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Howdy Folks and Good Day!
Time and again I’ve been given the opportunity to explore life in the present
verses the past. Through tales of older
friends and relatives, books, museums and artwork, I’ve learned a lot about the
differences and similarities of both modern and older cultures.
For the most part, human beings throughout the ages have shared the same basic needs and desires… to be safe, secure, loved, happy, and have a sense of connection and belonging. It doesn’t matter where in the world you live, what age you are, or even what era you were born in. These are basic to nearly every human being who has walked the planet – as well as most other species, too.
Through the ages, one way we have developed a sense of happiness, connection, belonging and feeling loved, safe and secure is through story-telling. In many cultures around the world it was common for families and even entire tribes to gather round and listen to their elders share stories of wisdom, insight and even entertainment. In addition, these stories often passed on history, learning skills, and cultural traditions.
Reflecting on this, I felt somewhat saddened that much of our society has seemingly lost these story-telling traditions. Many people don’t bother to listen to their elders much less ask them to share their stories. What precious gifts we miss out on!
Yet as I examined things more closely, I realized our story telling
traditions
For better or worse, most modern societies still value story telling – but now it’s done through mass media and technology. For example, what’s your favorite TV show? What story does it tell? What lessons do you learn? What way of life is being reflected to you? What kind of connection do you have with its characters and storyline? What cultural traits is it passing down?
In some ways, we as a people have given up our right to story tell to mass media. But with the invent of inexpensive webspace, blogs, and forums like “MySpace” and “YouTube” folks are once again reclaiming their position as narrator. We are sharing our own stories more and more as we find new outlets for them.
Just think of how many stories are circulated around the globe via the internet in a single day! From personal e-mails to published e-zines there are stories abound, as well as a sense of connection to those sharing them.
There appears to be a movement to honor human beings over technology while still acknowledging and utilizing modern advances. In some ways technology has brought us closer through the advent of things like e-mail and cell phones. Yet we must be careful to also honor people directly. As wonderful as modern conveniences are, it’s still important to interact one on one with people… Get together for coffee or tea, catch up with each others’ lives, interact with family members, chat with the neighbors and even exchange stories.
No matter how great the technology, it is still people who make our world work and who make the biggest differences in our lives. It’s people who love us, who help us, and who encourage us – and hopefully we do the same for them.
When our lives are completed and everything is said and done, the stories we pass along (whether in person or over the internet) will most like be of the people who were there for us and who most positively impacted our lives.
No matter how many changes we go through, our basic needs are still the same. And while we embrace modern technology and are grateful for its benefits, it’s truly each other whom we hug, smile at, and love.
And hopefully we all live happily ever after…
With Peace, Love, Happiness, Health, and Prosperity…
Rev. Jeanette
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PROGRAM YOUR
A little positive pro-active
programming can go a long way in creating the kind of day you truly
desire. Take a few seconds to fill in
the blanks of your life.
Today, I desire
and experience…
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I affirm the following positive reality:
“Gratitude and Thanksgiving are a way of
life for me. They are as easy as
breathing.”
— © Louise Hay
2.
“In this feeling, we move from the
viewpoint that SUSPECTS we’re simply experiencing whatever comes our way to the
perspective that KNOWS we’re part of all that is. Thus, we create a shift of energy that may be
described as the classic ‘quantum leap.’ ”
— © The Divine Matrix – by Gregg Braden
3.
A Play-date With Enchantment:
Using the Past to Your Pleasurable
Advantage
Here is an exercise that can help you to retrieve positive images and sensations focusing on one or more of your senses.
Begin by closing your eyes and listening to the sounds around you. Listen for a few minutes. When you feel drawn to a particular sound, stay with it. Allow yourself to mentally wander remembering to focus on the positive.
When you are ready, open your eyes and find an object to hold in your hands, such as an article of clothing. Close your eyes and explore the object, listen to the sounds around you.
What positive memories and experiences are evoked by focusing on two of your senses, i.e. touch and hearing?
Try this exercise mixing and matching your other senses.
This is an exercise from one of my many articles about exploring your Enchanted Self.
— © Dr. Barbara Becker
In private practice
since 1981, Dr. Barbara Becker
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4.
“If there’s a power within us to
alter the essence of the universe in ways that can heal and create peace, then
it makes tremendous sense that there would be a language that allows us to do
so consciously and at will. And there is
– interestingly, it’s precisely the language of emotion, imagination, and
prayer…”
— © The Divine Matrix – by Gregg Braden
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ValueSpeak
A Weekly Column
By
HARNESSING THE BEST THAT IS WITHIN YOU
It wasn’t that my first semester at college was a
total waste academically. My roommate,
Dave, and I learned a lot together.
For example,
we learned that if you’re really careful you can squirt an entire can of
shaving cream into a large balloon, and that the content of one such balloon,
accurately dropped from a fifth-floor dorm window, is sufficient to completely
cover a 1968 Volkswagen Beetle.
We also learned that peas have the perfect density
for long-distance bombing in a cafeteria food fight – and that applesauce
doesn’t.
And we learned
that it takes about two seconds for heavily amplified sound to travel a quarter
of a mile. We conducted this experiment
ourselves, using Dave’s stereo, four speakers facing out of our dorm window and
the long scream from “Won’t Get Fooled Again” by the Who. Two seconds after we cranked it up, heads
started turning on campus. We even made
the university newspaper the next day under the headline: “Mystery Sound
Baffles Security.”
Unfortunately, I didn’t take physics that semester so
I didn’t get any credit for all of that exhaustive research. This is consistent because I didn’t get much
credit in any of the classes I actually took, either. Not that I tried to fail. I studied – when there wasn’t anything else
to do.
When I showed Dad my first collegiate grade report I expected a flash of anger and
frustration. He was, after all, footing
the bill for what appeared to be a fairly bogus educational adventure. He was entitled to a little righteous
indignation.
“Dad, let me explain . . .” I said, opening a speech
I had been practicing for days.
He held up a hand to stop me. “You don’t need to explain anything,” he
said, calmly. “I know that the first
semester of college can be tough.” He
glanced at the report again. “I just
wasn’t expecting it to be THIS tough.”
I could see the disappointment in his eyes – eyes
that had always been filled with pride at every high school accomplishment and
success.
“The thing that concerns me,” he continued, “is that
you didn’t even try. These grades don’t
tell me that you’re not smart enough for college. They tell me that you didn’t put forth any
effort. And if you don’t learn anything
else from your first semester, you’re going to learn that if a thing is worth
doing at all, it’s worth giving it your best effort. Anything less than that is
a waste of time, money and talent.”
With that he tore my grade report in half and tossed
it in the garbage. He started to leave, then he stopped and turned to face me once more. “You’ve got
one semester to see what you can do when you try,” he said. “Aren’t you curious to know how far your best
effort can take you?”
As it turned out, I was. I didn’t become a Rhodes Scholar or anything,
but I tried harder and my grades improved.
And every once in a while I attacked a project with my whole heart and
soul and I found out that my best effort was . . . well . . . pretty good, if I
do say so myself.
Of course, I’m no different than most folks that
way. Many of us are content to cruise
through life, expending only as much energy as required to keep ourselves
afloat. Only occasionally, when
circumstances thrust themselves upon us, do we achieve the level of excellence
of which we are capable. At such times
we often amaze ourselves with what we are able to accomplish when we really,
really try.
And then we slip back into calm waters and resume
floating.
Life saves its greatest rewards for those who have
the strength and courage to escape their comfort zone. These people aren’t necessarily more talented
or more capable than anyone else.
They’ve just learned how to harness the best that is within them. They refuse to settle for “adequate” when
they are capable of “superb.” And they
understand that the only thing that’s good half-done is a steak.
That’s what Dad used to say. And he was right. “Do Your Best” is a powerful philosophy for
living. If you’re going to do it –
whatever “it” is – do your best. That
doesn’t mean you have to be the best there is – just the best you can be.
Even if that eliminates new
advances in shaving cream balloon bombing along the way.
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— © Joseph Walker
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