Simple Truths - A Message for a Better Life By Kathryn Hawkins Gimundo Correspondent
One afternoon, Johnny, a 19-year-old with Down syndrome, attended a speech about making a difference through quality service. Johnny was moved by the lecturers words. He wanted to be a model employee but he was only a grocery bagger. Most days, he never even got to speak to the customers that passed through the store. How, he wondered, could he touch their lives through his work?
Then Johnny came up with an idea: Each day, he would find an inspirational quote. If he couldnt find anything he liked, he would write his own. He printed hundreds of copies of his Thought of the Day, and began dropping them into grocery bags for each customer he served.
It wasnt long before customers took notice. Within days, Johnnys checkout lines were three times longer than anyone elses. Many infrequent customers began stopping in daily, just so that they never had to miss a quote.
His sense of goodwill quickly spread through the rest of the shop: Instead of throwing away broken flowers, the floral department staff began to give the flowers to young girls and elderly shoppers. Soon, everyone was talking about how Johnny had transformed the grocery store from a typical business into a place that genuinely cared about its customers.
Johnny has since inspired more acts of selfless service than he could ever know after employees at a baseball park heard his tale and were urged to be like Johnny. The park received 7,500 letters praising the staff's exceptional hospitality.
Johnnys true story, The Simple Truths of Service, is one of the many inspiring tales available from the Web site Simpletruths.com. The online shop carries a wide range of unique motivational books for individuals in all walks of life. Whether you'd like to help an elderly relative find hope, provide guidance to a recent graduate, or rev up your companys sales staff, Simpletruths.com can help anyone live up to Johnnys shining example.
Crystals & Gemstones- Occult meanings These are a few of the many symbolic meanings that they can have. If a crystal or stone gives you a different "vibration" as to what it should mean, then go by what you feel. Other divination meanings can be given to these stones. You don't have to be restricted as to its symbolic meaning. The power that any stone has is the power that your psychic energy gives it. That's what really counts.
AGATE - (Blue Lace) For grounding, the beginning, when there is a need to return to basics, starting over again, the Root Chakra. When a situation is ended this is the locus from which to begin again. AMAZONITE - For centering oneself, getting back to balance. Re-focus and stabilization. AMETHYST - The healer from antiquity, healing for the soul, body and mind, it has the universal vibration and enables the holder of the crystal to be connected to it. APACHE TEAR- Good luck, An aid in overcoming negative emotions. Grounding. GREEN AVENTURINE - Good luck and good fortune, and yes, it is said to attract money. Also, for increasing ones perception and creativity. Chrysocolla - Lifts and balances emotions, eases emotional heartache, attracts love, sweet dreams. BLOODSTONE - Warrior stone for overcoming obstacles, calm ones fears of a real or perceived enemy, helps in maintaining blood harmony and guarding against blood disorders. CALCITE - A multi-use crystal, to increase the power and effectiveness of a project about to be undertaken, for increasing one's psychic protection, for meditation, to help unfocus prior to a psychic reading. CARNELIAN - To ward off evil thoughts, jealousies, animosities, and psychic attacks toward the individual, inspires bravery and courage. BLUE CHALCEDONY- Uplifting of the spirit, engages courage, level mindedness, return to reality. Clear Quartz - Used to implement psychic, ESP and mediumship qualities. Connecting with the Universal source of knowledge. CITRINE - Wards off fear forms that are generated from others suggestions, instills confidence in the personal self. FLUORITE - rearists the conscious mind and body in analyzing conditions and situations in a rational and non-emotional manner, it enables detachment of the mind from the emotions so that the thought process can utilize the intuitive in achieving a higher level of self understanding. GARNET - Repels negativity, gives courage and confidence, builds a defensive aura around oneself, guards against depression and melancholy. HEMATITE - Grounding agent, enables the psychic practitioner to unfocus from the physical world so as to receive a psychic information, aids in developing the psychic mental mind. JADE - (Black & Green) The stone of longevity, offers healing of the body and spirit, used to maintain a health and well-being. RED JASPER - powerful stone used for divination practice, worn to protect the individual during out of body experiences and vision quests by providing a solid grounding. LAPIS LAZULI -enhances sixth sense abilities of gaining secret knowledge. Facilitates visualization of wearer and healing properties. LEPIDOLITE - Induces calmness, a tranquilizing effect against stress and negative emotions, helps to recognize one's need for making changes in thinking and behavior patterns. MALACHITE - rearists in healing of emotions, brings peaceful sleep, brings extra power when used for divination purposes especially those pertaining to receiving one's hearts desire. MOONSTONE - For all relationships, family, mates and lovers, to keep the existing harmony or to restore it, also used to attract new a new one. BLACK Onyx- Protection, energy shield. Used for grounding and centering oneself. Meditative.
OBSIDIAN - (snowflake) For grounding the physical and for protection. Used as a scrying tool to help the psychic unfocus from the physical and venture inward to receive information. PERIDOT - Used to attract wealth, abundance, increase happiness and well being. QUARTZ (Rose) - The bringer of love in its many forms- romantic and otherwise. Wear it to attract love, give it to someone as a symbol of your love or appreciation. QUARTZ (Smoky) - A filter and trap for those negative thoughts and emotions that are everywhere present. Keep one nearby where you work, bring one with you when you expect to be around negative people. RHODOCHROSITE- Relationships, promotes balanced love and understanding. Gives energy to the active person. SODALITE- Healing of emotions and physical body. An aid to transformation when used in meditation.
STAUROLITE - Good luck stone shaped like crosses. Used for protection against accidents and to bring one courage. SUGILITE- Magical understanding of Higher things. Symbol of universal love. The crown chakra and spiritual understanding. TIGER'S-EYE - For protection, for divination and inquiry into past or future lives. TOPAZ - One can focus their desires through this stone, visual images in the mind are transformed into universal messages. Enables communication from other realms in the universe. TOURMALINE - Integrates and harmonizes left and right brain activity which enhances the person's psychic and medium ship abilities. Aids in balancing the whole person and the psyche. TURQUOISE - Manifests spiritual qualities, healing, friendship & love, luck & money. UNAKITE- Healing of the soul. Guide to transformation and Higher Self.
