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{Heart Touchers} *Who Are You?* 9/14/01 ____________________________________ If you enjoy this free daily email service, I encourage you to spread the word to family and friends that we may bring inspiration into the lives of many! If you are not on the list and this has been passed along to you, join us by sending an e-mail with the word "Subscribe" in the subject line to: HeartTouchers@aol.com Visit our inspirational web site and read all the past stories in our archives at: http://www.HeartTouchers.com ____________________________________________ Michael's long awaited book Straight From the Heart: "A Celebration of Life," is finally here! Close to 200 pages of true short stories filled with love and laughter await you! Visit our web site to order the EBook, or to order by credit card! You can also read some sample stories from the book here! http://HeartTouchers.com/michael_t__powers/ AOL Users Click below: Straight From the Heart: A Celebration of Life To order your autographed copy at no extra charge, send a check or money order for $18 ($14.95 for the book and $3.05 for shipping and handling) made out to Michael T. Powers, and then send to: Michael T. Powers 1918 Liberty Lane Janesville, WI 53545 For two books add $4 for shipping and handling and for three books add $5 for shipping and handling. If you want four or more autographed copies of our book you only pay $5 for shipping and handling. Be sure to let us know who you would like it autographed for and then allow about two weeks for us to sign it and send it on its way to you. _________________________________________ May we continue to pray for those families whose lives were shattered this week, and for those in leadership who will be making many decisions in the days ahead of us... We put new stories and thoughts up on our website also. If you haven't taken a look there this week be sure to do so at: http://www.HeartTouchers.com AOL Users click here We have another touching story from one of my favorite people in the whole world, my friend Terri McPherson. Be sure to take the time to write to her and let her know how her words affected you... From my family to yours, Michael _________________________________________ Who Are You? By Terri McPherson Minus the good and minus the bad... Minus the happy and minus the sad... Minus those who love you, minus those who love you back and minus those who do not love, or even like you... Minus your social standing and minus your financial position... Minus the image you portray and minus the way that image is perceived... Who are you? In the first light of dawn, before you put on your worldly clothes... In the last light of dusk, when you take them off... Who are you? Do you stand in awe of yourself as an incredible creation and view your life from that point? You have the miraculous ability to breathe, see, feel, hear, move, smell, touch and love. Is that not wonderful, or have you forgotten who you are beneath your earthly cloak? Young children know who they are. Their mere existence is cause for celebration. They run and jump and yell and sing and dance with a passion that rises from the joy of being alive. You had that same sense of awesome wonder -- once. Struggles and disappointments didn't destroy it. You simply put it away and forgot about it. There are flashes now and then, little reminders. A thought you can't quite grasp. A feeling that slips through your fingers. A yearning that never completely goes away. In the twinkling of a moment, you are here. In the twinkling of another you are gone. Everything in between is the completeness of your life, not the separate compartments that push and pull and stretch you thin. God gave you the whole and equal gift of life, and created you as its miracle. You are never anything less, and no one can ever take it away from you. Living in love and loving life, © Terri McPherson tmcphers@mnsi.net Windsor, Ontario, Canada Write Terri and let her know what you thought of her story! ________________________________ Terri lives in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. She has two wonderful children, a six-year-old grandangel and a terrific husband. She works as a Writer / Web Designer / Production Assistant for a local production company and teaches advanced clogging classes for the Border City Cloggers. Her writing has appeared in numerous online publications. Check out her web site: WiseHearts...Weaving Small Wisdoms Through The Fabric Of Life and subscribe to her wonderful list! http://www.mnsi.net/~tmcphers/index.htm _________________________________________ You can participate in "Flags Across America" on Friday by proudly displaying a flag at your home or on your car. People are also being encouraged to wear red, white and blue colors to work. There is a nationwide candlelight vigil starting at 7pm on Friday -- just step outside wherever you are and light a candle to show solidarity against terrorism. _________________________________________ Reader Feedback! Hello, This is Sajjad. I'd like to share your grief and sorrow. I cannot understand one thing that those people who did this in USA or who do anywhere how do they sleep after committing these kind of activities. I need to tell every one that who did this crime and who do these kind of things they don't belong to any religion b/c they represent evil terrorism is not allowed in any religion. best wishes of Pakistani people r with the American people. Sajjad Ali Syed corgious@hotmail.com *********** Michael, I have been reading, still not finished, your pages on the day of terror site. Last summer when I first bought my computer, my son put some CD's on my computer, the place is Rio Port. One he put on there for me was Carman, I Surrender All. Today it just seemed what I needed to be listening to while I was reading through the material you have collected on the day of terror. I really like having this music where I can listen to it easily. This one is so good, because you can sing along with it. That makes it much more personal. Ever since I first heard this CD, I have kept it near me. I made tapes and gave to friends and family. I still listen to mine in the car, when I am going to work, especially when I go in on a Sunday morning. I expect I will be listening to it a lot more often in the days to come. I am glad I have found your site. Your information is a good source for me. Thank you, Carol _________________________________________ PRESIDENT DESIGNATES FRIDAY AS DAY OF PRAYER AND REMEMBRANCE Washington, Sept 13, 2001 (AFP) - U.S. President George W. Bush has designated Friday as "a national day of prayers and remembrance," for the thousands of victims of the attacks on New York and Washington, the White House said Thursday. White House spokesman, Ari Fleischer, said the president will attend a prayer service here Friday to honor the estimated thousands of victims of the attacks Tuesday, and was "calling on Americans during their lunch hours" to take time to attend prayer services "to pray for our nation." Americans should "attend prayer services at churches, synagogues, mosques, other places of their choosing to pray for our nation, to pray for the families of those who were victimized by this act of terrorism," Fleischer told reporters. _________________________________________ For those of you who are in the Janesville, WI area, there will be an inter-church prayer time today, Friday, Sept. 14 at the courthouse in downtown Janesville from 12 noon to 1 PM. Please let your friends know so we can all be unified tomorrow in prayer for the families and victims still yet trapped in the rubble in New York. ______________________________ Thought For The Day: "Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees all others." --Sir Winston Churchill Verse for the Day: "Be strong and courageous...for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go." Joshua 1:9 Kid's Thought For The Day: "Sometimes buildings come crashing down in real life and not just in Godzilla movies. And monsters aren't always 100 feet tall with big teeth and scales." Parent's Thought For The Day "Raising teenagers is a lot like nailing Jell-O to a tree." Coach's Thought For The Day "We didn't lose the game; we just ran out of time." --Vince Lombardi, former coach of some team in Wisconsin Deep Thought For The Day: "If you don't like my driving, don't call anyone. Just take another road. That's why the highway department made so many of them." ___________________________________________ REQUESTS: Dear Michael, Thank all of you at Heart Touchers for your wonderful place to come and pray together for others. I will go off the Internet tonight at midnight for I cannot afford it any longer. I would be so thankful if you, Michael, and others would pray for my son, (Initials D.S.B.) who has been suffering with lightening-like episodes of pain in his face and head for close to two years now. This is due to an operation gone wrong and his pain has been increasing rapidly. He is disabled now, but gets through these times saying God has a reason for this and we will know in His Time. Pray also for other family members salvation. God know who they are, and he never forsakes us. Thank you and God Bless you all. In Jesus name. Whose we are and Whom we love. pcb nature@kiski.net ___________________________________________ _ /_/\/\ MICHAEL T. POWERS \_\ / HeartTouchers@aol.com /_/ \ "For I have been crucified with Christ and I no \_\/\ \ longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I \_\/ live in the body I live for the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me." Galatians 2:20 ___________________________________________ The copyrights to the stories that appear in Heart Touchers are owned by the authors and are used with their permission. We refuse to run stories without the author's permission and contact info listed after the story. We also refuse to publish stories listed as "author unknown." (All of which violates Copyright Law and the rights of the authors.) This e-mail may be forwarded in its entirety, but please do not cut and paste the stories to be used elsewhere unless you have contacted and been given permission by the individual writer. Thank you so much for honoring the rights of those writers who graciously share their stories with us! __________________________________________ Video Imagery --Michael's Video Production Business "I thought of you first after my family sat down to watch the video we gave them. They loved it, to say the least! Within thirty seconds my mom was crying and my dad did too. They said it was the best Christmas gift we could have given them!! You did such a beautiful job! They were so surprised and so touched--they really, really, really loved it. Thanks for helping to make it so special to us all. My mom mentioned how the songs were perfect for the video too! Thanks again!" Kelli-- College Station, TX Let me make you a video from your pictures or home movies! Check out the web page for Michael's video production business! 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