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Dear Readers Searching for Inspiration in September,
With the "busyness" that is inherent to "back-to-school" in a family with four grade-school kids, we've been bustling. It's hectic for sure and helps me appreciate all the more the inspiring stories of the everyday hereos featured in the September issue of Good News Toronto at www.goodnewstoronto.ca.
Amid all the bustle, I've been meaning to post this link since the first week. The good news is, these inspiring stories never seem to stale. It's always delightful to read about what's wonderful in our community. Sharon Hampson from Sharon, Lois and Bram is the September cover hero.
Hope readers will enjoy this issue as much as I have. The October issue is going to be one of the most exciting ever with a chance to nominate your favourite GTA everyday hero. The details will be available on the site and in the good old hard copy issue. Please contact info@goodnewstoronto if you would like to know more about it. The most popular nominee will be featured on the cover of a future issue. If you have a hero in mind, this is a great opportunit to give that special someone the recognition they deserve and to promote the noble causes of these inspiring individuals. Sometimes when something looks too good to be true, it's worth looking into.
Ardently,
Kathleen Betts
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Sunday, August 1, 2010
Adversity versus Opportunity
Every adversity, every failure, every heartache carries with it the seed on an equal or greater benefit. -- Napoleon Hill
If you've had a challenge that you transformed into an opportunity to help yourself and others, I would be honoured if you would report it here as a comment or write to me at commuteducation@lycos.com.
I'm collecting stories of inspiration that I hope will help anyone facing challenges to find the strength and encouragement to grow and to make the world even better than it already is. Thank you thank you thank you thank you!
Ardently,
Kathleen
If you've had a challenge that you transformed into an opportunity to help yourself and others, I would be honoured if you would report it here as a comment or write to me at commuteducation@lycos.com.
I'm collecting stories of inspiration that I hope will help anyone facing challenges to find the strength and encouragement to grow and to make the world even better than it already is. Thank you thank you thank you thank you!
Ardently,
Kathleen
The Power of Apology -- Blog Entry by Chris Brogan dated March 18,2009
Earlier this evening while I was browsing for a quote I needed for a piece I was drafting, I stumbled on a blog entry by Chris Brogan in March of 2009. The title of the blog entry was "The Power of Apology." With a sense of the deep-rooted value of the philosophy and practice of the power of apology, I was compelled to read the entry that can be found at this link: http://www.chrisbrogan.com/the-power-of-apology/.
Incited by the simple and compelling message of the entry, I was inspired to post the following as a reply. I'm pasting it as is into my own blog now in hopes that this recount of an experience I've long been meaning to share will also be of value to anyone who may stumble upon the link to Chris' blog or to the reply comments that I and others were inspired to post.
Thank you Chris for prompting me to finally write about and share this profound learning experience.
Stymied by apology... Thank you for this inspiring reminder of the power of apology. Your message has inspired me to share an experience that was profoundly telling. I hope by sharing it here it will help others who might stumble upon it to gain a better understanding and appreciation of just how powerful an apology can be.
I was doing an impromptu role play with a fellow Toastmaster on the theme of conflict management. My direction in the role play was to act as a co-worker whose idea had been stolen, with the other character having accepted full credit and accolades from superiors. As we became embroiled in the passion of our role-play exercise, my emotions were quite truly stirred, as though I was really feeling the hurt and betrayal one would sense in a similar real-lief situation. I felt myself taking ownership of the role and of the feelings of resent and anger and hurt that were brewing in me. It became easier and easier for me to strengthen my debate, as I vehemently listed my points in a verbal attack on my opponent.
I wondered how we were ever going to wrap up the impromptu role-play as my resolve and my voice and my anxiety were all mounting in a crescendo toward crisis, as was hers with each attempt she made to refute my retributional verbal assaults on her integrity and moral character having inflicted incalculable torment on the instantly vanished value of our friendship (or at least the value of the friendship of the characters we were role playing.)
As our time was almost up, I wondered really how we were possibly going to have any success with the exercise in which the objective was to manage our conflict and to develop a resolution. Although we were only role playing, our emotions were running high and the fast-approaching deadline by which we had to resolve the matter was adding to our sense of stress. Suddenly, my fellow Toastmaster's character had a stroke of genius. She simply said, "It sounds like I've really upset you and that wasn't what I had set out to do. I apologize for hurting you. Maybe we could go together to our boss and explain this situation so that you can get the credit you deserve."
Honestly, I was dumb-founded. I was utterly speechless. My character's anger melted and my resentment was now vanishing at a rate proportionally inverse to which my respect and hope for fulll recovery of our friendship was now mounting. It was beautiful.
We wrapped up our conflict management impromptu role play with a successful resolution before the deadline. It seemed strikingly easy. It makes me wonder if in real life there were such deadlines by which one or the other of the parties involved in a dispute would have to come up with the stroke of genius to apologize when they have offended somone, there might be alot less mounting of tension and hostility that often results from the snowball effect of what may have begun as a relatively trivial slight. The detrimental and compound negative affects of trivial slights or wounds that are allowed to fester without the treatment they need; i.e. apology, run the risk of becoming incurable with the passage of time.
Ideally, heartfelt apologies expressed at early onset of the hurt that others may be feeling as a result of our actions can readily stave off ailing relations. Under less than ideal circumstances nonetheless, where the ailment of a relationship may have advanced to a terminal diagnosis, there is of course always hope for a miracle cure that could result from a heartfelt apology at any time before whatever the dealine may be.
With apologies for what turned about to be a much lengthier entry than originally intended, I thank you for your interest.
Ardently,
Kathleen
Incited by the simple and compelling message of the entry, I was inspired to post the following as a reply. I'm pasting it as is into my own blog now in hopes that this recount of an experience I've long been meaning to share will also be of value to anyone who may stumble upon the link to Chris' blog or to the reply comments that I and others were inspired to post.
Thank you Chris for prompting me to finally write about and share this profound learning experience.
Stymied by apology... Thank you for this inspiring reminder of the power of apology. Your message has inspired me to share an experience that was profoundly telling. I hope by sharing it here it will help others who might stumble upon it to gain a better understanding and appreciation of just how powerful an apology can be.
I was doing an impromptu role play with a fellow Toastmaster on the theme of conflict management. My direction in the role play was to act as a co-worker whose idea had been stolen, with the other character having accepted full credit and accolades from superiors. As we became embroiled in the passion of our role-play exercise, my emotions were quite truly stirred, as though I was really feeling the hurt and betrayal one would sense in a similar real-lief situation. I felt myself taking ownership of the role and of the feelings of resent and anger and hurt that were brewing in me. It became easier and easier for me to strengthen my debate, as I vehemently listed my points in a verbal attack on my opponent.
I wondered how we were ever going to wrap up the impromptu role-play as my resolve and my voice and my anxiety were all mounting in a crescendo toward crisis, as was hers with each attempt she made to refute my retributional verbal assaults on her integrity and moral character having inflicted incalculable torment on the instantly vanished value of our friendship (or at least the value of the friendship of the characters we were role playing.)
As our time was almost up, I wondered really how we were possibly going to have any success with the exercise in which the objective was to manage our conflict and to develop a resolution. Although we were only role playing, our emotions were running high and the fast-approaching deadline by which we had to resolve the matter was adding to our sense of stress. Suddenly, my fellow Toastmaster's character had a stroke of genius. She simply said, "It sounds like I've really upset you and that wasn't what I had set out to do. I apologize for hurting you. Maybe we could go together to our boss and explain this situation so that you can get the credit you deserve."
Honestly, I was dumb-founded. I was utterly speechless. My character's anger melted and my resentment was now vanishing at a rate proportionally inverse to which my respect and hope for fulll recovery of our friendship was now mounting. It was beautiful.
We wrapped up our conflict management impromptu role play with a successful resolution before the deadline. It seemed strikingly easy. It makes me wonder if in real life there were such deadlines by which one or the other of the parties involved in a dispute would have to come up with the stroke of genius to apologize when they have offended somone, there might be alot less mounting of tension and hostility that often results from the snowball effect of what may have begun as a relatively trivial slight. The detrimental and compound negative affects of trivial slights or wounds that are allowed to fester without the treatment they need; i.e. apology, run the risk of becoming incurable with the passage of time.
Ideally, heartfelt apologies expressed at early onset of the hurt that others may be feeling as a result of our actions can readily stave off ailing relations. Under less than ideal circumstances nonetheless, where the ailment of a relationship may have advanced to a terminal diagnosis, there is of course always hope for a miracle cure that could result from a heartfelt apology at any time before whatever the dealine may be.
With apologies for what turned about to be a much lengthier entry than originally intended, I thank you for your interest.
Ardently,
Kathleen
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Napoleon Hill Yesterday and Today, Issue 182, July 16, 2010
What's In It For Everyone?
The positive mental attitude promoters who inspired Napoleon Hill and then those who have been inspired by him, incline many of us in turn to find the pathway from who we are and where we are to where we strive to end up, as happier people in happier places. When who we are and where we are can feel like a struggle at times, one of the most salient benefits of a positive mental attitude is that it helps us to realize and actualize the powerful truth of our potential to capitalize on our challenges.
A quote I read recently from Mike Dooley strikes a chord in this vein. "What if the word victim could be redefined into something closer to hero, recognizing that the paths some have tread will spare others from the same?" With a turning-adversity-into-triumph mindset, we can be on the lookout for opportunities to contribute to the greater good for all. We enrich our own lives through offering our help and services to others, as much as our lives are enriched by those who offer us their help and services. It's beautiful.
As a visionary of the beautiful benefits to all that can be derived through recognition and admiration of heroes, Eva Karpati, the founding editor and publisher of Good News Toronto (www.goodnewstoronto.ca) was so impressed by the notion of the strength that readers could draw from benevolent achievers, that she started her little paper with big heart to celebrate the multitude of inspirational people who live in our midst, with "the goal of motivating all of us to keep our city rich." Good News Toronto has been helping readers "think and grow rich" by celebrating our everyday heroes and inspiring readers since February of 2008, when Eva saw an opportunity to complement mainstream media gloom and doom stories with the very real good news stories that might otherwise regrettably be going unreported. To Good News Toronto readers, contributors and heroes whose stories and charitable or not-for-profit organizations have been featured, Eva herself, humble as she is, has become one of our everyday heroes worthy of bravura celebration.
Perhaps, with others of like mind in cities and communities around the globe, similar "Good News" publications all over the world could have a dream-come-true-style monumental impact of the likes of Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen's Chicken Soup for the Soul series. In June of 2010, I was elated to meet in person and learn from Jack Canfield when the owner of Cosmyc Vybes, my friend Nancy Allen, who is a yoga and zumba instructor and fitness and nutrition guru extraordinaire, invited me along as her guest to attend Steve and Bill Harrison's Quantum Leap conference in Philadelphia. It was fabulous to be in the company of so many exceptionally inspiring and highly-motivated individuals. Not surprisingly, like so many other self-development industry leaders we admire today, Jack Canfield too was influenced and inspired by the teachings of Napoleon Hill and Clement Stone.
For we who are on the lifelong journey to achieve success, inspiration is an indispensable means of energizing us to reach our definite objectives. Daily doses of inspiration to keep us moving toward our goals are as essential and need to be as routine as stops at the gas station are to keep our vehicles going. The beauty lies in that unlike the residual toxic gas fumes that pollute the environment when we fill our gas tanks, the enduring second-hand effects of everyday heroics, and acts of kindness and courage are that we all can learn and be inspired by the goals and achievements of others. Our own achievements serve in turn as the inspirational refueling that will serve as motivation to the witnesses of our actions. Like eating, sleeping, bathing, and all the other to-dos we repeat daily to keep ourselves as well as we can be, inspiration sharing needs to be engrained in our routines, as "cosmic habit force."
One of my all-time favourite motivational messages from Napoleon Hill comes from the fifth component of his confidence formula. "I realize that no wealth or position can long endure unless built upon truth and justice; therefore I will engage in no transaction that does not benefit all whom it affects. I will attract to myself the forces I wish to use and the cooperation of other people. I will induce others to serve me because of my willingness to serve others. I will eliminate hatred, envy, jealousy, selfishness and cynicism by developing love for all humanity because I know that a negative attitude toward others can never bring me success. I will cause others to believe in me because I will believe in them and in myself." These few lines capture well the values of integrity and respect, to empower us with what we need to make all things possible.
My six-year-old son brilliantly blurted in proud revelation recently, "The only thing that's impossible is that there's anything that's impossible." On another occasion, one of my children once told me he knew he was safe when his father had to go away for a few days on business trips without the family, because Daddy always put up a "horse field" around our house when he was leaving on one of his trips. Fortunately, in his innocent belief, it didn't matter to my young son that what Daddy had said was "force field" and it didn't matter that there wasn't a horse field or a force field around our house. What mattered was just that he believed there was and that made him feel safe, secure and confident. What mattered was that to him, his father was an everyday hero who could do anything and from that he drew the strength he needed to overcome his fear. While my children's decrees made me smile, and may have been overstatements, they serve as excellent emotional, mental and even physical kinesthetic fortifiers. We can choose to believe that something can be real, even before it is. "Whatever your mind can conceive and believe, you can achieve." While some believe that's hogwash, it's a concept familiar and inspiring to long-time Napoleon Hill enthusiasts and neophytes alike all around the world.
For die-hard skeptics who remain positive that the whole world of personal development through a positive mental attitude is nothing more than hogwash, there is the risk they likely will find they're right too. Having had the wondrous adventure of making the leap from skeptic to rhapsodic about the virtues of the personal development industry and the benefits of immersion in positive influences, it's my dear hope and honour to serve others who will accept my encouragement and belief in their abilities to get from where they are to exactly where they want to be too. By simply asking ourselves, "What's in it for everyone?" we can find the illumination and the clarity we need to stay on the right path in the lifelong journey toward success and happiness, always with integrity. That's good news for all of us everywhere.
When Judy Williamson, Director of Education at the Napoleon Hill World Learning Center at Purdue University Calumet, gave me the good news that this guest submission would be published on July 16, in the e-zine, "Napoleon Hill -- Yesterday and Today", I was delighted as the date is always a special day in our family and gives me one more excellent opportunity to wish a happy birthday to two of my everyday heroes, my Dad, Chris on his 65th and my son Garrett, on his 9th, and to wish everyone a wonderful and inspiring day, filled with good news.
For a subscription to "Napoleon Hill -- Yesterday and Today", go to www.naphill.org. For a subscription to Good News Toronto, go to www.goodnewstoronto.ca.
Best wishes dear readers for all good news and inspiration.
Ardently,
Kathleen
The positive mental attitude promoters who inspired Napoleon Hill and then those who have been inspired by him, incline many of us in turn to find the pathway from who we are and where we are to where we strive to end up, as happier people in happier places. When who we are and where we are can feel like a struggle at times, one of the most salient benefits of a positive mental attitude is that it helps us to realize and actualize the powerful truth of our potential to capitalize on our challenges.
A quote I read recently from Mike Dooley strikes a chord in this vein. "What if the word victim could be redefined into something closer to hero, recognizing that the paths some have tread will spare others from the same?" With a turning-adversity-into-triumph mindset, we can be on the lookout for opportunities to contribute to the greater good for all. We enrich our own lives through offering our help and services to others, as much as our lives are enriched by those who offer us their help and services. It's beautiful.
As a visionary of the beautiful benefits to all that can be derived through recognition and admiration of heroes, Eva Karpati, the founding editor and publisher of Good News Toronto (www.goodnewstoronto.ca) was so impressed by the notion of the strength that readers could draw from benevolent achievers, that she started her little paper with big heart to celebrate the multitude of inspirational people who live in our midst, with "the goal of motivating all of us to keep our city rich." Good News Toronto has been helping readers "think and grow rich" by celebrating our everyday heroes and inspiring readers since February of 2008, when Eva saw an opportunity to complement mainstream media gloom and doom stories with the very real good news stories that might otherwise regrettably be going unreported. To Good News Toronto readers, contributors and heroes whose stories and charitable or not-for-profit organizations have been featured, Eva herself, humble as she is, has become one of our everyday heroes worthy of bravura celebration.
Perhaps, with others of like mind in cities and communities around the globe, similar "Good News" publications all over the world could have a dream-come-true-style monumental impact of the likes of Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen's Chicken Soup for the Soul series. In June of 2010, I was elated to meet in person and learn from Jack Canfield when the owner of Cosmyc Vybes, my friend Nancy Allen, who is a yoga and zumba instructor and fitness and nutrition guru extraordinaire, invited me along as her guest to attend Steve and Bill Harrison's Quantum Leap conference in Philadelphia. It was fabulous to be in the company of so many exceptionally inspiring and highly-motivated individuals. Not surprisingly, like so many other self-development industry leaders we admire today, Jack Canfield too was influenced and inspired by the teachings of Napoleon Hill and Clement Stone.
For we who are on the lifelong journey to achieve success, inspiration is an indispensable means of energizing us to reach our definite objectives. Daily doses of inspiration to keep us moving toward our goals are as essential and need to be as routine as stops at the gas station are to keep our vehicles going. The beauty lies in that unlike the residual toxic gas fumes that pollute the environment when we fill our gas tanks, the enduring second-hand effects of everyday heroics, and acts of kindness and courage are that we all can learn and be inspired by the goals and achievements of others. Our own achievements serve in turn as the inspirational refueling that will serve as motivation to the witnesses of our actions. Like eating, sleeping, bathing, and all the other to-dos we repeat daily to keep ourselves as well as we can be, inspiration sharing needs to be engrained in our routines, as "cosmic habit force."
One of my all-time favourite motivational messages from Napoleon Hill comes from the fifth component of his confidence formula. "I realize that no wealth or position can long endure unless built upon truth and justice; therefore I will engage in no transaction that does not benefit all whom it affects. I will attract to myself the forces I wish to use and the cooperation of other people. I will induce others to serve me because of my willingness to serve others. I will eliminate hatred, envy, jealousy, selfishness and cynicism by developing love for all humanity because I know that a negative attitude toward others can never bring me success. I will cause others to believe in me because I will believe in them and in myself." These few lines capture well the values of integrity and respect, to empower us with what we need to make all things possible.
My six-year-old son brilliantly blurted in proud revelation recently, "The only thing that's impossible is that there's anything that's impossible." On another occasion, one of my children once told me he knew he was safe when his father had to go away for a few days on business trips without the family, because Daddy always put up a "horse field" around our house when he was leaving on one of his trips. Fortunately, in his innocent belief, it didn't matter to my young son that what Daddy had said was "force field" and it didn't matter that there wasn't a horse field or a force field around our house. What mattered was just that he believed there was and that made him feel safe, secure and confident. What mattered was that to him, his father was an everyday hero who could do anything and from that he drew the strength he needed to overcome his fear. While my children's decrees made me smile, and may have been overstatements, they serve as excellent emotional, mental and even physical kinesthetic fortifiers. We can choose to believe that something can be real, even before it is. "Whatever your mind can conceive and believe, you can achieve." While some believe that's hogwash, it's a concept familiar and inspiring to long-time Napoleon Hill enthusiasts and neophytes alike all around the world.
For die-hard skeptics who remain positive that the whole world of personal development through a positive mental attitude is nothing more than hogwash, there is the risk they likely will find they're right too. Having had the wondrous adventure of making the leap from skeptic to rhapsodic about the virtues of the personal development industry and the benefits of immersion in positive influences, it's my dear hope and honour to serve others who will accept my encouragement and belief in their abilities to get from where they are to exactly where they want to be too. By simply asking ourselves, "What's in it for everyone?" we can find the illumination and the clarity we need to stay on the right path in the lifelong journey toward success and happiness, always with integrity. That's good news for all of us everywhere.
When Judy Williamson, Director of Education at the Napoleon Hill World Learning Center at Purdue University Calumet, gave me the good news that this guest submission would be published on July 16, in the e-zine, "Napoleon Hill -- Yesterday and Today", I was delighted as the date is always a special day in our family and gives me one more excellent opportunity to wish a happy birthday to two of my everyday heroes, my Dad, Chris on his 65th and my son Garrett, on his 9th, and to wish everyone a wonderful and inspiring day, filled with good news.
For a subscription to "Napoleon Hill -- Yesterday and Today", go to www.naphill.org. For a subscription to Good News Toronto, go to www.goodnewstoronto.ca.
Best wishes dear readers for all good news and inspiration.
Ardently,
Kathleen
Saturday, July 24, 2010
Good News in July
"Live in each season as it passes: breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit." – Henry David Thoreau
Ah summertime. It's a great time to kick back with a refreshing smoothie and to be delighted and inspired by reading the stories of the everyday heroes in Good News Toronto at www.goodnewstoronto.ca. If you prefer to have and to hold a hard copy in the hamac while you swing and relax under the shade listening to your favourite tunes of the lazy hazy days, please get in touch at info@goodnewstoronto.ca, so your delivery can be arranged.
Enjoy!
Ardently,
Kathleen
Ah summertime. It's a great time to kick back with a refreshing smoothie and to be delighted and inspired by reading the stories of the everyday heroes in Good News Toronto at www.goodnewstoronto.ca. If you prefer to have and to hold a hard copy in the hamac while you swing and relax under the shade listening to your favourite tunes of the lazy hazy days, please get in touch at info@goodnewstoronto.ca, so your delivery can be arranged.
Enjoy!
Ardently,
Kathleen
Sunday, June 6, 2010
More Good News -- June 2010
“And what is so rare as a day in June? Then, if ever, come perfect days.” - James Russell Lowell
These perfect June days, no matter how perfect they may be, are perfect for reading Good News Toronto and getting ourselves inspired by the stories of the everyday heroes who live in our midst.
Read it on-line at www.goodnewstoronto.ca or let me know if you would like a hard copy to have and to hold for your reading pleasure.
Good News Toronto invites readers to submit stories of your own everyday heroes and to report random acts of kindness. It's a great way to pay tribute to someone you know and admire for what they do to make our world as good as it is.
Please write to info@goodnewstoronto.ca to share your stories.
Ardently,
Kathleen
These perfect June days, no matter how perfect they may be, are perfect for reading Good News Toronto and getting ourselves inspired by the stories of the everyday heroes who live in our midst.
Read it on-line at www.goodnewstoronto.ca or let me know if you would like a hard copy to have and to hold for your reading pleasure.
Good News Toronto invites readers to submit stories of your own everyday heroes and to report random acts of kindness. It's a great way to pay tribute to someone you know and admire for what they do to make our world as good as it is.
Please write to info@goodnewstoronto.ca to share your stories.
Ardently,
Kathleen
Saturday, May 15, 2010
In the Merry Merry Month of May
Hello Dear Seekers of Inspiration.
It's the merry merry month of May and what could be merrier than reading the new issue of Good News Toronto?!!!
Hope you'll enjoy. This month is dededicated to moms and women who are everyday heroes living in our midsts.
Please visit Good News Toronto online at www.goodnewstoronto.ca or get in touch if you would like to receive your very own hard copy to have and to hold. It's free : )
For Seekers of Inspiration who are looking for something fun to do in Toronto on the afternoon of Sunday May 16, please join us for the Good News Toronto Nia Jam and Silent Auction.
You can find out more and register online at http://www.goodnewstoronto.ca/community.shtml.
What a wonderful way to spend a day, being good to ourselves to benefit others around us as well. It's beautiful! Hope to see you there.
Ardently,
Kathleen
It's the merry merry month of May and what could be merrier than reading the new issue of Good News Toronto?!!!
Hope you'll enjoy. This month is dededicated to moms and women who are everyday heroes living in our midsts.
Please visit Good News Toronto online at www.goodnewstoronto.ca or get in touch if you would like to receive your very own hard copy to have and to hold. It's free : )
For Seekers of Inspiration who are looking for something fun to do in Toronto on the afternoon of Sunday May 16, please join us for the Good News Toronto Nia Jam and Silent Auction.
You can find out more and register online at http://www.goodnewstoronto.ca/community.shtml.
What a wonderful way to spend a day, being good to ourselves to benefit others around us as well. It's beautiful! Hope to see you there.
Ardently,
Kathleen
Monday, April 12, 2010
Good News Toronto -- Our Everyday Heroes, April 2010
Hello to All Who Are Looking For Inspiration:
Good News!!! The April 2010 issue of Good News Toronto is available in hard copy and on-line at www.goodnewstoronto.ca.
Hope you'll enjoy all the inspiration and motivation GNT offers with its feature stories of the everyday heroes who live among us in the GTA.
If you enjoy on-line reading, please click on the link:www.goodnewstoronto.ca, or paste it into your browser. If you prefer a hard copy, we can get one to you. Please let us know where you would like to receive your free copy. Contact me at commuteducation@lycos.com or contact the founding editor, Eva Karpati at info@goodnewstoronto.ca.
Pppssssst! If you notice the photo of the incredible kid sipping the smoothie along side the recipe, this brimming with pride Mummy would like to note, "That's my kid."
Enjoy every heaping helping of inspiration and motivation Good News Toronto has for you and for others around you.
Ardently,
Kathleen
Good News!!! The April 2010 issue of Good News Toronto is available in hard copy and on-line at www.goodnewstoronto.ca.
Hope you'll enjoy all the inspiration and motivation GNT offers with its feature stories of the everyday heroes who live among us in the GTA.
If you enjoy on-line reading, please click on the link:www.goodnewstoronto.ca, or paste it into your browser. If you prefer a hard copy, we can get one to you. Please let us know where you would like to receive your free copy. Contact me at commuteducation@lycos.com or contact the founding editor, Eva Karpati at info@goodnewstoronto.ca.
Pppssssst! If you notice the photo of the incredible kid sipping the smoothie along side the recipe, this brimming with pride Mummy would like to note, "That's my kid."
Enjoy every heaping helping of inspiration and motivation Good News Toronto has for you and for others around you.
Ardently,
Kathleen
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
"Start a ripple of giving right now" -- Judith Williamson
Hello dear readers who are looking for inspiration.
After reading this week's lesson from my "Fifty-Two Lessons For Life" by Judith Williamson, I was so touched and inspired, I thought I would just have to share the excerpt, in hopes others will draw strength and inspiration from it too. For your reading delight, here it is:
In order to adapt ourselves to life’s many changes we must first learn to get along with others. Things can’t always go our way, benefit us the most, put us in the limelight, or only advance our careers. The “me-first” attitude does not serve a person well for very long. Looking to what we can get rather than to what we can give seems to be a national pastime. I suspect that individuals believe they are holding on to their identity when they refuse to compromise, however, in most of these daily circumstances they are the real losers.
Negotiation takes patience and expertise, and can be elevated to an art form. When done correctly, our long term success depends on it as much as we depend upon water to drink and air to breath. Dr. Hill reminds us multiple times that teamwork is a step on the ladder to success. An even higher step is the formation of a mastermind alliance. In order to reach the summit, you must let go of the desire to be right and autonomous every step of the way.
Being right means little unless you are truly happy. In pursuing success, it is wise to remember that a very real ingredient of success is the ability to get along with and to be liked by others. Without this component any success would be very hollow indeed.
The Universe rewards a giver. When you give without the expectation of return, you create a cycle that revolves around back to you. Ultimately, you are the recipient of the good you put out there. Start a ripple of giving right now, and watch out for the wave of goodness you will have soon created! Remember “what goes around comes around.” Make what comes around to you only good by starting the ripple that creates the wave! - Judith Williamson from Fifty-Two Lessons for Life
While all of the Fifty-Two Lessons are insightful, delightful, inspiring and meaningful to our everyday living, this one particularly struck a chord with me. I hope you like it too.
Take care all!
Ardently,
Kathleen
After reading this week's lesson from my "Fifty-Two Lessons For Life" by Judith Williamson, I was so touched and inspired, I thought I would just have to share the excerpt, in hopes others will draw strength and inspiration from it too. For your reading delight, here it is:
In order to adapt ourselves to life’s many changes we must first learn to get along with others. Things can’t always go our way, benefit us the most, put us in the limelight, or only advance our careers. The “me-first” attitude does not serve a person well for very long. Looking to what we can get rather than to what we can give seems to be a national pastime. I suspect that individuals believe they are holding on to their identity when they refuse to compromise, however, in most of these daily circumstances they are the real losers.
Negotiation takes patience and expertise, and can be elevated to an art form. When done correctly, our long term success depends on it as much as we depend upon water to drink and air to breath. Dr. Hill reminds us multiple times that teamwork is a step on the ladder to success. An even higher step is the formation of a mastermind alliance. In order to reach the summit, you must let go of the desire to be right and autonomous every step of the way.
Being right means little unless you are truly happy. In pursuing success, it is wise to remember that a very real ingredient of success is the ability to get along with and to be liked by others. Without this component any success would be very hollow indeed.
The Universe rewards a giver. When you give without the expectation of return, you create a cycle that revolves around back to you. Ultimately, you are the recipient of the good you put out there. Start a ripple of giving right now, and watch out for the wave of goodness you will have soon created! Remember “what goes around comes around.” Make what comes around to you only good by starting the ripple that creates the wave! - Judith Williamson from Fifty-Two Lessons for Life
While all of the Fifty-Two Lessons are insightful, delightful, inspiring and meaningful to our everyday living, this one particularly struck a chord with me. I hope you like it too.
Take care all!
Ardently,
Kathleen
Saturday, February 6, 2010
Good news Toronto - Our Everyday Heroes, February 2010
Hey everybody!!! Happy Heart Month and happy stories of more and more everyday heroes in the GTA. It's a heaping helping of inspiration. That's good for the heart!
Check it out: www.goodnewstoronto.ca.
It's so loaded with good stuff for your heart and soul, it does a body good! You'll feel inspired from head to toe and the world will be a better place one reader at a time.
Ardently,
Kathleen
Check it out: www.goodnewstoronto.ca.
It's so loaded with good stuff for your heart and soul, it does a body good! You'll feel inspired from head to toe and the world will be a better place one reader at a time.
Ardently,
Kathleen
Sunday, January 10, 2010
Happy New Year and Happy Good News
Dear Readers:
Welcome to the new year and welcome to the warmth of the January issue of Good News Toronto! As cold as it gets outside, there's always something in Good News Toronto to warm your heart through and through.
As I do love to say, "Which would you like first, the good news or the good? At Good News Toronto, that's all there is.
Enjoy the Good News at www.goodnewstoronto.ca.
If you would like a hard copy, please let me know. We'd love to make that happen.
Happy New Year!
Post with you again soon,
Kathleen
Welcome to the new year and welcome to the warmth of the January issue of Good News Toronto! As cold as it gets outside, there's always something in Good News Toronto to warm your heart through and through.
As I do love to say, "Which would you like first, the good news or the good? At Good News Toronto, that's all there is.
Enjoy the Good News at www.goodnewstoronto.ca.
If you would like a hard copy, please let me know. We'd love to make that happen.
Happy New Year!
Post with you again soon,
Kathleen
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