Our Weekly Message for March 12, 2003
 

Greetings special friends,

Many of you are on spring break this week or about to embark on break next week. I hope that you have a safe and wonderful week off. Many of us are thankful for the break.

Here are some thoughts for the day:

"Every problem has in it the seeds of its own solution. If you don't have any problems, you don't get any seeds..." -- Norman Vincent Peale

"Life asks us to make measurable progress in reasonable time. That's why they make those fourth grade chairs so small - so you won't fit in them at age twenty-five!" Jim Rohn

"Look at your past. Your past has determined where you are at this moment. What you do today will determine where you are tomorrow. Are you moving forward or standing still?" -- Tom Hopkins

After Spring Break, time will fly past us and summer will be here before we know it. Our National Championship is right around the corner and we even have a special team from South Africa that will be competing in the International division! We have already e-mailed over 50 private camp contracts and receiving daily requests for a private camp bid. Make sure to visit the Director's Corner to get a bid for your private camp or to pre-register for summer camp.

We should always be thankful for what we have. Many times we find ourselves worrying over small details and fretting for what we think we need. It is important to stop and focus on how lucky we really are. Below is a special passage from Jim Rohn that I hope you enjoy.

Have a blessed week, and, as always, please keep in touch.
 

Joyce E. Pennington
President, CEO
American Dance/Drill Team®
800/462-5719

     

 
 

One of Life's Great Lessons
Learn to be Thankful for What You Already Have
by Jim Rohn
(excerpted from the New Jim Rohn Weekend Event DVD/CD series)

Is thankfulness a survival skill? Perhaps most of you would respond with, "No, Jim, thankfulness is not key to survival", and I would tend to agree with you. Most of us have probably already solved the necessary problems of survival, gone beyond that and are now working to achieve our desires. But let me give you this key phrase, "Learn to be thankful for what you already have, while you pursue all that you want." I believe one of the greatest and perhaps one of the simplest lessons in life we can learn is to be thankful for what we have already received and accomplished.

Both the years and the experiences have brought me here to where I stand today, but it is the thankfulness that opened the windows of opportunities, of blessings, of unique experiences to flow my way. My gratitude starts with my parents who raised me, gave me an incredible foundation that has lasted me all of these years and continues with the mentors that I've met along the way who absolutely changed and revolutionized my life, my income, my bank account, my future. I am also very thankful for the people, the associations, for the ideas, for the chance to work and labor, and to produce results, all of that has brought me to this place, to this weekend. I'm grateful for it all.

What a unique opportunity each one of you here has, so many of us; representing different countries, nations and cultures, to appreciate the uniqueness of our own experiences that has brought us all here, together, for these three days to learn new skills and sharpen old ones. For the countries we represent; we have freedom and liberty. These are extraordinary times, about eleven years ago the walls came tumbling down, in Germany, and it started a wave of democracy and freedom like the world has never seen before. We as a country and as a world have so much to be thankful for. Always start with thanksgiving; be thankful for what you already have and see the miracles that come from this one simple act.

Now thankfulness is just the beginning; next, you've got to challenge yourself to produce. Produce more ideas than you need for yourself so you can share and give your ideas away. That is called fruitfulness and abundance. Here's what I think fruitfulness and abundance mean - to go to work on producing more than you need for yourself so you can begin blessing others, blessing your nation and blessing your enterprise. Once abundance starts to come, once someone becomes incredibly productive, it's amazing what the numbers turn out to be. But to begin this incredible process of blessing, it often starts with the act of thanksgiving and gratitude, being thankful for what you already have and for what you've already done. Begin the act of thanksgiving today and watch the miracles flow your way.

 
   

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