GOOD MORNING TO ALL & WELCOME TO NEW MEMBERS

[Guest guest]

Good Morning All: I want to extend a warm welcome to all the new members also.

I am forwarding some really good advice that I received from a diet site called Spark that someone on here sent a while back. I checked into the site and joined it and they send some really good recipes and stuff - These words kind of go along with what Steve has been saying.

I am getting ready to go for my pool therapy which I really enjoy.

Shirley from Southern Illinois

Words from the Spark site

Taking Responsibility for Your Success

We all need support from other people. Love, encouragement, words of advice and friendship will help you get through the important stages in your life. When people are in your corner, you feel like taking on any challenge. As important as help from others may be, though, it all has to start with you. If you're waiting for someone to solve your problems, or wondering when someone is "going to do something about that", you may be waiting a long time—unless you look to yourself first. Take responsibility for your own situation and think of what concrete steps you'll take today to help it. If you're going to need help, it's only fair that the person with the most at stake (you) is willing to make the most effort. When someone is pulling you out of a hole and has grasped your hand, you still must take the first step to climb out, or you're just going to be hanging there.

[Guest guest]

Shirley, Thanks for the wise words...Enjoy your swim... Beth sbrown857@... wrote: Good Morning All: I want to extend a warm welcome to all the new members also.I am forwarding some really good advice that I received from a diet site called Spark that someone on here sent a

while back. I checked into the site and joined it and they send some really good recipes and stuff - These words kind of go along with what Steve has been saying.I am getting ready to go for my pool therapy which I really enjoy.Shirley from Southern IllinoisWords from the Spark siteTaking Responsibility for Your SuccessWe all need support from other people. Love, encouragement, words of advice and friendship will help you get through the important stages in your life. When people are in your corner, you feel like taking on any challenge. As important as help from others may be, though, it all has to start with you. If you're waiting for someone to solve your problems, or wondering when someone is "going to do something about that", you may be waiting a long time—unless you look to yourself first.

Take responsibility for your own situation and think of what concrete steps you'll take today to help it. If you're going to need help, it's only fair that the person with the most at stake (you) is willing to make the most effort. When someone is pulling you out of a hole and has grasped your hand, you still must take the first step to climb out, or you're just going to be hanging there.

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