Issue 63

In this issue:

1) Welcome Letter by Dream Walker
2) Apple Cider Vinegar for Health by Pat Valle
3) 4 Magic Words To Use Daily by Michael D. Pollock 
4) Inside You Lies Greatness by Paul Bauer
5) THIS by David Stoddard
6) THE RIVER GRASSES Contemporary Parable No.1 by Robert Elias Najemy
7) Tip of the Day-Magnifiers by Bob Osgoodby

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Welcome Letter
by Dream Walker McLendon

Yá'át'ééh! Welcome to MousePages, and a special welcome to the new subscribers. Thank you for giving MousePages a try, I hope you enjoy it.

Sometimes I have a difficult time deciding what to write about here. Sometimes I am torn between several subjects, sometimes, like this week, I feel as if I have no subject at all. Often I wonder if there really is anyone out there reading this thing. Cyberspace is such a foreign place, you see lists of odd-sounding email names… do they really connect to a flesh-and-blood person? Do you really exist? Do I? 
The Internet is a wonderful tool, when used to connect the world, one person to another. I have made friends all over the world, friends that I am unlikely to ever meet. I really care about these faceless people, I care about what happens to them and their families. I really care about you, my dear reader, as if I could reach out and take your hand in mine. 
But the interesting thing about this is that what we are finally doing here is to learn about a person, to learn to care about a person who is invisible to us. We have no way of knowing their skin color, what they really look like, how they really would act if we met somewhere on the street. What we are connecting to is the invisible part of a person, their essence, who they really are. 
Of course, this is not always true, there are people out there who are representing themselves falsely, but for the most part, we are connecting to a person's soul here. Just this week, I found out that a lady that I exchange letters with, who is going through the break-up of her marriage, was in a mixed-race marriage. I don't care, it was just a passing remark made by her, but it made me stop and think. We all, no doubt, make pictures in our minds of what a person might look like when we make cyberspace friends with them, but most likely, our pictures are not accurate.
So, this is really the way that it should work in the "real" world. We would make friends based on who a person is inside, not on appearances! Not terribly realistic at this point in time, but maybe, just maybe, given enough time…. Our children or our grandchildren, raised in a world where cyberspace is a real place, will learn this valuable lesson. We all are living in a global society here. The family of man is upon us. When you can click a button and connect with a person on the other side of the world, when you can care about an individual that you will never meet in person, then, the world is one step closer to being a better place. 
Have a wonderful week. Remember, an old Navajo woman cares about you.

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Apple Cider Vinegar for Health
by Pat Valle 

The benefits of apple cider vinegar have been well documented and have been used as far back as ancient times. It contains beneficial organisms, a mixture of enzymes, high amounts of potassium as well as an abundant supply of vitamins and pectin. The best type of apple cider vinegar is the raw organic kind because it contains the "mother" which is the mixture of enzymes and bacteria. The ones found in markets are refined and have virtually eliminated all of the essential nutrients.

Apple cider vinegar helps digest heavy foods and meals that are high in protein, aids in dieting and cleansing by eliminating built-up toxins in the body, helps to ward off colds and other infections both bacterial and fungal, soothes irritated throats, helps to dissolve calcium deposits in the joints which can give relief for those who suffer from certain arthritic conditions, and encourages bowel activity. It also contains large amounts of pectin and potassium which relaxes the heartbeat and aids in reducing blood pressure. For detoxifying effects as well as treating the above mentioned ailments, use 1 tsp. ACV, 1 tsp. raw organic honey (eliminate the honey if you are a diabetic), and 1 cup of warm water. This can be taken three times a day for maximum benefits, preferably before meals and at bedtime.

Topically, ACV can be used for nail fungus, insect bites for relief of itching and burning, sunburns, acne and for temporary hair loss due to poor circulation or clogged hair follicles. Try using a small amount full strength or diluting it with warm water. It's amazing how something so inexpensive can have so many beneficial uses. I would suggest reading the book by Braggs called "Apple Cider Vinegar". This particular book has many more uses which you may find interesting.


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4 Magic Words To Use Daily
by: Michael D. Pollock 

As a powerfully creative individual, you have two incredible tools that form the foundation of your creative power. Whether you're aware of it or not, you're already using one of these tools to create everything you currently experience in your life - good and bad alike. 

Begin using these two tools together, and you'll harness a creative force within you to manifest your heart's desire. Before you can do that, however, you'll need to use the 4 magic words I'll share with you in a moment. First, let's talk about the powerful tools to which I'm referring. 

The tools are attention and intention. 

Attention is defined as: "Concentration of the mental powers upon an object." 

You use attention any time you concentrate your thoughts upon something, whether it's an object or just another thought. 

A simple law of the universe says wherever you focus your attention, you also focus your creative energy. In other words, what you think about, you create in your experience. 

The second tool, intention, is defined as: "An aim that guides action." 

Intention is the aim, the object or the reality you want to bring into your experience. 

Intention is "the object of your desires." 

When you focus your *attention* on what you want and make it your *intention* to create it, you take hold of a creative force that can literally move mountains. 

Alexander Graham Bell spoke of this force when he stated the following: 

"What this power is I cannot say; all I know is that it exists and it becomes available only when a man is in that state of mind in which he knows exactly what he wants and is fully determined not to quit until he finds it." 

The 4 magic words that position you to use this creative force is your own life are... 

"What do I want?" 

Sounds simple, right? It is. But it's not always easy to know what you want. 

Further, when you do actually decide what you want, you face the challenge of asking for and receiving it. 

Even further, you've faced those times when you actually got what you wanted, only to discover it wasn't as great as you expected. 

You end up just accepting and tolerating whatever life throws you, whether in the form of your career, your mate, your income, your living environment, etc. 

Then, of course, in our state of "tolerating life," the more we focus upon what we don't want, the more of it we experience. 

In the words of fitness guru Susan Powter... 

"Stop the insanity!" 

"What do I want?" Begin using these 4 words each day. As Stephen Covey says, "write it down, asterisk it, underline it." If you ask it, the answers will come. Keep asking until the answers do come. 

See, you will always get something, even if it's only more of the same. My good friend and fellow Coach, Bryden Manning talks about "Christmas morning relationships." 

As a child, when you awoke Christmas morning, you knew you'd have stuff under the tree. But if you didn't make a list of what you wanted, there's no telling what you'd get. 

It works the same with every area of your life. Every day is Christmas morning. You'll always get something. Have you made your list yet? 

"What do I want?" Just say it out loud with me. 

"What...do...I...want?" 

If you have a hard time with this question, consider taking a class or work with a coach. It's too important a question to ignore any longer. It's your life, after all. 

Start today. Say it..."what do I want?" 

To the extent you get clear on the answer to this question, to that same extent can you focus your attention on it and make it your intention to create it. 

I'll leave you with the simple and direct words of Walt Whitman, who said "claim your own at any hazard." 

It's your life! Make it great. 

About The Author


Michael Pollock is a popular on-line writer and Personal Coach. Visit his website at http://www.successfulifecoach.com  to learn how you can design a life that's Inspired, Power-Full and Prosperous. 

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Inside You Lies Greatness
by: Paul Bauer 

In each of you, there is a seed... 
A seed of vast potential 
A place beyond the ego mind 
A place so rich and fertile 
that you can smell its rich fragrance 
like after a cool summer rain 
You can feel this pulse of life 
as it pulses through you 

This infinite part of you knows 
like a beacon in the night 
It guides you on your journey... 
back home... 
back...to the Real You 

This greatness requires just one thing 
..your awareness 

Awareness through your breath 
Noticing in each moment 
how precious life really is... 

And how precious You really are 
For you are its Source 
and It is your beginning... 

You now stand at the crossroads... 
A crossroads of your old self 
and the Real you 

Embrace this moment 
Embrace yourself as the creator in your life 
This is your essence 
Breathe it in... 
Let it flow... 
Let it just Be... 

And so it is.... 

About The Author


Paul Bauer is the creator of Dream-Minder, software that "Frees Your Mind and Lifts Your Spirit." If you would like to learn about software that helps you live the wisdom that you've just read, visit http://www.dreamsalive.com/dresof.htm  

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THIS
by David Stoddard

We all go through life
With thoughts in our heads,
Dreams say do something else
But we Do "This" instead.

We say we do "This"
So we can pay the bills,
Our dreams slowly fade away
For it is "This" that kills.

So to our selves, we sit and cry
Year by year and day to day.
We tell ourselves, we'll be there soon
But here is where we forever stay.

So is "This" all there is?
I swear there should be more.
I feel my dreams within me still
But it's hard to find the door.

I know I must change things
Because "This" is just not me.
My dreams will be realized,
I'll get there. You'll see.

- David Stoddard -

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David Stoddard is a writer, commentator and someday
humorist. His inspirational electronic newsletter
(que sera sera) is available for free on his web
site http://www.dstoddard.net  or by sending a
message to que_sera_sera-subscribe@topica.com 

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THE RIVER GRASSES
Contemporary Parable No. 1

Robert Elias Najemy

Have you ever sat by a river and watched the mesmerizingly graceful movement
of the river grasses, which surrender themselves completely to the flow of
the river? 

At their base they are firmly attached to a rock on the riverbed. If they
were not securely attached in this way, they would be carried away by the
current and would perish.

The upper part of these grasses has absolutely no resistance and is thus
free to flow in an infinite variety of movements caused by the river's
ever-changing flow pattern.

A similar type of event may be seen while observing various sea grasses,
which are attached to the bottom of the sea and move with the gentle
currents and tides.

We have something to learn from these grasses. We can learn the delicate
balance between discipline and freedom, between routine and diversity,
between control and surrender, between tradition and change. Obviously, too much of any of these opposite qualities will create problems.

On the one hand we need to have discipline, routine, control and tradition
to give us a security base, a moral base, a sense of inner strength and
stability in facing the ever-changing circumstances of life.

Spiritual disciplines such as prayer, concentration, meditation, proper
diet, self-analysis, exercises and breathing techniques help to create that
centered feeling of an inner stability and inner security.

Then we can feel free to allow ourselves to flow with life, trusting the
Divine, life, others and our own selves; free from the fear of being harmed, overcome or swept off our feet.

The greater our connection with our inner security base, the more
spontaneous and free we can allow ourselves to be.

We all need to find our own way of connecting ourselves to the spiritual
rock within us, so that we may adjust and cope in a more relaxed way with
the ever-changing situations and tests of life.

Be disciplined and flow.

(This small "Parable - Model" is one of over 90 to be found in the
forthcoming book "Contemporary Parables" by Robert Elias Najemy. His book "The Psychology of Happiness" (ISBN 0-9710116-0-5) is available at http://www.amazon.com  and http://www.HolisticHarmony.com  His writings can be viewed at http://www.HolisticHarmony.com  where you can also download FREE articles and e-books.)

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