Emerging Courageous Newsletter 61
Marilyn Dixon Pfanstiel, Editor
June 6, 2004

Today's Message: Dream Big
For the last few weeks, as I would fine a few spare moments of time, I picked up Lisa Hammond's book Dream Big.
It describes the Journey of developing her own business and the obstacles she had to overcome in the process. It is an inspiration for all of us to "Dream Big"...find our passion and do whatever we can to help it to come to realization. I am now on a new Journey of marketing the book Women Emerging Courageous and my rural Kentucky watercolor paintings. I am enjoying being creative and realizing my dream of being an artist. Enjoy your Journey. Marilyn

Question to Ponders: 
"Life is full of choices. Will you choose to be happy today?" Betty King

Additional Questions to Ponder:
"What do you see God challenging you to do or be in the next year? 
Whom will you share this dream with in the next two weeks? 
How will you seize this goal and make it become a reality?" 
Teh Eng Chuan

Inspirational Quotes: "Courageous people aren't unafraid; they just do it anyway." Lisa Hammond author of Dream Big

Sites you might want to visit:

Flash Programs worth seeing:     I was there...   shared by June Johnson

To brighten your day....http://www.riversongs.com/Flas/today.swf  shared by Tony DeLiso

Definitions worth sharing author unknown shared by Barbara Kydd

  Standing for what you believe in regardless of the odds against you,
and the pressure that tears at your resistance
...is Courage.

Keeping a smile on your face when inside you feel like dying,
for the sake of supporting others
...is Strength.

Stopping at nothing and doing what's in your
heart that you know is right
...is Determination.

Doing more than is expected, to make another's life a little more bearable,
without uttering a single complaint
...is Compassion.

Helping a friend in need, no matter the time or effort,
to the best of your ability
...is Loyalty.

Holding your head high
And being the best you know you can be when life
seems to fall apart at your feet,
...is Fortitude.

Facing each difficulty with thoughts that
time will bring you better tomorrows,
And never giving up...
...is Confidence.

Poetry worth sharing from Barbara Kydd
"Thank you for believing in me" by Larry Chengges

Thank you for believing in me
when I found it difficult
to believe in myself...
for saying what I've needed
to hear sometimes,
instead of what I've wanted
to hear...
for siding with me...
and for giving me
another side to consider.

Thank you for opening
yourself up to me...
for trusting me with your thoughts
and disappointments and dreams...
for knowing you can depend on me
and for asking my help
when you've needed it.

Thank you for putting so much
thought and care and imagination
into our friendship...
for sharing so many nice times
and making so many
special memories with me.

Thank you for always being honest with me
being kind to me...being there for me.

Thank you for being a friend to me
in so many meaningful ways.

~Larry S. Chengges~

From the mailbag:

* "I just wanted to let you know I received the book you sent me, Women Emerging Courageous.  How inspiring the stories were.  So many think they are alone therefore they remain in the pit of darkness, where survival to some is a job in itself.  This book is a powerful instrument!!  Thank you for including my poem The Pain Within in this awesome book! " Pamela Lawson

* "I can't thank you enough for sharing all my stories with your wonderful readers.  You are a true blessing in a world that needs all the blessings it can get.  Wishing you every joy," Joe Mazzella

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