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Soft Shoulder Advice
Blog #94 By Michelle
Drew June 13 2006
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Advice Question
Hello
Michelle;
I am in an
European country with a man that gets into
rages over
nothing. He has temper tantrums tht are
uncontrollable.
I just need to talk to someone
sane,til I
can leave. I am trying to stay calm. Just
talk to me.
Eurolady
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Dear
Eurolady;
If you are
in danger, move out immediately. If you are a US citizen,
go to the
embassy. Hopefully they can assist you in finding shelter
and
arangements for a plane home. They should also be able to help
you alert
the authorities.
If you are a
resident of your country, you had best contact the local
police,
women's shelter, and/or an attorney.
Once you are
safe, you can re-evaluate your life plan fior the long term.
His temper
will not wait until it is convenient for you to leave. The
sooner you
leave, the better chance of surviving and seeing a brighter
future.
Michelle
All Good Thoughts
Realize
that true happiness lies within you. Waste no
time and effort searching for peace and contentment
and joy in the world outside. Remember that there is
no happiness in having or in getting, but only in giving.
Reach out. Share. Smile. Hug. Happiness is a perfume
you cannot pour on others without getting a few drops
on yourself.
Og Mandino
You
are not here merely to make a living. You are
here
in order to enable the world to live more amply,
with
greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and
achievement.
You are here to enrich the world, and
you
impoverish yourself if you forget the errand.
President
Woodrow Wilson
Inspirational
Reading
Thanks to Michael Thomas at
E-Encourager for this article
THE POWER OF GIVING
The famous Polish pianist Ignace
Paderewski's agreed to play a concert organized by two Stanford
University students working their way through school. Paderewski's
manager said they would have to guarantee the artist a fee of $2,000.
The boys agreed and eventually the concert was held.
Though
the two student promoters worked hard, they took in only $1,600.
Discouraged, they told Paderewski of their efforts and handed him the
$1,600 with a note promising to pay him the balance of $400. But the
artist tore up the note and gave them back the $1,600.
"Take
your expenses out of this," he said, "give yourselves each 10% of
what's left for your work, and let me have the rest."
Years
later, Paderewski was faced with feeding the people of his war-ravaged Poland. Amazingly, even before a request was
made, thousands of tons of food were sent to Poland by the United
States. Paderewski later traveled to Paris to thank Herbert Hoover, who
headed up the US relief effort.
"That's
all right, Mr. Paderewski," said Hoover, "I knew that the need was
great. And besides, though you may not remember it, I was one of the
two college students whom you generously helped when I was in need."
Paderewski
reaped a harvest he had sown years before. And so it is. When we give,
we receive. Maybe not exactly the thing we gave, and maybe not at the
time it was given. It is also true that when we give from our hearts,
when we give in a spirit of love and compassion, we receive even more
than we gave. It's a basic law of successful living. Powerful enough to change a life.
