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Glad you stopped by! It's the place to Share, Build and Grow ideas In this month's July edition of Coach's Corner: * Mountain Tops or Valleys * Awesome book titles submitted by you ! * Travel Plans? * Quote for the day

What’s Your Viewpoint- Mountain Top or Valley Floor? Hero’s choose to focus on their purpose, which usually lies on the other side of pain. There’s a old movie called “ It’s a Wonderful Life” where the main character, George Bailey suddenly encounters huge debt, along with legal and business trouble. Trouble the likes of he has never seen. He is even faced with going to jail for a crime he did not commit. He could not see a way to support his family. The odds are stacking up against him and seem insurmountable. He’s desperate. He feels that everything he as worked for is about to be lost, and there is absolutely nothing he can do to get it back. He is about to commit suicide when an angel intervenes, and shows him what life would be like if he had never been born. The people he had helped in his life went without help because he wasn’t there. His brother dies as a child because he wasn’t there to save him. Hundreds of men on a transport ship die because his brother wasn’t there to save them. George's wife remained an old maid and never married. In the movie, George begins to see the value his life brought to all those people in his hometown- despite his current problems. So he asks the angel to bring him back to reality. At the end of the movie, all the people George had helped rally around him to lend him a hand. In his darkest times he had what he needed to survive. He realizes that all of the good that he has done in life actually outweighs the pain he is currently experiencing. He also realizes it isn’t about how pleasant life is that makes it worthwhile, it’s about the value he brings to the lives of all those around him. So when George decided not to commit suicide, his horrible situation had not changed. The only thing that changed was what he chose to focus on. Once his focus had changed, he started believing that his life did have significance and a purpose. After he got to the top of the mountain to see the view, he saw everything in a whole new light. You could say now he was looking through hero’s eyes. So, what position are you viewing life: mountain top or valley floor? Survivor of Nazi camps, Viktor Frankl, says this; “ in some ways, suffering ceases to be suffering at the moment it finds a meaning”. We always have the power to focus on what we want, no matter what is going on in the world around us. In his book the Art of Happiness, the Dalai Lama, writes “ happiness, therefore, does not come from the elimination of pain, but from the realization of purpose.” So you don’t have to have an angel speak to you in a dream to give you a mission or purpose in life. You , on the other hand, have the option to chose to believe that there is something worth accomplishing. It may be on the other side of your current situation, no matter what that may look like. Focus on the best, and allow it to manifest.

What's everybody reading? Wow- what a great response from you all- I put the challenge out there last month for the first 7 people to e-mail me with a good book they are reading right now. I wanted to hear why it spoke to you. And for that you each received a Starbucks gift card as a thanks for playing along. Here are just 9 of the fantastic titles I was sent. You may see something that catches your eye for some patio or beach reading this summer. Most of these titles are now up on my Resource Page and you can purchase them there if you like. To find these titles for sale, scroll down to the bottom of the Resources Page for these new books with comments from readers... 1. "Deep Water Passage" by Ann Linnea. Submitted by: Karla Graham 2."The Four Agreements" by Don Miguel Ruiz. Submitted by: Shelly Henderson 3.“The Memory Keeper’s Daughter” by Kim Edwards. Submitted by:Delaine Willms 4.Ethical Wills Author: Dr. Barry K. Baines. Submitted by: Marcella E. Downing 5."A Course in Miracles." Submitted by: Blaine Allan 6.The Secret Lives of Alexandra David-Neel by Barbara & Michael Foster. Submitted by: Linda Stedfield 7.IT'S CALLED WORK FOR A REASON! Your Success is your own damn fault by Larry Winget Submitted by; Shanna Heidrich 8. A SIMPLE PATH, Mother Teresa. Submitted by: Sharon Rickaby 9. Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert ... Submitted by: Angelica Taggert I'd like to pass on a title to you as well. My son Andy gave me this one to read recently. It's called Critical Choices, by Daniel R. Castro. Loved it because he speaks about The 7 Laws of Critical Focus. He points out how they are the laws that govern what you focus on, what you believe, and what you expect from Life. The book is a collection of stories about ordinary people whose critical choices turned them into heroes. Again thanks for taking the time to send me what you are reading. Well done ! click here to go to the Resource Section

Any Travel Plans this summer? Always curious to know about travel plans in the summer of the people I know. Got anything interesting in the works? drop me a line! cathy@coachingwithcathy.com

Quote seen on a church reader board: If you want to get the last word in... ...just apologize !!

Wishing you a safe July. Hope you did something fun on Canada Day and for my American readers- Happy July 4th !
Until next month- be the best !

Coach Cathy

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