AYS presents a Meet & Greet at Rabalais’ – Coffee * Bakery * Bistro
in down town Santa Paula
Rabalais‘, 861 East Main St, Santa Paula, CA
Wednesday April 18, 2012 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Join us for an opportunity to network, connect, and share.
Share your ideas to empower business owners and exchange referrals, tips,
and enjoy great company while supporting our host - Rabalais’
Purchases are encouraged.
For more information visit: http://www.AYSSuccess.com or call Terry at: 805-766-5984
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Posted in Call to Action, Networking
March 13, 2012 (Boulevard) — What is the distinction between sound and noise? Wikipedia tells us in common use, the word noise means any unwanted sound, but sound can be desirable. Cacophony is ‘noise’ while euphony is sound.
Recently, I took up guitar again after 40+ years of string silence. What an interesting challenge, I’ll say! First, I started with an old and cheap guitar of my son’s, but it was not good because the strings were too far from the frets which meant that I had to press VERY hard to get a chord. Then, needing a quick guitar, I called my dad who has taken lessons for years and he gave me his ‘old’ guitar. It really was, and after two classes the teacher told me that the support inside the whole thing was collapsing, causing vibrating strings. Not good. Hesitating to buy one, I borrowed from a friend until I am sure I will continue. So, six lessons and three guitars later, I am learning how to play Hey Jude, a Beatles song, and more. When you sit in a class with 30 students, you really hear a lot of ‘noise’ and sometimes, just sometimes you hear euphony.
Have you ever been in a room where everyone was talking at once and you just could not hear anything clearly? That is cacophony, an unpleasant sound. What about a speaker, teacher, or minister whose voice was monotone? Booooring! Or, have you ever been in ‘conversation’ with someone who simply buries you with an onslaught of words and the quantity of words obscured the point entirely. Ugh! Sometime there is so much ‘noise’ in our lives that we simply cannot think.
Considering sound versus ‘noise’ had me pondering about a key difference between city living and country living. In the city, there seems to always be some noise. I am coming to believe that this constant ‘noise’ is wearing on a person’s spirit. When I am in the country, and just concentrating on the sounds of nature, I revive. My spirit seems to brighten with an effect like a plant perks up when it is rained on after a seven-day dry spell.
Here is my theory, my epiphany of euphony: ‘Noise” obscures our connection with our Higher Power while Sound illuminates it. Imagine this, you are sitting on the grass in Balboa Park attempting to commune with nature. Impinging on this, jets are coming in for a landing, cars and trucks are roaring on roads not far away, people are chattering, babies are shrieking, dogs are barking, bells are going off. Yikes! Now picture yourself sitting on a sun-warmed rock in the mountains, you hear the slight breeze whispering through the leaves of the trees, the sound of birds of many types calling to each other while darting in and out of the brush nearby, the busy bees buzz around the flowering Manzanita, an earthy smell rises to your senses, a critter of some kind rustles a bush, you notice the sound of your breath, the slowing of your heart beating, and gradually all else fades except the song of nature and absolute peacefulness.
The Purple Mountain Sage welcomes questions from readers! Write to us at: askthepurplemountainsage@gmail.com. The Purple Mountain Sage is Sharon Courmousis, co-owner of Sacred Rocks Reserve and RV Park, a 163-acre wilderness preserve and campground in Boulevard, CA, which is also home to the Sacred Rocks Artists’ Colony. Sharon can be reached by calling: 619-766-4480. Visit the Sacred Rocks Reserve website at: www.sacredrocksreserve.com. Advice From the Purple Mountain Sage is an opinion column written for East County Magazine. Opinions stated within are those of the writer.
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Posted in Blessings, Featured
Just recently I was exposed to a fairly new company called ViralPrint.
ViralPrint is in its early stages of website development and will hit the ground running in just a few short weeks. From what I understand the company has been in business for several years providing quality printing at a fraction of the cost of other companies.
But ViralPrint has recently changed their business model to an Affiliate based marketing company. What does that mean???
It means you can sign up as an affiliate, for free, and every time you or someone else who signs up under you, orders letterhead, envelopes, banners, decals, business cards, etc, you receive a commission on the sale. Not bad for just sharing this amazing company with your friends and colleagues.
This is not considered a network marketing company, it is just common sense. Buy products through friends and share in the profits.
Makes sense to me!
I hope you will check out the company and if you like what you see, I hope you will join me in ViralPrint and become an Affiliate too.
If asked for the Parent Affiliate ID…. that’s me : Melinda
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Posted in Call to Action
Hello all Meet & Greet Fans!
Coming Monday March 5, 2012 at 6:30 p.m. please join us for
another amazing AYSSuccess Meet & Greet at 981 E. Main Street
in Ventura, California.
For more info contact us at 805-766-5984 or
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Posted in Call to Action, Networking
There are so many things I want to change in my life and start new in 2012, but where to start?
I’ve written down my long term and short term goals.
I have an action plan.
I have a Why that makes me Cry.
And I have I AM Statements as positive affirmations.
It’s all pretty overwhelming, don’t you think?
Then I found these ABCs, and now it seems doable
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Avoid negative sources, people, places, things and habits
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Believe in yourself
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Consider things from every angle
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Don’t give up and don’t give in
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Enjoy life today; yesterday is gone and tomorrow may never come
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Family and friends are hidden treasures; seek them and enjoy their riches
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Give more than you planned to
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Hang on to your dreams
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Ignore those who try to discourage you
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Just do it
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Keep trying; no matter how hard it seems, it will get easier
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Love yourself first and most
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Make it happen
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Never lie, cheat, or steal; always strike a fair deal
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Open your eyes and see things as they really are
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Practice makes perfect
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Quitters never win and winners never quit
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Read, study and learn about everything important in your life
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Stop procrastinating
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Take control of your own destiny
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Understand yourself in order to better understand others
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Visualize it
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Want it more than anything
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Xcelerate your effort
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You are unique of all God’s creations; nothing can replace you
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Zero in on your target and go for it
~~~ Author Unknown~~~
My Favorite? Just do it!
What’s your favorite? and How do you plan reaching your goals in 2012?
Please leave comments below
Have an awesome 2012!
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