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There are other changes as well.

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We go on to the joy and through the tears
We go on to discover new frontiers
Moving on with the current of the years.
We go on
Moving forward now as one
Moving on with a spirit born to run
Ever on with each rising sun.
To a new day, we go on.

It's time to move on and move forward.

PassPorter is a small business, and for many years it supported our family. But the world changed, print books took a backseat to the Internet, and for a long time now it has been unable to make ends meet. We've had to find new ways to support our family, which means new careers and less and less time available to devote to our first baby, PassPorter.

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Thank you, thank you, thank you for your amazing support over the years. Without you, there's no way us little guys could have made something like this happen and given the "big guys" a run for their money. PassPorter was consistently the #3 guidebook after the Unofficial and Official guides, which was really unheard of for such a small company to do. We ROCKED it thanks to you and your support and love!

If you miss us, you can still find some of us online. Sara started a new blog at DisneyParkPrincess.com -- I strongly urge you to visit and get on her mailing list. She IS the Disney park princess and knows Disney backward and forward. And I am blogging as well at JenniferMaker.com, which is a little craft blog I started a couple of years ago to make ends meet. You can see and hear me in my craft show at https://www.youtube.com/c/jennifermaker . Many PassPorter readers and fans are on Facebook, in groups they formed like the PassPorter Trip Reports and PassPorter Crafting Challenge (if you join, just let them know you read about it in the newsletter). And some of our most devoted community members started a forum of their own at Pixie Dust Lane and all are invited over.

So we encourage you to stay in touch with us and your fellow community members wherever works best for you!

Best wishes for a wonderful and magical new year!

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Life: Some Assembly Required

Posted 09-17-2009 at 08:10 AM by Sandra Bostwick
Updated 09-18-2009 at 12:05 PM by Sandra Bostwick

Check out this book:
Walt Disney Imagineering-A behind the Dreams Look at Making the Magic Real by the Imagineers-published by Hyperion in 1996.

On Page 89, you'll find a photo of a construction site. On top of raw earth is a tangle of wooden pallets, construction materials and halved columns, lieing in a heap. A big piece of canvas, crudely attached to two sticks and stuck into the ground, announces ITALY PAVILLION-SOME ASSEMBLY REQUIRED.

Can we really know where we are headed during the assembly stage of a project?

The Imagineers commented on the preassembled ruins of Italy: "If we are to take the idea any further, we must prepare ourselves for a road never traveled. We know not of the challenges that await around all the unexpected twists and turns that lie ahead. Each step forward may mean three steps back. But three steps back reveals our true direction."

One of the most striking thoughts I get as I look at the photo is how, at a quick glance, the future Italy Pavillion looks like a city destroyed.

At a certain point of any project, deconstruction and construction appear very similar!

Some bleaders have let me know that they are presently in a phase of tearing things apart, losing something rather than gaining, destroying rather than building. How can they participate in a blog about creating something?

Well, I can't answer for everyone, but if you are one of those, I challenge you to consider that, even if you are being forced to take something apart, you can still travel with us because your three steps back will reveal your true direction, as the Imagineers said.

At a certain point, a snapshot in time will leave any observer wondering if things are being built or destroyed anyway.

As I prepare myself for, yet, another day, I'm going to hang a sign in my mind: MY LIFE: SOME ASSEMBLY REQUIRED.

Have a magical day!

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	WOW Sandy this is good and deep. I will be reflecting on it today. When I logged in I thought "where is Sandy's blog entry" ? It is the very first thing I read when I get to my computer. Wishing you a great day too and thanks for the entry! 0 Pixie Dust Pixie Dust 0
	Posted 09-17-2009 at 08:17 AM by 4Disney2

	HEhehe, I told you Sandy. I'm not alone. I told her the other day the same thing you said, 4Disney2 about logging in and checking her blog. I know Sandy always has something interesting and thought provoking to say. The "wave" continues 0 Pixie Dust Pixie Dust 0
	Posted 09-17-2009 at 11:25 AM by GoofEme

OMG this totally gives me some insight that I that didn't have before. I am destructing part of my life, only to rebuild it again. I am destructing the house to find my ex's things only to clean the house and declutter or reconstruct it you might say to make it mine. Thanks so much for giving me this insight. I can't wait to see what the next insight might be.

I am continuing the wave again.

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Posted 09-17-2009 at 03:14 PM by MaryEL8775 MaryEL8775 is offline

	Very well put! It's just not possible for any of us to always be moving forward. We all have backward steps at times. But hopefully we don't let that derail us completely, but use it as a learning experience and start moving forward once again. It's all about the attitude and looking at the big picture. 0 Pixie Dust Pixie Dust 0
	Posted 09-18-2009 at 04:59 PM by christiejay

	I love this, Sandy!! So insightful! Thanks! 0 Pixie Dust Pixie Dust 0
	Posted 09-19-2009 at 10:48 AM by BettyBeBop

	You guys are really making this blog experiment so nice for me! Thank you for reading! 0 Pixie Dust Pixie Dust 0
	Posted 09-19-2009 at 12:12 PM by Sandra Bostwick