Thoughts on Obstacles

I view any obstacle that gets in my way as an opportunity to learn something new. Here are a few other perspectives on the topic...

"Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off the goal." -- Author Unknown

"If you can find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn't lead anywhere." -- Frank A. Clark

"Obstacles don't have to stop you.If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it." -- Michael Jordan

"The obstacle is the path." -- Zen Buddhist Saying

...and my personal favorite

"A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles." -- Christopher Reeve

Have a joyful day!
Rita
www.ritaschiano.com

Photo source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Reeve

Raising $$ For Cancer Research

As many of you know, I have been involved with the American Cancer Society's Relay For Life for several years...first as a team member, later as team captain. This year I joined the Big Dog Bandits team for the Southbridge, MA Relay For Life.

The American Cancer Society Relay For Life is more than just an event to me. It is personal. In the past two years cancer took the lives of my beloved brother John and my dear friend Lydia -- and during this small window of time, too, several friends and relatives began fighting their own battles with cancer.

Every year the list of people for whom I walk grows larger and larger. But I believe that one day events like Relay For Life will no longer be necessary, and that the folks who had participated over the years gather simply to remember, to memorialize the efforts of years past.

I hope you'll consider supporting my efforts by making a donation via my Personal Page At Relay or, if you are local, by joining my Relay For Life team. My publishing company, The Reed Edwards Company, will be donating $3.00 from every direct sale from now until June 18, when Relay begins.

Together, we have the power to help create a world where cancer can no longer claim another year of anyone’s life.

Have a joyful day.

Rita

www.ritaschiano.com

Thoughts on Vision

"People only see what they are prepared to see." -- Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakens." -- Carl Jung

"The most pathetic man in the world is someone who has sight, but has no vision."
Helen Keller

"Create the highest, grandest vision possible for your life, because you become what you believe." -- Oprah Winfrey

"Champions aren't made in gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them--a desire, a dream, a vision." -- Muhammad Ali

Have a joyful day - Rita
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Thoughts On Success

"Success is not the result of spontaneous combustion. You must set yourself on fire." -- Arnold H. Glasgow

"In everyone's life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit." -- Albert Schweitzer

Have a joyful day - Rita
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In The Words Of Maslow

"If you deliberately plan to be less than you are capable of being, then I warn you that you'll be deeply unhappy for the rest of your life."-- Abraham Maslow

Abraham Maslow was born April 1, 1908 in Brooklyn, New York to Russian-Jewish immigrants. His career in psychology ultimately led to his becoming a founder of the Humanistic Psychology movement and the author of such familiar concepts as the hierarchy of needs and self-actualization.

Have a joyful day - Rita
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Thought of the Day - Ayn Rand

"Throughout the centuries there were men who took first steps down new roads armed with nothing but their own vision." -- Ayn Rand

About Ayn Rand: Alisa Zinov'yevna Rosenbaum, Ayn Rand was a Russian-American novelist, philosopher, playwright, and screenwriter. She is known for her two best-selling novels and for developing a philosophical system she called Objectivism.

Rand immigrated to the United States in 1926. She worked as a screenwriter in Hollywood and had a play produced on Broadway. She first achieved fame with her novel The Fountainhead, which was followed by her best-known work, the philosophical novel Atlas Shrugged.

Have a joyful day - Rita
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Thought Of The Day

"If your happiness depends on what somebody else does, I guess you do have a problem." -- Richard Bach

Richard David Bach, born 23 June 1936, is widely known as the author of the hugely popular 1970s best-sellers Jonathan Livingston Seagull, Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah, and others. His books espouse his philosophy that our apparent physical limits and mortality are merely appearance.

Have a joyful day - Rita
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Celebrating the Birth of Rene Descartes

On March 31, 1596, Rene Descartes was born in La Haye, Touraine, France.
His initial interest was legal studies, but Descartes turned instead to mathematics, physics, and philosophy.

The father of modern philosophy, the basic strategy of his philosophical method of doubt was to defeat skepticism on its own ground. Descartes began this by systematically doubting everything he had ever learned, and then accepting as true only that which could not be denied. He recommended the approach in a famous thought:

"If you would be a real seeker after truth, it is necessary that
at least once in your life you doubt, as far as possible, all things."

Have a joyful day - Rita
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Thought Of The Day

"If you are not failing every now and again, it's a sign you're playing it safe." -- Woody Allen

Have a joyful day - Rita

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Celebrating Our 3rd Anniversary

Our pubco, The Reed Edwards Company is celebrating its 3rd year in business. As a thank you to all of your who helped us reached this milestone we are offering a 30% savings on our books when you order direct from us at www.reededwards.com.

We love to hear that you've enjoyed our books and recommend them to others. So why not give someone an inexpensive gift of a good story? You know our motto: Recommend, don't lend! Book sales put dollars in authors pockets and give us the capital to publish more new writers.

And speaking of new writers... As we move into our next year we hope to bring you two, new exciting and compelling authors.
(More on them at a later date!)

So if you've enjoyed Painting The Invisible Man, Sweet Bitter Love, and Far East Of The Sun, I hope you'll consider giving a copy to someone as a gift.

Just visit www.reededwards.com. We accept credit cards via PayPal...so your payment is safe and secure.

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