Published by Robert A. & Vicki L. Prentice of Professional Development Systems
August 20, 2007 Issue 262
From the Desk of Bob
We love words and we write a lot of them! Sharing positive words of encouragement is our mission and purpose and such a great joy to my wife and me. We've been publishing MMM every week for about five years now. What some of you may not know is that for more than eight years we have also published a 12-page monthly positive attitude paper we call The Prairie Beacon. We are so blessed to have readers from all over the United States subscribing to Prairie Beacon. If you'd like a sample copy just send an email to vicki@prairiebeacon.com.
Welcome to all our newest MMM subscribers. Please feel free to share with us your thoughts and ideas. (We love getting feedback from our readers!) Speaking of feedback, we had a number of very positive responses to last weeks article on planning. If you missed it you can let me know and I will re-send it.
Cheers! Bob
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Life Attitudes
Seeds of Success: Whacking Weeds
Webinar Schedule
Sunny Side of Life
Mr. Attitude's Life Tested Tools
Life Attitudes
"Cultivate only the habits that you are willing should master you."
-Elbert Hubbard
"Each year one vicious habit rooted out, in time might make the worst man good throughout."
-Benjamin Franklin
"We plant seeds that will flower as results in our lives, so best to remove the weeds of anger, avarice, envy, and doubt, that peace and abundance may manifest for all."
-Dorothy Day
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Seeds of Success: Whacking Weeds
By Robert A. Prentice
While I was whacking weeds over the weekend in my back yard one observation I had was how tenacious the weeds have been this year. I have sprayed and whacked weeds numerous times this summer and yet they still continue to grow with an incredible determination.
Anyway, I began asking myself if I have as much commitment for growth in my life, as these weeds seem to have. Hmmm, when I am attacked do I cower and shiver in fear or do I pull myself back up and press on reaching ever higher and higher? Yes, I do have a strong resolve in my life. It's my personal motivations, dreams, goals, and accountabilities that all contribute to this process of personal and professional growth.
We all have "weeds" in our lives that we must continue to pull, plucking the bad attitudes and habits up by their very roots. We can whack them off, but if we do not pull them out by the roots and cause some major change in the way that we do things, these bad habits and attitudes will surface again. In fact, they will actually come back bigger and stronger than before. This is not good. It just causes more pain and agony.
When we do get things cleaned up in our lives there is a great opportunity for new, more positive things to sprout in our personhood. This is what I am after. How about you?
Well I, got my yard cleaned up. Now it's time to get busy cleaning up those pesky habits. May I encourage you to do the same? Richer, fuller and happier lives await us, so let's get to work whacking weeds.
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On the Sunny Side of Life
There once was a woman who woke up one morning, looked in the mirror, and noticed she had only three hairs on her head. "Well," she said, "I think I'll braid my hair today!" So she did and she had a wonderful day.
The next day she woke up, looked in the mirror and saw that she had only two hairs on her head. "Hmm," she said, "I think I'll part my hair down the middle today!" So she did and she had a grand day.
The next day she woke up, looked in the mirror and noticed that she had only one hair on her head. "Well," she said, "today I'm going to wear my hair in a pony tail." So she did and she had a fun, fun day.
The next day she woke up, looked in the mirror and noticed that there wasn't a single hair on her head. "YEA!" she exclaimed, "I don't have to fix my hair today!"
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