Each of us is a teacher (whether we realize it or not) – and it’s our duty to teach and share what we know. That’s our “job”.
Each of us has our own perspective: a different vantage point and a unique perception and interpretation. There are things we can see that others cannot – and there are things that others can see, often quite clearly, that we cannot.
“Each day when I awake I know I have one more day to make a difference in someone’s life”
Wanting one’s life to matter and make a positive difference (recognized and appreciated by others) is probably among most people’s deepest desires.
Are you sending out to GIVE or to GET?
What we are thinking about and how it makes us feel is what we get back. You can focus on what you don’t want or focus on what you do want. It’s the feelings that create the energy we send out. Reality is nothing more than the result of how we have been flowing our energy. We do not have to face-up or put up with anything. All we have to do is learn to flow our energy differently.
You’ve probably heard that “everything is energy” and that “where attention goes, energy flows”, but you may not be aware of just how important different (pulsating) electromagnetic frequencies are to life. Much of that energy is flowing through space (directly and as a result of reflection, refraction, or diffraction) in electromagnetic waves.
Our bodies are like antennas that allow us to “tune in” to the station(s) of our choice. Our ability to choose allow us to accept some signals and reject others from the many broadcasts we can receive.
Broadcasting originally referred to planting seeds. If we are not careful about what we allow to take root, we may later have difficulty ridding ourselves of it.
Our health, wealth, and happiness are the result of our habits. The word “habit” originally meant an article of clothing and we still use it that way when referring to a nun’s costume or the attire worn while riding horses.
Like our clothing, our habits tend to identify, express and cover every aspect of our lives.
You have probably heard more than once that “everything is energy”. Yet not all energy is the same. This is a good thing, given all the “negative” talk about a supposed “energy crisis”.
When you squeeze, stress, or apply pressure to something (or someone), you often find out what’s inside: the “juice within”. Sometimes, what you get is what you expect; sometimes, it’s a surprise. The only way to know for sure what something (or someone) is made of – without taking them apart – is to apply a little pressure and see what kind of response you get. I don’t mean pushing people’s buttons for no reason, but no one really knows what they can, or cannot, handle (or how) until put in the situation. Despite what they may think, few people really know how they will react or what they are (or are not) capable of until “put to the test” – when and where it counts (the most).
Insanity is often defined as doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results – and yet success often depends on doing something (well) long enough for desirable results to manifest. Insanity or just patience? Perhaps some of both is needed for “success”.
Consider the source less important than the truth, importance, and/or relevance of what is shared. Far too often people pay more attention to the messenger than the message or how something is said rather than what is (or is not) said – with social “status” and style seeming to matter more than substance.
Credibility and trust are often extended or withheld upon irrelevant criteria.
There is a lot of talk today about “deficits” (and what is perceived and proclaimed as “lacking”, or “not enough”, in some way). Most people are aware of a growing “budget deficit” and increasing “attention deficit”. But, is there really a deficit (problem) at all – or just a difficulty in our default definition, distribution, and allocation of assets and resources?
Like love and lost items, people often seem to look for “intelligence” in the “wrong” places. “Intelligence” is also sometimes sought and/or used for the “wrong” reasons. There seems to be quite a bit of confusion about what signals intelligence.
Evolution is inevitable – but to evolve often involves some discomfort.
Comfort Zones are often not all that “comfortable”. A better term might be Familiar Zones. What is familiar is like home. Home is where people usually like to go and return to – especially when they are tired and/or just want to relax and be less “conscious” for a while. What we consider home is in many ways just a habit.
Shant, shanti, shanti… Sanskrit for peace… Sometimes repeated as a mantra during meditation. La paz (Spanish for peace) that refreshes – with each pause to breath and reflect.
It has been said that prayer is talking to God – and meditation is “listening” (to the reply). What is it that many people seem to lack, wish for, and seek? Peace! – especially of mind. This blog is a piece of mine.
Are you a “Believer”? You might be – and not know it!
I have NOT (yet) seen the new movie called The Book of Eli, so I cannot comment on the plot, acting, or actual “message” or “meaning” of the film’s “content” – but I thought it quite interesting how the film is being “marketed” to the “masses”.
In every human population, there are around 10% who have, or will, put helping others in need or at risk above their own safety (or own group identity)
A hyphen-nation is one that keeps people permanently divided and focused on identifying (with) differences rather than commonalities.
What are you known for? By who? How and how well are you known?
WHAT you know, WHO you know, and WHAT you know about WHO sometimes matters less than WHO knows WHAT about YOU and WHY.
Knowledge is not power – but how what is known is used by who can be.
KNOWING and KNOWING ABOUT someone or something are NOT the same.
Few people really know anyone or anything well – especially from extensive personal experience; mostly they just “know” ABOUT what they were taught, told, or read and remembered. We are said to live in an Age of Information; not one of Knowledge or Wisdom – and certainly not Privacy and Anonymity.
Data is not the same as information nor information the same as knowledge. Knowledge is not the same as wisdom. Wisdom starts with knowing thyself.
To know me may not be to love me, but at least be open to the possibility!
Isn’t it time you knew me – and what many probably already do ABOUT you?
Most of what is known ABOUT us by anyone that we have not personally told or do not have some kind of shared experience or known relationship comes from Public Records, Financial Activity, and the Internet – especially anything posted by or about us on Social Media Networks and any personal websites.
How big is YOUR Electronic Footprint? How accurate is it? Look yourself up!
Search by name, phone number, email address, and social security number.
Even if you don’t, employers, lenders, creditors, insurers, nosey neighbors, curious daters, government, news, and law enforcement agencies often do.
There are also many companies that collect and consolidate personal “public” information about us from various sources. Below are some that are known:
123People.com
Acxiom.com
BeenVerified.com
DataCheck.com
DMAChoice.org
DOBSearch.com
Intelius.com
LexisNexis.com
MyLife.com
PeekYou.com
PeopleFinders.com
PeopleLookup.com
PeopleSmart.com
PhonesBook.com
Pipl.com
PrivateEye.com
PublicRecords.com
PublicRecordsNow.com
PublicSearchNow.com
Radaris.com
Spoke.com
Spokeo.com
USA-People-Search.com
USSearch.com
WhitePages.com
Zabasearch.com
Kroll.com
ThomsonReuters.com
USIS.com
Equifax.com
Experian.com
TransUnion.com
FBI, CIA, NSA, DOJ, TSA, DOD, DMV, SSA, IRS, and other alphabet agencies
Even those who do not KNOW us may (be able to) know quite a bit ABOUT us (that even we may not know – is known – or be able to find out from them).
Businesses often want to be better known in ways that increase profitability. Individuals generally prefer positive personal and professional reputations. While what others think may not be any of our business, it can be useful to know and correct what information others have and may share about us.
While it is possible to challenge, correct, or control some records, and “opt out” of individual sites, it is virtually impossible to even know all the places information about us is available in the virtual world we live in. Those who come closest usually limit, manage, and conceal what is known about them by carefully creating and utilizing multiple structured corporate entities.
Internet searches, sites visited, financial transactions, email, and cell phone usage are monitored, tracked, and analyzed by marketers and governments.
Unless you are “undocumented”, only deal in cash, and go to great trouble to conceal your identity, interactions, and activity, it is likely that far more than you might expect may be regarded as “public” information – available to all.
If you’re going to be known anyway, at least try to make a good impression.
That’s my perspective. What’s yours?
Don’t just be a lurker and try to hide. Share some of your thoughts below.
Get to know me. Let me get to know you. Read and comment on my posts.
Life often seems to throw things at us – perhaps to let us know we’re still alive. How we perceive and react to these things is a choice.
Life always offers (at least three) options. We may choose from the (three) most obvious options, create one(s) of our own, or refuse to choose – which is actually a choice in itself (to not actively select, reject, or create an alternative, but, instead, to passively accept whatever we get).
Today, like all others, is the start of a new year. When beginning anything, the idea is usually also to be gaining something. Initiative can be good – but is better when it also includes finishitive. It’s very seldom enough to just initiate; we usually must also “integrate”
