TABLE OF CONTENTS:

1. Featured Article: Thank you from me and THE INVITATION, part of the poem by Oriah Mountain Dreamer to start 2009.
2. Born to Read Book Club: The Invitation by Oriah Mountain Dreamer
3. Make a comment On My Blog called Marketing to Small Business – at http://www.trudyvanbuskirk.typepad.com

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TRUDY’S NOTE

Hi There

To my family of clients and friends: HAPPY and HEALTHY HOLIDAYS AND ALWAYS!
This is not a newsletter. It’s a heartfelt wish from me to you (hope you can FEEL my hug) that you will have a Holiday Season and forever that is full of life and living.

The year 2009 is almost here and with it often come things you plan to do personally and for your business next year. December is also traditionally a time to give thanks – for all we have, all we are, and to all others who have helped us.

Thank you to all of you for being my clients, my relatives, my friends, and my colleagues. You have and continue to be a great source of inspiration to me and great “helpers” along the way.

It doesn’t matter whether you were here for a short or long time. What’s important is that you’ve been here. Thanks.
May you be happy even when the world gives you so-called hardships. Remember to make a lemonade stand out of lemons that come to you.

Thanks for reading it.
My Happiest Wishes for you,

Trudy
Marketing Mentor for Small Business

mailto:trudy@smallbizbuilder.com http://www.smallbizbuilder.com
(Read and comment on my blog at http://www.trudyvanbuskirk.typepad.com )

Please print or forward this poem and the book review to your friends and colleagues – give this as a gift to yourself and others. Enjoy.

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1. FEATURED ARTICLE. Season Greetings and part of a Poem for You.

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- from the front inside flap of the cover – “Shared by word of mouth, quoted on the World Wide Web, recited over the radio, and read aloud at spiritual conferences and other gatherings, .. has been passed along by thousands who have discovered and treasured its unique message.”
And now I send it to you ..

Oriah Mountain Dreamer wrote this poem one night after she returned home from a party.
The Invitation

It doesn’t interest me what you do for a living.
I want to know what you ache for, and if you dare

To dream of meeting your heart’s longing.
It doesn’t interest me how old you are. I want to know

If you will risk looking like a fool for love,
For your dream, for the adventure of being alive …

- from The Invitation by Oriah Mountain Dreamer

(You can find the whole poem at her website

http://www. oriahmountaindreamer.com
Have a wonderful time with family and friends. Remember to take your time – and smile at EVERYONE (not just those you know).

** See my “Services” page on my website to get some of my time and I can tell you exactly how to do them! **
Keep learning, … and until next time.

© 2008 Trudy Van Buskirk

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2. BORN TO READ BOOK CLUB

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Even though it’s the holiday season and we’re all busy with our business and holiday celebrations, take time to read.

Here is one book this time. This is one I think everyone can read, It’s spiritual and it makes you think – and do some meditating. As always I own it and have read it – cover to cover.
The Invitation by Oriah Mountain Dreamer.

Oriah Mountain Dreamer has taken her poem and put it and her thoughts around it in a book. It forms the centerpiece of her writing. Each chapter starts with a few lines from her poem that are relevant. At the end of every chapter there is a different meditation to do each time. It’s done sitting or lying and doing it or by being ‘meditative’ when you work, walk, or play. Doing it is the key to feeling and knowing yourself.

Oriah is very “raw” as she writes. This book is life-changing and one you’ll read and re-read – and keep near you. This book is for you.

Buy this book and tell others about it. http://tinyurl.com/7u5ql7

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3. Read and comment on my blog at http://www.trudyvanbuskirk.typepad.com to learn more about marketing tips. I’m writE here about whatever comes up.

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ABOUT TRUDY VAN BUSKIRK
Trudy Van Buskirk, is the founder of Smallbizbuilder. As a small business consultant, trainer, author, and resource (she knows people, books, etc… lots!), Trudy ensures that her clients get the results they want using her practical and disciplined systems which motivate them to plan AND to take action. She has built three businesses from the ground up in Canada and the U.S.; consulted with small businesses and professionals; developed and delivered training courses for entrepreneurs; given keynote addresses and authored four books for TVOntario’s Bits ‘n Bytes television series on computers in 1982 and Winning Women in 1992, and uses e-coaching (coaching by email which you can do any time) in her practice.

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