Life Always Works - Mar/Apr Newsletter

NEWSLETTER

March/April 2008

News and Views from "Life Always Works"

Wow, so many wonderful things have happened since our last newsletter! We had a powerful "Kickoff Party" at Philippe Park in Safety Harbor and what a beautiful day, albeit cool. We had a great turn out, around 60 fabulous friends, some of whom we have not seen in a long time. The food was great and the entertainment fun. We want to thank all those who contributed the delicious dishes, for Patty's Laughter Yoga demonstration, and especially for the barbecue king, Danny.

(see the Kickoff party photo gallery here)

I had the experience of attending Bernie Dunn's "A Caring Touch Wellness Center" grand opening and came away a thoroughly pampered woman. She had a "mini" Saturday where one could experience all the services she offers such as hand waxing, facial massages, etc. It was a great day! "Sandy"

(A Caring Touch Enterprises, Inc. was formalized in 2005. Bernadette Dunn Opened her business in late 2001 after working with Massages for Health for 18 months. She is passionate about bringing unity back to community through workshops and therapy.)

EMBRACING YOUR INNER DIVA

April 5, 2008

April 5th is our next scheduled "DIVA" course, being held at the fabulous Cindy Ross's home. This is a one day opportunity for women to come together and celebrate their divine magnificence! In this course you will learn to establish and maintain personal boundaries, live your life fully from intention and not circumstances, and recognize those areas that cause women to live through other people's expectations. There is still time to sign up!! Call 727-224-1319 today!! See our website for the Diva photo gallery and testimonials.

SAVE THE DATE!

DIVA REUNION

April 19, 2008

Join the divine Diva grads at Sofia's Tea Room in South Tampa on April 19, 2008. Details to follow.

"Teach People How to Treat You"

taught by the awesome Peggy Gould

June 14, 2008

You can't change something you refuse to recognize. This one-day course will bring to your consciousness the ability to recognize why people treat you the way they do. It will also offer you the skills and tools to take personal responsibility for changing what you are projecting.

This is a one-day course. Course fee is $149 which includes lunch.

Location:

Unitarian Universalist Church

2470 Nursery Rd

Clearwater, Fl 33764

(Between US 19 and Belcher Rd.) Closer to US 19

"Bits and Pieces"

by Deb Adeeb

Past Present and Future

The Past: The purpose of our past is to learn life lessons. If we are dwelling on the past for any other reason – blame, guilt, shame, self-righteousness, justification – we are wasting the present.

The Future: Planning for the future is proactive and can be a beneficial thing to do for ourselves. Worrying about the future is costing us the present.

Life is a series of moments to experience. If we are dwelling on the past we are not experiencing the current moment to its fullest potential. The same is true of the future.

The Present: One way to maintain a healthy self esteem is to focus on the present moment. When we are content or happy with ourselves in this moment, we can make the statement “I am content” or “I am happy” without judgment about the previous moment or fear of the next moment.

Practicing this can lead to multiple moments of happiness, and can add up to hours or days. Acknowledging that we have content/happy moments, hours or days positions us to accept that we are not unhappy all the time, and we are at choice in each moment. If we are not choosing content/happy in any given moment, what are we making more important and why? If it’s a moment dwelling on the past what are we learning from it? If it’s a moment worrying about the future, how is that serving us?