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John William Tuohy lives in Washington DC
Declaring control over your life
My inner peace comes first and
to find that peace I will examine my life and my thinking daily to control the
power and restlessness of the rational mind and to find and take in the
positive energies that support my awareness and inner peace. I will examine my
life daily to free myself of any single thing that keeps me from complete self-acceptance
and reasonable acceptance and compassion for others.
In my daily examination I will
find behaviors in my life that are negative energies that force me control feeling
within myself and interfere with my peace of mind…… because my inner peace
comes first.
In my daily examination I will
seek the truth and in that I will recognize negative energies because they lie
and to remain active within me, they create illusions of truth.
I am not a pre-programmed machine.
I am responsible for my own well-being and positive outlook and in that I will
always be open to every chance, even if it is painful to me, that offer’s me
the opportunity to become more aware of negative energies within me
The good Lord has provided me
with everything I need to be happy and to enjoy the very second of every
experience, of the here and now. I will not allow the past nor a future that
isn’t here yet or demands and expectations of others, to take that heavenly
gift away from me.
I am responsible for my here
and now. I am responsible for everything that I experience because I have decided
what my actions will be, what will influence me and how I will interact with
others. I must be responsible for me in order to grow daily into a higher
consciousness.
Although I will strive to have acceptance
and compassion for others, that acceptance and compassion must be tempered by
reason. I will not allow myself to become entangled in their dilemmas and
dramas.
I will always interact with
others from a position of wisdom, love and expanded consciousness that comes
from being a centered, cognisant human being.
I will not interact with others when I am
upset or emotionally drained. I will understand that everyone, everyone, is a
human being in the making searching in their own way for their God given right
to higher consciousness.
and I will remember to laugh because it's good for me
Makes sense
“A loving person lives in a
loving world. A hostile person lives in a hostile world. Everyone you meet is
your mirror.” Ken Keyes
Do you know about Ken Keyes?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Keyes,_Jr.
Remember, see positive, be positive............like this guy
Finding Zen
Zen: a total state of focus that incorporates a total togetherness of body and mind. Zen is a way of being. It also is a state of mind. Zen involves dropping illusion and seeing things without distortion created by your own thoughts.
“The only Zen you find on tops
of mountains is the Zen you bring there.”
Robert M. Pirsig
Is there a reason we don't do this in the US? No, wait, is there a GOOD reason we don't do this in the US?
Want to attend college for
free? It can happen if you learn German.
All German universities are now
free to Americans and all other international students. The last German state
to charge tuition at its universities struck down the fees this week.
Even before Germany abolished
college tuition for all students, the price was a steal. Typically semester
fees were around $630. What’s more, German students receive many perks
including discounts for food, clothing and events, as well as inexpensive or
even free transportation.
In explaining why Germany made
this move, Dorothee Stapelfeldt, a Hamburg senator, called tuition fees
“unjust” and added that “they discourage young people who do not have a
traditional academic family background from taking up study. It is a core task
of politics to ensure that young women and men can study with a high quality
standard free of charge in Germany.”
Actually, German universities
were free up until 2006 when they started charging tuition. That triggered such
a crush of criticism that German states began phasing out this policy. Lower
Saxony was the last holdout.
It’s too bad that politicians
in the U.S. don’t feel that a college education is worth supporting
appropriately. State aid to the nation’s public universities took a nosedive
during the 2008 recession and education funding remains well below those levels.
The average state is spending 23 percent less per student than before the
recession, according to a report by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.
Actually, state support has
been declining for public universities for a quarter of a century. Using an
interactive tool from The Chronicle of Higher Education, you can see how state
government subsidies have cratered at individual institutions.
With the average undergrad
borrower now leaving school with more than $29,000 in debt, the free ride in
Germany can look awfully tempting.
How to handle the language
barrier
German is not an easy language
to learn. Fortunately, however, there are international language programs in
Germany, which have become very popular with international students before they
tackle obtaining a degree in a different language.
What’s more, an increasing
number of German universities are offering degrees in English. These are often
called international studies programs or in some other way have the word
international in their title.
Sometimes the good guys win, sometimes decency triumphs.
Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani teen who was attacked by Taliban militants for promoting education for girls, will share the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize with Kailash Satyarthi, an Indian campaigner against exploitation of children.
The Norwegian Nobel Committee says on Nobelprize.org:
"Showing great personal courage, Kailash Satyarthi, maintaining Gandhi’s tradition, has headed various forms of protests and demonstrations, all peaceful, focusing on the grave exploitation of children for financial gain. He has also contributed to the development of important international conventions on children’s rights.
"Despite her youth, Malala Yousafzai has already fought for several years for the right of girls to education, and has shown by example that children and young people, too, can contribute to improving their own situations. This she has done under the most dangerous circumstances. Through her heroic struggle she has become a leading spokesperson for girls’ rights to education."
Always believe that something wonderful is going to happen,
Always believe that something
wonderful is going to happen, that it is right around the corner
just the way you imagined it to be.
I have always been out of step with the world.
I have always been out of step
with the world. I am the uncoolest human being on the planet and that’s by
choice and by design because I have figured out that life is difficult under
the best of circumstances but it’s even more difficult when we concern
ourselves with what everyone else is doing. It is a choice that includes being mindful,
being aware of what is happening to me right now and accepting that and not
wising it were different because that takes the power of my life away from me.
SO I strive to be in the moment, to enjoy every pleasant thing as it happens
with the understanding that it will be gone in a moment’s time. The goal is to
understand your life because understanding exceeds knowledge. How many people
know you? And now ask, how many people that you know understand you? The goal
is to understand.
Words and actions
One of the goals in my life is to love with actions and not
with words. It’s one of the most difficult things to do on a consistent basis. .gif)
At some point in my life
At some point in my life, I don’t
recall when or where it was, I decided that I am, you are, we all are, created
in the image and likeness of God. Imagine if the entire world believed that and
then put that simple belief into action? War and famine would be a nightmare of
the past.
Although I am not a religious man I believe deeply that I am made in
the image and likeness of God because as I go through life I met and continue
to meet so many people who were absolutely determined to reduce me and
everybody else in the human race to some form of intelligent plant life, to the
status of an evolutionary mistake. All that does is cheapen the concept of
life.
In that same light , I stopped
praying for things. Now I pray to put myself in step, in harmony, with God and
if it’s his will that I should or should not have a thing, whatever it is,
because it may take us out of step, out of harmony, then so be it.
This too shall pass.
This too shall pass. When the
bad times come always remember that, that this too shall pass. It, no matter
what it is and no matter how tremendous and overpowering it may seem at the
moment…it is not permanent because life is a fluid thing for me, for you, for
all of us. It changes. And when it does, when it passes, you’ll look back and
wonder what the big deal was all about, why did you worry about it so much. Troubles always look smaller once they pass.
Seize this day, this gift you have been given.
and while seizing the day, remember to laugh, it's good for you and makes you a better, happier person. Here, watch this and laugh....
So in 59 years what have I learned?
So in 59 years
what have I learned?
A lot, actually
but what I was thinking about today is what I fool a made of myself every now and then, over the years, over some woman
now long gone, because I allowed her to manipulate my thinking and control
parts of my life….all in the name of love. But that’s not love. Love doesn’t do
that. What that is is just old fashioned manipulation and control.
When I stopped
allowing that to happen to me, when I learned to walk away from people like
that, my world changed for the better.
That’s one of the
things I’ve learned it’s just a shame it had to be learned the hard way.
and remember to laugh, here watch this guy.....................
The past is a pain in the butt,
The past is a pain
in the butt, it can’t be changed, Lord knows it can’t forgotten, and you can’t
go back and edited out the bad stuff. But here’s what you can do; you can
accept it. Try that because you can't have a better tomorrow if you are still in yesterday.
Have integrity.
Have integrity. Be
what you are, if you’re smarter than the crowd, so be in. If you don’t fit in
with the crowd because you’re smarter, so be it. Don’t ever, ever, ever dumb yourself down to
fit it. That’s what stupid people do. That’s what people with no integrity do. Be you.
and remember to laugh, here, here's some funny basketball stuff.......................
Push yourself.
Push yourself. Be
better than you are. Even when you are alone and even when there are no battles
to be fought. Push yourself. Be better
than you are. Wage war on your self-imposed limitations ....and remember to laugh because its fun and good for you. Here, look at this bear thing, it's pretty funny. (He IS NOT letting go of that ball)
And now we’re apart and
And now we’re apart and
you’re just some stranger
who knows all my secrets
and all my family members
and all my quirks
and flaws
and it doesn’t make sense.
Gaby Dunn
I'm not waiting
Last week I went up to the stables to ride and brought along a bag of apples pieces for the horses.
This one horse, the one in the photo below, decided he didn't want to wait for his piece of apple and somehow opened his stall with his nose, walked down the barn to where I was and stood in front of me like "Okay I'm here"
I gave him his apple and said "Now you have to go back inside your little house because your not suppose to be out here and its not fair to everybody for you to cut the line. I'm sorry" and I'll be damned if he didn't turn around and go back to his stall.
This one horse, the one in the photo below, decided he didn't want to wait for his piece of apple and somehow opened his stall with his nose, walked down the barn to where I was and stood in front of me like "Okay I'm here"
I gave him his apple and said "Now you have to go back inside your little house because your not suppose to be out here and its not fair to everybody for you to cut the line. I'm sorry" and I'll be damned if he didn't turn around and go back to his stall.
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