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29
Jul 10

Your Life’s Uncertain — Get the Answers You Need to Navigate Your Life

Wizard's Handbook on Oracle CreationAs my hero, Yogi Berra said, 

“When you come to a fork in the road, take it.”

People want answers to life’s tough questions.  

I have a confession…  I hate to point to difficult realities.  I love to stay on the positive side.  But here’s some hard truth.

 Rocks are hard. And water is wet.  And your life is uncertain.

The attacks on the Twin Towers and Pentagon along with the surprising worldwide Great Recession, will have driven this point home.  Both were unpredicted, except in hindsight, of course.

So, how do you learn to navigate the global economic, social, political, and spiritual transformations taking place in an uncertain world?

When you inevitably come to the forks in your road, would you clearly like to know which path to take?  Obviously, the answer is, “Yes!”

People have always wanted to live in alignment with the Sacred Flow of the Universe.  They have wanted to be in harmony with the Divine Plan.

Naturally, you would like to be in more alignment with the unfolding path of the Sacred.

I call this – Living Intuitively. 

When you Live Intuitively, you find synchronicity working for you more often.  You find yourself in the right place at the right time.  You experience the phenomenon of flow more often and more deeply. 

 It’s good.  Your life flows.  As a result, you’re happier and you live a life you love wholeheartedly – body and soul.

Here’s Your Problem

You cannot figure this stuff out with your rational mind.  You can’t think your way through.  You can’t think your way out of the problem.

So what can you do? 

The Age Old Solution

Over the ages, people find that using oracles helps them to gain these insights.  They get incredibly revealing answers. 

 The oracle guides them and aligns them with the Sacred. 

 Think of an Oracle as a device or process people use to gain insights into the flow of the universe, to breakthrough uncertainty. 

Why have people, all over the world, relied on oracles?  Clearly, it’s because they felt satisfied with their results.  They defeated uncertainty.  They aligned with the highest flows.  Their lives felt richer.  They felt they were able to actualize their highest potentials.

 

Today’s Solution – The Wizards handbook on Oracle Creation

The Wizard’s Handbook on Oracle Creation shows you how to create your own oracle system so you can gain insight into your life’s path at any moment.  You can handle that fork in the road.

 It’s the only book I know that shows you how to create your own personally designed and tuned oracle.  It’s cool.  It’s effective.  And it’s fun.

 Additionally, I show you how to use a bunch of other handy, fast, fun oracles that you’ll certainly love to play with and utilize.

 Get going by downloading your copy and starting today.  As promised, it’s FREE to members, as is everything I write.

 Let me know what cool things unfold for you.

 Download your copy The Wizard’s Handbook on Oracle Creation.

 STOP and picture what life will be like using your very own oracle to get piercingly, potent insights into life’s troubling questions…

 Get your hands on the inner workings of the Universe, align with the Tao, flow with the River of Life.

 Live a life you love wholeheartedly – body and soul.

 Click the Link to Continue => The Wizard’s Handbook on Oracle Creation

 Go for it => http://bit.ly/aoCciS

 Blessings,

 William

P.S. Pass this post along to people who can appreciate it, please.  And thank you.

Click the Link to Continue => The Wizard’s Handbook on Oracle Creation

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25
Aug 09

Uncertainty, Struggle, Choice and Change

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Humankind is made for uncertainty, struggle, choice and change. – A Wise One from Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time epic.

 

This is the Season of Living Intuitively.  I aim to live from my hearts best intuition and manage the problems of uncertainty.

 

Each season over on Body & Soul Mentor member site, I select a new theme for exploration.  The theme arises from movement in the collective consciousness or that of individual patients or members.

 

Recommended by a wonderful patient, I’ve been reading The Black Swan by Nassim Taleb.  The subtitle – The Impact of the HIGHLY IMPROBABLE – says it all.  (Their caps.)

 

His premise is that life is way more uncertain that we think.  And that the human mind is set up to keep us deluded in this regard.  Lastly, unpredictable, HIGHLY IMPROBABLE, events have huge impacts on our lives. 

 

Look into your own life to see the truth of this.  Which unpredictable, HIGHLY IMPROBABLE events occurred that blocked one path and that, perhaps,  led you in new directions.

 

For me, one such example was the unpredictable events in South East Asia during the ‘60s, in a country most Americans had never heard of.  The draft for the Viet Nam war led me to a draft deferrable occupation as a schoolteacher.  That position led to mentoring, which led to you reading this newsletter.

 

 

Take a Moment Today and Ponder

 

Take a moment today and ponder – Which were the HIGHLY IMPROBABLE events that had a high impact on your life.

 

Here’s my wife, Suzanne’s story as another example –

 

I was studying early childhood education with thought of being a teacher of parents and toddlers.  While giving birth to our first daughter, Zoe, I encountered two nursery nurses.  One was acting like a strict shaming authority.  The other one treated me like a beloved niece who just needed a bit of information to become perfectly able to care for her newborn.

 

Unconsciously, as Zoe grew, , I changed my focus from education to nursing.  Newborns and new parents have been my focus since. (37 years & 10,000 families.)

 

The current HIGHLY IMPROBABLE Great Recession is another example.  The pundits are telling us how it was predictable and could have been, should have been prevented.  Delusion.  HIGHLY IMPROBABLE.

 

The alternative to this delusion is to admit you’re not in control.  This is unbearable for most humans.  (I am a recovering controller.)

One way out of the pain of not being in control is trust God and to live in the flow.  I use the Zen aphorism, which I have shared often with you –

 

There is no-where to go

And there is no-thing to do

 

The next line which isn’t stated but implied is –

 

And what calls me today.  (Where does God call me today. What is God’s will for me today)

 

First step is to listen.  No, obviously, that’s not the first step.  The first step is to be fully present.  You can’t listen to anything but your fear until you are present, right?  You need to experience Deep Wealth first.

 

Then from that place of Deep Wealth, listen to what calls you each day.

 

Each morning on my Living Intuitively sabbatical, I would listen to discover what called me, then I would go there.  Most days I made drawings of these places, I transformed some of the drawings into paintings. 

 

You can look at the paintings I did on my journeys.

 

=> http://playfulandsacredart.com/liveintuitively.html  

 

If you don’t know what I am talking about regarding Deep Wealth, you can watch a 2:00 minute video here

 

=> http://GetWealthyFirst.com

 

In a later newsletter, I’ll talk about the use of Oracles to help you to listen to your callings and to squash uncertainty.

 

Blessings,

 

William

 

P.S. As promised, now you can get the Get Wealthy First Program without the membership.

 

Go for it. => http://tinyurl.com/mq3uoq  

 

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29
Oct 08

Here Is What Happened To Matisse…

Here is what happened to Matisse the first time he took up
brush to paint –

“When I started to paint, I felt transported into a kind of
paradise.”

He’s talking about flow.  He’s talking about the right
brain.  He’s talking about the Buddha brain.  He’s talking
about conscious action.  He’s talking about presence.

Art of any sort has the ability to put you into the
graceful state of flow.  When you are in flow, you enjoy
what you’re doing.  You lose self-consciousness.  Your
sense of time changes.  It disappears completely.  It stops
dead in frozen, perfect moments.  Or it flies.

If you’re in the Seattle area on Nov. 8th 2008, you can
join us for FLOW AND THE MAGIC OF MAKING ART.  Go here for
details.

=> http://www.VitalArts.net/events/

And do sign up to be informed of future classes.

IF YOU’RE NOT going to be in Seattle, paint.  Get books on
making art.  Visit the libraries of the universe.  Go to
art museums.  Paint.  Draw.  Sketch.  Doodle.  Use your
right brain.  You could start with the amazing book –
DRAWING FROM THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE BRAIN.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0874774195/williamwittmannvA/
 
Do watch this video about the right brain done by Jill
Bolte Taylor, a woman who had a brain breakdown and lost
her left brain, thereby making her completely right
brained.  Fascinating.  (Note: Oprah has some interviews
with her on-line as well.)

http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/jill_bolte_taylor_s_powerful_stroke_of_insight.html

P.S. If you are not in the Seattle area on Nov. 8th, you
can learn about flow in my Life Giving Manual – THE MAGIC
FORMULA — How to Magically Attract the Life You Most Want.

Go for it => http://tinyurl.com/28gmm2

Obviously, even if you are in Seattle you’ll benefit
immensely when you get it.

Go for it => http://tinyurl.com/28gmm2

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5
Oct 08

What Are You About, Dear One?

Josh, a new reader, asked me such a challenging question I thought I’d pass it on to you.

Here’s his question, “In one great sentence tell me what you believe you are about?”

The form of the question raises other issues about believing, so for this exercise I abbreviated the question to:

In one great sentence, what are you about?

One of the questions I ask my patients is — who is the you that you refer to.  If you don’t think there are multiple versions of you, then you have not been paying attention.

So, who is the YOU in the question – what are YOU about.

Give an answer for each of your voices.

Here are my responses from the different voices.

My first two responses – as a therapist/mentor.

-           I am about helping people to live a life they

wholeheartedly love.

-           I am about helping people to love their journey through

life.

Version three – my core?

-           I am about living in Presence and Love and acting on what

arises there.

 

Version four and five – from one of my wounded children

-           I am about being right. Or more exactly, I am about not

being wrong.

-           I am about getting Mom and/or Dad’s approval, and your

approval as a substitute.

Version six – as a healthy child

-           I am about play.  Playing with you.  Playing outdoors.

Playing alone.

Versions multiple non-verbal responses -

-           I opine that all art is a self-portrait.  You can look at

my sacred landscapes and consider them as self-portraits.

What can you tell from these? 

 

=> http://www.vitalarts.net/art/sacredlandscapes.html

YOUR TURN — TRY THE EXERCISE

In one great sentence, fill in the blank -

I am about ________________.

Listen to your internal voices then fill in the blank for each of them. 

What have you learned?  What is revealed?  Was this hard to do?

Live long and prosper,

William

P.S. Catch the Launch of THE WHOLESOME ENTREPRENEUR –

You get – One Dozen Life-Giving Secrets on How the Wise Entrepreneur Sustains and Nourishes Body & Soul While Caring for a Business 

And for a limited time, until October 9th 2008 you get two powerful options.

Go for it => http://www.bodyandsoulmentor.net/wholesome2options.html

P.P.S. You have my permission to share this story with no more than three people.

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1
Oct 08

You’ll Love This Brain Storm

Before I tell you what my brainstorm is and how you can
save money, get my focused attention, solid information,
and heart filling inspiration to help you live a life you
wholeheartedly love, I’ll give you a story.
 
I was thinking about — The Are-You-Kidding-Me Great Option
– For One Dollar More… Option Two I am giving you for THE
WHOLESOME ENTREPRENEUR Launch. 

You get One Dozen Life-Giving Secrets on How the Wise
Entrepreneur Sustains and Nourishes Body & Soul While
Caring for a Business.  And for $1 Dollar more you get a
membership that gives all my Laser Focused Reports and Life
Giving Manuals as a member.

A value of at least $121 for a buck.  Now that’s Cool.
Right?

But I thought, “Hey! Why not just let people sign up for a
membership at $9.97 as Option Two?  They’d get all my
manuals and reports – that I normally sell for $121– for
becoming a member.”

 “Are you nuts, William?!  You can’t give away the store,”
my business voice said.

“Sure, I can.  It’s my store,” my generous self said.
“Obviously, I want people to get my focused attention, the
best information, and heart filling inspiration I can give
them so they can live a life they wholeheartedly love.”

So there you have it.  My generous self won.  Clearly, you
win, too.

You get to choose –

Option One –  Get the INCREDIBLE Wholesome Entrepreneur -
One Dozen Life-Giving Secrets on How the Wise Entrepreneur
Sustains and Nourishes Body & Soul While Caring for a
Business at $27.  Without the membership. 

Option Two — The Are-You-Kidding-Me Great Option – Become
a member of Body & Soul Mentor for $9.97.  (Automatically,
renews every 30 days at $9.97.) 

You get my focused attention, information, and inspiration
to help you live a life you wholeheartedly love for
$9.97/mo.  Obviously, I priced this so it would be easy for
you to continue being a member.
 
Be sure you read all the details before you decide which
option works best for you
  
=> http://www.bodyandsoulmentor.net/wholesome2options.html

Go for it

=> http://www.bodyandsoulmentor.net/wholesome2options.html

If you want more brainstorm-news-flashes about becoming a
member be sure get on this no-obligation waiting list – The
Journey Begins.  I will keep you posted on ways you can
join.

=> http://www.bodyandsoulmentor.net/journeybegins.html

Blessings,

William

P.S. HEADS UP: The two options launch Oct 2nd at 6:00 AM
PDT.  Option Two ends Oct 9, 2008 at 7:00 PM PDT or when
200 new members have joined whichever happens first.

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1
Oct 08

Announcing the Launch of The Wholesome Entrepreneur

When I was putting my affairs in order for my surgery last
winter (when doing major surgery there is always a chance,
however small, of not making it), I updated my wills and I
wrote like mad to finish The Wholesome Entrepreneur.  I
wanted to leave it as a legacy for my daughters, both
entrepreneurs, and to the massage profession.  I finished
it before I went under general anesthetic. 

Obviously, as we all expected, I survived.  And I have this
Life Giving Manual for you now.

I launch The Wholesome Entrepreneur, on October 2nd at 6:00
AM PDT. 

The subtitle describes the book well –

One Dozen Life-Giving Secrets on How the Wise Entrepreneur
Sustains and Nourishes Body & Soul While Caring for a
Business

I’ve learned the hard way, curled up on the floor in a
fetal position that the self-employed don’t take care of
themselves very well.  They need help.  This manual shows
them easy steps and some more challenging ones that can
save their lives.
 
Crash and burn is not pretty.  Despair sucks.  You and I
want people who can thrive over decades of
entrepreneurship.  You want them to be able to sustain this
life of freedom.  Right?

I have helped many people to stay sane and thrive over my
thirty plus years as a therapist and mentor.  It’s mythic,
even when people are making good money, they still need
help staying whole.

—///—

“Give me one day and I’ll show you how to have a rich,
rewarding, life connected to the Sacred while running a
business.”

When you get your copy of this amazing manual, The
Wholesome Entrepreneur — One Dozen Life-Giving Secrets on
How the Wise Entrepreneur Sustains and Nourishes Body &
Soul While Caring for a Business you’ll discover amazing
secrets like …

What the Zen master from the 6th C has to say that will
change your life.  Just think about getting a powerful tip
like this.
• The ultimate perspective clearing device.  And if you’re
reading this you know – Perspective Is Everything.

• How to gain inspiration to solve any problem in your
business… This one’s really cool!

• Where to find true joy in your business. Wouldn’t that be
useful? 

• How to have unlimited energy for life.

• How to be in alignment with the Sacred and feel supported
in all you do.

• And much, much more … 
HERE’S WHAT JOHN GALLAGHER SAYS –

“GREAT! It’s like you wrote it for me! :)

“I never would have become an entrepreneur without the
tools I learned from William years ago. It blows my mind
that ANYONE can learn these life saving tips in a manual.

“For those of you who WANT to be entrepreneurs, you will
learn how to remove the blocks from preventing you from
realizing your dreams.  Hint: There is one secret in this
book that says “Just get to work!” 

“William’s techniques take the whole human into account and
really work.

“For those who ARE entrepreneurs, you will learn what you
need to do to keep yourself sane, healthy and happy. There
is no way your business will ever be sustainable without
following Williams 12 Secrets.

“If you want to start your own business or already own one,
you’d be insane not to read The Wholesome Entrepreneur.”

-John Gallagher, L.Ac. , LearningHerbs.com
(http://tinyurl.com/6fqf8b )

—///—

YOU GET TWO OPTIONS –

Buy The Wholesome Entrepreneur outright and gain the
benefits,

Or for ONE DOLLAR MORE you can become a member and get
everything I have ever written.

 You can read details, watch a short video, and get samples
here –

Go for it =>
http://www.BodyAndSoulMentor.net/wholesome2options.html

Blessings,

William

P.S. Remember you can’t get the book or join until the
launch date of October 2nd at 6:00 AM PDT. 

P.P.S. You have my permission to share this story with no
more than three people.
 

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18
Sep 08

It’s Always about Fear

Fear, FEAR, fear.  It’s always about fear, dear one.

My friend, Jack Blackburn, reminds me of The
Course in Miracles, which say there is only fear
and love.  And fear’s not real.

Even with a couple of scary medical diagnoses,
the worst single-month drop in my retirement
funds in half a decade, the steady erosion of the
dollar, all of which I am experiencing this week,
it’s all still only fear. 

And in this moment beyond my fear, what?

THIS PRESENT MOMENT!

Robin song, small fishing boat motor, 7 mph SE
breeze, gray sky and clouds, looking across the
Salish Sea the curvature of the earth, cat-fight
calls of the Caspian terns, crows calling, flap
of pigeon wings.  Ah…

In other words, this present moment is Heaven.

In other words, this present moment is Love.

YOU CAN FIND SUCCESSFUL PRESENCING METHODS IN
THESE WONDERFUL MANUALS…

Foolproof Relaxation.  You can easily learn–
How to Relax, Become Present, and Be At Ease
Anytime and Anywhere You Want.  You’ll find the
method fast and foolproof.  Really.

You can read more about it & learn how to Relax
=> http://tinyurl.com/6zotq9

Simply Serene – Four Amazingly Powerful Ways to
Be Instantly Alert and at Peace will serve you
well if you want to feel alert and at peace.  And
who doesn’t?

I reveal Cristie’s story here and much more…

    Go for it = > http://tinyurl.com/mbd4x

Obviously, Looking Deeply into Presence would
support you in your decisions.  The book is
designed to help you Solve Problems, Make
Critical Decisions, and Create an Extraordinarily
Rich Life

    Get some help => http://tinyurl.com/os966

May you and I always find this present moment
when we feel scared.

Blessings,

William

P.S.  Heads UP   ***COMING SOON ***

    ** THE WHOLESOME ENTREPRENEUR **

One Dozen Life-Giving Secrets on How the Wise
Entrepreneur Sustains and Nourishes Body & Soul
While Caring for a Business

I am putting the final touches on this gem now,
and getting feedback from early readers.  Here’s
what John Gallagher says.

    “GREAT! It’s like you wrote it for me! :)

     “I never would have become an entrepreneur
     without the tools I learned from William years
     ago. It blows my mind that ANYONE can learn these
     life saving tips in an manual.

     “For those of you who WANT to be entrepreneurs,
     you will learn how to remove the blocks from
     preventing you from realizing your dreams.  Hint:
     There is one secret in this book that says “Just
     get to work!” 

     “William’s techniques take the whole human into
      account and really work.

     “For those who ARE entrepreneurs, you will learn
     what you need to do to keep your self sane,
     healthy and happy. There is no way your business
     will ever be sustainable without following
     William’s 12 Secrets.

     “If you want to start your own business or
     already own one, you’d be 
     insane not to read The Wholesome Entrepreneur.”

     -John Gallagher, L.Ac. , LearningHerbs.com
           

Keep on the look out… I’ll let you know where you
can get sample chapters when I have them posted.

P.P.S. You have my permission to share this
story with no more than three people.

***
“Give me seventeen minutes a day, and I’ll show
you how you can get a life you love – Body & Soul
– or your money back.”

Can you imagine how you will benefit from these
insights, inspirations, and ideas?  When you upgrade to a
silver membership with Body & Soul Mentor, you can have
these potent and wonderful benefits, too. 

Invest in your good life.

You can get on the no-obligation information and
waiting list here

=> http://www.bodyandsoulmentor.net/journeybegins.html
Obviously, you can find out how you’ll benefit
here

=> http://www.BodyAndSoulMentor.com     

—///—

ARE YOU NEW? 

Enjoy my complementary E-course THE EIGHT
FUNDAMENTAL SECRETS TO LIVING WELL. 
Find details here => http://tinyurl.com/jgvwz 
 

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11
Sep 08

Hubble and Humbling

 I talk about perspective often in my letters to
you.  A picture is worth 1000 words.  Music
helps, too.  This lovely 6:13 minute film by NASA
is beautiful and humbling, in a good way.

http://tinyurl.com/56uuv6

Enjoy,

William

P.S. Simply Serene – Four Amazingly Powerful Ways
to Be Instantly Alert and at Peace will serve you
well if you want some guaranteed ways to become
present.  I talk about the famous Owl Eyes in
depth in this one.

Go for it = > http://tinyurl.com/mbd4x

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3
Sep 08

Oh, I See Your Problem

“Oh, I see your problem,” Zen Master says, “The trouble you
have is that you think you have time.” 

Woof!

Who’s the “you” Zen Master addresses?  To which “you” does
the master refer?  It’s not your Buddha mind, now, is it?
It’s not the wise inner sage.  It’s your personality, your
ego identity, your ego mind.

Your ego has a couple of jobs, at least.

One: Always be right.  Justify if you need.  Be delusional
if you need.   Be right by being wrong if you need.  Just
be right.

Two: Keep the knowledge of your certain mortality at bay.

I have written before about using the phrase – today is a
good day to die.  Today’s quote is another take on this
wake up call.

How can you use it to wake up?  How can you use it to be
joyful in this very moment? Instead of waiting for some
event in the future, as when I win the lottery, when I
marry/divorce, when I get the promotion, when my parents,
spouse, boss, best friend apologizes or they approve of me.

It might be instructive for you to look inside and discover
the circumstance for which you’re waiting.  What needs to
improve before you get to be wholeheartedly happy in this
very moment?
And What Pray Tell Would Be The Best Use Of Your Limited
Time?
 
Obviously, I recommend you use any strategy you have to
become present, to become conscious of this present moment.
 Right here.  Right now. 

• Meditate
• Practice taiji
• Be still
• Watch your breathing

You can find wonderful suggestions in my books
SIMPLY SERRENE (http://tinyurl.com/mbd4x) and LOOKING
DEEPLY INTO PRESENCE  (http://tinyurl.com/os966) 
including the guaranteed Owl Eyes method.

FOOLPROOF RELAXATION (http://tinyurl.com/6zotq9) offers
another way.  (Note:  SIMPLY SERENE contains an early
version of FOOLPROOF RELAXATION.)

All three carry satisfaction guarantees.  Go for it–

Simply Serene => http://tinyurl.com/mbd4x
Looking Deeply into Presence => http://tinyurl.com/os966
Foolproof Relaxation => http://tinyurl.com/6zotq9

Byron Katie’s book, LOVING WHAT IS can be very useful. More
later.

Blessings,

William
 

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27
Aug 08

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

By Sherman Alexie

Aimed at young people, Grades 7-10, I recommend
this book for everyone from age 12 up. If I were
king of the universe, I’d require it.
(http://tinyurl.com/5oqryr) 

At times, it’s laugh out loud funny, inspiring,
tragic, while revealing of the inner workings and
deep poverty of an Indian reservation in the late
20th C in Western Washington State. 

Amazingly, Alexie tells the story of Arnold
Spirit and his journey to leave the reservation
and leave poverty without being sentimental,
maudlin, or blaming.  As a white folk, I am
grateful and amazed further that at no time does
he twist knives of guilt into my ear.  Arnold
just tells his story, matter of factly.  Yes my
parents are alcoholic, yes, many deaths on the
reservation are alcohol related… yes there is
no money for gas to drive me the twenty miles to
school because it got drunk up last night… this
is how it is…  no moralizing.  Impressive.

Take this journey though a different culture.  It
will shed light on your own culture and on being
human.

This award winning book is a Must Read.  So, read
it.

=>
http://tinyurl.com/5oqryr
 

Alexie also wrote the screenplay for the film,
Smoke Signals.  The poem, Forgiving Our Fathers,
at the end of that film makes the whole journey
transcendent and raises the film to celestial
heights.  I highly recommend viewing it. 

Blessings,

William

P.S.  Speaking of Forgiveness…  Amazingly
Content
– How to Be in Love with All You See & Hear, and
Be in Harmony with Family, Friends & Work will
help you to forgive and gain forgiveness,
obviously, which leads to harmony.

You can find out more here.  Go for it.
http://tinyurl.com/6ybefp

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