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February 3, 2012

| by Ronda Del Boccio ("The Story Lady")

Inspirational Thoughts on Peace: How Can Young People Promote World Peace?

Thanks to the Peace Alliance for these inspirational thoughts about youth

Dear Ronda:

I’m writing to alert you to an exciting global peace event created by and for young people. It features emerging leaders who are wise beyond their years and are changing the world.

They are the new voices of peace and give us all hope for the future. And on February 11th-12th, the Youth Rising for Peace Summit, a free telesummit will gather these emerging peace leaders from almost every time zone – along with thousands of other youth – for a 24-hour wave of peace, insight and healing that sweeps around the globe. It is being organized by the Shift Network, and is co-sponsored by The Peace Alliance and Student Peace Alliance.

This first ever 24-hour global telesummit will feature young peace leaders from more than 20 countries – all talking about the ideas, programs and projects that further peace in the world!

We’ll celebrate the progress they’ve made, share breakthroughs, and explore new projects and ideas that will allow us to exchange violence, oppression and war for PEACE at every level.

We invite you to attend yourself as well as pass this along to the young people in your life.

Youth Rising is about shining the light on the positive roles we’re playing in our families, schools, communities, nations and the world.

Join us and you’ll be introduced to a full spectrum of peacebuilding activities – from inner peace to international peace – empowering you to connect with the cause that inspires you, take the actions you’re called to take, and be connected to a community of global peers who are just as passionate about peace as you are.

Join me for The Youth Rising for Peace Summit and spread the word!

In Peace,

Matthew Albracht
Director, The Peace Alliance

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Seekin a Sponsor to Give The Peace Seed to Peace Alliance Youth

It is my deep desire to get the #1 bestselling peace book The Peace Seed into the hands of all the youth involved in this movement. To this end, I seek a sponsoring organization.

The Peace Seed is a mini-book with a message of peace through listening and storytelling. A portion of proceeds goes to 10 Million CLicks for Peace, and I am happy to also give to the Peace Alliance. Please contact me for details.

Follow your bliss!

Ronda Del Boccio, the Story Lady

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January 26, 2012

| by Ronda Del Boccio ("The Story Lady")

Inspirational Thoguhts on the Living Miracle Prayer of Nature: How Do Solar Flares Affect the Northern Lights?

The sun has been throwing a FIT this week!

Major magnetic storms are throwing fire balls around. The Northern Lights are especially spectacular.

To me, I can only imagine how awesome it would be to see the whole night sky fill with color. Nature is a miracle prayer in motion!

Watch this video of the especially miraculous Aurora Borealis 23 January, 2012:

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I have never seen the Northern Lights.

The most spectacular view of nature that is still a living miracle prayer to me I have had is looking up at the stars near the Grand Canyon at 3 AM. I was there watching for the meteor shower. The stars took my breath away and still I remember how magnificently close they felt.

I took that trip 25 years ago…so you can tell it stuck with me.

What about you?

What is the most magnificent miracle of nature YOU have witnessed?

Follow your bliss!

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January 26, 2012

| by Ronda Del Boccio ("The Story Lady")

Inspirational Thoughts on the Living Miracle Prayer of Nature: How Do Solar Flares Affect the Northern Lights?

The sun has been throwing a FIT this week!

Major magnetic storms are throwing fire balls around. The Northern Lights are especially spectacular.

To me, I can only imagine how awesome it would be to see the whole night sky fill with color. Nature is a miracle prayer in motion!

Watch this video of the especially miraculous Aurora Borealis 23 January, 2012:

Sharing

I have never seen the Northern Lights.

I took that trip 25 years ago…so you can tell it stuck with me.

What about you?

What is the most magnificent miracle of nature YOU have witnessed?

Follow your bliss!

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January 25, 2012

| by Ronda Del Boccio ("The Story Lady")

Inspirational Thoughts: What Are You Doing for FUN today?

Too many people only reserve fun and play for a weekend or a special event.

Why?

Any day is a good day to have a little fun. You’ll actually work better when you PLAY a little every day!

What are you doing for fun today?

It doesn’t matter what day of the week today is or how old you are.

What I’m doing for fun today is reading Smokin’ Seventeen by Janet Evanovich. Waht fun! I’m also making movie plans with a friend for Saturday. Don’t know what we’re seeing yet.

What about you?

Add your fun for the day in the comments!

Follow your bliss!

Ronda Del Boccio, The Story Lady of www.ProfitableStorytelling.com

#1 Bestselling Author, mentor and transformational storyteller

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January 24, 2012

| by Ronda Del Boccio ("The Story Lady")

What Should I Do in Sedona and Mesa Arizona?

I am SO excited! I am taking a vacation to see 1 of my adopted family members. Someone so close and dear to me that we consider each other family rather than only friends.

We have not seen each other since I moved to Missouri, almost 8 years ago. SO we are both thrilled to see each other again and have some adventures too.

I will be in Mesa/Sedona, Arizona, in the middle of March.

We already have some plans:

Seeing Cathedral Rock, Bell Rock & the other energy vortex sites.

Tlaquepaque artisan fair

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Seeing guitarist Robin Miller

Riding the Desert Belle for a scenic boat ride on Saguaro Lake.

Maybe taking in an inning or 2 of the Chicago Cubs spring training practice.

Visiting with Ira and Cory from Mojo Video Marketing, who are friends of mine, and possibly some other entrepreneur friends as well.

What should we be sure not to miss?

Please let me know by adding a comment. You will receive a gift when you add your thoughts and opinions on this post on ProfitableStorytelling.com.

Follow your bliss!

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January 23, 2012

| by Ronda Del Boccio ("The Story Lady")

Abraham Inspirational Quotes on All Is Well: How Do You Increase Your Well Being?

Some people will look around and see evidence of the world “going to Hell in a hand basket.”

Some see collusion and conspiracies around every corner.

Others see abundance and well-being all around. They seem to be able to make their life better and better.

Some see only beauty all around them despite what others may see or say.

What is the difference? Which perceptions lead to more well being, and which lead to degeneration and despair?

Read the inspirational quotes from Abraham:

Nothing needs to be fixed. Everything is unfolding perfectly.

So when you stand in your now accepting that all is well, then from that vibration,
you become surrounded by more and more evidence that all is well.

But when you’re convinced that things are broken, that there is pollution, or that
things have gone wrong, or that the government is doing conspiracies…
then what happens is you get caught up in that vibration, and you begin to
manifest that kind of stuff, and then you say, “See, I told you that things
were going wrong.”

— Abraham inspirational quotes

Wherever you are in that continuum is where you are at this moment. Situations change the moment perception changes.

How do you increase feelings of well-being to bring about MORE well-being?

Here are some simple steps you can take to enhance your feeling that all is RIGHT and well with the world.

Gratitude:

Feelings and demonstrations of gratitude switch on well being like nohting else. Say thank you for every kind word or deed.

Write a thank you note each day. As your gratitude increases, you cannot help but feel that all is well.

When someone complements you, simply say “thank y ou so much,” and do not deflect or deny.

Attention on what you LIKE:

Most people tend to put much more thought and effort into complainig and grumbling.

Where thoughts go, energy flows.

Imagine the difference when you decide noticing what is RIGHT and what you LIKE about the situation.

Praising yuor spouse for doing things that please you are well known to bring about mroe actions that please you. Finding something you like about a person will increase good will between you.

Smile:

Smiling actually brings about chemical changes within the body. This is not new age fluff or conjecture.

There was a study involving people reading the newspaper with a pencil either in their lips, causing a frown, or in their teeth, causing a smile. The smilers remembered more good news and reported feeling better.

There is a big word that describes this: psychoneuroimmunology. Throw that word out at a party if you want to impress people with your verbal prowess. It simply means that the thoughts, chemistry and immune system are linked.

Create a new habit:

Any focus of attention is a habit. Whether that habit is gossiping or saying thank you. Developing good habits is a mtter of focusing your attention and guiding yourself day by day to showing up in the world the way you desire.

Get an Extreme Thought makeover

Extreme Thought Makeover is a simple, fun 37-day program that guides you to feeling more and more well-being each day.

Each day’s activity only takes 5 or 10 minutes. Nothing is hard to do. Nothing is “weird”.

As a matter of fact, writing a greeting card is one of the activities you will do.

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Follow your bliss!

Ronda Del Boccio, The Story Lady of www.ProfitableStorytelling.com

#1 Bestselling Author, mentor and transformational storyteller

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January 21, 2012

| by Ronda Del Boccio ("The Story Lady")

What Can This Cat Teach You About Follow Your BLiss?

Want to follow your bliss? Ceck out what Trouble the Cat has for you.

This cat is obviously in a state of utter bliss.

He doesn’t worry about how to get to bliss. He just lives in th NOW and lets bliss happen!

He is not worrying about tomorrow or re-chewing on the past.

He is BEING in bliss.

Fr you to follow your bliss – think of this cat!

“What IS My Bliss?”

Perhaps you’re not sure what brings you bliss.

It will always be about an experience and a state of being beyond content.

Biss is never forced. Never hard.

It is a natural, unfettered state.

Findin your purpose in life brings you to your bliss.

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Follow your bliss!

Ronda Del Boccio, The Story Lady of www.ProfitableStorytelling.com

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January 9, 2012

| by Ronda Del Boccio ("The Story Lady")

Inspirational Thoughts on Creativity: How Can Throwing Away Trash Become FUN?

Creativity is not the finding of a thing, but the making something out of it after it is found.”

— James Russell Lowell (1819-1891) creativity quotes

Inspirational thoughts don’t always need to be deep and meditative. Sometimes inspirational thoughts can come from a twist of the mind to make old things new.

The mind can be like a solid anchor locking you into beliefs and thought patterns that keep you stuck.

OR the mind can make old things new and make the ordinary extraordinary.

How can throwing out trash become fun?

Volkswagon looked for innovative ways to bring fun into life. They ran a competition, and the winners are posted on www.FunTheory.com with the winning videos also on Y ouTube (of course!).

Organizations and concerned citizens have tried to think of ways to keep people from littering for decades.

I remember one commercial about a Native American man standing next to a trash can with litter strewn all around. A sad tear rolled slowly down his cheek. This did nothing to keep people from littering. It merely increased their tendency to feel sad upon seeing litter.

Robert Cialdini, famous for his book Influence, reported on results of 50 market research studies in his book YES! Chapter 3 focuses on making the “bandwagon effect” work for you rather than against.

Putting attention on the desired action brings about more change than focusing on what is to be stopped or minimized.

“Focusing the audience on all people who do engage in the positive behavior can be a very influential strategy.”

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I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in increasing influence.

Bringing fun and play into ordinary life is also a great way to bring about positive change. The Fun Theory challenge is a perfect example.

This video makes me laugh. I’ve watched it several times just because I love the sound effects. Someone came up with the idea to put a speaker into a public trash can so that when rubbish is tossed in, it sounds as if it is falling far deep.

Watch the video and enjoy!

Curiosity, amazement and FUN cause people to WANT to throw away their trash instead of littering.

Bringing FUN into Everyday Life

Imagine how much more pleasant any “chore” can be when an element of fun and play is added.

Here’s how to do it yourself:

1. Write down any task that you do not think of as fun or one you tend to feel is “hard”.

2. Ask your brain to come up with a game or an idea that will make the task fun.

3. Implement the most fun and innovative idea your brain shares with you.

4. Enjoy the feelings you experience when the task you found hard or not fun suddenly becomes interesting.

5. Smile and notice your smile. This will anchor smiling as a way to bring about the same feelings within you.

A Real Life Example

Dr. Rick Schaefer created a fun and simple 37-day life changing program called Extreme Thought Makeover. One of my favorites is the Rampage of Appreciation. The activities are easy to do yet amazingly powerful in changing one’s way of thinking and experiencing life.

Dr. Rick included one of my own experiences with the Rampage of Appreciation in h is book.

This is especially transforming whenever you’re feeling signs of stress, anxiety, or just plain “down.”

Try it for yourself.

What to do: Simply start thinking of and feeling appreciation for one thing, then another, then another. As you begin feeling gratitude and appreciation, the feelings will be like a snowball that grows immensely as it rolls downhill.

Let your own inspirational thoughts astound you!

Claim Extreme Thought Makeover now and you’ll discover the fun and creativity that will overhaul your thinking and help you create the life of your dreams. Find it at www.ProfitableStorytelling.com/etm.

Follow your bliss!

Ronda Del Boccio, The Story Lady of www.ProfitableStorytelling.com

#1 Bestselling Author, mentor and transformational storyteller

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January 7, 2012

| by Ronda Del Boccio ("The Story Lady")

Inspirational Thoughts: Can Singing Change the World?

Hear are some inspirational thoughts worth pondering…

Can singing change the world?

Here are 1 million children in Thailand singing for world peace, “Let’s come tog3ether to change the world.” Watch the video.

Consider the power of 1 million people with focused intent.

Where 2 or more are gathered, there is tremendous power for change.

You don’t need 1 million people coming together to bring about world peace or whatever change you desire to bring about in the world.

If you can organize that kind of event, great.

But think about this.

Focus your own intention on world peace.

Then each day do something to bring about peace within yourself, within your home, with in your community, or in the world.

And bring someone along for the ride! Find a peace buddy or 2, or 23, and focus together .

Every focused action raises the vibration.

5simple ways to bring peace:

1. Turn off the news.

2. DO not watch violent television shows.

3. pray or meditate daily.

4. Seek to resolve conflict rather than inflaming it.

5. Seek the quiet within yourself.

And to help you focus on peace, download The Peace Seed now. The little book with online journal and other gifts gives you simple ways to open up to other people with abundant listening and storytelling.

Claim it now at www.ThePeaceSeed.com/book.

Follow your bliss!

Ronda Del Boccio, The Story Lady of www.ProfitableStorytelling.com

#1 Bestselling Author, mentor and transformational storyteller

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January 3, 2012

| by Ronda Del Boccio ("The Story Lady")

Storytelling Ideas: Turn Everyday Events into Stories

Looking for storytelling ideas?

Simply look to what happens during any ordinary days.

The “what happened” is the content of the story.

Now, give it a meaning.

Why should your audience pay attention? That’s your context.

Next, consider what response you want to evoke with your story.

that’s why the reader/listener should care, which is the hook that gets people involved.

Then, you want to give direction to the story.

That’s the call to action.

There are 4 elements of good storytelling:

Content
Context
Care
Call to action

Think of this as the “$ Cs Storytelling Template”. Storytelling Templates are easy to follow storytelling recipes so that you can tell a great story every time.

Storytelling ideas are everywhere!

Here is an example.

“Creature Comforts”

In the animal kingdom, “natural enemies” sometimes become close friends.

My retired guide dog Molly was sprawled out relaxing. Trippy, who she considers to be her pet cat, came up, meowing a greeting. Trippy then rubbed her cheek against Molly’s. Molly then licked Trippy and nuzzled her companionably.

What fun it was to watch them, and I found myself thinking, animals who shouldn’t get along find ways to understand each other all the time. Why do humans have such trouble with this?

Animals live in NOW. It is humans who tend to spend more time with our heads in the “then and when” rather than the “here and now.”

This is a good lesson from our animal brethren…”Be friends, and BE HERE NOW.”

Animals are also practical. Trippy and Molly exchanged comfort and affection. Perhaps Trippy felt Molly needed a little love and gave it to her. Another good lesson from animals.

What a lovely moment of peace and understanding these two supposed natural enemies shared.

If you would like to experience peace more an more each day, download the #1 bestselling book The Peace Seed right now.

All the proceeds ($5) go immediately to an organization called 10 Million CLicks for Peace, which shares simple ways to bring peace with the click of a mouse. Get the book at www.ThePeaceSeed.com/book.

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Follow your bliss!

Ronda Del Boccio, The Story Lady of www.ProfitableStorytelling.com

#1 Bestselling Author, mentor and transformational storyteller

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