WhyWeight - September 2006

Good Morning, I Love You!
Spring is in the Air!

Hi Everyone,

Thank-you so much for your awesome feedback and emails for last months newsletter, I feel very loved and appreciated, and hugely supported.... and very inspired by your words. Thank-you for sharing the newsletter, and welcome to our new subscribers.

I took a wild ride with my imagination this week, and I hope you enjoy exploring with me. *Grin*

Some people have seen Michelangelo's statue of David, and some have just seen a photograph.... Like I have! (Have you?). Did you know that Michelangelo's statue of David stands 17 feet tall? (I never knew that! Guess I do now *Grin*). That's one awesome tall David Dude Statue!

Michelangelo was once asked how he created such a magnificent statue.....
(Well, duh!)

(I would suppose with a hammer and chisel, lots of time, patience and frustration... backache, a crick in the neck.... creative talent... appreciation and gratitude for such an awesome piece of marble to work with.... I wonder how big the piece of marble was before Michelangelo actually started? ;o)

Anyway, if you can believe it.... Michelangelo never replied with my suppositions, he simply said... "I started with a huge piece of marble and then I removed everything that wasn't David"..... (Awesome answer Michelangelo ;o).

After recently reading an article about Michelangelo and his famous Statue of David..... my mind started playing tricks on me and my imagination took a wild ride.... must have something to do with turning 40 *Grin* .....it was simply awesome and fun!

I imagined that I was given some wicked power tools, plus a hammer, chisel and axe, and a GIANT BOX about 10 feet tall, wrapped in pretty paper with a yellow ribbon tied in a bow for my Birthday! Forgoing the 'power tools, chisel and axe', I stood before the Giant Box, and with a snap of my wrist I pulled the ends of the bow and shredded the paper in my haste..... to reveal an incredible block of the most awesome substance I had ever seen..... in the most incredible amazing multitude of colours.

To excited to describe in words, I began chipping away, banging and clanging, buzzing and chopping with my power tools, chisel and axe.... then I slowed down and started to try and sculpt, carve and smooth with a piece of sand paper. After what seemed like many years, forty to be exact, (yet was only a few minutes in my imagination ;o).... I stood before a statue of myself!

Revealing that every scar and smoothly sculpted line..... was a thought, emotion, tear shed or laughing out loud experience. Fortunately, unlike Michelangelo's block of marble that is hard and solid, and once a piece is chipped away, can't be put back...... My amazing incredible substance can be moulded and shaped, ever changeable to reveal what ever form I want.

Now, if you can use your imagination a little bit too..... Imagine for a minute that those power tools, hammer, chisel and axe, and even some sand paper.... are your imagination, thoughts, words and actions! That the block of the most amazing substance is your Body, Mind and Soul..... that the wrapping paper is symbolic.... of all it holds and all it reveals and are your gifts, talents and creative ability.... and the yellow ribbon represents your attitude and how much love and appreciation you have for the gift of yourself, your life and your relationships and how grateful you are for all you have and experience.

Awesome Hey!

Stretch Your Mind I Dare You!
Dream A Little.... It Will Inspire You!

There is a catch however! (Always is of course ;o)

You see.... the 'Power Tools, Hammer, Chisel and Axe' of your imagination and especially your thoughts can be negative and even wicked, harsh and detrimental ...negatively chipping away at self-esteem, self-love and confidence.... and even create an image that you see of yourself that is all out of proportion. Making ever wrinkle, freckle, scar, stretch-mark, nick, scrap, bulge or dimple.... lines of weariness, lack of willpower, giving up, exhaustion, guilt.... a mistake?
Etc. Etc. Etc.

OR... those same 'Power Tools, Hammer, Chisel and Axe' of your imagination and especially your thoughts can be positive and loving, forgiving and accepting.... positively empowering your self-esteem, self-love and confidence.... and even creating an image that you see of yourself that is whole, worthy and complete. Making ever wrinkle a testament to a day in your life, each freckle symbolic that you are unique and special, each scar or stretch-mark badges of honour of an earthly experience earned and worn with love and appreciation, each sculpted line and womanly curve (or manly curve for that matter ;o)... a line of perfect proportion and a curve of wonderful womanhood (or manhood ;o).

You may view those bulges and cellulite dimples as out of proportion, overindulgence and hidden snacks that you quickly eat on the sly with guilt.... or try to view them as challenges that you still need to overcome, lessons that still need to be learned.... Simply, the amazing miracle that you are... and gift that your life actually is!

If you know.... and realise of course, that your imagination and thoughts are simply the most amazing incredible "Power Tools, Hammer, Chisel, Axe.... and sand paper," that can craft, carve and shape the body you desire ......and life of your wildest dreams, I bet you a day at the spa, that you would be really, really..... Really careful, with each of your chips, bangs, buzzes and chops?

So the only questions that remain..... Are you greeting yourself in the morning with, 'Good Morning, I Love You!' - [ Read WhyWeight - August 2006 ] and when you imagine your body, visualise yourself, dream of your life....
What do you really see?

Take care with your imagination, it is the most incredible, powerful power tool ever! Be mindful of your thoughts, they can empower you to create new ideas, embrace amazing change and experience incredible growth during this Spring! Use extraordinary care and precision with your self-esteem and be unconditionally loving and accepting with yourself, as you can mould, shape, carve and sculpt the body you desire and the life of your wildest dreams..... *Grin*!

Wishing you health in Body, peace in Mind,
happiness in Heart and miracles in your Life!

Love and Laughter to You and Yours!
Mands

Email: [ Mands ]
Website: [ www.WhyWeight.co.za ]

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Feedback

• Well done, Mands, Happy Women's month to you too. Love, Elizabeth.
   
• WOW!!!!!!! Thank-you for sharing all of this. Profound to say the least. Please remember when you are at the mirror you may also hear an echo of "Hi Mands WE love you too" and that will be all of us subscribers. You are an inspiration and a treat and lady I don't even know (or care) what you look like!!!! Don't stop what you are doing. Thanks Marg.
   
• You are the Best! And it has been such a pleasure to share so much with you over the years! (And I can’t wait to see you next week!) Thank you for this beautiful email and I’m so glad it reached my inbox in time for me to read it un-interrupted! Love, Madeleine.
   
• Hi Mands, So you’re going to be forty – good for you ;o) I turned 40 last year and I treated myself to a BIG party.  I invited all the people who made me happy and played an integral part in my life and most of all, I bought myself a stunning outfit…I thought it was stunning and so did others (LOL - vanity at its best). I planned the party, did all the shopping and roped in a few friends to assist with the salads, snacks, potjie, braai, etc. I was bursting with energy and happiness – this was the day so many women dreaded (The BIG 40) and here I was, happy as a lark with my family and friends and hundreds of little children all smiling and cheering me along. I love all the kids and this was not going to be a stuffy ‘adult’ party, all the kids were invited as they too played a part in my ‘growing up’ phase.  I had promised myself a big bash and with the grace of God, it had all come true.  I had the most fabulous time, my father saying the most beautiful things about me (I was always his most difficult child), my closest friends having a dig at me and my little idiosyncrasies and how they’ve never encountered someone so excited about a fortieth birthday party, but on the whole, making me feel loved and wanted. I bawled my brown eyes puffy and red and after all the speeches, the partying started and all could do was stand back and enjoy the love and the warmth all around me.  Do you know how big and tall you feel knowing that you are loved for you, no matter what you look like, what you are wearing and what you do? Enjoy you birthday and God Bless you!!! Alison
   
• Hi Mands, I am in tears at the moment, I won – boy o boy ! Thanks you so much you are my earth angel that is for sure thanks again  (tears rolling down face and look quite hideous !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!*************** )  Thanks you so much again – thanks. Speak to you soon Carol.
  PS. Thank you so much I got the parcel today and it is lovely – I am playing the cd at the moment and it is super, and thanks again it has been a wonderful surprise thanks.
   
• Morning Mands, I received this e-mail a few days ago (WhyWeight - August 2006 Good Morning, I Love You!) and only had a chance to read it today and this is the day that I needed to hear what you had to say, see I have been battling with a weight problem most of my adult life and at the age of 43 I feel like I am loosing the battle, don't even look in a mirror anymore, only to do my make-up and hair definitely not when I am getting dressed !!!!!!!!!!! but feel quite motivated now and am going to go out and buy myself a full length mirror as well. Thanks, thank you very much. Sandy
   
• Thank you for your gentle words and guidance. Kyla

Thank-you for your feedback and emails, it is always appreciated ;o). I hope I have replied to everyone, (I think I managed to reply to everyone's emails individually ;o) please send me a reminder if you are still waiting for an email reply, thanks!

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