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InnerSelf Magazine
September 26th, 2004

"Always be a first-rate version of yourself,
instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.."

-- Judy Garland

NEW ATTITUDES... NEW POSSIBILITIES

Welcome to the September 26th, 2004 edition of InnerSelf Magazine.

We're back, after a hiatus of two months... We've been taking time-out to recharge, to simply "be", while also continuing with the daily tasks of "earning a living" and "living life", and reassessing goals and priorities.

This is the first week of Autumn... In Pennsylvania, the sun is shining brightly, and the leaves are undergoing their colorful transformation. They are great role-models in simply letting go and trusting life. Trusting that even as everything seems to be falling apart, a transformation is taking place. Trusting that even as everything seems to be dying and decaying, that life is continuing and a rebirth underway.

We, at InnerSelf, have gone through a rebirth of sorts... and continue to do so everyday. Starting with the next issue, as we approach the 2004 United States elections on November 2nd, we will reflect on the "political aspect" of our reality. It is important for us to realize that the reality we individually create includes the world around us... Thus, exercising our "right" to vote -- our ability to select our representatives in Congress and in the Senate, as well as our president and vice-president -- is an integral part of creating the world we want for ourselves, our children, and generations to come.

We encourage you, whatever your political affiliations (if any), to get involved in the election process. Encourage the people around you to vote, discuss the issues that are dear to you, make your innermost thoughts and desires be heard and be counted.

We do make a difference if we choose to. We can adapt the often quoted: "Many are called. Few are chosen." We can translate that into: "Many are called. Few are choosing." Let's change that starting with ourselves so that it becomes: Many are called. Many are choosing to make a difference." You are being called right now. The world is calling. People are crying, people are dying -- not only in Iraq but right here at home.

We can make a difference. We first have to make the choice to make a difference, and then follow the call of our heart, of our spirit, as to how we can take our place in the puzzle of life, creating a world that cares, and creating a country with goals and visions and actions that we can all be proud of.

With love and best wishes
from our InnerSelf to yours...

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THIS WEEK'S NEW ISSUE OF INNERSELF MAGAZINE:

Welcome to the new issue
of InnerSelf Magazine!

Scroll through below for the links to this week's new articles & columns,
Dear Child, and the Newsletter Tidbit.

* THIS ISSUE'S ARTICLES *

Calling Great Spirit (Calling God)
by Chief Noble Red Man (Mathew King)
I walk with the Great Spirit, with God. I talk to Him. The Great Spirit guides me in my life. Wakan-Tanka, that's what we call him in Lakota. You can call Wakan-Tanka by any name you like. In English I call Him God or the Great Spirit. So call Wakan-Tanka whatever you like. Just be sure to call Him. He wants to talk to you.

Finding the Gifts
by Marie T. Russell.
I am approaching my 50th birthday. Though part of me cannot quite grasp that concept (what! me, fifty? impossible!), the other part is looking forward to that day as a rite of passage, as a milestone in my life. Just as 13 years of age marks adolescence, 21 marks adulthood (at least officially), 50 seems to me to herald a reaching of maturity... a certain "je ne sais quoi" of "I've done it!" "I've made it through my 20s, 30s and 40s...

Getting to Yes
by Martin Lowenthal.
When we do not acknowledge our feelings, we may reactively eat for comfort. Not facing tensions in a relationship can lead to fear of arguments or anger at disagreements. Seeking escape from the discomforts of life may trap us in patterns of drinking, drugs, or compulsive sexual activity. The task is not to rid ourselves of those parts that produce painful feelings and undesirable behaviors -- but rather notice how we make ourselves unhappy and get stuck in reactive habits.

Is Your Life Run by "Should"?
by Maggie Craddock.
The bummer about "shoulds" is that when we are dominated by them, we are also dominated by the fear of being rejected or abandoned in some way, because that's the core emotional fear that activates many of them. These ongoing fears leave many of us drained and exhausted.

NEWSLETTER TIDBIT
Inspirational Message.
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DEAR CHILD

Dear Child,

Honor all those around you. Show respect to all those around you.

To bring harmony to the planet, you must honor and respect yourself and all others as well.

Know that by spreading honor and respect to all others, you can make a difference in the world.

All is well, Child of God.

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INSPIRATIONAL MESSAGE

Every morning...

Every morning I excitedly get out of bed. Just a few minutes of goals and visions for the day swirl in my head. No lingering for me, no alarm, no wishful notes too. Just me in my night gown with no hat.

I sit down to enter my dreams and what can notes. In my journal entries that began long ago with a tiny book and its lock and key. I used to dwell on all the icky things back then but now I write God with my cheers and glees instead.

I remember the days I knew not whether I was going to live or die. I also never thought I'd see why cancer came by. I'm glad I had cancer because today I like the who I've become. Which would have never occurred had it not appeared.

If I dwell, I can remember the day of an accident that left me in a wheel chair for years. Because I know if I do, today there will be a lot of have nots and heart of tears too.

As a coach I've been trained to be in the present moment with me. Thank goodness for apple trees. For if it had not been for growing things fresh air would not have been. And I would not be able to enjoy breathing it all in.

Next I write wisdom, only wisdom that I can share. I know that someone will be here and be inspired because I'd cared. I travel through my day with a soul of glee. Knowing, really knowing, this is the right place for me to be. The excitement occurs when I pick up my pen and get the surprise of how far its all come.

I know there were days long ago when I dreaded my day. I'm glad, I'm glad, there aren't none of them anymore. For when their inklings first appear, I now have the training and support to make them disappear. Coaching made me work so that I can appear.

When I crawl under the covers at night, I smile with prayer at the difference I made in everyone's life this day. Just because I was there. Before I drift off to sleep my sugar plums swirl with what next I can do with my pen. I nod off to sleep, gracefully and slow, lingering on the stories yet to be told.

Occasionally there is a 2 am up. Just because what was swirling before needs to be said. So I honor the time with my pen and then its back to la-la-land I go. I'm so glad of my passion, my life. It allows everything to be said. After my last eye lid shutters, my last thought is tomorrow's putter.

-- Catherine Franz, Business Coach
http://www.abundancecenter.com

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