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QUOTE OF THE
WEEK
"I awoke this morning with devout
thanksgiving for my friends, the old and the
new."
-- Waldo
Emerson
NOTE FROM COACH ANDREA
Happy Thanksgiving! A very Happy Thanksgiving
to you all! I wish to express my gratitude to you for
sharing your ideas, thoughts, feedback, challenges and
successes with me. Thank you for the deep connection
that you offer. There will be no Coaching Tip of the
Week on November 26, 2004, so that we may enjoy this
holiday with our families. We hope you enjoy your
holiday and look forward to a new tip on December 3,
2004. This week's tip is the same article and prayer
that I sent last year. I have had so many requests for
it, that I felt you could have value in seeing it again.
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GUEST ARTICLE:
Thanks-Giving: Making Gratitude Real
by Susan Klein, MCC |
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Gratitude doesn't come easy. Celebration and
gratitude for all that we have is one of the central
themes in Judaism as we celebrate the Sabbath from
sundown on Friday night to Saturday night. We do that
because it takes most of us 24 hours to let go of the
voices in our heads screaming at us about the things
we ought to be doing instead of just relaxing, enjoying
and celebrating our lives and the gifts from the
universe. The message on Sabbath is this: don't
spend this time "getting things together -- just relax
and open yourself up to the rest and
rejuvenation."It seems to me, Thanksgiving is very
similar. Unfortunately, the idea of really slowing down
enough to celebrate all that is good in our lives and in
the world, doesn't fit with the pace of our daily lives,
nor with the internal messages that "you haven't done
enough" and that "you are not enough." That's
probably why Americans resist making Thanksgiving the
spiritually rich holiday it has the potential to
be. Every year we do everything possible to avoid
the focus of giving thanks. Instead,
we fill our time with parades, football games,
preparations for eating and conversation at the table
that usually feels too awkward to allow us to immerse
ourselves in gratitude. Some courageous ones start
the meal by saying "let's go around and say something
for which we are grateful." Yet to stay in that mode of
gratitude for the whole meal, much less the whole day,
is almost unheard of. What if Thanksgiving started
the night before with a ritual of celebrating the
evening? What if we took 24 hours to focus our
gratitude? What if the day was dedicated to sharing
with each other the good things we had experienced all
year? What if families made a commitment to invite
3-4 single people, plus other couples to expand the
celebration beyond the family dimension? What if all
meals shared that day included singing, dancing, poetry
reading, story sharing?
Could we actually make this happen? Try it and see
what happens. Tell me what you did and said, what
obstacles you faced and how it worked out.
Susan Klein, Master Certified Coach can be reached at
http://www.coachklein.com.
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THIS DAY |
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This day, I thankfully accept all the good things
that are coming my way.This day is full of
excitement, love, energy, health and
prosperity. This day, people are calling on me to be
of service to them, and I respond by giving my very
best. This day, I think and practice health in my
life, refusing to accept anything less than perfect
health. This day, I focus on the moment and give
no thought to the past or to the future. This day, I
spend in total enjoyment of what I do. This day, I
spend in grateful appreciation of all that is
mine. This day, this hour, this minute, this moment
is all that I have and I will use it in celebration!
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COACHING CALL TO ACTION |
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During this Thanksgiving time:1. Be
present.
2. Be open.
3. Share and give of
yourself.
4. Be grateful.
5. Enjoy!
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ABOUT ANDREA NOVAKOWSKI |
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Coach Andrea's Coaching Tip of the Week is
brought to you by Andrea Novakowski, Master Certified
Coach who provides Business and Personal Coaching to
Corporations, Businesses, and Individuals. Andrea is a
professional coach who partners with people to set
goals and create momentum to produce effective
results in their business and/or personal lives.
Andrea is available for individual coaching. If you are
serious about reaching your goals and living with
greater fulfillment and satisfaction, consider using a
coach. To schedule a COMPLIMENTARY initial
consultation, send an e-mail to Andrea at
andrea@coachandrea.com.
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