Welcome back!

This is a picture of my new front deck. It was built last summer and it replaced a much smaller, very rickety version of the entrance to my home.  My house was built in 1979 and because I live in the mountains where the weather is a bit more in-your-face, that old deck swayed a bit and made entrance to the house scary.  Do you like the rustic look of the handrails?  It’s a nice ‘mountainy’ touch, I think.

We are on the downhill slope of 2008.  January is just around the corner and all those New Year’s Resolutions are looming.  Don’t you think it’s interesting how we all feel somewhat compelled to make them? 

For me, the resolutions have always been about what I’m going to accomplish inside myself - where my spiritual/mental life lives. And I thought about The World of Within and you all.  I wondered if you know how to get “within?”  Well, first step is to build a new front deck to get in there! I’m experienced now; I’d like to help you get that deck built.  I’d love 2009 to be a big turn around year for you when it comes to loving your own within and the self that lives there.

Your deck (resolution to go within) has to be strong and sturdy.  How would a sturdy resolution look? One that would carry you a long way into 2009? I’m thinking it might answer these questions, so here they are for you to answer for  yourself?

What do I want to accomplish in 2009 that will change the inside me, so that by Dec. 1 next year, I will feel really, really accomplished?

What fear prods at me the most? Could that be my 2009 project?

What is there about myself that bugs the shit out of me? Do I see what I can do to change that? Am I willing to do whatever it takes?

Try to compile a list of at least five things.

Now, whittle it down to the two that mean the most to you.

Now, create a monthly plan for the steps you’ll take every month to manifest your two accomplishments.

Now, break it down into daily steps you will absolutely take, and create some consequence for when  you just don’t want to do it so that you’ll do it anyway because you detest that consequence.

Seven steps to building that new deck of yours that will get you inside yourself and be a strong support for the doing.  See how good you are?

Christmas gift idea:  If you know someone who would really appreciate, enjoy, or simply ‘need’ these types of ideas, MY CATS might make a splendid Christmas present.  And if your friend is a large woman, this is one gift that for sure will fit her.

Pat

Have you got a fat friend whom you love and cherish, but it’s a bit hard to talk about her weight, and you have no clue as to what to buy her for Christmas because it’d be too embarassing to ask her what size would fit? Have I got a great idea for you!  Send her a copy of My Cats Have Seen Me Naked: How I Achieved Self Love and Self Acceptance While Obese.

I’m not all that good with the manipulation of graphics and so this got cut off a bit.  Sorry.  You can see the full picture on the website here. This book contains the story of how one girl suffered the slings and arrows of being large all of her life and how it turned into the biggest blessing eventually, because it became the main catalyst in her life in her successful search for understanding. This is a bare-the-soul look at the inside of a fat woman, where wit, wisdom, love and vitality prosper despite the burden of obesity.  It will lift the souls of your friends and allow them to embrace who they are unequivocally.

Because I live in the mountains, sometimes mail delivery lags, so if you’d like this lovely gift to arrive in time for Christmas, get your order in now!

Pat Matson

909-867-2413

www.theworldofwithin.com

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Helping the world’s obese women find

their voices, self-acceptance, and self-love