September 25, 2008
A Dickens of a Cat
Throughout my battle with cancer, my new pet was a constant source of comfort and encouragement.
By Gwen Ellis
Gwen, I think it’s ovarian cancer, and I think it’s spread everywhere. I’m so sorry.” These were the grim words of my surgeon in late October. “Go home, get your affairs in order, and we’ll operate as soon as we can.”
I had surgery in mid-November and learned that I, indeed, had an aggressive form of ovarian cancer. Then there were complications—intestinal blockage—and ten days in the hospital.
I was weary of being in the hospital. I was frightened about my future. I worried if I was even going to have a future. I had been divorced a year earlier and I wondered how I was going to cope with chemotherapy, my job and house in the country all by myself.
Sometime during those ten days, my daughter began to say, “Mom, I don’t want you to be alone. I think you need a pet.”
“Oh, Wendy, how could I take care of a pet? I’m so weak I can hardly take care of me.”
“What about a cat? Cats don’t require much care.”
“I’m a dog person,” I answered with my “and that’s final” tone. But one night after my concerned daughter had gone for the evening, I began to think about what she’d said. We were so focused on my cancer and whether I’d live or die that we thought of little else. Perhaps a pet would give me something else to think about. Pets have always made me happy. In fact, I’m positively silly about my pets. The doctor had already told me that the very best therapy was going to be a positive attitude.
I went to sleep that night thinking about the kind of pet I might want. In the morning when Wendy came I shocked her by saying, “All right, I’ve decided I want a cat. I want you to go to the animal shelter and get me a black-and-white tuxedo cat. Since I’m a book editor, I think I should have a very literary-looking cat, don’t you? His name will be Charles Dickens. Make sure he looks the part. He should have a bib and white mittens and socks, and a mustache would be good.”
She didn’t make it to the shelter that day because after all those long tiresome days, I was suddenly dismissed from the hospital. But the next afternoon, Wendy got a “mommy sitter” and then went to get my cat. I could hardly wait for her to get home. When the garage door opened, Judy, my “sitter,” jumped up to see what Wendy had brought.
It was a young, bright-eyed black cat with a white bib, the compulsory white mittens and socks, and a one-sided mustache. I couldn’t believe it. I had told Wendy what I wanted, but I never dreamed she would find the exact cat I’d described. “Hello, Charles Dickens,” I said. He said, “Meow.”
Dickens had a history. He had been a very frightened stray who went in a rainstorm to a house where he couldn’t stay because there were already three cats living there. The lady of the house wept as she took him to the pound and told the attendants, “Make sure whoever gets him calls me.”
That evening I called her, and she told me, “I’m about to have a baby, and I already have three cats. I couldn’t keep him, but I just loved him. I prayed God would send him to someone who needed him and would really love him.”
I realized in that moment that Dickens had not come to me by chance. “Your prayers have been answered,” I said. I told her my story and ended with, “I need him.”
All that first day and the next, Dickens went over my house with a “fine-toothed nose.” He poked into every crevice and cranny. Then he began to sneeze. He sneezed and sneezed and sneezed. His nose was running
“Is he going to die?” I asked when she brought him home. as an editor, and taking care of my and his eyes were dull. Dickens was sick. Wendy took him to the vet.
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I found this story and had to share it. I personally beleive animals to be our special little guardian angels, so I really liked this article. By the way, if you know if anyone who would like their own special angel, please let me know. I have several kittens that need to be adopted.
~ Sheri
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September 20, 2008
How to Discover Your Passion
These five steps will help you find what you truly love to do.
By Debra Moorhead, posted on Beleifnet
What do you do with your free time? Are you so motivated with your life’s tasks that you jump out of bed in the morning, eager to start your day? Does the word “task” have a negative connotation for you?
The happiest and most successful people on this planet are those with a sense of purpose, driven by their passions. But how does one go about discovering what she’s passionate about?
I’ve read a lot on this topic over the past 20 years or so and I have a certain amount of personal life experience to back up what I’m about to say. So, without further ado, here is my step-by-step process of how to discover your passion.
1. Meditate. This might mean learning to meditate–it certainly did for me. The best way to get to know yourself, who You truly are, is to get quiet and listen to your inner being.
2. Observe your reactions. Take a week or so to examine and reflect on your reactions to the things around you such as television shows, newspapers, conversations, books you read, and any other stimuli that causes you to react in a passionate way. If you come across something that has been of interest to you for a long time, make a note of it.
3. Answer some questions. What are you really good at? What specific quality do you possess that others may not? Whom do you admire? Why? Who do you know that is doing something you would love to do? What’s to keep you from doing it? How could you make this world a better place?
4. Analyze your surroundings. What collections do you have in your home? Do you collect old photographs? Do you have a green thumb? There are probably many clues in your very own home or room that will provide the insight you’re looking for. We tend to hold on to things we love, so, what’s in your closet?
5. Try it. You do not have to be certain about something before giving it a try. Once you get involved in something, you’ll either want to stay with it and expand your knowledge, or you’ll lose interest and move on to something else. Keep in mind that our passions change throughout life. We are constantly growing, expanding, and wanting more. Some passions remain the same for a long time, and some come and go on a fairly predictable basis.
For example, my husband’s passion for dentistry has remained strong for over 40 years. Some gardeners get excited about their passion in the spring, but tire quickly as the weather warms up. Yet, every spring, they have a strong desire to plant something. It’s all good, you just have to know yourself well enough to say, “Okay, since I only like gardening in the spring, I’ll plant strawberries. That way, the harvest is over before my enthusiasm wanes.”
Then, of course, there are some passions that may last for a few months or years, and then fizzle. That’s okay, too. Anything you attempt will get you closer to discovering your long-term passion. And I fully believe that for some people, their passion is constantly trying new things! I had a Life-coaching session with an incredible woman a few months ago who knew herself well enough to tell me, “I’m a starter. I like to start companies, get them up and running, then sell them.” She’s done that several times and it works for her. Her “problem” was figuring out what to do next!
When you find your passion, you find your reason for jumping out of bed in the morning.
When you get in alignment with your inner being, you will feel exhilarated and alive.
When your time is spent performing tasks related to something you are passionate about, you do no “work,” and you have a sense of vitality that is wonderful beyond words.
So find your passion. The result is worth it. YOU are worth it.
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September 16, 2008
Are You One of The 60% of Women That Still Aren’t Utilizing Their Psychic Powers to End The Career Rat Race, Solve Conflicts or Stop Paying a Fortune on Costly Psychics?
Life could be sooo easy and this special report will show you how to finally find the right balance of career, family and relationships.
And on top of it, you will become independent of psychics that suck the money right out of your pocket.
How often have you come home after another long day at work,
crashed in your favorite chair and thought to yourself, will I have to
work so hard forever?
Do you often come to the conclusion that you been stuck in this “rut”
for what seems like most of your adult life?
Or have you looked for a better way to reach your goals and not found
the “easy” success that was promised?
Well, you certainly aren’t alone.
Welcome to life as most of the people in the world know it!
A life that is constantly hard work and you can’t stop for a second for
fear that you might fail?
Does this sound familiar?
If you are like most, you have at one time or another been in this
exact situation.
I was there myself a few years ago, working long hours, seeking out
psychics to tell me what was best for me and looking for that special
relationship with my husband.
I was quite frustrated with where I was and completely ignoring my
inner voice.
Like most of the people that I now teach, I was trying
my best to reach my goals with good intentions, hard work and
determination.
I am not saying that you don’t need these qualities to be successful.
As much as I would like to tell you that these traits are not important
to a successful life, it is definitely good to have them.
Quite frankly, you need to have a strong desire and drive if you want
to be successful.
However, you can make it easier to reach all of your goals by using the
endless possibilities of your innate psychic powers.
I am sure that you are now thinking, “But I am not a psychic or I don’t
have this gift!”
The truth is that everyone, even you, has the ability to tap into your
inner psychic and use your insights to easily reach any goal you set!
You see, psychics want you to believe that they alone have this gift
and that we mere mortals must rely on them for insight.
This is just not true and it is one of the biggest myths I have run
across in my research.
As long as they can make the public believe this myth, their customers
keep paying one reading after the other.
There are of course also a lot of well meaning psychics out there.
And these were the ones I researched to gather information on
how to develop psychic abilities.
The number one question I get is, “How do I know if I can really reach
my inner psychic?” If you have doubts about your abilities, ask
yourself these questions:
• Have you had a dream that later actually occurred in your real
life?
• Have you ever felt déjà vu?
• Have you ever felt that you have been at a certain location and
have no means of explaining it?
• Have you ever decided not to do something because your gut
told you not to do it, only to discover that something bad
happened?
• When the phone rings can you tell sometimes who is calling?
If you answered yes to any of these questions, you have already used
some of your psychic abilities.
However, to fully utilize your psychic mind and live your life to the
fullest you need to learn to gain access to your deepest psychic level at
your own will.
From there you can create a new “inner world” which will reflect in
your “outer world”.
This is pretty powerful.
It all of a sudden gives you control back over your life, which was
missing for so long.
Perhaps you don’t think you need to learn to utilize your psychic mind.
You may think that visiting a professional psychic is more useful than
trying to use your own psychic abilities.
You may feel comfortable doing this, however you might want to think
about just how much you depend on your psychic, to guide you
through your life.
It doesn’t matter if you are going to a real or a phony psychic.
The principal is always the same:
1. When you are at a reading you will usually reach a relaxed state of
mind.
2. While you are relaxed, every message you’ll receive is planted in your
psychic mind.
3. The planted messages will become a self fulfilling prophecy.
So why not create these messages yourself and place them in your
psychic mind so it can become a self fulfilling prophecy?
But this time, you are placing your dreams and goals in your psychic
mind.
You will be the creator of your own reality!
Isn’t it time to take back control over your life and to begin using your
own psychic powers to your advantage?
The Ultimate Guide to Unleash Your Inner Psychic will teach you
exactly how to do that.
You may be wondering, “What exactly can I do with my psychic
abilities once I tap into them?”
Well, let me give you some examples.
First, it might help you to know just what your subconscious mind can
do. Your subconscious mind can:
• Find out your true calling, talents and gifts,
• Fulfill your dreams (as crazy as they might be…)
• Make dealing with your coworkers, employees, supervisors and
customers more productive,
• Help you gain a deeper understanding of your spouse and solve
conflicts,
• Read people and learn the true meaning of what a person is
trying to say,
• Your pet will listen better to your commands and you can gain
better understanding how your pet ticks.
(Yes, you can actually learn how pet psychics are talking to
animals!)
. You will find that your life is more balanced and you finally have
time and money to do the things you always wanted to do
So how can you learn to tap into your subconscious mind?
The most basic and effective way to reach your psychic mind is
through “Guided Meditation.”
When meditating in this specific way you will be able connect to your deeper
psychic mind.
To give you a taste of the experience of meditation try the following:
• Set aside 10 to 15 minutes sometime before you go to bed;
• Find a quiet place with absolutely no distractions;
• Sit in a comfortable position and close your eyes;
• Empty your mind of all your daily concerns by visualizing how
you put them in a box next to you and concentrate on your
breathing;
• Count yourself down from 5 to 1
• With every breath take all the positive energy in and with every
breath out let go of all the negative energy
• Take slow deep breaths and systematically relax each part of
your body, starting with your head and ending with your feet;
• As your muscles relax you will feel all of the stress flow out and
be left with a completely relaxed sensation throughout your
body.
• See yourself in a peaceful place like a park, the beach, the forest
or the mountains. Wherever you’d like to be in this moment.
• Whenever you like count yourself up from 1 to 5
That’s it.
You will find, that you can sleep better at night and that your mind
Opens up to new ideas.
This is the base for your psychic development.
Once you have mastered the meditation techniques in The Ultimate
Guide to Unleash Your Inner Psychic I will show you how to then access
Your psychic mind and to achieve all your goals of health,
career, relationships, finances and love.
Speaking of finances:
When was the last time you’ve been in a vacation without worrying
how to pay your bills when you come back?
Or what goes through your mind when you read your account
statement?
It’s probably something like:
“What?! That’s it?!”
The truth is that only a small percentage of the population really lives
a life of abundance and that the rest of it is not happy with where they
are.
The Ultimate Guide to Unleash Your Inner Psychic will help you to
set new goals of abundance for yourself and how to achieve them
effortlessly.
You will be able to use your insight in many different situations.
If you regularly get in arguments with your spouse, chances are these
fights result in a huge drain on you and may lead to a very
unproductive relationship.
However, by learning to reach your inner psychic you can begin to use
telepathy to diffuse arguments between you and your spouse before
they escalate.
I have found that in standard communication people have a hidden
agenda that stands in the way of solving conflicts. The two most
common hidden agendas between spouses are:
• The “All men are this….” And “All women are that….” -agenda.
This is formed through the stereotypes we have been taught
since we were born.
• The “You always…”-agenda. This is formed from the years of
your particular relationship.
With the use of telepathic communication you could see, feel or hear
the true emotions that your spouse has, such as disappointment,
sadness, desperation or simply the need for a hug.
You would then be able to send them a “mental hug” for example to
relax the situation and facilitate open communication. This will
ultimately lead to better understanding of each other and a loving
relationship.
If you haven’t met that special person yet, then you could use your
abilities to actually attract your dream spouse to you!
You are thinking that I am crazy, I know!
I would have thought that it was crazy too, had I not used this successfully myself.
If you have been stuck in the “rat race” dating one loser after another
you have likely become frustrated and began to wonder if you will ever
find someone special.
I understand that finding your true love can be a frustrating endeavor!
However, there is a better and easier way to find your dream spouse
through the development of your psychic insight.
Simply by developing and focusing your subconscious/psychic mind on the
attributes of the person you want to meet.
That is all there is too it!
In order to use your psychic abilities you must first master the techniques of meditation and let go of all of your fears. Only then will you be able to reach the deepest level of your psychic mind and be able to:
• Drop a wish list of the qualities you are looking for in a dream
man or woman into your subconscious mind;
• Describe him or her in detail, from looks to personality quirks;
• Imagine how you both are drawn to each other like magnets and
that nothing can stand in the way of meeting each other; and,
• Then watch what happens and changes in your life!
The Ultimate Guide to Unleash Your Inner Psychic shows you how to
plant this wish list into your psychic mind and also the two things
you absolutely must do before this will work!
Maybe you are looking to communicate better with another special
creature in your life, your pet!
The only way that you can truly understand your dog or cat to
connect with them on a deeper level is by using telepathy.
Some people think that only certain people are born with the ability to
communicate with animals, however, just like the “born psychic myth”
this also is a complete myth.
The truth is, everyone has the ability to speak with animals and you do
as well!
The techniques are used by all famous psychic communicators.
In fact, all animals communicate with each other by telepathy which
means that the best way to understand them is to use this method as
well.
The next question on your mind is likely how to understand what
messages your pet sends to you and vice versa.
Well the good news is that every being or entity will use your language
to communicate.
“But I don’t speak dog!” You might think.
Here is how it works:
• If you are a visual person, then they will choose to send you
pictures, movies and symbols.
• If you are an aural person, then you will hear a voice speaking
to you in your language. This means if you’d like to communicate
with an animal from a different country, you will still hear the
voice in your language.
• If you are a feeling person, you will receive emotions and
physical sensations. This means, when you communicate back
to them, you will want to send feelings and emotions.
• In some cases you will receive just a thought and you will know
for certain that this is what the animal wants to tell you.
If you had a traumatic experience with a dog like me, Unleash Your
Inner Psychic will help you to overcome your fear and have positive
encounters with dogs.
Just like I did.
What you read here is just a small taste of what you can do to
understand your pet better! The Ultimate Guide to Unleash Your Inner
Psychic will show you how to easily get “online” with your pet by using
a few simple techniques.
This is just the beginning and it doesn’t even scratch the surface of
what you can accomplish with you own inner psychic abilities!
Best of all, you only need to go through a few simple lessons to begin
seeing a difference in how you live your life!
It will definitely change the way you interact with the world and give
you the means to more effectively reach any goal you set.
You will be exposed to each lesson in detail and will be given the tools
to fully access your inner psychic.
Also you will learn to avoid the biggest mistakes when developing
psychic powers.
Once you are open to learn more about it, you will be able to unleash
the power that you have inside of you to achieve your goals
effortlessly!
To your success!
Annette
Annette Sassou is a Medium and Life Coach and has helped thousands
to live their life to the fullest.
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