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		<title>21 Days of Love in ACTION, Day 3 &#8211; Who Taught You to Love?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:21:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julette</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hello there loving people of the world! WELCOME to those of you joining us&#8230;we are thrilled to have you! previous messages and suggested activities are here: Day 1 and earlier ► http://bit.ly/ymdXkw Day 2 ► http://bit.ly/x0tjR6 and today is day 3 of our 21-day journey&#8230; As you know unless it is in action, it is... <a href="http://julettemillien.com/21-days-of-love-in-action-day-3-who-taught-you-to-love/"> [Continue Reading]</a>]]></description>
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<p><span style="font-size: medium;">Hello there loving people of the world!</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;">WELCOME to those of you joining us&#8230;we are thrilled to have you! previous messages and suggested activities are here:</span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">Day 1 and earlier ► <a onmousedown="UntrustedLink.bootstrap($(this), &quot;LAQEO2s2t&quot;, event, bagof(null));" href="http://bit.ly/ymdXkw" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3b5998;">http://bit.ly/ymdXkw</span></a></span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">Day 2 ► <a onmousedown="UntrustedLink.bootstrap($(this), &quot;WAQHZxOjF&quot;, event, bagof(null));" href="http://bit.ly/x0tjR6" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3b5998;">http://bit.ly/x0tjR6</span></a></span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;">and today is day 3 of our 21-day journey&#8230;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;">As you know unless it is in action, it is not love. We have undertaken to spread love all about us and within us with great vigor and enthusiasm! And boy are we doing it. I know that not just because I see it on FB but I see it also in my life. And that is the goal&#8230;to not just spread it but BE it at a higher and more authentic level than before. Thank you for being on this journey with me!</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;">With the examples of many great men and women before us, I believe it’s safe to say we KNOW a single person can impact the world. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;">Well this being so can you imagine the impact of 115! <a title="FB event - 21 Days of Love in Action" href="http://on.fb.me/A68PCL" target="_blank">We are now a group on Facebook</a> of 115, scattered all about the globe so I know with absolute certainty that we can create a tidal wave of love and shed some much needed light in the hearts and souls of individuals near and far.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;">I am SO EXCITED, so filled with love – agape kind of love that is deep and real, extended to each of you as I was first taught to do and then took on willingly as my purpose in life. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><em>What shall we do today?</em> The power of doing things simultaneously is what we want to tap into…more people will be touched by our messages of love as they are exposed to various forms of it again and again. &#8220;Repetition is the essence of learning&#8221; <a title="Dr. Evans" href="http://DrThermanEvans.com" target="_blank">as my Pastor says</a>. Let us freely ‘like’ and ‘share’ as the spirit of love guides you…</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;">Let us do this today:</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;">►    Change your profile picture (on FB or any Social Media platform) to reflect the person who taught you about loving people</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;">►    Write an update or a note about that person, telling us what you learned from them</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;">►    Honor them today by doing what they would have you do in your relationships/friendships – [be very specific with your choices]</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;">►    Honor the person today by BEing howand who they are (or were) as they traveled through life</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;">►    If they have passed on, pick the one thing, captured in a word (or two) that is their legacy and tell at least one other person ( in a personal conversation) about it today</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;">Today we honor those who taught us and loved us and we pass it on as they would have us do.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;">Love creates miracles so let us set out to create one miracle after another today&#8230;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;">God bless you!</span><br />
<span style="color: #000000; font-size: medium;"><em><a title="jm.com" href="http://JuletteMillien.com" target="_blank">Julette Millien</a></em></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #ff0000; font-size: xx-large;">♥~</span></p>
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		<title>21 Days of Love in Action &#8211; Day 2, Reach Out</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:01:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julette</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hello, It&#8217;s so exciting to read all your insightful and loving messages&#8230;and the energy at the event wall is awesome! Today let us spread love by: (do as many as you have time for) Click on 3 (Facebook or any Social Media platform) profiles of friends you appreciate and tell them why Call someone –... <a href="http://julettemillien.com/21-days-of-love-in-action-day-2-reach-out/"> [Continue Reading]</a>]]></description>
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<p><span style="font-size: medium;">Hello,</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;">It&#8217;s so exciting to read all your insightful and loving messages&#8230;<a title="FB event - 21 Days of Love in Action" href="http://on.fb.me/zQgNKY" target="_blank">and the energy at the event wall is awesome! </a></span><a title="FB event - 21 Days of Love in Action" href="http://on.fb.me/zQgNKY" target="_blank"><br />
</a><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;"> Today let us spread love by: (do as many as you have time for)</span></p>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-size: medium;">Click on 3 (Facebook or any Social Media platform) profiles of friends you appreciate and tell them why</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: medium;"> Call someone – an elder or a teen especially an tell them why you love them</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: medium;"> Post a ‘love’ theme picture on your profile and on the <a title="FB event - 21 Days of Love in Action" href="http://on.fb.me/zQgNKY" target="_blank">21 Days of Love in Action event wall</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: medium;"> Send a text or email to someone you detect is going through a rough time</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: medium;"> Find out about what is happening in a community where you do not live</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: medium;"> Create a video message for your loved ones</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: medium;"> Spend 15 minutes in conversation with someone you love</span></li>
</ul>
<p><em><span style="font-size: medium;"> Have fun&#8230;share with us and keep the love flowing</span></em></p>
<p><a title="jm.com" href="http://JuletteMillien.com" target="_blank"><em><span style="font-size: medium;">Julette Millien</span></em></a></p>
<p><strong><span style="font-size: xx-large; color: #ff0000;">♥♥♥~~~</span></strong></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;">P.S.  From event participant Breia Wood&#8230;read it slowly, post it, take it in&#8230;it&#8217;s the truth! </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;"> &#8220;There is no difficulty that enough LOVE will not conquer; </span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;"> No disease that enough LOVE will not heal; </span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;"> No door that enough LOVE will not open; </span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;"> No gulf that enough LOVE will not bridge; </span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;"> No wall that enough LOVE will not throw down; </span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;"> No sin that enough LOVE will not redeem. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;"> It makes no difference how deeply seated may be the trouble; How hopeless the outlook; How muddled the tangle; How great the mistake. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;"> A sufficient realization of LOVE will dissolve it all. If only you could LOVE enough You would be the happiest and most powerful being in the world.&#8221;  <em>Emmet Fox</em></span></p>
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		<title>21 Days of Love in ACTION &#8211; Day 1&#8230;Self-Love</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:27:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julette</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Hello! Love in Action IS love&#8230; at its highest and best; so let&#8217;s get into action!  Today is Day 1 of our journey of love.  [Link to Facebook event is here] Let us begin at the beginning. Love, to have any real and lasting meaning in our life has to find a home in... <a href="http://julettemillien.com/21-days-of-love-in-action-day-1-self-love/"> [Continue Reading]</a>]]></description>
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<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong><em>Hello!</em></strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong><em>Love in Action</em></strong> IS love&#8230; at its highest and best; so let&#8217;s get into action!  Today is Day 1 of our journey of love.  [<a title="FB event - 21 Days of Love in Action" href="https://www.facebook.com/events/230273207061588/" target="_blank">Link to Facebook event is here]</a></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;">Let us begin at the beginning. Love, to have any real and lasting meaning in our life has to find a home in our own soul.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;">So today, the first day of our journey…let us put love in action in our own hearts.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;">For those who are experienced in the art of self-love I encourage you to do today’s exercises with the same vigor as you would if you were just beginning to love yourself.  Love is never a waste.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><em>A quick word on our process:</em> We will put love in action each day in all areas of our life – the Five Vital Venues of Life, which are self, home, relationships, work and community and/or place of worship. We’ll do this with simple and fun exercises.</span></p>
<blockquote><p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Here are a few tips to maximize the benefits of our spreading love:</span></span></p>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-size: medium;">Have a personal goal – <em>what would you like to achieve on this journey?</em></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: medium;">Begin with <strong>an intention to impact the world</strong> – a powerful intention no matter how localized (even if the “world” you intend to impact is one or two other people, let your intention be bold.)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: medium;">Keep a journal of your activities, insights and emotions during the process.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: medium;">Remain “on the field” and not on the sidelines – the more you play full out the greater the rewards; Interact on the event wall if you are on Facebook, do the daily activities, engage all those around you with an intention of spreading love, etc.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: medium;">Begin each day with a few moments dedicated to repeating your specific intentions (for the 21-day journey and for the day ahead of you) and visualizing your day of love bringing joy to others.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: medium;">Team up with another participant or a friend and form an accountability relationship – share goals and intentions, feedback and motivation for each other. You will have more fun and get more done with some accountability, I assure you! <img src='http://julettemillien.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: medium;">Have as much fun as you can stand!</span></li>
</ul>
</blockquote>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-size: medium;">So now let’s dive into some self-love fun; Do as many of these today as you can:</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;">1)  Say  these affirmations as often as you can today – I am lovable; I am divinely created; I am here to spread love; I am human so I make mistakes; I forgive myself for all my mistakes, always</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;">2)  See your reflection and blow a kiss</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;">3)  Have a private laugh fest with yourself about some funny thing you’ve done in the past</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;">4)  Write a list of those things you’d like to do for yourself during the month of February – <em>a course you’d like to sign up for? A massage? Date with yourself to do something special? More frequent exercising? Less junk food? Physical  exam? More time spent on spiritual development? A fast…from anything you think you must have?</em> These are just some ideas.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;">5)  Get a physical symbol of your love for yourself to have throughout this journey. It can be anything that has meaning to you or you give meaning to…a beautiful stone, a small plant, a charm or trinket, a card…anything found or purchased that is symbolic of your love.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;">Have a wonderful time today,<strong><em> smile often and spread love wherever you go.</em></strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;">Feel free to invite others – let us especially reach out to our friends in other countries. Love is the only answer to our trials and challenges on the personal and international fronts. There is no “problem” too large to solve.</span></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><em>Sending you a boatload of love and wishing you joy, joy, joy,</em></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><em>God bless you.</em></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><a title="jm.com" href="http://JuletteMillien.com" target="_blank">Julette Millien</a></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: xx-large; color: #ff0000;">♥~</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;">P.S.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;">The first message sent to the FB group ( now 80 people) is below:</span></p>
<blockquote><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><em>Hi there &#8212; we have 30 people signed up so far! That&#8217;s wonderful!! I actually have not gotten around to doing invites as yet either. </em></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><em> PLEASE DO THIS:</em></span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;"><em> Go to the event wall and just post your country &#8211; where you currently live (you can add where you were born if you like) and this way we will know how to proceed. </em></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><em> Remember the vision is to have 21 days of Love in Action&#8230;around the world by having reprensentatives involved in the daily activities&#8230;</em></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><em> THEN&#8230;based on what you see missing on the wall, please reach out to at least one person from a country not represented and get them on board.</em></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><em> How&#8217;s that? <img title=":-)" src="https://s-static.ak.facebook.com/images/blank.gif" alt="" /> Have fun!</em></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><em> A qucik exercise: Think of where you&#8217;d like to see more love in your life:</em></span></p>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-size: medium;"><em><strong> self</strong>-love?</em></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: medium;"><em> love at<strong> home</strong>?</em></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: medium;"><em> at <strong>work</strong> o<strong>r school</strong>?</em></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: medium;"><em> in a specific <strong>relationship?</strong></em></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: medium;"><em> in your <strong>community or at your place of worship?</strong></em></span></li>
</ul>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><em> Pick a venue and then think of creative ways to make it happen. Jot down some thoughts.</em></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><em> Don&#8217;t forget, post your country and then invite someone from a different country &#8211; not yet represented.</em></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><em> With Love,</em></span><br />
<span style="font-size: medium;"><em> Julette</em></span><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-large; color: #ff0000;"><em> ♥~</em></span></p></blockquote>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:45:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julette</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hello! Let&#8217;s spend 21 days together &#8211; virtually &#8211; spreading love all over the world! Doesn&#8217;t that just sound wonderful!? The VISION is to have people from every country represented on Facebook participate in spreading the joy and power of love in action. The MISSION is to enthusiastically put love into action in our hearts,... <a href="http://julettemillien.com/21-days-of-love-in-action/"> [Continue Reading]</a>]]></description>
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<p>Let&#8217;s spend 21 days together &#8211; virtually &#8211; spreading love all over the world! Doesn&#8217;t that just sound wonderful!?</p>
<p>The VISION is to have people from every country represented on Facebook participate in spreading the joy and power of love in action.</p>
<p>The MISSION is to enthusiastically put love into action in our hearts, our families, our schools and businesses, our communities and places of worship and of course in our relationships, as a connected group, for 21 days.</p>
<blockquote><p>We will:<br />
1)   Decide on an individaul goal (examples: heal a relationship, have more fun at home, mentor a child, build morale at work, learn to love myself, care about neighbors, etc, etc)<br />
2)   Participate in daily suggestions and activities as much as possible<br />
3)   Share insights and thoughts and suggestions freely and frequently<br />
4)   Maintain a journal<br />
5)   Connect with others and spread love and kindness every day</p></blockquote>
<p>So JOIN US&#8230; and have some fun, spread some love and create joy for 21 days&#8230;and beyond of course. <img src='http://julettemillien.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>You can sign up on Facebook &#8212; if you are there &#8212; <a title="Facebook event" href="http://on.fb.me/A68PCL" target="_blank">by clicking this link</a>.  If you are not on FB, you will receive updates by email automatically.</p>
<p>With Love,</p>
<p><a title="jm.com" href="http://JuletteMillien.com" target="_blank">Julette Millien</a></p>
<p><span style="font-size: xx-large;"><strong><span style="color: #ff0000;">♥~</span></strong></span></p>
<p>P.S.  Oh &#8212; DAY 1 is Monday February 6th!</p>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 17:33:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julette</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hello, The ultimate “habit that helps” is of course kindness. Get this to be part of your character and life-style and you’ve got yourself a guarantee for joy and success. It’s a powerful habit to create and one that transfers into every area of your life! [ FREE 21-day e-coaching program to create new habits... <a href="http://julettemillien.com/3-life-expanding-tips-on-kindness/"> [Continue Reading]</a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><a href="http://julettemillien.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/pebble-in-pond.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-1621" title="pebble in pond" src="http://julettemillien.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/pebble-in-pond-300x240.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="240" /></a>Hello, </span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">The ultimate <a title="About 'habits that help'" href="http://http://bit.ly/mHyEB8" target="_blank">“habit that helps”</a> is of course kindness. Get this to be part of your character and life-style and you’ve got yourself a guarantee for joy and success. It’s a powerful habit to create and one that transfers into every area of your life! [ FREE 21-day e-coaching program to create new habits on this site]</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><strong>Apply the following 3 points while building a habit of kindness:</strong></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>1. Be specific: </strong></span>It’s about focused kindness.  Deciding to be kind is a wonderful decision.  Sounds great and for some people it might even be enough to bring about a breakthrough in thought and behavior.  But here’s the thing, MOST people need more structure, discipline and practice.   In creating a new habit, <strong>repetition is key</strong>.  Discipline is imperative.  New behaviors don’t get formed with random and unfocused behavior.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">So, each day make a specific decision to do a kind thing, for someone in particular. Do this for 21 days straight and you will find yourself habitually kind at the end of this period. </span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Another advantage to the ‘focused kindness approach’ is this – someone gets to benefit each day and they will pass the kindness forward.  It just happens naturally; when a person is touched a desire wells up in their soul to touch someone else. <a title="Kindness is contagious research" href="http://bit.ly/hwNNbB" target="_blank">See research on kindness and its contagious nature here.</a></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">With focused kindness that personal human connection is more likely to be made.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>2. Pebble in the pond: </strong></span>You know what happens when you throw a pebble into a pond, right? It ripples outward from where the pebble lands. Imagine those circles moving outward. </span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">This is how your kind acts should flow. Starting with those closest to you, be kind on a daily basis. This doesn’t mean you have to perform an act of kindness towards every member of your family and close friends, before moving onto colleagues and then strangers: Not at all!  What you have to be careful of is withholding kindness from those closest to you while you make the world happy. This is not an authentic approach to kindness. Just keep the pebble in mind.  First circles first. (Kindness towards your self is assumed here – can’t give love and kindness to others if you withhold it from yourself!)  <a title="11 Selfish and powerful acts of kindness" href="http://bit.ly/y1MGgQ" target="_blank">See article on 11 “Selfish” Acts of Kindness here.</a></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>3. Stretch! </strong></span>If writing notes is something you do often and is very easy for you, that’s great. Do some of that for sure. </span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">If smiling at strangers however is something you struggle with, make up your mind to do a good bit of that. The goal is to become more comfortable with a range of kindness actions. Some personal growth along the way is a wonderful by-product. </span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">So stretch, grow, go beyond your comfort zone.</span></strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Together these 3 guidelines will bring variety, fun and authenticity to your kindness efforts. </span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Full commitment to being kind will be very rewarding as more and more people will be touched.  Your tree of kindness will blossom and bear perpetual fruits of kindness.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Have a joy filled, peaceful and loving day or evening…and thank you so much for putting this into action.  “BE the change we wish to see in the world.” (Gandhi)</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><em><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Wishing you Love, Peace and Joy…all possible through kindness</span></em></span></p>
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		<title>11 “Selfish” and Powerful Acts of Kindness</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 22:24:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julette</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hello! There are 5 Vital Venus of life: Self; Home; Relationships; Work/Business/School; Community/POW (place of worship.) To live a whole, balanced and joy-filled life – no lopsided happiness or success – being kind and productive in these Five Vital Venues is essential. The first venue is ‘self.’  Why?  Because we can’t be kind (or be anything else) to... <a href="http://julettemillien.com/11-%e2%80%9cselfish%e2%80%9d-and-powerful-acts-of-kindness/"> [Continue Reading]</a>]]></description>
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<p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;">Hello!</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;">There are <a title="5VV of Life" href="http://bit.ly/kSEgbq" target="_blank">5 Vital Venus of life</a>: Self; Home; Relationships; Work/Business/School; Community/POW (place of worship.)</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;">To live a whole, balanced and joy-filled life – no lopsided happiness or success – being kind and productive in these <em>Five Vital Venues</em> is essential. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;">The first venue is ‘self.’  Why?  Because we can’t be kind (or be anything else) to others without first being kind (or anything else) to our self.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;">Here are ten suggestions for being kind to your self:</span></p>
<ol>
<ol>
<li><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;">Hug yourself – often and deeply</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Look at yourself in the mirror and say something nice – with a loving smile! <img src='http://julettemillien.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;">FORGIVE yourself for ALL that you have failed to do or “needed” to do</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;">FORGIVE yourself for ALL that you have done (to hurt yourself or others)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;">FORGIVE someone – Give yourself this gift today…get light, drop the baggage!  </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;">Buy yourself a small and symbolic token of appreciation…for being a wonderful and kind  person</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: medium;">Take a few hours off from your routine and do something really fun</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Read a book that lifts you up; sing a song that picks you up; dance around the house with reckless abandon! <img src='http://julettemillien.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Call someone who you know LOVES you and ask them to tell you what they love most…then tell them what you love most about them.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Sign up for a fun/hobby workshop</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Write yourself a love note and place it on your bathroom mirror.</span></span></li>
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</ol>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Do as many acts of kindness for yourself as you can…and permit yourself to welcome and enjoy the kindness shown to you by others (this is unfortunately where many people demonstrate their inability to truly love themselves… when they cannot easily accept it from others.) </span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">When you think about it these acts are not really selfish as they set the foundation for serving others – which is what life is all about: spreading love and kindness and being of service wherever needed.  </span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">So have some fun with these and create the powerful habit of loving yourself!</span></span></p>
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<p><em><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">Wishing you an abundance of love, joy and kindness,</span></span></em></p>
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		<title>How To Be More Productive TODAY: A Simple Strategy</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 01:10:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julette</dc:creator>
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<p><span style="font-size: medium;">Hi there!</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;">So much has been said and written about productivity.  Everyone has an opinion and &#8220;fresh&#8221; perspective.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;">Here’s an approach that’s not so fresh but <strong>will have</strong> the desired results – getting more done –</span> if first, you honestly respond…</p>
<p><span style="font-size: large; text-decoration: underline;"><strong>►First a few simple questions:</strong></span></p>
<blockquote>
<ol>
<li><span style="font-size: medium;"><em>Are you clear on WHAT (more) you’re trying to get done?</em></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: medium;"><em>Are you clear on “why?” – Why getting that particular thing done is necessary – so necessary in fact that you are now wanting to do more of it.</em></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: medium;"><em>Are you clear on “who?”   &#8211; When that thing gets done (or those things) who benefits?</em></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: medium;"><em>Are you clear on HOW they benefit?</em></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: medium;"><em>How badly do you want to get more done?</em></span></li>
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<p><span style="font-size: medium;">OK…so those questions may be simple but the answers are far from simple!</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong>If you answered ‘yes’ to those first 4 questions and some variation of “VERY BADLY” to question #5, move on to these:</strong> [ and if you answered "no" on any of the first four, <strong>get clear</strong> before moving on]</span></p>
<blockquote><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><em>6.  What stops you from getting more done?</em></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><em>7.  If you had the power to immediately have an overnight change in your habits, which habit would you adopt so you can get more done?</em></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><em>8.  What one thing can you stop doing on a daily basis that would make it possible to get more done?</em></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><em>9.  Do you want to get more done badly enough to stop doing that thing?</em></span></p></blockquote>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong>If your answer is &#8220;no&#8221; to the last one, reading this article will be a waste of your time.</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;">The most truthful thing that can be said about getting more done is this: </span></p>
<blockquote><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><em><strong>How much more I can get done is directly correlated to how much I WANT to get more done.</strong></em></span></p></blockquote>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;">If you want it badly enough you will demonstrate your total commitment by doing the following:</span></p>
<blockquote><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong>Start creating that habit you referred to in question #7.</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong>Stop doing that one thing you referred to in question # 8.</strong></span></p></blockquote>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;">It really is that &#8220;simple!&#8221;   We tend to complicate life.  You will make the necessary changes required to get more done just as soon as you are ready and willing to be fully committed to getting more done.</span></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-size: large;"><strong>►What stops you from total commitment?</strong></span></span></p>
<h2> <span style="font-size: medium;"><em>Answering this question will require some self-reflection.</em></span></h2>
<p><span style="font-size: large; text-decoration: underline;"><strong>►Identify your time-wasters…Very popular ones are: (</strong></span><span style="font-size: medium;">If you hear/see yourself in any of these – stay still for a bit and reflect on why that is…)</span></p>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-size: medium;">Excessive TV and other mind numbing entertainment</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: medium;">On-line activities</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: medium;">Talking/hanging with other folks who are not getting more done</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: medium;">Looking for mis-placed things</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: medium;">Feeling badly about not getting more done</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: medium;">Not forgiving yourself and moving on!</span></li>
</ul>
<p><span style="font-size: large; text-decoration: underline;"><strong>►Some skills/habits to develop to get more done:</strong></span></p>
<ol>
<li><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong>Organization</strong> – having/maintaining  systems for papers, projects, files, etc</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong>Accountability</strong> – checking in with someone on what you intend to do and being held accountable</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong>Early to bed/early to rise</strong> – no need to explain!! J [Nothing like pre-dawn productivity]</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong>Communication</strong> – to delegate, explain, connect, etc</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong>Goal-Setting </strong>– having targets, milestones, helps with accountability&#8230;no success without goals</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong>Forgiveness</strong> – keeping the pipeline to your blessings OPEN, lightening your load so you have space for increased productivity</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong>The 3 P&#8217;s&#8230; Planning, Preparation, Practice</strong>&#8230;- we get more done when we plan to! Preparing our minds and our environment to get more done is crucial…and practicing the things we do ahead of time gives us more time to do more and better quality of outcomes</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong>Exercising</strong> – a great energy booster and head clearer; great side benefits too like excellent health  <img src='http://julettemillien.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong>Be STILL</strong>…that would be the <strong>habit of PAUSE.</strong>  As with sentences – can you just imagine this blog without punctuation?!  So it is with a life without stillness and pause and rest.  Be still long enough to connect to your source.  For me that is God.  Successful people know how to tune out and get re-energized.  Stillness is the most powerful way to do this. It’s called meditation by some.  But don’t get confused with technique, just get still, get present and permit your mind to concede ‘power.’  Thoughts and thinking can really keep a person busy, even when they’re sitting still. The idea is to tune into your deeper source, not your patterned thoughts and self-centered cares.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong>Deep Breathing.</strong> ..which by the way is what you can do when you pause throughout the day.   Breath, deep breath is a habit that is MOST understated and underestimated.  It’s actually not one that gets mentioned often by folks I coach.  But I have to bring it up because it’s pivotal to success. Breathing  from your diaphragm  is breathing to excel. That’s the kind of breath that pushes the needed substance into our blood stream to our brain. We simply need oxygen and all that’s in it for a reason: LIFE!  Ask any high performing athlete or performer, they will tell you about the power of breath.</span></li>
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<p><span style="font-size: medium;">If you identified a habit you can create to get more done, <a title="Free ecoaching offer at julettemillien.com" href="http://julettemillien.com/" target="_blank">sign up here for a free 21 day program</a> – ecoahing for 21 days.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;">There’s no mystery about how to get more done, you just have to want it badly enough then make sure you are armed with the habits and skills to get more done. Find out where the ‘blockage’ to your creative/productivity flow is and unplug it!</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;">What else should we cover on this topic?  Let me know if there’s a way I can help you to be more productive.</span></p>
<p><em><span style="font-size: medium;">Wishing you an abundance of productivity and joy,</span></em></p>
<p><em><span style="font-size: medium;"><a title="jm.com" href="http://JuletteMillien.com" target="_blank">Julette Millien</a></span></em></p>
<p><span style="font-size: xx-large;"><strong>♥~</strong></span></p>
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		<title>Pride &amp; Forgiveness</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:05:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julette</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Forgiveness by John Greenleaf Whittier My heart was heavy, for its trust had been Abused, its kindness answered with foul wrong; So, turning gloomily from my fellow-men, One summer Sabbath day I strolled among The green mounds of the village burial-place; Where, pondering how all human love and hate Find one sad level; and how,... <a href="http://julettemillien.com/pride-forgiveness/"> [Continue Reading]</a>]]></description>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Forgiveness by John Greenleaf Whittier</span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><em>My heart was heavy, for its trust had been<br />
Abused, its kindness answered with foul wrong;<br />
So, turning gloomily from my fellow-men,<br />
One summer Sabbath day I strolled among<br />
The green mounds of the village burial-place;<br />
Where, pondering how all human love and hate<br />
Find one sad level; and how, soon or late,<br />
Wronged and wrongdoer, each with meekened face,<br />
And cold hands folded over a still heart,<br />
Pass the green threshold of our common grave,<br />
Whither all footsteps tend, whence none depart,<br />
Awed for myself, and pitying my race,<br />
Our common sorrow, like a mighty wave,<br />
Swept all my pride away, and trembling I forgave!</em></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;">When you consider how many hearts die cold and go to their graves at war, it gives serious cause for pause.  [Think PRIDE]</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;">Then when you consider how little control  – as in NONE, basically – we have over our departure from this plane, the alarm bell should go off in our heads and hearts…  [Think HUMILITY]</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><em>What are you holding on to that needs to be released so you can live at peace?</em>  [Think FREEDOM]</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;">Be still, invite Love/God into your heart and watch it melt away.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><em></em> </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><em>Wishing you an abundance of peace, joy and love,</em></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><a title="jm.com" href="http://julettemillien.com/" target="_blank"><strong><em>Julette Millien</em></strong></a></span></p>
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		<title>How to Get Organized in 3 Steps and 5 Minutes!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 21:21:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julette</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hello, Don’t take the power of organization for granted. This is a ‘NO JOKE’ powerful skill set to have. It’s actually a spiritual principle… “let all things be done decently and in order.” 1 Cor 14:40 The difference between being organized – life, files, clothes, pictures, efiles, papers, books, desk drawers, desk top, etc, etc….... <a href="http://julettemillien.com/how-to-get-organized-in-3-steps-and-5-minutes/"> [Continue Reading]</a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="http://julettemillien.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Get-Organized.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-1602" title="Get Organized" src="http://julettemillien.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Get-Organized-300x225.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="225" /></a>Hello,</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;">Don’t take the power of organization for granted.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;">This is a ‘NO JOKE’ powerful skill set to have. It’s actually a spiritual principle… “let all things be done decently and in order.” 1 Cor 14:40</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;">The difference between being organized – life, files, clothes, pictures, efiles, papers, books, desk drawers, desk top, etc, etc…. and not is the difference between accomplishing your highest and best goals and NOT.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;">The lack of organization usually indicates something else happening beneath the surface.  Some reflection on the ‘why’ is very useful BUT you don’t have to wait until you understand it all to take action.  You CAN behave your way into a new success habit.  You don’t have to have all the answers to all your questions before right action takes hold and produces powerful habits that help.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;">So you might find out after some careful review that your lack of organization skills is connected to your rebellious spirit toward an overly ‘neat and particular’ parent or perhaps you find you lack self-confidence and there’s something about an abundance of “stuff” visible to the eye that you find comforting…or perhaps you simply never took the time to become more organized.  Creating a powerful new habit – in any area of life, takes real effort, energy and focused activity.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;">And you don’t have to wait to be clear on the ‘why’ before you can move forward with this skill/habit; take action in good faith, ask the appropriate questions and the answers will be more likely to manifest.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;">If you’d like a power dose of organization, here’s a <strong>3-step action plan:</strong></span></p>
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<li><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong>Take one surface or location today and CLEAR it</strong>: Clear it by taking all of the items off and placing them in piles, groups or categories of likeness.  For instance, I took my desk this morning and took all papers off, then I went through and created piles, based on the projects the papers belonged to. You might decide to select a desk drawer or briefcase or planner…just let it be a small enough space that the project can be completed in five minutes or less.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong>Place those piles in their “homes.”</strong> EVERY item in your space has a home, a place where it belongs and serves you best when it is housed in that location.  Obviously papers belong in like groups so they can be filed or stored appropriately.  I like – no love binders.  I have binders for every project. Despite the electronic age of edocs, some of us – me included, love the written format for creating and developing ideas.  Of course this need for organization is JUST as needed with edocs and folders.  Disorganization has a way of following us wherever we go.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: medium;"><strong>Label the homes</strong>. Every home needs a name…whether it’s numeric or a family name, every home has to be able to be identified by those that live in it and those visiting. The same applies to homes for things.  Files – electronic or paper without labels that make sense to us, will not be useful. You will spend more time trying to find the item as a matter of fact, because it’s now inside something else.  Labels help us find things in a fraction of the time it takes to either search the item out or re-create it from scratch.</span></li>
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<p><span style="font-size: medium;">{I cannot tell you how many hours of life have been wasted learning this lesson again and again!}</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;">So there you have it…<strong>Clear, Place and Label </strong>your way to a sensation of joy that is just incomparable.  For real!  The joy that comes from being in an organized space where your mind can flow easily from one thing to the next without getting stuck in search mode is so sweet. This sensation leads to a level of relaxed creativity that itself leads to increased productivity.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;">Organization is powerful.  Do this 5 minute exercise and let me know how it goes.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;">The key then is to keep this up…Do as many surfaces and locations as you can, clearing, placing and labeling until you have all of your life organized.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;">Then keep it up… 5 minutes a day putting the ‘toys’ away works wonders for the spirit the following morning!</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><em>Wishing you an abundance of success,</em></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><em><a title="jm.com" href="http://JuletteMillien.com" target="_blank">Julette Millien</a></em></span></p>
<p><span style="color: #ff0000; font-size: xx-large;"><strong>♥~</strong></span></p>
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		<title>5 Steps to Save the World and Your Self!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 19:24:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julette</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hello, It kills me these folks that are out saving countries and cultures, industries and species but yet their personal life is in  shambles. &#160; Now I know we’ve had many a “hero” who had dismal personal lives but yet managed to do some pretty significant world-saving things; And of course there&#8217;re those who’ve made... <a href="http://julettemillien.com/5-steps-to-save-the-world-and-your-self/"> [Continue Reading]</a>]]></description>
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<p><span style="font-size: medium;">It kills me these folks that are out saving countries and cultures, industries and species but yet their personal life is in  shambles.</span></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;">Now I know we’ve had many a “hero” who had dismal personal lives but yet managed to do some pretty significant world-saving things; And of course there&#8217;re those who’ve made personal mistakes, infecting their legacy with petty drama. I know some names have popped into your minds.</span></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;">I know it’s possible and many great people have done great things while making major mistakes. But here’s the thing…because it’s possible and it has happened many times in the past…DOES NOT MAKE IT RIGHT…or IDEAL.</span></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;">I shoot for ideal. I like striving for ‘perfection.’ Though I know it will never be attained. It’s the striving part that is important, not the arriving. We define perfection  (at my business and in my family) as a process where once there is commitment to that process, that’s perfect living!</span></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;">So back to my main point here…if you want to be engaged in world-saving activity, you will be far more joyful, productiveand effective if you start at home.  Not to mention the integrity factor.  </span></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;">Save your home, save your family…save YOUR SELF.  First things first, a healed and whole person can get so much more good done in the world than someone who is battered and bruised and barely connected to others.</span></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;">To be healed, whole and connected to your own self, you need to SAVE YOUR SELF! </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;">How so? Save you first by doing the following:</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;"> 1)  STOP</span></p>
<ul>
<li>
<div><span style="font-size: medium;">To accomplish any thing in life, to change any behavior, we must first STOP and see where we are and what’s going on.  So to be sure you are on a path to wholeness, stop and take stock of what healed and whole means to you…for your specific life. What issues are unresolved? What fears still exist? Who/what do you need to forgive? Stop and reflect on all that is going on with your life, your relationships and your goals. Take stock of all that needs to be surrendered</span></div>
</li>
</ul>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;">2)  SUBMIT</span></p>
<ul>
<li>
<div><span style="font-size: medium;">To be healed and whole submitting yourself to the healing process is essential. And what is that really? For me, it is submitting myself to God…to the power of Love in my life.  Love heals all. Love IS the healing process. Submitting to love means committing to a mindset of forgiveness; it means forgiving all.</span></div>
</li>
<li>
<div><span style="font-size: medium;">To realize our inner power (which is where God lives) we must first give up our so called power over our life. If we hand power over (it has to be a willing hand-over) to the higher authority, we get to have access to that level of power. But this is not possible while we fight to be in control. When we submit we gain the power of that which we submit to. Submit to a positive force, you become powerfully positive; submit to a negativeforce and you become powerfully negative.</span></div>
</li>
<li>
<div><span style="font-size: medium;">Submitting leads to humility; Humility is powerfully positive; it’s called potent humility, or humble potency.</span></div>
</li>
<li>
<div><span style="font-size: medium;">To save your self – which is to heal yourself and be whole, submitting to the healing power of love, to the process of love is essential.</span></div>
</li>
</ul>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;">3)  SAY SORRY</span></p>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-size: medium;">Sounds simple doesn’t it? It can be if you have submitted to the power of love. Simple yet powerful.  After submitting yourself to the process, you will come up on some things you are sorry about. Saying sorry to yourself and forgiving yourself is essential to moving forward with your healing.  We all have regrets about the past; what was done or what wasn’t done. We need to get the lesson, acknowledge the regret, forgive and move on.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: medium;">Saying sorry to others – this is imperative. To be healed, we have to hold ourselves accountable for all that has transpired. This includes apologizing to those we have offended or disappointed and whether you are forgiven or not, this will heal your soul</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: medium;">When you stop, submit and are sorry (and say you are sorry) your baggage is dropped, your load gets lighter, you acquire spiritual wings which permit you to soar; you take flight and become whole.</span></li>
</ul>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;">4)  SECURE</span></p>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-size: medium;">Then you must secure your mindset of love, submission and healing. To make the decision to fully commit to the first three steps is amazingly brave. But it doesn’t end there. You have to now be amazingly smart and secure your new mindset.  Change is not usually welcomed; there will be push-back, internal resistance.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: medium;">You secure your mindset by having a plan to neutralize that resistance; by doing daily work to maintain and grow that mindset. And, by having your guards on duty.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: medium;">Security systems all have their look out points and methods of detection. Set up your system for detecting obstacles to your healing and enemies of your mindset. Learn to detect those “feelings” and baby thoughts that grow into monsters of  negativity and destruction. Secure your mind and emotions from negativity and doubt.</span></li>
</ul>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;">5)  SPREAD</span></p>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-size: medium;">Ultimately it’s all about spreading the love. When you are on the path of healing and wholeness, this is where you are headed; to a place where spreading love, healing the world is not only possible, it’s inevitable.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: medium;">Spreading and sharing love is not only the end to the means, it is also the means.  It’s not only the thing to do when we are whole and healed; it is also the thing to do to GET healed and whole. So this step is both the beginning and the end of this heal yourself and heal the world process.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: medium;">You spread love through acts of kindness and love; by being your most loving self, your highest and best self. This means, using your skills and talents in the most productive and far-reaching ways.  It means being involved and fully engaged in our world, beyond your family and community. It means being consistent in all the venues of our life. <a title="five vital venues" href="http://julettemillien.com/about/the-five-vital-venues/" target="_blank">The Five Vital Venues</a>™ are your SELF, at HOME, at WORK/BUSINESS/SCHOOL, in all RELATIONSHIPS and in the COMMUNITY/Place of Worship. Loving yourself and everybody in these five venues is spreading love at your highest and best.  Anything less, is not your best.</span></li>
</ul>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;">Being fully invested and engaged in this 5-step process guarantees you many things: </span></p>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-size: medium;">     Being healed and whole</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: medium;">     An abundance of joy, peace, prosperity and love</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: medium;">     Healed and whole relationships</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: medium;">     Increased effectiveness and personal power in every day living</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: medium;">     Amazing productivity and creativity</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: medium;">     Achieving your goals at the highest levels</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: medium;">     A lasting legacy of love and service</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: medium;">     A life of service which includes a commitment to facing the challenges facing our world and participating in solutions</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: medium;">     Clarity about specifically how you can save the world</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: medium;">     An unlimited supply of energy and ability to SAVE THE WORLD!</span></li>
</ul>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;">Like a pebble thrown in a pond, with cascading circles…start at the inner circle by healing yourself, then by serving those closest to you; expanding out as your reach grows.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;">Of course a person does not have to wait for complete healing and wholeness…if that in fact ever arrives, before spreading their wings in service to others. It’s more a matter of mindset and intentions.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;">If a person is off “saving the world” and have no desire or intention to be whole or to love their family and friends or colleagues and peers,  their service to others will be compromised as we can only spread love in direct proportion to the love we have within. Without love of self, and all those we are connected to, gestures of love and service will be hollow or at best, short-lived.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;">We have to fill our tanks. We cannot give on empty.  We don’t need to be perfect, completely healed or whole, we just need to be on the journey; and be fully committed to the process of healing and loving, helping and giving.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><em>Wishing you an abundance of love and light,</em></span></p>
<p><a title="jm.com" href="http://julettemillien.com/" target="_blank">Julette</a></p>
<p> <strong><span style="color: #ff0000; font-size: xx-large;">♥~</span></strong></p>
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