“Happy Birthday Jaime”
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Birthdays are special and it is the time to get the blessing and wishes from your near and dear ones. Each day in your life is special, but birthday has the extra special in your life that too when you celebrate with your loved ones, it becomes even more special.
The celebrations of Happy Birthday actually have an origin. In the earlier days, the birthday celebration was found in the first book of the Bible called Genesis. The reasons for how birthdays came to be celebrated. The Pharaohs in Egypt were transformed into Gods after they were coroneted. That day was considered as the birth of a God, and people use to celebrate the event very grandly.
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“the likability factor”
“TO LIKE… or NOT to LIKE”
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“Jaime’s Post…The Four Agreements”
The Four Agreements
I recently read a book called The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz that opened my eyes to a new way of thinking and way of living. The premise is that there are four agreements you make with yourself and when followed miraculous things will happen.
As you practice living these four practices your life will dramatically change. In the beginming these new habits will be challenging and you will lapse countless times. With practice these agreements become integrated into your being and every area of your life and become easy habits to keep.
The Four Agreements are:
1. Be Impeccable with your Word: Speak with integrity. Say only what you mean. Avoid using the Word to speak against yourself or to gossip about others. Use the power of your Word in the direction of truth and love.
2. Don’t Take Anything Personally
Nothing others do is because of you. What others say and do is a projection of their own reality, their own dream. When you are immune to the opinions and actions of others, you won’t be the victim of needless suffering.
3. Don’t Make Assumptions
Find the courage to ask questions and to express what you really want. Communicate with others as clearly as you can to avoid misunderstandings, sadness and drama. With just this one agreement, you can completely transform your life.
4. Always Do Your Best
Your best is going to change from moment to moment; it will be different when you are healthy as opposed to sick. Under any circumstance, simply do your best, and you will avoid self-judgment, self-abuse, and regret.
For more on this, check out the book, The Four Agreements. It has the power to transform our lives to a new experience of freedom, love and true happiness.
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Jaime Aldrich Cardwell
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“Jaime’s First Published Book is Just Terrific”
“First Published book by Jaime Aldrich”
This is the cover of the book written and illustrated with her very own drawings…the title is “Changes Around Us” … and the author is Miss Jaime Aldrich, my Grand-Daughter.
Since … little Miss Jaime’s book is about the changing “SEASONS ” just thought that I would include a page from her book and this page talks about this very “TIME” of the year that we are in now…
“FALL” … and on the page opposite this writing is… one of her very own drawings just to show us… what the “FALL TIME” of a year would look like and what we might be doing… when and at this time of the year.
This is one of the best “projects” … I feel that the SCHOOL System can offer for the very young children… something CREATIVE and using their natural talents that a very young child has.
To have some way of expressing their use of language, writing, and storytelling all in a very natural and highly imaginative way for their age. Also, for those young children who like to draw and color or even paint, which are all qualities to spark a full development… giving them something that they may want to explore further in LIFE, with higher education and more training.
When given a chance early to start writing stories and with your own natural creative gifts given to us by our Creator… gives us advancement in more training and working our natural abilities into a career and or at least… this first starter project is a FAMILY treasure and something to be proud of … for all the days of their LIFE!
“One must be grateful and thankful to those TEACHERS… that have the inspiration to know exactly what will motivate children to learn and master good working abilities in small starter projects in SCHOOL…sparking something that gives a Student a chance to develop LOVE… in projects… that also inspire others to always want to make things that are good for all of us!”
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“Read…When Your Favorite Pet Goes to Heaven”
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“Learning Lessons while Shopping of Child Behavior”
Listen and learn!
Do you keep your ears and eyes open when shopping at “Wal-mart” stores? You should really watch people when you are in a large area of people – there are lessons to learn.
At this particular time – afternoon – a family, father, mother, and three sons ages 15 to 21 – all well dressed. They moved through the store and if they were not so very quiet and well behaved – even I, would not have noticed. But something caught my ear. “Snap Snap” or you might say “Click Click” – when you rub your thumb and middle finger together making a noticeable noise!
Out of the ordinary noises catch my ear and I have to look and listen further for what is going on? Observe and learn for what is to be expected? You might just say that I am nosy!
When the “Father” snapped his fingers, his three sons, immediately – turned toward him watching for his fingers to do the talking! His pointer finger – selected the son’s attention he wanted – he would point to something and then move his wrist toward himself or to the basket to put said item in. Everything so mechanical!
He would talk in a very soft voice to the “Mother” of the family – but when doing so was very close to her ear. So, now… I was finished with my shopping and so was this other family… that I was observing for quite some time… now…that this family was finished with their shopping and also looking for a lane to check out in, old nosy me… I follow them into the same lane.
They spoke with the cashier, gave their credit card information, and as the cashier was bagging merchandise – the “Father” with a quick “snap or click” and a point to one son and a quick point to another with wrist pointing to the basket – the sons knew what to do, they finished the bagging and putting the filled bags into the basket, with precise “clockwork” action, just as if they were in the Military?”
You know this training started as soon as these boys began to walk, it was just so natural – I’ll bet these boys were never in the store as small children crying for everything that they wanted – and or were crying louder when they were not getting it. When there is a strong “Father figure” in the family you can move mountains with little or no effort!
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