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Very hard to know when you are going to be reading this, just thought I would cover all bases. Anyway this month I have an article for you that I feel the crystals are compelling me to write. I it's a story from my childhood and when I was trying to think of what I would write for this months article. The article is about something that happened to me that I had not thought about in years and it made me think about how my life has changed since that moment in time. I realised that the message I got then I still use to this very day. It simple popped into my head and would not be removed, who am I to argue with the crystals. So I hope that you will enjoy this article and find it useful in some way. I have included to article by our feature writer this month Dan Robey is the author of the Best-Selling book "The Power of Positive Habits" now published in 22 countries worldwide. The reason well I came across Dan's articles through a group that I belong to and just when they were needed. The second article "The CEO And The Yellow Notepad" is one that I really wanted to share with you as I have personally tried it out and so has my daughter. For me the results were fine, nothing outstanding but then again I am very organised anyway(most of the time). But for my daughter the results have been absolutely amazing. Nicole is an Accountant and she is Head of Accounting and Management at the firm where she works. As you can imagine there are numerous interruptions to her day and she often loses track of the time she spends sorting out problems and so forth. As she need to account for most every minute of her day, this can be a problem. Well since she has been using the methods described in the article, you would not believe the difference, she has not lost one minute of her day can find everything she need and boy have her stress levels reduced (and I should know I'm the one she lets of steam too). Anyway both of Dan's article are very useful and have lot of little gems of wisdom in them, so enjoy.

Love and Light
Colleen

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Where to begin. Well I was about 10 years old at the time and we lived in the country, fresh air, open spaces all that. I was something of a quiet child, did not have many friends, loved to read, probably a bit of a loner, you know the type the kid that is always picked last for the team, or ends up being the orange boy at half time, not very athletic or co-coordinated.

As a result of this I found myself being picked on at school, not really bad stuff just jokes, a little jostling in line, being pushed out of the way, probably the worst it got was being called names, in those days if you did not have a Dad you were very much the outcast, especially in a little country town.

Anyway this had been going on most of my school life and I just took it in my stride, after all as the saying goes, "sticks and stones can break my bones, but words will never hurt me". This may be an Australian thing I don't know really. But one day for some unknown reason on the way home on the school bus, the others seemed a bit more nastier than usual, I did what I always did and buried my head further into my book, and tried to ignore them. It must have been bad because I remember the bus driver asking me would I be alright and to make sure I hurried straight home. When I got of the bus there was the usual jostling and shoving going on, I just started to head for home, the next thing I know is that I was being pelleted with stones and rocks, I turned around and shouted at them to stop as it hurt, they just laughed and said the wanted to see how long it would be before I started to cry. Well that was probably the worst thing that could have been said, I can be very stubborn when I want to be and decided that they would not make me cry no matter what they did.(would have been better crying right there and then in hindsight). Well the attack went on all the way home, I ran as fast as I could but hey I was not the fastest runner on earth. Anyway by the time I got home I was bleeding and bruised, my mother naturally wanted to know what had happened, for some reason not because I was scared of the bullies or anything I told her I had fallen over and slipped down the hill, this was quite plausible as there were a number of little hills on the path that I walked home along.

That night as I lay in bed feeling very sore and even sorry for myself, I got the idea to get up and get a crystal that I had found a couple of days earlier, it was a little quartz crystal not very outstanding just large enough to fit into the palm of my hand, I got the crystal and curled up in bed with it (remember at this time I really did not understand about crystals and their healing powers, I just instinctively got the crystal). As I lay there I began to hear a voice in my head telling me that I did not have to take being bullied or ignored, I was just as good as everyone else. The voice told me that I could do something about my situation, I thought that this was strange I thought I was being silly or something, but as the voice was kind and gentle I did not try to shut it out. I said that I was not strong enough to fight back and that if I tried I would only get hurt worse, the voice said that I did not have to physically fight back, but because I had meekly accepted the way I was treated for years, I had come to expect that I would always be treated this way and the way I would be treated would be come more and more violent if I did nothing about it. This was very frightening to me I remember laying there crying and being very scared. I asked the voice what could I do to change what was happening and how to protect myself. The voice said that all I needed to do was to refuse to be treated that way, I did not see how I could do this without actually hitting someone, which I did not really want to do in case I got hit back even worse.

The voice said that all I had to do was change how I thought and felt about myself and to say in my mind or aloud if it helped that I would no longer let myself be bullied and pushed around and would only allow myself to be treated with respect. For a 10 year old this is a hard concept to understand. I thought that I was going mad, I shut the voice out and turned over holding the crystal in my hand and went to sleep. The next morning I went to catch the school bus as usually looking a little the worse for wear. When I got to the bus stop the others that had thrown the rocks and stones were already there, I remember approaching them and feeling scared, I had brought the quartz crystal with me that morning and I put my hand in my pocket and held it as I got near to the others. They all looked a little sheepish for some reason, maybe it was the cuts and bruised on my face, I don't really know why anyway one of them said I suppose you went and blabbed and told your mummy about what we did. I looked around and saw that some of them seemed a little frightened, maybe they were scared of getting into trouble with their parents, anyway I told them that I had said I fell and not what really happened. And then the strangest thing for the first time in my life I stood up for myself, I told them that I would not be bullied anymore and that if they did not like me then that was fine, but I would no longer let them shove me around like they had, that I was a good person and deserved to be treated with respect. With that the bus arrived and I got on and sat right up the front, my heart was pounding and I could not believe that I had said what I had just said. The others all just got on the bus and gave me a funny look as they passed, I thought Oh boy am I going to get it tonight, and then the voice said only if you think you will.

All day people kept out of my way leaving me alone, which suited me fine a couple of teachers asked me what had happened to my face and I could feel the others holding their breath as I said I had fallen down. That night on the way home the other kids just walked on ahead as fast as they could. I still had the quartz crystal in my pocket and held it as a kind of protection which it was, I could not say that the kids treated me with respect but at least I was no longer bullied or pelted with rocks.

I had learnt from the crystal that we bring to ourselves what we are prepared to accept. To this day I find that because I expect to be treated with respect and kindness that is what I get. I do not think that I am any more special or worthy of respect than the next person I just know that it is all of our right to be treated in this manner. I now know that the crystal called to me that night and that it showed me the way to live my life free of bullies and that I should treat everyone else in the way that I wish to be treated. I try to live up to this every day of my life, sometimes it can be hard especially if someone is causing grief for a family member, but I always tried to remember that we are all on a journey and here to learn something from the situations presented to us. Boy you will be glad that this is an email and not a conventional paper letter, you would not be able to read it, I have been crying the whole time I have been writing this article. It was like I was reliving the experience all over again, a little bit of cleansing does us wonders. You know I do not know what happened to that piece of quartz crystal, I cannot remember ever having it again after that day, but never mind it did the job that it was meant to do and now I will be forever grateful for its help and guidance at that particular time. Again I would like to thank you for your indulgence in letting me share with you this experience and thank you for your supports.

Love and Light
Colleen

"Keeping a journal will absolutely change your life in ways
you've never imagined." - Oprah Winfrey

Why is it so important to keep a journal?

Here are just a few of the benefits a personal journal will provide you:

* A journal will remind you of your goals and the actions you are taking towards them every day. You are writing down your goals?

* It allows you to factually track your progress as you head closer towards your goals. Here is an example. Suppose you had set a new goal to lose 20 lbs in the next 3 months. Record your weight in your journal each day, you will now be able to see trends in your weight loss that you would not have seen without the journal.

* It provides detailed information such as dietary changes, calorie reductions, fat reduction, and so on.

* It helps build your self-esteem because you are reaffirming the positive benefits you are achieving as you get closer to your goals.

* It helps to paint the picture every day of who you are becoming.

* When you see positive results as they happen, you will become energized with optimism.

Here are a couple of simple journal tips:

Keep a simple, short log, it's easy, and it usually only takes 1 minute of your time. Each day, make short entries into your journal, list such things as your attitude, emotions, diet, weight, responses to situations and conditions in your life.

For example, if having a healthy heart is one of your goals, you will want to keep track of your cholesterol levels, your blood pressure, your weight. (Obviously, all of this data would not be recorded daily, but some entry would be recorded each day)

Try this simple little exercise. Get out a note pad or a sheet of paper and a pencil. Look at your watch. When the second hand hits 12, start timing yourself as you write down the following information:

Fri.- Felt great all day. Weight 135 pounds. Walked briskly for 20 minutes. Had healthy almonds and nuts for snacks.

More then likely, you completed writing down the information in approximately 1 minute. Yet, in that 1 minute, you created an important snapshot of important data in your life. You now have historical data you can refer to as time goes by, to help you track your progress as you move towards your life goals.

I know how well this works. For the past 6 years, I have kept a simple, yet informative log of every day of my life. I can tell you exactly how I felt on Wed., July 25,2000, or any day since. I can look back and see how I reacted to issues in my life and what helped me overcome an illness, injury or stressful period in my life.

It generally takes me less then two minutes to record the log for any day. It is a habit that has become a part of my life; it is now second nature for me. If you have a computer, I recommend typing just three to four lines of descriptive text into a word processing program each day.

About The Author:
Dan Robey is the author of the Best-Selling book "The Power of Positive Habits" now published in 22 countries worldwide.
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