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Wings of Awareness Newsletter
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The Power of Forgiveness
August 22, 2004
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Dear Friend,
“Resentment is like drinking poison and waiting for
the other person to die.”
Malachy McCourt.
Studies have shown that not forgiving others can
lead to health problems. A 1999 study at Hope
College showed that when subjects remembered past
negative events their blood pressure, heart rates,
and muscle tensions were higher when in unforgiving
conditions than in forgiving conditions. Everett
Worthington, executive director of “A Campaign for
Forgiveness Research”, an organization that funds
forgiveness research, was quoted in the October 23,
2005 issue of USA Today saying, “Chronic
unforgiveness causes stress. Every time people think
of their transgressor, their body responds." He goes
on to say that chronic stress affects the immune and
cardiovascular systems. Forgiveness reduces stress
by replacing negative emotions with positive ones.
Think about whether there are some areas in your life
where you may be holding on to some resentment
toward someone. Consider that it only hurts you.
The object of your resentment is blissfully going
about his or her own life without a thought about
you and your pain or "hurt feelings".
Choose forgiveness for you health and well being.
Remember that forgiveness is for YOU. It does not
mean you condone the behavior. It does not mean
you have to tell the other person you forgive them.
It does not mean you have to have a relationship
with them. It just means that you choose to release
yourself from the power the other person has over
you so that you can go peacefully and joyfully about
your life.
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From Leaves of Grass
“I hear and behold God in every object, yet
understand God not in the least,
Nor do I understand who there can be more
wonderful than myself.
Why should I wish to see God better than this day?
I see something of God each hour of the twenty-
four, and each moment then,
In the faces of men and women I see God, and in my
own face in the glass,
I find letters from God dropt in the street, and every
one is sign’d by God’s name,
And I leave them where they are, for I know that
whereso’er I go
Others will punctually come for ever and ever.”
-- Walt Whitman
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“A happy person is not a person in a certain set of
circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set
of attitudes.”
Hugh Downs
“If you’re going to be able to look back on something
and laugh about it, you might as well laugh about it
now.”
Marie Osmond
“The best thing about the future is that it only
comes one day at a time.”
Abraham Lincoln
"May you live all the days of your life."
Jonathan Swift
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New Wings of Awareness Offerings
Love 101 for Couples and Dance as Meditation
Wings of Awareness is pleased to present Life Coach
Sheila Allicon with two new seminar offerings this
fall. Love 101 for couples is a fun and sometimes
serious look at the love relationship. This 4 week
program is for any couple that would like to improve
communication skills and fall in love all over again!
Dance as Meditation is an opportunity to experience
joy through movement. No previous dance
experience is required for this two hour program.
Just come with a desire to dance and have fun. This
is a great chance to get some exercise that is good
for your soul!
Sheila M. Allicon PLC is a graduate of Coach
University and previously worked as a counselor and
special ed teacher. Ms. Allicon has been a
professional life coach for over 7 years. She has
been featured in newspaper articles and has been
published in "Today's Coach".
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Living the Life YOU Want
Summer and Fall Seminars scheduled
Anyone can live an average life, getting through
each day and through each week. But to have an
extraordinary life, most of us can use some help.
Starting Tuesday September 5 and Thursday
September 28 Wings of Awareness offers the 7 Steps
to True Freedom Program in an 8 week seminar
format.
This program, presented in a group setting, is the
same program offered to one-on-one life coaching
clients . One client who completed the 7 Steps to
True Freedom said "Words cannot describe the
changes my life has experienced through the 'True
Freedom' program with Coach Dan Wilson. It feels like
every day serves to re-define 'how high is high in my
life." Another said, "Dina opened my mind to a more
positive way of thinking, a different way of speaking
to myself and others and the unlimited ongoing
possibilities of choices."
Take the first step toward living the life you really
want by registering for the 7 Steps to True Freedom
seminar program today!
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Daniel Wilson
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