Happ-E-Newsletter for July 1, 2002

Welcome My Dear Friend,

BE HAPPY! - LIVE RICHLY!

Happiness Empowerment To You!

"Happiness is not an external condition, but rather a conscious decision to accept the normal conflicts of life as part of everyday living." These are the prolific words of Marianne T. Schorer. Marianne's words are exactly what you need to hear in order to understand what happiness is and how to make it work in your life.

I want you to practice "Premeditated Happiness." Happiness is one of the most important things in your life. Happiness does wonders for your soul. I want you to know that reading this newsletter will not just make your life better; it will make the world a better place because you have decided to be happy!

Have a sparkling 4th of July!

SMILE, HAPPINESS BECOMES YOU!

Sending Love, and Happiness to you,

Lionel

Happ-E-Quote:) "Happiness becomes the acquisition of things or possessions. In reality, happiness is not necessarily the home, the spouse, the car, etc.; happiness is within us. It is about "soul," and what enriches the soul is the act of giving instead of acquiring. Giving fosters a place of freedom and an everlasting sense of prosperity, while acquiring involves feeling owned and burdened." - Marianne T. Schorer

Happ-E-Purpose:) Reminding you to make the "Happiness Decision." Letting you know about our meeting dates, giving you happiness information, and the latest copy of the Be Happy Zone Article that is published twice a month in the Fairfield Citizen-News. Read today's article called: HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY!

Happ-E-Quote:) "Anger is a conflict between what is and what you want. It fosters a feeling of not being in control and having expectations and judgments that create negative emotions and feelings. Anger is really about loss. What is it you feel you have lost?" - Marianne T. Schorer

Happ-E-Book Recommendation:) At our last Happiness Club Meeting called "Happy Power," Marianne Schorer (pronounced Shore) presented us with some of the concepts in her book. I would like to recommend a great book for you to read this summer. It is called: EnlightenUp, Freeing The Real You! by Marianne T. Schorer.

Marianne has written a genuinely practical, helpful, powerful, spiritual, book. Most important of all Marianne opened her life and shows us her real life problems, and what she did to overcome them. She has a powerhouse of things you will assist you in taking charge of your life and finding your mission. Most important of all Marianne has learned through her experiences the wisdom she shares with you.

I have included quotes from her book throughout this newsletter so you can get a sense of her loving words of wisdom to you. Marianne reminds me of Caroline Myss, who I have met and have had on my radio show. Marianne has wonderful thoughts to share with you... Let her do it!

Some information about her:

Marianne T. Schorer is a Certified Professional Behavioral and Values Analyst, Master Practitioner in Neuro-Linguistic Programming, and Ericksonian Hypnosis Practitioner. She works with professionals, entrepreneurs, and corporations to help them obtain a comfortable balance between the pressures of daily life and their quest for inner peace. Since 1996, her concise, easy-to-follow programs have enabled people to reconnect with their inherent values and embark on their life's mission.

The book will be in stores in August and you can order it now on Amazon.com. Click here: Amazon.com: buying info: EnlightenUp: Freeing The Real You!

However, the book can be ordered through the fulfillment house at any time, and the toll free number is 1-866-37-CAMEO. www.cameopublications.com.

Click here: Home Page www.cameopublications.com

Happ-E-Mail:) Dear Lionel, I'll miss your smile over the summer. Keep us posted grandpa about the birth of your first grandchild. What a wonderful miracle and blessing -and to such a lovely family -that little soul chose to be born. God bless your family and be well and happy. Love and happiness, barbara rudolph

Happ-E-Quote:) "Your ego has created an expectation that has you believing this is what you need now, not later. This is what happens when we concede to the wants of our human personality that focus on expectations, which become the root of our problems, rather than to the needs of our spirit." - Marianne T. Schorer

Happ-E-Mail:) Please send your (Happ-E-Newsletter) publication. Thank you! I look forward to being happier! - S.P. New Canaan, Ct.

Happ-E-Quote:) "Resentment is not a joyful experience, and when joy is lacking, sorrow is present. During these moments, you may experience feelings of distrust and the need to distance yourself, ultimately fulfilling a self-rejecting prophecy" - Marianne T. Schorer

Happ-E-Mail:) Thanks to each and every one of you for sharing your caring words and thoughts. Please let us hear from you; spread your happiness and you spread your wings! That is the surest way of Being Happy!

Happ-E-Web Site:) When is the last time you checked out the happinessclub.com web site? Tom Finelli has dressed it up in happy faces and made it look like a very happy site. Another reason to check it out is that if you have written to us about happiness, you might just find your name in the "What people are saying," section on the left hand side of the home page. The next September meeting, as well as the October meeting is now posted for you. All the articles from the Be Happy Zone that has been published in the Fairfield Citizen-News have been posted for you to read.

Our Happinessclub.com is a site to see! Click here: www.happinessclub.com. We just went over the "You are visitor 12,000" counter mark. If you like this newsletter, then spread the word, and share it with your friends and colleagues. Invite them to subscribe by sending a blank e-mail to: Happinessclub@aol.com, or sign them on yourself and we will send them a note that it was from you.

Happ-E-Gratitude:) Tom Finelli our web master, does so much for us. This is a copy of the e-mail I sent to Tom Finelli:

Dear Tom, You have really done an outstanding job. Thanks so very much. I love the smiling Sun - it looks fantastic. The section on: "What people are saying," is just perfect. The faded smiling faces in the background make the web site feel really friendly. I can't thank you enough. But I am going to try! Sending you all the happiness you can stand! Love, Lionel

Happ-E-Mail:) By the way I was offered a full time position in a private school in Greenwich as an Assistant Director of Admissions. I will be working with the parents, students, and teachers. Isn't that interesting to be able to use my skills in the schools. When you mentioned that tonight, (I mentioned that happiness should be taught in schools at the last Happiness Club Meeting.) I almost fell out of my seat since I had been really questioning this opportunity. You answered it for me with the Grace of God. And it will be starting in the Fall, Interesting.......Love, Happiness, and Blessings, Marianne

Happ-E-Quote:) "The source of every addiction is an unmet need. For example, if someone has a need to be loved, admired, and respected, that person may choose to fulfill that need in a dysfunctional manner rather than in a healthy way. " - Marianne T. Schorer

Happ-E-Mail:) Hi there, I had a wonderful time at the Happiness Club Meeting this Wednesday night. You truly did give me food for thought about my future, and which way my path of happiness is headed. Now I have to wait until September?! Oh well, till our happiness paths meet again. Love, Light & Happiness, Jane

Happ-E-Quote:) "When your mission is clear, you can make the transition from an inner life focus of being to an outer life focus of doing." - Marianne T. Schorer

Happ-E-Mail:) Thank you to Don Barnett for creating "Movie Meetings." If you live in Southern Connecticut and would like to get together with some happy people and go to the movies on Tuesday evenings than e-mail Don at Knicks777@aol.com

and he will be in touch with you for upcoming Movie Meetings.

Happ-E-Quote:) "Allow gratitude to always be present and overwhelming, even during difficult times. Being thankful for the most challenging times in life comes with knowing that obstacles exist to encourage personal growth." - Marianne T. Schorer

Happ-E-Mail:) hi - stopped into meeting but could not stay long - please add me to the list and see you in Sept - I am excited to read some of the suggested readings.

Happ-E-Quote:) "You can choose to act in the way you want to act, feel, look, and believe. You can choose to let go of fear, hatred, unhappiness, and self-pity. You can choose the best in yourself and be your best. you can also choose to see the best in everyone else and see each person as a teacher instead of an enemy. Your choices become your reality." - Marianne T. Schorer

Happ-E-Mail:) Lionel, If all goes as planned, I will be on a 60 acre rock farm and moss farm in Monroe and won't be anywhere near Fairfield on 6/19. Sorry...I will miss the get together at the Happiness Club this Wed.

Happ-E-Quote:) "Happiness understands and accepts the fact that gratitude is a cultivated trait. When Jesus healed 10 lepers, only one returned to thank him. It is similar to planting seeds in a garden. As we cultivate an attitude of gratitude and learn to use it, it grows. We only need to remember to water the seeds regularly and let them grow." - Marianne T. Schorer

Happ-E-Quote:) Sorry I cannot make the meeting tonight, but I have to pick up my dress from the seamstress... We're on the countdown now! Have a great day, and I’ll see you in a couple of weeks at my wedding! :) Xoxo - Meredith Martin

Happ-E-Wish:) Meredith Martin is getting married on July 5th. We all send Meredith and David, her husband to be, the very best wishes for Health, Peace and Happiness. I would like to add that Meredith attend meeting and she came to the very first Happiness Club Meeting we had in a snowstorm in January 2000. We hope to see the new married couple at a meeting soon.

Happ-E-Quote:) "Happiness is the internal bliss that supports and understands not what you want, but what you get." - Marianne T. Schorer

Happ-E-Meeting:) Our meeting on "HOW TO BE HAPPY" will take place on September 26, 2002. At the Fairfield Public Library at 1080 Old Post Road, Fairfield. There will be a presentation by Lionel Ketchian and the meeting will be filmed by the graduating class of film students from Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) from Rochester, New York. Raeanne Wright is doing her Senior Thesis Film Project. She is going to do a film documentary about our club and all about happiness. So you need to be comfortable and accept the fact that this meeting will be documented on film for educational purposes. It is a positive film. Being made for studying the places that Americans look for happiness, and the places they really find it. This film is being planned on being entered in film festivals and Raeanne will let us know when it airs on Oprah. We hope!

Open to the Public and Admission is Free

Call Lionel Ketchian (203) 258-7777 or E-mail: PrintLRK@aol.com

http://www.happinessclub.com

Happ-E-Quote:) "As we begin to utilize and incorporate raised standards, beliefs, and strategies into our lives, we automatically exude a sense of inner happiness. The next step necessary to close the loop and create outer happiness is to develop and share our gifts with others." - Marianne T. Schorer

BE HAPPY ZONE

Fairfield Citizen-News

July 2, 2002

HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY!

By Lionel Ketchian

Have you ever felt unhappy? Do you like the way it feels? Is feeling unhappy worth it? Unhappiness, just like happiness, is a decision you make. Sure unhappiness is a result of your moods, and state of mind. Unhappiness is a feeling inside you, isn't it? You tell yourself it is caused by what you experience. What if I told you that you make yourself unhappy? Yes, you! How would that make you feel? If unhappiness is under your control then happiness is under your control as well. So it should make you feel great.

When you choose unhappiness you give people and circumstances power and control over you. What you're doing when you're unhappy is giving your power away. Benjamin Franklin said: "Is there anything men take more pains about than to render themselves unhappy?" You are allowing situations to be more important than the power of control you have within yourself. Have you ever felt that things seemed tough? A possible reason for this is that you are being too tough on yourself. Maybe what you need to do is lighten up. This could be one of the reasons you are experiencing unhappiness.

Thomas Jefferson believed in happiness so much that he said: "The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only legitimate objective of good government." Thomas Jefferson, who lived from 1743 to 1826, said, "Our greatest happiness… does not depend on the condition of life in which chance has placed us, but is always the result of a good conscience, good health, occupation, and freedom in all just pursuits." He certainly understood happiness well. His statement proves his understanding of the subject.

What is happiness? Happiness is an inner state of well being. It is a state of well being that enables you to profit from your highest: thoughts, wisdom, intelligence, common sense, emotions, health, and spiritual values. Happiness is a positive state of mind, and in many ways happiness cannot be defined because it is an individual reality. Happiness is a state of mental health. Happiness is a state of wealth. Happiness grants you the capacity to satisfy your desires.

The Declaration of Independence was drafted by Thomas Jefferson between June 11, and June 28, 1776. It is our nation's most cherished symbol of liberty. The following is a well known excerpt from the Constitution: We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.

Make THE HAPPINESS DECISION! Decide on BEING HAPPY right now and you get a 100% return on your investment. That is a good return, especially the way investments are right now. Life has meaning and happiness only when you decide it does. No one else can decide this for you; the decision is yours alone.

What are you waiting for? YES, YOU! You live your life doing things so you can find happiness. Why not decide to be happy right now? Are you waiting for someone to create this happiness for you? If you have not decided to be happy right now, then you are waiting for something to make you happy, right? Why wait? Has waiting for happiness worked for you this far in your life? Will happiness be better or more rewarding if you wait?

Every day you don't make THE HAPPINESS DECISION is another day that you are NOT HAPPY and that day is gone and lost forever. Happiness is not only what you want, it's what you need. THE HAPPINESS DECISION is a strategy for living well. It will keep you on the right track. You can bet your unhappiness on it.

Thomas Jefferson said, "Happiness is not being pained in body or troubled in mind." By making your Declaration of Happiness you will be stating your independence. If you are unhappy, at the present time, then you are dependent on other people and situations to make you happy. Break free of those chains; proclaim your independence from dependence. Don't be dependent on anything to make you happy. As Robert Louis Stevenson said, "The habit of being happy enables one to be freed, or largely freed, from the domination of outward conditions."

What is ultimate power? It is the power you have over yourself. It is the power of the force of your happiness to transform your life. It has a strength that carries you to your destination.

We need a new revolution, an evolution within ourselves. John Locke said, "The necessity of pursuing true happiness is the foundation of our liberty." We must proclaim a new Independence Day. Today, join the Proud, the Few, the Happy! Give up your dependence on happiness coming from outside sources. You can only find happiness in yourself. Happiness is a decision only you can make. Join the Happiness Revolution! Exercise Your Unalienable Rights and Make Happiness Your Declaration of Independence. We have no excuse because we live in the greatest country in the world. Happiness is contagious … become a carrier, proclaim your Independence.

Lionel Ketchian is the founder of the Happiness Club, a Happiness Coach, and can be reached at PrintLRK@aol.com. The Web site is www.HappinessClub.com

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