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Getting an equity loan is fairly easy nowadays. Many lenders
are offering equity loans online that are presented to
homeowners with credit problems and so forth. Still, few lenders
expect a credit rating around 720; however, few lenders will
accept applications from borrowers with lower credit rates. The
downside is that the borrower will not receive discounts offered
in some loans for outstanding credit ratings, nor will they
receive the lowest interest rates or monthly installments.

Still, home equity loans can be of good use if you are paying
high interest on secured loans or credit cards. The loans often
roll the interest rates into the loan, converting them to a
lower rate. It depends on lender and type of loan, but various
loans offer rewarding options, while other loans present higher
risks. Thus, when searching for equity loans you want to
consider all options.

E-Loans are a sort of equity loan that helps borrowers to save.
Thus, the E-loan combines “credit scores” with the loans helping
the borrower to find a way out of paying high interest. Many
lenders offer E-loans that roll the fees and costs of the loan
into the monthly installment, thus reducing the cost for the
homebuyer. Other types of loans focus on the same principle;
however, the lenders may toss in clauses or penalties. In other
words, the lender may feel that offering you a great choice
presents a threat and will incorporate penalties and clauses in
the agreement.

It sounds wacky; still, this is how few lenders work. The
penalties may stipulate that if the borrower pays off the
mortgage loan earlier than the term agreement, then he may be
forced to pay off the first loan in addition to paying off the
second loan. Thus, read and learn before considering equity
loans.

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The name green is meant to boost the public to consider about taking an environmentally responsible way to using the natural resources that are placed surrounding you. A little exciting examples would be generating and owning solar power. All this might make a big contribution to a sustainable global environment. The new solar panels use energy that is received from the sun to supply electricity to run coffee makers and lighting. Solar PV additionally known as photovoltaic only requires daylight in order to make all of this work; all this is fantastic as it still means that it might well produce quite a bit of power still on a cloudy day. There are loads of benefits to using solar panel systems. People may save up to 155 off your electricity bill also grid connected systems need astonishingly little maintenance. Your PV generators produce absolutely no greenhouse gases and every single kWp might well save pretty much 440g of carbon dioxide gas per annum. This adds up to almost twelve tonnes over a solar panels systems lifetime.

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Content is the most important part of any website.

The Internet was created in the first place as an information source. If the content on your site does not provide the information needed by its users it will provide little in the way of value to your visitors who surf for information on many subjects. They require answers or solutions to their problems, needs, desires and wants. Provide the answers and they will return again and again.

A website is simply a way to communicate whatever message you want to get across. This message needs to answer visitor’s questions or satisfy their need for knowledge. To achieve this aim you will need a content rich website. The content will need to be relevant up to date and well organized and should be written uniquely for each page of your website and should be written as if you are talking to the customers.

Include such items as articles, tips, tutorials things that will hold your visitors interest and get them to return to your site again and again.

Update your content weekly this keeps the site fresh and interesting and Search Engines are always looking for website which offer information useful for their visitors.
A horrible site, which is full of information, will out nearly always, out perform a site, which is great on the eye but lacks any real body (content poor).

When writing content use familiar words and avoid using jargon; which many visitors may not understand.

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A content rich website which is full of text rather than images will be Search Engine friendly. Search Engines collect their data using spiders. Spiders cannot see images or graphics only text. They can only move from page to page via a text link so it is crucial to have text links to your main section of your website on every page.

Remember to design your website to attract both the visitors and Search Engines. This is essential if you wish your site to be successful.

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Writing responsive ads may seem like an exact science, but there
are some simple things you can do to increase your response
rate. Here are some tips on how to write better solo ads. Start
with the subject line. Your subject must be compelling and
exciting and entice the reader to open your ad, but you do not
want to mislead the reader because if you do, it does not matter
whether they need your product or not, they will not buy from
you. There is a Spam email that I get a couple times a week with
the subject line that reads: How to stop getting emails just
like this one. Cute and a unique approach, but there is no way I
would ever buy anything from a company that uses this type of
sales approach. This would be like a doctor making you sick for
free and then telling you he can cure you for $50. Do Not use
Re: or Fwd: in the subject line of your email. This is so
overused on the Internet and it is very misleading and I
personally detest anything that is misleading. Make your subject
as short as possible and as to the point as possible. If you are
selling airplanes, you can use something like: Ready to
take-off? or Full Throttle or Flaps set 30 degrees. These might
not mean anything to you, but anyone who is interested in flying
will instantly know this has something to do with flying and for
that reason alone, they may open the email. Put some thought
into your subject line as this is the make or break part of your
ad. If you can get people to open your email, then you have half
the battle won. However, let me preface this with, if you can
get the right person to open your email. The airplane sales
person is not going to want to target kids, but he will want a
pilot with the means to purchase an airplane, so targeting your
ad is also critical, but this is another story and you simply
target by doing research on where you are going to send your ad.
Write your ad like you are writing to yourself. If you are
selling a product that you have purchased, then tell the reader
why you purchased or use the product. If you are trying to sell
something you do not use, stop reading here and practice saying
the following: Would you like fries with that burger! Now, I say
this for fun, but the bottom line of selling anything online or
offline is a transfer of belief. If you did not buy the product,
why would anyone else. As you write your copy, use strong and
powerful words. Remember, people do not buy what they need as
much as they will buy what they want. If your product or service
can solve a problem for someone and you can express to the
reader how your product or service will save them time, money,
energy, headaches, high blood pressure, etc. then you have the
rest of the battle won and you will get someone to your sales
page. Ads do not have to be long and boring, because people do
not have the time or desire to read a long and boring ad. Short
and to the punch is the approach you want to take. My airplane
will get you to your destination safer, faster, more
economically, and the flight will be twice as comfortable as the
nearest competitor and I can prove it to you. The above sentence
would be a good solo ad. It is short–very short and it tells a
prospect all they really want to know about the
airplane–actually it does not tell them everything about the
airplane, but it hits all the hot buttons. Safety, speed,
economics and comfort–these are the main issues when someone
wants to fly an airplane. Find the main issues that your product
or service solves and write around those issues. Below are some
power words that you can use in your ads. Refer back to these
words as you write your ads and replace words in your ads with
some of these power words and then compare your two ads and see
which you prefer. One final suggestion. Spell check your ad and
then spell check it again and then read it several times and if
possible, have someone else read it. Make sure you do not write
“your” when you mean “you’re” and that you have capitalized
correctly. Good luck! Absolutely.. Amazing.. Approved..
Attractive.. Authentic.. Bargain.. Beautiful.. Better.. Big..
Colorful.. Colossal.. Complete.. Confidential.. Crammed..
Delivered.. Direct.. Discount.. Easily.. Endorsed.. Enormous..
Excellent.. Exciting.. Exclusive.. Expert.. Famous..
Fascinating.. Fortune.. Full.. Genuine.. Gift.. Gigantic..
Greatest.. Guaranteed.. Helpful.. Highest.. Huge.. Immediately..
Improved.. Informative.. Instructive.. Interesting.. Largest..
Latest.. Lavishly.. Liberal.. Lifetime.. Limited.. Lowest..
Magic.. Mammoth.. Miracle.. Noted.. Odd.. Outstanding..
Personalized.. Popular.. Powerful.. Practical.. Professional..
Profitable.. Profusely.. Proven.. Quality.. Quickly.. Rare..
Reduced.. Refundable.. Remarkable.. Reliable.. Revealing..
Revolutionary.. Scarce.. Secrets.. Security.. Selected..
Sensational.. Simplified.. Sizable.. Special.. Startling..
Strange.. Strong.. Sturdy.. Successful.. Superior.. Surprise..
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Unlimited.. Unparalleled.. Unsurpassed.. Unusual.. Useful..
Valuable.. Wealth.. Weird.. Wonderful.

If you’re single, you’ve probably gone to a singles bar at some point in your life, hoping to make a love connection. But what determines whether tonight will be your lucky night? Chance? Kismet? Maybe. But most times it has more to do with skill than luck.

After hundreds of hours in bars, pubs and nightclubswatching thousands of singles in actionI’ve unlocked the little-known secrets of finding romance at your favorite watering hole. In fact, my research was so successful, that I’m now able to walk into any bar, and within minutes, I can tell who is going to get lucky … and who is going home empty handed. Because let’s face it, there’s nothing better than the intoxicating butterflies that flutter in your stomach when your new love interest gives you that “morning after” phone call.

Catching those butterflies isn’t as hard as it seems. Whether you’re trying to enhance your dating life or meet the sweetheart of your dreams, there’s an art to scoring big at a bar. And believe it or not, you don’t have to be ravishingly beautiful to get lucky. You just need to know how to play the game so you come out ahead.

Yes, you read that right. Dating is a game. Just like chess, scoring big in a bar takes a winning strategy. Here’s an easy eight-step process that’ll help you score big in the love department. Because let’s face it, if you want the Monarch’s to be dancing in your belly tomorrow morning, you need to learn how to play the dating game pronto, before someone else beats you to the prize.

1. Look Your Best. If you think about it, singles bars are called “meat markets” for a reason. You’re the “meat” and you have to display your wares to make “shoppers” want to buy. Grunge might be comfortable, but after age 25, the frumpy look won’t get you to first base.

Men, wearing a sports coat will give you a competitive advantage. Why? Because women like men who look successful and confident. By sporting a classier look than your brethren, you’ll come out on top. Women, I have three words for you: show some skin. Don’t even think about wearing a turtleneck to a bar.

Let’s face it, after 30, very few of us have the hard-bodied figures we once did, but that doesn’t mean you need to hide your assets. Even if you’re a little plump, it’s better to show your skin than to hide behind a bolt of frumpy fabric.

2. Limit Your Alcohol. Although a drink or two can lower your inhibitions, drinking too much will send the wrong impression. And falling off the barstool is a definite no-no. If you tend to drink more when you’re nervous, try alternating between your favorite drink and a club soda with lime. No one has to know that there’s nothing stronger than carbonation in your drink!

3. Exude Confidence. Self-confidence is crucial if you want to be lucky in love. If you have a swagger in your walk, and a cocky tilt to your chin, your Rolodex will bulge with prospects. So how do you exude confidence when you’re trembling inside?

There are two strategies that work well. First, fake it ’til you make it! Yes, that’s right, just pretend to have confidence, and amazingly, others will perceive you as self-confident. And then pretty soon, that confidence will be real.

Second, deal from strength. After all, you’re probably the best at something. Maybe you’re the smartest person in the room. Or maybe you know you can beat just about anyone at Backgammon. Or maybe you can solve complicated algorithms in your head. Maybe you’re a true native in a town of transplants. Whatever you’re good at, borrow that confidence, and when you walk into a bar, hold your head high knowing there’s no one else quite like you.

4. Cross the Great Divide. Amazingly, I see both men and women who go to a bar or singles party in the hopes of meeting someone new, but then they spend the entire evening either by themselves or talking to the same-sex person they came with.

Newsflash: if you go to the trouble of being showered, shaved and cologned, you might as well take action. An important step in meeting someone new is actually saying hello. Instead of thinking, “I wish that person would come up and talk to me,” take the initiative and be the one who breaks the ice.

Something as simple as a smile and a hello will work just fine. Just let your feet do the walking, and break that invisible barrier between you and the person you want to meet. After all, you can’t meet someone new if you don’t even try. Just keep in mind that dating is a numbers game, and you may need to chat with more than one person before you make a love connection.

5. Be Friendly. A sparkling personality is worth its weight inwelldrinks. If you’re naturally effervescent, keep it up, and it won’t be long before love finds you. If you’re not, it just takes a bit more work.

It helps to look good and feel great. Then keep a smile on your face and focus on other people. One key to being a great conversationalist is to ask interesting questions. Things like, “What do you do for a living?” And “Where are you from?” will spark other questions or things you have in common.

Another way to score points in the friendly category is to be up on current events. This doesn’t mean you have to be a news junkie, but it helps to be abreast of current topics. With 24-hour news stations and breaking news on the Internet, it shouldn’t take long to become well-versed in the topics du jour. Oh, one note of caution: unless someone’s political affiliation is a deal-breaker for you, stay away from politics and religion.

6. Men, Whip Out Your Wallet. “Can I buy you a drink?” is a sure sign of interest. Being too cheap to ask will get you a cold shoulder, followed by a cold shower … alone.

This is where you need to walk a fine line. There are certainly women out there who want free drinksand nothing else. So how can you tell the difference between a woman who is using you to get free drinks, and someone who is really interested?

By reading her body language. Is she looking directly at you, with dilated pupils and unblinking eyes, or is she looking somewhere else? Is she leaning into you, or is she pulling away from you? (For the entire scoop on body language, see Chapter 3 in Dating 101.)

If her body language is positive, ask her if she’d like something to drink. Then, while you’re sharing your first drink together, exchange business cards. If she doesn’t have a card (or doesn’t want to give you one), ask for a way to contact her. If she’s hesitant to give an email address or cell phone number, chances are good that she has no intention of seeing you again, so put your wallet away and move on.

If she readily gives you a way to contact her, you’ll score more points by being generous than by being frugal. And if you really want to score big, offer to call her a cab at the end of the evening, just to make sure she gets home okay.

7. Be Honest. If you’re not interested in someone, it’s better to make a graceful exit that to waste that person’s time. Something as simple as, “I’ve enjoyed talking to you, but it’s time for me to go mingle,” lets the other person know that there you’re not seeing stars.

Honesty is always the best policy, because if you say you’re going to the bathroom and then never come back, you might end up with a stalker on your hands. If you’re the person being dumped, be gracious about it. Just because someone’s not interested in you right now, doesn’t mean things won’t change at some point in the future.

Because most of us tend to frequent the same places, chances are good that you may see that person again. Keep in mind that if you get angry and say something mean, you’ll never make it past “hello” next time, so it pays to be nice.

8. Have Fun. Instead of putting unnecessary pressure on your big night out, give yourself a break. After all, tonight is only one night out of your life. Instead of having unrealistic expectations, grab a same-sex friend, and plan on having a good time. Without the pressure of having to find someone in five hours or less, you’re more likely to enjoy yourself.

Plus, when you’re laughing, talking and smiling, you’re more approachable than when you’re nervous or tense. After all, wouldn’t you rather chat with someone who’s laughing than someone who’s sitting in the corner alone, looking desperate and lonely?

Now that you know the eight easy steps to scoring big in a bar, get out there and do it. The first step toward winning the game is actually going out there and playing it. And just like any other game, this one takes practice. So if you don’t meet someone tonight, remember this … there’s always tomorrow!

Melissa Darnay is a dating coach, a matchmaker, and a relationship humorist. For more information about Melissa or her latest book, “Dating 101: The Instant Cure for Romance Blues,” go to www.CupidsGuide.com.

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The outdoor kitchen is getting to be very popular these last few years, it is not very surprising due to the fact that so many people like to purchase houses with bigger gardens and swimming pools, and naturally they through parties and hold barbecues, which are all in need of a nice outdoor kitchen to service the guests and allow the home owners to enjoy a nice meal in the outdoors.

There are many people who love to cook, and that is no reason to stay inside while the fun and partying are going on outside, and the feature of outdoor kitchen today are better than ever, so you might as well join in on the fun, and get yourself a nice outdoor kitchen that you will use on a daily basis, when the weather allows it, and it will probably be a knockout feature for your garden parties in the future.

With the advancements of kitchen making outdoor kitchen designs are only limited by your imagination. That is right, you can have everything in an outdoor kitchen that you have in your household kitchen. Complete with a stovetop, areas for your utensils, ingredients, and even a refrigerator, you will also want to think about getting some cabinets for your outdoor kitchen, since it is going to hold all the things that a regular indoor kitchen would.

Your bad credit rating need not stop you from putting your finances back on track and getting the best refinancing deals, such as college-loan consolidation. Yes, even with less-than-perfect credit, many companies are willing to help you simplify your college loan repayment terms and enjoy lower interest rates

Consolidation can work wonders in getting your finances back on track. By combining all your loans and paying them with from your different creditors, loan consolidation companies simplify your payment terms so that you only have to deal with one creditor (them) and one interest rate. And because you now only have one creditor, your overall FICO credit rating significantly improves.

With consolidation, you can decrease your monthly payables by as much as fifty percent by extending the standard repayment plan to up to thirty years, so that you can slowly rebuild your credit. Interest rates imposed by consolidation companies are now as low as ever - and even with bad credit, you can qualify for as low as 3.50%!

Before you apply, it is best to personally talk to representatives from consolidation companies in order to get answers to your specific questions, such as how much you can actually save monthly, deference and forbearance terms, and special conditions for individuals with bad credit.

Be prepared with a list of your concerns and demand straight facts, not sugarcoated marketing statements. It is a good idea to ask for a detailed payment schedule before you sign up for anything. Finally, compare the terms and conditions imposed by different consolidation companies until you arrive at the best one.

Remember that college loan consolidation should help you manage your debt and avoid loan default, not make your life even harder. Do not immediately sign up for consolidation if you do not know how it works and what implications it has on your long-term financial health. Consult several experts before making a decision.

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A wedding is a ceremony that celebrates the beginning of a marriage or civil union between two people; many changes to the service have occurred in recent years. Although the service may be quite lengthy and involved, it is not complete until the legal aspect is fulfilled; a legal document called a marriage license must be signed before the law recognizes a couple is married. A woman taking part in the ceremony is called a bride, a man called a bridegroom; after the ceremony they become a wife and a husband, respectively.

Having a Wedding Ceremony in a Church

Wedding traditions and customs vary greatly between cultures, ethnic groups, religions, countries, and social classes. Many people, whether religious or not, still prefer to have a traditional ceremony performed by a recognized religious minister in a Church of their choice. Of course we all know and love the white wedding but this is not the generally accepted form of ceremony in every Christian country.

Double Ceremonies

A double marriage is a single ceremony where two couples rendezvous for two separate ceremonies; ceremonies such as this are usually instigated by siblings who like the idea of a simultaneous marriage.

Foreign Resort Weddings

These days it is easy for couples to arrange a wedding in another country and have the guests travel to them with the honeymoon continuing afterwards; whether this happens for an intimate beach ceremony in the Caribbean, or extravagant nuptials in Las Vegas, it will qualify as a destination wedding.

Weekend Break Weddings

A weekend wedding is where couples and their guests celebrate over the course of a weekend. Other occasions come under the term of either themed or special activity which usually takes place over a weekend period. This is quite a good idea especially if the bride and groom have similar interests as both they and their guests can stay at the same location.

An Online Wedding Ceremony

Although it has not really caught on yet, a few bold and different people have decided to tie the knot online but it may be sometime before this style of wedding really becomes more popular; There are already a number of companies based online can help you find out more information about his unusual type of ceremony. Strangely, if you decide to have your marriage shown online in real time it is called an online wedding.

I often tell CCNA and CCNP candidates that you do your best learning when you screw something up. I often get a funny look right after I say that, but the only way to develop your Cisco troubleshooting skills - the skills you’ll need to pass your Intro, ICND, and CCNP exams - is by actually fixing configurations. Since your employer will take a dim view of you practicing these skills on his or her network, you better do so on your home lab!
Three essential tools for networking and CCNA/CCNP exam success are ping, extended ping, and traceroute. Today we’re going to take a look at the ping that we’re used to using for LAN issues, and the extended ping.

We’re all familiar with “basic” ping, where you use the ping command followed by the IP address you want to confirm IP connectivity with. When you’ve got connectivity, you will see five exclamation points, as seen here:

R1#ping 172.12.123.2

Type escape sequence to abort.

Sending 5, 100-byte ICMP Echos to 172.12.123.2, timeout is 2 seconds:

!!!!!

Success rate is 100 percent (5/5), round-trip min/avg/max = 68/68/72 ms

The default source IP address for ping is the IP address closest to the destination IP address. Other defaults - five ICMP packets will be sent (that’s why you see five exclamation points), and they’re sent two seconds apart.

That’s fine for many basic situations, but as you progress through your networking career and most advanced scenarios in your CCNA / CCNP studies, you will want to change some of these defaults. What could you do if you wanted to send 10,000 pings? What if you needed your router’s loopback address to be the source IP address for the pings? What if you wanted to send them five seconds apart, instead of two?

That’s where extended ping comes in. To use extended ping, just type “ping” and hit enter. (Note that you cannot use extended ping in user exec mode - you must be in enable mode to do so.)

R1>ping

% Incomplete command.

“incomplete command” indicates that the router is waiting for an IP address; you can’t use extended ping in user exec mode.

R1>enable

R1#ping

Protocol [ip]:

Target IP address: 172.16.123.1

Repeat count [5]: 1000

Datagram size [100]:

Timeout in seconds [2]:

Extended commands [n]: y

Source address or interface: loopback0

Type of service [0]:

Set DF bit in IP header? [no]:

Validate reply data? [no]:

Data pattern [0xABCD]:

Loose, Strict, Record, Timestamp, Verbose[none]:

Sweep range of sizes [n]:

Type escape sequence to abort.

Sending 1000, 100-byte ICMP Echos to 172.16.123.1, timeout is 2 seconds:

Packet sent with a source address of 1.1.1.1

…………………………………

In this example, I sent 1000 ICMP packets to an address that doesn’t exist, so I am getting periods instead of exclamation points. This illustration shows you the many options you have with extended ping.

Now that I’ve sent those 1000 pings, let’s say that I want to stop that process. At the beginning of the basic ping output, you see this phrase:
Type escape sequence to abort.

This escape sequence works for ping, extended ping, and traceroute. Funny thing, though - Cisco doesn’t tell you what the escape sequence is! One day, this will really come in handy. The escape sequence is , TWICE in rapid succession.

After I used it in this example, the pings stopped and I got this message:

Success rate is 0 percent (0/192)

The ping stopped after 192 ICMP packets were sent.

This keystroke takes a little practice, so practice it in your home lab. Knowing how to use extended ping will really come in handy on your CCNA and CCNP exams as well as your real-life networking job, and knowing how to stop an extended ping will as well!

Chris Bryant, CCIE #12933, is the owner of The Bryant Advantage (www.thebryantadvantage.com), home of free CCNA and CCNP tutorials, The Ultimate CCNA Study Package, and Ultimate CCNP Study Packages. Video courses and training, binary and subnetting help, and corporate training are also available.

For a FREE copy of his latest e-books, “How To Pass The CCNA” or “How To Pass The CCNP”, send a request to chris@thebryantadvantage.com today !

Let’s speak about joy. It is something that
shines out of every pore in your being. It bubbles
up out of your heart and your mind. Its energy
is soft, light and clear. Joy is very transforming.
You don’t need a lot of anything to be joyful. People
in the poorest of circumstances can be filled with joy.
One can choose to be joyful. It is a choice that can made every day.

Joy can also be a tool of guidance. If we can be
led by what makes us joyful, we can begin doing more
of the things that will bring us a fulfilled life. Just follow
the joy.Somehow we have been told in the past that we
are not meant to enjoy life, and that it must be drudgery
and hard work. I didn’t enjoy my life much in the past,
but I began to transform misery into joy. I gave myself
permission to laugh and enjoy my life. I began to ask
myself, “What do I really love to do?!” and I started
doing more of these things. Even if it was something
very small, it was a beginning. Now, I often feel a
tremendous amount of joy.

There is an exercise that I suggest that can
transform whatever mood you find yourself in to one
of joy. It is to list ten things right in the moment that
make you joyful. They can be very simple things to
list: that you found a seat on the train, that you are
going to your favorite place, that you are meeting
your favorite friend, or that you have this moment
alone; that you see a child playing, that you see a
little dog and his little tail is wagging enthusiastically,
or that you hear a beautiful song; that you are in love,
or that there is something special happening, that it is a

sunny day, that you have ten toes, and ten fingers;
that a stranger standing across from you is wearing a
fantastic color, or you are wearing your favorite color,
or perhaps you remember a day at the beach and the
sound of the ocean.

You can add anything you want to your
joy list. Your list will change moment by moment.
And you can keep it very private if you like.
The point is to do it in the moment, and you can
add an affirmation for yourself: “I’m happy right
now because that person is wearing blue today.” or,
“I can be joyful because that silly little dog is wagging
his little tail.”

I find many things to be joyful about during
the day, and you can too. Look around you to find
what can prompt you to be joyful. Do it. Make a
choice to be joyful. Make a choice to embrace
the moment, to enjoy the moment. ‘Enjoy’ is a word
that to me that means to join with joy. So if you
en-joy someone or something, you are joining to
them for that moment with joy. To enjoy life is to
join with life with joy. To enjoy soccer game is to
join the game and the fun with joy. To enjoy moment
by-moment the life that you are building is to join to
each moment that you find yourself in with joy. Fun,
isn’t it!!

You can create joyful moments and carry
these with you wherever you go. When you meet
someone, let your joy really flow to her/him. Enjoy
the meeting, enjoy the discussions, enjoy the food,
enjoy the touches, and the show of affections.
Joy is something to be shared and savored. When
your pool of joy is filled up, empty it all out
in another moment and for another encounter.
Enjoy animals. Enjoy people. Enjoy your life
moment by moment.

Add new things and new moments to
your changing joy list. If something happened that
was very unpleasant, and you just don’t want to
remember it, then your joy might be remembered
when you left or as you were leaving. Or that it is
now finished and you never have to go through it
again. Joy, that you were strong enough to go through
it, or that you knew Jesus, or your guardian angel never
left you in that moment. Or Joy that you are now free.
We can be incredible instruments of joy for someone
else. Open to each person, and choose joy. Enhance
the joy that is already there and let it flow out.
Call it forth.

Yoga Kat–aka Katheryn Hoban is a yoga teacher with twelve years experience. She teaches children’s yoga ages 3-6, and 7-12 and Adults privately in NJ. She is the author the book DAUGHTER BELOVED which will come out next year. She has created a children’s affirmation CD (ages 3-6) and an affirmation CD for adults. Yoga Kat is available for speaking or writing and can be reached at katscoolcorner@yahoo.com or 201 970-9340