Claire Knowles
Claire Knowles is a retired human resources and labor relations manager,
certified in coaching and mediation. She is a partner in Richard N. Knowles & Associates, Inc.
Her coaching/consulting focus can be viewed at lightsonworkshop.com Lights On! is created especially for women:
Presentations, Consulting, Coaching, Retreats, and Facilitations.
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Did You Know? |
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• Women are starting businesses at twice the rate of men. |
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• One out of every 11 American women owns her own business. |
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• Currently there are over 10.6 million women-owned businesses employing 19.1 million people and generating $2.5 trillion in sales. |
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• Women make or influence over 85% of all purchasing decisions. |
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• Business growth is the #1 concern of business owners. |
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• In 2010 women will have the majority of wealth in America. |
Claire Knowles Clarie Knowles Sparkling Water
Sparkling Water
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I spent a good part of this past winter in St. Pete Beach, Florida. Every so often, when the sun is positioned just right, and the Gulf water’s ripples are formed in a certain rhythm, one can see “sparkling water”. It is like seeing a host of sparklers dancing on the water. It is a wondrous phenomenon. Yet, if you look in the opposite direction—where the sun’s angled rays differ—there is no sparkling water. Instead, you’ll see beautiful blue water with rippling waves, but no sparkles. As I reflect on our lives, we have that special sparkle too—knowing for what we stand, knowing for what we have passion, and in what we find joy. All are important to grasp and manifest into our lives.
[What are those things that lift you up?]
Even if we’re not currently sparkling, we are still beautiful—like a sunny day at the water’s edge. More and more frequently our lives can sparkle like the “sparkling water”—when we live our lives with purpose, with meaning, and with passion.
Then we glisten for all to see. It was Henry David Thoreau that said “Some men(women) lead lives of quiet desperation, and go to their graves with their song still in them.” Those are lives that are devoid of “sparkle”.
Isn’t it great that each of us does have a measure of that inner, positive sparkle even if it needs(sometimes) to be coaxed forward? Sometimes Life gets out of balance; we’re overstressed and we lose that sparkling “me essence”.
At Lights On!
We can help your inner sparkle—that inner light that wants to shine—to do so—if you want it to! Lights On!
Linda Chalmer Zemel has been a News Book Reviewer for The Buffalo News, and her op-ed pieces have been published in Truthout.org. Her feature stories have been published in regional newspapers since 1986. She created, wrote, and hosted “What’s New,” a radio interview series for WHLD, 1270 AM in Buffalo. She received her BA and MA at the University of Rochester, where she also did doctoral work in human development. She has worked under grants to develop distance learning programs and to train teacher aides for the Buffalo schools. She retired from the State University of New York as adjunct assistant professor of English at Monroe Community College. At Medaille College in Buffalo, she teaches writing and adolescent education
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Take Time
Take Time to Think....
It is the source of power.
Take Time to Play...
It is the secret of perpetual youth.
Take Time to Read...
It is the fountain of wisdom.
Take Time to Pray...
It is the greatest power on earth.
Take Time to Love and Be Loved...
It is a God-given privilege.
Take Time to Be Friendly....
It is the road to happiness
Take Time to Laugh...
It is the music of the soul.
Take Time to Give...
It is too short a day to be selfish.
Take Time to Work...
It is the price of success.
Take Time to Do Charity...
It is the KEY TO HEAVEN.
