Subject: 10 Ways to Be Extraordinarily Romantic this Valentine’s DAy
Welcome to Celebrating the Journey!
Monday, February 12, 2001
Issue #53
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Welcome Notes
2. 10 Ways to Be Extraordinarily Romantic this
Valentine’s Day
3. Coaching:
4. Quotes for Valentine’s Day
5. Humor: Quotes for Valentine’s Day Cynics
6. Celebrating Out Loud!
7. FREE Teleclass on Boundaries. STARTS THIS
MORNING!
8. 3 Coaching Slots Open
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1. Welcome Notes
Welcome to 18 new subscribers this week. I cleaned out a
bunch of old addresses, and we number 1,095. And a
motley crew we are! I have set a big goal for this year: 2,000
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article by Rinatta Paries, Your Relationship Coach, is the
perfect thing to forward to your sweetheart, partner,
spouse and friends this very day. Let them know BEFORE
Valentine’s Day what you’d like ON Valentine’s Day.
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May Valentine’s Day bring you love from unexpected
sources. Remember to love yourself.
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2. 10 Ways to Be Extraordinarily Romantic this
Valentine’s Day
This article was written by Rinatta Paries, Your
Relationship Coach. You can reach her by e-mail at
mailto:Coach@WhatItTakes.com or at her website
http://www.WhatItTakes.com.
Whether you are in a relationship or single, rarely will
Valentine’s Day pass by without your notice. If you are
single and even if you think the day has no significance,
on Valentine’s Day you will think about and want a
relationship more than usual. If you are in a relationship
and Valentine’s does not get celebrated, it will leave hurt
and resentment in it’s wake.
Valentine’s Day is a great opportunity to focus on love.
Think of Valentine’s Day as Focus on Love day, as
opposed to Hurt About Lack of Love or Ignore Being
Single or Unhappy Day. Below you will find ways to make
your Focus on Love Day extraordinarily romantic,
whether you are single or in a relationship.
1. The Perfect Day
Couples: See if you can start to notice what your lover
dreams about, wishes for. Listen for small, doable things
that can make a big difference. Alternatively, subtly
question your lover about what he/she pictures as the
perfect Valentine’s Day. Now take the information you
have gathered and make it into a perfect day for him or
her.
Singles: If you had a partner, what would you have them
do to create your perfect Valentine’s Day? Create it for
yourself – love yourself that much.
2. The Perfect Card + One Perfect Rose
Couples: Buy or make a lovely card and then fill it to the
brim with words of love, admiration and appreciation.
When I say fill it to the brim, I mean leave no white space
untouched. Present it with one perfect rose.
Singles: Buy or make a lovely card for yourself, and just as
above, fill it to the brim with words you want to hear
from your future lover. Seal the envelope, so that you can
open it on Valentine’s Day. Present it to yourself with one
perfect rose.
3. Treat Valentine’s Day as the Lover’s Day and not as
Woman’s Day
Couples: Ladies, I have it on good authority that guys
want to be celebrated too. So, get him flowers and candy
and a card, too.
Singles: Guys, give yourself that same wonderful
Valentine’s Day as a relationship partner would give you.
You may feel silly, but you will also feel good.
4. Say Goodbye to Obligation, Say Hello to Open Heart
Couples: Don’t give or do anything from obligation this
Valentine’s Day. Give only from your heart, from love
and treasuring your partner. No matter how good or bad
your relationship is going, get in touch with how much
you truly love and appreciate your partner. Give from that space.
Singles: Don’t beat yourself up for not having a partner
yet. You have not failed. You are not bad. Valentine’s Day
can be Focus on Love for Yourself day as well as Focus on
Love for Another day.
5. The Gift of Undivided Attention
Couples: Give your partner the gift of undivided attention
and see if she or he doesn’t find that the most romantic
thing going.
Singles: Give yourself the gift of your own undivided
attention. Take away all of the distractions and be with
yourself the way you would want your partner to be with
you.
6. Gift of Communication I
Couples: Men, allow your woman to talk about whatever
her heart desires, and listen without fixing at all. Ladies,
let your man talk or answer your question without
finishing his sentences for him, interrupting him, or
moving on to the next topic. See if this doesn’t make
sparks fly.
Singles: Either find a person who will listen to you the
way you need to be heard, or give yourself space and time
to listen to your own thoughts and feelings or to journal.
7. Gift of Communication II
Couples: Ladies, give your man the gift of sitting down
next to him in silence. No talking allowed. Men, give
your lady the gift of talking and sharing from your heart.
No closing down, walling up or running away allowed.
Singles: Either silence or open heart, give yourself
whichever one you need.
8. A Gift with Interest
Couples: Is your partner into computers, and you don’t
know a mouse from a monitor? Or is she into gardening,
but to you a rose is just a rose? Give your partner the gift
of your interest in something that is important to him or
her. Go ahead, ask him or her a question about it and see
the smile light up his or her face.
Singles: Give yourself the gift of time to pursue your
important interest. Take the time to do something that
nourishes you and makes you happy.
9. The Trust
Couples: Ladies, give the man in your life the gift of
trusting him to know how and when to take care of
himself and you. Trust that he will do the best he can for
Valentine’s Day. Gentlemen, hold her trust sacred, and
learn to listen for subtle requests. Then honor them. The
celebration of love will feel good to both of you.
Singles: Today, trust your process and your fate. Today,
trust that you too will be loved and cherished by a partner.
Today, remember all the people who already love and
cherish you.
10. A Shower of Words
Couples: Write your loved one a love letter or poem and
read it to them on Valentine’s Day. Here come the tears.
Singles: Write yourself a love letter or poem, exactly the
way you would want it written by a lover. Read it to
yourself out loud and have Kleenex ready.
Plan to have a happy Valentine’s Day!
Your Relationship Coach,
Rinatta Paries
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3. Coaching:
Follow Rinatta’s Coaching!
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4. Quotes for Valentine’s Day
Love is not only something you feel. It is something you
do.
David Wilkerson
End your day by privately looking directly into your eyes
in the mirror and saying, ‘I love you!’ Do this for thirty
days and watch how you transform.
Mark Victor Hansen
Looking back, I have this to regret, that too often when I
loved, I did not say so.
David Grayson
Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength,
while loving someone deeply gives you courage.
Lao Tzu
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5. Humor: Quotes for Valentine’s Day Cynics
Many a man owes his success to his first wife and his
second wife to his success.
Jim Backus
Marriage is like pi – natural, irrational, and very
important.
Lisa Hoffman
By all means marry. If you get a good wife, you’ll be
happy. If you get a bad one, you’ll become a
philosopher…and that is a good thing for any man.
Socrates
Marriage is a great institution, but I’m not ready for an
institution.
Mae West
Marriage is bliss. Ignorance is bliss. Therefore …
Unknown
Marriage is the triumph of imagination over intelligence.
Unknown
Marriages are made in heaven. But so again, are thunder
and lightning.
Unknown
Behind every successful man stands an amazed Mother-
in-Law!!
Unknown
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6. Celebrating Out Loud
February 15: Rena celebrates her 1 year sobriety
anniversary. mailto:reggie@janics.com
February 6: Terri Cheney celebrated turning 42 years
young. mailto:tea_cee1@yahoo.com
Sharon Wulf celebrates starting the year 2001 by being
Real Estate sales manager for two small offices and
President of the Local Chapter of Women’s Council of
Realtors. mailto:sharonwulf2001@yahoo.com.
Debbie Schwab has just landed a big contract for her new
training company which will fill 4 days a week for the
next year. She took a big risk by quitting her job and
starting this company so this is a huge celebration!
mailto:debbie.schwab@sympatico.ca
E-mail your birthday, anniversary, accomplishment, shift ,
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of Celebrating the Journey with a celebratory wish in it.
Let’s spread the joy!
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FEBRUARY: Boundaries: The Self Protectors
Do you often say, “yes,” to things you don’t really want to
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Do you feel guilty when you put your own needs first?
If the answer to any of these questions is yes, it’s time for
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A strong boundary is like an energy field of protection that
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This teleclass teaches what healthy boundaries look like
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We will meet via a bridge telephone line on 3 Mondays:
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FUTURE TOPICS
MARCH: Free Your Life: Become A Toleration Free Zone
We humans put up with a lot of stuff in our life. Most of
it just isn’t necessary. Putting up with tolerations wastes
our time and energy, keeps us stuck, causes us grief and
generally gets in the way of having what we really want in
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What is a toleration?
Why do tolerations drain my energy?
Benefits of being Toleration Free.
How do I identify my tolerations?
Now that I know what they are, what do I do about
them?
Eliminating tolerations
(You will eliminate at least 5 tolerations during
the teleclass.)
Maintaining a toleration free zone
APRIL: Standards: Raise Yours To Attract High Quality
People and Opportunities
February’s Teleclass on Boundaries deals with how others
treat us. This month we will talk about the behavior and
actions to which you hold yourself.
What are high personal standards?
Benefits of having high personal standards.
What happens when one’s standards are too low?
Who do you admire and why?
Aligning your standards with your values.
Choose and live a new standard.
For further information send an e-mail to
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Give yourself the gift of giving and receiving love this
week.
Namaste, Margo
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