It's Time for a Mid-Year Check-UP
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Can you believe it? We're half way through 2010 already. And, it's time for a mid-year goal checkup to make sure you're still on track, on fire, and on purpose.
To prepare for this month's newsletter, I went back to basics and looked at some of the people who inspired me (back in the day) when I was living as a single teen mom in the Projects of Rochester, NY. I've come a long way since then. This year I will celebrate my 30th Wedding Anniversary. I have six wonderful children, six books, a new home, and goals galore. It's important, I believe, to periodically reflect on where we're going, where we've come from, and how we got where we are. I remember the challenges along the way, the doubters, the toxic people, and a few champions that came in right in the nick of time during my most despairing moments. I believe that we can all get anything we want out of life if we just help enough other people along the way. This issue is my gift to you! To become more inspired by the great motivators of the past, click on any link to the right.
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My May Health Chronicles: The Importance of Hope
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What do naysayers, toxic people, and insensitive people have in common with weeds?
Answer: They choke the life out of living things.
"Just make her comfortable," the cold, emotionless doctor said to us in front of my 83 year old step-mom after giving her only about 5 minutes of his time. "She won't get any better you know. She'll never be like she used to be. She's got kidney problems and her heart is operating only at 10%. I don't know what you expect me to do." He didn't even look or speak directly to her, instead focused his remarks to my sister and I. I looked over at my step-mom and watched as her spirit dropped. She looked so sad... and hopeless! You see, she still believed whatever the doctors told her. For the next few days she barely ate. This culminated into a trip to the emergency room two days before her 84th birthday.Importance of Hope Continued
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