Emerging Courageous Newsletter 38 
Marilyn Dixon Pfanstiel, Editor
Nov. 26,  2003

Today's Message: I am where I am supposed to be...

I received an email from Donna Wallace and she said
" I am exactly where I am meant to be at in my path."
The message was clear and reminded me that we each make choices to decide where we will be at any given moment. Where have you chosen to be at this time? Are you where you want to be? Are you in the right job? Are you happy in your relationships? Are you taking care of yourself? Are you listening to God as you make your choices? If not, it is time to make the changes you wish to make in your life. Be thankful for where you are...take stock...and move on. Then be happy with your choice and decide that this is where you are supposed to be. Marilyn Dixon Pfanstiel

Quotes worth repeating: 
*"In order to arrive, you must see yourself there.  In order to begin you must see where it ends." Bob Perks 

Poetry to share: sent in by Dori-the-Dreamer
Don't say you're not important
Don't say you're not important,
It simply isn't true,
The fact that you were born,
Is proof, God has a plan for you.
The path may seem unclear right now,
 But one day you will see,
 That all that came before,
 Was truly meant to be.
 God wrote the book that is your life,
 That's all you need to know.
 Each day that you are living,
 Was written long ago.
 God only writes best sellers,
 So be proud of who you are,
 Your character is important,
 In this book you are the "Star."
 Enjoy the novel as it reads,
 It will stand throughout the ages,
 Savor each chapter as you go,
 Taking time to turn the pages.
~~ author unknown ~~
full page viewed http://www.eakles.com/important.html

Message on Courage from [email protected]
I volunteer with an organization  that offers services to women and children who are survivors of domestic violence.  This is something that was handed out to the women recently...while I was reading it, it spoke to me, and I found lot of meaning in it, and I thought you might find inspiration in it too...
    "It takes great courage to go in new directions.  It takes great courage to try things that others around us have not tried.
One can have courage while one has fear.  Courage does not mean the absence of fear.  To open new doors, to take new steps while walking through our fear takes the greatest courage of all.  Each new door opened gives us confidence to open the next door. By trusting the goodness within us and going beyond the fear, life is an exciting, satisfying and fulfilling place to be. Today I continue to remove any barriers that keep me from being fully who I am in this universe. As I continue to trust my inner guidance, I receive all the inspiration I need to grow in courage and faith and love."

Responses to Counting Your Blessings:

***"Marilyn, Oh what a blessed year for me this has been. I finally got on the path God was leading, it seems, and He has blessed me so. Most of those blessings have come through other people and landed smack dab on me! It is amazing
what God does for us everyday and we just fail to see it. Oh, the joy, when we open our eyes to His blessings. If we ask in our prayers for things that will glorify Him, we find our cup, too, runneth over!

Though I reside in a body that does not work as it should, I live in a body that is more alive than it has ever been!

If I were to list the blessings that have come my way, this year, and the people who have been placed in my life by God, who have been a blessing to me; it would be hard to believe. It is hard for me to take it all in, myself! You will just have to trust me; this has been a blessed year."

Betty King, author, writer and speaker
www.BettyKing.net

"Sometimes we should be thankful for the things we never received." ~ Betty King ~

*** "Some days I see the sun shine in the smallest living things...I find myself caught in the music of the day created by the sounds of the world around me.  I am swaying to the pulse of life itself." Bob Perks

Check this out Wondering Why by Terri McPherson
http://www.geocities.com/emergingcourageous/poetry/Oct2003/wondering.htm

***Count your blessings, count them one by one and enjoy and thank God for those blessings. Happy Thanksgiving.
PS - to my friends in countries that don't celebrate thanksgiving, just be thankful for the blessings you do have this day and every day. Marilyn Dixon Pfanstiel [email protected]