This is a book of 30 magical cards, bound in a ring that allows you to customize the book.These inspirations are designed to lift your spirits and encourage the parts of your inner team that require the courage to keep going.
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I found this piece on my Facebook page, posted by my brother James. The DJ Mix was done by chanchitoxynu who is very talented.
There is something in the song that moves you to keep going on. MJ when he was on, listened very deeply to conscience.
International Disturbed People’s Day
I don’t care if you lick windows,
take the special bus
or occasionally pee on yourself..
You hang in there, sunshine, you’re special
Every sixty seconds you spend angry, upset or mad, is a full minute of happiness you’ll never get back.
Today’s Message of the Day is:
Life is short,
Break the rules,
Forgive quickly,
Kiss slowly,
Love truly,
Laugh uncontrollably,
And never regret anything that made you smile.
Send to all the people you love and don’t want to lose in 2009, even me.
If you get 3 back, you are a great companion, if not, your still are.
Life may not be the party we hoped for, but while we’re here we should dance.
Jerome Green
Mickey Mouse is a symbol of many things: Hope, fantasy and new energy. Walt Disney had faith that his vision would work, but it wasn’t until Mickey Mouse was born did the Disney’s fortunes change. In this time of economic upheaval and discussion on stimulus packages, it may be time to look to a new way of living.
Trying to recapture what has been lost is sometimes like looking for a needle in a haystack. Your odds of finding the needle are slim, and if you do find it, you just might forget why you were looking for it in the first place.
This is a time for real change not parallel changes, but death to the old and birth to the new. Mickey, always represent the spirit of the New, no matter how old he gets.
I’ve been wanting to write an article on the Phelps issues, but Mike Edison, former editor of High Times, beat me to it and pretty much expressed my feelings on the matter. I would also like to state that when I use to get high 23 years ago, kelloggs frosted flakes where my favorites. I get tired of these companies acting like they are saints, when the world itself is made up of people who make mistakes every day. If Kellogg is really about presenting a pristine image, than they should make a public statement that reads as follows.
“if you smoke pot, don’t eat our cereal”
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embracing differences
Jerome Green
This is a year of embracement and a very exciting time in our world. Come Tuesday, we will have a new President, but more importantly, we will have a new lease on life, increased hope and a plethora of new possibilities. The election of Obama came on the heels of a new wave of energy and spirit. This is the year that we will learn to embrace everything around us and this learning will be crucial in dealing with the issues of the economy, our families and life itself.
At Henry’s (my spiritual advisor) annual New Years Eve gathering, he discussed the principle of embracing others – even if you don’t get along, can’t give them what they want or don’t agree with them. Embracing someone is all about how much of your heart and luvv you are willing to give.
As I embraced this idea, I took a fresh look at several areas of my life. I examined how I interact with the many homeless people and beggars on the street. I thought about the times that I am asked for spare change and how I sometimes give it and others time don’t. When Henry was speaking on New Year’s Eve, he said that “Giving someone money doesn’t mean you have embraced him or her. You can give someone a strong embrace and it will do more for them than the little bit of cash you give them.”
I realized that if I give or don’t give money, that there are very few times that I have actually embraced the homeless. I may say hello or I speak to them, but most of the time I just get a little annoyed or wish they wouldn’t approach me. Years ago, Henry said to me “The more you luvv, the more alone time you will have.” People feel the power of luvv. Most people don’t want that much luvv coming their way so they leave you alone.
Henry’s comments about embracing others hit home for me. The embrace is not a hug. Hugs can be full of fake energy and can shut you and the recipient down. An embrace is the exchange of your heart to someone else’s heart. I saw this in action the other day. For the past year I’ve had a person I used to do business with call me and leave messages. As I was no longer interested in doing business with this person, I never returned his calls and I figured that he would “get the message” and stop calling me. The last time he called, I could hear the conscience speak to me and say “What did you just learn about embracing someone? Oh, by any chance would this be the time for an embrace?” So I called the person back, spoke to him and told him about embracing people more than ever this year. I confirmed that I was no longer in need of his services, but wanted to reach out to him. The next day I received a phone message and he spoke specifically about feeling the embrace and how important embracing was going to be for him this year.
In less than twenty-four hours we are going to have a new President. There is the anticipation of great change ahead. How you will direct the changes in your own life? How will you answer the call for change that President Obama has asked of each person in this country? It is our responsibility to do our part to lift our country out of its depression and to bring about more spirit and production. As we look upon this day, no matter what political, racial or economic affiliation you have, focus on who you owe. Embrace them and begin to bring your luvv to them. Some of it can be done “in the silence” or through your thoughts. The beauty of embracing others is that you don’t have to agree with them – just learn to luvv them and hold them in your heart. It will greatly assist us during these difficult economic times and will assist with the rebuilding of the worth of each individual in our country and the world.
Dwight Eisenhower, in his farewell address to the nation after his second term as President, had this to say:
“To all the peoples of the world, I once more give expression to America’s prayerful and continuing aspiration. We pray that peoples of all faiths, all races, all nations, may have their great human needs satisfied; that those now denied opportunity shall come to enjoy it to the full; that all who yearn for freedom may experience its spiritual blessings; that those who have freedom will understand, also, its heavy responsibilities; that all who are insensitive to the needs of others will learn charity; that the scourges of poverty, disease and ignorance will be made to disappear from the earth, and that, in the goodness of time, all peoples will come to live together in a peace guaranteed by the binding force of mutual respect and love.”
Sounds familiar, doesn’t it?
The Weight Is Not Over
Jerome Green
I had to laugh at myself tonight. Here I was returning from the gym mixing a Glycemic shake for weight loss and my 17-year-old son was mixing a Protein shake for weight gain. How funny life is! Here he is trying to gain 5 lbs to get to 137 and I am trying to lose 50 lbs to get to 185. I had to really laugh at just how ironic life really is. It can seem that we are always at the opposite end of things – searching for the ideal situation.
Similarly, we have complained about how high gas prices were, how much clothing and other goods cost and the inflated prices of buying a home. Now, gas prices are down, goods and services are at bargain prices and homes and cars are priced within reach, but many of us can’t take advantage of it because we either don’t have the cash flow or can’t get a loan.
A lot of the changes we are seeing in our surrounding community, country and world are more about bringing a greater focus to our spiritual connections and the ability to find the victory when the news is promoting despair. This past Christmas I was able to shop for a few presents. My decision was based upon much money I had, but more so, my discernment and my willingness to really allow myself to feel Christmas – and not feel that I had to give physical presents to everyone.
We had a wonderful Christmas night dinner with some companions and my wife Gail came up with a Christmas gift exchange activity that was a lot of fun. So many of our companions expressed great joy in the exchange and the fact that they could really feel Gail’s luvv in the gifts. Luvv needs to become part of the GNP. The paper is not holding up. It’s disappearing as fast as it’s printed. It is crumbling around us and no matter how many Bail Out Plans the government comes up with, in the end, it’s going to take a lot of government work projects to get us going in our new direction.
Learning how to be Happy is becoming another essential skill to have. Being Happy is really about going beyond the creative forces that try and tell us what happiness looks like and feels like. Happiness is in the inner joy that permeates our being and allows the joy to flow with or without the material objects. Being Happy doesn’t mean that you have to be poor or wealthy. It simply requires an open heart, a warm embrace and the ability to not get caught up in the images projected by Madison Avenue that try and tell us how we should be or what we should look like.
In my struggle to lose weight, I sometime catch myself looking back at how I use to look, or feel, and while I want to get back to that person, I will never get the years back or look like I used to. I have a novel thought that just maybe I can actually be better than I use to be. Maybe not run as fast or jump as high, but actually, by using what I’ve learned and getting in both physical and spiritual shape, maybe get in the best shape of my life. The same can be said for the country and the economy. The more we try and capture the past, the more depressed we’ll become. There is no going back to the way it was. For centuries, we, as people, have always lamented on those words “the way it was.”
I know I don’t want to go back. I want to go forward. GE, CEO, Jeff Immlet has talked about a
“Business Reset”, where businesses are spending time trying to go back, but must go forward or they will not prosper. Specific industries will be restructured within the next 6-12 months, and the intersection with government and business in the U.S. and Europe will change for at least a generation. “That companies need to stand for something beyond the bottom line is profound”, said Immlet, “we are in an emotional, social and economic reset”.
As I continue to drink my Glycemic shakes in search of the lbs leaving me, I also have to look at all the other extra weight I might be carrying. This is an ideal time to streamline and, as in my son’s case, build up. Building more character, charisma and purpose are going to be very good traits to have and develop. No matter what the government does, it won’t absolve us of individually developing our own Super Powers to combat the forces of malaise that took over the collective conscientiousness of a country for the past decade or so. We are Super People, with super abilities and we are all being asked to put on our Super Hero uniform and advance our world – one family at a time.
“It will not come easy or happen overnight, and it is altogether likely that things may get worse before they get better. But that is all the more reason for Congress to act without delay. I know the scale of this plan is unprecedented, but so is the severity of our situation. We have already tried the wait-and-see approach to our problems, and it is the same approach that helped lead us to this day of reckoning.” –President-Elect Obama on American recovery and reinvestment
My weight, like our issues, will not go away over night. Shucks, it took me 15 years to put this weight on. It will take resolve, dedication, clear thought and discipline to reduce my weight, and to build a new America.
