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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,
 

Another month has come and gone (where does the time go?) and I thought it was about time to put together another issue for you.

If you are a new ARISE! subscriber I want to invite you to subscribe (free, of course) to both my 1 Minute and 10 Minute Mentor Message podcasts , and, my brand new blog. Both have been projects of passion, especially the podcasts, which consumed about 3 months of not only my time, but that of my great friend and pod pardner, Larry Thompson.

As a result of this experience I am now devoting some of my time to podcast consulting, and I encourage anyone who is serious about putting out a high quality podcast - before their competition does (too many benefits to list here) - to visit a special page I have set up for that purpose and contact me from there.

I'm heading to my hometown of Windsor tomorrow to visit with my mom, eldest daughter and fabulous grandboys, my sisters and will attend a performance by an artist named Daniel Victor, who currently has a Top 3 record and hit video in this country. Daniel used to hang around the studio his dad owned and that I worked in a decade ago and his story is really something special. He will be a guest on my podcast and you'll get to hear all about it in a few weeks.  Speaking of which, I have some wonderful guests lined up and just finished up with a 5 part series where I interviewed business icon Jim Rohn, so again, please feel free to check it out.

The author of this issue's article, Consider Your R&R, is Sandy Karn. I love her simple, short writing style and awesome practical advice. Benefit from her wisdom!

I best get to packing now and leave you to hopefully enjoy this issue. As always, I welcome your feedback. Just hit Reply and tell me what you think of, and how I can improve, ARISE!

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 issue or the main page link to ARISE!: http://www.arise.themirrorezine.com - and suggest they subscribe. Thank you, I'd really appreciate that!

Now, please kick back 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:

The ONE Minute and TEN Minute Mentor Message Podcasts

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

Consider Your R & R
by Sandy Karn

We all need to consider our R & R, not our rest and relaxation, but our resilience and resentments.

Resilience is the ability to bounce back. We all experience negative events in our lives. How we respond to these events varies widely from person to person. Some seem to have a
natural ability to bounce back, put the negative elements behind them and get on with their lives. Others seem to stay mired in negativity for long periods of time, sometimes their entire lives.

There are a number of factors that influence our resiliency and a number of steps that have been demonstrated to be effective. Some of the ideas that I have shared with you in other
messages are part of the answer. A major factor that has been demonstrated to work against resiliency is our tendency to hang on to resentments.

Resentment is the state of feeling bitter, angry, or indignant as a result of an actual or perceived grievance. Most of us have experienced resentment from time to time. Some of us tend to hold on to these resentments more than others. We feel that we have a right to be resentful because of what happened to us.

You may well be able to justify your resentment, however by doing so you are turning control of your emotional life over to others. In effect, you are saying that you will not change your thoughts and feelings until some other person changes. This is not very likely to happen, so you are essentially sentencing yourself to an extended period of turmoil and misery.

This does not mean you need to passively accept everything that happens to you. By all means state your position and ask for what you feel is right. However, once the incident is over, let it go. Hanging on to it is only hurting you.

Your goal:

To increase your natural resiliency by learning to let go of resentments.

The result:

You will be much healthier emotionally as you recover more quickly from the negative events and experiences that will inevitably occur in your life.

Your assignment:

If you are currently holding any resentment toward other people, groups, or organizations, take time to identify the source of that resentment. How has holding that resentment affected your life? Are you ready to let go of the resentment in order to regain greater control of your own life?

Wishing You the Very Best!

Sandy Karn
Results Specialist

© Sandy Karn
All Rights Reserved

Sandy Karn is president of her own company, Creative Results Sources, Inc., a consulting and training company of over 30 years.

Take her Self Development Quiz!
http://www.sandykarn.com/quiz/

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Can I Get ARISE Outa You?

The Pope, a Bear and the Democrat
this one's a little grissly but thanks to my great friend, and obvious Republican, Tom Heatherington:-)


The Pope took a couple of days off to visit the mountains of Alaska for some sight-seeing. He was cruising along the campground in the Popemobile when there was a frantic commotion just at the edge of the woods. A helpless Democrat, wearing sandals, shorts, a "Bush Lied" T-shirt and a tree hugger hat, was screaming while struggling frantically, thrashing around trying to free himself from the grasp of a 10-foot-tall grizzly.

As the Pope watched horrified, a group of Republican loggers came racing up. One quickly fired a .44 magnum into the bear's chest. The other two reached up and pulled the bleeding, semiconscious Democrat from the bear's grasp. Then, using long clubs, the three loggers finished off the bear and two of them threw it onto the bed of their truck while the other tenderly placed the injured Democrat in the back seat.

As they prepared to leave, the Pope summoned them to come over. "I give you my blessing for your brave actions!" he told them. "I heard there was a bitter hatred between Republican loggers and Democratic environmental activists, but now I've seen with my own eyes that this is not true."

As the Pope drove off, one of the loggers asked his buddies "Who was that guy?" "That was the Pope", another replied, "he's in direct contact with God and has access to all God's wisdom." "Well," the logger said, "he may have access to all God's wisdom but he sure doesn't know anything about bear hunting! By the way, is the bait holding up, or do we need to go back to town and snatch another one?"

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Poignant Ponderings

Wisdom with Pictures


The best kind of friend is the kind you can sit on a porch and swing with, never say a word, and then walk away feeling like it was the best conversation you've ever had.


It's true that we don't know what we've got until we lose it, but it's also true that we don't know what we've been missing until it arrives.


Giving someone all your love is never an assurance that they'll love you back! Don't expect love in return; just wait for it to grow in their heart but if it doesn't, be content it grew in yours. It takes only a minute to get a crush on someone, an hour to like someone, and a day to love someone, but it takes a lifetime to forget someone.


Don't go for looks; they can deceive. Don't go for wealth; even that fades away. Go for someone who makes you smile because it takes only a smile to make a dark day seem bright. Find the one that makes your heart smile.


May you have enough happiness to make you sweet, enough trials to make you strong, enough sorrow to keep you human, enough hope to make you happy.


Always put yourself in others' shoes. If you feel that it hurts you, it probably hurts the other person, too.


The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of everything; they just make the most of everything that comes along their way.


Happiness lies for those who cry, those who hurt, those who have searched, and those who have tried, for only they can appreciate the importance of people who have touched their lives.


When you were born, you were crying and everyone around you was smiling. Live your life so that when you die, you're the one who is smiling and everyone around you is crying.

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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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