Dear Difference Maker,

Welcome welcome to your New Year!  Cherish Your Dreams today and every day.  I have an irresistible movie to bring you today. This movie is for every one seeking, reaching and striving to actualize their dreams.

On the days when it feels like your dreams are big shoes to fill, take a few moments to relax into the simple, yet profound wisdom this movie brings and … just keep putting one Big Shoe step in front of the other.

Thinking of you … enJOY!

… just take 5 & grab a cup of jo and click here to enJoy today’s video.

Reaching out …

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Commitment

HERE I QUOTE FROM A SEGMENT of W. H. Murray’s writings.

Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness, concerning all acts of initiative (and creation). There is one elementary truth the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves too. All sorts of things occur to help one that would never otherwise have occurred. A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in one’s favor all manner of unforeseen incidents and meetings and material assistance which no man could have dreamed would have come his way.  

I have learned a deep respect for one of Goethe’s couplets:

Whatever you can do,
or dream you can, begin it.
Boldness has genius,
power and magic in it.
BEGIN IT NOW.

He who is most slow to a promise
is the most faithful in the performance of it.
-JEAN JACQUES ROUSSEAU

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Dear Difference Maker,

Advance confidently in the direction of your dreams ……

Grab a cup of jo and go enJoy your eGreeting Card click here.

Reaching out …

Cut to the Chase

CONFRONTATION CAN BE EASY, GENTLE, nurturing and supportive. It eases the discomfort to move directly into what it is that needs to be said or asked. This does not need to be done in an insensitive way. You don’t have to blast the person with all your accusations. And you don’t have to be right!

Sometimes, our own discomfort propels us into being overpowering or forceful. This strategy gives you permission to simply and gently say what it is you feel, and think is the truth. It gives you permission to know what you know, think what you think and feel what you feel.

Call a spade a spade, and don’t lose sight of that spade in the face of early denial. For example, I deal with denial by waiting for the other person to give me an opening in our conversation in which I can address the facts.

If, after my second attempt, their denial is still pretty strong, I’ll back off and let it go. The seeds are planted, and they don’t have to “get it” today. If, however, their denial is softening, I’ll gently bring the conversation around to the issue one last time to see if they want to discuss it further.

Keep your head and your heart going in the right direction.
and you’ll not have to worry about your feet.
-UNKNOWN

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Dear Difference Maker,

Take a moment to embrace the miracle of Christmas …

Today’s greeting features the exquisite musical artistry of Dana Cunningham’s Away in a Manger from her Silent Night CD.

Turn up your speakers and take a moment to relax into the music as you watch then share with those you think of …

Grab a cup of jo and enJoy your eGreeting Card here.

Reaching out …

Forgiveness & Putting Love First

THIS STRATEGY, IN AND OF ITSELF, can bring you enough success to last a lifetime. Each time you find yourself stressed and self-absorbed with fear of not being good enough or less than, remember that the people who are frightening you are just wearing a protective coat of armor. The original intention of the armor was to defend them in the ways that they believed would keep them safe. That’s all.

This strategy can help you understand that the attacks people sometimes make are done in the exact same fashion that they received as children. When you see an adult ridiculing or invalidating a child or another adult, quickly move into an understanding that this is a reflection of how they were treated as children. You can immediately see the inner child behind that rough exterior. How you approach this situation, as a result of your new perception, may transmit a message such as, I’m on your side, instead of, I’ll show you who can play tough ball!

In putting love first, you will find that the weapons come down and the steel armor begins to melt. Your ability to forgive increases as you move into an understanding of this person’s bigger picture of past trauma, separation and pain. In releasing judgement about this person’s actions, you can more readily return to putting love first before you do or say anything further.

Peace be with you….

If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels,
but have not love,
I am a noisy gong or clanging cymbal.
And if I have prophetic powers,
and understand all mysteries
and all knowledge, and if I have all faith,
so as to move mountains, but have not love,
I am nothing.
Love is patient and kind;
love is not boastful; it is not arrogant or rude.
Love does not insist on its own way;
it is not irritable or resentful;
it does not rejoice at wrong,
but rejoices in the right.
Love bears all things, believes all things,
hopes all things, endures all things.
So faith, hope, love abide, these three;
but the greatest of these
is love.
-FIRST CORINTHIANS 13

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Dear Difference Maker,

When I was in Junior High I was asked to play Mary for our church’s Christmas Play and I got to sing Silent Night as my solo.

It has been my favorite carol since and from which I was inspired to write my heartfelt sentiments, joined with the eloquent and soothing musical artistry of pianist, Dana Cunningham‘s Silent Night from her Silent Night CD, about this Holiest of Nights.

I hope A Silent Night’s message brings you comfort, peace and strength.

It’s time to take 5!

Turn up your speakers and take a moment to relax into the music as you watch then share with those you think of …

Grab a cup of jo and enJOY your video here …

Reaching out …

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Dear Difference Maker,

A special Christmas message for you …

Today’s Cup of Jo is wrapped in the soulful musical artistry of Dana Cunningham’s Once in Royal David’s City from her Silent Night CD.

Turn up your speakers and take a moment to relax into the music as you watch then share with those you think of …

Grab a cup of jo and enJoy your eGreeting Card here.

Reaching out …

Release Resentments

ON A PIECE OF PAPER, write down everything you resent about someone you feel “pushes your buttons.” Everything! How you feel they have hurt you needs to be validated and understood from two perspectives: first, from your innermost pain, and second, from a place forward in time, looking back upon this situation with adult understanding.

Resentment and past hurts are the walls that remain standing between you and the person with whom you desire to interact. To let the walls come down, you need to get in touch with what you perceive built the wall in the first place. So, get to work, and see what it really looks like from the inside out.

The difference between greatness and mediocrity
is often how an individual views a mistake . . .
-NELSON BOSWELL

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Dear Difference Maker,

This is being sent to you to fill your heart with Peace, Joy and Love.

Today’s Christmas Day Greeting for you features the soulful musical artistry of Dana Cunningham’s Come All Ye Faithful from her Silent Night CD.

Turn up your speakers and take a moment to relax into the music as you watch then share with those you think of …

Grab a cup of jo and enJoy your eGreeting Card here.

Reaching out …

You Must First Change Yourself

PUT A STAR BY THIS ONE. THIS IS THE strongest and most powerful strategy I have come across. I don’t always like it because I’d really rather the other person do the changing. At those times when nothing I’ve tried has worked with a person, I stop and remember this strategy. It often aggravates me as I know it will work when I apply it. I have to be willing to see things from a new perspective in order to see it work. It generally has to do with an aspect of my attitude that I don’t want to surrender or give up about someone.

I’d much rather have something “on” someone else than admit that I was wrong in some way. So, I sometimes go into this strategy stomping my feet and grumbling in my head. Yet when I get honest with myself, I realize that I have a negative attitude about them. They may have felt this from the way I’ve interacted with them, even though I’ve done my best to hide it from them and myself. They resisted working with me at a level which I wanted. Why wouldn’t they? After all, I’m the one with an attitude!

Oh, yes, they might have an attitude about me as well, and I’ll have to let that go too if I have any hopes of getting along with this person. The real magic is that their attitude about me changes almost instantaneously as a result of my changing my thinking. You don’t have to believe this works, just try it as honestly as you can and see what happens!

Everybody thinks of changing humanity,
and nobody thinks of changing himself.
-LEO TOLSTOY

Keep It Simple & Straightforward

Reignite Your Light

Follow these steps:

Step 1: Get Your Free FlipBook You Are A Success! (SAVE to FAVORITES)

Step 2: Toggle FlipBook to Full Screen (if it doesn’t fill your screen)

Step 3: Get Companion Resources

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Step 4: Connect with the Community

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