NOW!!! Win two tickets, Magnetic U and MCC Live
I just sent this blast:
Be present to your present is a saying I picked up from my good friend, Dave Glenn. I think far too many of us run through life like it's a race. We miss the opportunity to really center on what's important. As such, we miss really important things. I want to challenge you to be fully involved in the moments you live. That is a key to mastering this life. Don't worry about the future. Don't worry about the past. Focus on the NOW.
I originally posted "Be Here Now" on this site in May 2008. It's still applicable. Go take this moment and read it. We will all be glad you did.
Win Two tickets to TEDx Detroit!!!
I've got my hands on two tickets and I want to give them away to someone who exemplifies what MCC is about. The person who shares a story about their best attempt to help someone else will get them. This can be a referral, a time when you helped your neighbor or even when you gave that guy in the wheelchair outside the Red Wings game a $20. Whatever you got, I want to read about it.
TEDxDetroit is next Wednesday, September 28 at the Max Fisher Building near Wayne State. It runs from 8:30-6:00 and will be the best day long event you attend this year. I promise!! Go to the TEDx Detroit website to see some of the speakers and apply for tickets (they are $26 most of which goes to support 3 local charities the other $5 pays for a part of your lunch).
Magnetic U launches 9/29/11
TEDx Detroit is so inspiring I know I have to live up to my full potential. The only way I can do that is to help others live up to theirs!! Thus Magnetic U. will begin with the very important class on MINDSET. If you're wondering why your life isn't up to your satisfaction, you will want to attend. This class has a low, intro price of $20 and only room for 20 people. Join us NOW.
MCC Live Events
9/27/11 MCC Live Royal Oak The Oxford Inn 11:15-1:00
We will be discussing The poser of NOW. Not necessarily the book...just the concept.
10/11/11 MCC Live West Side Uptown Grill 11:15-1:00
We will be talking about the Power of then. Just kidding. Topic TBD
10/25/11 MCC Live Royal Oak The Oxford Inn
We look forward to seeing you when you're ready to be seen. Come online. Be at a meeting and most importantly Do let us know what we can do for you!!
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Terry Bean
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LITTLE THINGS
My neighbor Wanda was retired from the Waterford School System. She was older and had her problems. One day a few years ago I noticed her struggling to drag her trash cans to the street for pickup. I decided to help and have helped every trash day since.
But wait, maybe this doesn't fit because she seemed to notice when my car was gone for more than a day and without my asking started picking up my mail and newspapers for safe keeping. Talk about an unexpected blessing. It was a great neighborly relationship built on little things that meant so much.
Unfortunately the relationship ended Monday with the death of my friend Wanda. She was older you know, so you have to expect that. RIP Wanda! You will be missed.
That leads me to my unknown neighbor. She's even older than Wanda and if there was ever a model for a wicked witch, she would be the prototype. She walks around the neighborhood with her cane pointing it at kids and scolding them for being rowdy.
She came up to me one day and said: "can I have your newspapers" in a very gravaly old person voice. It wasn't a pleasant request, it was more on the demanding side. I said what for. She said she likes to do the crosswords. I told her I would remove the crossword pages and give them to her. I have done so ever since.
You know a funny thing happened, now when she sees me she says thank you, thank you, thank you. and you know the once gravaly voice seems to have a sweetnes in it I had not noticed before.
In retrospect, although while I have been helping these ladies for many years I think they have been helping me as well. It's made me feel good inside to help Wanda and it was a real eye opener for me to realize how so little effort could turn my unknown neighbor a rather unpleasant person, into someone that's actually enjoyable to run into. In fact I might even ask her her name. :-)
Remember, people just want to know you know they are there. Little things.
That's such a great reminder Duane. I really enjoyed reading this.
You gonna come to tedx?
PAY IT FORWARD
A few years ago I was struggling to make a house payment. I had a friend who listened intently to my whining about how I was between paychecks. She sympathized with me and told me everything would be fine. The very next day, she came to me with a check to cover that house payment. I told her there was no way I would take it from her. She explained that she had once been in an extremely abusive relationship and that a friend had given her money in order to "make a fresh start". He would not accept repayment and told her to "Pay It Forward".
She would not accept repayment from me either when I tried to return the money a week later. She told me to "Pay It Forward". I was able to do just that a few months later when my brother was experiencing some difficulties with wiring in his home. I was fearful of the potential fire starting in his home, so I paid for materials and enlisted a friend to do the work. We were able to redo all of the wiring in my brothers home and installed new ceiling fans also. Its a wonderful feeling to help where you can.
To continue, the friend who helped me had a horrific accident on Sept. 18, 2008. She fell into a contaminated pit of water in excess of 200 degrees. She sustained horrible burns on the lower half of her body. I was with her that night and I accompanied her to the hospital and had to make the call explaining what had happened to her brand new husband.
She had to go through horrible scrubbimg and intense therapy with her injuries. Her husband was out of work with injuries of his own and she was laid up in a hospital knocked out most of the time because the pain was so intense. Her two little girls were not allowed to come and see her for quite some time. That, in itself, was a tremendous torture for her.
I was able to pull together a wonderful group of friends that I dubbed, "Heather's Angels". With the help of this wonderful group of people, we put on a spaghetti fundraiser that was able to bring in enough money for the family to cover household expenses, medical bills and Christmas for the girls.
The only repayment I could offer to her "angels" was a small rubber bracelet with the words "Pay It Forward" on it. Each of these individuals gave so much time and effort to help raise money for this young family and never asked for a dime in return. When I gave them each their bracelets, I asked them to simply keep doing as the bracelet said.
I have lived my life that way ever since.
Thanks for letting me share this with you!
Belinda Nadeau
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I'm in a restaurant waiting on a lunch meeting with tears on my cheeks and a smile on my face.
Thank you so much for sharing this wonderful story Belinda.