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Don’t go back to sleep The crisp fall air gets our blood moving and somehow promises excitement. Are we going to help that excitement materialize, or are we going to let it deteriorate into the winter “blahs?” Rumi, the 13 th century Sufi poet, gives us some pointers that are still relevant in the 21 st century: The breeze at dawn has secrets to tell us Don’t go back to sleep Now, I don’t think he is chastising my night-owl friends, who stagger out of bed sluggishly but, once they get up to speed, are still humming energetically along at midnight. Instead, I think he means to point out that, when we are awake, we should be fully awake – to the present and to all of the exciting possibilities in it. Drowning mentally in past sorrows and failures, bracing ourselves for future stress, all contribute to helping us miss the exquisite promise of the present. You must ask for what you really want Don’t go back to sleep Are you asking for what you really want? You may be thinking it and visualizing it; you may even have a vision board in front of your desk to remind you. But are you actively letting everyone around you know what it is that you desire? A vision is a kind of dream – it may be glorious, but it you don’t take action, it will always be just a dream. People are coming and going across the doorsill where the two worlds touch Others are taking those steps to create a better life. Do you sometimes feel a little envious or even resentful when they get what you want and you don’t? Look at those successes as a sign that it is possible – for you, too. Then take those little steps – one at a time. The door is round and open Don’t go back to sleep Enough said. Have a wonderful, bracing, exciting, energetic, wildly creative and entertaining Fall season. It’s just waiting for you to participate. Lynette Crane, M.A.(Psychology) and Certified Life Coach,is a Minneapolis-based speaker, writer, and coach. She has more than 30 years' experience in the field of stress management. She currently works to provide stress and time pressure solutions to harried women, those women who seek "Islands of Peace" in their overly-busy lives. Her talks to groups of what she calls "harried women" are receiving rave reviews. Visit her website at http://www.creativelifechanges.com/ to see more in- depth articles and to view her programs.

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Don’t go back to sleep The crisp fall air gets our blood moving and somehow promises excitement. Are we going to help that excitement materialize, or are we going to let it deteriorate into the winter “blahs?”

Rumi, the 13th century Sufi poet, gives us some pointers that are still relevant in the 21st century:

The breeze at dawn has secrets to tell us Don’t go back to sleep

Now, I don’t think he is chastising my night-owl friends, who stagger out of bed sluggishly but, once they get up to speed, are still humming energetically along at midnight. Instead, I think he means to point out that, when we are awake, we should be fully awake – to the present and to all of the exciting possibilities in it. Drowning mentally in past sorrows and failures, bracing ourselves for future stress, all contribute to helping us miss the exquisite promise of the present.

You must ask for what you really want Don’t go back to sleep

Are you asking for what you really want? You may be thinking it and visualizing it; you may even have a vision board in front of your desk to remind you. But are you actively letting everyone around you know what it is that you desire?

A vision is a kind of dream – it may be glorious, but it you don’t take action, it will always be just a dream.

People are coming and going across the doorsill where the two worlds touch

Others are taking those steps to create a better life. Do you sometimes feel a little envious or even resentful when they get what you want and you don’t? Look at those successes as a sign that it is possible – for you, too. Then take those little steps – one at a time.

The door is round and open Don’t go back to sleep

Enough said. Have a wonderful, bracing, exciting, energetic, wildly creative and entertaining Fall season. It’s just waiting for you to participate.

Lynette Crane, M.A.(Psychology) and Certified Life Coach,is a Minneapolis-based speaker, writer, and coach. She has more than 30 years' experience in the field of stress management. She currently works to provide stress and time pressure solutions to harried women, those women who seek "Islands of Peace" in their overly-busy lives. Her talks to groups of what she calls "harried women" are receiving rave reviews. Visit her website at http://www.creativelifechanges.com/ to see more in-depth articles and to view her programs.