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| Greetings! Welcome to the new Key-Mail look for the new year. For those of you rejoining us (now that we have some emailing issues resolved) Welcome Back! As I'm sure you have all heard, my hometown of Omaha was the site of a mass murder by a young man who had dropped out of high school two years before. It has shaken us at our core. All of us who teach 8 to Great have had "Roberts" in our classrooms and have seen how working through the High-Ways has helped them. My first response to my community was expressed in an editorial that the Omaha World-Herald graciously ran on Sunday. My second response is starting a campaign, "Checking In So They Don't Check Out." See the luncheon that will launch this campaign at the bottom of this Key-Mail. In this issue I offer my "12 Thoughts of Christmas". Also, if you have time, take our short on-line survey about what is most important in education today, and see the answers that educators and parents have given most often. It's a somber time for us, but we are not losing hope. As we teach our students: every challenge will make us bitter or better. Thank God all things work to good! Blessings and Blissings, MK ____________________________________________ |
The 12 Thoughts of Christmas As I clean out my office this week it felt good to have a place for everything. I discovered there were many ahas and tidbits I didn't want to throw away, so please let me recycle some thoughts. To end this year's Key-Mails, I offer you my "12 Thoughts of Christmas that True Love Gave to Me" (to give to you). 1. The opposite of "peace" is not "war". The opposite of "peace" is "fear". To bring peace to the world, fear not. 2. At the end of each day (or the beginning of the next), celebrate one success and one "failure" from the day before. Remind yourself that you cannot have one without the other. 3. Each moment we live "should" or "want". Stop "shoulding" on yourself. Either decide you want to do it or stop doing it. 4. Write down your 10 greatest gifts in life, e.g. the name of a friend, your eyesight, etc. Next, add up how much you would sell each one for. Then total up the amounts. Now you have a small inkling of "how much your life is worth". 5. New research out of Rutgers University proves that new experiences trigger the same chemical reaction in the body as falling in love. Just do it. 6. When you are losing patience with someone in your life who just "doesn't get it", imagine that you had lived before, then reflect upon the possibility that in your last life, they were your teacher. 7. If you want to befriend someone you've been avoiding, ask for their five favorite things to talk about and think about. Then only talk about their "five faves" for a month. 8. The opposite of "nice" is not "mean". The opposite of "kind" is "mean". The opposite of "nice" is "honest." When choosing your response, kind honesty is much better than niceness. 9. As our children turn into young adults, our job is to empower, not to nag. Once your young adult turns 16, take them out of the SWR and stop Suggestions (repeated, nagging ones), Warnings (of all the awful things that COULD happen) and Reminders (if you've told them once, you HAVE told them a thousand times.) Do not expect this to be easy. Do expect it to work wonders for your serenity and their confidence. 10. How many diets work? All of them. Hold the picture of the New You! 11. If you want to live at 95 on the Power Pyramid and achieve great heights, you must ask for big things and be able to withstand big disappointments. (Hint: you've already withstood big disappointments, right? So what have you got to lose?) 12. And finallly, remember that right now, you have something to complain about. Right now, you have something to be grateful for. You'll win or lose by the one you choose! _________________________________________ Remember, you may forward this Key-Mail to a friend by clicking on the button below. ______________________________ |
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Upcoming Events Sign up now for MK's next all-day Joy Retreat, Feb. 23, at the Knowles Mercy Retreat Center, near Waterloo, NE. Just $45 per person gifts you with MK's message and music, lunch and a gratitude journal! Call 402-359-4288 to register soon, as space is limited and our last retreat filled quickly! "Checking In So They Don't Check Out" A special Educator's Luncheon, featuring an Overview of 8 to Great will be held on Tuesday, Jan. 15th, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.. Join us for lunch on us in a beautiful setting and hear about the 8 to Great program that was featured during this year's State Administrator and School Board Conference. Free to all Administrators and School Counselors and their guests. Space is limited. Call 553-0555 to reserve your spot! The January 8 to Great Institute still has two spots open. Call now to reserve your place in this positively powerful 3-day seminar, Jan 18,19 and 20. Can't make it? Go to www.mkmueller.com to see the April and June Weekend Training dates! |
| | | Have a Blessed Holiday Season! Talk to you next year! MK
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