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PublisherBefore Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman starred in the movie, The Bucket List, I had not heard of the term.

Here were two elderly men who were terminally ill. Even though they bickered back and forth, they soon found themselves riding across the country with their bucket list of all the things that were left unfullled in their lives.

Their antics made us laugh, their realizations that the sunset of their lives was nearing completion, the tears they shed (along with us) brought sadness and joyyet, ultimately, closure in knowing their bucket lists were complete and they found a friendship between them that would sustain them on their nal journey.

So how does this movie and the implications relate to life? Quite simply putit affords us to see who we really are and not what society perceives we are.

With a list, we have the opportunity to be brave, courageous, risk takers, people that take responsibility for themselves.

On my list, one of my tasks would be to learn how to swimthis is an unreasonable fear I have had since I was a child. Silly to some I am sure; however, fear is fearno matter what it is wrapped up to look like.

In my mind, a bucket list is something that speaks to the inner child that wants to be free to live on all levels of life.

What are some of lifes experiences and challenges that excite you? What fears would you be willing to face if they were on your list?

The idea of this bucket list has grown ever since I became a fan of The Amazing Race. Eleven teams racing around the world, meeting cultures rich in tradition, learning to face their fears, having fun and as well as setbacks. The one thing I do know, those that run this race will never look at life the same way.

So, lets start our own bucket list. One that has all our dreams, desires, fears, challenges and then set a date of completion. Perhaps, at some time in our lives, we will look inside that bucket and see it empty and yet knowing it is full of lifes many treasures. A bucket listwhat a splendid idea.

I hope youll come along for the challenge. When we face life head on our fear disappears.

I gain another year in wisdom this month and already, my list is lling upguess I best get started to truly living life.

May we celebrate all those we loveincluding ourselves. Many blessings my dear friends, take care.

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mission comPLeTe By Jason WomackThe curse for many of us modern-day movers and shakers

mechanics & miracLes By aLan cohenA Course in Miracles denes a miracle as a shift in perception. Miracles dont alway change the facts

BreaThe neW LiFe inTo your reLaTionshiP By andreW soBeL & Jerry PanasHave you ever had that experience?

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Enlightening ViewsBy Shannon PeckBy Jason Womack

he curse for many of us modern-day movers and shakers is we never seem to have enough time to do everything that needs doing. There simply arent enough hours

in the work day (or even the work week!) to accomplish everything on our to-do lists. Worse yet, when we nally do get on a productivity roll, there always seems to be a distraction (or two, or three) waiting in the wings to throw us off course. However, the reality is that we could actually accomplish a lot more each day if we would just learn to recognize and acknowledge when were done with what were doing.

One of the biggest time wasters we all face is spending too much time on those things that dont require it. When we do so, we lose the time we actually should be spending on more difcult or time-intensive tasks. But, if you learn to recognize when youre done with a task, youll have valuable minutes and maybe even hours added back into your day.

It often seems we put off the most important things on our to-do lists until we feel like we have the time to work on them. When you learn to recognize youre done with projects, big and small, youll immediately nd you have a lot more time than you thought you didtime you can use to focus on those things that truly matter.

Five Ways to Know When Youre Done

Stop majoring in the minors.

Many of us spend a lot of time on those projects and tasks that are easy for us. Then, we convince ourselves that we just didnt have enough time to get to the harder stuff. But, when it comes to knowing when youre done and freeing up time during your day, completing these easy tasks quickly and efciently is essential.

Before you start your work day, think about what your high and what low leverage activities are. For the low leverage activities, force yourself to move through them as quickly as possible. With these tasksfor example, writing an email to a colleagueperfection isnt necessary, and theres no need to waste time wringing your hands over every word. When you can accomplish these minor tasks more efciently, youll have the time you need to do those major tasks justice.

Dont overwrite emails.

Much of your timeprobably too mucheach day gets eaten up by email. Make a conscious effort to keep your emails as short and sweet as possible. Get to the point quickly and use action verbs in subject lines so both you and the recipient know what needs to happen before the email is

even opened. And while long emails waste the time it takes you to write them, keep in mind the person receiving the email doesnt want to have to spend so much time reading it either.

Quit over-staying at meetings and on con-

ference calls.

Often meetings and conference calls will take as long as youve allotted for them. Set an hour for a meeting and youre sure to go the full hour. Pay close attention to how much of your meeting is actually spent focused on the important stuff. If you spend 15 to 20 minutes at the beginning or end of the meeting discussing your coworkers golf game, then next time reduce the amount of time allotted for the meeting. And always know the meetings or calls objectives before you begin. That way you can get to them right away.

Set your own deadlines and stick to them.

Its very easy to get distracted or sidetracked by things you think you should do or things others think you should do. Having a self-imposed deadline will help you ignore those distractions. If a colleague calls you about a non-urgent task, you can let him know youve got a 3:00pm deadline that you have to meet. Theres no need for him to know that its self-imposed! And then as 3:00pm draws near, start wrapping up that particular task.

Know when its time to ask for help.

Have you ever been stumped by a certain project or task? Did you walk away from it for a while and then come back to it hoping youd suddenly know what to do? Sometimes knowing when youre done is knowing when you, specically, cant take a project any further. You simply might not have the right expertise to completely nish a certain project. And thats okay. Wasting time on something youre never going to be able to gure out is much worse than asking for help!

When you put in place steps to help you know when youre done, youll be surprised and pleased with how much, you can get done. It will truly free up time in your day. As a result, youll have a more gratifying work day and youll be happier overall.

Jason W. Womack, MEd, MA, author of, Your Best Just Got Better: Work Smarter, Think Bigger, Make More provides practical methods to maximize tools, systems, and processes to achieve quality work and life balance. Jason shows that working longer hours doesnt make up for a awed approach to productivity and performance. Entrepreneurs need to clarify their habits, build mindset-based strategies, and be proactive. For more information, visit www.WomackCompany.com.

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Monthly Inspirations from

Alan Cohen

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I have long been fascinated by the phenomenon of crop circles. In 1994 I made a pilgrimage to England to study the mysterious formations appearing consistently now for over 20 years. While the glyphs have been the subject of controversy and some have been fabricated by hoaxers, an intelligent study of them points sharply toward the expression of inter-dimensional intelligence. (For an illuminating overview of the state of the art in the crop circle phenomenon, watch the DVD, What on Earth? (www.WhatOnEarthTheMovie.com)

Michael Glickman, author of, The Bones of God, is a renowned architect who illuminates the sacred geometry behind the crop circles. Michael identies two distinct camps of crop circle investigators: One camp is founded in scientism, focused on the study of various chemical and electromagnetic forces associated with the circle formations. While thats interesting, a far more signicant camp explores the meaning of the formations. Who is communicating to us? What are they trying to tell us? How will this extraordinary phenomenon affect the destiny of humanity and enrich the quality of life on earth?

Whether or not you believe the crop circles are a paranormal communication, Glickman underscores a broader lesson in the distinction between mechanics and meaning. To know how things work is important. Yet knowing how things work is useless unless you know why things work. If you are obsessed with the details of life, you may miss the experience of life. To receive the gift of a Rembrandt painting, you must let the painting speak to you, Glickman suggests. You feel it, absorb it, and live it. If you spend all your time analyzing the chemical composition of the paint, you miss the purpose of the painting.

This lesson is brought home by the Su rascal-sage Nasrudin, who was traveling on a ferry boat when he was approached by a pompous intellectual.

Have you ever studied astronomy? asked the professor.

I cant say that I have, answered the mystic.

Then you have wasted much of your life. By reading the constellations, a skilled captain can navigate a ship around the entire globe.

A few minutes later the learned one asked, Have you ever studied meteorology?

No, I havent.

Well, then, you have wasted most of your life, the academician chided. Methodically capturing the wind can propel a sailing ship at astounding speeds.

After a while the fellow inquired, Have you ever studied oceanography?

Not at all.

Ah! What a waste of your time! Awareness of the currents helped many ancient peoples nd food and shelter.

A few minutes later Nasrudin approached the scholar and asked, Have you ever studied swimming?

Havent had the time, the professor haughtily responded.

Then you have wasted all of your life the boat is sinking.

Considering the challenges facing humanity, one might wonder if its time to put less emphasis on activity and more emphasis on awakening. Less what and more why. The form of life is the chalice through which we drink the essence of life.

In the classic lm, To Sir with Love, a high school student develops a crush on her English teacher. Eventually she gathers the courage to send him a love letter. A few days later she is

thrilled to receive a response from him. When she opens the envelope, however, she nds that he has simply corrected the spelling and grammar of her letter, the paper lled with red marks. He made no response to her communication. He analyzed the form, but missed the message.

a Course in Miracles denes a miracle as a shift in perception. Miracles dont always change the facts of life, but they do change the viewing point of life. Its possible to live in a miraculous universe, but not know it because you are looking elsewhere. C.S. Lewis declared, Miracles are a retelling in small letters of the very same story which is written across the whole world in letters too large for some of us to see.

Our culture is saturated with mechanics while starving for meaning, lled with the mundane while famished for miracles. While the crop circles offer us signs in elds of wheat, the universe is offering us signs in the fields of our lives. One message on both elds might be to get our heads out from under the hood and catch a glimpse of the widening highway before us.

Alan Cohen is the author of many inspirational books, including, Enough Already: The Power of Radical Contentment. Join Alan for Metaphysics and Miracles, May 30June 3 at the Sunrise Ranch in Loveland, Colorado. For information about this program and more, visit www.AlanCohen.com or phone 1-808-572-0001.

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Enlightening ViewsBy Andrew Sobel & Jerry Panas

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Have you ever had this experience? Youve left the kids with a sitter for a rare date night. Youre all dressed up and sitting across from your spouse at a fancy restaurant. The wine has been uncorked, the entrees ordered, the obligatory pleasantries exchanged. Now what? Well, its pretty clear youve passed out of the cant stop talking and gazing into each others eyes throes of new love. Aside from discussing the kids, complaining about work, or discussing which desserts look the best, you cant think of a single meaningful thing to say.

Its true. When youve just met the one, conversation seems to flow effortlessly. Add ten years and a couple of kids and the proverbial cat gets your tongue.

Maybe laundry undone and bills unpaid have crowded out topics like childhood dreams and the meaning of lifeor maybe youve just gotten complacent.

But nine times out of ten the spark can be revivedand you dont have to wow your partner with your insights or intellect. You just have to ask the right questions.

The intimacy that marriages and other healthy relationships thrive on comes not from flowery declarations of affection, love poems, romantic gifts, or even sex. No, it comes from taking a sincere interest in the other person and investing time to learn who they are and what they care about. Thoughtful questions are the way you achieve this goal.

Power questions are called that because they give power to your conversations and to the other person. They make you stop talking and start listening. They help you learn things about a loved one thatI guarantee youyou didnt know. And best of all, they make the other person feel loved, valued, and worthwhile.

If you have a spouse or signicant other, try these questions. If you dont have a romantic partner at the moment, they also will impact anyone else you lovea parent, a child, or just a good friend.

1. What are your dreams? Sit down with a cup of coffeeor a glass of wineand allow some silence. Smile warmly. Ask this question with no elaborationdont mess it up with other words. Then wait.This is a deceptively simple

questiondeceptive because of its power. Most are afraid to ask it. What if the answer is something we dont want to hear? And yet, the conversation it sets in motion can transform lives in exciting ways.

2. What would you say has been the

happiest day of your life? (and Why did you choose that day?) Think of this question as the start of a much longer conversation. Why did the person choose that particular day? What other days have been happy ones? What is happiness, for him or her, anyway? Is it the same thing as joy or contentment? Allow an hour at least!

Sometimes we have huge miscon-ceptions about our partnereven if its someone weve lived with for 30 years. You may discover you have been projecting your own feelings and beliefs onto him or her.

3. Can you tell me about your plans? We

are all so FULL of our own plans. Our own priorities. Our own goals. Our own stories. When we really, truly focus on our partnernot just use what he or she says as a springboard to talk about ourselveswe learn amazing things.

Ask this about anything: the other persons career, their upcoming vacation, their weekend. Instead of talking about your plansor what you think the other persons plans should beask the questions and just listen.

4. What do you think (about this idea, news event, etc.)? My coauthor on Power Questions, Jerry Panas, calls these the FOUR WORDS. They are very simple: What do you think? Youd be surprised how many are

never or rarely asked these four words. They can unleash a marvelous conversationand help you make a warm connection.

5. What do you wish you could spend

more time on each week? Less time?

Actually, this is a good one to ask if you got a blank stare or an eye roll when you asked your partner about his or her dreams. In some ways youre asking the same thingjust in more pragmatic language.

I ask this question a lot in business relationships and I nd it gets the other person talking about what they really love and enjoy in their lives. I get to know them so much better. An added benet, when you ask it of a partner, is that sometimes you can help them gure out a way to change their day-to-day reality.

6. Can you tell me something about

yourself that I dont already knowand

that might surprise me? This question can reveal surprising, even astonishing things about someone you thought you knew well. A friend of mine once answered this by telling me I spent a night in jail in Lubbock, Texas. Someone else said, I rode on Air Force One with President Lyndon B. Johnson. Yet a third revealed, I had been jilted the day before my planned wedding!

Try it out yourself. You may not nd out anything that dramaticbut then again, you might!

7. Right now, what are you most passionate

or excited about in your life? This is what I call a passion question. When you tap into peoples passions, they come alive and the conversation comes alive. All of a sudden youre not just chit-chatting

about mindless trivia. Youre talking about the stuff that lights us on re!

8. What would you say gives you the most

fulllment in your life? This comes at passion from a slightly different angle from the previous question. Maybe the answer will be the same. Maybe not. But a conversation about what fullls us in our lives is always a rich and rewarding one.

9. What are you doing this week that I could

help you with or support you on? Even if the answer is nothing, youll make the other person feel supported and loved. If there is somethingwell, its a good day when you can identify how to help someone else.

Remember, from everyone to whom much is given, much shall be required. Maybe you can run an errand for your spouse. Or help a friend with an unpleasant task. It could be that simple.

10. May I share with you the reasons why I

love you so much? (or, value you so much as a friend?; or, enjoy spending time with you?; or, am so proud of you?; etc.) Think this one through beforehand. Really ponder it. One of the greatest gifts you can give someonea spouse, a child, a friendis to share with them why you think they are so special. Why you treasure them. Why you love being around them.

This one is powerful. Go for it. Sopick a question (or two or three of them) and give it a try.

It may feel a little uncomfortable at rst; however, it will get amazing results. And it sure beats carrying on a monologue about your workday, discussing your childs geometry grade, or sitting in uncomfortable silence. Power questions create power conversationswhich create deep relationships.

About the Authors:

Andrew Sobel is a published author and an acclaimed keynote speaker who delivers idea-rich, high-energy speeches and seminars at major conferences and events. Andrews book, Power Questions was co-authored with Jerry Panas. Andrew can be reached at AndrewSobel.com.

Jerry Panas is the author of 13 popular books, including Power Questions and the all-time bestsellers, Asking and Mega Gifts. He is founder and chairman of the board of the Institute for Charitable Giving, one of the most significant providers of training in philanthropy. Visit: Panaslinzy.com.

One of the greatest gifts you can give someonea spouse, a child, a friendis to share with them why you think they are so special. Why

you treasure them. Why you love being around them.

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Enlightening ViewsBy Judi Moreo

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Who are your friends? Who are your associates? With whom do you spend the most time?

We dont always get to pick our relatives, but we certainly can chose who we seek out for friendship. Many of us havent chosen our friends. Weve just acquired themthrough work, school, or association. In many instances, negative people have somehow inltrated themselves into our lives.

It is of uppermost importance to associate with positive people and avoid the negative ones. We learn our behaviors, habits, mannerisms, speech patterns, verbiage, manners or lack of them from the people with whom we spend the most time. People who succeed put themselves in the company of people who are striving to succeed. People who fail often hang around with people who have no goals and no ambition.

Success breeds success

If you associate with successful people, you will learn from them and you will likely become successful, too. Successful people often present opportunities to people they know. The people with whom you associate should be people who are interesting and have a positive outlook toward life. You should also be able to contribute something of value to their lives.

independence have already come true on the mental plane by the time you desire them or become aware of them.

Remind yourself often that if others have attained nancial independence, so can you.

Remember, every good thing already exists in the realm of substance. Through high expectancy, mental images, prosperous thought and action, you can bring forth whatever you wish.

Mind Workout

Make a list of people with whom you usually associate. Then beside their names, write down their most outstanding characteristic.

Whom would you like to emulate? Who is interesting? Who is negative or bad mouths others? Who complains a lot?

Original Title Associate for Success

I f y o u w a n t t o b e s u c c e s s f u l , surround yourself w i t h s u c c e s s f u l

people. Go to events where you know there

will be people who have already reached the goals you

would like to reach; introduce yourself to others and start conversations. If you introduce yourself to enough people, you will surely make some new positive, interesting friends.

When I wanted to become a speaker, I joined the National Speakers Association in order to associate with top notch speakers and learn from them. Later, I decided I wanted to write books as well, so I attended a writers conference and then joined a local writers group.

Get quiet, meditate, and make a mental picture of the highest degree of nancial success that you wish to achieve.

Build a mental picture of what you really want.

Keep your inner plans to yourself.

Proceed to take steps toward your mental picture of financial independence.

Do NOT become anxious, excited, or emotionally upset if you dont immediately get the results you want.

Persevere in making your mental image of financial independence come forth, in whatever ways are revealed to you.

Realize your dreams of financial

Who makes things happen? Which friends or associates are just getting by?

If you nd there are negative people on your list, dont worry. You dont have to go right out and dump your friends. Think in terms of acquiring new friends and acquaintances who are positive and are headed where you want to go.

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Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can be great.

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Defining Who You Are

trick in dening who we are is becoming aware of our emotional responses. Its our emotions that cause us to react the way we

do, so its important to determine what our emotional triggers are. Most of these reactions stem from programmed responses due to unresolved past issues. When we are unable to release past hurts, angers and resentments, we carry them with us. When a similar situation occurs in the future, we automatically pull that le and react in a way that is self-protecting. By becoming aware of these emotional reactions, we take a step closer to dening who we are and why we act the way we do.

In addition to remaining aware of what youre projecting onto others, you need to be aware of what youre allowing others to project onto you. Do you absorb everything that comes your way, even if it doesnt belong to you? If so, be careful not to let the emotional responses of others dictate your own reactions. Its easy to become wrapped up in someone elses drama, so start noticing if your emotions are coming from something inside you or if theyre a projection of someone else. You have to release the energy that becomes stored within you. How you

do that is up to you, just make sure you arent trying to dene someone elses reality before you have a chance to dene your own.

Choose your battles wisely. Use any unresolved hurt, anger or resentment issues to help you come to terms with whats really going on. It may seem to revolve around another individual, but they are simply the opportunity for you to learn. It all comes down to you; you are the only one responsible for who you are and what you become. It doesnt matter if the other individual agrees. Everyone is on their own path. Allow them their lessons, in their own time. When you bring your focus on your own issues, youre helping yourself and when you help and heal yourself, you become better equipped to help others.

Society is taking a zero tolerance stance. What no longer works is being tossed aside or at least fought with a fevered vengeance. Be a part of the solution and use this zero tolerance energy wisely. How are the changes helping you and society as a whole? What are you willing to stand for? Dont be afraid to let your voice be heard, just be aware that you eventually become what you speak, so make decisions that are in the best interest of all involved. Selsh motives no longer work and will be uncovered quickly.

Keep in mind there are times when its alright to remain quietly aware. When a solution comes, you will know what role youre intended to play. Sometimes, the answer is in the silence. We just dont quiet our minds long enough to hear it.

Another way to dene who you are is by the examples you set. Younger generations go through a difcult time when they are trying to nd themselves and their purpose in life. They may think they have all the answers, but they dont. Experience will be their teacher and part of those experiences stem from the examples that are set by others, because examples are programmed and followed and become a way of life. Some will argue the Indigo Children issue here and Im not disputing their existence, but not every child being born in todays society is of the Indigo energy. The ones that are will make themselves known early on by their actions. They will be the ones setting the examples and if were wise, well be listening. These are children mature beyond their age, with a wisdom of life that other children will not seem to have. They are an exception to the rule.

Regardless of whether a child is of the Indigo energy or not, positive examples need to be set. If past examples are no longer working, changes need to be made, but always remain aware of what message youre projecting. Future generations depend on it. Dening who you are is your responsibility and it extends to those around you, so take that responsibility seriously. Its also important you harm no one in the process. If youre spending time working on yourself and your own issues, youll have less time to judge another. Dene who you are rst and then bring that example forward, enriching the lives of those around you.

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Benevolent outcoMes

As we get older, one of the things we must face are more trips to a hospital for any variety of reasons. This happened to me recently when I went in for arthroscopic knee surgery to repair a torn cartilage brought on by years of skiing. After a vacation this past September to Orlandos amusement centers and St. Petersburg, Florida, I could barely walk.

Certainly theres stress involved with any type of procedure, but Im going to give you a simple tool you can use not only in serious circumstances, but for ANY situation, no matter how mundane for the rest of your life. It is requesting Most Benevolent Outcomes (MBOs) each time you go anywhere or do anything. As an example, before I left for the hospital I said out loud, I request a Most Benevolent Outcome for my drive to the hospital, thank you! Now I believe my own Guardian Angel handled that request, but you can believe the request is going to God, Allah, Jesus, Mohammad, Buddha, Vishnu, or any other deity. It does not matter, because IT WORKS! Before the surgery I said, I request a Most Benevolent Outcome for this surgery, and may the results be even better than I can hope for or expect, thank you!

Youll nd a calmness comes over you, and it tremendously lowers the stress and fear factors. I was so calm for this surgery I dozed off waiting for the doctor in the pre-op room. I also said what I call a Benevolent Prayer for the doctors and nurses to perform the operation perfectly. It went well and in the recovery room I even serenaded the nurses with a couple of oldies. I requested a MBO when I started rehab, and was assigned the most experienced physical therapist at the facility.

In 2006 I was scheduled to travel to Houston, Texas to give a talk about my rst book, but I had a nagging cough, and went to my doctor to have him prescribe an inhaler. He checked me over and said, Tom, Im not going to prescribe the inhaler; you have congestive heart failure and youre going downstairs and check yourself into the hospital. I replied, Well Im glad I wore my clean undies today Doc! Naturally I requested a MBO for the heart problem. They rst tried to shock my heart back into normal rhythm, but on awakening they said it didnt work. I didnt worry, as I KNEW something better was on the way. They brought in an electro-cardiologist and he did an ablation procedure to bring the heart back to normal rhythm, and a year later he performed another one that allowed me off all my heart medications.

These requests work quite simply. When you request a Benevolent Outcome, youre saying you would like a specic outcome, and that benevolent being on the other side knows whats in your best short term and long term interests, so youre turning the request over to that spiritual entity. If you ever watched THE SECRET movie, this simple tool is better than any modality presented in the lm. One lady wrote to me and said that The Law of Attraction was like driving an old Ford Pinto and requesting MBOs was like driving a Ferrariboth may get you there but the Ferrari will get you there a lot faster!

Ive requested 15,000 or more MBOs in the last 15 years, so I can say they work PERFECTLY, even when at rst it does not seem so. Months later youll see something better come along. You can request Benevolent Outcomes for the perfect job for you, the perfect home, and even the perfect mate! You can request them in business situations and even when you feel in danger. But I do recommend starting with the mundane requests, such as a parking space in front of a busy restaurant or store, your drives to work or the mall, a seat on a bus or train, and around town. This achieves two things: First, you will build up a trust that this actually works for you, and secondly, it will get you in the habit of requesting MBOs, so when some emergency or very serious event happens in your life the rst thing youll do is the request a MBO.

Have fun experimenting with requesting MBOs. This will change your life for the better, and will make the rest of your years much less stressful and more successful!

Tom T. Moore is an entertainment industry CEO, speaker, frequent radio guest, and author of THE GENTLE WAY: A Self-Help Guide For Those Who Believe In Angels and THE GENTLE WAY II: The Story Continues, plus a weekly blog. For more information, visit: www.TheGentleWayBook.com.

Original Title: A Simple Tool For Your Toolbox

By Tom T. MooreCopyright 2012

Did you know those who spend their time

protecting others are the ones that really need

someone to protect them?

Did you know the three most difcult things to

say are: I love you, sorry and help me.

The people who say these word are actually

in need of them or really feel them, and are the

ones you really need to treasure, because they

have said them.

Did you know people who occupy themselves

by keeping others company or helping others

are the ones that actually need your company

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Did you know those who dress in red are more

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Did you know those who dress in yellow are

those that enjoy their beauty?

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those who want to be unnoticed and need your

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Did you know those who need more of you are

those that dont mention it to you?

Did you know its easier to say what you feel in

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But did you know it has more value when you

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Did you know what is most difcult for you to

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Whats missing? I dont get it! I chant and pray. I meditate, exercise and do yoga every day. I go to godzillion workshops. Why dont I feel better? Why dont I have the love, money and health I want? Where is the direct connection with Spirit I crave?

Sound familiar? If so, help is on the way. Ive spent the last forty years exploring techniques to awaken the abundance of life for my clients and myself. Ive identied three vital ingredients for happiness and success that are often missing in peoples pursuit of Nirvana. I call these key elements the 3 Pillars of Personal Power.

Passion, Clarity and Self Love

Three dynamic sources of Universal Life Force that are often blocked or underdeveloped are Passion, Clarity and Self Love. I nd these three qualities necessary for a firm foundation on which to build a personal Crystal Palace of Creative Power.

Personal Power increases expo-

nentially when its supporting pillars are developed in a systematic, synchronistic and simultaneous way. When one or more of these grounding posts are frail, the whole structure is weak and can fail or collapse. When one or more of these essential cornerstones is missing, its very hardif not impossiblefor us to create, let alone sustain prosperity, physical vitality or fullling relationships.

Lacking one of these pillars can abort your whole lift off. But once you rmly install these foundational qualities into your being, you can take off and y as high as you want to go!

Passion for Pizzazz

Personal power is the ability to attract what we chose to have in life. It means that we have authority (authorship) over the script of our lifeas in the head screenwriter of a movie. We are in command of our earthly dominion, master of our destiny.

Being the ruler of our world, in charge of our fate, requires energy, might, strength, stamina. In other words, power in its basic, raw sense. Your cosmic destiny rocket needs fuel to take off. You need a source of energy that can propel you into a permanent orbit. You need a source of thrust to overcome the gravitational pull of cultural and personal programmingthe limiting beliefs and feelings that keep us earthbound.

To generate a whole lifetime of adventure and wonder, we need a vast source for this energy, a deep well of power. Fortunately, we all possess such an innite reserve of creative power; the passion we feel for our true calling, our life purpose.

Your deep excitement for expressing your unique spirit can lift you to the heights. This passion provides the power to reach your dream. Enthusiasm funds the dream. Exhilaration feeds the dream. Your exuberance attracts the people and assistance to build your castle. The electricity of your enjoyment of your special adventure lights you up from the inside. Your inner radiance shines through. People are enticed by your eagerness, your inner re, your glow. The joy of self-expression is your secret juice. Natural charisma acts like a magnet to draw in the human and nancial support you need to soar. Authentic aliveness is very contagious.

As you take off, you feel ever more vigorous and enthralled. High on life, you have the vitality to meet any challenge. And your ever-deepening delight lls up every pore of your being so that doubt and fear cannot nd a place to reside in your holy temple.

Havent quite gured out where your passion lies? Focus less on your skills

(what you can do) or your resume (what you have done). Instead, tune into the aspects of your life that feel light, easy, owing, open and fun. What activities fascinate, intrigue or thrill you? What types of things did you love to do as a child? What activities have spark and aliveness for you now?

Open to Clarity

Your personal dream links the key passions that drive you forward with the core message you are here in this life to express.

To reach your intended destination, your space mission needs clear direction, clear vision. If youre not certain where you want to go, you end up in the wrong place. And, if you cant see your way distinctly, youll go off course. Without clarity of mind, youll make bad decisions. Bad decisions = bad outcomes.

Clarity is purity of mindlucid thinking or intuiting. With true clarity, the way to act is apparent, denite and unmistakable. Its evident and easy to discern what to do. Clarity is free from ambiguity and confusion-the right path is unencumbered, unobstructed, unclouded. The best options are obvious when we are super clear-headed.

Each person arrives at clarity in her or his own way. Some people see the correct direction to take. Other people feel their way through the myriad of life choices. Others intuit their best course of action. Some lucky folks simply know what to do each step of the way without any kind of process.

When you are clear about your life calling, then you are really listening to your soul, which lets synchronicity operate in your favor!

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Enjoy Self Love

Feeling good about yourself is perhaps the most important ingredient for Personal Power and Success. Why? Because without loving yourself enough to feel you deserve happiness, you wont let yourself have it.

When and where did you decide you werent worthy of love, prosperity or vibrant health?

As a coach for 40 years, Im shocked by how many of my clients share with me that one or both of their parents told them daily Youll never amount to anything! What did your parents, siblings and schoolmates tell you that invalidates your sense of worth? Listen to your own self-talk. What self-limitations do you nd yourself unconsciously repeating to yourself silently or under your breath?

Are you willing to open to the possibility that your life could be fun, easy and abundant? Do you possess the drive, clarity and power to re-choose a better destiny to choose to be compassionate

with yourself? to know that you do deserve the good things in life?

Its vital to undo the unconscious judging of yourself. Its helpful to hang with encouraging people who support your true spirit and nature. Spend time with folks on the same wavelength, with similar values and aspirations for life. Be accessible to the richness of energy-giving situations. Be inaccessible to energy-draining people and activities. Enthusiasm is contagious, but so is pessimism. Avoid the Nay Sayers and seek out others who share your passion for living life on your own terms.

Can you give yourself acceptance, patience and understanding right now? This means deciding to love yourself for who you are, instead of who you wish you were. This is the greatest gift you can give to yourself. And with this gift comes the power to create all your dreams.

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Kaya explains: My questioning was so intense that I could have gone crazy. For years, in life of solitude, I studied the symbols from every angle, like

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The Great Truths of

Life

Gems for the Soul

Answers on Pg 27

A man stopped at a ower shop to order some owers to be wired to his mother who lived two hundred miles away.

As he got out of his car he noticed a young girl sitting on the curb sobbing.

He asked her what was wrong and she replied, I wanted to buy a red rose for my mother. But I only have seventy-ve cents, and a rose costs two

dollars.

The man smiled and said, Come on in with me. Ill buy you a rose.

He bought the little girl her rose and ordered his own mothers owers.

As they were leaving he offered the girl a ride home.

She said, Yes, please! You can take me to my mother.

She directed him to a cemetery, where she placed the rose on a freshly dug grave.

The man returned to the ower shop, canceled the wire order, picked up a bouquet and drove the two hundred miles to his mothers house.

Author Unknown

A mother is the truest friend we have, when trials heavy

and sudden fall upon us; when adversity takes the place of

prosperity; when friends who rejoice with us in our sunshine

desert us; when trouble thickens around us, still will she cling

to us, and endeavor by her kind precepts and counsels to dissipate

the clouds of darkness and cause peace to return to our hearts. ~ Washington Irving

A Mother

A Rose Fo Mama

A Mothers Love

A little boy came up to his mother in the kitchen one evening while she was xing supper and handed her a piece of paper that he had been writing on. After his Mom dried her hands on an apron, she read it, and this is what it said:

For cutting the grass: $5.00For cleaning up my room this week: $1.00For going to the store for you: $.50Baby-sitting my kid brother while you went shopping: $.25Taking out the garbage: $1.00For getting a good report card: $5.00For cleaning up and raking the yard: $2.00Total owed: $14.75

Well, his mother looked at him standing there, and the boy could see the memories ashing through her mind. She picked up the pen, turned over the paper hed written on, and this is what she wrote:

For the nine months I carried you while you were growing inside me: No ChargeFor all the nights that Ive sat up with you, doctored and prayed for you: No ChargeFor all the trying times, and all the tears that youve caused through the years: No ChargeFor all the nights that were lled with dread, and for the worries I knew were ahead: No Charge For the toys, food, clothes, and even wiping your nose: No ChargeSon, when you add it up, the cost of my love is: No Charge

When the boy nished reading what his mother had written, there were big tears in his eyes, and he looked straight at his mother and said, Mom, I sure do love you. And then he took the pen and in great big letters he wrote: PAID IN FULL.

You will never how much your parents worth till you become a parent

Be a giver not an asker, especially with your parents. there is a lot

to give besides money. -Author Unkown

Day!

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ChangingYourConcept ofYourself

By Dr. Wayne W. Dyer

resists being fenced inand when you attempt to contain it with rules and obligations, it is miserable.

Your invisible self is extraordinary because it is a fragment of the universal soul, which is innite. The part of you that knows you have greatness, and is stirred by the idea of you expanding and removing any and all limitations, is what I am addressing in Wishes Fullled. This is your new self-concept, one that is inspired by your soul.

So lets take a look at this idea and then examine what you need to do in order to make your self-concept congruent with how you want to live your life, and the powerful role you can begin to assume as a co-fulller of all your rational/sensible wishes and desires.

Simply put, your concept of yourself is everything you believe to be true. And everything you believe to be true about yourself has landed you precisely where you live and breathe every day of your life. Your beliefs about yourself are like the ingredients in a recipe that you use to create your self-concept. Those ingredients or beliefs fall into two specic categories: your outer self-concept and your inner self-concept.

These ingredients include everything you accept as truth concerning what the physical you is capable of. Theres probably a certain amount of intellectual acumen that you agree is necessary to your outer self-concept. Smart, perhaps, but not really a geniusmore capable in some areas than others, such as technological knowledge. Maybe you add a measure of writing ability, but detect more uency with numbers and mathematical problem solving than your ability to write prose. Your beliefs about your outer self may be well seasoned and strong in some areas and almost hopelessly incapacitated or weak in others. You very likely have a conceptual framework of just how smart you are and have carried that belief with you since you were a youngster in elementary school.

Your outer concept of yourself includes everything you believe about your innate and learned talents and abilities. Your beliefs about your clumsiness, coordination, athleticism, and musical and artistic talents are a partial list of the ingredients that comprise the recipe of you. These descriptors also apply to everything else about your outer self. Your outer self-concept includes how you view yourself in relationship to health: your immunity to, or inclination toward, illnesses of all descriptions. You know if you are prone to being overweight or addicted to various substances such as sugar, caffeine, fat, meat, dairy, and the like. You dene yourself as prone to catching colds or immune to such things, likely to gain weight, inclined toward skin rashes, or predisposed to low energy or high sleep requirements.

heres a level of awareness available that you are probably unfamiliar with. It extends upward and transcends the ordinary level of consciousness that youre most accustomed to. At this higher plane of existence, the

fulfillment of wishes is not only probableit is guaranteed. When entering into that realm, you have much more say over what comes into your life than you might have envisioned.

After 18 months in relative seclusion, studying, meditating, and literally experiencing what its like to live in this miraculous plane of existence beyond anything that might be labeled ordinary or normal, Ive undertaken this joyous task of writing about having wishes fullled. Ive seen rsthand how virtually every wish or desire Ive placed my attention on has transformed from a mental thought into an objective fact.

However, Im not proposing memorizing an esoteric formula leading to a theoretical nirvana. My emphasis is that manifestation is real and it occurs when you make a specic decision to change your mind about who you are and what is possible for you to achieve within these parentheses in eternity called your life.

Im inviting you to be receptive to a radical new idea about yourself. Its radical because ever since you left your mothers womb, youve been subjected to cultural conditioning designed to help you be content with living a normal life at the level of ordinary consciousness, which generally means accepting whatever life hands you. In many ways youve been programmed to believe that you do not possess the wisdom or ability to manifest the fulllment of your wishes and desires.

I am saying this as clearly as I know howtheres

a plane of awareness that you can opt to live at, wherein you can, if you are willing to change your concept of yourself as an ordinary being, find yourself fullling any and all wishes you have for yourself. Ill explore with you what Ive studied, learned, internalized, practiced, and, yes, lived regarding the powers of manifestation. It begins with changing your concept of yourself.

I would like to offer a few words on these two concepts of ordinary and extraordinary.

Ordinary is, well, so ordinary. It means you do all the things your culture and family have programmed you to do. It implies you t in, study hard, follow the rules, take care of your obligations, ll out the forms, pay your taxes, get a job, and do what every law-abiding citizen does; and then you retire, play with your grandchildren, and then you die. I want to emphasize that there is absolutely nothing wrong with this scenarioit is perfectly nebut if it were completely acceptable for you, you wouldnt be reading this.

Extraordinary encompasses most of ordinary, since we all live in the same physical world. There will be forms to ll out, rules that demand our obedience, bills to pay, and family obligations to attend. But extraordinary consciousness is associated with your soul, that invisible, boundary less energy that looks out from behind your eyeballs and has very different interests than your ordinary self does. The ideal of your soul, the thing it yearns for, is not more knowledge. It is not interested in comparison, nor winning, nor light, nor ownership, nor even happiness. The ideal of your soul is space, expansion, and immensity, and the one thing it needs more than anything else is to be free to expand, to reach out and to embrace the innite. Why? Because your soul is innity itself. It has no restrictions or limitationsit

Hea l t h , w e a l t h , beauty, and genius are not created; they are only manifested by the arrangement of your mindthat is, by your concept of yourself, and your concept of yourself is all that you accept and consent to as true.

~ Neville

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What Is Your Self-Concept?

Your Outer Self-Concept

Excerpted from Wishes Fullled

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The point is, your outer self-concept comprises essentially everything you believe your body is capable or incapable of. Given a true/false test on yourself, youd be able to say with certainty, Yes, these things are true about me. They are the beliefsthe ingredientsthat you use to create you.

In addition to your intellect, talents, and physical body traits, you spice up your outer self-conception with your personality traits. You know if youre assertive or shy, loud or quiet, pushy or obsequious, fearful or courageous, daring or frightenedand this is only a partial list of personality descriptors or spices. These individual qualities are interpreted as truisms dening yourself and how you function socially.

I could continue detailing all the other ingredients that go into making your outer self-concept, but Ive chosen to keep this short, succinct, and to the point. Im simply encouraging you to recognize your self-concept contains a myriad of self-descriptors regarding this thing you call your physical body, and you probably regard them as absolute truth.

This category can be pretty difcult to achieve in optimal proportions in our culture. Your inner self-concept involves your beliefs about the invisible energy and intelligence that is the most signicant portion of your being. Ive often referred to the inner world as, the ghost in the machine. The machine, in my conceptualization is your body and its ve senses, as well as all the physical components that make up your body. The tissue, bones, rivers of uids, organs, teeth, brain, and everything else are all the machine. And within this machine is an invisible I that you call mind or spirit comprised of thoughts that direct the machine.

I once had a conversation with a neurosurgeon who was disputing the presence of this invisible world by saying that hed cut into thousands of bodies and had never seen a soul. I remember his awkward look when I asked him if hed ever seen a thought while he was poking around inside a brain.

Obviously theres an invisible inner as well as an outer part of your being. You have a conceptualization of yourself that involves this formless invisible portion and you have a pretty specic idea about just how far this inner portion of yourself can take you. You may believe your thinking apparatus is pretty phenomenal, though not understanding exactly what it isinside or surrounding youthat allows

you to scratch your forehead, or pick up a pencil, or move your feet on a dance oor, or any of the innite commands that your mind is capable of directing all day, every day, and for as long as you are alive.

You also have a self-concept about what your inner energetic ghost cannot do. Is it capable of thinking itself out of a serious disease, or is that just a lot of nonsense? Can your invisible intelligence, your imagination, perform feats of alchemy? Does your self-concept contain the power to perform greator even magicalacts of transformation?

Your self-concept is a blend of your beliefs regarding your connection to a higher power. You believe something about the existence or nonexistence of God. You have various points of view about how far faith can carry you. Whether or not there is anything within you that you can or cannot rely on to perform mystical or miraculous things is seasoned by your beliefs. You have acquired specic beliefs concerning the power of your mind. Youre generally condent that you can rely on your invisibleness to do the ordinary things in life such as remember an unseen list of items stored somewhere in your memory, and items to pick up on your way home from work. But what do your beliefs cook up about your ability to create miracles? Is healing your body, or manifesting a long-desired soul mate, an ingredient in your self-concept?

Take a moment to examine that unseen list stored away in your mind. Ask yourself, Where is it? How did I put it there? Where is the place Im calling there? What powers am I using to recall it? Where do these powers come from? This is the list of ingredients you use to create your inner self-concept. You might then want to open to there being other beliefs or ingredients you want to include, and contemplate other ways to season your life.

The fact is, an invisible list involves a catalog of inexplicable miracles you take for granted every day. Your inner self-concept tells you what you believe your mind is capable of, and what its incapable of as well. You know your mind, that invisible ghost in the machine, is unfathomable. But you also know there are certain limits to what it can and cannot do.

Have you ever considered how you are creating your life with this inner self-concepts list of ingredients? If it seems interesting to consider some changes, read on.

If you would like to become a person who has the capacity to have all your wishes fullled, it will be necessary to move to that higher plane of existence where you are a co-creator of your life. This means that youll need to undertake what is often presumed to be the difcult task of changing your concept of yourself.

Recall that your concept of yourself is everything you believe to be true about your inner and outer self. Those beliefs have created the life youre now

livingat what I call an ordinary level of awareness. To move into the extraordinary space requires you to change what you believe is true. This can be a laborious project and an undertaking that, in my experience, few people are eager or willing to take on.

Neville Goddard, a popular speaker on metaphysical themes from the late 30s captured the sheer logic of creative mind principles.

According to Neville, on changing our self-concept in order to elevate our life: If you refuse to assume the responsibility of the incarnation of a new and higher concept of yourself, then you reject the means, the only means, whereby your redemptionthat is, the attainment of your idealcan be effected.

Get this clearly in your head: A higher concept of yourself involves taking on new truths and shedding old views of what you can achieve. This is the only way you can achieve your desires. You must begin by replacing your old set of truths with a belief in the existence of a higher self within you. This is something you may not have contemplated at an earlier time in your life.

Your concept of yourself that includes any limitations can be revised by only you. Nothing I say or write will do that for you. It is your decision to change that creates the possibility of change within you. A new and higher concept of yourself may be shocking and perhaps even rejected by you, depending on the amount of conditioning you have absorbed throughout your life. That is for you to ponder and contemplate. At this point, simply allow yourself to imagine that you can create a new and higher concept of yourself. Resistance is what will almost immediately appear for most people, and I encourage you to recognize the resistance within yourself.

Making the transition from the level of ordinary consciousness to the level of super-consciousness involves a fundamental renewala dramatic change of personality. Very few are prepared to commit to this fulllment of their Divine purpose. What Im inviting you to do, if you wish to be truly fullled, is overcome your resistance to including all that you are in your earthly life. You have the ability to enter higher regions so as to consciously fulll your highest desires here, now, for the greater benet of all. This is akin to doing a somersault and landing in a new realitya reality in which all things are possible, a reality where you no longer identify yourself with all those cultural memes and mind viruses that were programmed into you as a young person, preparing you for an ordinary life.

You begin this exciting adventure of changing your concept of yourselfby being willing to die to your present self. Thats right, by relinquishing your personal history as the arbiter of your life, you

Your Inner Self-Concept

Changing Your Concept of Yourself

Overcoming Resistance

We have assured the indwelling Self that it can be anything it accepts and has faith in, and we are now

about to develop the habit of choosing only those thoughts and ideas that will constructively

add good unto it.

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Those Amazing Dog Noses

Fun Facts About A Chilly Little Organ

Fun With Dog NosesMy favorite sort of fun with dog noses is the many ways they can be used to

create art. Any Mom can have a pendant made using a childs ngerprint, but did you know she could also wear her fur babys nose print as a keepsake? Of course, to do this you will need to make an impression (or mold) of your dogs nose. Try asking your dentist for a little alginate

impression material or some impression putty. Or nd a jeweler online who specializes in dog jewelry and they may be able to send you a kit to make the impression they will use for your keepsake.

For something simpler, you can also wear a dog nose in the form of a mask. Try searching for dog noses on eBay. I did, and found a cute rubber dog nose

mask complete with whiskers for a couple of bucks!

2004, Carolyn Schweitzer. Lifelong dog-lover and family dentist Carolyn Schweitzer is owner and editor of DevotedToDogs.org where she offers a wide range of information on dog training, dogs health, and other topics near and dear to dog owners everywhere. Visit: www.DevotedToDogs.org.

Understanding why cats purr something that people have wondered about for a long time. The basic reason is that when a cat purrs is content and happy with its surroundings.

There are of course other reasons that it will do this such as when it is a kitten and noticing it is telling the mother cat everything. In most cases the mother cat will also back up again and let them know they are safe and out of danger. Most kittens can purr when they were only two days old and this helps them to communicate with their mother.

There are other reasons that cats purr and in the wild it is very common that a cat will purr when they are injured. This lets other cats know that they are in distress and they need help. A cat will let you know when they are happy and when they are not because they have a lot of emotion. If you for example accidentally put your cats tail they usually will snap at you at this let you know they are not happy. When you bet your cat and a beginning her this is a sign they are communicating with you and letting you know they enjoy what youre doing to them.

Remember that it is very common for cats to put her and this is a way they can communicate with you and other animals. The basic reason for preferring is to let people know they are content and happy. Kittens also will purr when they are nursing because they are communicating with their mother that they are getting a proper nutrition. it is also very common that the mother cat will purr back at the kitten to let them know everything is okay and there is no danger.

Pet Article courtesy of http://pet-articles.blogspot.com.

Why Do Cats Purr?

If you thought dog noses were just a source of smeary prints on your windows, think again!

Why Dogs Noses are WetWhy are dog noses wet? Fluid from the lateral glands in a dogs nose lubricates the outsides of his nostrils and makes them moist and shiny. But mostly, the nose stays wet because your dog is always licking it (along with other parts). So, a moist nose has generally been considered as a healthy nose, but this isnt always true. For example, if a dog falls asleep in a hot place, his nose may be dry when he rst wakes up. Once he cools down and has a little Gatorade (kidding!) I mean, gets rehydrated, his nose will soon look wet again.

Distemper can permanently alter the nasal glands. So, a dog that suffers from distemper early in life may have a perpetually dry nose.

Why Dogs Noses are ColdCold normally goes along with wet, which I heard has something to do with convection cooling, or some such law of physics, which Ive long forgotten. So, if a dogs nose dries out (see above), it will feel warm to the touch. This is OK, as long as the nose gets wet again. However, a chronically dry nose could be sign of illness and should be seen by a vet.

Note: if you have concerns about your dogs nose and health, be sure to check with your vet!

Why Dog Noses Are Hard To FoolWe know that dogs have traditionally been used for tracking, search and rescue due to their keen sense of smell.

A dogs sense of smell is about 40,000 times better than ours, and thats not all. You cant throw a dog off by covering up one smell with another. A study was done in which a number of different objects were sprayed with skunk odor, and trained tracking dogs were still able to distinguish the objects from each other! So forget about trying to fool Fido!

Heres another intriguing story about the dogs famous sense of smell: A yellow lab named Parker wasnt a trained nose dog, but liked to sniff everything, all the time. Then he began to constantly sniff a blemish on his owners leg, which had been there for a number of years. The dog was pushing his nose hard into the area, and really concentrating. So, the owner decided to have it looked at. The skin specialist immediately detected the early signs of skin cancer, and ordered the blemish removed immediately. Once the lesion was gone, Parker lost interest in the leg! Similar stories have reportedly led doctors in the US to train dogs to sniff out skin cancer. Apparently, dogs can detect skin cancer long before any conventional methods can!! More recently, dogs have been given urine samples from cancer victims to see if they can also smell bladder and prostate cancer. The results have been promising.

How Nose Prints Save Dogs Lives Nose prints are used to identify dogs in the same way ngerprints are used to identify human beings. Breeders and trainers keep a dogs nose prints on le as part of its permanent record and insurance companies now require them whenever a dog is to be bonded. At one time paw prints were used as a means of canine identication, but these proved less accurate than noses. And while some owners have had microchips installed in their pets, these are more invasive and can be detected and removed. If you dog is ever lost or stolen, having his nose print on record could save his life!

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Adopt Me! Pleez

In Light Times is sponsoring All Fur Love Rescue Center by featuring

various pets that need adoption. They need a home and a family. Please

contact All Fur Love and see if there is a pet that you can adopt today.

IGNAZIODOB: December 10, 2011

IGNAzIO (Iggy) is a bundle of fun

and loves to be an attention hog.

He loves to snuggle and give big

kisses. He enjoys playing with all

kinds of toys, however, pouncing

his brothers tail is so much more

fun. He can hardly wait to go to a

home that will give him all the love

and attention he deserves.

GILLIGANDOB: October 6, 2011

GILLIGAN is a fun loving and playful

boy. He loves attention and playing

with his own rules. He enjoys the

company of other cats while jumping

and climbing his cat trees. He hopes

his new family has the stamina to keep

up with his energy!

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This Month's Great Pix

Q: What can you tell us about llers in pet food?

Margo: It is important to pay attention to what your pet does not

need in his/her food. Fillers like beet pulp are believed to cause

deadly bloating in heavy chested dogs. It tastes sweet which gives

the animals an unneeded sweet tooth, which may lead to diabetes.

Ingredients like hulls, crushed peanut shells, crushed corn cobs

and mill run are unnecessary llers They offer no nutritional value

and are difcult for animals to digest.

Another ller with no nutritional value is cellulose, the pulp from

brous plant materials, usually wood. In other words, saw dust.

Read the label on your pets food to make sure this is not an

ingredient.

Q: Can dogs and cats be vegetarians?

Margo: While there is a movement toward feeding dogs and cats

a vegan diet, this is generally not advisable. There are no complete

proteins in plants nor is there any vitamin B12. Plus dogs need

food that is easily digestible and plants do not meet this criteria.

Keep in mind, our house pets evolved from wolves and large prey

eating cats. I dont think I have ever seen a wolf looking for the

salad bar.

Contact Margo at 702-233-4157 if you have any questions or visit www.

BullseyePetSupply.com.

As owner of Bullseye Pet Supply Margo has spent years researching and specializing in natural foods for pets. Have a question about your pet? Ask Margo.

ask Margo

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Health Lights

Overall great detoxifying and oxygenating houseplants: (A few of these plants (P) are poisonous, so keep away from children and pets.)

You dont have to waste money on toxic chemicals to clean your home, treat a cold, or pamper your skin. Lemon juice is a simple, natural alternative that can replace countless bottles of over-priced chemicals.

1. Grease removal - A mixture of plain water and lemon juice is tough enough to bust through any grease on your kitchen appliances and counter tops.

2. Disinfect and deodorize your kitchen - Is your refrigerator or cutting board really clean? Surfaces where we prepare and store food need to be clean, but this is also exactly where we dont want to use toxic chemical cleaners. Lemon juice is excellent for disinfecting these surfaces, and will also remove unpleasant stains and odors.

3. Sooth a cough - Mix some raw honey with an equal amount of lemon juice to ease your coughing. This also works well for a sore throat.

4. Enhance digestion - Fresh lemon juice in water can aid digestion during meals. Its also a great way to hydrate in the morning when you rst wake up.

5. Tone your skin - Use a cotton ball to apply a light layer of diluted lemon juice to your skin. Let it sit for ten minutes and then rinse away with cool water. The lemon juice will naturally exfoliate your skin, and can also lighten dark spots and scars.

6. Clean glass - Lemon juice is just what you need to bring the sparkle back to that dull vase, coffee pot or decanter. You can also use one part lemon juice in ten parts water to shine your windows.

How to Use Lemon Juice to Replace Toxic Chemicals in Your Home

By Elizabeth Walling

10 creative ways to use lemon juice

Certain houseplants lter the air in our homes of pollutants and carbon dioxide while producing oxygen! A study by NASA resulted in the following plants best suited for your home. Some plants are more efficient than others. It is suggested that one plant per 100 sq. ft. of living space gives best results. Plants will not lter cigarette smoke or dust.

Most Efcient in removal of formaldehyde:Philodendrons, Spider plants and Pothos

Most Efcient in removal of benzene, a known carcinogen:Gerbera Daisies and Chrysanthemums

Detox and Oxygenate Your Home With Plants

Aloe Vera, Burn plant (P) ~ Aloe barbabensisBamboo or reed palm ~ Chamaedorea sefritziiChinese evergreen ~ Aglaonema modestumChinese Evergreen ~ Aglaonema sp.Common English Ivy (P) ~ Hedera sp.Dumbcane (P) ~ Dieffenbachia sp. Ficus ~ Ficus sp.Gerbera Daisy ~ Gerbera sp.Golden pothos ~ Epipemnum aureumGolden Pothos ~ Epipremnum sp.Heart leaf philodendron (P) ~ Philodendron sp.Mums (P) ~ Chrysanthemum sp.Peace lily ~ Spathiphyllum Mauna LoaSpider Plants ~ Chlorophytum comosumWarneck dracaena ~ Dreacaena dermenisis WaneckiiWeeping g ~ Ficus benjamina

7. Clean and soften your hands - Lemon juice is excellent for removing stains and odors left on your hands. Lightly scrub the lemon juice into your hands with a sponge, then rinse and moisturize as usual. Your hands will feel clean, soft and fresh.

8. Remove tarnish - A simple paste of table salt and lemon juice can make tarnished copper, chrome and brass gleam again. Apply the mixture, allow it to sit for ten minutes, and then rinse with warm water and buff gently to shine.

9. Get sun-kissed hair highlights - Chemicals used to lighten hair can be highly toxic. Get natural highlights by spritzing your hair with lemon juice before you go out in the sun. As an added bonus, rinsing your hair with lemon juice removes build-up and gives your locks incredible shine.

10. Clean your toilet - Toilet cleaning products are harsh and unnecessary. A mixture of borax powder and lemon juice will leave your toilet looking (and smelling) as good as new!

Elizabeth Walling is a freelance writer specializing in health and family nutrition. She is a strong believer in natural living as a way to improve health and prevent modern disease. She enjoys thinking outside of the box and challenging common myths about health and wellness. You can visit her blog to learn more:www.livingthenourishedlife.com/2009/10/welcome.html.

By Eugenia M. Jarrett

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Health Lights

The American Heart Association notes that cholesterol isnt dissolved in the blood and must be transported throughout the body by lipoproteins. Research indicates that HDL, the high-density good cholesterol, guards the cardiovascular system. LDL, or low-density bad cholesterol, can build deposits on arteries. Problems occur when HDL levels are reduced, creating inammation in the cardiovascular system. Too little HDL cholesterol prevents production of pain-controlling steroid hormones, limits the bodys ability to properly digest foods, and damages the bodys ability to create energy reserves. Too little HDL leads to pain and inammation, which is the real cause of heart disease, according to the latest studies.

Natural remedies and cures for normal cholesterol levelsNatural remedies and cures help maintain normal levels of cholesterol without the need to take pharmaceutical drugs that produce dangerous side effects.

Red Yeast RiceChinese red yeast rice helps balance normal levels of cholesterol. Red yeast rice contains substances called monacolins, which are naturally occurring and converted by the body to make a chemical inhibiting the production of cholesterol. One monccolin in particular, lovastatin, has been extracted and used in popular statin drugs, thus causing the FDA to view natural red yeast rice as an unproved drug a

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