March 2010 Newsletter: Typhoid Merry

TYPHOID MERRY

Now just stay with me a minute, this is a good thing – thus the oh so clever play on words. Given the power of contagion with germs, rumors, and fear, why not use it for the good stuff?
The National Academy of Sciences recently reported “the first laboratory evidence that cooperative behavior is contagious and that it spreads from person to person to person. When people benefit from kindness they ‘pay it forward” by helping others who were not originally involved, and this creates a cascade of cooperation.”
There, see, just when we thought there was no hope for us humans, there we go being nice to each other.  And not because someone told us to but because it’s a natural response.

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While you still want to have fresh breath when you go out to be contagious, you have more power than you may have realized.  Has it ever happened to you – a stranger does something nice like hold the door open for you, let you in front of them in traffic, or perhaps just smile at you when you walk by them?  And then what happens?  You feel so good you can’t help yourself from doing something nice for the next person you encounter.  And then they do the same thing.  And then and then.  Who knows how many more get infected by this joy epidemic!
The key here is that you must make yourself available to receive those kind acts, or they just go to waste.  Forget what your mother said, expose yourself as often as possible!  Then pass it on from that sense of fullness and connection.  It’s one of the most enlivening actions you can take. Feel free to just spiral right out of control.

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PRACTCE OF THE MONTH

Remember the days of Random Acts of Kindness when we got to sneak around and do good things for others?  Well, let’s bring it back.
Find a way everyday to practice a little Necessary Mischief:  trade the mundane for the sublime.  Sneeze joy, fun, laughter, and love all over those around you.  And you don’t even have to admit that it makes you feel good too.
That’s the great thing about being contagious, you can impact others without reducing your share.  Typhoid Merry would be so proud.

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WHILE YOU’RE AT IT,
DO SOMETHING GREAT FOR YOURSELF

Join the next Embodied Abundance tele-course which begins in just a couple weeks – March 31st  (and is the last one until fall).  It’s all about living in flow and could also be titled Embodied Ease, Embodied Happiness, Embodied Effectiveness, Embodied Wholeness, Embodied Confidence, Embodied Satisfaction.

You get the idea. Sign up by this Friday, the 19th, and get the discount.  Exactly how much is having a life that works worth to you?

For women who are ready to deeply nourish their soul so they are revitalized with a greater sense of ease and purpose, join me for the Women’s Retreat to the Sacred Isle of Iona in Scotland this May. Just 3 spaces left.  Give yourself this powerful gift.

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TO PONDER AND AMUSE

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. “
~
Mark Twain

Enjoy this 2 minute video
that demonstrates grand innovation and fun in playing the classics.

The creation of something new is not accomplished by the intellect but by the play instinct acting from inner necessity. The creative mind plays with the objects it loves.”
~ Carl Jung

“To the dull mind all nature is leaden. To the illumined mind the whole world burns and sparkles with light.”
~
Emerson

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CHEERFUL DISCLAIMER:  Participating in Necessary Mischief has been known to induce greater ease, connection, and effectiveness – even joy!  Don’t say you weren’t warned.

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