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In This Issue:
- Beth's "Brain Food"
- Quote This!
- Letters
- Beth's
Announcements
- Overwhelm Tip
- The "word"
from Xena
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Happy New Year!!
Listen to this portion of the newsletter:
By now you have slightly recovered from the disorientation of the holidays. Did you remember to "dump the trash" like I recommended last year at this time? (see Newsletter #12). If you haven't, give it a try. It's a great start for the New Year!
We get ourselves into a tizzy during the holidays. Then we get ourselves into a tizzy trying to recover when reality hits: credit card charges, holiday debris, looming tax and end-of-year issues. They all sneak up and whack us on the side of the head.
Well, relax. Somehow most of us manage to muddle through it. Don't believe for a second that "other people" are more organized, more together, or less stressed than you are. Very few of us are as together as we would like to project. And those that REALLY are? Well, they probably don't have as exciting a life as you and I. (OK, OK, the few perfectionists reading this, don't send me a letter. Let the rest of us find comfort in our delusions!)
Here's a thought. This year, instead of creating a long list of New Year's Resolutions that you aren't going to keep anyway, how about making a list called "5 Ways I Will Find Happiness in 2005." Is it selfish to focus on finding happiness? NO! Let me be the first to tell you, you are WAY more fun to be around when you are happy. You are a royal pain when you are not! So, if you don't want to do this because you think it is selfish… well, think of it as a public service and do it anyway.
You can find happiness in many ways. It starts with you CHOOSING to be happy. We all have our challenges. Choosing happiness -- choosing to see the positive side of life's crazy situations -- really helps increase those endorphins in your brain, and improves your immune system. So start the year with a changed mind about your life. Your perceptions about your life are more important than you think.
So make your happiness list: Choose to take a vacation with your loved ones and schedule it. Choose to explore that museum you have been meaning to see. Choose to take at least one day off a week just for puttering around. Read the books you want. Subscribe to a magazine that fascinates you and isn't "work" or just mindless fluff. Find a way to afford a spa day now and again. Learn to dance. Climb that mountain. Jump out of a plane (with a parachute, please.) Whatever it is that you think will bring you happiness (and no harm to others…) schedule it into your plans.
Life is short. It is precious. And we live in a country where we have the luxury of choosing happiness. It is guaranteed in our Constitution. Celebrate the freedom you have! Those freedoms are privileges. When you live up to them, you honor those who fought for them.
Keep our troops in your thoughts and prayers. Keep yourself true to yourself. Enjoy the new year and enjoy your life!
All the best to you and your loved ones in 2005!
I am looking forward to a great year with all of you.
Aloha and A hui hou,
Beth
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Quote This!
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"We are disturbed not by things, but by the views we take of things." - Epictetus
"There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so." - Shakespeare
"I've had many terrible experiences in my life, and some of them actually happened." - Anonymous
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Letters
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After a Hawaii Credit Union League presentation in Hawaii several years ago, Dianne wrote:
"Even though I was in the back row, I was right up there on stage with you. You were talking directly to me. You know, I usually sit in the back row so I can escape. I don't like these things. But with you I was riveted in my chair. And, you'll hear from me. I have some things I need to do. Thanks."
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Beth's Announcements
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Announcements:
- Check out Beth's newly designed site and listen to the new panic buttons. If you want your very own Getting Out of Overwhelm Panic Postcard to put in your office or home, send us a note and we will mail you one free!
- Thanks to our super web guy Grant Holmes for his dedication and hard work on this site for the last 2 1/2 years!
- Beth will be in in Mexico in January, California in February, Hawaii in February, March, April and June! She also has bookings coming up in Las Vegas, Florida and Indiana. Click here to contact Beth for booking information.
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Overwhelm Tip
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Something you can do right now to get out of overwhelm…
(Each issue I am going to give you links to things that I think might help. Not all of these will be for everyone, but the web is becoming such an exciting place that exploring it is an absolute delight!)
At this time of year, we often worry about taxes, end of year reports, writing goals for the new year, and paying bills from holiday overspending. If that overwhelms you STOP for a second.
2003 ended with an earthquake in Iran that took 27,000 lives. Exactly one year to the day, a tsunami hit SE Asia that has already claimed well over 100,000 lives, and the count grows. In between, the Mideast war and numerous "natural disasters" reminded us of the fragility of life and the power of "Mother Nature."
Want to get out of Overwhelm? As you pay those bills, say "thank you" for having electricity and running water; say "thank you for good credit that allowed you to purchase things with a little plastic card; say "thank you" for the luxury of sitting and thinking about goals, or your weight, or your relatively puny problems. When you have dinner tonight, be grateful for whatever food you have, for clear drinking water, and for another day.
If you would like to donate to the relief efforts in any part of the world, there is a wonderful web site that will allow you to check out the
organization first. http://www.give.org/
I am grateful for you. Thanks for hanging out with me a couple of times a
month.
Be well and Happy New Year.
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The "word" from Xena
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It is winter and cooooold in Phoenix, and right now my idea of happiness is hibernating all day. But I got up out of my warm little nest just for you. I want you to listen to the birds or hug your puppy or cat while you read this…
Here are my 5 Happiness goals for the New Year:
- I will sleep all I want. After all, I figured out that the only work I have to do is write this column and guard Beth from that 120-pound Rottweiler next door. I write better when I have had my minimum 22 hours a day of sleep.
- I will crawl on the laps of every person who walks through the door. I get happiness from licking peoples' faces and making them giggle. Sometimes I get them in the eye or the nose and that really tickles them.
- I will explore every single tree, bird, bush, smell, new clothes, piece of grass or leaf that cross my path on my walks. This is a pretty amazing world from 5 inches off the ground. You oughta try it sometime from down here. There's a lot more going on than you two-leggeds know about.
- I will chase Lezard every day. Heaven knows he needs the exercise. It is my present to him. One day a neighbor kid asked Beth, "Why are you walking your pig?" Lezard has been pretty upset ever since.
- When Beth gets frustrated, upset or crazy, I will stand on my hind legs until she picks me up and is forced to notice how dang cute I am. Then I can help her hear the birds, remember love, and remember that as long as I am here, she isn't alone…
You two leggeds have it pretty good, what with your opposable thumbs and your tallness and all. So be happy! Enjoy life! At least you get more years on the planet than us four-leggeds! Have a great 2005!
Click here to email me (Xena)! (You don't think humans are the only ones to get fan mail do you?)
Love,
Xena (The real Chihuahua at Beth's house!)
PS - thanks for all the letters and pictures! I knew Beth's readers were smart people. You all have great looking four-leggeds living with you. That's why your life is going so well
[Editors note: Attitudes and advice given out by Chihuahuas do not reflect the opinions of management. However, in the interest of political correctness and recognition of multi-canine diversity, we will let her speak her mind. We are not responsible if you take her advice.]
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Helping you handle the crazy times and difficult people in your life!
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Call Speaker, author, Beth Terry! Beth's inspirational, down-to earth style, practical message and sense of humor have earned her high marks with meeting planners and seminar attendees alike. As a motivational keynote speaker, she is well known for her dynamic style and for the uplifting, encouraging and inspirational stories she uses to make messages stick. Visit Beth's web site!
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