February 2007
Joan Small - About Me
Poem - Written in the Sky
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Hello,

The next day, at home, I was going for my laps around the garden complex - down the hill and up the stairs - great for the legs, heart and abs - and I looked up at the clouds from below. I was treated to the most amazing display of white 'Angel Clouds' against the bright blue sky. It made me realize what a glorous world we live in.

It started me thinking about 'looking up' for energy.

Some years ago I did two fire walks with Anthony Robbins. The most important thing to do before stepping onto those burning hot coals was to look up. That's all I did - look up and walk, and I made the distance of 40 feet without injury. A miracle to someone who cannot walk on gravel without the small stones hurting my tender soles.

In the Bible it says:

"I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills
From whence cometh mine help.'

In another modality, the therapy for feeling depressed or cranky is to 'take a walk and look at things'. I have since discovered that looking up at things, especially nature, is the most therapeutic of all. When you look up, you see trees and birds as well as the sky, and at night the stars and the moon.

The earth, the pavement, the buildings around us can sometimes appear to close us in, but looking up to the heavens gives a feeling of open-ness, space and freedom.

Observe someone who is feeling bad, and you will notice they are invariably looking down. When you see somebody looking up you will get the feeling of their energy and happiness.

Use 'Looking Up' to do that 180º flip

In 'The Energy Book for Life' I have written about how you can change de-energizing experiences to energizing ones. In other words, do a 180º Flip.

You can give yourself this gift.

Next time you are feeling sad, angry or frustrated, step outside and just look up. Take a walk and look up. Then notice what you see, and express your gratitude for the world around you. You will discover the truth of this incredible natural energy booster.

1000 Natural Energy Boosters

I had a wonderful energizing holiday in January to Orange (NSW) via Sydney and Bendigo (Vic) via Melbourne, visiting family and having adventures.

In a previous newsletter I wrote about the energy of children. Laughter and fun was the order of the days with 3 children under 9 years at Orange and 3 children 10-15 in Bendigo. The households were buzzing. We did child-like things, always energizing, like making a sand-castle, playing in the garden and feeding possums.

The Energy of Gratitude clicked in as I appreciated the generous hospitality, the plethora of fresh fruit - stone fruit and apples straight from the trees, and the amazing scenery, not to mention meeting new people, being recharged at a church (spiritual energy) with the 'Parable of the Talents', my favourite bible story, and some business and website design brainstorming to keep my skills up to date.

In Melbourne I visited Captain Cook's Cottage in the beautiful Fitzroy Gardens ( a 'Must See') and was delighted with its old world charm and quaintness. Even more so, I was thrilled that Victoria should take such exquisite care of this valuable part of our history. Even the Herb Garden was flourishing. What a delight to step back into the world of Captain James Cook - one of the many great men of history.

The other treasure I discovered was the garden in the Conservatory, where I was transported into a fairyland of colour, water features, greenery and the cool serenity of nature.

These are just a few of the thousands of natural energy boosters we can choose from to create excitement, pleasure and happiness. Read more in 'The Energy Book for Life'.

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• "The bigger and better your vocabulary and your Verbal Intelligence, the more successful and confident you will be in your life in general - in your work, in your social and personal life, and in your studies."
  
• "Words are power. Words are wealth. Words are your Intellectual Capital, the currency with which you communicate, relate to those around you, do business, express your full range of feelings from anger to love, create your personal literature, persuade, influence, guide others, and direct your own life."

Are our Dictionaries Shrinking?

It's an interesting fact that many words are being dropped from modern dictionaries.

It may appear that our vocabulary is shrinking, but is it expanding in different directions? In my internet favourites, I have an Australian Slang Dictionary and a Teen Slang Dictionary. The online www.wikipedia.org is a dictionary and encyclopedia, or your can go to www.dictionary.com

Behind every word there is a wealth of mind expanding information to energize you.

Written in the Sky

When you’re feeling sad, no joy in your life
And all of the world seems wrong
Look up to the sky, the trees and the birds
And listen to nature’s song.

If you're getting bogged in busy days
And focus on solid ground.
Then lift up your eyes to the hills and the stars
And magic you’ll see around.

No need to carry the weight of the world
For freedom is in the eye.
And joy is the gift you are given today
It’s written up in the sky.

So treat yourself to this life force boost.
The spring in your step will show.
You’ll have more to share when you’re feeling good
And happiness you will know.
© Joan Small

More Poems:http://www.joansmall.com/joansmallpoetry.htm

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Read more in
'The Energy Book For Life'
The Guide to Energetic Living.

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A funny slant on working hard

Relieve the frustration or boredom at your workplace with these ideas:

• Put a chair facing a printer. Sit there all day and tell people you're waiting for your document - a good way to think! I knew of a man who would stand in the doorway most of the day and smoke. He was actually thinking - and he was highly paid to come up with good ideas for mining companies.
• Every time someone asks you to do something, anything, ask him or her if they want fries with that. Or think of a a variation on the fries, and you may actually make extra money for your company. It was a success story for MacDonalds.
• Send e-mail back and forth to yourself, engaging yourself in an intellectual debate. Forward the mail to a co-worker and ask her to settle the disagreement - probably as much use as some emails!
• Encourage your colleagues to join you in a little synchronized chair-dancing - a good way to have fun and energize the workplace.
• Put your trash can on your desk and label it: IN. - Not so funny!? I onced worked in an office where one of the supervisors did his filing once a month by throwing his papers one by one in the waste paper basket.
  

Help came from the sky... From Superman

"Look up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! It's Superman!

And let's not forget Batman, who always seemed to swoop down from above:

"Better three hours too soon than a minute too late."

And if you thought you had problems!:

"It's sometimes difficult to think clearly when you're strapped to a printing press."

On a more serious note:

Maya Angelou -American Poet, b.1928:

“Lift up your eyes upon this day breaking for you. Give birth again to the dream.”

From my autograph book .. Lois Preston wrote:

The world is so full of a number of things,. I’m sure we should all be as happy as kings. Robert Louis Stevenson

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