Reminding you to make the "Happiness Decision." Letting you know about our meeting dates, giving you happiness information, and your latest copy of the Be Happy Zone Article's that are published every other Wednesday in the Fairfield Citizen-News. At the end of this newsletter you can read the latest article called: Love, Medicine & Miracles.

"The best way to predict your future is to create it." - Unknown
Think Smart, Look Smart, Be Smart...Be Happy! - Lionel

Happ-E-Quote:) "Man's mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions." - Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

Happ-E-Mail:) So many people seem to be unhappy. I would like to share an idea a mentor of mine shared with me. His name was L. S. Barksdale. He believed from his personal experience and from his observations of human behavior that many people don't feel that they deserve to be happy and unconsciously find ways to sabotage their happiness. He said that many people sit on a pity pot and complain about what they are not. That they don't realize that happiness and peace of mind are our natural state thus to feel truly alive they chose to hurt. That's the closest way they can feel alive. Barksdale also said the only you can get from sitting on your pity pot is rings around your tuche. - TUA Sid Madwed http://www.madwed.com/Quotations/

Happ-E-Quote:) "Come to the edge." "We can't. We're afraid."
"Come to the edge." "We can't. We will fall!"
"Come to the edge." And they came.
And he pushed them. And they flew." - Guillaume Apollinaire

Happ-E-Mail:) Hi! Terrific newsletter - enjoyed it very much. Your article make so much sense. - mike - www.happyplace.net

Happ-E-Quote:) "Habit is habit and not to be flung out of the window by any man, but coaxed downstairs a step at a time." - Mark Twain

Happ-E-Web Site:) Our web master Renee Filloramo has done an outstanding job on our Happiness Club web site. We just went over the 20,000 mark. Click here: www.happinessclub.com

Happ-E-Mail:) I just read your article on Declaration of Happiness on the Happiness Club website and thought perhaps you would like to read ours. Regards, Joseph http://www.happyheart.com

Happ-E-Quote:) "Use what talent you possess: the woods would be very silent if no birds sang except those that sang best." - Henry Van Dyke

Happ-E-Mail:) I will not be able to attend the Happiness Club dinner. I would like to know if you will be having any functions during the months of July or August. Thanks. June K.
Thanks for writing June, No, we will not have any summer meetings. Our next meeting will be September, 18, 2003 in the Fairfield Public Library off the Post Road.

Happ-E-Quote:) "Recognize that if you don't like your life and if you can't change your external circumstances at this point, you can change your attitude toward your life. You can say, I choose to be happy. I choose to view what I do every day as a way of contributing love. When you go about your life with this attitude, you'll find that your circumstances do begin to change." - Bernie Siegel, M.D.

HAPPINESS CLUB MEETING:) The Happiness Club dinner meeting for June 25, with Dr. Bernie Siegel is sold out.
We are having a dinner celebration to honor Bernie's work in bringing happiness to the world. Dr. Siegel is the author of Love, Medicine and Miracles. He has written several other books and is also the founder of ECaP - Exceptional Cancer Patients, in 1978. To see and listen to Dr. Siegel: Click here: Conscious Healing.

For those with paid dinner reservations:
Event:) HAPPINESS CLUB DINNER WITH DR. BERNIE SIEGEL
Place:) Peppermill Restaurant
Date:) Wednesday, June 25, 2003
Address:) 1700 Post Road East, Westport, CT 06880
Time:) 6:30 - 9:30 P.M.
Seating was limited to the first 95 people.
You can find maps and travel directions on their web site: Click here: Peppermill Restaurant in Westport, CT.

Directions:
I-95 Northbound - Exit 19. At the bottom of the ramp, turn left. Go to light and turn left onto Route 1 South (Post Road). The Peppermill will be approx. 3/4 mile down on your left, just past Super Stop and Shop.

I-95 Southbound - Exit 19. (Southport) Travel straight on the exit ramp to the traffic light. At light turn right onto Route 1 South. The Peppermill will be approx. 3/4 mile down on your left, just past Super Stop and Shop.

Merritt Parkway Northbound - Exit 42. Make a left at the end of the ramp. Go completely straight. (road also bears right, go straight) At the second stop make a left. Make first major right onto Roseville Ave. At the first light make a left onto the Post Road. Follow almost to Fairfield. Peppermill is on the right hand side just before Super Stop & Shop.

Merritt Parkway Southbound - Take the I-95 Connector Exit 38 in Milford. Then follow directions for I-95 South. Or go to Exit 44. Take a left at the end of the ramp. At light go left onto Black Rock Turnpike. At the 5th light make a right onto Stillson Rd. (Fleet Bank across street). At the 2nd light bear left onto North Benson Rd. Follow North Benson Rd. signs for I-95 South. Take I-95 South to Exit 19. (Southport) Travel straight on the exit ramp to the traffic light. At light turn right onto Route 1 South. The Peppermill will be approx. 3/4 mile down on your left, just past Super Stop and Shop.

Happ-E-Quote:) "No one lives forever; therefore, death is in not the issue. Life is. Death is not a failure. Not choosing to take on the challenge of life is." - Bernie Siegel, M.D.

BE HAPPY ZONE
Fairfield Citizen-News
June 4, 2003

Love, Medicine & Miracles
By Lionel Ketchian

You're right! Love, Medicine and Miracles is the name of Dr. Bernie Siegel's first book written in 1986. I don't know if you have read this book. But if you would like to read a wonderful book by a great author and an exceptional person, than this is the book for you. One of the things that makes Dr. Bernie Siegel exceptional is the fact that he prefers being called Bernie, not Doctor Siegel.

I first met Bernie in 1986 when he wrote his this book. He agreed to be on my Radio Show called, Successful Living on WADS Radio in Ansonia, CT. I had followed some of his writing before he published his book so I was very excited that he was sharing his techniques and knowledge with the world. Bernie is a true role model for all of us. He is a genuine human being, a spiritual person and a medical doctor. He has reset the mark for the medical profession to understand that people are more than a body that needs to be fixed. Bernie showed us how to heal.

In 1978 Bernie started Exceptional Cancer Patients, a specific form of individual and group therapy utilizing patients' dreams, drawings, and images. ECaP is based on "carefrontation," a loving, safe, therapeutic confrontation, which facilitates personal change and healing.

With these words for openers, Bernie has revolutionized medical care giving. Here is what Bernie said in his book, "Exceptional patients manifest the will to live in its most potent form. They take charge of their lives even if they were never able to before, and they work hard to achieve health and peace of mind. They do not rely on doctors to take the initiative but rather use them as members of a team, demanding the utmost in technique, resourcefulness, concern, and open-mindedness. If they're not satisfied, they change doctors. However, exceptional patients also are loving, and thus understand the difficulties a physician faces. In most cases, my advice to a dissatisfied patient is to give the doctor a hug. Usually this makes the doctor more willing to respond to the patient's needs, because you become an individual to your physician and are treated to as an individual, not a disease."

Bernie has said, " We must remove the word "impossible" from our vocabulary. As David Ben-Gurion once observed in another context, "Anyone who doesn't believe in miracles is not a realist." Moreover, when we see how terms like "spontaneous remission" or miracle" mislead and confuse us, then we will learn. Such terms imply that the patient must be lucky to be cured, but these healings occur through hard work. They are not acts of God. Remember that one generation's miracle may be another's scientific fact. Do not close your eyes to acts or events that are not always measurable. They happen by means of an inner energy available to all of us. That's why I prefer terms like "creative" or "self-induced" healing, which emphasize the patient's active role."

Bernie says, "Spirituality means the ability to find peace and happiness in an imperfect world, and to feel that one's own personality is imperfect but acceptable. From this peaceful state of mind come both creativity and the ability to love unselfishly, which go hand in hand. Acceptance, faith, forgiveness, peace, and love are the traits that define spirituality for me. These characteristics always appear in those who achieve unexpected healing of serious illness."

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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