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6 www.DesertMessenger.com December 6, 2017 DesertMessengerNews By Shanana "Rain" Golden-Bear By Shanana "Rain" Golden-Bear Editorial LETTERS TO EDITOR POLICY Desert Messenger encourages letters from its readers. Letters should be no longer than 300 words, and may be edited for grammar, content and length. OPINIONS EXPRESSED HEREIN DO NOT NECESSARILY REPRESENT THOSE OF THE DESERT MESSENGER. We invite you to not only see a problem, but search for the solution to share with the community, keeping the benefit of all in mind. Letters considered libelous, in poor taste, on a personal issue, mean spirited or dominated by Scripture quotes will not be published. Third party letters will not be accepted. To avoid confusion over people with common or similar names, writers must provide a full name and indicate the name they are known by. Writers must provide a full street address and phone number. Rvers can provide the location of park/BLM land, etc. Street addresses will not be pub- lished. Phone numbers are for verification only and will not be printed. Mail letters to: Desert Messenger, P.O. Box 3185, Quartzsite, AZ 85359 or E-mail to Editor@DesertMessenger.com 928-916-4235 DESERT MESSENGER Quartzsite's FREE Community Paper Proud to be a Quartzsite Licensed Business 928-916-4235 O� T��� - E���� T���! Founded by Walt Akin October 1, 2004 P�������� �� P���� R��� P��������� C�. P.O. Box 3185 Quartzsite, AZ 85359 P�������� ����� � ����� 1st & 3rd Wednesday Sept. thru May with Special Summer Editions June, July & August EDITOR/PUBLISHER Shanana "Rain" Golden-Bear CONTRIBUTING JOURNALIST Joanne Winer GUEST COLUMNIST Gypsy Jane Finley CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER Starr BearCat NAME PLATE LETTERING Paul Winer www.DesertMessenger.com www.MyQuartzsite.com E-mail: Editor@DesertMessenger.com Copyright 2013 Opinions expressed herein are not necessarily those of the Desert Messenger. LIKE US on Facebook.com/ DesertMessengerNews FOLLOW US on Twitter @QuartzsiteRain Neighborhood Watch to meet Thurs. DEC. 7 Town of Quartzsite invites every- one to attend the next meeting of Neighborhood Watch at 6:00 PM, on THURSDAY, DEC. 7, 2017, at the Quartzsite Community Center, 295 E. Chandler. Chief William Ponce said he looks forward to working with the resi- dents to create a safer community. Launched in 1972, Neighbor- hood Watch counts on citizens to organize themselves and work with law enforcement to keep a trained eye and ear on their communities, while demonstrating their pres- ence at all times of day and night. Sponsored by the National Sher- iffs' Association (NSA), the Nation- al Crime Prevention Council says, "Neighborhood watch is one of the oldest and most effective crime prevention programs in the coun- try, bringing citizens together with law enforcement to deter crime and make communities safer." For more information contact the Quartzsite Police Department at 928-927-4644. DEADLINE : WED. DEC. 13 TH for the dec. 20 th edition Desert Messenger News Email: editor@DesertMessenger.com 928-916-4235 www.DesertMessenger.com Craft Fair 1st Sat. of every month! Daily Activities! QIA 928-927-6325 235 E. Ironwood St., Quartzsite BINGO Opens at 5pm. Early Birds 6:30pm. Main7pm Concessions Available Welcome Back Snowbirds! Traffi c sure is picking up in town and so are opinions. My, how we humans can get so defensive and angry so quickly, nowadays. I know it seems that we're all in a social pressure cooker lately, but let's check our us vs. them attitude at the door, at least for a while. Watching the news is not sup- porting my serenity, that's for sure. So I return to simple tools learned while studying life coaching, which teaches us to incorporate our values into our life. But what exactly are "values?" Thomas Leonard, a pio- neer in the fi eld of life coaching. He jumped in his RV with his little dog "Fringe", and traveled the nation and Canada, sharing his fresh and inspired ways of seeing the world. I fi nd his defi nition very accurate: "Values are activities, preferences, or behaviors that you are naturally drawn to. Values are you. If there is a natural and uncomplicated pull, it's probably a value." Just make sure that you don't con- fuse wants or needs with values. Leonard further explains. Needs are resources, people, feel- ings, situations or environments that you must have in order to be your best. There's a sense of ur- gency with needs. Wants are what you enjoy having. Values fulfi ll you; wants provide gratifi cation. Wow! That's a lot to take in. By the way, in this context, we aren't using the word values in the same way as it's often used in the realm of politics, media, or religion, where it often refers to issues of morality. Core values can include morality, but the term as used here is more broad, having more to do with what we are drawn to. So what are your values? Are they the same as your neighbor? Prob- ably not, as we are all different and we all are so unique. Is a value something you did when you were 7 years old? Then it's probably a val- ue. I think we all could use a bit of refl ection of the meaning of values. It's not religious, taught by others, or argued about. Remember, Val- ues fulfi ll you. Simple, eh? " Your beliefs become your thoughts. Your thoughts become your words. Your words become your actions. Your actions become your habits. Your habits become your values. Your values become your destiny.: ~Mahatma Gandhi

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