Remember when I was telling you about “Blackie”, the diva cat?

Well, I have another story about Blackie….

about her self empowerment.

Now, Blackie is not a big cat. She probably weighed no more than ten pounds back then.

In the house where she was living there also lived a big black dog named Jake. I’m guessing he was probably 6 times the size of Blackie.

Yet when big Jake provoked her,

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If you’re anything like me, you get faced with challenges at the most inconvenient times.

Back in January 2005 I was attending a real estate investment seminar at a Hilton hotel in Arlington, Texas.  On the second night I went to dinner across the street with my husband and 2 nice men from Japan, Nobuji Kanai and Shinya Moriuchi, whom we’d just met at the seminar.

After enjoying delicious Chinese food and good conversation, the 4 of us crossed the street and approached the hotel, still enjoying our time together.

The next thing I knew, my left shoulder was in terrible pain…

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