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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,


I want to thank you VERY much for 'doin' the two step' and confirming your subscription in order to start receiving this publication again. Being the realist I am, I knew I would lose a lot of former subscribers due to the double opt-in process but I feel blessed to have had so many re-subscribe. If you could take a few seconds and tell a few friends about ARISE, I'd be very appreciative. THANK YOU!

This is last minute but my great friend Tom Heatherington of Parenting with Dignity just found out that Mac Bledsoe (father of Super Bowl Champion quarterback, Drew Bledsoe) is to appear on an ABC/John Stossel special program Monday evening (April 14) at 8:00 p.m. If you never heard of PWD, you really need to check out the wonderful work this foundation does. You might be interested to know that Drew sponsors the Internet Toy Drive that jl scott, Anne Marie Baugh and I promote each December.

A great article by Stephanie West Allen called We Become What We Do  is featured. I am just beginning to know Stephanie and her wonderful work, and I encourage you to read her super advice and check out her website.

The Mirror, and now ARISE, never was and never will be, about hypey ads and selling stuff, however, when something of real value comes to my attention (or I offer it), be it free or not, I will share it with you. Such are the 2 cases below.

I mentioned this last issue that a great up-close-and-personal Internet marketing workshop is taking place in Florida. One that I was invited to speak at, but unfortunately couldn't due to a previous engagement. I have turned down every such invitation during the last 2 years because of the same-sameness of them all, but I was really disappointed I couldn't present at this one that I guarantee will be very different. Host Willie Crawford will not only refund you on the spot if you don't feel empowered after the first jam-packed day, he will give you $2,500.00 in real bonuses (and let you keep them even if you opt for a refund), take you deep sea fishing and let you bring a friend for free.  Click here now or read the ad (one of two only:-) later on.

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:-)!

As always, my greatest wishes for your complete success,

Rick Beneteau

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ARISE and be FREE

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Pearls of Success - My Free Inspirational eBook

Free PDF Chapter of my business eBook, Branding YOU and Breaking the Bank

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YOUR ARISE ARTICLE

"Because we always have control over the doing component of our behavior, if  we markedly change that component, we cannot avoid changing the thinking,  feeling, and physiological components as well."
William Glasser,  Take Effective Control of Your Life

Dr. Roberto Assagioli called this technique of controlling what we do "acting as if" . . .

"If we are sad or depressed, it is difficult, if not impossible, to become cheerful or serene through a direct act of will. It IS within our power to smooth our forehead, lift our head, smile, and speak words of harmony, optimism, confidence, and joy. 

"The use of this technology will actually change our emotional state. Little by little, and sometimes rapidly, the emotional state will follow, adapt itself to, and match the attitude and external behavior."Roberto Assagioli, _The Act of Will_

The great acting coach Constantin Stanislavsky called aligned principles simply "the method."

What almost unimaginable, and transcendent, freedom we have. Act as we want to be, and we will become it. We do not have to be slaves to our emotions, our psychological barbs, our internal weather. We just need to imagine how we want to be and then put it into ACTION. 

WHISTLING IN THE DARK

Our emotions are chemicals. (For more about emotions and chemicals, read Candace Pert's _Molecules of Emotion_.) Whistling in the dark, acting confident when we are scared, changes our emotions. Our chemical self changes and we have the chemicals of confidence. We are confident!

No longer just acting the part.

Let's all become actors today. Who will you be?

BETTER LIVING THROUGH CHEMISTRY

A queen in your court? Don that invisible crown and wave your imaginary scepter at life, commanding not cowering. Start now, Your Highness. Oh, so high.

A tycoon? Walk like a trillionaire. Get the chemicals of a magnate coursing through your blood and bones and you will become a magnet for riches -- the Midas method turning all to gold. 

A jewel of joy? Put on a happy face, add a bounce to your step, and open your arms wide to life. To paraphrase some song I heard long ago, say loudly when you open your arms: "I'm big! I'm glad! I'm nationwide!" Those chemicals of delight will soon stream through every cell. 

"Acting as if" lets you design a new life. Shall we hold an Oscar night? You can turn your role into a day-to-day reality. You will win much more than an Oscar.

AND TODAY . . .

Decide who you are going to be today. Confident? Optimistic? Vibrant? Playful? Patient? Successful? Loving? What do you really want? 

Sit for a while and imagine how you would act if you were that person. Make notes on posture, gestures, tone of voice, manner of dressing, way of walking, enunciation, expressions, sound and action of laughing, topics of  conversation, you'll think of more as you wholly and completely and fully imagine this new you. Take time with this exercise, no less than ten minutes.

Then stand up and begin to play the part. Go to the mirror and perfect your acting. This will be fun. You are doing what you loved to do as a child -- make believe. You have not lost that skill to make believe. You just need to let it out on stage today.

Your acting will change every molecule in your body. Not to mention your life.

Today you are the director, the actor, and the producer all rolled (and "role"d) into one transforming performance.

Ready? Roll those cameras. The first scene starts now. Action!

© 2003 Stephanie West Allen

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Can I Get ARISE Outa You?

Before you begin laffin' at this, just know that I was blonde as a baby and for a good long time before I finally darkened folically, and my female siblings and one daughter are of the blonde persuasion, so I am 'neutral' on the blonde issue:-)

The Blonde and the Ventriloquist 
With thanks to Kent Butler


A young ventriloquist is touring clubs and one night he's doing a show in a small club in a small town in Arkansas. With his dummy on his knee, he's going through his usual dumb blonde jokes when a blonde woman in the 4th row stands on her chair and starts shouting.

"I've heard enough of your stupid blonde jokes. What makes you think you can stereotype a woman that way? What does the color of a person's hair have to do with her worth as a human being? It's guys like you who keep women like me from being respected at work and in the community and from reaching our full potential as a person... because you and your kind continue to perpetuate discrimination against, not only blondes, but women in general... and all in the name of humor!"

The ventriloquist is embarrassed and begins to apologize when the blonde yells,

"You stay out of this stupid! I'm talking to that little wise ass on your knee!".

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Poignant Ponderings

LEARN TO SPEAK THEIR LANGUAGE 

A woman was explaining her theory of putting her children to bed: "I never tell bedtime stories that begin with 'Once upon a time,'" she said. "If I really want to put them to sleep, I start off with, 'Now, when I was your age...'" It's nice to understand people so well that we know just what to say! Here is a mother who could speak her children's language.

The story is told of the most famous elephant in the world -- a huge, beautiful and gentle beast named Bozo. Children extended open palms filled with peanuts for the Indian elephant, who gently plucked them from little hands and seemed to smile as he ate his treats.

But one day, for some inexplicable reason, Bozo changed. He almost stampeded the man who cleaned his cage. He charged children at the circus and became incorrigible. His owner knew he would have to destroy the once-gentle giant.

In order to raise money for a new elephant, the circus owner held a cruel exhibition. He sold tickets to witness Bozo's execution and, on the appointed day, his arena was packed. Three men with high-powered rifles rose to take aim at the great beast's head.

Just before the signal was given to shoot, a little, stubby man in a brown hat stepped out of the crowd and said to the elephant's owner, "Sir, this is not necessary. Bozo is not a bad elephant."

"But he is," the man argued. "We must kill him before he kills someone."

"Sir, give me two minutes alone in his cage," the visitor pleaded, "and I'll prove to you that you are wrong. He is not a bad elephant."

After a few more moments of discussion (and a written statement absolving the circus of liability if the man should be injured), the keeper finally agreed to allow the man inside Bozo's cage. The man removed his brown derby and entered the cage of the bellowing and
trumpeting beast.

Before the elephant could charge, the man began to speak to him. Bozo seemed to immediately quiet down upon hearing the man's words. Nearby spectators could also hear the man, but they could not understand him, for he spoke a foreign language. Soon the great animal began to tremble, whine and throw his head about. Then the stranger walked up to Bozo and stroked his trunk. The great elephant tenderly wrapped his trunk around the man, lifted him up and carried him around his cage before carefully depositing him back at the door. Everyone applauded.

As the cage door closed behind him, the man said to Bozo's keeper, "You see, he is a good elephant. His problem is that he is an Indian elephant and understands one language." He explained that Bozo was frustrated and confused. He needed someone who could speak his
language. "I suggest, sir, that you find someone in London to come in occasionally and talk to the elephant. If you do, you'll have no problems."

The man picked up his brown derby and walked away. It was at that time that the circus owner looked carefully at the signature on the paper he held in his hand -- the note absolving the circus of responsibility in the case he was injured inside the elephant's cage. The statement was signed by Rudyard Kipling.

People also become frustrated and angry when they are not understood. But great relationships are formed by parents who learn to speak their children's language; lovers who speak each other's language; professionals who speak the language of their staff and clients. When people understand that YOU understand, that you empathize with their heartaches and understand their problems, then you are speaking their language! It is the beginning of true communication.

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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 ITD
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).

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Will You ARISE & Help Me?

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Thank You!!

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