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PROSPERITY NEWS
"Your Motivational Ezine"

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May 15, 2005
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IN THIS ISSUE

The Rewards And Risks Of Personal Freedom
How to Do Hard Things
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Personal Freedom is the freedom to be our authentic selves. To do what
we believe is right, and act out of that righteousness. Sometimes,
being authentic is not a popular choice, and often things won't work
out as we expect, but if we're true to ourselves, we'll be guided to
do the right thing. There is no way around it .. sooner or later we'll
have to do hard things in life. Personal freedom and a sense of worth
are the subjects of the following guest articles

,,,,,,,,,, June

THE REWARDS AND RISKS OF PERSONAL FREEDOM
by Charlie Badenhop

One of the first things I noticed about my newly purchased parrot, was that he couldn't fly. Chico's wings had been clipped and he was stuck here on earth just like us humans.

Once the weather turned nice I took Chico and sat him on a branch of a tree in my backyard, hoping to make him happier. At first he seemed confused. He walked back and forth on the branch looking like an agitated father pacing back and forth in the maternity waiting room. I was surprised to see that he didn't flap his wings in an attempt to fly. Somehow he knew he was incapable. I always wondered how he knew such a thing.

One day, while sitting on his branch, Chico got way more agitated then he had been when I first took him outside months ago. He was pacing back and forth and talking up a storm. Then all of a sudden, he stopped pacing, let out a spine tingling scream, and started madly flapping his wings for the first time ever. About three seconds later, he lifted off from the branch like the space shuttle at Cape Canaveral! I was amazed and shocked. Little did I know his feathers had been growing back in, and just like a sly convict, Chico had been biding his time until the moment was ripe for escape!

Chico made his break for freedom on a late Monday afternoon, and by late Monday night I knew he was not coming home. Finally, on Tuesday evening Chico returned, but stayed way out of reach. I talked to him and showed him some food, but to no avail. Then I took his cage inside so he would not relate coming back to getting locked up again. Finally, I made him a firm promise that if he did come back I would let him out every day the weather was nice. Shortly after making my solemn oath, he flew onto my shoulder and I took him upstairs.

From that day on, whenever the weather was good I would let him out early and he would fly around and be back before dark. This routine lasted for about two months and then suddenly Chico became ill. The vet said that he had contracted a disease from the pigeons in the neighborhood. Within a few days he died, and I mourned his loss.

Just once the thought crossed my mind that if I had not set him free to fly every day, he would still be alive. It was then that I realized that the quality of one's life is much more important than the number of years one lives. What sense is there in being a bird if you can't fly?

Chico made his initial break for freedom on a late Monday afternoon in April. When will you make yours? You too can take a chance when the conditions are right, knowing you too in your own way, were built to fly. If you don't set yourself free, what will be the purpose of your life?

I would suggest that the quality of one's life is dependant on feeling one's essence, and living the design that is you. If you are a fish, your life needs to be all about swimming. If you are a bird, your life needs to be all about flying and spreading your message to all that you meet along the way. What sense is there in being you, if you don't really let yourself free and express your heart?

About the author: Charlie Badenhop is the originator of Seishindo, an Aikido instructor, NLP trainer, and Ericksonian Hypnotherapist. Benefit from a new self-help Practice every two weeks, by subscribing to his complimentary newsletter "Pure heart, simple mind" at http://www.seishindo.org

HOW TO DO HARD THINGS
by Rose DesRochers

As I sit here with the morning sun shining in my window, I can not say that I am perfectly content with whom I am. As I sip my morning coffee that my daughter made me, I am thinking about people and of life. I speak up, even when it feels uncomfortable and I give so much to other people, very seldom asking for anything in return. So why is it I'm sitting here feeling uncomfortable that I was outspoken and told someone that they were rude. Why do I need to now try so hard for their approval? Why do I even care what they think of me? Do you ever get the feelings that you are being dismissed by someone and they see you as unimportant? I'm must admit I am a little bummed or I wouldn't be writing this article. It's a difficult concept to swallow when you feel you don't meet someone else's standards. I mean if I have gotten off on the wrong foot with someone or done wrong to someone I am the kind of person who wants to make it right. I guess I think and worry too much about what others think of me. This can be a huge downfall. I mean constantly living your life concerned with what others think of you.

However when dealing with the bad in life, I guess I really only have two choices: I can either try to change things or accept them as they are and move on. I am who I am because of who I am. Not because of how someone perceives me to be or because I didn't meet up to their standards. At the end of my life the only important question will be "Did I live my life as I saw fit?"

In all honesty I can be my own worse enemy. I let people get the better of me. I am always the one to tell people that there is no such things as victims only volunteers and here I sit this AM being a volunteer. If I keep letting people get the best of me than I am really letting them win. It is time that I stood up and was counted for. Life gets old quick and I have come too far to quit now. In life we all suffer one of two things, the joy of living our life our way or the pain and disappointment of never living our life.

I have always gotten by the strength of will my mother gave me. If one thing she taught me it was that life is a battle and sometimes you have to fight or you will die not ever trying. I have been fighting for the last years of my life. What is important to me right now at this very moment is that I know my goals, I know my friends, and I know my family, but most importantly for the first time in 35 years I know myself. I know who Rose DesRochers is.

I am in charge of my destiny, and it is up to me and only me to work with the options I have before me. Never lose sight of who you are, and what you are about. If someone wants to dismiss you because you don't meet up to their standards than that is their problem. Maybe they set their standards a little too high.

I do things the way that I want to, speak up for what I believe in and from now on I'm not going to let anyone dictate who I should be. I have three choices, I did someone wrong and we got off on the wrong foot. I need to accept that I did apologize, deal with it and now move on. I should not change my outspokenness when they were the one who did wrong in the first place.

Bishop Lorenzo Moore wrote about the hurts of his life and in his article he said, you must endure hurts through this life. There are no safe guards against your hurts. You can be as kind to people as you want to be. That is not going to stop them from hurting you. Bishop Lorenzo Moore you are right and you were also right when you said 'Weeping may endure for a night; trouble may endure for a night; hurts may endure for a night; but joy comes in the morning.' It’s morning time! Rejoice and hurt no more!

I am rejoicing and if someone has caused you to hurt or you are the kind of the person, who is your own worse enemy because you let people get the best of you, stand up and be counted for. We don't need to be a victim or a volunteer and we certainly do not need the appreciation of someone who has set their standards so high they can't forgive you for any wrong doing you have done.

Rose is a published author from Canada Ontario and is also the founder
of Today's Woman a community for men and women over 18, where
writers/poets/columnists meet and exchange ideas, contest, rate and
review and help each other succeed in the writing industry.
http://www.todays-woman.net

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