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Reviewing Chapter 7: Heaven on Earth
The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz

Imagine living your life without fear of expressing your dreams. You know what you want, what you don’t want, and when you want it. You are free to change your life the way you really want to. You are not afraid to ask for what you need, to say yes or no to anything or anyone.

From the big things like marrying someone for the wrong reasons, to the little things like going to a party you don’t want to go to because you fear disapproval if you say “no”.

You can be loving all the time. This is your choice. You may not have a reason to love, but you can love, because to love makes you so happy. Love in action only produces happiness. Love will give you inner peace. It will change your perception of everything.

Happiness is a choice, and so is suffering.

It’s a choice. Period. That’s a burn.

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A sin is anything that you do that goes against yourself. Everything you feel or believe or say that goes against yourself is a sin. Self rejection is the biggest sin that you can commit.

Use white magic beginning with yourself. Tell yourself how wonderful you are. Tell yourself how much you love yourself. Use the word to break all those teeny, tiny agreements that make you suffer.

Passages referenced from “The Four Agreements”

We pretend to be what we are not because we are afraid of being rejected. The fear of being rejected becomes the fear of not being good enough. Eventually be become someone that we are not.

And

To be alive is the biggest fear that humans have. Death is not the biggest fear we have; our biggest fear is taking the risk to be alive- the risk of being alive and express what we really are. Just being ourselves is the biggest fear of humans.

Mentions:

• Tommy Tutone is at Martini Park Thursday!
• Sarah Vargo: One of the top five Nightlifers to watch in Chicago and Birthday Party Friday!
• Where is a great place to go snow sledding in downtown Chicago?

JenChicago, NBC5 Street Team

On December 11, Yelp hosted their 2nd Annual Winter Wonderland Cocktail Soiree at Architectural Artifacts… and it ROCKED! If you missed this one, get on the website and start yelping, so that you don’t miss the next one!

From the website:

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Yelp Holiday Bash! from Jen Knoedl on Vimeo.

Cocktails provide by:
Barefoot Champagne / Poinsettia
Between Lounge / Hot ‘n’ Dirty
Blackbird / Anejo Smash
Blue 13 / X’s and O’s
Bull & Bear / The Broker’s Breakfast
Chaise Lounge / X-Miss-tini
Encore Liquid Lounge / White Winter Pear
Jbar / S’more-tini
May Street Market / Nectar Martini
MK / Adlib
Uncommon Ground / Winter Tree Tini
Zed 451 / Cranberry Spiced Old Fashioned