LLONA’S
“SUCCESS” NEWSLETTER
February 1, 2005,
“The Valentine”
With February 14th fast
approaching I wanted to dedicate this month’s newsletter to
Valentine’s Day. This is the month that our senses get
bombarded with the color red along with hearts, hearts and
more hearts. We are made aware of expressing our sentiments
to loved ones. You might say that, “Love is in the air.” We
look for ways to express our emotions of caring and “love”.
Sweethearts plan special evenings, greeting cards flood the
postal system and florists look forward to this as one of
the busiest times of the year.
The following passage taken from the
teachings of Don Miguel Ruiz as stated in the book,
“Beyond Fear, A Toltec Guide To Freedom And Joy” as
recorded by Mary Carroll Nelson, brings great insight and
inspiration to the meaning of “love.”
“Always look first for happiness.
Happiness can come only from inside us. No one can make us
happy. Happiness is an expression of our love coming out of
us. We are not happy because others love us, but because we
love them.”
“Everything is here so that we may
love it, including ourselves. When our love for ourselves
is conditional, our love for others is also conditional.
Through our woundedness, we first deny ourselves love and
then we deny it in others. Therefore, self-love has to be
the first goal. If you have enough self-love, you do not
need the love of another person. You can enter a
relationship because you want to do it, not because you need
it. If you are needy, you can be manipulated. If we are
happy, we do not need another person to make us happy. We
share our happiness, not our loneliness. Self-love makes us
lovable. Others always move toward the person who is at
peace with himself or herself.”
When we become aware of our language
directed toward others, when we become aware of our
intentions directed toward others, when we become aware of
our thoughts about ourselves, as well as others; we will
become aware of the love that is flowing through us and the
impact it makes on our surroundings. Every relationship
whether it is in business or in our personal lives will
cause us to generate some type of emotion. Many effective
sales courses refer to getting the customer emotionally
involved in order to close the sale.
There are only two emotions, fear
and love. All other emotions come from these. In every
situation or circumstance we can choose to respond out of
fear (anger) or out of love. What choices will we make on
this Valentine’s Day as we are reminded of the many ways
there are of demonstrating “love?”
“For even as love crowns you so
shall he crucify you. Even as he is for your growth so is
he for your pruning.
Even as he ascends to your height
and caresses your tenderest branches that quiver in the sun,
So shall he descend to your roots
and shake them in their clinging to the earth.”
- “The Prophet” by Kahlil Gibran
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Llona A. Doubet
www.llonadoubet.com
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Llona’s
“Success” recommended monthly reading.
“Count Your Blessings” by
Dr. John F. Demartini
Llona’s
“Success” quote of the month.
“A man who has not passed through
the inferno of his passions has never overcome them,”
-Carl Jung
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