Monday Morning Motivations Tenacity Pays

Published by Robert A. & Vicki L. Prentice of Professional Development Systems
November 20, 2006 Issue 225

From the Desk of Bob

Greetings to each of our newest subscribers! We are thrilled you have joined us. Welcome to Monday Morning Motivations our e-newsletter. MMM is designed to challenge you weekly to be the best that you can be as a fellow human being on this planet.

I should clarify for all of our readers, that I have not arrived nor am I in anyway perfect. I am simply striving, on a daily basis, to maximize my potential, live by my priorities, and build healthy and positive relationships. In aspiring for this kind of living I have been so fortunate to share the tools, resources and ideas that have impacted my life in so many great ways.

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Happy Thanksgiving! Bob

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Life Attitudes

Seeds of Success: Joy & Thanksgiving

Joy Is Everywhere!

The Prairie Beacon

Mr. Attitude's Life Tested Tools

Our New "Subscription" Policy

Life Attitudes

"There is a calmness to a life lived in gratitude–a quiet joy.”
~Ralph H. Blum~

“Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.”
~Melody Beattie~

"Once we discover how to appreciate the timeless values in our daily experiences, we can enjoy the best things in life."
~Harry Hepner~

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Seeds of Success: Joy & Thanksgiving

By Robert A. Prentice

"Do not look for rest in any pleasure, because you were not created for pleasure: you were created for joy. And if you do not know the difference between pleasure and joy you have not yet begun to live." ~Thomas Merton, 1915-1968, American Monk, Author/Poet

Pleasures are very short and fleeting, much like eating a chocolate bar that is sweet for a few short seconds. Joy is more like enthusiasm, as it is deep in your being, gushing out of you like an uncapped fire hydrant. Joy is flowing out of you and impacting everyone that comes into contact with its refreshing touch.

How blessed we are to live in this great nation that allows so many great freedoms. I am so thankful that my wife and I have been able to raise our family in rural America, and am so blessed to have our adult children living nearby. What a blessing it is to spend quality time each week with our two grandsons! I am grateful, too, for the opportunities I have had in business, for the fact that all of our material needs are always met, and for the relationships that have been cultivated over a lifetime. Yes, we are truly blessed and our lives have truly been enriched in so many ways, my heart overflows with joy!

I believe the key to receiving the joy, peace, and happiness that we all want more of in our lives is giving to others. If you want joy, you must give joy; if you want peace you must give peace; if you want greater happiness you must share more happiness with others. Being thankful will trigger all of this in our lives. Counting our many blessings and knowing where these blessings are coming from is what being thankful is all about.

This week let me gently encourage you to search your life, and begin adding up all the blessings in your life. Be assured as you search your life for these blessings that joy will flow out of you like a mighty river. You will not be able to contain the power of this simple life strategy. It will spread and you will have a positive impact on your family, friends, co-workers and everybody that you come into contact with. This will impact your life in such a powerful manner that you will be changed forever.

Joy Is Everywhere!

And joy is everywhere;
It is in the Earth's green covering of grass;
In the blue serenity of the Sky;
In the reckless exuberance of Spring;
In the severe abstinence of grey Winter;
In the Living flesh that animates our bodily frame;
In the perfect poise of the Human figure, noble and upright;
In Living;
In the exercise of all our powers;
In the acquisition of Knowledge;
In fighting evils;
Joy is there–
Everywhere.

~Rabindranath Tagore, 1861-1941 (Bengali Poet and Philosopher)

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Our New "Subscription" Policy

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The purpose of this strategy is to get more of a participatory dialogue going with our readers – plus, the fact that the more you give in this world, the more you are likely to receive.