IT'S TIME!! FOR THE BEST FORUM THAT HONORS MEMBERS OF THE ADLANDPRO COMMUNITY!!!
**ADLAND'S WEEKLY PARADE OF STARS** #51
Our forum features a member of the AdlandPro community each week who is truly a bright and *SHINING STAR*. It is a person that may not necessarily be a "high-profile" person per say, but rather someone that is not only a great friend to many, but also has a good heart and truly cares about others.
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Let me introduce the most awesome group of team mates anyone could ever have! Not only are they my very good friends, but I also have the pleasure of working with them to bring this forum to all of you, each and every week;
MONICA S. http://community.adlandpro.com/go/mrssto/default.aspx
DEBORAH SKOVRAN http://community.adlandpro.com/go/debskovran/default.aspx
DONNA S. http://community.adlandpro.com/go/rainbow123/default.aspx
RICK MARTIN http://community.adlandpro.com/go/290826/
NAN HERRING http://community.adlandpro.com/go/nanonmyway/
and myself;
MARILYN L. ALI
http://community.adlandpro.com/go/259882/default.aspx
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Here are the qualifications that will be used in the selection of each honoree. People that are selected will be recognized based on:
1. Acts of kindness that they show to their fellow man.
2. Must be willing to help others, and treat people in a kindly manner.
3. Have a good-hearted nature, and shows it through all that they do.
4. Must be a positive role model, and set a good example
5. Must be professional, avoids negativity, and promotes success through faith and hard work
So, if you know of anyone here at AdlandPro that are not necessarily "high profile" people per say, and that don't get the recognition that they deserve, let us know. We will be helping to get people recognized that should be *A SHINING STAR*. All nominations must be in by Saturday and please tell us why you believe the person deserves to be recognized.
Please send NOMINATIONS to one the following links;
MARILYN http://community.adlandpro.com/go/259882/Default.aspx
DONNA http://community.adlandpro.com/go/rainbow123/default.aspx
When you get to one of our profiles, click on "Send Me A Message" and then send us the name of the person you want to nominate!
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NOW IT'S TIME TO FIND OUT WHO IS GOING TO BE OUR NEXT *SHINING STAR*
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INTRODUCING TO YOU OUR 51st **SHINING STAR**: MS BRANKA BABIC
BRANKA has not been with ALP very long, only 5 short months, but she has surely made her presence know here very quickly! Branka is a very sweet and lovely lady from Serbia, and she is well liked by many here. Some of her interests include reading, gardening, and cooking, just to name a few. Please help us to Congratulate Branka on being this week's *Shining Star* :)
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Here is what some of BRANKA'S friends have been saying about her;
"Branka is very thoughtful of others, sophisticated, and educated."
"People like Branka have a personality like a magnet, they just draw people to them. I am glad to have met Branka and to be her friend."
"Branka has helped so many people in the short time she has been here. She has a very committed heart to this Community as well as her business. Branka is a good friend and I love her."
"Branka is one of the sweetest, most fun, and generous people I have ever known. I am blessed to have her as a friend!"
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The meaning of the name BRANKA;
*NOTE - For more information on this name , or any other name, please refer to the following website; http://www.behindthename.com/
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Here is BRANKA'S bio;
Dear Marilyn and Team,
It is great honor to be featured here at your "Parade of Stars". Thank you very much.
Here is my biography:
I was born on 2nd of October 1961 in a village about 54 km far from capital of my ex country Yugoslavia, as a first of two daughters. Now I live at Belgrade, town with 2.000.000 inhabitants, town with so special soul, easy for recognition, and the capital town of Serbia (Balkan , South-East of Europe)
After finishing Grammar School, I studied Philosophy and after finishing it I started learning to be a professional massage therapist. When I have discovered massage, a profession that can take all of my too much energy, I thought I was born again. Now I am for 21 years a very good massage therapist, with a thousands of very ill and handicapped people who are much better after my treatments.
I am author of "Diasoso Therapy - Manual for Hand Massage", a book and a video-film with the same title.
I am a single parent of Luka who is near 18. After our divorce, his father never asked for him. That's life.
My present life time "journey" can be described as intensive walk from thorns to stars and back ... Great life lessons, throug different aspects of collective and personal adversity, were enlarged and replaced with some oasis of peace and joy, just for the short resume of learned lessons.
When my son was 10 months old, I was imprisoned.I spent 87 days under investigation. A civil war in my country didn't begin at this moment (the end of October 1990), but political tensions were so strong. As a hard worker I could say I was rich. These days a lot of rich people of my nationality were killed. I had a very, very good luck (!?) and I was only imprisoned. Incrimination which I was investigated for were ............ so terrible. I couldn't imagine how should I prove my innocence. My crying time is seldom . But this day, 24th of December 1990 , while I have heard that my son already had two teeth, and I might not see him again, I couldn't stop crying. At 11 PM I have fallen on my prisoner's bed and, for the very first time in my life, I said inside, in my heart: Lord, why did you leave me alone? After that all my senses were embraced with uncommon peace. After one more month I was free. I am sure that this freedom came after my first prayer. But, I didn't know much about any religion, and I didn't know any of prayers. So, again as a free person. I felt a strong impulse to discover my spiritual path, MY OWN TRUTH.
Until my 30th year my soul was fed by Classic Germans Philosophy and my favourite Friedrich Nietzsche. So, religion was so far from me. Seeking for my spiritual being, I could perceive that, in some strange way, I am not alone and that I have to go ahead. I think without my spiritual development I could not survive all what came in front of me.
After prison I received another call from h*ll master: a divorce. My ex husband and his family hated me and our son. A great psychics and social torture opened me a door of deeper observation about life. If I allowed this machine to do with me all what it is programmed to do, I knew, I am lost!
Here in my country we say that the worst Jewish course is "I pray God to give you all what you want and then to take all these from you." Ho-ho! My next lesson was right this one. Divorce was not finished yet when a civil war began. Luka was 16 months old, and I had only a few pampers and him in my arms when I reached a state of refugee. Foreign surroundings, no one friend ... Next few war years I had a unique opportunity to see how humans can be strong and smart. I am grateful that I have experienced : there's no good, nor bad . All what comes, comes to show us the whole of our capacity. We may never be asked a questions that we don't have instruments to answer them. So, I didn't suffer, instead I make decision to retrieve all my generic wisdom.
My Serbian nationality was demonised and anathematised world wide. We were under international isolation for years. Days and days I spent looking for bread or milk or oil, sugar, detergent, together with hundreds around me. Each time I could make a great fun and make them laugh and start thinking differently.
After all these events, through which I have spent 17 the best years of my life, I can say that I dream about a better world and I'm sure it will come very soon. Human beings will have no choice. I expect much better days ahead.
I write poetry, novels and essays and some of them were published in my country. I am crazy about musics and dance. I like classics music, Russian Gypsies, old good rock`n`roll and chansons. Very much I enjoy cooking, making wonderful cakes, gardening, knitting; I enjoy all what I do each moment of day.
Here at ALP I found wonderful friends, very positive and inspiring atmosphere and I feel blessed beacuse of it.
Bless all of you and embrace with love of my soul!
Sincerely,
Branka Babic
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Let's all Congratulate BRANKA on being named one of this week's *SHINING STARS* If you are not a friend of BRANKA'S please send her an invitation to become your friend today! Here is BRANKA'S link;
http://community.adlandpro.com/go/EloElu/
We pray that everyone will continue to support and enjoy our forum! Please take the time to NOMINATE someone to become one of our *SHINING STARS*
HAVE A GREAT WEEK!
God Bless Everyone,
From *ADLAND'S WEEKLY PARADE OF *STARS* TEAM!