struggle against the German knightly orders in the 13th and 14th centuries. Under the harsh conditions of the Russification programme initiated in the 1880s such books stimulated the national spirit and willpower to resist all alien oppression. The poetess and playwright Lydia Koidula (1843-1886, daughter of Johann Voldemar Jannsen) played an exceptionally important role in the two decades before her death; her poetic talent emotionally and inspirationally expressed the national spirit, glorifying her homeland and its people. Koidula’s song, Mu Isamaa on Minu Arm (My Country is My Love) with the music written by Gustav Ernesaks (1908-1993) finished every song festival since 1947 (a tradition still very much alive), and became the unofficial anthem during the Soviet occupation when her father’s Mu isamaa, mu õnn ja rõõm (My Country is My Pride and Joy), the anthem of the first independent
plenty of rest. Vince Lombardi, the legendary Green Bay Packers football coach, once said, “Fatigue doth make cowards of us all.” When you are not getting enough rest, you are far more likely to be negative, irritable, and lacking in self-confidence. But when you are fully rested and eating well, when you are feed- ing your mind with positive messages continually, when you are read- ing inspirationally and constantly visualizing your goals as a reality, you become a more positive, optimistic, and cheerful human being. You will wake up in the morning with the feeling that there is nothing that you cannot do if you put your mind to it. If you hold that thought long enough and hard enough, it will become true in your life.You will begin to feel unstoppable. ACTION EXERCISES 1
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