In the previous post I featured a video on love. I came across this video of Julian Lennon talking about John Lennon and really thought it was a good one for anyone who has kids, or for that matter, anyone. Bottom Line: You can be the most successful and amazing person in the world (in many regards) but if you don’t take time to give love to your children then are you such a great person after all? Many famous “great” people have shared this same dynamic with respect to their domestic life, unfortunately. Watch this video and see what you think. Feel free to leave a comment.
Happy upcoming Valentines Day…from some interesting thinkers! This quick little video offers some interesting “nuggets.” It started me thinking about carrying variations of “love” forward into our day to day lives, just by following up with a simple question “how”?
I was reading an article in the Globe and Mail which discussed the fact that more people have left the province Alberta than immigrated to it. More specifically more people from other Canadian provinces had left Alberta than entered it; however, ultimately in the time frame referenced, the population of Alberta did grow, although you would not know it from the article. Immigrants from other countries caused Alberta’s overall population to grow.
What’s this have to do with anything?
Well it serves an example to anyone who truly wants to be informed: the lesson to take from this is that it’s not necessarily what is said in an article but what is not said. Although what was stated in the article was not actually false, it did not present all relevant facts in my opinion. The problem, though, is that the overall impression the reader may be left with is false – without having the additional information, that is. Fortunately I had obtained the additional information by having more than one source of information.
So it’s important to always consult more than one source of information and ask yourself whether all the important facts are likely included in a story whenever you read them.
This is yet another way of being informed and empowered in today’s world where much information is thrown at you. By doing this you put yourself ahead of many who will never take the time to be truly informed.
Happy Holidays!
Matthew
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Yes there are some interesting findings which pick up on the theme of the purpose of life and in particular retirement or the idea of not having to work again. This time it’s not just an opinion but the findings are backed by solid, scientific, research. Check out this great podcast from CBC Radio’s program “The Current” Click here for instant access of the podcast.
I think it’s important for folks to look at the important aspects of healthcare reform, what really needs to be addressed. In this video see why Dr. Weil says conventional systems are doomed to fail if they do not include these things.
There are additional lessons to be learned here:
1. We can play a proactive role in our health as individuals
2. We can form a positive influence on others
3. Adequate health is necessary for parts of a proper functioning society
4. Everyone / everything has a role to play
What can go wrong will go wrong. Do you ever notice when you’re about to watch an important aspect of a TV program or movie that someone with you will begin to talk? Ever notice when you’re having a bad day that things get worse?
Murphy was the last name of an engineer that worked at NASA. It was said that he commented about a particular technician at the time that anything he touched went wrong. Many devices today have fail safes built into them to prevent failure. But Murphy’s Law is not just about mechanical failure but about anything that can go wrong.
However, this law can be integrated into your life to improve it.
What’s important is that this aspect of the law must be integrated into planning and expectations with backups in place should there be no “shit happens” if one wants to dramatically reduce or perhaps eliminate in many cases frustration while being productive and not helpless in situations.
1. Incorporate “stuff happens” time into planning and strategies and expectations.
2. Generate a list of backup activities that can be done should expectations not be as expected.
Example, you think of “stuff happens” scenario and everything goes smoothly so you have some extra time before your next appointment. With this extra time, since you have some backup ideas, you’re not stuck without anything to do. For example, you have a doctor’s appointment and get to the doctor’s office with plenty of time to spare but because you have a list of backup activities, e.g. brought a book with you, you have something useful to do with your extra time. Additionally you’re not frustrated.
These are some basic examples but if you start being more realistic about how Murphy’s Law is a part of reality, you’ll be much more realistic, but more happier, and successful.
I watched an interesting documentary online last night entitled “Prophecies.” The documentary was produced in the 90s so it was interesting to see what predictions were accurate and which ones were not. Prophecies come from persons who claim to have the ability to predict events in the future.
In my opinion, some of the predictions were accurate and some were not. I can’t state for certainty that the prophecies came from a divine source but I think that the predictions serve as good warnings for us in the present.
I think that in particular the documentary discussed how the calendar of the Maya civilization has brought forth predictions that all have come to pass. What was particularly of note is that their calendar ended in 2012 – I believe December 21st.
I’m not necessarily buying into this prediction that all life will cease to exist by 2012, but I’m sure one can look at this prediction and look at current events in the world and perhaps recognize that there could be some possibility.
For example, with the so-called of nuclear war from North Korea and Iran and threats from Pakistan (in the sense that the Taliban could take control of their nuclear weapons) and that many people from various countries hold much anti-US sentiment, and the state of the economy – many blame it all on the US – all these factors (and no doubt many more) could mean that a major nuclear war could arise.
Have we learned our lesson about warfare? Albeit we have not had a world war since 2002 but nuclear weapons make it easy to start one combined with the above mentioned factors. We have had so many other wars and of course many said the war on terrorism is harder fought one that a world war because for one reason, you don’t always know who the enemy is. Wars are taking up so much of a country’s GDP. How much more war can the US afford.
I won’t press the point here but I think at this point in time, we need to collectively raise our consciousness to a level that we can surmount the above mentioned issues. Of course most people would agree with this statement but the disagreement that exists is how tod o so.
That is where I think every individual must be an informed individual and follow world events so that when he/she has the chance to vote they do so.
I also think when one can influence others opinions we can have the power to create trends – which can jump across cultures.
I guess what I’m saying is we need collective movements of higher levels of consciousness all over the world and it starts with you as an individual. I’m not saying it’s easy to create such movements as an individual, but I am saying if such movements come to pass they must begin with the individual.