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============================================================ Debt Worries? Get Relief Now! Free Online Consultation Get Out of Debt Quickly � No Credit Check! No More Harassment! Eliminate Interest & Late Charges! http://click.topica.com/caaafxjb1disLb1Aex1a/FirstMutualFinancial ============================================================ THE PEBBLE - 01/13/02 - A TODDLER'S FIRST STEPS! YOUR DAILY CHUCKLE and MOTIVATION - ENJOY! This is not spam. This publication is sent to you because we are both members of the same opt-in list and have agreed to receive messages from one another. To be removed, please send an unsubscribe directly to the list. Welcome to THE PEBBLE for January 13, 2002 ----------------------------------------- Send your Mars and Venus questions to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------ THREE WORDS THAT WILL MAKE OR BREAK YOU! That's right. If you don't know the way or if you don't do it right it will break you! THE OPPOSITE IS ALSO TRUE! Learn these three little words and your life can be much better, happier, healthier and prosperous. By the way, this is not a come-on. We are speaking about a publication put out by THE PEBBLE organization. Send a blank email to mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (When you click on this link your email program will come up. Without doing anything else just click send.) ------------------------------------------ BASIC INTERNET BUSINESS COURSE It is a simple and very effective way for newcomers and experienced alike to use a strategic and proven system of using email to start, promote and maintain an internet business. Both INEXPENSIVE and POWERFUL, it is the system we have used to make THE PEBBLE so successful. Send a blank email to the autoresponder mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (When you click on this link your email program will come up. Without doing anything else just click send.) --------------------------------------------------------------------- I'LL SEE IT WHEN I BELIEVE IT! --------------------------------------------------------------------- CONTENTS: 1. STRANGE BITS AND PIECES! ------------------ 2. TITLE ARTICLE - - - A TODDLER'S FIRST STEPS! by Ken Darby ------------------ 3. COMPUTER TIPS by Patsy Norlie DON'T WANT TO BE NAVIGATING THE START MENU? ------------------- 4. MARS AND VENUS - - - ------------------- 5. THINK ABOUT THIS TODAY! 6. HA! HA!HA! 7. CONTACT INFO 8. THE LAST LINE - - - - - --------------------------------------------------------------- STRANGE BITS AND PIECES! There wasn't a single pony in the Pony Express, just horses! ---------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE ARTICLE - - - ----------------- A TODDLER'S FIRST STEPS! by Ken Darby As good fortune smiles on me in the form and manner of watching a grandchild take his first faltering steps, I want to share it with you. I get real excited watching as I know that all of life lies before this child. While I have no desire to go back I know the things in store for him and it excites me. I have a brother-in-law who doesn't like to let go. He was sad when the kids left home, he phones them still twice or more a week and he still participates in their decisions. It presents a tough situation for everyone and I find it difficult to understand. You see, to me, the most rewarding thing in life is guiding a child to a point where the child can participate in life with me. I revel in the child being independant, in the child being able to look after themselves, in the child growing to be resilient, resourceful and a capable contributor to society. Those kinds of things excite me. I think that is why we started THE PEBBLE now so long ago, to help people to their success. The old saying "If you love something set it free. If it is yours it will come back" is how I react to all relationships. A relationship founded on each participants desire to be there is infinitely better than relationships where participants have no choice. While my "toddler" has no choice at the moment he will be guided to the point where he knows he has a right to lead his own life and I know his choice will be to come home periodically to share life with Mom and I. What a joy to be able to watch this process. This grandchild is not our first but will likely be our last. Maybe that is why I cherish it so much. It thrills me to the core to know that I might play a part in this childs life. I am thankful for the privelige. I watch him stumble and splat, down he goes. I think to myself this is all of life here before me. He gets up and tries again and splat, down he goes. We are making it a game now and he thinks it is fun. Soon there will be no more failures in his efforts and he will be walking, taking it for granted no less, it is after all his birthright. And so will every success hereafter. We are all, in fact, born to be successful. It is our natural birthright and my job is to instill that knowledge into this toddler here, now, with his first steps. Funny isn't it how all of lifes lessons are wrapped up in a few years of early childhood? I wonder where some of us get lost? I wonder where we lost the innate knowledge that success, prosperity, health and wealth belong to us? I wonder why we allow ourselves to become absorbed into ideas that keep us from success, or worse yet fail to question when we are finally reminded of the process? Amazing isn't it what you can see in A TODDLER'S FIRST STEPS! ---------------------------------------------------------------- COMPUTER TIPS - - - ------------------------- DON'T WANT TO BE NAVIGATING THE START MENU? Then create a new toolbar on your desktop consisting of an element of the Start menu that you frequently use -- the Programs menu, for example. To add a new toolbar, right-click on the taskbar, point to Toolbars and select New Toolbar. Open the folder c:\windows\start menu , select Programs and click OK. The top-level menu items in the Programs menu are now one-click items on the toolbar. If your taskbar is already crowded, you can drag the new toolbar to your desktop and position and resize it to your liking. -------------------------- Thanks for your TIP today, Patsy! FREE Web Cell Phones, and you can too, at http://www.cellphonetoolbox.com/dmi/8953 � and furnish Prequalified Leads for all business's at http://freeleads.com/team/patsyy777 � Call 1-707-823-3304 for your FREE Making Money Catalog. Patsy can be reached at [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------------- MARS AND VENUS - - - - --------------------------- Dears Mars & Venus: I'm expecting my first child in a few months. All's been grand until day before yesterday when my mother made her announcement that she does not wish to be called "grandmother" or any other "grandmotherly-sounding name". She then provided us with her preferred choices: "Auntie" or "Helen" (her first name). I am so disappointed that my children will not be able to refer to her a "Gran" or "Grammy" or even "Mama" (which is what we called our grandmother). My mother is dead serious. She told me very nicely that if she hears any of those names she won't respond. What's wrong with her? Signed "Unhappy Preggie" VENUS RESPONSE: There's nothing necessarily "wrong" with your mother. She doesn't want to see herself as she pictures grandmothers: older, less independent, rocking chairs. These days we have grandmothers who don't come close to looking their age and I'm sure she knows that. She may even be in a little bit of denial. But just to make sure, she's hedging her bets. Auntie or Helen, to me, are not very good choices. All I can suggest is that if she really doesn't want to be known as "grandmother" you kick around some other ideas. Keep in mind, it's not so much as how your children refer to her as it is to develop great relationships. MARS RESPONSE: I saw a lot of this kind of thing during the "burn the bra" movement. Occasionally you still see it where a woman getting married refuses to change her name to her husband's. Often it has to do with asserting their independance and too often, those relationships don't last. Nonetheless, be aware that it is the relationship that is important, not the name. If you make no issue of it you will likely find that "Grandma" slips in there once in a while and slowly it will be permanent. ------------------------------------------------------- CATALOGUE OF FREE DOCUMENTS FROM OUR AUTORESPONDERS We have created a catalogue of free documents and made them available to you by autoresponders. Go to mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (When you click on this link your email program will come up. Without doing anything else just click send.) Remember THE PEBBLE'S REAL PEOPLE PROFILE If you would like to have YOUR story featured in THE PEBBLE start off by sending a blank email to mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (When you click on this link your email program will come up. Without doing anything else just click send.) ------------------------------------------------------------ AUTORESPONDERS GET THE JOB DONE! URGENT! 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They would put them down somewhere and forget where they left them. One of the life's mysteries is how a two-pound box of candy can make a woman gain five pounds. It's frustrating when you know all the answers and nobody bothers to ask you the questions. If you can remain calm, you just don't have all the facts. I finally got my head together, and my body fell apart. The real art of conversation is not only to say the right thing in the right place, but also to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment. Time may be a great healer, but it's also a lousy beautician. Brain cells come and brain cells go, but fat cells live forever. Age doesn't always bring wisdom. Sometimes age comes alone. Life doesn't just begin at forty; it also begins to show then. Just when I was getting used to yesterday, along came today. Sometimes I think I understand everything, then I regain consciousness. If at first you don't succeed, see if the loser gets anything. You don't stop laughing because you grow old; you grow old because you stop laughing. I don't mind the rat race, but I could do with a little more cheese. I had to give up jogging for my health. My thighs kept rubbing together and setting my pantyhose on fire. Amazing! You just hang something in your closet for a while, and it shrinks two sizes. It is bad to suppress laughter; it goes back down and spreads to your hips. Age is important only if you're cheese or wine. The only time a woman wishes she were a year older is when she is expecting a baby. Freedom of the press means no-iron clothes. Inside some of us is a thin person struggling to get out, but she can usually be sedated with a few pieces of chocolate cake. Can it be a mistake that "STRESSED" is "DESSERTS" spelled backwards? -------------------------------------------------------------- CONTACT INFORMATION: THE PEBBLE is published daily. 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