…have made a cat lover out of me. Anyone want a used Golden Retriever?
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These two cats…
I <3 Algoma!
I can work downtown yet take a walk at lunch and be treated to scenery like this all within my walking range…
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Priorities?
The person storing their boat at this abandoned property makes it look like we have our priorities messed up in Wisconsin if you don’t know the backstory…
Pilate’s Dream…
I have a theory; the music that you loved when you first ‘discovered’ music is the music that indelibly shapes your taste forever. Me? I discovered music in 1972. Carole King’s Tapestry, George Harrison’s Concert for Bangladesh and Jesus Christ Superstar were the ‘must own’ albums in my middle school class…
40 years later I still listen to Jesus Christ Superstar every Holy Week; not because its accurate from a biblical standpoint — it’s just an Easter ritual that makes me think. I love to put in my headphones and jack it up. The parts I appreciate most come from the work of guitarist Henry McCullough who later played with Paul McCartney and Wings amongst other bands. Listen to his work on this song…
Stunningly good. Amazing skill! Here he is on the banned in the UK hit Give Ireland Back to the Irish
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On attachments…
Melody Beattie shares this today…
A friend called me one day. His shiny new car was in the garage for repairs again. “I should have gotten a truck, something practical, that would start every day and get me to work,” he said. “If ever, ever I start screaming that I have to have something and can’t live without it, start screaming back at me until I stop.”
What’s attached to your self-esteem? Continue reading “On attachments…”
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Taking things personally…
“There is a huge amount of freedom that comes to you when you take nothing personally.” ~Don Miguel Ruiz
On blame…
“We are taught you must blame your father, your sisters, your brothers, the school, the teachers – but never blame yourself. It’s never your fault. But it’s always your fault, because if you wanted to change you’re the one who has got to change.”
– Katharine Hepburn, iconic film actress.
via Today’s Quotes: If You Want To Fly, You’re Going To Ruffle Some Feathers!.
If it isn’t working
Nicholas Bate shares this…
(1) It’s maybe them (2) It’s maybe the system (3) It’s maybe you (4) It’s maybe a combo of all three (5) But the one you can start with is you (6) Get good (7) Get really good (8) Don’t accept any excuses from that crappy inner voice which reports to your dark side (9) one more hit of the snooze button? (10) ha ha, no way! (11) one more cup of coffee? (12) absolutely not! (13) skip the gym, it’s been a tough day! (14) are you crazy!? (15) as once you repair you, they realise they need fixing otherwise they simply lose you. (16) and once you re-invent you, you have so much energy, focus and cool, it’ll only take minutes to fix the system.
Marriage inventory quiz
Is your marriage headed down the aisle of divorce? Dr. Phil shares the six quickest ways to ruin a marriage, and their relationship has all of them. Take the quiz and find out if your relationship is at risk.
Go to the source if you want to take the quiz…
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Why do I do this?
The short answer is because I can. The long answer is because I feel it’s my duty…
I have been blogging for over 7 years and over the course of time I have developed a fast and efficient workflow for blogging. I can share ‘better and faster’ than anyone I know. In my business, I teach thinkers how to become thought leaders on the internet and how to use content management and marketing for thought leadership. I have a business blog, but this site is where I share personal thoughts — it’s kind of a personal lifestream or a personal scrapbook of the good stuff I find in my travels around the internet. The tools I use allow me to share things in seconds so why not?
I also share because I care. 2 Corinthians 1:3-5 says…
3 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, 4 who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God. 5 For just as we share abundantly in the sufferings of Christ, so also our comfort abounds through Christ. Source: 2 Corinthians 1:3-5 NIV – Praise to the God of All Comfort – Bible Gateway
I see it as a duty to share the comfort I myself have received. It is written in the Book of James
If anyone, then, knows the good they ought to do and doesn’t do it, it is sin for them. Source: James 4 NIV – Submit Yourselves to God – What causes – Bible Gateway
I share because I must…
I’m not much of an original thinker so most of my posts are simply curated content. My hope is that I’m doing my small role in the Universe to amplify good thoughts and perhaps help people find something they need when they need it. Does it work? You’re reading this aren’t you?
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Who is wise among you?
13 Who is wise and understanding among you? Let them show it by their good life, by deeds done in the humility that comes from wisdom.
via James 3 NIV – Taming the Tongue – Not many of you – Bible Gateway.
Let go of low self esteem
Melody Beattie shares this thought for today…
“Sell-esteem is so illusive,” said Amanda. “I’ve been working on my self-esteem for years. The harder I work at it, the less I seem to have.”
I believe we can let go of low self-esteem. We can turn around lack of belief in ourselves. We can become willing to forgive ourselves. We can stop tolerating treatment that doesn’t feel good to us. We can look at the dangers of defining ourselves by money, power, or prestige, or by whom we know and what we have. Ultimately, we can become willing to take care of ourselves and nurture ourselves through whatever experiences life may bring.
Twelve Step programs offer two Steps that can help us build self-esteem, acceptance, and self-love. Step Six says we become entirely ready to have God take our defects of character. Step Seven says we humbly ask God to remove our shortcomings. The work isn’t easy, but it is worthwhile.
For now it’s enough to become willing to let go of our low self-esteem and all the ways that low self-esteem manifests in our lives.
God, please replace my low self-esteem with self-acceptance.
Source: April 2: Let Go of Low Self Esteem | Language of Letting Go
Love yourself, accept yourself, forgive yourself
“Love yourself—accept yourself—forgive yourself—and be good to yourself, because without you the rest of us are without a source of many wonderful things.”―Leo F. Buscaglia
via Love Yourself, Accept Yourself, Forgive Yourself [BLOG] « Positively Positive.
First thing in the morning…
“First thing every morning before you arise say out loud, “I believe,” three times.”
– Norman Vincent Peale, the amazing author of “The Power of Positive Thinking”!
“There are four questions of value in life… What is sacred? Of what is the spirit made? What is worth living for, and what is worth dying for? The answer to each is the same. Only love.“
– Johnny Depp, the raddest actor of our generation.
“The success of love is in the loving – it is not in the result of loving. Of course it is natural in love to want the best for the other person, but whether it turns out that way or not does not determine the value of what we have done.“
– Mother Teresa, was quite literally a Saint!
“The value you place on yourself is the value the world will give you. If you want to be compensated for your talents – value your time. If you want to be a valuable business – solve valuable problems. If you want to be a valuable lover – give your love away with no expectation of return. If you want be valuable to yourself – choose people who do the same.”
– Jackson Kiddard, author & polymath.
Bright, shiny objects! 
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