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A Heartfelt Welcome
ARISE and be FREE
Your ARISE Article
Can I Get ARISE Outa You?
Poignant Ponderings
Giving  Back
Will You ARISE & Help Me?



Dear Valued Subscriber,

Amazing! I've let another several months slip by between issues. Easter, Mother's Day, Father's Day, Canada Day and the 4th of July are all but history. We are now deep into glorious summer and my post-winter pale appearance has given way to the deepening tan that my French blood allows.  This year, I am outdoors as much as possible. I take a long walk each morning, don my rollerblades a couple of afternoons a week (both along the beautiful sculpture park right out front of my building), and have even enjoyed time boating and attending race events. I LOVE this time of year!

Even though I've been at play a little these past few months, I've also been hard at work as you will soon read:-)

Remember my print book, "A Large Slice of Life to Go, Please!"? Believe it or not, I have not had the chance to start to promote it properly yet, mostly because of what you will soon hear about. It has though, to my utmost delight and total surprise, won the NABE Book of the Year Award that now adorns my office wall.

Early this year, I met a teacher through the Slice website who I felt would be the perfect partner for a book that I've wanted to produce for a decade now. It's a book of true stories, empowering stories, written by teenagers, whose sole purpose is to help their fellow teens with the many issues they face in today's confusing, complicated and often unkind world. 

This was one of those "Get serious Rick, how can you even think about taking on another project right now, but, how can I NOT?" kind of projects, and Linda Aspen-Baxter immediately migrated to the concept of "The Ultimate Teenager's Survival Guide" (not the real title/can't give that away in this Internet world) in a big way. We have now set the template to collect the stories from teens all over the world during the next several months. 

If you know of a school, or a teacher (a project for the upcoming school year), or a community group/leader  that is centered around teenagers, I strongly encourage you to visit our site, and immediately contact those persons to help spread the word. Send those people here. Thank you!

Do you receive jokes and funny pictures and warm 'n fuzzy pieces from all yur  rowdy Internet friends? I sure do and every once in a while I receive something worth sharing with you. This page will take a while to load but I think you'll feel it's worth waiting for some GQQD ADVICE.

I've put together some great material for you in this issue including the opportunity to experience my latest product. Actually, it's not just mine, but a collaboration of 3 great friends. Rick Saruna, the 'miracle worker' in getting me to quit smoking easily, and my former music partner of 20 years, Larry Thompson, are my co-conspirators:-).

After my experience of being able to quit smoking for life and working with Rick and Larry putting our digital quit smoking program together, I became acutely aware of exactly how Rick was impacting the lives of so many people in his clinic. So, we began discussions on how we could best improve peoples lives in general. Make Every Day A Great Day is the result. I will let the presentation, and the stunning testimonials, speak for themselves. You are encouraged to join the affiliate program of both products (you will find the Affiliate link at the bottom of each page).

Before I leave, I want to direct your attention to what I feel is a noble effort to support an organization that I have supported almost since the first day I logged on the Internet.
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital is especially close to my heart for 2 reasons. First, my youngest daughter was  a special needs (aren't ALL children 'special needs'?) child and was helped in HUGE ways by organizations such as this, and second, my father played piano behind St. Jude founder Danny Thomas way back in time. So, please click here and see the heartwarming story and good work this family is doing.

Your ARISE Article was written by one of my favorite writers in the world - Stephanie West-Allen. Titled Construction Zone Ahead, she weaves a wonderful imaginary process for us to use on a daily basis to improve our lives. Thank you once again for your always brilliant insights Stephanie!

Now, please kick back (and if you can't right now, just click on the Print This Page icon at the top, scoop the pages from your printer and take it to bed with you:-) and enjoy this issue of ARISE!

As always, my greatest wishes for your complete success,

Rick Beneteau

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ARISE and be FREE

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YOUR ARISE ARTICLE

Construction Zone Ahead
by Stephanie West Allen

BACKYARD TENTS AND CARDBOARD HOUSES

Many a parent has been surprised, when giving a fancy gift to a child, to discover the big box in which it came holds more allure for the child than the gift itself. Kids have a great
passion for forts, playhouses, clubhouses, little nooks and crannies indoors and out, tents anywhere and everywhere, treehouses.

Children are often very inventive in creating these special spaces for themselves -- stretching a blanket from one piece of furniture to another to serve as a roof, putting a sheet over a cardtable to transform it into a clubhouse, cutting windows and a door into a large cardboard box to build a playhouse. The list can go on and on. How did you create your kid space when you were young?

Lots of us still have a great enthusiasm for treehouses, and forts, and tents in our backyard. While I was on a trip recently, the bed where I slept was under a skylight that afforded me a view of a very tall oak tree. I looked up and designed in my mind the best treehouse ever.

Everyday, in my imagination, I would climb the tree and sit in my treehouse. When we left, I was sad to leave my treehouse up in those oak branches. So I relocated it and take it with me every place I go. It is now the treehouse of my heart.

YOU’VE ALWAYS HAD THE BLUEPRINT

Build the treehouse of your heart. From its heights, you can look down and get a new perspective on problems. The lofty limbs of your heart hold you safely in your arboreal shelter, and that security is always there whenever you choose to enter. Judgment Jabber does not have the secret password so cannot intrude.

Your treasures and talents are stashed there and you can always find them easily. You laugh in this place and invent new ways to play. Ah, the gratitude that soaks through you in your treehouse. You only allow in playmates like joy and generosity and good cheer. On the outside of your treehouse is a big sign that says, “No grumps, or grouches, or grudges allowed,” and that rule is magically enforced.

Up there you perform exquisitely -- perhaps you sing sweet melodies, give dazzling speeches, act in starring roles, speak in lyrical rhyme, bake astonishing cakes, whistle all your favorite songs on-key. Each time you enter, the weather turns perfect, even on summer dog days. And you have a whole cache of mighty magic wands in your treehouse that make all your dreams come true.

GLOW FOR IT

When you are in the treehouse of your heart, no one knows you are there. Yet everyone sees your treehouse kind of smile and suspects you have a marvelous secret. Once you begin making trips to your treehouse, your secret will make you glow.

Soon you will be in a treehouse state of mind whether you are up there, or on the ground of day-to-day life. Part of  you will always dwell serenely in the treehouse of your heart.  The heights you will reach will be astounding. The treetops will be your home.

AND TODAY . . .

Begin to build your treehouse today. Rest comfortably (under a tree would be good) and imagine your treehouse. Of what is it constructed? Pine, maple, bricks of gold? If you have windows in it, what are the views? Oceans, forests, your kingdom?

Will you furnish it? With what? Mahogany, rattan, shapeshifting pieces? Of what is the floor made? Carpet, tile, sunbeams? What objects will you place up there? Dishes, candles, a Genie’s lantern? In your treehouse, you might have incense of all your favorite smells to permeate your new space.

VERY important: choose the emotions you want to imbue your treehouse. Feel them and let them fill the place you are building just as incense fills a room with fragrance.

Take lots of time to create your treehouse. Know you can create and re-create and then create some more. Construction can be ongoing or it can be done for now; it is up to you

Today hang out in the treehouse of your heart. Enjoy the towering freedom. Today will be the first of many when you abide for a while in your treehouse. It will become a place you visit more and more frequently. It will grow more vivid for you with each new day. This nook in your heart will enrich your life and your soul.

Hear the loud peals and quiet chimes of your freedom and independence. Celebrate. Raise the roof of your treehouse with merriment and thankfulness.

© 2002 Stephanie West Allen

Stephanie West Allen, JD, brings humor and motivation to associations and organizations. http://www.allen-nichols.com
Stephanie also coaches people in using the two Merry Maxims:
WYTUG (What You Think Upon Grows) and LULU (Loosen Up, Lighten Up) to achieve prosperity, health, self-expression, and harmonized relationships.
Contact her at
mailto:Stephanie@allen-nichols.com

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Can I Get ARISE Outa You?

WEEEEEE!


The man dated the first daughter.

The next day the farmer asked for the man's opinion. Well" said the man, " She's just a weeeeee bit, not that you can hardly notice... pigeon-toed."

The farmer nodded and suggested the man date one of the other girls; so the man went out with the second daughter.

The next day, the farmer again asked how things went.

Well," the man replied, "She's just a weeeee bit, not that you can hardly tell... cross-eyed."

The farmer nodded and suggested he date the third girl to see if things might be better. So he did.

The next morning the man rushed in exclaiming, "She's perfect, just perfect. She's the one I want to marry." So they were wed right away.

Months later the baby was born.

When the man visited the nursery he was horrified: the baby was the ugliest, most pathetic human you can imagine.

He rushed to his father in-law asking how such a thing could happen considering the beauty of the parents.

"Well," explained the farmer, "She was just a weeeee bit, not that you could hardly tell... pregnant when you met her."
 

Poignant Ponderings

WHEN YOU JUDGE YOURSELF
by Steve Goodier

Charles Allen, in his book Victories in the Valleys of Life (Fleming H. Revell, 1981), tells the story of a man who, one wintry day, went to traffic court in Wichita, Kansas, not knowing court had been canceled because of a blizzard. A few days later he wrote this letter:

"I was scheduled to be in court February 23rd, at 12:15 p.m., concerning a traffic ticket. Well, I was there as scheduled and, to my surprise, I was the only one there. No one had called to tell me that the court would be closed, so I decided to go ahead with the hearing as scheduled, which meant that I had to be the accuser, the accused and the judge. The citation was for going 46 miles per hour in a 35-mile-per-hour zone. I had the speed alert on in my car, set for 44 miles per hour; and as the accuser, I felt that I was going over 35 miles per hour, but as the accused, I know that I was not going 46 miles per hour. As judge, and being the understanding man that I am, I decided to throw it out of court this time. But it had better not happen again."

He had a rare opportunity to judge himself and took full advantage. On the other hand, we probably judge ourselves all day long. We may even react more harshly to our own mistakes and errors than we would ever react to those same shortcomings in others.

Two thousand years ago a Roman writer named Publilius Syrus observed, "How unhappy are they who cannot forgive themselves." Whether dealing with others or with ourselves, it usually helps to err on the side of grace. Do you need to be gentler with yourself?

Did You Get Your "Slice" Today?

GIVING BACK

You might already support these or similar organizations, but it's the sad truth that we can never really do enough to help people, especially children. Here is what I support and encourage you to review:

The Internet Toy Drive  
Founded by Anne Marie Baugh and myself, and sponsored by Drew Bledsoe (#11, 2001 Super Bowl Champion quarterback), we are official corporate sponsors of the U.S. Marine's Toys for Tots program.

My WorldVision Children
This is the special group of children from around the world that I sponsor. WorldVision is a Christian organization that has been around for decades and almost every penny donated goes directly to these needy children and their families. Nothing beats receiving a handwritten letter, or even an email now, from "your child":-) You can even buy chickens or cows that get right to these families in dire need!

St. Jude Children's Hospital
My father was a lifelong musician and played piano in bands with Danny Thomas (founder of St. Jude and father of Marlo Thomas) among others during the depression, thirties and early World War II years. Understandably, this world famous research hospital is close to my heart:-)

Parenting with Dignity P
If you are a parent, expecting to be one in the future, or even believe you've done your parenting job, do yourself a great favor and check out this fabulous resource! Drew Bledsoe, his father and family members, my great friend Tom Heatherington and many more have established an absolutely wonderful foundation devoted to the betterment of children and families (Mac Bledsoe was interviewed on ABC's 20/20 this year).

Will You ARISE & Help Me?

I would greatly appreciate it if you would take a few seconds to tell just a few of your friends about ARISE. Simply Forward this URL to everyone in your Address Book.  All they need to do is enter their email address below (it will NEVER be shared or given away).

Thank You!!

   

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