• In This Issue . . . .

• Now Is the Time (New Year's Day 2007)
  by David Yarian, Ph.D.

• Announcements
  

Now is the time for all good persons to wake up and follow their dreams. You’re not getting any younger. And all the obstacles and "reasons" why it won’t/can’t work? Fear, lack of faith, and more fear. Dare to desire that which you truly want. Even in the Bible "old men dream dreams" . . .

What if? There’s a question. What if you allowed your imagination to fly free, to soar, to take you to places you’ve never been?

It will be scary. Stepping off the merry-go-round and seeking your way through uncharted territory is, by definition, frightening, unsettling -- terrifying at times.

But it’s worth it, to come to the end of your days and to be able to say to yourself "I really lived. I really tried. I gave it everything I had. I really went for it. Now I’m ready for the next adventure. I wonder what it will be like?"

Don’t waste a minute -- you don’t know how many you have. This moment will never happen again. Make it count.

Look around you, at life bursting forth. This aching Earth is filled with life -- reaching, growing, stretching toward the Sun. Making love in the eternal faith that it is worth it.

Leave a legacy of love and hope and Existence. Be a comet streaking across the night sky. Be a volcano spewing hot lava. Be a tender green shoot unfurling always in the light of day. Surf the wave of life energy that abounds on this blue planet circling a yellow sun in the vast exploding cosmos.

Live.

     Love.

          Hope.

               Dream.

David Yarian, Ph.D. is the creator of The Guide to Self-Help Books, http://www.Books4SelfHelp.com and co-author of Self-Help Central, an ezine to help you build a better life with self-help resources. He is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist and Certified Sex Therapist in private practice in Nashville, TN. He writes self-help articles on stress relief.

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New Section: The Guide to Self-Help Books Top Twenty Self-Help Books These are currently the most-requested books by visitors to the Guide to Self-Help Books. Take a look and see what folks are ordering.

In the What's New section for January 2007 we introduce a basket of wonderful books and DVDs on topics which include Career,
Death and Dying, Divorce, Grief and Bereavement, Meditation, and Success. Check it out and see what's new!

Did you know that you can access an archive of past Self Help Central issues online?

Be sure to check out David's Pick of the Month. Each month David posts a new review of a favorite book. All the reviews from previous months may be seen in the Archive.

If you have not already done so, please visit our other new sites:

www.DavidYarian.com

www.SpiritedLoving.com

www.Imagery4Relaxation.com

That's all for this issue. We look forward to your comments, questions or suggestions.

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