A Friend Named Adversity

Whoever will have nothing to do with thorns, can never gather roses. – A Friend Named Adversity

The brook that flows over stones makes the sweetest music. – A Friend Named Adversity

If you remove the rocks, the brook will lose its song. – A Friend Named Adversity

Blessings thrive in afflictions’ soil. – A Friend Named Adversity

Trouble is only opportunity in work clothes. – A Friend Named Adversity

The difficulties of life are intended to make us better, not bitter. – A Friend Named Adversity

It isn’t the load that weights you down, it’s the way you carry it. – A Friend Named Adversity

The darkest clouds often bring the heaviest showers of blessing. – A Friend Named Adversity

Jesus is no security against life’s storms, but he is perfect security in them. – A Friend Named Adversity

Troubles are not sent to bother us but to better us. – A Friend Named Adversity

If we had no trials, there would be no triumphs. – A Friend Named Adversity

To get out of difficulty, we must go through it. – A Friend Named Adversity

When it gets dark enough you can see the stars. – A Friend Named Adversity

The lowest ebb is the turn of the tide. – A Friend Named Adversity

Trouble is to the triumphant spirit what turbulent water is to a sturdy boat. – A Friend Named Adversity

Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them. – A Friend Named Adversity

Adversity is the way the great surgeon gives us a face-lift. – A Friend Named Adversity

God often digs wells of joy with the spade of sorrow and adversity. – A Friend Named Adversity

Tears are often the means by which we see God’s rainbow of promises. – A Friend Named Adversity

When life hands you a lemon, make lemonade. – A Friend Named Adversity

You will never be the person God wants you to be, if afflictions, trials, and disciplines are taken out of your life. – A Friend Named Adversity

Afflictions are but the shadow of God’s wings. – A Friend Named Adversity

No trouble can come so near that God is not nearer. – A Friend Named Adversity

Only God can change sunsets into sunrises. – A Friend Named Adversity

Adversity may sometimes get a Christian down, but only on his knees. – A Friend Named Adversity

Jesus spoke of Christianity as a banquet, but never as a picnic. – A Friend Named Adversity

God’s grace enables us to ‘face the music’ even when we don’t like the tune. – A Friend Named Adversity

One reason that the school of Christ is so tough is that you get the test first and the lesson later. – A Friend Named Adversity

Sufferings are to spiritual maturity as the chisel is to sculpture. – A Friend Named Adversity

True achievers have made adversity their friend. – A Friend Named Adversity

The very same adversity can make one bitter and another better. A thoughtful and prayerful study on how to face adversity can change one’s world. – A Friend Named Adversity

– Tom

 

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It’s Not the Eonomy or your Job or Politics you just need to CHANGE THE VEHICLE Friends!

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This is the vehicle I’m using to be able to blow up my income, my health, my emotional wellness in an economy where everyone else is losing. Friends you should do this with me Immediately don’t you think?

I just wanted to share with you all this message from Brett Blake at BEACHBODY. Definitely some things to be really, really excited about. After you read below Join me in Team Beachbody http://teambeachbody.com/metalpalace
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Leaders,

Can I just tell you how bright our future is? Mr Jeff Hill joined us about a year ago and at the time we had around 300 employees. We now have more than 620 and are at a full sprint to hire more. In the Network, we have grown from less than 10% of company sales when I started in January 2010 to 30.9% in 2011 (that is incredible growth if you think about how bad the economy has been). We are well on our way to seeing the future that Carl has been driving toward — when Beachbody is primarily a network marketing company supported by a strong television presence.

We will be among the top 100 companies in the direct selling industry as we close out this year with sales considerably above $100 million — this during a year where I suspect (based on credible sources) that the industry will experience one of the worst declines in sales in its history.

We have attracted outstanding people to our team and have been able to choose who we want on our team (we’ve had more than a half a dozen CEOs of other direct selling companies apply for positions within the company this past year or so) and have not lost one person. We are more united in our vision — both within the network and between the network and the rest of the company. We have truly moved from good to great on the people side.

Carl’s product pipeline is stronger than ever before in our history. We have amazing plans to turn the BB Challenge into a unified marketing campaign that could blow the lid off the referral program, we are now working on a Coach infomercial, and we are extremely bullish about our ability to deliver significant improvements to the business opportunity in 2012 (both in your ability to earn and in the systems to support you).

Carl has put his money where is mouth is, investing more than $25 million in technology improvements that are no longer in the planning stage, but are actually under way with the first major supporting modules successfully deployed recently. The company is debt free and we are CASH rich. Never have I worked for a company willing to invest ‘whatever it takes’ to drive growth like Beachbody.

We are all taking on a heavy load now as we deal with competitors who want Coaches like you promoting their product and opportunity, AND as we undertake the task of further refining our business model and pioneering a “natural networking” model that has the potential of driving our future sales well into the billions.

Let’s not allow the weight of the tasks at hand allow us to take our eye of the bigger picture — which is bigger and brighter than any of us have contemplated to date.

I’m so impressed with the Coaches we’ve attracted and with your commitment and leadership. We’ve come along way, but we have hardly scratched the surface of our potential.

Buckle up!
B2

 

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Lisa Clark Use To Suffer From Fibromyalgia Pain

In Lisas words..

In 1992 I was diagnosed with fibromyalgia as I started having pains all over my body. Achy, and tired all the time. As the years went on with my new diagnosis the pains got worse and the fatigue got bad.

My Dr tried many medications and new medications came out and clinical trials to try and get my pain under control, yet nothing worked, and I hated feeling “drugged” all the time. I even… tried acupuncture, and massage therapy was excruciatingly painful. And well hypnosis didn’t work either.

In 2004 I started using a forearm crutch to assist me in walking. This was devastating because I used to be a competitive long distance swimmer and was so active all the time. And now I couldn’t even play with my kids.

There are some that say that surgery exacerbates fibromyalgia and I have had seven since 1999- 2009, and in 2007 I humbled myself and sat myself in a wheelchair for the days that the forearm crutch couldn’t help me because I couldn’t even stand up or sit down or have the strength to grasp the crutch. I used to crawl up and down the stairs.

In 2009 I convinced myself there had to be something out there that could help and all the research said was exercise.. and I thought how can I when I can barely walk on most days.

In February of 2010 I started a workout program and my coach suggested that I start drinking a shake called Shakeology. It would give me energy and help me loose weight and it had all this good nutrition. I said ok.. can’t hurt right?

Never did I ever imagine that my energy did come back! I was able to do more and longer workouts and didn’t have to rest 2-4 days in agony from working out.

But my number one dream and prayer had happened.. one day and I can’t remember when it happened… I woke up without a single ounce of pain! This was one of the single most happiest moments of my life! And since I started drinking Shakeology I have stopped taking all medication. No more pain medications, my mood was better, my energy was incredible. And NO FLAIR UPS!

In the fall of 2010 my boys who were entering 9th grade, and were on the cross country team in school… and I.. yes I was the assistant coach of Boys Cross Country!!. It wasn’t that long ago that I was in a wheelchair and I was outside everyday in all of the nasty fall weather of Central New York running!

Today I can play with my kids and I am an any day soon to be grandma.. I can run in the fields, and on the roads of the countryside, and today I workout with high impact cardio workouts and muscle building.. and do 5 sets of 10 pullups.

The nutrition and the quality of the shakes is undeniable and unsurpassed. And everyday I am blessed for the quality of life I have now… and its all because I drink Shakeology .. it literally has been life changing. And to think where I would be if I never tried it…. still in pain 🙁

Thank you for being part of the Beachbody Coaching Team!

Love always,
Lisa Clark