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The Support4Change Newsletter |
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October 28 , 2007 |
Arlene Harder, Editor |
Volume 1, Number 6 |
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 Hope You Like These Announcements As Much As I Like Making Them
It's been a long time since the last newsletter because everything I've been working on has taken longer than expected, as usual. However, finally the galley copy of Ask Yourself Questions and Change Your Life is finished and ready to be sent to various people for review. That includes some foreign publishers who have expressed interest, though I'm not counting on it. The final print edition of the book will be available for purchase in May, or earlier. I'll let you know when.
The first chapter, "What Do I Know About the Process of Change?," is online now at no charge and available for you to read or print. In My Gift to You learn that if you read that chapter and give me your feedback, I will send you a special desktop photo from my "down under" collection.
The target date for the online edition of the book, and possibly audio version, is now Jan. 15. This is a change from the Nov. 15 date I had announced earlier. Unfortunately, the special animated, voice-over flash program couldn't be done until December and I may be out of the country then, so the new date gives me time to roll out both the book and a CD. I'll be telling you more about that later.
Yesterday was the opening of the Yahoo! Group for the Q-and-A Club. See below, you can see why we've formed the group. If you go to qandaclub group, become a member (for nothing, of course), and click on Calendar, you will find the following notation for today, Oct. 27:
"Welcome everyone. We hope you enjoy it here at the Q & A Club Yahoo group. Share with others. Give your feedback on the posted articles. Add to the Q & A Club's Visual Viewpoints photo album. Have fun!"
Also, we are able to announce the Yahoo! Q-and-A Club Group and provide you with a special Halloween card.
While there is other information I would ordinarily include in this newsletter, it's getting late and I want to get this sent. I'm determined not to run over and steal time I need from my "nothing" day tomorrow (see the blog's entry of Nineteen-Year Old Headlines to know what I mean by a "nothing" day.
Besides, with all the reading I'm giving you today, you'll have lots to keep you busy until the next newsletter.
Arlene Harder, Founder and Editor of Support4Change
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An Idea for the Season:
 A Special Halloween Card
I am pleased to have permission from Katie's Cards to offer you a slightly scary but funny experience on Support4Change.
Share The Halloween Party with your friends. It is sure to tickle their funny bones despite it's eerie music and graphics. Be sure of trouble-free viewing by downloading the latest Flash version. It's free of charge and only takes a minute or two to install. Click here to install it now. You'll use it many times, including the special flash that is coming to Support4Change in January.
See Using the Internet for Creative Cards for other ideas.
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My Gift to You
Read a Chapter, Answer a Few Questions, Receive a Free Desktop Picture
NOTE: If you are reading this after Jan. 1, 2008, this feature is no longer available.
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An Opportunity to Interact
Join the Discussion in the New Yahoo! Q-and-A Club Group
You see, I had originally assumed that anyone who liked the blog (where all the Q-and-A Club questions are posted in addition to having them on the website) would be interested in responding to the topics. That hasn't happened, which shouldn't be surprising because I don't write comments to any blogs I read. Besides, the truth is that I recently removed the comments feature from the blog because most the ones I received were not appropriate for the audience I want to attract.
So Renee Payan-Wong, who's been working with me for several years, suggested we create a special Yahoo! Group for those people who are inclined to take a more interactive role in the club. Now she's pulled together almost all the questions and presented them in a Yahoo! group called, appropriately enough, Q-and-A Club Yahoo! Group.
You will have to join the online discussion group in order to add your comments and pictures in the Yahoo! Photos section where Renee has begun the photo albums with pictures from my Visual Viewpoints. Of course, you can share your Visual Viewpoints on the Support4Change website without being a member of the Yahoo! group.
Who knows, your contribution of a comment or picture may encourage others to join with you—and have a lively discussion. Remember, all you have to do is go to the qandaclub home page and follow instructions for "Join This Group" in the top right of the page.
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 Q-and-A Club Questions:
October 1 , 2007
With much of my energy going toward the completion of the manuscript and visits with family, there wasn't much time to provide many questions for the Q-and-A Club. However, here is one question since the last newsletter.
If you are new to Support4Change and the Q-and-A Club, you can read more about it at Community of the Curious and Courageous.
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Category: Deepening Faith and Spirituality
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The focus of these questions centers on what we learn in our lives and what we want others to remember about us. The topic comes partly from my reflections on my nephew's recent death and on the many ways people imagine (in other words, theorize) what will happen when they pass from this life to another kind of experience. Or perhaps they imagine (theorize) that there is nothing after life on this earth.
In discussing the topic, I mention two books that demonstrate different theories of what will happen when someone dies. One is Harry Freund’s book, I Never Saw Paris: A Novel of the Afterlife . The other is The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom. You might want to check them out, for they provide an interesting complement to theories of the afterlife that can compel someone to take another person's life in order to get there. As I say in the introduction to these questions, it is terribly sad that our versions of what we cannot see deprive us from being a better human to those we can see in this life.
In any case, we must live life today the best we can, learning and loving the best we can. So the questions here revolve around what you would want others to remember about you and what you would do differently if you could do it all over again, whether or not there is a judgment on your earthly life after you die.
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A Book for Children and Grandchildren
Art Fraud Detective
By Anna Nilsen
If you have children, grandchildren, nieces and nephews ages six and above on your holiday list, I have a great idea for you. I thought of adding it to the newsletter when I spent some time this summer with my grandchildren exploring Art Fraud Detective: Spot the Difference, Solve the Crime! It is somewhat like the "Where's Waldo?" books, such as Where's Waldo? The Great Picture Hunt . If you're aware of this series, you'll know that children love to hone their observation skills by examining a picture for small details.
In Art Fraud Detective you get a similar challenge by exploring England’s National Gallery with thirty-four European masterpieces that have been “forged” by a gang of art thieves. The reader is given a magnifying glass with which to note the small differences between the original and the fake. Not only do young readers (and their parents) learn about art, but they develop the skill of patience in examining two almost similar pictures. These are not unlike the feature in the weekly LIFE supplement that came with our newspaper and had a picture that had been changed slightly. Good for working those old brain cells.
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Books for Adults
The Body Has a Mind of Its Own
By Sandra Blakeslee and Matthew Blakeslee
  As I said in my review of The Body Has a Mind of Its Own: How Body Maps in Your Brain Help You Do (Almost) Everything Better, when I was asked if I would review it, I thought "ho-hum," I've been here before. After all, I've written a number of articles about the mind-body connection and have focused in my work on the ability of imagery to affect the body. But this book takes the topic of the body's plasticity in an exciting direction through wonderful illustrations, anecdotes, and even parlor tricks.
The authors, well-respected science writers, point out that the "sum total of your numerous, flexible, morphable body maps gives rise to the solid-feeling subjective sense of 'me-ness' and to your ability to comprehend and navigate the world around you." If you've ever wondered why it feels as though your sense of "self" doesn't end with your physical body but extends into the space around you, why we seek elbow room, why yawning is contagious, and why we're able to navigate the physical world in the way we do, I highly recommend this book.
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