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Hi, I'm Martin, and I'm very happy to be sharing a little more about life in this free monthly newsletter.

How have your plans for 2011 gone? A new year beckons and the old year draws to a close. Which plans remain as just hopes, and which ones are you really going to go for, put in the effort and take them off your drawing board?

It is not too late to start - why not look to do something today! Do that thing you have been putting off - do it right now! Make the remainder of 2011 and the beginning of 2012 what you really want it to be. Know that you can do it. You can do anything you put your mind too . . .

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On a Lighter Note

Following on from the Lighter Note page on the website I thought I would provide just a few more quotes here each month.

The misfortunes hardest to bear are those which never come. James Russell Lowell

Music is the arithmetic of sounds as optics is the geometry of light. Claude Debussy

We are designed to want: with nothing to want, we are like windmills in a world without wind. John Fowles

For every complex problem there's a simple solution, and its wrong. Umberto Eco

The measure of a master is his success in bringing all men round to his opinion twenty years later. Ralph Waldo Emerson

Politics is perhaps the only profession for which no preparation is thought necessary. Robert Louis Stevenson

Absurdly improbable things are quite as liable to happen in real life as in weak literature. Ada Leverson

Sensitive people wish to be loved; vain people wish only to be preferred. Duc de Levis

There are two ways of losing oneself: by insulation in the particular or dilution in the 'universal'. Aime Cesaire

Music does not change our frame of mind; it makes us feel what we think. Comtesse Diane

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Prose 'n Poetry Corner

Each month I will look through my notebooks and find a little bit of prose 'n poetry. Often written in a few minutes, so please don't expect Wordsworth, but hopefully these entries will provide a little interlude in your day. A chance to think and ponder, to daydream or to visualize, to perhaps see things in a different light.

Please see what you think and let me know if it is useful or not - highlights some valuable points but in a lighter vein . . .

It is this time of year
nights are dark but no need to fear
stay close to yourself and be
all will be OK you will see
no need to shed a tear

What a load of rubbish
bins, full or empty in their place
recycle, yes that is our wish
not to try to save the Earth would be most foolish
we all need to be on the case
lest we in all the rubbish, just vanish

We are told we should save
at times this can seem impossible or grave
we spend, spend, spend oh so much
on this and that and such and such

What in life does really count?
of what does it all amount
can we understand what we must do?
thoughts, deeds or actions to and fro
be careful lest the consequences we cannot surmount

Your moment is coming
there is no need to wait
there is no use ducking
be bold, confident as you meet your fate

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New Developments and Sister Websites

You may have noticed some red links on some of the web pages. Clicking through these links will offer you opportunities to have a say (AND a page on the website). These subjects will be expanding in the coming months.

This is your chance to have a real say and contribute your thoughts, your feelings for the benefit of all visitors. Get your thinking caps on and help another visitor along the way.

The following gives the first of the 'red links' I have created for you. Enjoy playing YOUR part in assisting others in this way

Feel free to offer your own thoughts and ideas - please just keep them focused on the subject of the page (there will be several more on different areas of topical interest in due course). Or see what others have shared and add comments to their input.

Have your say and your presence on the Internet - YOUR very own web page. This is your chance.

Don't be shy - we have been together some time now. Let me know what you would like to see on my websites and in this ezine. Contact me now.

I will continue to add focused content and expand the www.self-esteem-enhances-life.com website but I will also be building my other websites, too.

My second website is www.successful-decision-making.com This is all about making decisions and to help you in making the right decisions for you.

Find out how to make that important decision. Why not have a look now! All best, Martin

My third website is www.guide-to-managing-change.com which helps us all to handle change better and looks at the consequences of change and the challenges involved.

My fourth website is www.everyday-wisdom-revealed.com which provides a resource looking at wisdom, insights, everyday knowledge - much of which we already know - which may have passed under our radar. Pop along for a read!

The idea of the site is to have little snippets, an insight a page, easy to read, thought provoking but topical - something for everybody.

My aim with these ~~three~~ four websites is provide a one-stop information and inspiration center to help support and assist us all through life. And help us all get the most out of our lives.

Be a part of this exciting adventure - here and now! Start today and do not stop!

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What's been happening on the website

My next pages will be providing further content on different topics for the website.

If you'd like to provide any feedback or comments please use my Contact Me page.

To get the latest website developments to your screen please subscribe to my RSS feed. You can either paste this address into your RSS reader

on my Home Page please click on the RSS button, top left of the page, and follow the instructions.

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Main Article

Each month there will be an article, with fresh content, that goes into a subject in a little more detail. Perhaps give a different stance. Perhaps provide food for thought. Perhaps . . .

This month a different theme.

Be in a good space

Be in a good space - this is an essential part of everyday life.

Of course this can mean your immediate environment. It is important that you feel comfortable there, too.

But what I really mean is being comfortable in your own skin.

Being happy with who you are.

Having a good, calm and contented demeanor.

If something comes along to upset this then soon this will pass and you will be back to your calm, natural state.

Trying to be positive. Trying to see the good in things.

If something goes wrong or awry not beating yourself up about it, but putting some effort into rectifying the situation.

Find some peace and contentment in your life.

Avoid the hurly burly, the confusion and the complexity, the uncertain and the non-essential.

Find a space where you can live and be content and be satisfied.

Where you can be. Not where you have to always be fending off people or things that you do not need.

Cultivate some good friends. People you trust and respect. People you feel comfortable around.

Cultivate yourself. Be happy to be around you. If you are not all the rest will likely not really help much. It may seem to take your mind off things but you need good and solid foundations.

Develop your own value system - the principles by which you live your life.

Find strength in yourself. Find your own spirit and your own mind.

Be your own person.

Belong but be yourself.

Trust in yourself and do what you feel is right.

Hope you enjoyed it and found it beneficial. Be inspired to become more in 2011. Make the most of every moment you have. Martin

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You can fulfill your dreams.

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Until the next edition of 'Balance in Life'

So, that is all for this month - doesn't time fly! Another year is racing away with us.

Again it has been a real pleasure spending time with you. I look forward to meeting up with you next month, at the beginning of the New Year - January 2012.

A chance to start afresh. Clean the slate. Get down to all those important things that you may have been putting off - and we tend to do that from time to time, don't we?

Many thanks to all of you who have been reading these ezines over the months. And for your good wishes, comments and suggestions.

In the meantime make the most of your life. Enjoy your days. And if you want to contact me about anything pertaining to self esteem and life then you know where to do so.

May I just wish you all every success and hope that you find enjoyment, satisfaction and fulfillment in your life in the coming days and years.

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