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Local shares gift-giving ideas

Information on pro-active aging and using fall accessories to create different tablescapes will be the featured topics on “Creative Living” on Tuesday at 9:30 p.m. and on Thursday at noon. (All times are Mountain.)

Author and speaker Kate Asbill will talk about pro-active aging which is based on her book “Start Dancin’ and Don’t Stop.” Asbill discusses choices seniors have in terms of living better longer and how they can thrive, not just survive. She lives in Artesia.

Interior decorator Latriece Brooks will show how to use fall accessories and create three different tablescapes using what you currently have on hand. This concept will work regardless of the season or time of year. Brooks’ company is Brooks Interiors in Clovis.

Information on gifts to make, dealing with health issues, and making a window valance will be the featured topics on “Creative Living” on Tuesday at noon and on Saturday at 2 p.m.

Connie Moyers is going to share some of her favorite ideas for gift giving, and many of them use scrapbooking paper and supplies, and all are easy to make. Moyers is formerly with the New Mexico Cooperative Extension Service and lives in Clovis.

Ruth St. Pierre, whose company is Creative Business Resources, says we can use CPA, which stands for Create, Promote, Allow, in dealing with situations such as breast cancer. Speaking first hand, St. Pierre says it was a way for her to reclaim her personal power. She’s from Pleasant Valley, Missouri.

Terrell Sundermann is going to demonstrate making a window valance for either an inside mount or an outside mount. Her business is Terrell Designs in Englewood, Colorado.

Practicing forgiveness

• Forgiveness will be liberating especially if you practice it regularly and consistently. Look for the signs that give you a warning you need to forgive. These signs include negative feelings toward yourself or someone else, as well as avoidance of another person and anger. These are all indicators that you need to forgive.

• I suggest you ask God to open your mind to all the people you need to forgive, and you will find there are more than just a few. Forgive them. Don’t think twice about it. Forgive them, and you will be happy.

• Who is the person you avoid seeing or talking to? Picture that person in your mind and now say, “I forgive you, and I release you.” It may take a several times repeating that before the burden you feel is lifted off your shoulders. Persevere, it will happen.

• Now think of someone that you know doesn’t like you — someone you would consider an enemy — and forgive them as well.

• In every encounter, instead of judging someone, silently say, “I bless you,” or “May God bless you.” You then move from contempt to compassion and compassion leads to happiness.

• Think of the thing you have done that you regret the most. That is an indicator that you need to forgive yourself. Follow the simple prayer of self-forgiveness to truly and completely forgive yourself.

“Creative Living" is produced and hosted by Sheryl Borden. The show is carried by more than 118 PBS stations in the United States, Canada, Guam and Puerto Rico and is distributed by Westlink, Albuquerque.