Practice makes perfect. We have all heard that expression before. However, while practice does not make an individual perfect, it will make him/her better and maybe even the best in the world at whatever they have practiced for.

Are you the plaything of circumstances or are you Living your life to its fullest? Warning...The content of this e-zine is more personal than usual. This week, I attended a friend's funeral. Most of us have experienced this pain.

As I watch the events unfolding around me, the fear and anxiety that have taken control of the financial system and politics in general, it's hard to find a spec of wisdom in any of the clouds of doom that circle around this mess. It seems the solution to this situation is not based on wisdom but on greed. Wisdom is no where to be found in the equation, but what does surface is a complete misunderstanding of the meaning of the word.

This week the financial stability of the US seems to have shifted. Talks of a recession have changed to talks of a depression. The financial institutions in the US are failing and being bailed out by our government. However, our sense of stability does not need to come from the nightly news; it can come from our security in the knowledge that our financial situation is just one area of our life. We are whole people with relationships that ground us. Look at your life holistically and evaluate your connection with your source of strength, courage, and wisdom. Within this article could lie your stability in these financially unstable times.

"Have patience with all things, but chiefly have patience with yourself. Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections but instantly set about remedying them - every day begin the task anew."

"I love life...Yeah, I'm sad, but at the same time, I'm really happy that something could make me feel that sad. It's like...It makes me feel alive, you know. It makes me feel human. The only way I could feel this sad now is if I felt something really good before. So I have to take the bad with the good. So I guess what I'm feeling is like a beautiful sadness."

"It is better to sleep on things beforehand than lie awake about them afterward."

"I have never been hurt by anything I didn't say."

Recently I was a guest on a teleseminar for a Jill Badonsky training program for creativity coaches. It was a terrific call about attraction energy meets smart business actions. These coaches want a new way of doing business - one that honors their creative expression and right brain approach AND they are ready for more financial success in their businesses! We were a fit made in heaven - or soul sisters as one coach put it!

Going the extra mile will bring you more than what you are used to. It show's your employer or yourself that you are capable of more than what you are paid to do. Also you cannot expect to be paid more doing only what you are paid for.