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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,
 

A few short paragraphs about my weekend which I hope you enjoy (with pictures added) to partially introduce this issue:

My sleepy-eyed grandsons appeared at my door just after 6:00 am Saturday morning. This weekend was supposed to be a working one for me even though yesterday was a Canadian holiday but I received a call from my eldest daughter (a full-time nurse) late Friday evening and her normally reliable babysitter bailed out on her for Saturday at the last minute. Everyone who could have helped was taking advantage of the long weekend.

Corbin Nicholas, Cameron Richard and "Papa" did all the things we normally do when they visit including a stroll in the river park below my building to play in their 'clubhouse' and get some ketchup-smothered goodies from the 'french fry truck'. Many games, and songs, and cartoons, and activity books later, and too exhausted to prepare a supper for them, I decided to haul  them over to Burger King to grab some kiddie meals and watch my boys frolic in the playroom. En route, I informed them that when we got back they needed to pick up all their toys and have a bath to be ready for their mom when she arrived after her 12-hour shift. I decided to make this fun for them and suggested that we do what big men do after a bath and put on deodorant, cologne and hair gel and really surprise mama. After a thorough soap 'n rinse, I  made "men" outa my little guys and mama was really surprised!

Later that evening as I was trying to get some of my weekend work done, there was another call from Sara and guess what? Same deal with her babysitter (guess she abdicated her responsibilities to enjoy the holiday weekend) and we did it all over again on Sunday - minus the fast food supper (I made them a nutritious meal) but including the end-of-day sprucing-up, which they could hardly wait for. Didn't click on the link in the preceding paragraph to see my spiffed up guys?

It was both an honor and a thrill to be part of a special Internet campaign that I'm sure set some kind of record for sales of an eBook over a time-limited period. This may be the first issue of ARISE! you are reading as a result of purchasing John Harricharan's Power Pause and if so, I am very grateful to have you as a subscriber. My hope and intention is to have you benefit from, and enjoy, each issue for a great long time.

Linda Aspen Baxter and I have been equally busy this past year and we decided to extend the submission deadline for "The Ultimate Teenager's Survival Guide" until June 30th, 2005. Inquiries and submissions (some great stories received and being developed with the authors) are growing but we still need more, so please, if you know of a school or a teacher or a community group/leader  that is centered around teenagers, I strongly encourage you to visit our site, and contact those persons to help spread the word. Please send those people here. Thank you!

The timing is certainly right to feature a great article written by John. We all have problems and this article explains a process that I learned from my great friend a few years ago that helps me deal with mine each time I choose to listen to my Still, Small Voice.

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

ARISE and be FREE

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Pearls of Success - My Free Inspirational eBook

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YOUR ARISE ARTICLE

The "Still, Small Voice"
by John Harricharan
 

Often, it seems, we come upon a problem that takes all our strength to even begin to figure how to solve it. As time goes on, it appears that every problem we encounter becomes more difficult than the previous one. How can we proceed when it appears that the world is
crashing all around?

What choices do we make? Where do we go for help? How do we cope? What road do we choose? Obviously, Yogi Berra's statement, "When you come to a fork in the road, take it" does not bring us great comfort at such times.

Some of us analyze the facts and study the intricacies of the problem. This is good, but analysis is not always enough. Then again, we may not and cannot know all the facts. Analysis alone may lead to the "paralysis of analysis." And facts may not be facts after all. Many of them may just be opinions.

So how do we deal with our most troubling challenges? By using a combination of methods and means. Remember, there are only three types of problems in life: money, health and relationship. Name any problem you have and, if you look closely, you'd see that it falls under one or more of these.

Within each and every one of us is a guidance mechanism that always points the way to overcome challenges. It doesn't matter whether the problem you are facing is large or small. It really is not important whether it's a problem of money, health, relationship or a
combination of these. The first thing to realize is that you are more powerful than any problem that comes your way.

You came into this world equipped with all the tools necessary to solve all your problems. Deep within us is a place that's not affected by problems as we see them. Way, way deep in our hearts and souls is the perfect solution to any problem that may come our way. All we
have to do is work with the guidance mechanism that we all have.

To start accessing this mechanism, the first requirement is that we become quiet. All of us keep up a lively, running dialogue in our heads. We have to quiet the dialogue for at least a short while so we can receive information from the deepest part of our souls. Then the voice of intuition will speak to us.

A number of times a day, choose a few minutes to be quiet. By being quiet, what I am really saying is to turn down the volume of your self-talk. It won't entirely go away, but it would become quiet enough so that we could hear the "still small voice" of our inner-sense whispering guidance to us.

Listen intently to the messages you're getting from your inner-self. Do not force it or try to interpret what you're hearing. Just listen with an open mind. At first, it'll seem a bit difficult to do this. But as you practice, it will become much easier. And as it becomes easier, it'll become more useful.

The solutions to all your problems exist right now. The answers are already there. Just listen for them in the quietness of your being and they will come to you -- perhaps not immediately, but very soon. And trust the process; it works much better and faster when you trust it.

Keep an open mind. Don't argue or analyze the messages you get from your intuition. Sometimes the message may not make sense right away. Just go on with your daily work and you'll start finding that you get hunches about what is troubling you most. Follow your hunches. They are God's messengers trying to lead you to your greatest good.

If you practice this seemingly simple exercise, you would find that guidance comes to you in many forms and in many ways. The answer to your problem may come to you while you're taking a shower, driving to the supermarket, walking the dog or even in your sleep as a dream.

You may even find answers in a song on the radio, the words on a billboard or a phone call from a friend. The universe has all the answers to our problems. Be guided by the great wisdom within you. Trust yourself and trust your God. You are the universe's special project and you cannot fail.


© John Harricharan
All Rights Reserved

 

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Can I Get ARISE Outa You?

Bad Food

A Doctor was addressing a large audience in Tampa. "The material we put into our stomachs is enough to have killed most of us sitting here, years ago. Red meat is awful. Soft drinks corrode your stomach lining. Chinese food is loaded with MSG. High fat diets can be disastrous, and none of us realizes the long-term harm caused by the germs in our drinking water. But there is one thing that is the most dangerous of all and we all have, or will, eat it. Can anyone here tell me what food it is that causes the most grief and suffering for years after eating it?"

After several seconds of quiet, a 75-year-old man in the front row raised his hand, and softly said, "Wedding Cake."

Poignant Ponderings

HOW TO GET THE LOVE YOU NEED
by Steve Goodier


Dr. Thomas Malone, a psychiatrist in Atlanta, was once asked what psychiatry is all about. "To me," he said, "the answer is increasingly clear. Almost every emotional problem can be summed up in one particular bit of behavior -- it's a person walking around screaming 'For God's sake, love me!' Love me, that's all. He goes through a million different manipulations to get somebody to love him.

"On the other hand, healthy people are those who walk around looking for someone to love. And if you see changes in the people who are screaming 'Love Me! Love Me!' it's when they realize that if they give up screaming and go to the other business of loving another human
being, they could get the love they've been screaming for all their lives." [Thanks to Dr. James Moore for this quote.]

Dale Carnegie put it another way. He said, "You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you."

Do you need love? Friendship? Intimacy? We get the love we need by giving it away! BE the person you want others to be for you - and you'll never want for more love.

Steve Goodier's books & newsletter: http://LifeSupportSystem.com

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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  
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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