Dear Dolphins,

I have eclectic musical tastes. Having heard several good rock songs on the radio by the Canadian Group Nickelback, I ordered one of their CDs and then checked them out on the web. Go to www.nickelback.com and watch their video “The Day that Nobody Died” – it is tremendously moving, profiling Nelson Mandella’s election where 19 million people voted (standing in long, long lines in the hot African sun to do it), Bob Geldof’s first Live Aid that raised millions of dollars, and a woman I’d never heard of who witnessed three children killed in Ireland and organized a peace march with 10,000 people. Violence and ugliness broke out from people protesting her march, and she responded by having another march the next week – this one with 35,000 people. Betty Williams was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1976. Watch the video and revel in the beauty of humanity, the idealism and glorious spirits that always rise to confront the evil in the world. We are in good company.

Another song on that CD is “We All Just Want to be Big Rock Stars” and made me laugh. It reminded me of another kind of “Rock Star” – this one on the beach during my family’s vacation in Maui two years ago…

Wishing you all smooth seas, sunny skies, and treasure ships at your docks!
Love and blessings,
Chellie

ARTICLE: Rock Stars, Dolphins, and Danger on the Beach

“Cause we all just want to be big rock stars and live in hilltop houses driving 15 cars…”—Nickelback

The older I get, the more I appreciate my family. I am one of those fortunates who grew up with a loving, functional family group – mom, dad, and three of us girls. My sisters are married, and some of their children are married now too, so our little group has expanded over the years.

Two summers ago, all 13 of us went en mass to Hawaii, and stayed in two condos near the beach at Napili Bay, Maui. Oh, we were so excited! We saved our money diligently in our vacation accounts for a couple of years, all our Christmas presents to each other consisted of Hawaiian shirts, sandals, snorkeling equipment and the like. It was fun just to look forward to it!

The day of departure arrived at last, and we jetted off, laughing and snacking on the plane, then unloading into a bunch of cars (the teens and twenty-somethings in the “Cool Car”), oohing over the magnificent rainbow that spanned the entire island, and settling into our condos. We basked in the sun, snorkeled with the sea turtles, shopped, luaued, hulaed, and had a marvelous time. Each condo group hosted a dinner party for the other, and we barbequed and played a poker tournament and a game of “spoons”. We got in the water early in the day and got out of it at suppertime. Heaven!

The only thing I missed were the dolphins. The guys had seen them on a fishing trip they took, so I knew they were around, but I hadn’t seen the. The people at the resort said the dolphins rarely came into this bay. That was disappointing news, but the night before the last day of our trip, I meditated and gave a call to the dolphins: “Please come into the bay tomorrow and visit me!”

The dawn of our last day came, and we all trekked over to the beach, to enjoy our last Maui surf and sand day. We didn’t know that this bright, sunny, serene beach day would turn dark and filled with danger.

“Help! Help!” a young boy screamed as his mother collapsed in the waves. My brother-in-law, Dick, who is a fire chief with the Los Angeles Fire Department, and my brother-in-law, Lloyd, who teaches gymnastics and had just completed a CPR review course, jumped to the rescue. They hauled the woman from the sea, started CPR, called the paramedics, and in their calm, cool, professional manner, handled the emergency.

“Help! Help!” Not three hours later, another emergency struck just paces down the beach from us. A man dove head-first into a shallow wave and struck his head. He couldn’t move. People struggled to drag his inert body out of the water. My niece Lindsey’s young husband, Tyler, a paramedic with the LAFD, ran down the beach to help, followed closely by Maxie, her sister Marissa’s husband. Maxie watched in awe as Tyler took control of the situation and gave orders to all of the horrified onlookers, “Stand back.” “Give us some room here.” “You – have a cell phone? Good, call the paramedics.” “You – stop yelling and get towels.”

The man was scared because he couldn’t move and was afraid he had broken his neck. Tyler spoke reassuringly, calmed him, and said that it could just be a sprain and a temporary paralysis. Again, the emergency rescue squad arrived on the beach and took over, and my nephews by marriage returned to our beach towels. I’ll never forget the look of respect on Maxie’s face as he related to the rest of us how masterfully Tyler had handled the emergency, finishing with, “Man, people talk about rock stars, but you’re the real rock star!”

Never mind about the same old celebrities that capture the headlines of our media in endless repetitions. There are wonderful people in your life beyond the superficial vagaries of fame who are worth more than gold - paramedics, firemen, teachers, sisters, brothers, mothers, fathers. I looked at the unique individual rock stars of my family with deepest love, and thanked God again for the people in my life that make my life beautiful.

And as I turned to gaze across the sun-sparkled ocean, the dolphins swam into the bay.

CHELLIE’S UPCOMING APPEARANCES:

Radio and Teleclasses

Chellie’s guest teleclass July 31: Chellie will be the featured guest for Family Wealth Matters with Alexis Neely at 12:00 pm PST. For information, contact Kris Mazzini, 1-866-999-FWPI or email kris@familywealthmatters.com.

Chellie on the radio August 2: Chellie appears with host Meg Haworth, on her radio show, “Life Lessons from Your Soul” at www.bigmediausa.com at 2:00pm PST. For more information, contact Meg at 323-463-3636 or doctormeg@sbcglobal.net.

Chellie on the radio August 20: Chellie on the radio August 20: Chellie appears with host Wendi Liechty, The Bliss Chick, on her radio show “Everyday Bliss”at 12:00pm PST. For more information, contact Wendi at 951-371-1179 or wendi@everydaybliss.com.

Live Events

June 28, 2007: Chellie is the guest speaker for Women in Media, Entertainment & Technology dinner meeting at 7:00pm PST. This is an invitation-only membership group dedicated to developing relationships and making contacts. For further information on the group, contact founder Anne Marie Michaels on the web at http://businessnetwork.meetup.com/159/?gj=sj17 or email her at nasnit@gmail.com.

September 11, 2007: Chellie will be the featured speaker at the evening meeting of For You Network, a women’s organization and NAFE affiliate whose mission is to enrich the lives of women personally and professionally. The Santa Monica chapter meets at 6:30pm PST the second Tuesday of each month at the Harbor House restaurant in Marina del Rey. Contact Suzanne Mann at 310-441-9393 x114 or smmann@gmail.com for details.

September 19, 2007: Chellie is speaking at the Woodland Hills Chamber of Commerce networking luncheon at the Braemar Country Club in Tarzana. Contact Susan Hamersky at 818-883-8550 or info@calconcierge.com for information.

Financial Stress Reduction® Workshops New evening classes begin Monday, August 13, 2007 and Wednesday, August 15 from 6:00 – 8:30 pm and the daytime class begins Tuesday, August 14 from 1:00 – 3:30 pm for the 8-week series. Achieve extraordinary results in your money and your life!  Call 310-476-1622 or visit www.chellie.com for more information..

A LITTLE ABOUT CHELLIE . . .

Chellie Campbell is a former musical comedy actress and past owner of a business management firm who’s been a professional speaker for over sixteen years. She’s the author of The Wealthy Spirit: Daily Affirmations for Financial Stress Reduction (Sourcebooks, 2002), a GlobalNet book-of-the-month selection. Chellie has been quoted in the LA Times, Good Housekeeping, Lifetime, Essence, Woman’s World and many books, and she’s featured in How to Run Your Business Like a Girl by Elizabeth Cogswell Baskin and Money, A Memoir: Women, Emotions, and Cash by Liz Perle. Her new book, Zero to Zillionaire: 8 Foolproof Steps to Financial Peace of Mind was released by Sourcebooks in the spring of 2006.

CONTACT CHELLIE!

Chellie can be reached at chellie@chellie.com or call 310-476-1622.

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