Tuesday,Sep 30 2008, 04:39:41 PMChoice is ours!

While a man was polishing his new car, his 4 yr old son picked stone & scratched lines on the side of the car. In anger, the man took the child's hand & hit it many times, not realizing he was using an iron wrench.

 At the hospital, the child lost all his fingers due to multiple fractures. When the child saw his father.... with painful eyes he asked 'Dad when will my fingers grow back?' Man was so hurt and speechless. He went back to car and kicked it a lot of times.

Devastated by his own actions...... sitting in front of that car he looked at the scratches, child had written 'LOVE YOU DAD'.. The next day that man committed suicide....

Anger and Love have NO LIMIT - choose the latter to have a beautiful & lovely life....

THINGS are meant to be USED and PEOPLE are to be LOVED, .

.But the problem of today's world is that... People are used & Things are loved!!!

One can change if ONE wants to!

--- This is from the mail received from my good friend Pinky.

Wednesday,Sep 24 2008, 02:17:37 AMA Pot of Panatunies - By Tony Masiello

We have a large pot of panatunies growing in our back yard. You might ask, ?What are panatunies ?? When our daughter was about 3 years old she proclaimed the name of our petunias by combining the name pansies and petunias. We have used that name ever since to describe our petunias.

 

Just like roses, if you want more blooms to occur on your petunias, you need to snap off the dried up buds.   I don?t mind at all deadheading petunias or roses; in fact it?s rather relaxing.   But here I was working with this big pot of petunias, which are a beautiful deep purple.   As I was standing on one side of the pot I picked all the dead ones I could see, and thought I was through.   However as I began to move around the pot I began to see more and more of them.  For a while I thought I would never finish.  I began to lift up the stems to discover more underneath. 

The result I am always trying to bring about is to help maintain a nice looking pot of panatunies. This work always rewards me with new blooms.  A few days of laziness had got me to this place and I was paying the price.

 

The thought that came to me is that if we procrastinate, we pay a price or even worse.   We may have to do something over and over to keep the beauty of what we want to accomplish.

In other words, change your perception, your view. Heck, stand at a different spot if you have to. There are times (sometimes many) that you feel you?re going around in circles picking off old dried blooms, but what you are really doing is clearing up old negative garbage and being persistent trying out new ideas.

If you want your life to look and feel great there are times that you may have to do something over and over while you?re looking under your old beliefs and picking them off to bring forth new and vibrant ones.

Ideas with right action equal a great life, but if you don?t feel you?re there yet then go back to the pot of panatunies and start over again.  You will then find your life enriched with new vibrant blooms.

 

 

Monday,Sep 22 2008, 06:48:40 PMYes You Can! (c) 2008 Carrie Wilkerson

Our team has been busy, busy as usual - but one of us has been especially busy.  LauraLee, our 11-month old, has been really focusing on her walking!  She will be 1 in a few weeks (where has the last year gone?) and she decided about 6 weeks ago that walking looked like something she wanted to figure out!  This is my 4th walker and so I've not been rushing her, but I have been intently watching the process. 

 

She's wobbly.  She falls a lot.  She sometimes needs a hand to hold, sometimes just a pinkie or finger for confidence.  She prefers to walk towards someone who is reaching out their arms for her. She's bumped and scraped from obstacles.  When she hits her head (or any other body part) it doesn't seem to hurt as much as normal because she's so focused on her destination.   But, most importantly, she keeps getting up and trying again. 

Things I've noticed about those of us around her.  We clap when she takes steps (even if it's just one or two). We reach out to help her up when she topples.  We praise her and cheer for her (yes, even if she falls flat).  We hold our arms out for her so she knows where she can fall safely.  We tell everyone about her successes.  We dwell on the steps, not the tumbles.  And most importantly, we encourage her to get up and try again.

 

Not ONCE have I heard anyone say, "well, you've fallen - this walking stuff might not be for you.  You should stick to crawling."  

"I know someone that tried that and still can't walk, just save yourself the trouble." 

 

"Wow, that sure is taking you a long time to figure out. Your sister walked a lot faster than you did."   

"You know you're not supposed to walk yet. This is too early.  Sit back down and let us carry you for awhile."

 

"Why would you want to bother with that when you're already so good at crawling?"  

"Don't, Don't, Don't - you know you always fall when you do that!"

 

Interesting, isn't it??   There are SO MANY parallels in this lesson that I hardly know where to begin!  Are you surrounding your family, friends, and business associates with encouragement, praise, and positive words?  Are you telling them why they CAN succeed instead of why they cannot?  

And just as important - are you surrounding YOURSELF with others that encourage YOU in that same way? LauraLee knows she is in a safe place, surrounded by people who love her and want her to be the best baby she can be!  We want her to learn new things, to progress in her 'walk,' her journey.  I want to be one of those people for YOU!  And in the meantime, will you choose someone today that might need your arms reached out?  They might need a finger to hold (or just the end of your pinkie)?  Is there someone that needs you clapping for them?  Find them today.  Help them in their walk.

 

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
As "The Barefoot Executive" Carrie educates, coaches and advises work-at-home women (and those who want to be) as they achieve their goals of personal & career fulfillment!  Carrie and her husband, "Mr. Barefoot" - work together at home and share the joy of raising their 4 children (infant to 12 years) together.  For a free motivational audio and transcript...go to www.The-Barefoot-Executive.com