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You Get a Better Life When You Get 'Better At Living' Life

Talking to Yourself!
Thanks for your comments on last newsletters feature article ... Talking to Yourself!

Hey, have you read The Holographic Universe? Given this last
newsletter, I think you'd find it fascinating!
Lisa B.

Please remember that I love hearing from you. Email me and tell me what you're particular area of growth this year will be!

February 24th
Once again I will be presenting True Colors®/ Teaching & Learning Styles at the ETFO Conference at the Royal York Hotel in Toronto

Interested in a fund-raiser for your group or promoting a workshop? True Colors® or Personality Dimensions® are crowd pleasers. They also have multiple applications such as Parenting, Communications, Teambuilding, Relationships, Leadership Development, Sales & Customer Service, Teaching & Learning Styles etc. People come away understanding themselves, valuing others and having had a great time. Now that is value! Contact me for additional information.

I have been married a long time, almost thirty years to be exact. Most Valentine's Day we tend to vaguely acknowledge it ... maybe with a card. I tell myself that it is just another occasion to spend money and to drive working women around the bend. I just recovered from Christmas and I'm supposed to do something about Valentines Day? Who is St. Valentine anyway and why do we celebrate this holiday?

The history of Valentine's Day -- and its patron saint -- is shrouded in mystery. But we do know that since the Middle Ages in England and France, February has been the month of romance. St. Valentine's Day, as we know it today, contains vestiges of both Christian and ancient Roman tradition.

One legend contends that Valentine was a priest who served during the third century in Rome. When Emperor Claudius II decided that single men made better soldiers than those with wives and families, he outlawed marriage for young men -- his crop of potential soldiers. Valentine, realizing the injustice of the decree, defied Claudius and continued to perform marriages for young lovers in secret. When Valentine's actions were discovered, Claudius ordered that he be put to death.

According to another legend, Valentine actually sent the first 'valentine' greeting himself. While in prison, it is believed that he fell in love with a young girl who visited him during his confinement. Before his death, it is alleged that he wrote her a letter, which he signed 'From your Valentine,' an expression that is still in use today.

This year is going to be different. Eduardo and I have decided to not only acknowledge the day but to really celebrate it. Being together for almost thirty Valentine's Days is something to celebrate. Surviving raising three children, their animals, friends and significant others is something to celebrate. We are so geared up for this that we started celebrating several days ago. We are behaving like teenagers!

So this Valentine's Day it doesn't matter if you are not currently involved with someone, there are lots of people in your life that you love and that love you. Just because St. Valentine's martyred himself for love does not mean that you have to.

The point is to celebrate ... reach out and let someone know that they are important in your life. Take this opportunity to celebrate our human connection. It could become habit forming.

You can change your life
You can make it better
You just have to get 'Better At Living' it!

Lesley Cordero is founder and President of Cordero Consulting, a company offering personal growth solutions in the form of workshops, keynote presentations, and Internet information resources. Let's Get Better At Living!

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