Next time you are feeling down on yourself… just look to Aimee Mullins and realize how good you probably have it…

Not posting for a few days… dont cry too much!!

Rosie

More and more I am realizing that life is all in your head. Of course there is more than enough stimulus from external sources, but it all depends on how you interpret things around you.

Sometimes I wonder why its so hard for people to realize this, but then I think that maybe its better off. If everyone saw things as menial, then nothing menial would get done. If everyone thought that the job they hold does not really matter all that much in the long run of life, then no job would filled.

That’s where balance falls into play. Having a balance between what matters in life and what does not (to you and your life) and doing things that matter to other people versus doing things to only better yourself or make you happy is where living the perfect life is found. Balance is probably the most challenging thing to do in life.

Going to the extreme side of any one idea is the easy part, finding the balanced middle is much harder… it takes fine tuning and subtle changes in movements or ideas to find the point of equilibrium, and it takes a constant concentrated effort to both stay open to new ideas or changing circumstances and to stay in balance. What that basically means is that once you find balance, it takes just as much effort to stay there or more.

Example: Imagine your goal was to get into top physical condition, you would need to work to a point where growth in muscle and endurance is not noticeable anymore. Once you reach this top level of physical condition, you cannot take it easy and stay there. To stay in that top physical state, you would need to continue to work just as hard…

enough of my opinion. prove me wrong.
-mob

its not quiet anymore. just got back from san diego, now im in 20 degree weather and snow. talked a lot about military when away. i have several more things to think about, but im heading in a new direction deeper than expected.

“If you do not affirm your values you will lose ground to those who affirm theirs.”

I don’t know who came up with that but I like it…

Hasn’t it gone quiet in here…. :)

Rosie

When you make a decision for either side maybe you should take into account the bad as well as the good. In the Times today there is a very good article about Israeli’s who are refusing to obey orders. Once I’d finished it I realised maybe for the first time just how difficult it is for ordinary people on both sides to deal with the current situation. Does anyone remember who hit who first and does it really matter anymore? It’s been going on for so long now… Let me share with you a true story.

This week I visited my Pastor and inevitably our chat got around to the Middle East. It turns out we have very different views about which side we support. Then our British black sense of humour took control. He suggested that he would strap explosives to himself and blow himself up in our living room while I went round his place and bulldozed it (hence an earlier comment).We laughed ourselves silly but as I was driving home I realised just how silly it all is. You hit me, I hit you and centuries later our descendants are still doing it because it’s always been that way. You can be educated, intelligent and spiritual even, but when it comes down to it all we truly know is how to kill each other in even more elaborate ways.

Pew Chat. In an innocent conversation with a visitor to our congregation I found out where (not exactly where mind) the world’s largest database of terrorists is….. “It’s not safe anywhere.”

Rosie

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