<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><rss xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:openSearch="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/" xmlns:blogger="http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008" xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss" xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" version="2.0"><channel><atom:id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8033625593790493257</atom:id><lastBuildDate>Fri, 08 Nov 2024 15:36:37 +0000</lastBuildDate><category>positive attributes</category><category>Melissa Wittenborn</category><category>meeting the challenges of life</category><category>professional speaker</category><category>self-esteem</category><category>Blessing &amp; releasing</category><category>GOING GREEN WITH YOUR SELF-ESTEEM</category><category>Momotivation</category><category>academic success</category><category>financial ruin</category><category>health challenges</category><category>motivation</category><category>overcoming life challenges</category><category>positivity</category><category>self-esteem building in children</category><category>success in life</category><category>Changes</category><category>Holiday challenges</category><category>Hurricane Irene</category><category>Tsunami</category><category>blessing releasing</category><category>caretakers</category><category>challenges</category><category>elderly</category><category>going green</category><category>grateful</category><category>hurricane</category><category>job loss</category><category>overcoming life challenges professional speaker</category><category>overcoming negativity</category><category>storms</category><category>survival</category><category>team building</category><category>team spirit</category><category>winners</category><title>Melissa&#39;s Winners with Positive Attributes</title><description>Melissa&#39;s blog is dedicated to helping people embrace their positive attributes in order to increase their level of success in all areas of their lives.  Self-esteem building with the &quot;Bless and Release&quot; method will give people the tools they need to become a winner in life.</description><link>http://winnerswithpositiveattributes.blogspot.com/</link><managingEditor>noreply@blogger.com (Melissa&#39;s Winners with Positive Attributes)</managingEditor><generator>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>12</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8033625593790493257.post-4826458895207294864</guid><pubDate>Wed, 11 Dec 2013 16:24:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2013-12-11T10:30:49.153-06:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Blessing &amp; releasing</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">GOING GREEN WITH YOUR SELF-ESTEEM</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">grateful</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Holiday challenges</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Momotivation</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">positive attributes</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">positivity</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">professional speaker</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">survival</category><title>#Top 10 #Survival Tips from #Momotivation</title><description>&lt;div&gt;
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Every year around the holidays I do a “#life review” of what I am grateful for.&amp;nbsp; This year it was a difficult exercise due to the recent passing of my father.&amp;nbsp; Yes, even hopeless optimists like myself can find themselves working hard to get “unstuck from the yuck” zones.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This holiday season, and every holiday season since 9/11, I have written a #grateful letter to send out with my #holiday cards.&amp;nbsp; Even the years I struggled, I forced myself to do this exercise.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; By actively looking for #good, while in a bad phase of my life, I learn that no matter how difficult or hard my days, weeks or years have been &amp;nbsp;if I will only look….I will find good.&amp;nbsp; This year was no exception.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;While running around in the frigid weather hurriedly trying to accomplish so much for that #magical day when friends and families come together, DO sit down and slow down!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jeff Olson, CEO of Nerium International (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.blessandrelease.nerium.com/&quot; style=&quot;color: #336699; font-weight: normal;&quot;&gt;www.blessandrelease.nerium.com&lt;/a&gt;) and author of the Slight Edge, writes about “Slow Down to Go Fast”.&amp;nbsp; This applies in all aspects of our lives.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;#Momotivation’s #TOP 10 #Survival Tips for the #Holidays:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h4&gt;
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&lt;li style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: red;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &#39;lucida sans unicode&#39;, &#39;lucida grande&#39;, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 18px;&quot;&gt;Tell your loved ones you love them.&amp;nbsp; You never know when that chance will come again.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: red;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &#39;lucida sans unicode&#39;, &#39;lucida grande&#39;, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 18px;&quot;&gt;Take time to be alone with yourself and your thoughts.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: red;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &#39;lucida sans unicode&#39;, &#39;lucida grande&#39;, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 18px;&quot;&gt;Be grateful for SOMETHING every day.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: red;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &#39;lucida sans unicode&#39;, &#39;lucida grande&#39;, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 18px;&quot;&gt;Look for the good in your life, your environment, your family, and your friends.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: red;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &#39;lucida sans unicode&#39;, &#39;lucida grande&#39;, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 18px;&quot;&gt;Daily say to yourself, “This is MY day and MY time to be the best I can be!”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: red;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &#39;lucida sans unicode&#39;, &#39;lucida grande&#39;, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 18px;&quot;&gt;Keep a journal of your thoughts.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: red;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &#39;lucida sans unicode&#39;, &#39;lucida grande&#39;, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 18px;&quot;&gt;Remind yourself that your happiness is YOUR responsibility.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: red;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &#39;lucida sans unicode&#39;, &#39;lucida grande&#39;, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 18px;&quot;&gt;Change your thoughts about a negative situation by putting a positive spin on it.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: red;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &#39;lucida sans unicode&#39;, &#39;lucida grande&#39;, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 18px;&quot;&gt;SLOW down.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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My wish for each and every one of you is that you surround yourself with boundless love, joy, peace and happiness.&amp;nbsp; Slow down.&amp;nbsp; Take time to just be.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Joyfully yours,&lt;br /&gt;:)&lt;br /&gt;Melissa Wittenborn&lt;/h4&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16.5pt; line-height: 115%;&quot;&gt;“You are always free to change your mind and choose a different future,
or a different past.” ~Richard Bach&lt;br /&gt;
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While visiting my father whose #health is rapidly declining, I was forced to do
my own life review.&amp;nbsp; My father has mentioned that he has some #regrets
with his life.&amp;nbsp; Namely, that he did not walk out on a job that owned
patents to his inventions.&amp;nbsp; I told him, that at that point in time, he
made the perfect decision for himself.&amp;nbsp; He had a wife and children that
depended on him financially.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I have looked at my own life at the same time my father has looked at
his.&amp;nbsp; Regrets?&amp;nbsp; Not really.&amp;nbsp; I know that at the time I made
decisions for myself, they were “perfect” at that time, in that space.&amp;nbsp;
Hindsight is always so much wiser, right?&amp;nbsp; However, I do know that if I
was given the same choices today, perhaps I would do it differently.&amp;nbsp; The
difference between THEN and #NOW is the life experiences.&amp;nbsp; There is growth
in making choices for yourself; good, bad, or indifferent choices.&amp;nbsp; I do
not know of a single person in this world who is “perfect”.&amp;nbsp; We all have
our past baggage, our past choices, our past lives that seem to be “AHA”
moments now.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
What I have learned in the past month, attempting to care for my father and his
health is that I only have control over the now.&amp;nbsp; The todays.&amp;nbsp; I
can’t predict the future, nor can I change the past.&amp;nbsp; It is what it
is.&amp;nbsp; Period.&amp;nbsp; What I can change, however, is my thoughts.&amp;nbsp; My
father has a way of making people feel guilty about his choices, his past, and
his path of life.&amp;nbsp; Or is it, rather, I have allowed that #guilt to be
taken in by me?&amp;nbsp; This has been an interesting observation for me.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
What I can do is #change myself.&amp;nbsp; I can change my thoughts.&amp;nbsp; I can
change my #future.&amp;nbsp; I can look at life in the optimistic way that I choose
to look at it.&amp;nbsp; No regrets.&amp;nbsp; No guilt.&amp;nbsp; My father’s constant
rage, anger and hateful words are just that.&amp;nbsp; Words.&amp;nbsp; Nothing more,
nothing less.&amp;nbsp; They aren’t necessarily aimed at me, personally, but rather,
his own “life review”.&amp;nbsp; I can either #embrace the words and the anger, or
just simply #love him.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
My siblings and I have had many conversations over this new period in my
father’s life.&amp;nbsp; My mantra is that I choose to love him where he is
at.&amp;nbsp; I don’t need to agree or disagree with him, but he is after all, my
father.&amp;nbsp; The only one I have in this lifetime.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
It is sad to know that someone will leave this world being an angry
person.&amp;nbsp; It is sad to know that my father, who accomplished more than any
other 84 year old I know, to date, will leave this world with regrets.&amp;nbsp;
What is there to regret?&amp;nbsp; He raised 3 amazing children.&amp;nbsp; He has 6
amazing grandchildren.&amp;nbsp; His inventions are countless.&amp;nbsp; He was raised
by an abusive foster parent, and yet, persisted to achieve so much in this
life.&amp;nbsp; He invented the cranks on the basketball hoops that are still used
to this day in gymnasiums.&amp;nbsp; He invented the jigsaw puzzle mats that keep
children safe when they play.&amp;nbsp; He invented all sorts of other devices to
keep children safe when they play.&amp;nbsp; He invented the palletizer for
palletizing cases of beer coming off the beer line.&amp;nbsp; His designs at the
OLD WORLD #Busch Gardens Park in Williamsburg, Virginia, have won the most
beautiful park award many times over.&amp;nbsp; He even had a John Gotti story.
&amp;nbsp;I’d say that is an amazing life?!?&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
My lesson today is “life is what it is.”&amp;nbsp; There are #no regrets.
&amp;nbsp;#Regrets eat at the soul and fester inside of us in unhealthy ways.&amp;nbsp;
If we always had hindsight, of course, we might have made different choices for
ourselves but we didn’t.&amp;nbsp; The past is the past.&amp;nbsp; It is history.&amp;nbsp;
It is what makes our lives so unique and interesting.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Today, I am “blessing and releasing” my past.&amp;nbsp; I have so much in my past
that I love and embrace, and THAT is what I choose to focus on.&amp;nbsp; The
positive memories, the upbeat times, the happier days is what makes up all of
us.&amp;nbsp; It’s what makes us who and what we are.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
#Love yourself.&amp;nbsp; Love your past.&amp;nbsp; Love others where they are
at.&amp;nbsp; Participate actively and fully in your own journey, and always,
always, embrace today.&amp;nbsp; For today is all you have.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Go out and make it an amazing day, for as one of my dear friends always says,
#“These are the good ‘ole days!”&lt;br /&gt;
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#Relationship changes/challenges.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
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#Health changes/challenges.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
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#Relocation changes/challenges.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
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#Parenting changes/challenges.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
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#Financial changes/challenges.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
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Do any of these
changes or challenges sound familiar to YOU?&amp;nbsp;
Do you expect that the unexpected will happen to you?&amp;nbsp; OR, do you hope that everything remains
unchanged.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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While speaking at a recent event, one of my audience members
paraphrased my manta, “Life has many interesting twist and turns and it is what
we do with the twists and turns that makes us feel like our life is good or
not.”, and she said, “OR JUST EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED.”&amp;nbsp; Simple enough, eh?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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My life has had nothing but changes and challenges in it
these past few weeks.&amp;nbsp; I NEVER expect the
unexpected, as I am a perpetual optimist.&amp;nbsp;
If I don’t look for it, then it won’t happen, right?&amp;nbsp; Well, obviously, life can throw us some
serious curve balls at a time when we least expect it.&amp;nbsp; Someone near and dear to us could have a
serious health challenge.&amp;nbsp; Someone near
and dear to us could throw us a curve ball when we least expect us.&amp;nbsp; Our employer could throw us out of a job when
we least expect it.&amp;nbsp; Life happens.&amp;nbsp; Admittedly, much of what happens to us in
life is not part of “the plan.”&amp;nbsp; Optimists,
such as me are often blindsided by these diversions or “twists in the
road.”&amp;nbsp; So what do you do?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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A very dear friend of mine said to me, “Ok---hang up the
pity party curtains, but don’t stay there too long.”&amp;nbsp; In other words, grieve, rant, rave, declare
the injustices of the world from a mountain top, but then what?&amp;nbsp; It’s the “then what” when people get “stuck
in the yuck”, as I call it.&amp;nbsp; For myself,
I am surrounding myself with people who are uplifting.&amp;nbsp; I CHOOSE to spend time with people who can
say a positive word or two to me.&amp;nbsp; I am limiting
time around negative people and negative situations.&amp;nbsp; If somebody says something negative, I say,
“I’m sorry, I just can’t have this conversation right now.&amp;nbsp; Would it be alright if we talk another time?”&amp;nbsp; Protecting myself?&amp;nbsp; YOU BET!!!&amp;nbsp;
Who better to watch out for Y.O.U. than you?!?&amp;nbsp; I am setting myself daily goals to try and
achieve each day.&amp;nbsp; I am putting one foot
in front of the other, and if something else happens, I am “blessing and
releasing” my NOW goals and just tabling them while I deal with other
situations in my life.&amp;nbsp; “It is what it
is.”&amp;nbsp; I am a planner.&amp;nbsp; I am a person who overthinks every aspect of
herself over and over and over again, to the point of exhaustion.&lt;/div&gt;
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&amp;nbsp; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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Remember when I say, #control yourself.&amp;nbsp; Control what YOU can control and “bless and
release” everything else?&amp;nbsp; That’s what
I’m doing.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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My father is currently in the process of #dying.&amp;nbsp; His choices about his care and health aren’t
particularly choices I would make for him.&amp;nbsp;
However, he is capable of making his own decisions and I am learning how
to honor him where he is at.&amp;nbsp; My brother,
sister and I have spent countless hours on the phone trying to reconcile what
we “think” it should be and what “is.”&amp;nbsp;
Right now.&amp;nbsp; Today.&amp;nbsp; This hour.&amp;nbsp;
This moment.&amp;nbsp; I feel like I have
gotten a good swift kick in the behind.&amp;nbsp;
Is there a lesson in my current challenging situation(s)?&amp;nbsp; You bet.&amp;nbsp;
The lesson is this, I can only control me.&amp;nbsp; I cannot control another person or their
thoughts.&amp;nbsp; I CAN control how I respond to
others.&amp;nbsp; I CAN control how I keep myself
healthy working through my life situations.&amp;nbsp;
I CAN control the amount of negativity I listen to.&amp;nbsp; I CAN control the people I surround myself
with during this difficult time.&amp;nbsp; There
is much I can control.&amp;nbsp; I can’t control,
if my father will die at the perfect time in my life.&amp;nbsp; I can’t control that my father is making
choices I don’t particularly agree with.&amp;nbsp;
I can’t control what others think about my various life situations.&amp;nbsp; So, I am, “blessing and releasing” myself and
others from expectations I have, and living my life in the NOW.&amp;nbsp; The only future I have is today.&amp;nbsp; Now.&amp;nbsp; I
am constantly looking for ways to lift myself up.&amp;nbsp; I take walks and get lost in nature.&amp;nbsp; I journal.&amp;nbsp;
I listen to uplifting music and cd’s.&amp;nbsp;
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That is all.&amp;nbsp; #Today.&amp;nbsp; #Now.&amp;nbsp; #This moment, it’s all just perfect!&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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Recently, I started feeling like my life is at a
standstill.&amp;nbsp; Have you ever felt like
that?&amp;nbsp; Where you don’t really know what
the “right” answer is, but all you know is that life is throwing you curveballs
just when you seemed to be moving in a more positive direction.&amp;nbsp; Can you relate?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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My own personal challenge is my father’s rapidly declining
health.&amp;nbsp; Just when I got some momentum
going in my businesses, my father phoned me and he said he needed me.&amp;nbsp; Now.&amp;nbsp;
ASAP.&amp;nbsp; Do I drop everything to
assist him and his wife?&amp;nbsp; OR Do I tell him
when it IS a good time or better time for ME?&amp;nbsp;
There is no perfect answer.&amp;nbsp; This
current challenge is now testing my “patience” vibes, which anyone who knows me
knows this is NOT my thing!&amp;nbsp; LOL!&amp;nbsp; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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So, what I am learning, (or in this case relearning,) &amp;nbsp;is to just ebb and flow with my life.&amp;nbsp; My time with my father soon will be a
distant, pleasant memory and then I will not worry about things like, “Is this
time with dad taking away from other things I am seeking?”&amp;nbsp; I am reminded, yet again, in this bump in the
road that everything happens and comes to us in its own divine timing.&amp;nbsp; I am asked by family friends and relatives, “Should
I visit him?&amp;nbsp; What should I do?”&amp;nbsp; My answer is always the same.&amp;nbsp; Do what you need to do in this moment in
time.&amp;nbsp; For all we can really handle is
today.&amp;nbsp; Now.&amp;nbsp; There is NOTHING else anyone can do in a
situation such as this.&amp;nbsp; So what am I
doing?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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now” moment, then I do drop everything and help in any way that I can.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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giving myself permission to maybe not accomplish all that I want to “Right Now”.&amp;nbsp; (Sometimes society places the “sense of
urgency” mentality in our heads.)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;/span&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;I am taking walks outside to clear my head.&amp;nbsp; Responsibilities placed on the people that
will be cleaning up after someone else leaves us can show up as our own new
challenges.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;/span&gt;&lt;!--[endif]--&gt;&amp;nbsp;Repeating
out loud to myself, “I am well.”&amp;nbsp; “I am
perfect where I am with my life.”&amp;nbsp; “All
is well.”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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This particular challenge has forced me to look at my own
life and do my own life review.&amp;nbsp; Facing
another person’s death always does that for you.&amp;nbsp; But the biggest thing my father has done for
me is to remind me that life is for the living.&amp;nbsp;
Life is something that is a gift.&amp;nbsp;
Life IS the now and the todays.&amp;nbsp;
Life is not the tomorrows.&amp;nbsp; We can
only control ourselves and the now.&amp;nbsp; Life
is for learning.&amp;nbsp; Life is for “no regrets”,
but rather for learning.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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So, embrace the challenges that life puts in your path.&amp;nbsp; As one of my audience members reminded me
just this week, “Expect the Unexpected.”&amp;nbsp;
Sometimes the “unexpected” will/can give you the biggest blessings you’ve
ever received.&amp;nbsp; I know that to be true in
my own life.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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Embrace the challenges.&amp;nbsp;
Push through.&amp;nbsp; Move forward. Or as
I tell people, “Bless and release”, and move on.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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Make it your most incredible day ever!&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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1. &quot;Bless &amp;amp; Release&quot;&lt;br /&gt;
2. &amp;nbsp;It is what It is&lt;br /&gt;
3. &amp;nbsp;Control YOU&lt;br /&gt;
4. &amp;nbsp;Forgive&lt;br /&gt;
5. &amp;nbsp;ONE step at a time&lt;br /&gt;
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I often have people say to me, &quot;You know Melissa, I&#39;m not as strong as you are. &amp;nbsp;I could NEVER do the things you have done.&quot; &amp;nbsp;My answer is always the same. &amp;nbsp;&quot;It&#39;s a choice.&quot; &lt;br /&gt;
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I have been through many rough patches in my life. &amp;nbsp;I even have 4 out of 5 sensory losses, but never give that any power over my thoughts. &amp;nbsp;I never give my challenges an option to be the EVERYTHING in my life. &amp;nbsp;Is it easy to do? &amp;nbsp;NO! &amp;nbsp;Is it hard to do? &amp;nbsp;YES! &amp;nbsp;I always try to take some sort of learning into my experiences. &amp;nbsp;I try to focus on what I CAN control. &amp;nbsp;I try to forgive others who have done me &quot;wrong&quot;. &amp;nbsp;I try to see and look for blessings in every aspect of my life. &amp;nbsp;That is what I call, &quot;Bless &amp;amp; Release&quot;. &amp;nbsp;If I can change a thought and think, &quot;Is this a blessing in disguise?&quot; rather than, &quot;WHY ME?&quot;, it feeds the good within me. &amp;nbsp;I try to look at it for what it is. &amp;nbsp;It is a bump in the long road to life. &amp;nbsp;As I joke about in my talks, as I was lying in the hospital ICU unit fighting for my life, I thought, &quot;Well, at least I don&#39;t have to do the laundry this week.&quot; &amp;nbsp;Silly? &amp;nbsp;Of course! &amp;nbsp;But it got me through. &amp;nbsp;These &quot;crazy&quot;, positive thoughts ALWAYS get me through. &amp;nbsp;What could I do to control another person injuring me? &amp;nbsp;Nothing! &amp;nbsp;What could I control while lying in the ICU unit? &amp;nbsp;Not much...but I COULD control my thoughts. &amp;nbsp;I COULD control what I chose to listen to. &amp;nbsp;I COULD control my mind. &amp;nbsp;I COULD control my attitude. &amp;nbsp;That&#39;s what I focused on. &amp;nbsp;Forgive someone who caused me personal and lasting harm? &amp;nbsp;Yep, I did that too! &amp;nbsp;WHY!??! &amp;nbsp;People ask me all the time. &amp;nbsp;My answer is simple. &amp;nbsp;Because without forgiveness, healing would have never taken place. &amp;nbsp;We all make stupid choices in our lives. &amp;nbsp;Sometimes they become irrevocable, but nevertheless, not the best choices. &amp;nbsp;So I take it one step at a time. &amp;nbsp;I embrace good. &amp;nbsp;Sometimes I have to look really hard for it, and other times, it falls into my lap. &lt;br /&gt;
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If you, or anyone you know needs help getting &quot;unstuck&quot; in the &quot;yuck&quot;, let me know either through e-mail: &amp;nbsp;melissa@momotivation.com or have them click here http://www.momotivation.com/index.php/products/ &amp;nbsp;Most people feel great after only a one hour consultation with me.&lt;br /&gt;
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Make it a GREAT day!&lt;br /&gt;
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Love,&lt;br /&gt;
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http://www.momotivation.com&lt;br /&gt;
melissa@momotivation.com&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;What do you do to demonstrate self-love to yourself during these difficult holiday times? &amp;nbsp;Do you overeat? &amp;nbsp;Do you drink to excess? Do you go shopping? Do you hole up in your house and indulge in long pity parties? &amp;nbsp;Do you call a friend ranting? &amp;nbsp;Do you take it out on other people when you&#39;re stressed? &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;Do you run around and do other things to avoid looking at your own chaos?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;We all deal with stressful situations, holiday stress, in different ways. &amp;nbsp;There are healthful ways to deal with your stress and eliminate chaotic behavior that usually adds MORE stress to your life!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;At a recent talk at Leeza&#39;s Place in Joliet, Illinois&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: transparent;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;http://leezasplace.org/about.html&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;I spoke to caregivers about the importance of self-love before selfless love in caring for others. &amp;nbsp;It is crucial that you honor yourself first and foremost, before taking care of others. &amp;nbsp;This would apply to caregivers, but also to anyone else who cares for someone. &amp;nbsp;It would apply to you as you deal with anyone you have a relationship with: &amp;nbsp;spouse, significant other, parents, children, friends, co-workers, to name a few.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;So how do you slow down and calm yourself during these stressful days ahead? &amp;nbsp;I am offering coaching sessions in December/January at a discounted price to help you. &amp;nbsp;Most people feel better and are given tools to help them after only an hour session with me. &amp;nbsp;Some people like to check in when things get chaotic in their lives. &amp;nbsp;Why not give yourself, friends and others the gift of self-love this holiday season? &amp;nbsp;I am making it affordable to everyone up until December 24th.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;My wish for each and every one of you is to find some peace, some inner calmness in your lives right now. &amp;nbsp;Not only will you benefit directly from this, but others in your environment will too.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;I am so very grateful each and every one of you are in my life. &amp;nbsp;It is in my journey with you that I learn to embrace so much.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;Make it a self-loving holiday and a fabulous New Year!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;Gratefully,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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</description><link>http://winnerswithpositiveattributes.blogspot.com/2012/12/for-more-information-on-booking-me-to.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Melissa&#39;s Winners with Positive Attributes)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8033625593790493257.post-8530956113527665104</guid><pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2011 16:44:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-10-10T11:45:19.199-05:00</atom:updated><title>Don&#39;t Quit!</title><description>For more information on booking me to speak go to  &lt;a href=&quot;http://momotivation.com/&quot;&gt;http://momotivation.com&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://winnerswithpositiveattributes.blogspot.com/2011/10/dont-quit.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Melissa&#39;s Winners with Positive Attributes)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8033625593790493257.post-6167067960398806023</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2011 01:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-08-30T20:26:47.247-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">blessing releasing</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">financial ruin</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">health challenges</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">hurricane</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Hurricane Irene</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">job loss</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Melissa Wittenborn</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">motivation</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">overcoming life challenges professional speaker</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">storms</category><title>STORMS OF LIFE</title><description>&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;&quot;The rainbows of life follow the storm.&quot;  Unknown&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;So before Hurricane Irene even hit the east coast of the United States, I had been doing some private &quot;Bless &amp;amp; Release&quot; sessions with people helping them move through the storms of their lives.  Several of my clients lost their jobs.  Some were even close to retirement and wonder, &quot;WHY ME?  WHY NOW?&quot; Another had lots of responsibilities with jobs, an unhealthy spouse and children to care for.  The list is endless.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Have you ever been through a storm or hurricane and found it to be so big, you thought you were going to have to build an ark?  Have you ever driven through a torrential downpour and wondered if you would EVER see the sun again?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sometimes, in life, we have our own &quot;storms&quot;.  Sometimes the storms come in the loss of a loved one, either through divorce, separation or death.  Sometimes we lose our homes, like in the case of a hurricane, tornado, flooding, or earthquake.  Sometimes we lose our cars in an accident.  Sometimes we lose our money in the financial markets.  Sometimes we lose our health.  Sometimes we lose our hope.  Sometimes we lose sight of all of our dreams.  Sometimes we lose our children to college, marriage, or at war.  Often times, in the darkest part of the storm, we seem to lose faith in ourselves.  We lose our confidence and hope.  Yet, most of us seem to weather the storms of life and come out of it ok.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Have you ever looked at a large tree?  Do you wonder....how many storms has this tree seen?  Do you think about how deep the trees roots get with each passing year?  Have you noticed that most healthy trees can move and sway with the storms that come its way?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We, too, can root ourselves like trees.  We can dig deep with the roots of our souls and make a decision that this, too, shall pass.  Some trees sustain the storm longer and better than others.  People are no different.  Yet, the trees and people make decisions as to how many storms they will weather.  They make a decision if it&#39;s worth fighting for or not.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Personally, I think most storms are worth fighting for, because at a certain point, when you have won the battle of the storm, it feels really terrific to know that you have that survivor capability.  The deep rooted feeling of anchoring yourself in the &quot;storm&quot;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So here&#39;s  a helpful &quot;Bless &amp;amp; Release&quot; activity for you as you weather the storms of life.  I&#39;ve used it with sever of my individual clients, as well as in my talks.  Get a journal, notebook or a piece of paper and write down the storm that you are going through.  Write down every single emotion you have attached to it.  Write how you are feeling as you move through the storm.  Don&#39;t worry about grammar, punctuation or anything else other than writing down your thoughts and feelings.  Now read it out loud.  Does it still seem bad?  Sometimes just doing a purging of your thoughts this way can make it seem like it&#39;s not so bad after all.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now take a piece of paper and divide it in half.  Write down CAN and CAN NOT.  In the CAN column write down what you CAN control about the situation.  Do the same with the CAN NOT column.  For example, if you just went through the hurricane, and are facing home repairs, write HURRICANE in the CAN NOT column.  You can&#39;t control a hurricane.  In the CAN column write down what you need to do to move through this &quot;storm&quot;.  For example, buying a pump and eliminating water out of your basement is a CAN do.  Calling contractors and trying to figure out a way to present to them that you need to be their top priority.  Did you attempt to protect your home but yet, it failed?  You tried to control it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There are many things in our lives that we can not control.  Look at these &quot;storms&quot; as some sort of present that has been given to you.  A gift.  A blessing in disguise.  Likely when you move through the storm, you will find that in the long run, looking back it all turned out alright.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I remember when my own home flooded, I was devastated.  I loved our beautifully furnished basement.  My office was there!  Once our insurance company helped us move through it, we created such a beautiful space that our teenage children were bringing their friends to OUR home to hang out.  Such a gift.  Such a beautiful thing to have happen.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So move through the &quot;storms&#39; quickly and if you feel yourself getting stuck, do not hesitate to do a one hour consultation with me to help you move through it.  Don&#39;t get stuck.  Nothing feels better than to push through.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;May all your &quot;storms&quot; and challenges be your most beautiful blessings.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Go and make it an AWESOME DAY!&lt;br /&gt;:)&lt;br /&gt;Melissa&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For more information on booking me to speak go to&lt;a href=&quot;http://momotivation.com/&quot;&gt;http://www.momotivation.com&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://winnerswithpositiveattributes.blogspot.com/2011/08/storms-of-life.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Melissa&#39;s Winners with Positive Attributes)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8033625593790493257.post-6971642164051267863</guid><pubDate>Thu, 17 Mar 2011 23:20:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2011-03-17T18:35:48.249-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">financial ruin</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">health challenges</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">meeting the challenges of life</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Melissa Wittenborn</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">motivation</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">overcoming life challenges</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">positive attributes</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">professional speaker</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">self-esteem</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Tsunami</category><title>The Tsunamis of Life</title><description>This week I talked to the NEW BEGINNINGS group that helps people who have been through divorce, death or separation of loved ones. Last week I visited some islands in the Caribbean, at the same time the tsunami hit Japan. These events got me thinking about how we cope with the tsunamis of life. The times in your life when all of a sudden you are faced with losing a loved one, either through an emotional or physical death. How about he times in your life when you are facing financial ruin, due to the markets&#39; quick descent? Has there been a time in your life when a health challenge just slaps you up the side of the head?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;All of these challenges can feel like a tsunami, an out-of-the blue tidal wive in your life. They can come up at the least expected time, and you wonder, &quot;Why me? Why now?&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In my book GOING GREEN WITH YOUR SELF-ESTEEM, I talk about such challenges in life. I help people to look at these tsunamis, or challenges, as an actual blessing in your life. To take these challenges, and quickly change your mindset to look at them like a blessing will help people to move through these &quot;tsunamis&quot; more quickly.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;How do you do this? By harnessing your move positive attribute(s)! What are you reallllllly good at doing? What is a great trait about you that people comment on all the time? What possible good could you find in this tsunami-like moment?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yes, life is full of it&#39;s challenges, and tsunami-like events. However, we all have them at some point in our lives. Embrace them as a gift or a blessing, and see if you don&#39;t recover from your tsunami times more quickly. Harness your positive traits and focus on how good you are, and what good you can derive from your tsunami. Once you accomplish that, you will be able to release the tsunami and get back to ground zero. Embrace your challenges, love yourself and all of your great traits, and as always......make it an AWESOME DAY!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Blessings! Always!!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;:)&lt;br /&gt;Melissa Wittenborn&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;PROFESSIONAL SPEAKER/AUTHOR&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;GOING GREEN WITH YOUR SELF-ESTEEM&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For more information on booking me to speak go to&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.momotivation.com/&quot;&gt;http://www.momotivation.com/&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://winnerswithpositiveattributes.blogspot.com/2011/03/tsunamis-of-life.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Melissa&#39;s Winners with Positive Attributes)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8033625593790493257.post-8837662867998367483</guid><pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 19:03:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-08-30T14:10:38.685-05:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">going green</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">meeting the challenges of life</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Melissa Wittenborn</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">positive attributes</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">self-esteem</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">self-esteem building in children</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">success in life</category><title>Are you a &quot;Weed&quot; or &quot;Flower&quot;?</title><description>&lt;strong&gt;ARE YOU A &quot;WEED&quot; OR &quot;FLOWER&quot;?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&quot;What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered.&quot; Unknown &lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As I was shopping for office supplies this past week, I noticed parents and children excitedly running through the store for school supplies. They were experiencing new classes, new friends, new teachers, new activities, new learning at the start of the school year. The parents get a much needed break from 24/7 entertainment for children with too much free time in the summer, but now are immediately back to the grind of making sure their children follow through on their assignments and school responsibilities.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Some children start back to school feeling like a &quot;weed&quot;. Dealing with fears about what the new school year brings for them. They wonder what their new teachers will be like. They are concerned if they will fit in at school.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Adults also start to contemplate what it is they have accomplished in the past 8 months. Some adults are even envious that children get a &quot;clean slate&quot; every year, while they remain in the same old drudge of day-to-day life. The day-to-day tasks of making ends meet, of arranging their work schedules around their children&#39;s various school and after-school activities, of keeping the household humming, as well as limiting stress for themselves and their families. Parents also sometimes feel like &quot;weeds&quot; in their home and work environments. As adults we oftentimes wonder if we are a &quot;weed&quot; with undiscovered virtues or if perhaps we need to take a new direction with our lives.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So how can you become a flower? How can you change your &quot;weed&quot; mentality into a &quot;flower&quot; mentality?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One way to help yourself is to sit down and think about what your strengths are. What are you good at? What are other people always complimenting you on? To help you with these questions try doing these 3 quick easy things.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. Write down one word that describes you.&lt;br /&gt;2. Write down one thing you know you are good at.&lt;br /&gt;3. Write down one sentence that identifies your strengths.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Put these on 3 separate index cards and every morning when you wake up say these 3 things aloud to yourself. Soon you will discover that the &quot;weed&quot; mentality quickly unfolds into a blossoming beautiful &quot;flower&quot; we call YOU!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Many blessings to you and your challenges!&lt;br /&gt;Melissa&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For more information on booking me to speak go to&lt;a href=&quot;http://momotivation.com/&quot;&gt;http://momotivation.com/&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://winnerswithpositiveattributes.blogspot.com/2010/08/are-you-weed-or-flower.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Melissa&#39;s Winners with Positive Attributes)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8033625593790493257.post-8070641966972240521</guid><pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 20:47:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-01-20T14:50:11.735-06:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">academic success</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">overcoming life challenges</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">positive attributes</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">self-esteem</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">success in life</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">winners</category><title>Winners</title><description>WINNERS!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Are you a winner? Do you think you COULD be a winner? Does winning anything seem too far out of your reach?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Why do some of us think we can&#39;t be winners? You don&#39;t have to win the Olympic Gold Medal to be a &quot;winner&quot;. You don&#39;t have to be the class valedictorian to be a &quot;winner&quot;. &lt;br /&gt;Do you think some of the Haitian survivors might be considered &quot;winners&quot;? What about the man who was yelling at demolition people in Haiti to STOP with the heavy equipment because his wife was alive under the rubble? He got his wife to respond back to him after being buried under the rubble for over 6 days . He was yelling at people that YES his wife was alive in spite of the odds against her. Is this woman&#39;s husband a &quot;winner&quot;? Is this woman a &quot;winner&quot;?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I think all of us have positive attributes within ourselves to all be winners. I think that every person could really sit down and convince themselves that they are really good at something. Some people are smart. Some people are clever. Some people are pretty. Some people have a pretty smile. Some people are artistic. Some people are creative. Some people are good with numbers. Some people see the good in people. Some people are just &quot;good&quot;. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So go out and be a &quot;winner&quot; in some big or small way. My guess is that your new definition of a winner will be your new design on life.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you are looking for someone to challenge your group to have a more winning attitude, feel free to call me at 630-747-8221 or e-mail me at mo_motivation@yahoo.com and I will share with you how to:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Start over with your life after experiencing challenging setbacks.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2. Embrace your positive attributes to help your mindset shift to a more positive way of thinking.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3. . Embrace your unique qualities to build success in your life.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For more information on booking me to speak go to&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://momotivation.com/&quot;&gt;http://momotivation.com&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://winnerswithpositiveattributes.blogspot.com/2010/01/winners.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Melissa&#39;s Winners with Positive Attributes)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8033625593790493257.post-1328294194391362377</guid><pubDate>Sun, 17 Jan 2010 02:12:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2010-01-20T14:56:23.779-06:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">academic success</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">meeting the challenges of life</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">self-esteem building in children</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">team building</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">team spirit</category><title>Winners With Positive Attributes</title><description>Ever wonder what positive attributes winners have?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Winners are goal oriented people. They design a plan to keep their focus going, even when they think they can&#39;t. They lay out the foundation that tells them which steps to take in order to get to their goal. Winners are people who believe in themselves and what they are doing. Winners do not let negative people deter them from their thinking.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Winners will take what they know they can do, their positive attributes, and focus on what they can do and figure out a way to make it better. Winners will always have a plan. Winners will &quot;Bless and Release&quot; the negative thoughts and use their subconcious minds to reinforce what their concious minds want to believe.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you are a small business owner, educator, or a team coach, call me to help you:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1. Build team spirit to devlop a winning team.&lt;br /&gt;2. Increase academic success by developing healthy mental attitudes.&lt;br /&gt;3. Increase success in life by embracing your unique talents.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For more information on booking me to speak go to&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://momotivation.com/&quot;&gt;http://momotivation.com/&lt;/a&gt;</description><link>http://winnerswithpositiveattributes.blogspot.com/2010/01/winners-with-positive-attributes.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Melissa&#39;s Winners with Positive Attributes)</author><thr:total>1</thr:total></item></channel></rss>