HAPPY NEW YEAR!! *Jen
throws confetti* I hope you
enjoyed family and friends, and even a little piece of peace during the
holidays. It’s a new month, a new year,
and I am pleased as punch to welcome Pj Schott back to Princess With a
Pen! Pj has lived in several U.S. port
cities, Europe, Greece, and the Middle East. A marketing professional, mystery
writer, and futurist, Pj is known to those with whom she works as a
problem-solver, an innovative thinker, a top-notch communicator, a visionary,
and the soul of a group. She is the owner of the Boston, Massachusetts based
company GENIUS and is the woman behind the new Facebook page and blog, Survival for
Blondes, where Pj is entirely surrounded by imagined
disasters and learns to rise above.
HEART VS. HEAD
In which Pj learns to trust her feelings and not
think so much
Most folks would describe Pooh as a bit of a
dunce. But the warm, welcoming bear is a master of the art of living in the
moment. Pooh neither dwells on the past nor worries about the future. And he
always follows his heart.
FEEL, DON'T THINK
Our society places great value on the ability
to analyze and evaluate things. But Universal Law teaches us that the heart and
the head are mutually exclusive. You can't be in both places at once. And,
given the choice, it is better to rely on the heart than the head when making
an important decision.
Pooh was never one to overthink a situation. Philosophers
might call him a stoic. He doesn't worry about what other people think. He knows
better than to react emotionally to a situation over which he has no control.
In the spirit of stoicism, or Poohism, we would
therefore focus only on what we have control over, which is our reaction to a
situation. We can't control what others think, feel, or do. But we alone choose
what goes on in our own heads. The wise, and Pooh-like among us, would ask
"Do I respond or do I react?"
REACTION OR RESPONSE
You're running late for an important business
presentation, when someone crashes into you in the coffee shop, covering your
best jacket with foamy liquid. You start to panic. Anger rises. You resist the
urge to smack the offender, who actually looks remorseful.
To berate the poor thing would be to react to the situation. You do a quick
check-in with your heart, which says, given the choice to be right or to be
kind, be kind. Then you respond to
the situation at hand, letting your heart rule your head.
Now you use the old noggin. You face your
audience, point out the puddle on your chest, and joke about having to let the guy
pay for your coffee in order to make him feel better. Voila, you're an instant
hero.
RABBIT HAS BRAIN
Pooh would always choose heart over head. But if
ever he needed to apply logic, he would simply go to Rabbit, with reservations.
“Rabbit's
clever," said Pooh thoughtfully.
"Yes,"
said Piglet, "Rabbit's clever."
"And he has
Brain."
"Yes,"
said Piglet, "Rabbit has Brain."
There was a long
silence.
"I
suppose," said Pooh, "that that's why he never understands anything.”
LOVED THIS! Thank you, Pj,
for stopping by! You lucky readers will love hearing that, Pj has a gift for you! She loved the feeling of blessing others so much, that it is something she wishes to carry out during 2013! Isn't she the best? Simply let us know what you trust more, your
heart or your head for a chance to win…
Description from Amazon: When
Christopher Robin asks Pooh what he likes doing best in the world, Pooh says,
after much thought, "What I like best in the whole world is Me and Piglet
going to see You, and You saying 'What about a little something?' and Me
saying, 'Well, I shouldn't mind a little something, should you, Piglet,' and it
being a hummy sort of day outside, and birds singing."
Happy readers for over 70 years
couldn't agree more. Pooh's status as a "Bear of Very Little Brain"
belies his profoundly eternal wisdom in the ways of the world. To many,
Winnie-the-Pooh, Piglet, Eeyore, and the others are as familiar and important
as their own family members. A.A. Milne's classics, Winnie-the-Pooh and The House at Pooh Corner, are brought
together in this beautiful edition, complete and unabridged, with recolored
illustrations by Milne's creative counterpart, Ernest H. Shepard. Join Pooh and
the gang as they meet a Heffalump, help get Pooh unstuck from Rabbit's doorway,
(re)build a house for Eeyore, and try to unbounce Tigger. A childhood is simply
not complete without full participation in all of Pooh's adventures. (All ages) --Emilie
Coulter
THE RULES:
- Giveaway ends on Tuesday, January 8th
at noon EST.
- Please leave your email address with your
answer so we can let you know that you won.
- Good luck!
Bless and be blessed,
Jen
XOXO
Windy City writer, Elizabeth Marx, brings cosmopolitan life alive in her fiction—a blend of romance, fast-paced Chicago living, and a sprinkle of magical realism. Elizabeth resides with her husband, girls, and two cats who’ve spelled everyone into believing they’re really dogs. She grew up in the city, has traveled extensively, and still says there’s no town like Chi-Town. 
