It seems like I was talking to you just yesterday. That is what
happens when I am late in sending out my newsletter. I am
time this week.
I just returned from a 2 day workshop in New York on
Celebrating (Understanding) Men ,Satisfying Women by
Alison Armstrong. Although she has graduates that teach
this workshop, it was the creator herself who led this one.
I have heard her speak several times on Jennifer McLeans’s
teleseminars and I really wanted to meet her in person. I was
not disappointed, she is one heck of a lady and a fantastic
teacher. I added Understanding to her title only because I
found that she led me to understand the males in my life and
all their actions that has baffled me for years.
I primarily went so that I could better understand my sons as
I do not have a significant male in my life right now. I found
that at the end of the workshop, I really understood all the men
so much better, including the two young men who mow my lawn.
What a gift this is. Now I understand that men are designed to
take your request seriously so they go to their deep well of
knowledge to find the answer or solution so they can help you.
It does take about 30 seconds to a minute before they have
brought up the bucket from their well with what they hope to
present to you. As women, we think perhaps that we need
to rephrase our question as it seems to take them so long
to answer. They simply are calculating the best solution
so they can help you but we think either we are being
ignored or perhaps they did not understand.
I now understand how to Listen to Learn and Wait for the Well.
It was an experiential workshop so we had a “buddy’ to help
practice our newfound knowledge so we would be more
comfortable before we talked to our men. My buddies and I
were surprised just how difficult it was for us to learn the
best method for communicating with men.
I met some remarkable women who are so interested
in making their lives and their significant males lives
easier and a lot more fun. We had women there who
wanted to understand their husbands, boyfriends, sons,
nephews, business partners, friends and all the males
in their lives. We had much laughter and comraderie.
It is easy for us women who are multitaskers and can talk
and do other things at the same time. Males simply cannot
do this, they are wired to be single focused which allows them
to be our providers and protectors. I am so happy that science
has discovered that the male and female brain are not made
the same way and consequently, require different modes
of responding to the same scenario. Viva la Difference!!
If you are going to New York or traveling anywhere using
the Merritt Parkway, I suggest you find another route. The
trip was supposed to take two and half hours but the
construction on this parkway was horrible. We were bumper
to bumper, start and stop. Then to top it off, there was an
accident and since the pathway was only two lanes and
bound on both sides, we had to move so close to the
barriers to allow enough room in the middle of us so
the emergency vehicles and firetrucks could make it
through. I have been driving for 52 years and have
never experienced this before.
It took me 4 hours to get there and I got there just
as the workshop was starting. So much for a
relaxing drive early in the morning. I was quite
frazzled by the time I got there. Another strange thing,
my GPS sent me that route but Mapquest was sending
me another route. Perhaps Mapquest knew of all
the delays whereas the GPS did not. I felt more
comfortable following the directions of the GPS
because it did not require reading the directions
while I was driving but I always bring the written
directions incase my GPS does not work which has
happened to me before.
This Memorial Day weekend is so special. It gives
us a reason to remember our veterans and what they
do for us. There is no family in America that has not
been touched by wars. Let us remember them and how
they serve us. Enjoy the celebration that ensues.
MEMORIAL DAY
It is the
VETERAN,
not the preacher,
who has given us freedom of religion.
It is
the VETERAN,
not the reporter,
who has given us freedom of the press.
It is
the VETERAN,
not the poet,
who has given us freedom of speech.
It is
the VETERAN,
not the campus organizer,
who has given us freedom to assemble.
It is
the VETERAN,
not the lawyer,
who has given us the right to a fair trial.
It is
the VETERAN,
not the politician,
Who has given us the right to vote.
It is the
VETERAN who
salutes the Flag,
It is
the
VETERAN
who serves
under the Flag,
ETERNAL
REST GRANT THEM O LORD, AND LET PERPETUAL LIGHT SHINE UPON
THEM.
I’d be
EXTREMELY proud if this email reached as many as possible. We can be very
proud of our young men and women in the service no matter where they serve.
God
Bless them all!!!
Makes you proud to be an AMERICAN!!!!!
Love and Light
Mary Grace
http://www.TheWoundedChalice.com
http://www.TheWoundedChalice.com/blog
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