Monday, May 31st, 2010

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12:53a	"Is that you, Scarlett? Come and give me a... "Is that you, Scarlett? Come and give me a kiss You weren't generous with kisses like Scarlett in the old days, but Will must have taught you a few things after you marriedI intend to kiss every female over six years old in the whole state of Georgia now that I'm back Suellen giggled nervously and looked at WillA slight smile on his placid thin face granted her permission, but Tony hadn't bothered to wait for itHe grabbed her around her thickened waist and planted a smacking kiss on her lipsShe was pink with confusion and pleasure when he released herThe dashing Fontaine brothers had paid Suellen little attention in the preWar years of beaux and belIes Will put a warm, steadying arm around her shoulders"Scarlett, honey," Tony shouted, his arms held wideScarlett chanel earings stepped into his embrace, hugged him tight around the neck"You got a lot taller in Texas," she exclaimedTony was laughing as he kissed her offered lipsThen he lifted his trouser leg to show them all the high-heeled boots he was wearingEveryone got taller in Texas, he said; he wouldn't be surprised if it was a law thereAlex Fontaine smiled over Tony's shoulder"You'll hear more about Texas than anybody rightly needs to know," he drawled, "that is, if Tony lets you come in the houseHe's forgotten about things like thatIn Texas they all live around campfires under the stars instead of having walls and a roof Alex was glowing with happinessHe looks like he'd like to hug and kiss Tony himself, thought Scarlett, and why not? They were close as two fingers on a hand the omega pocket watches whole time they were growing upAlex must have missed him something awful Sudden tears pricked her eyesTony's exuberant return home was the first joyful event in the County since Sherman's troops had devastated the land and the lives of its peopleShe hardly knew how to respond to such a rush of happinessAlex's wife, Sally, took her by the hand when she entered the shabby living room"I know just how you feel, Scarlett," she whispered"We'd nearly forgot how to have fun There's been more laughing in this house today than in the past ten years put togetherWe'll make the rafters ring tonight Sally's eyes were full of tears, tooThen the rafters began to ringThe Tarletons had arrived"Thank heaven you're back in one piece, boy," Beatrice Tarleton greeted Tony "You can have chanel pearl necklace the pick of any one of my three girlsI've only got one grandchild, and I'm not getting any younger"Oh, Ma!" moaned Hetty and Camilla and Miranda Tarleton in chorus Their mother's preoccupation with breeding horses and people was too well-known in the County for them to pretend embarrassment But Tony was blushing crimsonScarlett and Sally hootedBefore the light ebbed, Beatrice Tarleton insisted on seeing the horses Tony had brought with him from Texas, and the argument about the merits of Eastern thoroughbreds versus Western mustangs raged until everyone else begged for a truce"And a drink," said Alex"I've even found some real whiskey for the celebration instead of 'shine Scarlett wished-not for the first time-that taking a drink was not a pleasure from which fairy bag prada ladies were automatically excludedShe would have enjoyed oneEven more, she would have enjoyed talking with the men instead of being exiled to the other side of the room for women's talk of babies and household managementShe had never understood or accepted the traditional segregation of the sexesBut it was the way things were done, always had been done, and she resigned herself to itAt least she could amuse herself by watching the Tarleton girls pretend that they weren't thinking along exactly the same lines as their mother: If only Tony would look their way instead of being so wrapped up in whatever the men were talking about! "Little Joe must be thrilled half to death to have his uncle ú home," Hetty Tarleton was saying to Sally Hetty could afford to ignore the cartier must 21 me (Comment on this)
1:45a	That is true for money, a smile, love,... That is true for money, a smile, love, friendshipI know it is often the last thing a person may want to do, but; it has always worked for meI just trust that the principle of reciprocity it is true, and I give what I wantI want money, so I give money, and it comes back in multiplesI want sales, so I help someone else sell something, and sales come to meI want contacts and I help someone else get contacts, and like magic, contacts come to meI heard a saying years ago that went, "God does not need to receive, but humans need to give My rich dad would often say, "Poor people are more greedy than rich people He would explain that if a person was rich, that person was providing something that other people wantedIn my life, over all these ; years, whenever I have felt needy or short of money or coco chanel handbags short of help, I simply went out or found in my heart what I wanted, and decided to give it firstAnd when I gave, it always came back It reminds me of the story of the guy sitting with firewood in his arms on a cold freezing night, and he is yelling at the pot-bellied stove, "When you give me some heat, then I'll put some wood in And when it comes to money, love, happiness, sales and contacts, all one needs to remember is first to give what you want and it will come back in droves ? Often just the process of thinking of what I want, and how could I give what I want to someone else, breaks free a torrent of bountyWhenever I feel that people aren't smiling at me, I simply begin smiling and saying hello, and like magic, there are suddenly more smiling people around meIt is true that your world coco chanel jewelry is only a mirror of you So that's why I say, "Teach and you shall receive I have found that the more I sincerely teach those who want to learn, the more I learnIf you want to learn about money, teach it to someone elseA torrent of new ideas and finer distinctions will come in There are times when I have given and nothing has come back or what I have received is not what I wanted But upon closer inspection and soul searching, I was often giving to receive in those instances, instead of giving to give My dad taught teachers, and he became a master teacher My rich dad always taught young people his way of doing businessIn retrospect, it was their generosity with what they knew that made them smarterThere are powers in this world that are much smarter than we areYou can get there on your own, but coco chanel earrings it's easier with the help of the powers that beAll you need to be is generous with what you have, and the powers will be generous with you CHAPTER TEN Still Want More? Here are Some To Do's Many people may not be satisfied with my ten stepsThey see them more as philosophies than actionsI think understanding the philosophy is just as important as the actionThere are many people who want to do, instead of think, and then there are people who think but do not doI would say that I am bothI love new ideas and I love action So for those who want "to dos" on how to get started, I will share with you some of the things I do, in abbreviated form ?Stop doing what you're doingIn other words, take a break and assess what is working and what is not workingThe definition of insanity is doing the same chanel handbags on sale thing and expecting a different resultStop doing what is not working and look for something new to do ?Look for new ideasFor new investing ideas, I go to bookstores and look for books on different and unique subjectsI buy how-to books on a formula I know nothing aboutFor example, it was in the bookstore that I found the book The 16 Percent Solution, by Joel MoskowitzI bought the book and read it TAKE ACTION! The next Thursday, I did exactly as the book saidI have also done that with finding real estate bargains in attorneys' offices and in banksMost people do not take action, or they let someone talk them out of whatever new formula they are studyingMy neighbor told me why 16 percent would not work I did not listen to him because he's never done it ?Find someone who has done what you want tiffany heart tag t (Comment on this)

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