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September,
2005 Welcome
to Leadership Hand™, a monthly e-newsletter To ensure receipt, please add our e-mail address "Info@" plus our domain name to your e-mail address book. 1. Floating Party: Making Time to Fall in Love The rain from hurricane Katrina that canceled Saturday night's party was nowhere in sight Sunday, our "rain date." I walked across lush grass to the wooden boat--really a large raft with a motor--set with tables and chairs arranged to encourage intimate tête-à-têtes. This would be our departure point. Old and new friends all on board, we began a blissful glide out into the lake. In the center of the lake maybe 10 boats rafted together, linked to each other by their dock lines, like small islands, their shores barely touching, gently adrift in the silky water. On one, a band played. Another served as a dance floor. A third held a smoking grill. On our boat, we chose to drift mostly. A lovely selection of food lay on our table and groups of twos and threes were engaging in conversation--the accelerating speed of technology, raw-food diets, matrixed organizations, swing dancing, satellite reconnaissance, relationships--all of it softened by the gentle lap of the water and the glow of candlelight flickering in the perfect breeze. Other boats
silently motored past us. They all looked like scenes from a theater
stage--clusters of people sitting or standing, floating on black,
quiet water, backlit by the falling dusk or their shadowed faces
illuminated by small Tiki torches and lanterns. It's not hard
to fall in love with yourself and your life when it is like this.
Your heart is full and you feel love even for someone who, just
a few hours ago, was a stranger. Wishing You a Full Heart, Beth Hand © Copyright 2007, Beth Hand. Beth Hand, MBA helps leaders increase their effectiveness and satisfaction, now and for the future. She can be reached at (+1) 703.820.8074 or via her website www.leadershiphand.com. 2. Reprint Permission This is a copyrighted publication. You are welcome to reprint an issue on a non-exclusive basis provided you:
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Indeed,
these kinds of experiences soften my heart and carry me through
the times when it isn't easy to be in love with myself, my life,
or with running a business. How about you? Are you making time
to fall in love with yourself and your life? I hope so.|
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