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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,
 

The summer is going by way too quickly for my liking! I do love the fast approaching fall season but have really enjoyed myself this summer and am putting this issue together before I head out on yet another weekend excursion.

On my way out of town last weekend my car broke down - at my mechanic's shop of all places where I had stopped to have everything checked out. As it was a comprehensive repair and he was swamped with work I decided to take the train. Came back to my place and packed a few books. One was a best-seller that was given to me a few years ago as a birthday gift called "Who Moved My Cheese?"  Although I should have read this a long time ago, I was glad to have enjoyed a marvelous train ride and ingested the wisdom of this little gem. I highly recommend you pick this book up if you haven't as yet read it.

It was very humbling to receive so many nice comments about my annual feature of  "The Ice Cream 'Comb' Story" last issue. Many asked how my daughter was doing. Teri is nearly 24 now, is doing great and she's getting married next year in, of all places, Niagara Falls. Guess I better shore up the ol' bank account before too long!

It's been a fabulous month with a lot of new subscribers and because I received so much positive feedback from those who took advantage of the last (rare) solo offering in July, I decided to give everyone the opportunity to review Dream Life Discovery. If you are a new subscriber or missed the special email or didn't check this great program out please do yourself a favor and click here.

Also, my great friend and mentor, John Harricharan, called and gave me the opportunity to offer his life-changing masterpiece, The Power Pause, one last time at half price. His original campaign was very successful because so many of the top self-help entities helped spread the word. John is aware of the rate that ARISE! is growing and he wanted every new subscriber to have an opportunity to save 50%, plus, receive the fabulous bonus package (you get my 49.97 top-selling ebook, Success: A Spiritual Matter, as just one of them). Many of you took advantage of the initial offering (and many wrote to thank me - and John as well) and I was pleased when he called about this second chance. If this is the first time you've heard about the half-price Power Pause, or, if you missed taking advantage a few months ago, here's what will be your last chance to save 50% on a powerful product that both John and I guarantee will change your life!

Assuming you enjoy this publication can I ask you to do me a small, but at the same time, huge favor? Would you choose 3 people from your Address Book right now and send them this or the main page link to ARISE! - http://www.arise.themirrorezine.com - and suggest they subscribe. Thank you, I'd really appreciate that!

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 September 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!

As you may well know by now, I have a small group of favorite writers/authors whose articles I believe will impact you on a very positive level. I've featured a few articles from Steve Brunkhorst in the past because he writes from the heart, and very deeply, and I've chosen a wonderful piece from his Aussie pen entitled Inspiring Values of Unforgettable Teachers as the feature article. As we are all teachers in life, I believe you will enjoy this one very much. Once again Steve, thank you!

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

I'd love for you to take advantage of the following free gifts I've provided just to show my deep appreciation for your choosing to receive my publication:

Pearls of Success - My Free Inspirational eBook

Special Inspirational PDF Files

 Inspirational Screensavers

My 9/11 Tribute Song

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YOUR ARISE ARTICLE

Inspiring Values of Unforgettable Teachers
by Steve Brunkhorst

All of us recall special teachers — people who not only taught us but inspired us in ways that changed our lives. William Arthur Ward once said, "The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires." Here are five life-changing values inspired by unforgettable teachers.


The Teachers I Will Always Remember...


... Taught the Value of Learning and Knowledge

They were enthusiastic about their subject. However, they gave more than knowledge. They showed how learning could enhance creativity, spark interests, and uncover talents. They instilled in students a curiosity to learn and an undying passion to keep learning.


... Taught the Value of Respect

They treated others with honor. They explained how kind words, and sometimes silence, could prevent hurtful confrontations and turn enemies into friends. They taught the value of respect for the community as well as the individual.


... Taught the Value of Integrity

They demonstrated empathy for those who were ill or suffering from personal loss. They would go the extra mile to offer support. Their ethics inspired students to live with courage and approach life with honesty, dignity, and self-worth.


... Taught the Value of Responsibility

They taught that personal actions have consequences and that the individual must be accountable for his or her choices. They emphasized that when people think others are to blame for problems, that very thought is the real problem. They taught that each student was ultimately responsible for his or her learning and its impact on their future.


... Taught the Value of Perseverance

They taught that education continues until our last breath. They told stories about the hard times they had faced, and how God had often turned difficulties into blessings. They refused to let students quit after repeated failures. They demonstrated that "Faith is the assurance of things not yet seen."


Not all of these teachers taught in formal classrooms. Nor did they all have a formal education. Some of them are still teaching, and the education they provide is priceless.

I believe that the greatest gifts we can give our children are the same kind of values these teachers demonstrate. Then our children can also become unforgettable teachers, sharing values that will inspire happiness and faith for future generations.


© Steve Brunkhorst
All Rights Reserved

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Can I Get ARISE Outa You?

The Pond


The pond was properly shaped and fixed up for swimming when it was built. One evening the old farmer decided to go down to the pond, as he hadn't been there for a while, and look it over. He grabbed a five-gallon bucket to bring back some fruit. As he neared the pond, he heard voices shouting and laughing with glee. As he came closer he saw it was a bunch of young women skinny-dipping in his pond. He made the women aware of his presence and they all went to the deep end.

One of the women shouted to him, "We're not coming out until you leave!"

The old man frowned, "I didn't come down here to watch you ladies swim naked or make you get out of the pond naked." Holding the bucket up he said, "I'm here to feed the alligator."

Moral: Old men can still think fast.

Poignant Ponderings

TROUBLE'S GIFT
by Steve Goodier


Mark Twain once said, "By trying, we can easily learn to endure adversity. Another man's, I mean." Actually, enduring other people's adversity is not always easy...especially when our loved ones suffer. But a vital ingredient to successful living is found in creatively handling our own problems.

We all face troubles. Daily. Some are no more than minor irritants; others will threaten our very lives. We can curse our problems. We can feel victimized by them. We can give in to them. We can also fight them. We can learn to live with them. And we can even use them -- use them to help us do and become that which may have been impossible without them.

Case in point is Marvella Bayh, former wife of Indiana Senator Birch Bayh. She lost an eight-year struggle with cancer. It began with a mastectomy in 1971 and ended in 1979 when Marvella was 46 years old. But listen to the legacy of hope that she left millions of people:

"These years since cancer came to me have been the most rewarding, the most filling, the happiest in my life." Rewarding? Filling? Happiest? Is she really describing life with cancer? She goes on to say this:

"I have learned to value life, to cherish it, to put my priorities in order and to begin my long-postponed dream of being useful in my own right."

Since her mastectomy, Marcella Bayh devoted countless hours to American Cancer Society projects, supporting anti-cigarette crusades and promoting school programs to teach girls to examine their breasts for signs of cancer. One month before her death, she was awarded the society's Hubert H. Humphrey Inspiration Award.

Marvella Bayh's disease actually helped her to find fulfillment during the last years of her life. What many people never discover is that, when given a chance, problems can do that. Not that we should go out and try to find as much trouble as possible; as you know, trouble has a way of finding us. But those troubles, too, can be useful.

Writer Richard Bach says, "Every problem has a gift for you in its hands." Will you open that gift and discover just what it is that your adversity is giving you? For that very gift, which can only be obtained by going through those difficult times, may turn out to be valuable beyond belief.
 

Steve Goodier is a professional speaker, consultant and author.
Purchase his books or sign up for his free e-newsletter here:
http://LifeSupportSystem.com  Or call 1-877-344-0989

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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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