One of the most touching stories have read,
A simple gift can mean so much.
Wishing you the best in Health, life, love and a huge hug,
Jenny and Ben

Dear Ben, Here is your Friday story, For The Man Who Hated Christmas It’s just a small, white envelope stuck among the branches of our Christmas tree. No name, no identification, no inscription. It has peeked through the branches of our tree for the past ten years or so. It all began because my husband Mike hated Christmas--oh, not the true meaning of Christmas, but the commercial aspects of it--overspending... the frantic running around at the last minute to get a tie for Uncle Harry and the dusting powder for Grandma---the gifts given in desperation because you couldn’t think of anything else. Knowing he felt this way, I decided one year to bypass the usual shirts, sweaters, ties and so forth. I reached for something special just for Mike. The inspiration came in an unusual way. Our son Kevin, who was 12 that year, was wrestling at the junior level at the school he attended; and shortly before Christmas, there was a non-league match against a team sponsored by an inner-city church. These youngsters, dressed in sneakers so ragged that shoestrings seemed to be the only thing holding them together, presented a sharp contrast to our boys in their spiffy blue and gold uniforms and sparkling new wrestling shoes. As the match began, I was alarmed to see that the other team was wrestling without headgear, a kind of light helmet designed to protect a wrestler’s ears. It was a luxury the ragtag team obviously could not afford. Well, we ended up walloping them. We took every weight class. And as each of their boys got up from the mat, he swaggered around in his tatters with false bravado, a kind of street pride that couldn’t acknowledge defeat. Mike, seated beside me, shook his head sadly, “I wish just one of them could have won,” he said. “They have a lot of potential, but losing like this could take the heart right out of them.” Mike loved kids - all kids - and he knew them, having coached little league football, baseball and lacrosse. That’s when the idea for his present came. That afternoon, I went to a local sporting goods store and bought an assortment of wrestling headgear and shoes and sent them anonymously to the inner-city church. On Christmas Eve, I placed the envelope on the tree, the note inside telling Mike what I had done and that this was his gift from me. His smile was the brightest thing about Christmas that year and in succeeding years. For each Christmas, I followed the tradition--one year sending a group of mentally handicapped youngsters to a hockey game, another year a check to a pair of elderly brothers whose home had burned to the ground the week before Christmas, and on and on. The envelope became the highlight of our Christmas. It was always the last thing opened on Christmas morning and our children, ignoring their new toys, would stand with wide-eyed anticipation as their dad lifted the envelope from the tree to reveal its contents. As the children grew, the toys gave way to more practical presents, but the envelope never lost its allure. The story doesn’t end there. You see, we lost Mike last year due to dreaded cancer. When Christmas rolled around, I was still so wrapped in grief that I barely got the tree up. But Christmas Eve found me placing an envelope on the tree, and in the morning, it was joined by three more. Each of our children, unbeknownst to the others, had placed an envelope on the tree for their dad. The tradition has grown and someday will expand even further with our grandchildren standing to take down the envelope. Mike’s spirit, like the Christmas spirit will always be with us. Nancy W. Gavin This true story was originally published in the December 14, 1982 issue of Woman's Day magazine. It was the first place winner out of thousands of entries in the magazine's "My Most Moving Holiday Tradition" contest in which readers were asked to share their favorite holiday tradition and the story behind it. The story inspired a family from Atlanta, Georgia to start The White Envelope Project and Giving 101, a non profit organization dedicated to educating youth about the importance of giving. Share the love and tell us what you think of today's story… Click here to post your comment. Click here for our printable version Sent to you as a courtesy of: Bob Proctor Do you feel like you could be earning more? Do you feel like you could be doing something more fulfilling? On Tuesday, I hosted a very special webinar offering you an incredible opportunity. Click here to view it now: https://lifesuccess.infusionsoft.com/go/matrixx/Insights Change your email address or name here If you wish to be taken off our list click here Please feel free to contact us any of the ways below: e-mail: insights Postal Service: Proctor Gallagher Institute 8776 E Shea Blvd, Suite 106-621 Scottsdale, AZ 85260 Phone: 1-800-871-9715 Fax: 1-480-661-1014 For our SPAM Policy, click here.

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A wonderful email from Tom Big Al on the holidays and rapport. Creating
such with his new book on Ice Breakers.
Wishing you a wonderful day, a huge hug, abundant health, life, love
Jenny and Ben

A fantastic Lesson from T. Harv Eker on being rich, that when you are
rich you become more of what you already were. So when you become
rich you become more giving, you become more loving, become whatever
it was you initially had all along. Now that is true abundance.
Wishing you the best in Health, Life, Love and a massive hug
Jenny and Ben
Hi Ben, I hope you enjoy this article by T. Harv Eker
as much as I did!
Don't Just Be Good, Be Good and Rich by T. Harv Eker
What's the root of all evil? Money, right? Wrong!
You'd be amazed how many people think being rich will make
their lives worse, like they won't be judged for who they are
but for their money. So even though they want to be rich, they
shirk it at the same time.
This subtle yet profound fear keeps people from the truth: it's
good to be rich! Not just for the lifestyle, but because in the end,
being rich makes us into better people.
I can hear someone screaming, "What about the rich jerk who
doesn't tip even though the service was great? How's money
made him a better person?" Here's a clue: whoever you are,
money will make you more of that. If you are a kind, generous
person who attracted like-minded people before being rich,
you'll continue to do so after because now you'll be able
to be even more generous on a larger scale.
It's our duty to become rich if we can. We have an obligation
to grow to our greatest potential, developing the character that
can achieve and care about other people at the same time. This is
the growth that will ultimately make us into better people.
So what is the root of all evil? It's not stacks of paper. Fear
is at the root of our thoughts that tell us becoming rich will
make things worse and take us away from being loved, accepted, and
well-thought of.
If we don't accept that being rich can be a good thing for
ourselves and for others, fear and doubt creates envy. Envy says,
"I can't have that, and I resent those that do."
Acceptance of what you really want says, "I can have that, and
I will be a better person because of it."
So instead of secretly despising rich people, we should affirm them,
even if they're frickin jerks. We're not affirming who they
are as people-we're affirming the idea that it's okay to be
rich. You can make a choice not to be selfish, arrogant, and
thoughtless. Fear and envy negate thoughts of wealth and result in
feelings and actions that take you away from it, even when
you're not aware of it.
Here's a simple exercise in overcoming fear. Think of something
that you've always wanted to do but never got around to, and
just do it (Don't break any laws, though!). Even if you end up
not wanting to do it again, at least you know instead of just
holding back for whatever reason. You've broken through
something, and other breakthroughs become easier. It's the only
way we'll ever grow.
This is not just about being rich, although that is one of the
goals. This is about growing ourselves to become bigger than the
obstacles we'll face in life. The more wonder we experience and
challenges we face, the more we expand to be able to take in more;
the good and the bad; the money and the problems that come with it.
In the end, striving toward becoming rich can only serve you, and
if you choose it, serve others as well. How's that a bad thing?
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From Lee M Jenkins by T. Harv Eker, such a wonderful lesson.
Wishing you the best in health and love and big hugs
Jenny and Ben
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Such a powerful lesson from Vic Johnson of as a man thinketh,
that you need to act like what you want to attract into your own life.
Its such a powerful lesson and so wonderful,
Thank you for such a powerful lesson,
Wishing you abundenent health, life, love and a huge hug

Jenny and Ben
"People do not attract that which they want, but that which they are." - As A Man Thinketh
To put it another way: When you stop working on what it is you're trying to get, and start working on YOU, only then will you get what it is you want.
It really is very basic when you think about it. Jim Rohn says, "To attract attractive people, you must be attractive. To attract powerful people, you must be powerful. To attract committed people, you must be committed. Instead of going to work on them, you go to work on yourself. If you become, you can attract."
I know so many people who work very hard and diligently and sacrifice greatly in an effort to create wealth. But they haven't changed who they are, and until they begin to think and act like wealthy people they'll never attract the wealth they seek. Wealthy people don't think and act the way they do because they have wealth. They have wealth because they think and act that way.
To get what you want, you change who you are, and you change who you are by simply changing the way you think and act. And one technique for doing that which is promoted by a lot of wise teachers is to "act as if."
If you "act as if" you're slim long enough, then one day you will attract slimness even though you may be 100 pounds overweight today. If you act as if you're wealthy long enough, then one day you will attract all the wealth you can imagine even though you may this moment be destitute and homeless.
Bob Proctor says, "Act like the person you want to become. For as Goethe, the German philosopher, once wrote, 'Before you can do something, you first must be something.'"
And that's worth thinking about.
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