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July 2009

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Pumpkin Lasagne 

Place a layer of lasagne sheets in a buttered 9-by-13-inch baking dish. Layer with pumpkin, then onion mix, and lasagne sheets until you finish with pumpkin mixture and sprinkle the remaining cheese on top.  Dot with remaining butter, cut into small pieces. Cover and bake for 20 minutes.  Uncover and bake for 15 minutes more.  Serve with Baked Vegies or salad.

Quote of the month

"You can't cross a sea by merely
staring into the water."

Rabindranath Tagore

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Dear Reader

I was delighted to attend a seminar held by The Smith Family, where a wonderful psychology student and myself as a mentor, were asked to speak to students who were entering the mentoring programme.  WOW!!

If you want a self-esteem boost, do some volunteering or mentoring.  It is such a wonderful and rewarding experience for both you and your student.  It's fun, it's enlightening, it's a commitment and it's a resource too.

There are loads of opportunities for mentoring or volunteering, whether here or overseas, so go online and let your fingers search.

It's a decision that will warm your heart for many years to come.

Until next month, Live Life 2 The Max!  Narelle

Relationships - like navigating a big ship through shallow waters in a narrow channel?

© Narelle Stratford 2009

Relationships are so tricky aren't they?  When they're good, they're very very good, and when they're bad, they can be awful. 

Usually we hold back from saying something out of fear, fear of rejection, fear of hurt, fear of saying too much, fear of saying the wrong thing.  That fear comes up because we are focussing on fear more than we focus on love.  

When we come from a love space, a love feeling, an unconditional regard for someone else, than that love permeates everything - our words, our gestures our acceptance of another person as doing the best they can.

When our fears come up, we are worrying about the response we will get...

•   Should I say this, or will she fly off the handle?

•   Should I give him a hug or will he interpret that as     meaning something more than a hug that says "I care about you"?

•   Should I talk about this because it is bothering me or will he think I am just a nag?

•   Should I tell her how I really feel or will she collapse in a heap?

In these situations and I know you have been in them, just like me, we are anticipating a negative reaction, or a reaction that won't meet with our approval and that means that we are not staying calm, serene and full of love for the other person.

When we hold another person in a space of love in our heart (and that can be the boss, your boyfriend or girlfriend, wife or husband, partner or friend) then that love is what comes through. 

To love unconditionally is different to sexual or physical love.  It is to care, to commend, to nurture, to support, and at the same time it is to speak the truth as best we can with words that will do the commending, nurturing, supporting and holding of that person in a space of love, respect and knowledge that he or she is doing the best they can.

Instead of worrying about the reaction you are going to get, or how you will feel scared or angry when you speak, instead, embrace a feeling of love in your heart as you speak softly, wisely and lovingly so that your love is felt and received, even as you deliver the message so it is understood.

Need help with that?  Give Narelle a call and make an appointment now on 07 3040 2322.

Invite your men along to the MEN'S WORKSHOP! GET CLUED IN ON WOMEN to gain more skills in communicating and understanding the mysterious women in their life.  

 Master's Wisdom!

"The more positively reliable I am
the more positively successful I am."

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