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    Understanding Is Everything: A Practical Guide to Self-Betterment
    Understanding Is Everything: A Practical Guide to Self-Betterment
    Understanding Is Everything: A Practical Guide to Self-Betterment
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    Understanding Is Everything: A Practical Guide to Self-Betterment

    By Claude A. Ouellette II

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    Understanding Is Everything: A Practical Guide to Self-Betterment is just that: a guide to improve oneself in the areas of self-motivation, self-discipline, relationships, and a healthy lifestyle. A portion of the book contains a series of poems that reflect the life and personal “understanding” of the author, Claude A. Ouellette II, as he has gone to “hell and back.”
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBookBaby
    Release dateApr 1, 2013
    ISBN9781626755468
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      Book preview

      Understanding Is Everything - Claude A. Ouellette II

      Understanding Is Everything:

      A Practical Guide to Self-Betterment

      by Claude A. Ouellette II

      All rights reserved.

      Copyright © 2013 by Claude A. Ouellette II

      ISBN: 9781626755468

      No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means—electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage or retrieval system—without permission in writing from the publisher.

      O-let Publishing

      1004 Revere Drive

      Pensacola, FL 32505

      Acknowledgements

      To my forever enduring mother.... Your will gives me strength. Your love gives me hope. Because of you, I’ll never quit.

      To my editor, Linda Wasserman.... You have helped me take my words, place them in all their proper places, and create a book I really want to share with others. Thank you for affording me this chance to become published. I’ll be forever in your debt.

      It’s all because of you, Mrs. Pat.... You’re my inspiration, my friend, my #1 supporter, and one of the greatest individuals I’ve ever met.

      Thoroughly,

      Claude A. Ouellette II

      Table of Contents

      Dear Readers

      INTRODUCTION to

        Understanding Is Everything

      The Journey

      UNDERSTANDING SELF

      SELF-MOTIVATION

      SELF-DISCIPLINE

      RELATIONSHIPS

      HEALTHY LIFESTYLE

      Untitled

      IN CLOSING

      MY WAY WITH WORDS –

           LOVE IT OR HATE IT

      Outside Looking In

      To My Sister

      Mrs. Pat

      When I Dream

      Life

      I, Scribe

      The Bible

      Why Me?

      Head Over Heels

      7/23/1985 Long Live

      Ouellette 1/5/2005

      Forgive Me, Mom

      I Swear

      I’ve Been Blessed

      Inner Thoughts

      A Reminder

      Can You Relate?

      True Lover

      Mistakes

      My Thoughts

      Drip Drop

      Only My Dad

      Mixed Emotions

      Me Personally

      One Day Soon

      Speaking My Mind

      Sleepless Nights

      I’ve Been Busy

      CHANGING FACES

      Special Note:

      Most of the poems will read best using the landscape view of your e-reader.

      4/1/13

      Dear Readers,

      I know how life can be: the good, the bad, the ugly. I’ve been scared, and I’ve seen evil. I have made some very insane decisions in my time. This booklet was made with the hope I could deter others from choosing the wrong path.

      We, as people of the millennium, are so blessed that it doesn’t even make sense! I bring this up because we are in the digital age, everything is at our fingertips, and we must take advantage of this in as many ways as possible. I am aware that what I just told you is something you already know, but all of us need to be reminded of certain things.

      Anything that you’re going through in life is researchable. Hence: Google it. Doing so will allow you to capitalize off the thousands of years of human civilization. You can, on the Internet, turn to the greatest thinkers, to religion, to yoga. Whatever you need, find it, read it, apply it.

      Please just don’t waste your days away. There is too much to learn. Too many people need help. Life is short, but only if you view it from one lifetime. Please don’t forget about those after us, and please don’t let the hard work that’s been done before us go in vain. Billions of people have died getting life to be as great as what we know it.

      As you will be able to tell by reading my poetry, I live and learn. And because I do, I am able to keep my head high. We’re human, and many of us haven’t lived a life with that silver spoon. Therefore, as we venture out on our own, we are bound to make mistakes. What matters, though, is what we do from that point on. Help me by helping yourself. Let my failures guide you.

      Sincerely,

      Claude A. Ouellette II

      Introduction to

      Understanding Is Everything

      This booklet is filled with love, pain, compassion, understanding, and confusion. The advice that it offers is practical. The

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