Subject: Celebrating the Journey: Life Dreaming: Create A Vision ~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~= Welcome to Celebrating the Journey! Friday, January 24, 2003 Issue #104 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Welcome Notes 2. Life Dreaming: Create A Vision 3. Coaching: Vision Questions 4. Quotes for the Journey 5. Celebrating Out Loud! 6. Reading for the Journey 7. Humor: More of Life's Imponderables ~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~= 1. Welcome Notes The morning fog has cleared, and I write this on my back patio in the warmth of the California sun. Mellow surf sounds drift over the fence, and my house is deep in preparation for the birthday party I am giving myself this weekend. 40 friends gathering for good food and connection, music and laughter, to celebrate not only my birthday but life in general. Welcome to our new subscribers. I am gratified that you have chosen to join [...]

Subject: Celebrating The Journey: Step One: Identify Your Personal Values ~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~= Welcome to Celebrating the Journey! Friday, January 17, 2003 Issue #103 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Welcome Notes 2. Step One: Values: What Are They... 3. Coaching: And How Do I Get 'Em? 4. Quotes for the Journey 5. Celebrating Out Loud! 6. Reading for the Journey: Get Your Needs Met 7. Resources for the Journey: Ask The Experts! 8. Humor: Memorable Management Memos ~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~= 1. Welcome Notes I'm writing this early Thursday evening, and my office window opens to a scene of handsome homes partly shaded by white-barked plum and green-needled pine trees, all bathed in the golden glow of the warm afternoon sun, with the near-full moon smiling down on it all. I can hear the surf through my open window. I value nature highly, and it is [...]

Subject: Celebrating the Journey: Seven Steps to Successful Goal Setting ~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~= Welcome to Celebrating the Journey! Friday, January 10, 2003 Issue #102 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Welcome Notes 2. Seven Steps to Successful Goal Setting 3. Coaching: Answer the Questions 4. Quotes for the Seven Steps 5. Opportunities for the Journey 6. Humor: Lunar Landing Repercussions: A True Story ~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~= 1. Welcome Notes Welcome to our new subscribers. I am gratified by the number of you who forward CTJ to friends, family and associates. Keep right on doin' it! It's how our family grows. If you like what's here, just hit your forward key and send it along. There is a gentle rain falling outside my office window, and I am being serenaded by a flock of tiny yellow finches with very big voices. My cat dozes on the couch. [...]

Subject: Celebrating the Journey: Special Edition ~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ Welcome to Celebrating the Journey! Friday, November 15, 2002 Special Edition TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Welcome Notes 2. Anna Quindlen's 2002 Commencement Speech to the Graduates of Villanova ~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~==~=~=~=~=~=~= 1. Welcome Notes As you know, Celebrating the Journey has been on hiatus for several months while I have been on a marvelous journey of discovery, growth, play and joy, away from the online world for much of the time. I had planned to begin regular publishing once again today, November 15. Unfortunately, I am having wrist problems related to working on my computer and have been “strongly encouraged” to stay off my keyboard as much as possible. In order to allow myself the time to heal, I am delaying the return of Celebrating the Journey until the first Friday of 2003. Thank you [...]

Subject: Celebrating the Journey: Challenge the Negative Voices ~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ Welcome to Celebrating the Journey! Friday, July 19, 2002 Issue #100!!! TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Welcome Notes 2. Challenge the Negative Voices 3. Coaching: Close the Door on the Committee 4. Quotes 5. Celebrating Out Loud! 6. Humor: Only In America ~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~==~=~=~=~=~=~= 1. Welcome Notes Walking alone, together. The words of Irene Morris to describe the process of connecting despite geographical challenges. I hiked up my favorite trail called Arbanie Kittle this morning, walking alone together with each of you in honor of this 100th issue. Thank you to all who have and are joining me today. We have well over 100 miles committed. Hikers, walkers, runners, bikers, even a paddler is taking part in the celebration. Many of you have written over the years that it is a great model [...]

Subject: Help Us Celebrate our 100th Issue! ~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ Welcome to Celebrating the Journey! Monday, July 15 Special Edition JOIN US IN HIKING, BIKING, WALKING OR RUNNING ONE MILE ON FRIDAY, JULY 19 TO CELEBRATE OUR 100TH ISSUE! As I mentioned in last Friday's CTJ, this week will mark the 100th issue of Celebrating the Journey. I asked our readers to send ideas of how to celebrate this occasion, and Irene Morris came up with a great one! Irene is an avid hiker and biker who often honors special occasions and dates and experiences by hiking, walking, biking long distances. She celebrated the Millennium by logging 2000 miles during the year 2000, dedicating each 100 miles to people who have been special in her life. Here are her words: “I think it would be so neat to celebrate the milestone of [...]

Subject: Help Us Celebrate our 100th Issue! ~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ Welcome to Celebrating the Journey! Monday, July 15 Special Edition JOIN US IN HIKING, BIKING, WALKING OR RUNNING ONE MILE ON FRIDAY, JULY 19 TO CELEBRATE OUR 100TH ISSUE! As I mentioned in last Friday's CTJ, this week will mark the 100th issue of Celebrating the Journey. I asked our readers to send ideas of how to celebrate this occasion, and Irene Morris came up with a great one! Irene is an avid hiker and biker who often honors special occasions and dates and experiences by hiking, walking, biking long distances. She celebrated the Millennium by logging 2000 miles during the year 2000, dedicating each 100 miles to people who have been special in her life. Here are her words: “I think it would be so neat to celebrate the milestone of [...]

Subject: Celebrating the Journey: What Is Your Theme for 2003? ~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~= Welcome to Celebrating the Journey! Friday, January 3, 2003 Issue #101 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Welcome Notes 2. What Is Your Theme for 2003? 3. Coaching: Create the Intention 4. Quotes for the Journey 5. Celebrating Out Loud! 6. Resources for the Journey 7. Humor: You Know You're in California When... ~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~= 1. Welcome Notes Happy New Year! Welcome to this time of closure and fresh beginnings. May 2003 be a year of peace and love, joy and abundance, success and prosperity for us all. We're Back!! Yes we are: weekly, with renewed energy, ideas, resources, stories, inspirations. You will once again find Celebrating the Journey in your inbox each Friday. I have been honored by the e-mails I've received from readers who have missed CTJ. It is enormously [...]

Subject: Begin Again ~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ Welcome to Celebrating the Journey! Friday, July 12, 2002 Issue #99 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Welcome Notes 2. Insanity Is... 3. Coaching: Begin Again 4. Quotes 5. Celebrating Out Loud! 6. Humor: Kids Say the Darndest Things ~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~==~=~=~=~=~=~= 1. Welcome Notes I am sitting on my patio in the hot Colorado sun, back home for a couple of weeks after a marvelous summer adventure. I am moving to Santa Cruz, California in early September, and my house here is filling with moving boxes and piles for the Thrift Shop. I welcome any tips you have on making a move easier. They'll serve me, and I can pass them on to our readers. Send those ideas to mailto:movingtips@tothesummit.com Next week will be the 100th issue of Celebrating the Journey. A marvelous milestone. I'd love to hear our [...]

Subject: A Blizzard-Avoiding Inkle ~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ Welcome to Celebrating the Journey! Friday, June 14, 2002 Issue #98 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Welcome Notes 2. A Blizzard-Avoiding Inkle 3. Coaching: Listen To Your Internal Nudges! 4. Quotes 5. “Try” Alternatives 6. Celebrating Out Loud! 7. Humor: Only In America... ~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~==~=~=~=~=~=~= 1. Welcome Notes Welcome to our new subscribers this week. And thanks to all who forward CTJ. If you like this issue, forward it to a friend, a family member, a colleague. That’s how our CTJ family grows, and the more we grow, the more we have to share. Yes, I know it’s only Thursday, June 13, not Friday, June 14. I am headed toward Breitenbush Hot Springs today for a workshop called Dance Intimate. Breitenbush is a no phone zone, cell or otherwise, hence the early arrival of this issue of [...]