How do you like your coffee?

How do you like your coffee?

Hi everyone! It’s nice to see you again.

First and foremost I’d like to thank so many of you for your positive feedback on these newsletters as well as the suggestions and input I’ve received. It’s great to know I’m on track and making a difference for you all in the many different ways you’ve shown me. I will do my best to continue to come up with the common sense approach to life as well as suggestions in applying them.

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Now, on to this months newsletter.



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You’ve tried coffee a variety of different ways before you came to the decision of say, black, cream and two teaspoons of sugar I’m sure. Especially since Starbucks hit the world and then you were confronted with a number of other choices!

If I were to ask you if you spent the same amount of energy and time making choices in your life, what would you say? What do you like about your life? What have you "tried" to do differently and if it didn't work did you keep doing it or did you pour yourself another cup and try something different? Life much like that cup of coffee (or tea for those of you who may prefer it) involves making choices.

Ever noticed, if you say you like your coffee black and sweet some people will wrinkle their nose in distaste? I like my coffee that way actually and I’ve seen the wrinkle nose syndrome and the polite inquiry of "really" why? Followed up with, "Oh, I could never have MY coffee that way!" Well that’s good right? Because it’s not their cup of coffee and if we push a little more, their life and preferences are going to be different than our own.

Maybe you don't even like coffee! and people may look at you like, "don't like coffee? That's absurd!" but is it true? and don't you have a right not to like coffee? Of course!

Your life runs along these same lines. We have choices every day that we make on a conscious or subconscious level and each choice makes a difference. These differences affect us on both an internal and external level as well.

So what stops us from making different choices? More often times than not the primary reason for not making conscious choices is fear. Fear of rejection; fear of failure; fear of not being good enough; fear of confrontation and a few others. There are also forms of self sabotage and procrastination as well. The thought that we have so much time and can put it off until tomorrow. Is this true? Do we really have all that much time here on earth? If you give it some thought, a minute ago you may have been in highschool and now 20 years have passed! That’s "20" years! And it went by in the blink of an eye. Still think you have enough time?

More than half the time when we consider making a change, there will be others who may question our choices and/or ideas. Sometimes they question us simply because they may have thought about it themselves and didn’t do a thing about them, and sometimes they do it simply because they never considered it themselves. This is not however a good enough reason for "you" as an individual not to think about what you would like to do in your life, make a plan to do it, and then follow through.

As we move through life and begin attaining these things and making better choices, you’ll begin to notice that the people you surround yourself will be more apt to think as you do. I assure you there is nothing wrong with having this type of support. Particularly when it comes to things that friends and family are not going to do for themselves, which may hold you back.

You may want to consider making a survey of your life and the things you would like to change and/or add to your life. Develop a plan and begin to take steps towards what makes you happy. As I always say, we only get one ticket in life, we may as well use it wisely!

In the meantime! Enjoy your life! And I’ll see you next month! By the way, I like my coffee black and sweet. :)



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Motivational Quote

It is not the critic who counts,
nor the man who points out how the strong man stumbled,
or where the doer of deeds could have done them better.
The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena,
whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood;
who strives valiantly;
who errs and comes short again and again;
who knows great enthusiasms, great devotions;
who spends himself in a worthy cause;
who, at the best, knows in the end the triumph of high achievement,
and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly,
so that his place shall never be with those timid souls
who know neither victory nor defeat.
- Theodore Roosevelt




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If you have a specific situation or life circumstance you would like to share please feel free to contact me directly!

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DreamScape2005@aol.com

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Sue Tosto
Life and Relationship Coach
(413) 793-7981
Confidence is Silent. It doesn't defend itself.
It simply exists inside of you.
http://www.freewebs.com/dreamscape/index.html





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