Well, what a strange, but dramatic, couple of days I’ve had. My car has been wrecked, my nephew was taken into hospital again with febrile convulsions (he’s home now and doing well) and the stair I live in has seen more excitement than a years worth of Eastenders.

One of my neighbours, who I’d previously considered to be a bit ‘dotty’, for want of a better word, decided at 2.30am yesterday morning to completely snap and cause chaos in the grand olde gardens of Dumbryden. She rampaged up the stair, kicking all the residents doors as loudly as she could (waking my son in the process). After I went out and shouted at her, she then felt the urge to smash someone’s kitchen window – with a turnip!!! After she did that, her next move was to destroy my car with a stairgate. And credit where credit is due, she did a very good job of it!! My rear windscreen was completely smashed, the front, not much better. Tyres were slashed, windscreen wipers snapped off and the bodywork was deeply scratched, thanks to a pair of pliers (which she then decided to leave in the shell of my car).

Since her apprehension, and very swift release, she has also smeared excrement on my next door neighour’s front door, and assaulted another neighbour, who subsequently was taken away in an ambulance. Can you see the comparison to Eastenders now?

I have to admit to being concerned about this abrupt turn of events. Not only am I worried about this maniac being anywhere near me or my children, there is also the issue of me being carless. My car is very much an essential part of my life. Without it I’m struggling to take my kids to school and nursery. Without it, I’m unable to then get to university on time for classes. Without it, I can’t get my shopping (I’m such a weakling I can’t carry much).

In a single stroke, Mrs Crazy has completely turned my schedule upside-down, caused difficulties for myself, my kids and my other neighbours. I must be an optimist though, because I’ve noticed that in the last 36 hours, as well as having a madwoman downstairs, I actually have a lot of good neighbours. We’ve banded together in the face of an all-out attack, swapped phone numbers and have actually started chatting more than we ever did before. As for the car, well, that’s become a casualty of war, but hopefully with a bit of TLC it should be back in action soon.

Recently I’ve had requests for “my first book,” which most everyone thinks is a book of poems and short stories, titled “Break The Cycle – Volume I” that is due out in April 2010. What few people know is that my first book was actually an ebook that I wrote a few years ago while I was participating in Mitch Meyerson’s and Michael Port’s online publishing class, The Product Factory. The title of the book was “Success: Take One – How To Achieve Your Dreams Without Going Broke!” It had eight chapters:

• Chapter 1 – Are You Going Broke?
• Chapter 2 – Beware of the Funnel
• Chapter 3 – The Elusive “Secret” to Success
• Chapter 4 – Focus
• Chapter 5 – Consistent Action
• Chapter 6 – Take One
• Chapter 7 – Free Resources
• Chapter 8 – To Your Success!

I never promoted the book because I thought it was incomplete. How could I write a book about success if I wasn’t a multi-millionaire or living the life of my dreams? So, I printed it out and put it in the back of the Bible my grandmother passed on to me. I forgot all about it until today.  It’s amazing what a few years of focused personal development can do for you. I now realize that just because I’m not rich (yet) or because I may not be what some would consider “successful” doesn’t mean that I don’t have anything of value to offer. After a few years of soul searching, I realize that if even one person can benefit from a path I have traveled or an experience I have learned from, I owe it to my existence and humanity to share it. I have also learned that in addition to helping others, the things I write are the things I need to know for my own spiritual journey.  It is these enlightened thoughts that promopts me to blog the chapters of the book for free. It is my hope that it will inspire all who happen this way to start living their best life now. This includes YOU. There is a reason you are drawn to read these type of posts. Something deep within you knows that it is time to make your dreams come true. Every experience and nugget of information you absorb builds the foundation necessary to achieve the success you seek.

Expect Success,
Kathy Gerstorff
The Optimistic Entrepreneur

P.S. If you don’t want to wait eight weeks to read all the chapters, you are welcome to order the ebook now.   Price is $8 and includes all future updates! For some reason, the Paypal code isn’t working on WordPress, so if you email payment via Paypal to kathy@theoptimiststore.com, I will send the complete ebook to you!

Success: Take One - How To Achieve Your Dreams Without Going Broke

Inainte sa zici: “ma pish pe cursul ala“, fii sigur ca esti studentul model:

It’s a bit funny.

“The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.”

Francois-Marie Arouet , better know as Voltaire

Finally.  I am getting my website redone and updated.  About time, you say?

As I fell into a funk about the “bigger room” I also fell into a funk about my “business”.  As usual, ol’ fault-finding herself, raised up, and tried to ruin my holidays as well as my peace of mind.  Sales have been bad, the economy you know, and I of course, took it all personal and went on a “I am so sorry for myself” binge.  Again, I say, be patient Lord.

But the new stuff is good.  God gave me great inspiration as usual, I love doing this, and so….I updated.  It is a work in progress like everything else, and may never be complete.  You like my style?….you see things you like?….then you need to contact me and work with me to make you  and your gift recipients something special.   www.quietheartscardsonline.com

Physc’ed…upbeat…in love with paper again…in love with Jesus again….hopefull….you get the picture.

ok, i know its a monday, and everyone is saying like,
'ugh, i hate mondays' and 'oh shit, the weekend is over'

instead of having these negative thoughts, why not channel it to something positive?
something like

'hey, its monday, i guess i'll be a better person starting from this week'

thats what i have always been doing
monday is like my 'new week resolution',
where i plan what to do, what to be, how to improve on myself

it doesnt matter if you cant achieve it
i learned that the thought is what counts

because i have this mindset, more often than not, i dont have this so-called 'monday blues'
go and try it,

i hope it works for you, as it had worked for me ]]> http://camelia13capitanu.wordpress.com/2009/11/16/alarma-albastra-in-cabina-capitanului/ Mon, 16 Nov 2009 03:58:25 +0000 Camelia Capitanu http://camelia13capitanu.wordpress.com/2009/11/16/alarma-albastra-in-cabina-capitanului/ http://pkpublic.wordpress.com/2009/11/15/poetry-picks-for-nov-15-09/ Sun, 15 Nov 2009 23:33:55 +0000 pkpublic http://pkpublic.wordpress.com/2009/11/15/poetry-picks-for-nov-15-09/ http://lagerplads.wordpress.com/2009/11/14/for-hver-d%c3%b8r-der-lukker-abnes-en-ny/ Sat, 14 Nov 2009 22:01:53 +0000 Tobias http://lagerplads.wordpress.com/2009/11/14/for-hver-d%c3%b8r-der-lukker-abnes-en-ny/

Man kan synes at det hele er så vel planlagt og at man har godt overblik over hvordan det næste halve år kommer til at se ud. Lige så sikkert som det umiddelbart er, ligeså sikkert er det nu at det ikke bliver sådan som først tænkt. Det var egentligt ikke meningen at jeg skulle holde op med at arbejde før engang i sommeren 2010, men nu har finanskrisen også ramt min arbejdsplads. Det betyder at den lukker ned pr. 31. december 2009, hvis ikke et mindre mirakel indtræffer inden. Jeg havde en strålende plan om at spare penge op til når jeg skulle starte på universitetet, så jeg ikke skulle leve som en bums 5 år i træk. Den plan blev revet itu på en helt og aldeles brutal måde. Efter en lang og ulideligt kedelig arbejdsdag møder vores chef op på “kontoret” lidt over 5 om eftermiddagen og dropper bomben. smask. som et lyn fra en klar himmel, så står vi allesammen uden job når vi er hoppet ind i det nye år. Ak!

Men der er, har jeg fået at vide, intet der er så skidt at det ikke er godt for noget. Jeg håber det passer, og hvis ikke er personen som har fundet på det af en meget ond karakter. Jeg mener, hvilke grunde kan der være til at indgyde en så kraftig optimisme i folk, hvis det i virkeligheden ikke passer? Hvis der er en grund må den være af en udspekuleret og ondsindet art. Jeg vælger at tro på at det er sandheden – sådan et stykke hen ad vejen i hvert fald.
Da det var planen at jeg skulle arbejde foråret 2010, var det også planen at jeg skulle afsocialiseres på en grov måde. Nemlig med et halvårs matematik kursus, som forløb 10 timer om ugen, efter arbejde vel at mærke.
Bag døren som jeg åbnede efter jeg lukkede døren til mit gamle arbejde så jeg muligheden for at prøve det stik modsatte. Nemlig at have masser af tid, og tilstrækkeligt med penge til at betale husleje og mad. Nemlig at gå til matematik så mange timer ugentligt at jeg kunne få SU, hvilket overhovedet ikke er særlig lang tid. Kunne det være bedre?
Udover jeg ikke vil få sparet en eneste klejne op i det kommende forår, så tror jeg nok det hele skal gå. Så må jeg blot slå mig til tåls med at være halvbums de næste 5 år.

Da tanken om at mine planer og økonomiske sikkerhed var blevet revet væk under mig, befandt jeg mig, som en anden fru. Drusse i anden sæson af riget, kortvarrigt i en slags beskæftigelsens Swedenborgske rum. Det var en sær oplevelse. For en tid føles det som om at du er ude på utrolig dybt vand lige indtil du når tærsklen til enten himlen eller nogle nye planer for den nære fremtid. Det sådan jeg forestiller mig overgangen fra livet til døden i hvert fald.

Jeg tror vi er gået dybt nok for i aften. Mit navn er Tobias Pedersen og husk at man må tage det gode med det onde.

Ryan P. is someone I have known since the days I have lived in Utah.  He is not a native Utahn but acts and looks like one.  He is a good friend who actually saw me during the period of my coming out days. We have  a mutual friend of ours named Ben. Ben and I were coming out at the same time. Ryan is straight and gay friendly.  I think my friend Ben kind of had a crush on Ryan but the two became more  good friends like Laverne and Shirley.

Ryan loves to make those kind of straight guy jokes around gay guys that remind you of 15 year old boys in a locker room.  He loves women especially Asian women. He has this wonderful girlfriend ( Gawd knows  how she has stood him all these years). She must have trained him well to take out the trash and mow the lawn.  It is hard to get good help these days.

As he ages he still tries to leverage his looks to get his way. He is a smart guy and I am glad that he has gotten less lazy over the years ( I think). He needs to make his intelligence  an advantage, because lacking any kind of age delaying genetic Latino or African American blood in his make up, he is destined to wrinkle up fast ( It is already happening).

He posted this motivational poster below which features the Optimist, Pessimist and Student.  The illustration is in line with his sense of humor.

This poster tells me something about Ryan:

1. He is motivated with anything that has to do with urination
2. He loves Penis tricks
3. Never have him use your restroom
4. His aim is bad

He asked me to blog about this poster on Facebook.  Ryan, never say I never did anything for you.

“Believe that problems do have answers, that they can be overcome, and that we can solve them.”

Norman Vincent Peale

Found @ tumbler

Jeg leste en blogg tidligere i dag fra Icecreambear, der hu har lagt ut innlegget ”Snill pike”, med en henvisning til at det ikke lønner seg å være ordentlig, arbeidsom og ærlig, for det lønner seg allikevel ikke i det lange løp! Hu skriver at en ikke får igjen for å være den ordentlige og hjelpsomme jenta, for selv med innstillingen at det vil komme tilbake til en hjelper ikke. Hu refererer også til at de ”slemme” gutta som skulket skolen, og tok livet som det kommer har det bedre, for de har innsett hvor urettferdig verden er. For å ikke kun referere til min tolkning av teksten hennes, kan du lese hvordan innlegget er her.

Men jeg må si at jeg ikke er enig i henne på alle punktene selv. Personlig har jeg bestandig vært den stille og uskyldige som har gjort alt jeg har blitt fortalt opp igjennom tiden. Jeg har innsett at det finnes en grense mellom hjelpsom og naiv, så jeg har begynt å gi litt mer F opp igjennom. Dette kommer ikke av at jeg ikke får noe igjen, men heller mer i retningen av at jeg kan ikke bry meg om hva alle mener, og alle krever! Det gjelder å luke ut det viktigste, hovedsakelig for å ikke slite ut hodet, og pådra deg nervesammenbrudd.

Dog står for at er du hardt arbeidende, og stiller opp for andre i forskjellige sammenhenger, så vil du også føle på kroppen at andre også legger merke til det! Det er ikke bestandig du får høre det dagen etterpå, men når folk kjenner deg så vil du også se hvor mye de verdsetter deg! Sier overhode ikke at du skal være naiv, og tillate deg alt, men vis vennene dine hvorfor de har deg som venn.

De som ikke bidrar spesielt mye i dette samfunnet blir bitt i ræva etter hvert. Jeg har sett noen av de jeg går i klasse med er totalt på kjøret nå. Ikke bokstavelig talt, men når du ser de du gikk ut av ungdomsskolen med fremdeles sitter i kassa på Kiwi, og overhode ikke har forandret seg på de 8 årene, så er det skremmende hvilken retning de er på vei hen! Andre gjør det på den andre måten ved form av utnyttelse av de som er rundt, og det hender det tar lengre tid før de får utslag for væremåten. Men de er nesten garantert at de ikke sitter igjen med venner når de begynner å bli eldre, og i verstefall har de ikke familie som ønsker kontakt med dem.

Greit, verden er urettferdig, men hvorfor skal du gjøre den så mye verre? Hvorfor skal du gi opp alt, og tru du har startet et nytt og bedre liv? Personlig sitter jeg igjen med en mye bedre følelse når jeg veit at jeg har bidratt til å hjelpe noen, og den følelsen er ubetalelig. Samme gjelder med hardt arbeid; hva er ikke bedre enn å slite ræva av seg, og så få full uttelling?

Du kan gjøre en forskjell! Smil til verden, la verden le av deg. Men når du går og legger deg så veit du at den som ler sist ler best!

heute abend hatte ich mal wieder einen “rappel”. heißt: weltschmerz. dadurch entstand der komprimierte rückblick. und dann: atmen, atmen, spüren, wie die wogen sich glätten. ich weiß, alle emotionen kommen, sind da, gehen. eben natürlich auch. zum besseren einschlafen ein wenig georg danzer. und für alle, die jetzt auch grad nicht so gut drauf sind. morgen früh geht die sonne wieder auf. passt schon!

mei lebn

die meisten lebn ihr lebn auf probe
als könnten’s alles wiederholn
dann kommen’s drauf, daß des net wahr is’
unf fühln si um ihr lebn bestohln

dann werdn’s gehässig und verbittert
und wolln die jungen einidran
aus reiner bosheit und aus rache
weils selber feige schweine san

i halts jetzt nimmer länger aus
und die entscheidung fallt net schwer
der bach hat sehnsucht nach’n fluß
der fluß hat sehnsucht nach’n meer

mei lebn is mei lebn
und mei lebn g’hört mir!
mei lebn is mei lebn
und mei lebn g’hört mir!

i weiß genau, daß ihr ned recht habts,
und i wü ned so wern wie ihr
weil eure g’sichter san aus plastik
und eure herzen aus papier

a hoffnungsloser optimist
is ana, der ans gute glaubt
und dem, a wann er traurig is
nix auf der welt die hoffnung raubt.

und ans, des muaßt da täglich schwörn
dich nie und nimmer aufzugebn
dann kämpfst an ehrenwerten kampf
des is der kampf ums überlebn

i hab so sehnsucht nach mir selbst
i will mei lebn ned vertuan
i was ned fü, doch ans is g’wiß
ka mensch wird ohne sinn geborn
…

© georg danzer

der georg danzer war schon ein ganz großer. schade, daß er so früh gestorben ist.

nachtrag 19.11.09: video gefunden über g… und bizzlounge klartext

We’ve all heard the two opposing views of ways to look at a glass that has water at the half-way point…

The OPTIMIST says it is half full.
The PESSIMIST says it is half empty.

How about these perspectives?
The OPPORTUNIST: drinks the water while the other two argue.
The ENGINEER: clearly, the glass is too big.
The PSYCHIATRIST: what did your mother say about the glass?
The REALIST: full or not, we’re going to have to wash it.
The CONSPIRISIST: the government is fluoridating the water for mind-control purposes.
The CAPITALIST: if I re-bottle this and give it a trendy name, I could make a fortune.
The PHILOSOPHER: if the glass was in the forest and no one was there to see it, would it be half anything?

In life, regardless of what is in our glass, or how full or empty it is, I challenge us all to put focus on who fills our cup to begin with. If you push circumstances aside and REALLY think about it, you will see that your cup is overflowing.

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STOPP. BRYT! Fel fel fel.

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b”h

It’s never too late to be a rebel!

Each detail has its own beauty, as we all  should know.

Not diving deeper into philosophy, let me conclude that even our “evil and sinful  and too-far-driven-away” world where the man has his coming and going the way he likes to, yet in some point let me tell you that I am happy to be born in this age. Each decision of The One who made me has to be taken for granted as wise and complete and the way it should be.

So – His department from having an active role in our daily life and give us free will -

is great!

Even if they are enough wailers to weep over it.

Move on, move forward, you have the world, it has you, do something out of it.

Never get passive. Take an active role. Whatever is prescribed.

The best thing – realise who you are, why you are here. This should be the real goal in life, always always always despite everything. If you fall down, raise up. Keep falling. Keep raising. That’s what life is for.

Enjoy it! Each generation on earth should consider itself not as “having come too late because all great people have passed away and all history lays already behind us” but as receiving everything anew and according to it.

NO weeping over how the past times were better then today. They weren’t ours! What is ours, is now. Sometimes bitter, I admit, but it is true and the moment YOU realise it you might experience your most beautiful present moment ever. Not the last one. As we know, present lasts only for about 3 seconds and then becomes past…..

[Rebel. Rebel. Rebel. Go the way you understand to be right. Check the whole life whether what you understand is right but go. ]

Whatever you got inherited, learned here and there, take it! Your right to use it. Nothing is for no purpose.

Things should be measured/valued on their ability to inspire you. Each person having taught you something, even one single word – regard him/her as your teacher and be thankful.

Gratitude leads to joy, energy, progress.

In art, you shouldn’t go against something but develop, produce, create. Blasphemy isn’t art, demagogy isn’t art, hate isn’t art. It’s a destructive force. It goes even against your own nature as we are productive in our essence, not destructive.So don’t!!! Instead of it, create something happy.

***

There are videos which shouldn’t be shown to little children.

Now that I’ve successfully passed that period of childhood and already being sure in my values (more or less, for now), I love looking at the forbidden and frowned one, gazing and discovering thereby new worlds where beauty has to be found yet. I’m not a person who needs to touch and adapt something on my own to get to know it. A gaze, a wondering, a question, a listening moment is enough.

“J’ai dans la tête
Des tonnes de pirouettes
Le saut de l’ange
N’a pour moi rien d’étrange”

I may say that freedom of free will has bad consequences on mankind, but for my own I can tell I am happy to have the free choice. It is said “here you have the life and the death so choose life“. I have my greatest delight in choosing “life”.

Yet I do not want anymore to miss the opportunity to look out for beauty in “death”!

I am not an ideal, not an example, don’t need to be it for myself.

Or perhaps hereby I am the best one?

[After all, it is our duty to love this world. Being religious or secular or ideologized or anti-... or whatever else.]

If you ask me what to do, I give you the best answer. But on my own, I want to live my life with my senses, still knowing that the One who gave me my soul, will love me. Because He gave me my life to be in it, to live it. And in His blessing, my soul will live. And not refrain from opening its eyes and seeing!

And be a rebel, if so is the need.

Have the courage to face the world!

So that at the end no question like this comes: “Why haven’t you made use of this world’s pleasures and beauty?”

I did!

Ehm, I am young and I am here and I DO!

[But my soul, this G-dly little great spirit in me, will tell me what is right and wrong and where the limit should always be. I believe.]

J’ai dans ma sphère
Un effet de serre
Mon sang bouillonne
Je bous de tout, en somme

Optimistique-moi!

Isralike

Face it 1
Face it 2

The Wildcats lost their last regular season game yesterday to Midwestern State, but thankfully still has a spot in the playoffs. I was assigned to take photos at the NCAA D2 cross country championship tournament Saturday morning, so the Optimist chief photographer Jozie Sands took the photos this week instead. You can check them out here and the story here.

The cross country photos and digital portrait shots should be up in the next few days, I promise.