20 October, 2015

06-09-2004 Thank You All So Very Much!

Subject: Thank You All So Very Much! This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------040900030005060704070001 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I am quite simply overwhelmed by the marvelous outpouring of support and love and caring and good wishes you have sent in response to the final issue of Celebrating The Journey. Thank you for your love! Many of you were curious about the changes that have brought about the choice to discontinue CTJ. I will give you the short version here, and will respond to each individual email as I am able. It may take a good while, and each of you who have taken the time to write will be responded to. And the short version is... more volunteering; more tennis; more walking (training to do 3 60-mile Breast Cancer walks in October); more singing (with a [...]

20 October, 2015

06-09-2004 Celebrating The Journey: The Final Issue

Subject: Celebrating The Journey: The Final Issue This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------090809020700030601060704 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit ~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ Welcome to Celebrating the Journey! Wednesday, June 9, 2004 Final Edition What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the master calls a butterfly. Richard Bach Stop worrying about the potholes in the road and celebrate the journey! Fitzhugh Mullan and Barbara Hoffman 1. Closing Message I have had Celebrating The Journey "on hiatus" for many months now and finally have to admit that its publication has, indeed, come to its natural end. I have so enjoyed celebrating this journey we call life with you. Your feedback and shared stories have been an inspiration for me. Thank you for sharing your journeys with me. My life has changed over the past year, in delightful ways, and [...]

20 October, 2015

04-18-2003 Celebrating the Journey: Step Seven: Choose Your Big Ten

Subject: Celebrating the Journey: Step Seven: Choose Your Big Ten ~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ Welcome to Celebrating the Journey! Friday, April 18, 2003 Issue #110 Stop worrying about the potholes in the road and celebrate the journey! Fitzhugh Mullan and Barbara Hoffman 1. Welcome Notes 2. Step Seven: The Big Ten 3. Coaching: How to Choose Your Top Ten Goals 4. Quotes for the Journey 5. Opportunities for the Journey 6. Celebrating Out Loud 7. Humor: Good Advice for Life ~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ 1. Welcome Notes Welcome to our new subscribers. There are a bunch of you this week, and we're delighted to have you with us. Thank you to all who forward CTJ to your family, friends and coworkers. the bigger our family, the bigger the celebration! Want to spread the word? Just hit your forward key. Today is the second anniversary of the [...]

20 October, 2015

03-28-2003 Celebrating The Journey: Step Six: Goal Play

Subject: Celebrating The Journey: Step Six: Goal Play ~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ Welcome to Celebrating the Journey! Friday, March 28, 2003 Issue #109 Stop worrying about the potholes in the road and celebrate the journey! Fitzhugh Mullan and Barbara Hoffman 1. Welcome Notes 2. Step Six: Goal Play 3. Coaching: Get Curious About Your Goals 4. Quotes for the Journey 5. Opportunities for the Journey 6. Celebrating Out Loud 7. Humor: What's In A name? ~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ 1. Welcome Notes There are exquisite high cirrus clouds creating lace in the morning sky. They have flowed from rich orange into warm peach and finally to pale, pale yellow. The sun will shortly peek above the trees, sending its light into my office window and all of Santa Cruz. The sun unites each of us on this planet as nothing else does. It touches every one [...]

20 October, 2015

03-21-2003 Celebrating The Journey: Step Five: Take Your Goals To School

Subject: Celebrating The Journey: Step Five: Take Your Goals To School ~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ Welcome to Celebrating the Journey! Friday, March 21, 2003 Issue #108 Stop worrying about the potholes in the road and celebrate the journey! Fitzhugh Mullan and Barbara Hoffman 1. Welcome Notes 2. Step Five: Take Your Goals to School 3. Coaching: SMARTEN 'Em Up! 4. Quotes for the Journey 5. Celebrating Out Loud 6. Humor, Sort Of: 11 Lessons I Learned in Nepal ~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ 1. Welcome Notes On this first day of spring, I write with a swirl of mixed emotions. Warmed by and grateful for this time of growth and transformation. And deeply saddened by the conflict into which our country has entered and its effect on the people of this planet. Spring is a time of hope, and I choose to live in the hope today [...]

20 October, 2015

02-28-2003 Celebrating the Journey: Step Four: Rolling Out Your Role’s Goals

Subject: Celebrating the Journey: Step Four: Rolling Out Your Role's Goals ~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ Welcome to Celebrating the Journey! Friday, February 28, 2003 Issue #107 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Welcome Notes 2. Step Four: Role goals 3. Coaching: Roll Out Your Own Role Goals 4. Quotes for the Journey 5. Celebrating Out Loud 6. Humor: The Bible in 50 Words ~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ 1. Welcome Notes I was blessed with being at a Joan Baez concert last night. Her grace, humor and commitment to actively taking a stand for peace are crystal clear reminders of the importance of living our lives based on our own values, our own purpose, our own dreams, even when others may not agree with or support us. In line with that, I am altering the intention of CTJ just a bit. My intention has been to publish CTJ on [...]

20 October, 2015

02-14-2003 Celebrating the Journey: Whatever the Question, Love Is the Answer

Subject: Celebrating the Journey: Whatever the Question, Love Is the Answer ~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ Welcome to Celebrating the Journey! Friday, February 14, 2003 Issue #106 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Welcome Notes 2. Whatever the Question, Love Is the Answer 3. Coaching: Live the Answer 4. Quotes for the Journey 5. Celebrating the Journey 6. Humor: Rules for the Real World ~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ 1. Welcome Notes Happy Valentine's Day to you all, including our new subscribers. I welcome you to our CTJ family and, once again, thank those of you who forward us to others. I am taking a break in the Seven Steps to Successful Goals series in order to honor this holiday of love. It is too special a day to let go by without celebrating it and the journey of love on which we all walk, whether we are aware of [...]

20 October, 2015

02-07-2003 Celebrating the Journey: Step Three: Role Play

Subject: Celebrating the Journey: Step Three: Role Play ~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ Welcome to Celebrating the Journey! Friday, February 7, 2003 Issue #105 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Welcome Notes 2. Step Three: Role Play: A Wheel Needs Spokes 3. Coaching: Identify the Spokes of Your Life Wheel 4. Quotes for the Journey 5. Humor: Things That it Took Me 50 Years to Learn ~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ 1. Welcome Notes A bright, crisp morning in Santa Cruz, California. We have been blessed with the weather this past week: nippy mornings, even a bit of frost, and deliciously warm and sunny days. My heart sings with joy at walking on the beach in the warmth of the sun in February! I send my sincere condolences and best wishes to all of you who are shoveling snow. As always, I offer a sincere welcome to our new subscribers. [...]

20 October, 2015

01-24-2003 Celebrating the Journey: Life Dreaming: Create A Vision

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 [...]

20 October, 2015

01-17-2003 Celebrating The Journey: Step One: Identify Your Personal Values

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 [...]