"In the News": Utah Woman Auctions off Great Salt Lake for a Piece of the Big Apple

Utah Woman Auctions off Great Salt Lake for a Piece of the Big Apple

In a caper of what some might consider unconventional and others downright bizarre Utah author, Kim Mutch Emerson took a drive to the Great Salt Lake, gathered 2 cc’s of briny water and posted it on eBay for an auction. She believes it’s her ticket to New York City.

When asked why she is auctioning off this minuscule amount of salt water Emerson stated, “I’ve been invited to New York for a writing seminar held by Mark Victor Hansen. The moment I received the invitation I knew I would be at that seminar. But there was a list of things that had to happen first. I needed to trademark my teaching system before presenting it in manuscript form in New York as well as other details. Then I had this crazy idea. If Kyle MacDonald could trade a red paper clip for a house last year, surely I can auction this piece of the famous Salt Lake for a trip to New York City. After all, I am not trying to buy New York; I just want to borrow it for a day. So, you see, it’s an experiment. I’m a writer, what can I say. ”

Emerson is a public speaker, mentor and author of the Law of Attraction and other universal laws that have taken the world by storm since the release of the movie The Secret a year ago. She is putting this law to the test with her experiment. Will the world see Emerson in New York City at the end of May or will she find her dream floating in the second saltiest lake on earth?

Kim Mutch Emerson is available for interviews by telephone at 801-788-4197. To visit her eBay auction click http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=220107796510 or find her at http://www.universityofprosperity.net

April Showers: Lessons from Nature

April Showers: Lessons from Nature

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Outside it's cloudy and the rain has begun. My thoughts linger at the sound.
We step outside to do an errand and in the hurry to get into the car and keep from getting too wet, my daughter points out the flowers nearby.
I 'm reminded to stop and to find joy in nature.
Here's an article I found that I enjoyed reading about Lessons from Nature.

Lessons From Nature - April Showers
By John Gilmore

It has been said that April showers bring May flowers. When it is May and I look out the window I can see that the statement is true. Most of us can. May days are often beautiful. The skies are blue, the clouds billowy and crisp and the winds subtle and cool. On days like those I often stop, take a breath, look around, and perceive the beauty of nature. All these plants that were formerly just brown branches, or non existent, are suddenly spreading their leaves and blossoms, bringing the world back to life.

As I notice the beauty and wonder of spring, I am reminded of life and how beautiful and wonderful it is. Life can be devastating, of course—sometimes, but life is also wonderful. For it is in the experience of the wind and the sun, the cold and the warmth, the pain and the delight that we find real life.

To live a full life means experiencing the joys and the sorrows. If we only experience the joys and do not experience the sorrows, we will become less than human. Our hearts will harden and we will become the cause of other people’s distress. Not experiencing sorrows in our lives removes our capacity to empathize with others and to love freely.

Feeling too much sorrow and no joy destroys us. It does not give us hope for the future. It makes us angry and spiteful, so that we always want to reach out and to hurt others. It makes us less than human, because it teaches us that we can only gain by lashing out. We can only find comfort by making others as miserable, or more miserable than we are. That is why I am grateful for the joys and for the sorrows. Without both the joys and the sorrows, we don’t have life—we have self justification and survival.

It is very important for us to the time, therefor, to stop and look up at the beautiful skies—to look at the beauty of the running brook, or the still placid lake, or to just feel a cool wind against our faces and to inhale deeply. It is important to enjoy life to the fullest. What can we enjoy? We can enjoy friends, loved ones, and experiences. We can enjoy life as its beauty and awe, like the flowers after the rain, burst forth in beauty and wonder. We can find the strength, the hope, the power to go forward through the onslaughts of pain and sorrow knowing this: We have the power to make life beautiful again. When the sorrow and the pain comes let us be reminded that they will one day pass. If we have been mindful through the pain and suffering, all of the good things will spring up like roses after the rain.

Dr. John W. Gilmore is a writer, certified massage therapist, Reiki Master Teacher, and a certified Reflexologist. He is also an ordained minister and the founder of the Cyber Circle of Creation Spirituality. If you would like to read more articles like this one, please explore this ezine, or visit us at http://www.dswellness.com Explore some of our books and enjoy our free journal of practical spirituality and cyber circle.

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Charcoal drawing portrait

I did this charcoal drawing/portrait as part of a weekly drawing event. It's great to spend some time doing images amongst a group. There were three photo references to choose. I chose this one. The last step was to notify the one who posted the image in the reference section. Below are her comment/compliments.

Oh now there's a lovely surprise Lisa! She's terrific! You caught her big happy smile and that concentration in her eye. ( She was intently watching seagulls at the time.) Shading and texture look really good. Thank you for choosing my old gal. And for sending me her picture. I love it.
Cheers,
Li
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