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Love is a Kiss from God

2012-01-08T14:24:00.000-05:00

HEAVEN #4061

Love Is Like a Kiss from God ,

January 7, 2012

God said:

It is true. Everything unto its season. And, yet, love is always in season. Love is never out of season. Love in your heart is already given, you understand. Love has its own rules, and one is that it gives of itself without effort. Love is there in your heart. If you haven't squished the love in your heart, it is ready to go. The more you let love issue from your heart, the more your heart gets a refill.

If you feel that love is absent from your heart, you are mistaken. Love arbitrated, discussed, argued, love squashed, that is another story. Love held back waiting for a better opportunity, that may well be the case. Yet love is not meant to be an opportunist.

Love has one purpose, and that is to give of itself. Even in the dark hallways of life, love is to give itself. I've said before that love is like the sun. It comes out for all, and all are under the sun. Love is not meant to be sequestered. It not meant to be chosen. Love is simply meant to be, and love is, My dear children, the heart of you.

Love is not meant to come in and out. And yet the mind may have been slapping love with a ruler and telling it to stay hidden. Worst of all, the mind may keep your love hidden from yourself.

When you give love away, when love bursts from you like a song, like a waterfall, like a kiss from God, you are happy. If there is a condition for happiness, that is the condition: Give love out. Love, and your love needs no specified object. Love is not dependent upon objects. Love does not wait for an object to appear. Love comes first. Love is brilliant and shines out first. Love is the first to greet.

Love is not a drink you take. It is a drink you give. Yours is not the only heart thirsty for love, yet yours is the heart to give love first. You are not meant to be a reactor to love. You are meant to be the activator of it, the sign of it, the ambassador of it.

It is said that love makes the world go round. Love goes around. Love travels and always returns home. It has been said that love is where the heart is. Where is your heart, beloveds? What makes your heart tick?

The only answer to everything is love. Whatever you perceive as a difficulty, the cure is love. There is only one cure to the troubles of the world, and that is love. Not sanctimonious love, but love, pure and simple love that issues in a stream from the oasis of your heart.

Would anyone ever vote against love? Of course not, and yet you have. Presumably, you have. Time and time again, you have voted for varying opposites of love. You may have voted for holding love tightly to you when love is meant to go out and expand and pulse throughout the Universe. Love is the pocket you dip into. Love is your very Being. You are steeped in love. The love in your heart just needs your go-ahead. Divine love is in your heart and is never to be locked up. Absolutely not.

Love is meant to be free to travel the world. Love will always come back to you. Actually, love never leaves. Love in your heart sort of leads two lives, one in, one out. Your heart has two streams. Love fulsomely, beloveds. Love. Just love. That is My bidding. That is My Will.

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Curious if you can post this (Channel 7) / To the Editor of Grainger Today in TN

2012-01-04T21:48:00.001-05:00

reprinted With the permission of Leonora Smith

to news7
There's a TON, I mean a TON of talk about the revaluing of the
currency in Iraq. SO much so, that Wells Fargo has an outgoing
message in their foreign exchange website that they are not
going to cash nor sell the Iraqi dinar.. that it's a 'business decision'..
now I cant help but question.. out of all the currencies circulating
in the world today .. why would WF peg out the Iraqi dinar and
say they aren't going to buy or sell it.. ?

I go to the myinvestedgroup dot net website.. and I enter the
chat room on a daily basis. I also belong to the dinarrecaps dot com
website.

We keep getting told that the people providing the intel
are with the belief that the RV will happen any time now.. that
all the political agreements, etc, and all the hurdles have been
covered .. Often, we'll read.. it's done, done, done.. nothing more to say..

The other interesting scenario we're given is that the federal reserve has
purchased billions and billions of the currency.

So has the UST.
Maliki came to the states and left upset.. why? because he was looking
to borrow money.. he was told no. He then went to China and they said no..
so then as a last resort approached the IMF.. who then said, no, you have
enough wealth in your country, revalue your currency.

It's also been stated that Maliki doesn't want to revalue the currency because
he'll end up losing 2/3'rds of his 'power'.

I cant help but put two and two together.. that being.. in my personal
opinion that the power they are referencing is that once revalued.. the
federal reserve would gain 35 trillion dollars.. which then enables them
to go in and purchase up the country's wealth.. ie, oil.

I then get told that the UN is looking to force him to revalue. I hear Shabibi
wants to revalue..

would you.. or could you please address this concern that so many
have ?

Kuwait revalued.. now why isn't IRAQ doing this RV ?
[9:58:07 PM] L.Smith/LadyLeeLee: I then get told that the UN is looking to force him to revalue. I hear Shabibi
wants to revalue..

would you.. or could you please address this concern that so many
have ?

Kuwait revalued.. now why isn't IRAQ doing this RV ?

The Following is the information received From Adam Montana's Email Newsletter
Bad news: The Dinar didn't RV in 2011, and as of today it has not RV'd in 2012.

Well, you probably knew that, so let's move on.
Good news: Where do I start?!

Iraq made so much amazing forward progress last year I could
spend hours listing the details. I could literally go on for pages
and pages!

Here is a short list of some current FACTUAL news articles. (You
don't get any of that "my brother knows a banker" stuff from me.
Love it or leave it!)

1. The US troops are out of Iraq, home safe. (To our troops: THANK
YOU for your service!)

2. We have an official draft of the HCL. Link: http://iqd.me/l/14b

(With any luck, it will be posted in the Gazette shortly!)

3. Another good article about the gas law: http://iqd.me/l/149

4. IMF and Iraq are in agreement on the Iraqi budget. Link: http://iqd.me/l/14a

5. We have news that Iraq is ready to boost their production by
900 million barrels PER DAY. Link: http://iqd.me/l/145

6. Ministry of Foreign Affairs is discussing Chapter 7... TODAY.
Link: http://iqd.me/l/146

7. They know that they are facing inflation unless they figure
some stuff out. Link: http://iqd.me/l/147

8. Another good article on Chapter7: http://iqd.me/l/148

What does all this tell us? It tells us Iraq is on the verge of taking
that one last step forward. It tells us this as plain as day, in my
opinion!

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2011-12-29T20:05:00.000-05:00

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We Can't be Everything for Everybody

2011-09-02T00:25:00.008-04:00

We would love to be the desire of everyone's heart. I can say this because it is very true for me and I get very lonely I know everyone does at one time or another. I'm particularly lonely because I lack the childhood friends I had because of living on military bases. As a child I don't recall it bother me too much like it does now.

I wish I could be everything to one person and that person could be everything to me. I despise cheating. I hate dishonesty in any form including hiding information from the person that is supposed to love me, Even in just friendship the same goes there for it.

We all have the longings. The best part is the chase it seems. I've never had a relationship where there was not one single argument or strife. It would be great to have the relationship full of romance, great communication, fun and more fun, great sex.

I don't live in the real world as you can very ell see. I'm lost in an illusion of love. I want what I can't have or keep. A lot of us are that way. In the real world it would be nice if we could be fulfilled in every way possible. I guess its like looking for the 'Fountain of Youth'.

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2011-05-23T07:31:00.001-04:00

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2011-04-24T13:05:00.001-04:00

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Dating with Match.com Scam Alert

2010-09-27T06:25:00.009-04:00

It has been brought to my attention recently, women and men out there; Heads Up! This might not necessarily make your hair on the back of your neck stand. To me, this is wild and wooly! I listen to CoasttoCoastam and their stories make the hair on the back of my neck stand up. I woke up this morning and decided, my countrymen and countrywomen better know what I am about to expose.

Suggesting love or soulmate, there ARE a lot of us who are plain bored or lonely looking for something ideal. Online, seems to be the place even for this... the caveat emptor applies here as well as any other consumer product that might make its way out to the general public. Having been given a 72 hour free trial with Match.com that would allow me the freedom to contact some I might find an interest or compatibility, thought I would see for myself.

This caveat emptor affects our borders. It is not just the 'fence' and the 'border war' with Mexico. Apparently, along with finding ways to get into our country there are ways to get in besides our jobs or benefits like green card and citizenship. The scam involves our hearts. It pulls on our emotions if we fall for someone hard. We can do this heart and soul. For many of us, we need the security of a relationship with some one. Whether, we decide to live with them or not eventually, that is an individual choice or lifestyle.

There is a telltale way of knowing whether or not these are 'African'- continent born invaders from Nigeria or Ghana. They have got as far as France, UK and Canada but they are corresponding to you and you might not even realize it. You are helping them in one way or another financially. There is a heartbreaking disaster or illness of some kind that mysteriously arose and it made its way by pen or text to you.

I can tell you, there is a pattern depending on how extravagant they are living. You might not be the only one supplying their designer clothes lifestyle. The supply is never ending online of people willing to give up their hard earned money for being a 'humanitarian'. In the King's English there are proper ways of writing. Be careful; its getting harder to tell who you ARE actually dealing with. Think with your heart and not your head, will always get you in a world of trouble. Keep your emotions in check when dealing with people online. You never know, really.

You might live on a fixed income or you have money to spare. Please don't fall for the sad stories abroad. They will be back in the United States in a couple days. They have a great looking picture, say the right things and have a secure or impressive job. What do they say about flattery? It will get someone any where.

The 'homeland security' is not going to do its job if we don't help protect what we have. We are about ready to lose it all. Read between the lines if you must and hold it to heart. Incredible as it sounds, they can even type faster than you sometimes and can come up with incredible responses. Its because they have a script already prepared in some cases. Be very suspicious if you must. We are at war. This is a very serious situation whether any of us realize it or not.

1st Year's Anniversary of People Profiting Together Through Advertising

2010-09-12T15:35:00.007-04:00

As Summer winds down and kids are back to school its good to be able to have something to do with our time and profit from it. Of course, the latter is a plus... profiting from it.

Personally, I like to stay busy and rarely idle. It really bites to be bored. I'm very lucky to have found my niche and enjoy every aspect of what I do.

Advertising has become a part of our daily lives. We use it when we brand our self, also. I guess one can say, business has its ways of creeping its way into our lives.

Getting back to profiting from advertising. Recently, a group of less than 25(allowable group size), was started on Skype, called, PPT Enterprise the Opportunity Leaders Group. In the Group's Header Title it reads(Please do not spam the group with any links but get the ok of the admin 1st--- THANK YOU ) PLEASE INVITE YOUR PROGRAM CEOS. So, the group is very cohesive, everyone knows their job and works at their own pace.

Ground rules of the group simple but to elaborate more, In order to post a link in the group's room and post it for everyone to see, these guidelines were put in place and understood. Posting requires at least, a personal testimonial to the making of money. Secondly, the requirement of proof by submitting the copy of PayPal or AlertPay (any payment processors) showing payment, so everyone knows about it.

The group works well together among all the team members. They realize it is to be positive and upbeat as well as professional with their netiquette as well as when in live conference chat. People Profiting Together Through Advertising is fondly referred amongst the team members as PPT, for short.

It's great to work with a team. There are so many pluses and advantages for doing so. The weaknesses of one team member, for one--- is the strengths of another team mate. The team is cohesively strong and the learning is continuous because of the good and cooperative nature of the team members. Excitement really builds when a member gets to where they have built a down line under them. Cashout is at the beginning of every month after the request for payout is initiated by the qualified member. One member got a commission from a member in his immediate down line under neath him in placement, that paid a full year of their pro membership, a year in advance.

People Profiting Together Through Advertising is looking to fill the gap, and help the unemployment situation, providing jobs worldwide. If you or you know anyone that might need work and to have a family type atmosphere to work in; have them contact Frederick Combs in Theodore, Alabama via (free member to member) Skype and download it free, do a search in contact list for him or myself, tntess. Tess Anderson is in Jefferson City, Tennessee. They will either one be happy to get your business started or flying; whatever the need. Exposure is essential.

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Terry's Country Corner Forum

2009-05-29T17:09:00.006-04:00

Terry’s country corner was started to give the public a respite from the continual onslaught of Network Marketing Forums. We are not against those places but we feel that the public gets very sick of it all the time.

Our Mission is to provide safe place where the public can discuss what they like without the added pressure of sales posts all the time. It is further our mission to be a place where people will learn, that help will be at hand, no matter what the subject. The sourcing of such information and guidance is our administration departments responsibility.

Whatever you need information on we want to be the first place the public calls. We also intend to make this forum the biggest of its kind on the internet. Sure that is a lofty goal but it is one we will achieve.

To always have a a free membership status; in time there will be special areas which will require a subscription fee. This is supposed to be the information age, therefore, we intend to provide it free of charge. So many people have been misguided by a lot of the pure rubbish that has been peddled, they are now very gun shy. We will never ask you for a cent. Our service will be free to all who want that.

All we ask in return is input from our members in the form of discussions. If as a member, you find that we have not covered a subject matter in an area you'd like, we would be only too happy to hear from you.

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What ARE the BEST Times to Place an Ad?

2008-09-07T07:54:00.009-04:00

Have you ever wondered why your ads are not responded

to? It's really not your fault. You didn't know that there

is lots of research out there that has done the proving

ground:

Many people stuggle with making their first dollars online but don't realize that advertising at anytime of day is not necessarily the way to go. Just posting ads at will or nilly willy, whenever, will never get it. There are very good graphs and research done by an expert in the field, a Connecticut software developer Jake Luciani.

It will behoove anyone who wants the best results and really wants to proper online to pay attention to these peak, or 'prime time' frames in which the ads are most likely to be viewed by your audience.

No one wants to waste their time energy or money unless they are truly foolish enough to do so. If you're noyt paying attention to your viewing audience, you're wasting your time. But if you're the wise marketer you will know exactly where and when to place your hard worked on ad copy.

You'll get the results you always wanted. Your sales ratio will be better and your wallet will know the difference.

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Saturday 8:00 A.M. - 12:00 P.M. and then 5:00 P.M. - 10:00 P.M.
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Sunday.......Very Minmal, Not worth running the ads

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Happy Father's Day, Dad... ---Today I Honor You on Your Special Day!!

2008-06-15T22:30:00.002-04:00

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2008-06-15T22:15:00.004-04:00

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2008-05-11T11:39:00.002-04:00

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2008-05-11T11:00:00.005-04:00

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The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Bloggers from Saheli S. R. Datta, Business 2.0 Magazine

2008-04-24T03:30:00.004-04:00

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Bloggers

Saheli S.R. Datta, Business 2.0 Magazine

October 2 2006: 11:33 AM EDT

(Business 2.0) -- Focus intently on a narrow niche, ideally one whose audience has a predilection for high-margin products. That will appeal to advertisers.

Set up your blog so that each post gets its own permanent URL, or permalink, and its heading becomes part of its permalink and page title. Write descriptive, keyword-heavy headings, and be sure the homepage and all archives have links on every page.

Think of your blog as a database, not a newspaper-like collection of dispatches. Your archived posts should be easy to find through Google and Technorati, so cite authors and publications by name, and use tags, categories, and keywords consistently.

Blog frequently and regularly--if possible, at least half a dozen posts every weekday before lunchtime, when many readers take a break from work and check out the blogosphere.

Use striking images in your posts. They liven up the page and attract readers, and if you use captions, you'll gain additional traffic by making it easy for Google Image Search and other visual search engines to index your illustrations.

Enable comments and interact with readers; cultivate your audience--that's what advertisers will be paying you for.

Make friends with other bloggers, online and off. Link to their posts and they'll return the favor. Other blogs may well send you most of your traffic.

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Borrowed Article from Yahoo! Hot Jobs--- Comments

2008-03-31T00:33:00.007-04:00

We can learn a lot from business articles on the internet like Yahoo! Hot Jobs and under Small Business there are great articles every day that will help the internet entrepreneur. Usually I catch these before I log into yahoo.com for my messages or when I log out. You can't help but see them unless you're too busy at that moment like I am a lot of the time. Once in a great while one is worth emailing to friends or put here to share. I hope it got your attention here so you learn a little something, you would have otherwise missed there.
God bless,

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5 Skills for Work-at-Home Success written by Christina Couch, ClassesUSA, Yahoo! Hot Jobs

2008-03-31T00:24:00.005-04:00

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5 Skills for Work-at-Home Success

Christina Couch, ClassesUSA, Yahoo! HotJobs

One thing Chad Brown doesn't stress about is his daily commute. Rolling out of bed, washing his face, and walking 10 paces to his computer, he's already at work. The CEO of Plus 1 Tickets, a home-based, ticket-brokering firm that sells sports, theater, and concert tickets throughout the nation, Brown is one of the more than 4.2 million Americans who are ditching the daily commute in favor of punching in at home.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, almost half of the nation's small businesses operate from home-based offices -- and why not? As employer loyalty wanes and low-cost, lightning-speed technology becomes more accessible, it's easier than ever to launch your own firm without leaving home.

Below are five skills you'll need to kiss the cubicle goodbye.

Entrepreneurship

Sure you've got industry knowledge, but do you have what it takes to be the boss? According to Tamara Monosoff, author of the best-selling book "Secrets of Millionaire Moms" and the CEO of the Alamo, California-based product marketing firm, Mom Inventors Inc., it takes more than good ideas to make a business work. "A successful business is really about knowing what steps you need, and taking action," she says. "It's about making a plan, setting concrete goals, and shaping the business the way you imagine it to be."

Entrepreneurship courses offered through your local chamber of commerce, small business association chapter, or online through schools like DeVry University can help new home-based business owners get off the ground.

Tax Planning

When you own your own business, it's all about thinking financially. "As a new business owner, one of the first things you need to know is how to structure your company to have maximum tax benefits," states William Ellyson, a Richmond, Virginia-based attorney who specializes in small-business issues.

Entrepreneurs can find basic tax planning courses through local community colleges and small business association chapters. Those looking for more in-depth knowledge can check out year-long financial planning certificate programs offered online.

Public Relations and Marketing

"The main thing my major has taught me is how to network," states Brown, a public relations major at Virginia Commonwealth University whose networking skills grew his ticket-brokering firm from a sideline hobby into a nationwide company with more than $150,000 in sales each year. "I've also learned how to effectively talk to clients and efficiently deal with problems."

No matter the industry, all home-based entrepreneurs must be able to promote their services, reach the target demographic, communicate effectively with clients, and create a professional image for the public. While four-year institutions like Virginia Commonwealth offer bachelor's degree programs in public relations, home-based business owners can also find PR courses through their local community college or chamber of commerce.

E-Commerce

"Five years ago, the attitude was 'Yeah, I know I need to have a website, but I'll get around to it,'" says Gene Fairbrother, lead small business consultant for the National Association for the Self-Employed. "Today you've got to have a Web presence to be in business." According to the market research firm, Forrester Research, Inc., e-commerce retail sales topped $175 billion last year, with the industry projected to grow another $160 billion by 2012.

Brown fine-tuned his e-commerce strategy, moving his products from eBay to larger ticket broker sites such as Stubhub.com and Ticketsnow.com, increasing sales by an estimated 200 percent. To learn how to set up, manage, and promote your business online, check out e-commerce courses offered online through the University of Maryland University College and the University of Phoenix.

Project Management

Being the CEO, chief sales officer, HR director, bookkeeper, and janitor requires expert multitasking. "It's very difficult to manage it all," admits Monosoff, who leads a multi-million-dollar home-based business while raising two children and writing a monthly column for Entrepreneur Magazine. "You have to have discipline, organization, and be able to prioritize."

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Happy Spring

2008-03-30T21:54:00.001-04:00

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Success, Energy, Family

2008-03-26T14:35:00.004-04:00

My dog just jumped up on my lap. He's not little but "Boy" is a medium -sized dog and he's a clown. LOL I'm lazy these past few days. I just can't get all I want done. I like to do what feels good. Sometimes the 'comfort zone' is not the place to be when you want success in your life to happen. Focusing on the goal is not easy when your mind goes into a blurring of thoughts. You want to succeed, so you rise up and get moving. I'm disappointed in the kind of mail I'm getting lately. I look forward to getting it every day. I do surveys online and after I get to make $5, $10, or $20; I can redeem my points and get a check sent. That's the kind of mail I like to get, lol. "The check is in the mail". ha. Yes. Also, helps get through the hard times when there is no cash on hand.

I wanted to write a little about energy and my family. The one affects the other for me. I don't see any of them and miss them . No one calls me. I know they all have their own lives and it's not all about 'me'. Well, I get to thinking about them and it gets me down. Everyone wants to be accepted by their own but maybe it will never happen. My energy level has been low the past couple of days, compared to the days around the full moon we just had. I guess the holidays are the worst because when we were younger, we went through them all together. It was great times, great food. I don't think we wanted for anything. It has been 14 years since I have seen my dad. I wish I could see him. We didn't actually get along when I became a teenager but we have an understanding of sorts. I know he loves me and he knows I love him. Tomorrow is my mother's birthday. Last year her birthday was on Easter a once in a lifetime event. Like, I will be 54 this year and was born in 1954. LOL That's not exactly the same thing, lol. So, I will call her. She lives in Arizona also but she has been divorced from my father since I was 26. My siblings will never forgive me over a legal matter I tried to get them in regarding my mother. The lawyer was the one who tried to get me to get them included. The whole thing which at first I thought was a good idea backfired. My mother is extraordinary. I have seen her through some very major things in the past 14 years. One she was almost killed in an accident with her van, pulled through that and the physical therapy that followed. Then not long ago she went through brain surgery to remove an angioma, the size of a half a grapefruit, at Mayo Clinic. They had to cut off the blood supply to the brain. She ended up learning how to do everything all over again. This was the hardest things I've een her go through, besides the divorce between her and my dad, the passing of her 2nd husband and these two other major events. To really understand how I feel about her you would have to know, that when she was in her late 40's she went back to school. She ended up with her Master degree in Education with a teaching license in dental hygiene. She did great. Now she lives very well on the retirement. The same thing does not appear to be for me. I just recently tried to get my associates degree and couldn't get through the last 2 classes including college algebra. I'm tired. Time for a nap.

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Happy Easter

2008-03-21T21:42:00.001-04:00

Where Are All My Friends?

2008-03-20T09:20:00.001-04:00

I'm awake early and in the darkness of the room before sunrise, I hear the news on the television of all the disasters from the weather, floods. I try to call Alice who has been ill for the past two months. I get her voice mail every time I call her now I worry about her. She suffers with chronic pain also like me. her legs got messed up in a surgery and its too late to sue to doctor who caused this to her. I go to take my morning medicine and my mobile phone is ringing. I have friends from the internet from all over the world. I have 7 text messages. OMG--- These guys are in love with me, lol Where are my friends that are the ones who come to call on me? Is there any one who can relate to me that doesn't call only when they want something? They say if you and count your friends on one hand you can consider yourself lucky. That's why I Iove the elite team at FriendsWinUniversity.com We are a group of like-minded people who got together on the internet. We have been working painstakingly at social network marketing for the past few months. Our meetings are twice a week at 12: 00 noon and 10:00 pm. We learn the basics of marketing and have a lot of fun with one another. There are plans for the future to meet others from the group in person. It was a great meeting last night and we all hated to part from the conference. Today, I posted 3 ads and look forward to reading some other blogs and commenting on them. I feel like things are moving along well.

After spending a little time on the puter, I've got housework to do and a little hand tilling with the hoe in the flower beds because it is a nice day. The ground is wet and will easily move around. Yep, spring is here. I'll be glad to get outside of the house more and more. Especially after a long cold winter like we had. The mild days are starting to come. The magnolia tree is beautiful. Happy Easter! to you & all my network marking friends. I can count on y'all. Thank you for the joy you have brought into my life.

What did I do with my day?

2008-03-19T21:09:00.007-04:00

What did I do today? Well, I haven't slept well in about 2 nights. I'm anticipating all the things I'll be getting to do as the weather warms up. Typically, in the deep south, winter ends early. I like that. yep. I get to disliking winter more and more the older I get. It rained all day. We welcome it especially now that we've suffered drought conditions for the past 118 years. I couldn't sleep later than 9:00 a.m., even tho I got to bed at dawn. The magnolia tree in the front yard of the big house is in full bloom with big purple and white flowers. We are lucky to see that because some years ice storms came and froze the buds on all the trees before they had their chance. That made me sad to see the magnolia's everywhere in years like that where there was ice storm after another freezing everything. No chance for the blooms to come forth. Today, I took things sort of easy and just read email and corresponded with friends. One of my friends that live close by has been real ill. I miss her a lot especially when we would talk on the phone every day and every evening. She's a real house cleaner and when she's not been sick, and goes from 4:00 a.m. until 7 in the evening. I'm not that crazy about housework. It can usually wait until it's really needed. Last night, all the laundry was done. It steamed up the windows with the dryer going at one point. I went outside in my bare feet today in the rain to check the mail... ---nothing great in there today in the mailbox. I tried to lay down a few times to see if I would fall asleep but no luck just chance to rest my eyes and enjoy the quiet. I took a hot bath. That was nice. I fed the betta fish, 'Bubz'. He's pretty cool in his little fishbowl with led light shining down on him through the peace lilly that he likes to hide in. He came out close to see me . Funny how much I wanted this little guy and how he makes me feel. I love how graceful he swims around. Neat. We had thunder that shook the house today for a while. This is tornado weather, too. The television seemed to be on all day bu the lights basically remained off. Save somewhere on this humongous electric bill that was $158.90 last month. Ridiculous how high the utilities costs have gotten. I sent my tax information to Sandy, so she could prepare my return, finally. Today was uneventful as most and on the quiet side. Thats how I rather like it tho most days, low key.

What will and can people do?

2008-03-16T21:59:00.010-04:00

I'm not sure people have a voice that really speaks for them any more. The people I'm referring to are the 'underdogs'. There are many of us out there. Is anyone really listening??? It seems politics are full of deaf ears and unwilling hands. It's a strange thing to see so many like 'lambs going to the slaughter', without a protest at all. Gas prices get higher, everything else follows!! Gee, When things got bad after the Great Depression there was a president who made the 'New Deal'. Promises of a 'chicken in every pot'. Have people forgotten so easily??? Why aren't they showing how angry they are???!! Or aren't we at our breaking point yet? hmmmm... --- I, for one, am fighting mad!! I want our voice heard through all the rafters of every house or dwelling place. I want the bells in churches to ring, in alarm!! It's a disgrace and injustice to the American Dream!! All talk and no action! Jobs could be created in droves, if whoever is in high office, could see potential in creating jobs; that first, training people in converting to solar energy, and allowing competition in the workplace for developing more green buildings. Every new home and old should have solar. Wow. I can see that the political arena doesn't know how to feed and clothe their own before helping abroad. Look at what solar energy could do in this country if it was done on a large scale. America should be a model country! One others would envy enough to be more like us and not be how we are hated. My thoughts are shallow and not developed enough, so you see the whole picture as I see it. What do you think? Aren't people forgetting something... ?? We are slowly losing our freedoms. How does it feel to be on 'house arrest' with gas prices so high that 'you're now not free to move about the country.'???

More bad news... Foreclosures with everyone's pets being left behind, how low can a government stoop so low as to to continue to allow poverty happen right before their very eyes??? Change has to happen not when a new pres gets in; but right now!!

"What 'Legacy' will you leave for the world?"

2008-03-07T11:42:00.005-05:00

I was married only after a couple of years when I met up with my step son. We chatted at a gathering together in my 2 bedroom apartment, in the somewhat spacious living room. Out of the blue, without much emotion, Sean asked me "what legacy are you going to leave to the world?" It was a profound and thought provoking thought, that now, even after a decade and half I still wake up every day; the question he asked me, slaps me in the face at some point every day I live. It is a very serious thing and everyone at some point in their life needs to ponder what they are going to leave the world after taking so much from it. I don't think we can ever do enough for our fellow human beings, the environment and many, many other issues where small things can make a big difference and change the world in great way.

I have wanted to do many things and have already but I am getting older and physically cannot do the things I could do when I was younger. I don't have stamina for physical work, but being a generous type of person which is valiant, honorable and virtuous. Whether or not it is altruistic or what the motive is for people to go out of their way to help someone they never met. It is hard to determine one's true motive. One would hope, --- just because. I want to think that I have been able to put myself in another person's shoes. An old native American Indian saying, “Before I judge a man, let me first walk a mile in his. mocassins.”. Being a 'nonjudgmental' person is when we can look at another fellow human being and have unconditional love for another. So the younger you are the more important it is for you to ponder the question of "what legacy you will leave to the world?" An act of kindness be someone expecting nothing in return. What a blessing for the intended receiver; They say, It is more blessed to give than to receive. Although it is very nice to receive from someone, scientific studies have shown that when an act of kindness is performed by someone .towards another endorphins are released in a chemical reaction in the brain. As we all know and heard endorphins are ‘happy’ hormones and make one feel good. So there is a feeling of well being.. Well, in short. if everyone on the planet did an act of kindness towards another, every day, what a world that world would be and not that as it is. From the words of a grade school child: what legacy are you going to leave for the world?. it is amazing how haunting those words are and they motivate me every day to try to do something; Even a little thing that might make a difference in the life of another. We can all do it. God Bless you. Thank you for Reading. Peace.