Labor Day

Hello Super-Stars! I hope you are all doing well and, that you had a nice holiday weekend. This weekend saw the landfall of Hurricane Gustav in the upper Gulf Coast...at least this time, the authorities were on-the-ball. Please send your prayers and support to those in need. Also, those of us living on the Southeast coast of Florida will appreciate your energies being spent on picturing storm free conditions for us for the remainder of the Hurricane Season...THANK YOU!

Labor Day weekend is the "unofficial" start of Autumn and, the end of Summer in many regions. The holiday seems to have morphed into just another three-day weekend workers look forward to while not really acknowledging the reason behind the holiday. I have to admit, I like all three-day weekend holidays too. I do, however, like to ponder the basis for the various holidays, national and religious alike. Labor Day, designated for the first Monday in September, is a creation of the labor movement and is dedicated to the social and economic achievements of American workers. The holiday is also a Canadian tradition. If not for the achievements of the pioneers of the labor movement, I can only imagine what our working conditions might be; we owe a huge debt of gratitude to those from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, as well as those who continue the struggle for worker's rights around the world in this, the twenty-first century.

As "Super-Stars," I believe it is appropriate for us to lend our thoughts, voices and actions to the cause of worker's rights. We live in an era that has seen many corporate abuses, but at the same time, many businesses are getting the message that doing the right thing is actually more profitable. There is a wonderful book that I highly recommend which speaks directly to this new phenomenon...businesses that are changing the world by using the principles outlined in, The Art of Original Thinking, The Making of a Thought Leader, by Jan Phillips. Ms. Phillips shows in her book how time and again that corporations, which are changing the way they do business, are evolving with the changing culture of a Global Community and the impact we all have. Remember, as Super-Stars, we are all one large Universal family and, that we too impact our world.

Think - Live - Be - A Super Star!

With love & light and, much appreciation,
Glenna :-)

p.s. For more information about Jan Phillips, go to: http://www.janphillips.com/