Tuesday, September 26, 2017

one becomes tempted to become xtian

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UwnvxVevU4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPgZodtOTY4

Monday, September 4, 2017

Tuesday, August 15, 2017

Nothing new

The law locks up the man or woman
Who steals the goose from off the common
But leaves the greater villain loose
Who steals the common from off the goose.

Anonymous, in The Tickler Magazine, February 1, 1821

first lesson

“The first lesson of economics is scarcity: There is never enough of anything to satisfy all those who want it. The first lesson of politics is to disregard the first lesson of economics.”

Monday, July 31, 2017

Lisa A. Romano

Life changes are difficult for everyone. When we are faced with confronting our addictions, failed marriages, troubled children, or we are told we are facing a major health crisis, in most cases, many of us realize something, although we may not know what, something has to change.
All those times we drank, popped a pill, had sex, argued, or fell asleep, instead of listening to our divine inner guidance leads us to places in our life where the pain has become so excruciating we burn out. Our once smiley codependent, people pleasing dispositions have been buried by all the stuffing and denying we have done for the sake of not rocking the boat. And it's not that we don't want to rock the boat as much as it is we don't know what to do when we actually do rock the boat.
One of the reasons I feel so compelled to speak out on behalf of all the silent abused adult children of the world is because I simply do not think it is fair that those of us who have been denied healthy coping skills, meaningful life lessons, and who have been abandoned in some way by the very people who were supposed to take care of them, lose out on creating the types of destinies we deserve. We ALL have the right to live happily and have meaningful lives. BUT, when your subconscious programming has you reacting instead of taking action on your destinies behalf, you cannot create. You can only ruminate, recreate, rinse, recycle, and repeat your pasts.
On the road back to me, I figured out that no matter what has happened to us in our childhoods, within us is the power to change our lives and our destinies. Yep! You possess the power to change no different than anyone else on this planet--BUT you MUST CHANGE in order to CHANGE your world.
I know, I know, I know....of course you want to change and of course you would change if you knew how. And that is why it is so important that we all firmly get it through our heads sooner than later that our mothers, fathers, siblings, spouses, bosses, employees, and friends are not going to change for us. However, when WE change, we change the world.
Once you stop expecting the emotionally blind and the spiritually deaf to hear, you can finally get on with your own life. Nope, this is not easy work. To change, you will be asked to alter your own neural wiring. ARE YOU KIDDING ME? This IS the absolute most challenging and meaningful work anyone could ever do.
To change you need two major mindset shifts.
1) You must be humble enough and willing enough to change.
2) You must be willing to use self-control as you change.
Sounds simple right? Nope...
Try it and let us know how you do.
Today's Love Life Anyway Challenge is to see if you can remember a time in your life where you actually DID change. You noticed something about your life you didn't like and YOU decided to change. How did you change your destiny?
Share with us if you feel so inclined.