Nevertheless, the little girl brought the gift box to her mother the next morning and then said, “This is for you, Momma.”

The mother was embarrassed by her earlier over reaction, but her anger flared again when she opened the box and found it was empty. She spoke to her daughter in a harsh manner.

“Don’t you know, young lady, when you give someone a present, there’s supposed to be something inside the package?”

She had tears in her eyes and said, “Oh, Momma, it’s not empty! I blew kisses into it until it was full.”

The mother was crushed. She fell on her knees and put her arms around her little girl, and she begged her forgiveness for her thoughtless anger.

An accident took the life of the child only a short time later, and it is told that the mother kept that gold box by her bed for all the years of her life.

Whenever she was discouraged or faced difficult problems, she would open the box and take out an imaginary kiss and remember the love of the child who had put it there.

In a very real sense, each of us, as human beings, have been given a Golden Box filled with unconditional love and kisses from our children, family, friends, and God. There is no more precious possession anyone could hold.

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Claim Your Life

Do not be desperate about your life. Frantically searching for the right thing to do disturbs your inner peace and makes it difficult for the new ideas to come to you.

Spend time in a clearing in the forest. Sit and close your eyes. Go deep within and see and feel and know the deep pool of peace in your center, and then let that energy emanate out, out and out, filling the clearing and reaching out into the forest. Then simply be. Be still. Be in peace.

And after a time, with the turbulence in your mind quieted down, with the space around you open and inviting, life will have a chance to approach you. New ideas, new people, new approaches, will come to you like little animals in the forest. They are not on a timetable; they come when it is very peaceful and they feel safe. You may have to return to the clearing every day before they feel safe enough to approach.

And when they do, first, just feel their presence, then open your eyes and look at them in a very relaxed way, letting yourself connect. Then, after you leave the clearing and are again out in the world, follow through.

Fill yourself with courage and begin to turn the ideas and new approaches into physical reality in your life. Do the research, follow the opportunities, make the phone calls, take the action that was hinted at in your quiet moments in the clearing.

And for everything that you do, every new contact you make, every idea or new approach that you follow up on, you will learn something. And the next day in the clearing, yet more ideas and approaches will come to you. Then take a deep breath of courage and follow through on these as well.

And while you are out taking action, a piece of information from one action may marry up with a new contact you have made from one of your brave phone calls, and yet a new action will present itself.

And thus are you led and guided.  And in your next quiet time in the clearing, even more ideas for action will present themselves to you.  And then, one day, you will realize that you are surrounded by interesting options; new ideas and new contacts feel very comfortable in your presence and are flowing toward you.  And instead of asking desperately what you should do, you simply look out at the crowded clearing, pick the most promising possibility, take a deep breath of courage and then act.

Action is a wonderful antidote to fear. Do something you fear and your fear lessens. Do it again and again, and after a time you may even enjoy it. And even if you never reach that stage, you will at least be very proud of having done the thing that kept you locked in fear.

Stand up and speak, make that phone call, walk up to a stranger and talk, learn a challenging new skill. Every time you take action like this, you not only reduce your fear for the future, but you begin a chain of new ideas and opportunities that will present themselves to you. Each of these actions is like a door opening to a hallway full of doors.

This is your life and it is full of wonder and opportunity. When you are feeling stuck, then consciously alternate these two states, between deep, meditative silence in which you quietly invite newness into your life, and then brave action to follow up on what came to you in the quiet clearing.

Look fear in the eye and challenge him; he will always back down. This is your life. Claim it. It belongs to you.

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A young lady named Sally related an experience she had in a seminary class given by her teacher, Dr. Smith. She says that Dr. Smith was known for his elaborate object lessons.

One particular day, Sally walked into the seminary and knew they were in for a fun day.

On the wall was a big target and on a nearby table were many darts. Dr. Smith told the students to draw a picture of someone that they disliked or someone who had made them angry, and he would allow them to throw darts at the person’s picture.

Sally’s friend drew a picture of someone who had stolen her boyfriend. Another friend drew a picture of his little brother. Sally drew a picture of a former friend, putting a great deal of detail into her drawing, even drawing pimples on the face. Sally was pleased with the overall effect she had achieved.

The class lined up and began throwing darts. Some of the students threw their darts with such force that their targets were ripping apart. Sally looked forward to her turn and was filled with disappointment when Dr. Smith, because of time limits, asked the students to return to their seats. As Sally sat thinking about how angry she was because she didn’t have a chance to throw any darts at her target, Dr. Smith began removing the target from the wall.

Underneath the target was a picture of Jesus. A hush fell over the room as each student viewed the mangled picture of Jesus. Holes and jagged marks covered His face, and His eyes were pierced.

Dr. Smith said only these words, “Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto Me.” (Matthew 25:40)

No other words were necessary. Tears filled the eyes of the students, focused only on the picture of Christ.

It’s time for us all to learn that everyone is our brother or our sister, under God, and that we all are part of God’s holy family.

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When asked how it was that she has lived so long, one 91-year-old woman replied, “I think God is testing the patience of my relatives.”

When is “too old”? At what age do we give up?

At 100, Grandma Moses was still painting,

and Titian painted “Battle of Lepants” when he was 98.

At 93, George Bernard Shaw wrote Far­fetched Fables.

At 91, Eamon de Valera served as President of Ireland.

At 90, Pablo Picasso still drew and engraved.

At 89, Arthur Rubinstein gave one of his greatest recitals in New York’s Carnegie Hall,

and Pablo Casals, at 88, still performed cello concerts.

At 82, Winston Churchill wrote the four-volume work, A History of the English-Speaking Peoples, Leo Tolstoy completed I Can­not Be Silent, and Goethe, at the same age, finished Faust.

At 81, Benjamin Franklin engineered the diplomacy which led to the adoption of the U.S. Constitution.

When are you “too old”? Only on the day when you truly have nothing left to give. And the good news is this: that day never has to arrive!

Steve Goodier’s Books & Newsletter are available at: http://LifeSupportSystem.com

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For your convenience, you can watch the trailer below, but you need to go to his site to register your email address so you can get the free copy of the movie when it’s released on Tuesday, 09/23/2008. Do it now.

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I’ve learned that …

The best classroom in the world is at the feet of an elderly person.

When you’re in love, it shows.

Just one person saying to me, “You’ve made my day!” makes my day.

Having a child fall asleep in your arms is one of the most peaceful feelings in the world.

Being kind is more important than being right.

You should never say “no” to a gift from a child.

No matter how serious your life requires you to be, everyone needs a friend to act goofy with.

Sometimes all a person needs is a hand to hold and a heart to understand.

Simple walks with my father around the block on summer nights when I was a child did wonders for me as an adult.

Life is like a roll of toilet paper. The closer it gets to the end, the faster it goes.

We should be glad God doesn’t give us everything we ask for.

Money doesn’t buy class.

It’s those small daily happenings that make life so spectacular.

To ignore the facts does not change the facts.

When you plan to get even with someone, you are only letting that person continue to hurt you.

Love, not time, heals all wounds.

The easiest way for me to grow as a person is to surround myself with people smarter than I am.

Everyone you meet deserves to be greeted with a smile.

No one is perfect until you fall in love with them.

Life is tough, but I’m tougher.

Opportunities are never lost - someone will take the ones you miss.

When you harbor bitterness, happiness will dock elsewhere.

I wish I could have told my Mom that I love her one more time before she passed away.

One should keep his words both soft and tender, because tomorrow he may have to eat them.

A smile is an inexpensive way to improve your looks.

When your newly born grandchild holds your little finger in his little fist, that you’re hooked for life.

Everyone wants to live on top of the mountain, but all the happiness and growth occurs while you’re climbing it.

The less time I have to work with, the more things I get done.

Under everyone’s hard shell is someone who wants to be appreciated and loved.

I can always pray for someone when I don’t have the strength to help him in some other way.

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