your choice is to do something different to get different results. Once we set a direction in life, all our habits, behaviors, and choices either support or sabotage us in reaching that destination.

Let’s take a look at some choices that may be sabotaging your life and solutions that will support getting you back on track.

Sabotaging Choice #1 – Hit the floor running and don’t stop ’til you drop. Fill your schedule to overflowing so that even taking a moment to catch your breath leaves you hyperventilating! #1 Supporting Choice – Follow the airplane rule, “put your oxygen mask on first.” Before you wake each morning, give yourself a moment to be still with yourself. Consciously take a few deep breaths. Visualize your day flowing smoothly and easily as you continue to consciously breathe. On today’s calendar, block out 15 minutes and write your name in “pen.” Set your cell phone alarm. When the time arrives, use it to sit and do nothing but consciously breathe. Doing this ensures that you put on your oxygen mask first.

#2 – Sabotaging Choice – Hang out with toxic people who criticize, judge and carry around all their emotional baggage. For added effect and drama, make sure you unpack these people often. #2 Supporting Choice – Find the “balcony people” of your life. The people who always have “the best seats in the house”- those who make sure to see things “from the top.” There is at least one person who sees the best in you. Make contact with them frequently. Let them cheer you on, inspire, motivate and support you. Begin to create your “team” of balcony people- your own cheering section! (Keep in mind these people are different from the “nosebleed section people.” – those who can’t see anything beyond the tips of their own noses and are committed to sabotaging anyone who attempts to get better seats than them.)

#3 Sabotaging Choice – Procrastinate! – Why do today what you can put off until tomorrow!? Let’s face it, if you let something go long enough, it may just disappear altogether and you’ll be “off the hook,” right? #3 Supporting Choice – Procrastination is a symptom of a deeper issue and instead of being “let off the hook,” you’re often left “hanging” your head in guilt. Why would you need to feel guilty? You don’t, but you probably have a fear of succeeding and guilt guards you from this fear. (And those guards have some pretty hefty armor, don’t they!?) Instead of lugging around all that heavy guilt, break free, connect with your “balcony people” and let them cheer you on to victory each and every time you follow through! Count all these victories and as they add up, let them empower you to take the next step to success.

#4 Sabotaging Choice – Hold onto the “right” attitude and make sure you’re never wrong. It will keep you feeling like you’re in control. #4 Supporting Choice – It takes so much energy to be right all the time. Plus you really miss out on other ideas that can enhance your life. Learn to apologize. Learn to forgive. Learn to receive. Learn how to listen. (I could be wrong, but my guess is that there will be many treasures waiting for you when you give yourself permission to not always be right!)

#5 Sabotaging Choice – Fill your life with clutter, stuff and mountains of paperwork. Keep all the drawers empty and the tabletops full! #5 Supporting Choice – Clutter creates confusion. Confusion clogs your life’s energy flow, your ability to think clearly and to be creative. Clear your space. Begin small. Sometimes it helps to set an alarm for 15 minutes and begin. Take in small bites. As you clear the clutter, even a small corner, allow yourself to feel good. Exhale. Let that good feeling motivate you for another 15 minutes. You’ll be amazed at how quickly de-cluttering clears the mind.

#6 Sabotaging Choice – Ignore self-care. After all, your mind and body are only the mechanics that keep your life running. You put gas in your car and send it for six month tune-ups; why is extending the mileage on a heap of metal and glass more important than extending the mileage on your life’s journey? #6 Supporting Choice – Taking care of the “self” is a number 1 priority. It is important to remember all areas of self: mind, body and spirit. To begin, make one change in one area. For the body: eat a piece of fruit every day, drink a glass of water, and say one nice thing about yourself when you look in the mirror. For the mind: have an intellectually stimulating conversation with someone; read a book; watch a group of children discovering the world at a playground during your lunch break. For the spirit: sit quietly every day, subscribe to a daily inspiration, and share your gratitude daily. You’ll be amazed at how much more mileage you get with just a little self care.

#7 Sabotaging Choice – Expect perfection or “black and white” solutions for everything. – If it’s perfect, there’s no room for option or choice, which means you don’t have to deal with it! #7 Supporting Choice – There is no such thing as “perfect.” Perfect is a relative term. Striving to be perfect fits into the category of needing to be right. Redefine your standards. Consider the option of making gray the “new black” when it comes to savvy thinking!

In reality, each of us practice all 7 of these sabotaging behaviors, so you’re not alone. But you’re also not necessarily in the best of company, either. These alternate ways of thinking and problem solving solutions allow you to begin to make a shift in the way you live your life, make the right turn and get back on track. Choose one solution and begin to put it into practice. You can make a change to empower yourself; and you can ask for help in creating a new pattern. Be inspired this week to stop sabotaging your life and get back on the road to happiness.

With the holidays quickly approaching, many people have been asking me how they can incorporate burning calories into their busy holiday schedule. What most people don’t realize, is that most holiday activities burn calories and you don’t even have to go to the gym.

I had a client who said that she usually spends 6 hours the day after Thanksgiving shopping and she couldn’t possibly make it to the gym. What she didn’t realize is that she automatically burns 234 calories per hour while shopping. So she would burn 1,404 calories the day after Thanksgiving.

Please see the chart below to see how many calories you may be burning during the holidays.

Shopping 2 hours 468 calories

Wrapping 2 hours 102 calories

Put up tree 2 hours 156 calories

Clean house before party 2 hours 476 calories

Chatting 2 hours 272 calories

Singing Christmas Carols 2 hours 136 calories Prep Feast 2 hours 340 calories

Eat Feast 2 hours 102 calories

Sledding 2 hours 476 calories

Focusing on positives instead of negatives is probably the single most powerful technique in personal development – which is maybe why it sometimes seems so difficult to do. If, like many people, you find the harder you try to keep your mind on good things the more it strays to everything you hate, you might like to try a tip based on the famous slogan of Alcoholics Anonymous — “Just For Today.”

The idea behind those words is that if you’re addicted to something it can be very daunting to say “I’m never going to do this again.” In fact, there are few things that will make you so much want to do a thing you feel the need of anyway than promising you’ll never, ever, do that thing again.

That’s how AA came up with the idea — don’t promise to change your ways for ever. Just promise to do the right thing for today.

You may not know that emotions trigger the release of chemicals within the brain. Fear and danger produce an adrenalin rush to give you strength to deal with an emergency.

Relaxation, contentment, pleasure and tranquility produce beneficial chemicals which strengthen health and well-being.

Feelings of stress, frustration, hatred and resentment, on the other hand, produce harmful chemicals that can lead to physical as well as mental illness, impaired judgement, which can lead to accidents, premature ageing and even death — and all that’s in addition to the emotional misery those feelings cause!

What’s even worse is that constantly flooding your mind and body with un-necessary and harmful chemicals can, over time, actually turn into an addiction in its own right, so that even when you want to work on feeling better about yourself and the world around you the temptation to keep on reliving memories of hurt, injustice, fear or failure can seem overwhelming.

Whether you just feel bad about yourself occasionally, or you’re living in a fog of bad emotions that you can’t see any way of breaking out of, here’s something for you to try.

Decide right here, right now, that you’re going to make your world exactly as you want it — just for today.

Look into the mirror, and make yourself these promises:-

1. Just for today, I will be positive in everything I say and think and feel and do, whatever happens;

2. Just for today, I’ll fill my heart with love, not hate, for all the world, including me;

3. Just for today, I’ll let go of every feeling of resentment, and feel peace;

4. Just for today, I’ll forgive myself for all the mistakes I’ve ever made, and forget about them;

5. Just for today, I’ll see myself as everything I want to be, and act accordingly;

6. Just for today, although I’ll do so with consideration for the needs of others, I’ll tell the truth about my feelings and opinions, and stand by it;

7. Just for today, I’ll have a smile for every person that I meet;

8. Just for today, I’ll concentrate on everything I love, instead of what I hate;

9. Just for today, I’ll seek — and find — the good in those around me… and myself; and

10. Just for today, I’ll speak and think with gratitude instead of grumbling, and thank someone for something good they’ve done for me.

You’ve no idea how powerful these simple techniques can be — until you’ve tried them. Once you’ve seen and felt for yourself what they can do, and felt the thrill of having others treat you with more respect and liking, you may find you’ll want to use them every day.

The choice is yours. The challenge is to start to use them now — just for today.

Its graduation time and we have to create some memories. Share the joy of your accomplishment with your family and friends with quality graduation stationery. Your graduation, with its contemporary design and uniquely personalized stationery, will excite and make your family and friends join you happily at your high school graduation day. A day to remember everlastingly!

Here is a list of graduation stationery to invite, remind and thank everybody in your special day.

• Celebration Cards to let your friends and family know about your Graduation Celebration. Available in many different and tasty designs, adaptable to your very own style.
• Thank you notes, lovely designed customizable cards for you to be able to thank your family and friends, for their gifts or just for having shared that special event with you.
• Seals, graduation seals are the perfect way to put a finishing touch on your graduation stationery making them appear distinctive and elegant.
• Return address labels
• Letter sheets with lovely original designs, all themes related, to send your invitations or reminders.
• Open House Invitations, if you are expecting a lot of people to turn up. It might be a good idea to hold an open house buffet lunch. According to etiquette, these should be mailed separately from the graduation invitations.

Graduation is accepted as an important milestone in social and personal development. Today’s graduation celebrations include open houses, graduation parties and school sponsored after-ceremony receptions and parties. These gifts are usually themed and tend to be thought of as keepsakes. Friends give graduation cards and gifts to each other to say “goodbye” or as reminders of times shared in school. Increasingly, graduates give thank-you cards and gifts to parents and teachers to express appreciation for guidance and support during their years of education.

We offer enormous varieties of stationery and all necessary accessories to make this special occasion a lovely moment in your life, and beautiful everlasting memories. Using Celebration cards to invite family and friends return address labels for people to be able to reply to your invitations and letters, thank you cards for thanking them for their gifts and/or presence and seals to give a final touch to your special, once in a lifetime, milestone event, your graduation day.

Combine two of people’s main pursuits and you’ll expose a vogue we title a sportsbook bets location. And seriously: what could be more imaginative? If you imagine a large assembly of fanatics cheering to support any chosen favorite club, and more often than not wagers are guaranteed to be reckoned complementing the bluster. Set to get some of the delights, on-lookers will often try to figure who will make it in the approaching match. At the end of the day, this eventually evolves into a congenial and friendly match termed sportsbook bets location.

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If you want to bet, you’ll check out a sportsbook bets location, that’s to say a place which receives sportsbook bets location. In the USA, we have no less than four states where to go for wagering sportsbooks in a legit manner, but beyond legal you can go for it anywhere you like provided you pinpoint a bookie and you are of legal age. Many of the sports competitions you’ll be able to wager on are professional plus, likewise, college football plus college level basketball, professional baseball, professional hockey, plus, likewise, wagers on both horse and dog racing. Clients can bet money on the general tally of a competition, in what round a given competitor will be defeated, and even if a tossed coin in a competition will come down heads or tails.

The sportsbook setup will lean on mere figures to help you conclude which club you sense will make it. First thing you’ll find the probability, i.e. specific points lead allocated to a trailing lineup assumed to go under by X number points. Evidently, this is the odds maker’s established modality of making impartial antes possible for a Sportsbook. E. g., you might bet money on a contestor assumed to go under and and all the same profit from the bet provided the lineup is actually defeated by X number of points.

There are plenty of numerous brands of lays- straight, parlay lays, teasers, which are identical to to parlays the difference being that you may either add or subtract points from the distribution to fortify your antes plus, additionally, over/unders, i.e. wagers on the totalized points accomplished in the match by all participating parties, the straight bets, where you merely pinpoint the lineup which you feel will win or go under being the general favorite in wagering sportsbooks.

So why not run a test or two, and have lots of fun all at once? Just be on the guard so that you won’t get overpowered and kill your complete pension plan on a conceit. For otherwise you’re likely to end up regretting it till the end of your life.

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Inner child work is popular these days, and familiar to most persons, especially those who are focused on personal growth.

You can muffle the drum,
and you can loosen the strings of the lyre,
but who shall command the skylark not to sing?
– Kahlil Gibran

Inner Child Work and Beyond

I tend to expand inner work beyond just the “child” and recognize that all the ages we have ever been still exist in us. Also, all the memories and thoughts and emotions we have ever had are still in our energy field. Further, all the experiences our soul has had in other dimensions are also part of who we are today. And still further, the genetic coding inherited from our many ancestors impacts not only the inner, but also the outer experiences.

So, when I said I “expand” the concept of the “inner child” work, I was not joking. With my gift of non-ordinary sight and hearing, I have access to all these aspects in a client. Deep transformation happens more smoothly when all the parts are in harmony. Resistance can come from any level.

I also find that using imagery and playfulness can assist a client to understand himself or herself better. Imagery can also be a wonderful form of needed distraction to help someone to let go of a problem, feel better, and then gain insights about the subject at hand.

Kathy and Little Kathy

I have the honor of working with a powerful woman on a regular basis. I will call her Kathy so I can talk about her experiences more easily. Kathy is an organization development consultant who works with groups of people in the change process.

For a long time, Kathy had been aware of her inner child, a ten-year-old she calls “Little Kathy.” Her awareness was, however, rather intermittent, peaking in sessions with me and others with whom she works. I do my energetic check-in* with Little Kathy almost as frequently as I check in with Kathy.

Sometimes Kathy will specifically ask me how I am perceiving Little Kathy. In one session I said, “today she has on a pretty yellow dress and is playing quietly in the back yard, waiting to go to a party. Another time I said, “I see her sitting in the corner. She’s telling me that she’s scared and doesn’t want to do something.” Kathy connects my perception of Little Kathy with her own feelings. To my second observation, Kathy immediately said, “Oh, that’s so right, I really don’t want to do that _____ contract. I was thinking I was just tired and lazy.”

Recently, Kathy experienced a series of challenges. In one of my check-ins, I noticed that Little Kathy was despondent. She had been crying because she felt abandoned. I talked with her. She lightened up slightly. Kathy had totally forgotten her.

My attention to Little Kathy was helpful to Kathy. It might be compared to a telephone call from an aunt living two thousand miles away who cares that a little girl’s mother has forgotten to pick her up at school. The aunt is reassuring and loving, but can not take any action to rectify the situation.

In our next session, I told Kathy about this incident. She appreciated my attentiveness to her inner child. It helped her to remember to be more attentive to this part of her that experiences all sorts of emotions — joy, fear, grief, excitement.

Little Kathy Flies a Kite While Kathy Flies

Months later, in a check-in, I noticed Little Kathy playing with a kite. I watched her with interest. She wrapped and unwrapped the ball of string with her little hands, keeping one eye on the flying kite. And then suddenly, she let the kite take her into the air. She was flying a kite! For the first time I experienced “go fly a kite” as a double-entendre.

In our next session which was on the following day, I asked Kathy what she was doing the previous afternoon at the time of my check in. She said that she was giving a lecture that she was thoroughly enjoying. She was entranced by the interplay with the audience. She even had outlined a book she is now writing.

Clearly, Kathy was flying!

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* An “Energetic Check-in” is a process I use with all my clients. For thirty days following a session, I check the client’s energy field at least three times a day. I notice alignments and continue the clearing process.

Copyright © 1995, 2006 Marshall House. Jeanie Marshall, Empowerment Consultant and Coach with Marshall House, produces Guided Meditations on CD albums and MP3 downloads and writes extensively on subjects related to personal development and empowerment.
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