Have you had an experience where an unexpected ‘Angel’ showed up to help? For example, you forgot your wallet and someone stepped up to pay for your lunch. Or when you’re having a bad day and a call from a friend cheers you up. How about when your car breaks…
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Instant Angel to the Rescue
As mentioned in this month’s newsletter, Susan had a close call with a terrible accident and was rescued by her “instant angel.” Here is the story from Life Is Huge!: Many years ago, I decided to travel from New York City, which was my home at the time, to attend…
Are You an Instant Angel?
In heaven an angel is nobody in particular. George Bernard Shaw You don’t have to be an angel, just be someone who can give. Patti LaBelle Everyone needs an angel now and then. Not necessarily the kinds of angels that float down from heaven. No, the angels we need are…
More on “Look Deeply”
In order to recognize, and be grateful for, all the people who have supported us along our journey, we need to really look at all the work that goes into making our lives both comfortable and convenient. In End the Struggle and Dance With Life, Susan asks us to “Look…
The Important Habit of Saying Thank You
This month we’re talking about recognizing and being grateful for the support we receive from other people. Showing our gratitude is the best way to be conscious of the help we receive. In End the Struggle and Dance With Life, Susan talks about “Cultivating the habit of saying, ‘Thank You.’”…
What We Find When We Look Deeply
A self-made person is a myth. Not one person has found any kind of success without the support of other people. We hear a lot about self-made millionaires who worked their way to success. But those millionaires did not do it by themselves. Sure they put in the hard work…
You Always Have a Choice in How You Feel
Lesson Seven of taking responsibility for our own experiences states that we must be aware of the multitude of choices we each have in any given situation. This statement makes it sound easy, but putting it into practice is hard—especially when our obligations seem to overwhelm us, our friends are…
The Seven Lessons of Responsibility
In this month’s newsletter article, we are talking about taking responsibility. In Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway, Susan wrote about taking responsibility for not only our “experiences in life,” but even more importantly for our “experiences of life.” She talks about the Seven Definitions of Responsibility to help…
Creating Your Own Misery, Creating Your Own Joy
We all know the feeling—angry, upset, and sad because the world is making our life less than perfect. Our boss is mean, our friends aren’t there for us, other drivers cut us off in traffic, the store clerk was rude, we got a surprise bill from the electric company. On…
Uncertainty and Creativity
Most of us prefer to make plans, have goals, be assured of what’s going to happen tomorrow because not knowing can be scary. We create expectations of what we want to happen to keep our fears at bay, even knowing that we are likely to be disappointed. Setting ourselves up…