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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,


It was Canada Day yesterday. 

In Windsor, where I reside, we've celebrated The International Freedom Festival, in tandem with Detroit MI and the American 4th of July holiday for decades, with huge events straddling our border cities for weeks, starting with one of the biggest fireworks displays in the world, which took place last Wednesday.

With my (new) apartment full of friends and family AND food and refreshments, the Big Bang went off without a hitch at exactly 10:06 p.m., just as they did when I was a child. Fireworks night was always one of my favorite times of the year!

The sea of humanity below my balcony (over a million eager onlookers lined the streets and parks on both sides of the river) was impressive to say the least.  But just as impressive was the 30+  minute, non-stop pyrotechnic display of every shape, color and theme imaginable against the magnificent backdrop of the Detroit skyline. Truly breathtaking!

Three large barges, rigged during the week prior (computers controlled the show from the Detroit side) with 20,000 lbs. of explosives on each, were towed by tugboat earlier in the day to the middle of the river.  The Coast Guard and police forces of both countries set a safe boundary at both ends where the soft running lights of the hundreds and hundreds of powerboats beyond grew brighter as the sun sank completing the breathtaking spectacle. 

What was best about this amazing event was the look of total astonishment on the faces of my grandboys, aged 2-1/2 and 3-1/2, as I snuggled with both of them as each sequence got bigger and brighter and louder until the spectacular finale! Cameron, the youngest, didn't quite make it to the end of the show, crashing into a deep sleep, but Corbin tuffed it out 'til the last huge explosions had faded into the warm, humid night.

What impacted me most about this particular evening was the fact that this event would remain with both of them, as it has with me, as a vivid memory for the rest of their lives.

I've replied to too many emails about how many PowerPak packages are left (although I can understand about waiting until the last minute,  I don't have the time to do a 'countdown':-) If you are sincere about wanting to take advantage of the absolute BEST offer I've ever made on the Internet, click here, or see the below ad, as The PowerPak Bundle is selling out fast. I suspect it's because it includes not only all my top-selling eBooks and subscription to People Building People BUT 2 custom chrome  I.D. IT! Plates as well! When the limit has been reached, the site comes down, pure and simple -- sorry:-)

Stephanie West Allen contributes "Lights, Camera, Action!" as the feature article. I LOVE how she weaves simple wisdom and powerful advice into such enjoyable articles.  Thank you again 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

WE BECOME WHAT WE DO

"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!

© 2002 Stephanie West Allen

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Can I Get ARISE Outa You?

The Dieter's Prayer 


Lord, my soul is ripped with riot,
Incited by my wicked diet.

"We are what we eat," said a wise old man.
Lord, if that's true, I'm a garbage can.

I want to rise on Judgment Day, that's plain,
But at my present weight I'll need a crane.

So grant me strength that I may not fall
Into the clutches of cholesterol.

May my flesh with carrot curls be sated,
That my soul may be polyunsaturated.

And show me the light that I may bear witness
To the President's Council on Physical Fitness.

And oleo margarine I'll never mutter
For the road to h*** is spread with butter.

And cream is cursed, and cake is awful,
And satan is hiding in every waffle.

Mephistopheles lurks in provolone,
The devil is in each slice of bologna.

Beelzebub is a chocolate drop
And lucifer is a lollipop.

Give me this day, my daily slice
But cut it thin and toast it twice.

I beg upon my dimpled knees,
Deliver me from Ju Jubees.

And when my days of trial are done
And my war with malted milks is won,

Let me stand with the saints in Heaven
In a shining robe, size thirty-seven!

I can do it, Lord, if you'll show to me
The virtues of lettuce and celery.

If you'll teach me the evil of mayonnaise
The sinfulness of hollandaise,

And pasta Milanese
And potatoes a la Lyonnaise,

And crisp fried chicken from the South.
Lord, if you love me, SHUT MY MOUTH!

Poignant Ponderings

MOST IMPORTANT WORDS 

The six most important words
"I admit that I was wrong!"

The five most important words
"You did a great job."

The four most important words
"What do you think?"

The three most important words
"May I help?"

The two most important words
"Thank You!"

The most important word
"We."

The least important word
"I"

- Author Unknown - 

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).

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Thank You!!

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