IN THIS ISSUE
Welcome
Feature Article - Miles and Miles and Miles of Heart
Words to Inspire
Guest Column - Figure Out the Pebble in Your Shoe
Resources for You
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WELCOME

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February is a month of celebrations starting with Valentine's Day followed by Presidents Day Weekend here in the U.S. In this issue you will discover how to overcome the challenge of finding sunshine using the heart of spirit to win at life.

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Miles and Miles and Miles of Heart

What do you do when a dark cloud hovers over you? Do you a) want to give up and let darkness take over or do you b) look for a blue sky filled with sunshine? The ideal answer is b, finding sunshine. How can you do that?

In the musical Damn Yankees a losing baseball team, the Washington Senators, is totally dejected because they are going to play against the winning New York Yankees. The Senators get pumped up when the coach sings "Heart, you've gotta have heart, miles and miles and miles of heart" to boost their morale. The whole team begins to sing and dance along. Their enthusiasm and confidence grows as they discover the joys of having more heart.

"You gotta have heart" is a good analogy for all of us to live and work by. We usually think of heart as a physical organ in our body. It is the "lub-dub" pumping sound of life. That precious noise keeps our bodies alive.

Heart has an emotional side, too, as the Washington Senators found out. It is the spirit that feeds our hope and encourages us to keep on trying. It breathes life into our soul. Yes, we need the "lub-dub" as well as the spirit to find the sunshine.

What does the heart of spirit look like? First, it is seen in your attitude. No matter how bad the odds are you want to keep a positive outlook and look for the gold. Second, it is found in your strength. If you are feeling tired, take a physical break and come back renewed and refreshed emotionally.

Third, resilience is seen in the heart of spirit. It is being flexible and having an open mind. There is often more than one right answer to your problem. Fourth, the heart of spirit is found in your persistence to pursue your dreams and goals. Giving up is not an option. Finally, your spirit is expressed by your passion. When you love what you do your spirit soars high and you show that love to all those around you.

Finding sunshine is a challenge we all face given the troubled times we live with today. Our investment portfolios have fallen, the economy is down, a war is looming and we just lost seven brave people aboard the Columbia. Finding and keeping the heart of spirit is more important than ever. Each of us needs to hold on to the hope of a better tomorrow. We need glue that bonds us together. We need to connect with miles and miles and miles of heart.
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WORDS TO INSPIRE

"We are shaped and fashioned by what we love."
Goethe

*"The heart is wiser than the intellect."

Josiah Holland, Editor and Author

"An optimist sees an opportunity in every calamity; a pessimist sees a calamity in every opportunity."
Sir Winston Churchill
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GUEST ARTICLE

Figure Out the Pebble in Your Shoe by BZ Riger-Hull

"By asking for the impossible, we obtain the best possible."
~ Italian saying

If you are serious about achieving a more meaningful life then you'll need a new perspective for viewing your life and your career.
The following exercise is a new method for going through your day and your week. It's a new sense of being alive being responsible, being at choice, and being the architect in your life.

Tomorrow, you'll be totally conscious about everything you do, see, say, feel, smell, taste, and who you are being. Use your notebook, journal or computer file to capture notes, thoughts, and insights.

Exercise: A Totally Conscious Day

Notice everything! Write down your observations using 1-2 words or several sentences. There is no wrong or right way to do it.

As soon as you wake up, notice the first thoughts that enter your mind. Write them down.
Go into the bathroom. Look into the mirror. Look into
your eyes. Really look! Smile. Spend a minute looking into your eyes. Smile goodbye. Write down feelings or thoughts you experienced.

As you get ready for work, notice everything the rhythm of brushing your teeth, brushing your hair, the motion your arm makes as you stroke on your makeup, etc. Write down any thoughts or describe any pictures that come to mind.

On your way to work, notice your surroundings. What are the buildings like? What does your route to work smell like? Can you smell the restaurants, factories, etc? Do you smell trees in bloom? As you get closer to work, what sensations do you notice in your body? Write down every observation.

When the day is over, spend a few quiet minutes in bed reading your notes. Do you remember things you didn't capture before? Write them down in a different color pen than your notes from earlier in the day.

Finally, spend five minutes writing your impressions of what you
captured and what you experienced being totally conscious.

This exercise provides a lot of perspective and insight, but you have to actually DO it not just read the directions and say, "That sounds like a great idea. I'll try it later." It's really important to "get clear."

This first step is critical to your success. If you make the decision to become conscious to become completely aware of what is really going on you become aware of what it is that you really want.
We often become excited after participating in a workshop, attending a seminar or reading a book. We think, "Oh, this is it. This is the thing that's going to change my life." However, we don't make the decision to start, to take action. Or we may think that by simply reading a book, it will somehow magically change our lives: "The information is going to float over me and my life is going to be different."

When the pebble in our shoe bugs us enough, we pick up a book or attend a seminar. We briefly take off our shoe. We enjoy the comfort of the idea of not traveling with the pebble in our shoe anymore.

When the seminar or book is finished, we put our shoe back on over the pebble. Then we start our journey again. We feel a little lighter and more enthusiastic, because of encountering new material. So the pebble is barely noticeable. However, we never made a decision a conscious choice to remove the pebble or get shoes that keep the pebble from falling back in again.

We never really get started.

Whether you know what you want to do or no longer want that quiet, nag pebble in your shoe the realization that you need to make a change and take action is a great place to be.

When you make the decision to move forward, it's truly a momentous occasion. Today, you are finally awake.

BZ Riger-Hull is the author of The Soul of Success: 7 Steps To Monetary And Spiritual Wealth For A Rich Meaningful Life.
This treasury of practical wisdom contains easy to apply action steps that will significantly reduce stress, dramatically improve your profits, and deeply enrich your vital relationships. This excerpt is reprinted with permission from Essence Press. Learn more at
http://www.in-spiros.com/bookstore.shtml

This article provided by the Marketing-Seek Archives at: http://www.Marketing-Seek.com
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RESOURCES FOR YOU