Yes... I am now officially a grandma ! I am thankful for that ! My secret desire was to become a grandma before I turned 50. ( I did it- but just under the wire !)
I've decided to be called Nona. Too many Grandma's can be confusing.
Baby Ava Elizabeth Clark
born first day of Fall- Sept 22, 2006 at approx. 8 am.
Weight-- 10 lbs ! yes!
Dad, Andy, and Mom, Haley and Ava are all doing well.

Has this ever happened to you?
Just when you need help the most, or you are feeling at a loss, a person comes into your life?

This person may not be someone you know very well, or stay for very long. Yet, their presence is exactly what you need at the moment. At unseen levels we ask for help. The plea for help actually goes to the Source of all help. Call it Universe, call it God. Call it whatever you want, but nothing goes un noticed, or unanswered.
In nature, right after a storm, we often see an amazing rainbow, full of dazzling colors... and in that moment we forget about the storm. We turn our focus to the beauty before us.

Well, my theory on those folks who arrive in our lives at just the right 'moment' are like rainbows. We can stop focusing on the 'storm' long enough to know all is well, in reality. It allows us to stop putting our attention on the 'storm'. One very common aspect of Rainbow folks, is that they don't stay around long.

It's like that is nature, isn't it? One magnificent rainbow over a field only stays for a short while. And then it's gone. The purpose for that is to capture our attention in the moment. If rainbows were in our midst all day, ever day- we would stop seeing their beauty perhaps. The fact that they are fleeting makes them all the more powerful... we must be sure to fully stop to appreciate and enjoy them when we see them. And this is true too, for Rainbow People. Fully see, and appreciate them for who they are, and why they came into your life. They are the help you asked for.
Has this ever occurred for you? have you had any Rainbow folks come through lately? Drop me an e-mail

cathy@coachingwithcathy.com

The Art of Happiness at Work by The Dalai Lama, 2003, Riverhead books, New York.

My friend, Sandra, wrote in to share her thoughts on how the book impacted her, and how she recently viewed a TV program that featured the book with top scientists reviewing it as well.

...What amazed me was it is mainly commen sense and here were these top scietists, with years of advanced learning behind them, saying surprisingly enough, "after all of our controlled experiments, our findings are the same as in your book!"
One scientist said she has been working for years on what happiness is and after reading 20 books on the subject, the Dalai Lama's was the best. They took the discussion further to say if we want world peace, then we need happy people with compassion. Studies show that all children need to be brought up in a whole, healthy environment to create the basis for a happy person .....

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