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I Can Share!

Each month our Madison Valley Woman’s Club meets for lunch and a business meeting. My role in the organization is to be their “Inspirational Leader.” As such, I share a message with the ladies – – – and this year I have chosen a selection each month out of my journal titled, “I Can, and I Will… Watch Me!”

Today’s “I Can” message was titled, “I Can Share.” And what I shared was the ideas from a link my friend, Lee, sent me titled “Embrace Values.”

Embrace Values

  • Wearing a $300 or a $3 watch –
    – They both tell the same time.
  • Whether they carry a $300 purse or a $3 handbag from the Nearly New –
    – The amount of money on the inside is the same.
  • Whether we drive a $150K car or a $30K car,
    – The road and distance are the same
    and we get to the same destination.
  • Whether we drink a bottle of $300 or $10 wine (if we drink it all)
    – The hangover is the same.
  • Whether the house we live in is 300 sq. ft. or 30,000 sq. ft,
    – The loneliness is the same.
  • You will realize your true happiness does not come from
    – the material things in this world.
  • Whether you fly first class or economy,
    – If the plane goes down – you go with it.
  • Therefore… I hope you realize
    – When you have mates, buddies, and old friends,
    brothers and sisters who you chat with, laugh with,
    talk and pray with, sing songs with,
    talk about north, south, east, and west,
    that is true happiness! And they will share
    and agree with you on these:

    Five Undeniable Facts of Life
  • Don’t educate your children to be rich,
    – educate them to be happy so they will
    know the value of things, not the price.
  • Best awarded words in London:
    – Eat your food as your medicine –
    otherwise you will have to eat your medicine as food.
  • The ones who love you will never leave you for another
    – because even if there are 100 reasons to give up,
    he/she will find one reason to hold on.
  • There is a big difference between a human being
    and being human,
    – only a few really understand it.
  • You are loved when you are born.
    You will be loved when you die.
    – In between, you just have to learn to manage!

    NOTE:
    If you just want to walk fast, walk alone!
    But if you want to walk far, walk together!
    – Thank you for walking together with one another here in this,
    Our Madison Valley!! God bless you!!

Our ladies in the Madison Valley Woman’s Club are those kinds of friends.
We are so blessed to have one another to work with, laugh with,
meet with, and care for. Thank you, Ladies! I love you!!

Hugs,
JanBeek

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Madison Valley Woman’s Club

I am the inspirational leader for the women’s club in my town – the appointed “Chaplain.” The club is part of the General Federation of Women’s Clubs (GFWC), known as the Madison Valley Woman’s Club (MVWC). This week we kicked off our new year with a meeting of more than 50 ladies (our town has a population of less than 1,000 – so fifty is a sizable number for our little community). For the inspiration this month, we featured M&M’s = Music and Movement.  I explained that the M&M’s on the tables were not just a sweet treat, but a reminder to add Music and Movement to their lives for a fuller, healthier existence. Then, clapping along to the accompaniment of my accordion, the ladies joined our “Sing-Along”  to the tune of “She’ll Be Comin’ Round the Mountains.”

ImageGet up, stomp your feet, clap your hands and sing along with me:

 

We’re the Madison Valley Woman’s Club, you know.
We are women in the flow and on the go.
We work hard at Nearly New –
Donating hours (quite a few),
As we give and sell and buy and work and grow.

We don’t have to work at Nearly New it’s true.
But some do it to be helping me and you
Earn the money for our giving,
Providing others a better living;
We give scholarships – and donations, too – Woo-hoo!

We have interests that are as varied as we are.
Some attend a church or garden or sit at a bar.
We are philanthropic souls, though;
We accomplish many fine goals, oh –
We cook, play bridge, fish, hike, sew, paint, golf near par!

We’re the Madison Valley Woman’s Club, you see.
We live here and love to be in this valley.
We tell others how we groove it,
Finding ways we can improve it.
Join us, friends, and you will smile contagiously!

Our Madison Valley Woman’s Club returned more than $50,000. back into the community in the 2012-13 fiscal year! Those were the profits realized from the sale of “Nearly New” items at our local thrift shop. It is owned and operated by the ladies of the GFWC-MVWC. Amazing, isn’t it? So much good comes from the donation of time and talent and “stuff” that people don’t need or don’t want anymore. If you’re anywhere near Ennis, Montana, come by and see us! You, too, won’t be able to help yourself – – – you’ll find a bargain for a few bucks – – – buy it, knowing it is for a good cause – – – and leave the shop smiling contagiously!

Tune in tomorrow for a list of to whom or what those funds were donated 🙂

 

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