Dear Region,

In light of all of the events that have happened at June Rally, there has been a decision made about whether Fall Retreat is going to be happening......The board has come to the decision to cancel Fall Retreat. Yes, this is difficult for everyone to take in but this is what has to be done, as a region what happened with the senior guys it had to be presented as something that could not be taken lightly.

As the strong region that we all know we are... we all must hold this in positive and loving light. What we have to see what will come from this. I agree that it will be hard not to have a Fall Retreat, but this will give us a chance to develop our spiritual relationships with other chapters. Also, we can see the lesson here of the ripple effect, that what happened not only affected all of the boys who took part but the entire region. Showing us that with every action there is a positive and/or negative re-action.

If you have any questions feel free to contact.....

• Your sponsor
• Myself, or Michael.... This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it    This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
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With large amounts of love,

Hannah Princic

Weekly Inspiration #13

Dear YOUers of the Greatest of Lakes, I've recently learned a valuable lesson. Life can change. You probably thinking "duh Michael!" but when your really into doing something you or I tend to get caught up in it. Sometimes we find something that works in our lives and try to stick with it. Even if what your doing starts to hinder us, we still try to keep in with us because it becomes a part of who we are. This happens anything from eating fast food constantly to playing video games or even into certain relationships. We sometimes feel that letting go of somethings we have been doing for a while may make our lives worse but alot of the time changing up your lifestyle can affect you in a positive way. If you find that changing was the wrong decision then you can always try and reinstate that part of your life back or find something different. Life is like a river, constantly moving. If we try and resist it we cannot get anywhere. So flow on beautiful beings!

Regional Tid Bits: Hannah, Eileen, and I had an amazing planning meeting 2 weeks ago where we came up alot of amaaaaazing ideas for June. We are so so so excited to show you guys all of the things we are currently concocting muahaha! We all look forward to seeing you at all of the upcoming events. In light and love, Michael

Weekly Inspiration

Your Spiritual Milk n' Cereal: When I first saw the bumper sticker that reads : TOLERANCE made with many different symbols, I was confused. I thought, "why do we just want to tolerate things instead of accepting them?" Well after thinking for a while on this I realized that I cannot accept everything that goes on in life. I have different views than other people so I cannot just give up my own views to accept theirs; however I can tolerate it. Dictionary.com defines Tolerance as: a fair, objective, and permissive attitude toward opinions and practices that differ from one's own. Sometimes this can be easy to do, especially when we have similarities in our beliefs. The hardest part of tolerance is tolerating others that will not tolerate you. You can try and explain your views to other people but if they do not have the intention of at least tolerating your ideals, then it is very hard for them to do that. The one thing we can do to help prevent this is to tolerate others and know that it will be mirrored back to us in some form.