Persistence according to chambers dictionary means “keep on doing something in spite of opposition or difficulty”

   According to oxford dictionary to continue to do what you do despite difficulties or opposition, in a way that seem unreasonable

To continue to try despite difficulties especially when people are against you and think that you are unreasonable

To continue for a long period of time without interruption or repeated frequently especially in a way that is annoying and cannot be stopped

The one big thing all big achievers of all time have is to be persistent, about their goals dreams and ambitions, despite numerous critics, oppositions, trials, failures and many more, they still pushed and pressed on hoping, believing and knowing that success was just a reach away, so they never asked themselves this question should I quit now when success is just a reach away?

We young people have one thing at our disposal and that’s time, we can use are time for so many things, but for those that use their time to think have dreams, they like to achieve at particular time and sect of their lives, they dream of so many things, some of them are unrealistic while others tend to be achievable, if this young person is actually reasonable enough he/she gets a paper and pen, takes note and beginning’s research finds out if the dreams are men flying with  capes in the sky or  men flying in the sky in metallic objects, from there they now become goals from dreams, taking note of the time when these goals are achievable , he/she beginning’s to attain these goals, noticing all the things that have to be done, sacrifices that have to be made, and all kinds of training to be done and many more to be successful.

 “Zeal without knowledge is useless”   You need to be knowledgeable about what you are doing.

Getting Counsel about your goals is important, it sets you on the right path in order to avoid mistakes, the wrong choices to be made are drastically cut down due to counseling, you get a little know-how, the work that has to be done is reduced, materials are usually provided or you are told the ones to get.

In the beginning of the pursuit of these dreams of yours, you might begin to face difficulties but do not stop, if you fail get up; the greatness of a man is not only in the things he has achieved but the number of times he fell down and got up to be a better person. The way you carried out the job must had made you fail the first time, that means you have to change motive and plans in approach towards your goals, you must always change motive and notice the result , to avoid problems in the next trail.

You have to be highly disciplined, in order to be successful, you begin to reduce the time and attention you give irrelevant things like, T.V, play time with friends, the time spent on the internet, and many other things  that take our time and add nothing to us, be on the watch out!!

On the road to be a great person, there bound to be oppositions, people telling what you are about to do can’t be done that you should quit, and focus on some more important, they will laugh, discourage and actually stand in your way, just because they can’t stand you at all, or they do not like what you are doing at all, do not listen to them do not let them get into your mind, do not think about what they are saying, always be busy all the time in other to avoid them and the things they say, you might try and convince some of them, but please do not they use your whole time trying to explain your goals to them as this saying goes “you cannot explain how light is to a blind man there is no word that can describe it ”.

DO NOT CALM DOWN TO THINK ABOUT THE NEGATIVITY OR LIST ALL THE DISADVATAGES YOU WILL FACE, NO DON’T!!! ACT FAST AS FAR AS THE DREAMS ARE REALISTIC.

Acknowledge the one who gave you the ideas, ability to attain them and many more, always pray for guidance, He knows everything so ask NOW!!! (Pro 16 vs. 3)

In the name of the pursuit of your ambitions, do not become unrealistic towards your parents, guardians, teachers, coordinators and so on, they know best, they may believe that some things are meant for a particular time, they may think you are not old enough or ready, they may think you are not carrying out the task the right way, their suggestion a times seem unreasonable, always chill and calm down and listen to them. When you disobey them GOD will no longer be for you and you are bound to have problems. Calm down, be patient and never be rude to them they know best a Yoruba proverb says “you can never have enough rags as an old person” that means you can never have enough experience as the older people have they know best and GOD knows why He put them above you, PLEASE ALWAYS LISTEN!!!!!!!

                                                 “SO ALWAYS KEEP AT IT NO MATTER THE OPPOSITION”

“I have held many things in my hands, and I have lost them all; but whatever I have placed in God’s hands, that I still possess.” 

~ Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

The words in the Lords Prayer ‘Thy Will Be Done’

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11/19/11

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Believe and make a difference.

I have learned that much of my spiritual progress does not come 

directly from God, but through my ability to humble myself and 

hear Him speak through imperfect people.

~Francis Frangipane
The next few days will be about giving thanks, gratitude, staying humble and leaving ego at the side of the road.
Many of our best intentions have been diluted because of being proud or not really listening or watching as life passes us by.  Maybe even more correctly stated we pass life by.  Always in a hurry, not stopping to see the blessings that we truly have been given and the love we have all around us.
Staying humble and taking the time to appreciate our humility is so very important to being able to truly give thanks and appreciate the gratitude and fortune we truly all have.
We are fortunate to have a family as some do not.
We are fortunate to have health as many struggle with illness.
We are fortunate to have a home while so many go homeless.
We are fortunate to have friends yet many are alone.
Yes staying humble and putting pride from our heart and mind is such a important step to true gratitude.
Take time each morning to give thanks and give your humble heart the time to truly listen to the world around you.
You will feel more appreciation for all that has been given.
You will want to soak in the energy of peace and tranquility.
Take that time to be still.
May your humble heart be filled with joy, gratitude and love.May you share this with those who feel it less.
Make that difference and share.
As always smiles to you and yours and have a great day : )

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On this day in history

1907 – Indian Territory and Oklahoma Territory join to form Oklahoma, that is admitted as the 46th U.S. state.

1914 – The Federal Reserve Bank of the United States officially opens.

1938 – LSD is first synthesized by Swiss chemist Dr. Albert Hofmann at the Sandoz Laboratories in Basel, Switzerland.

1940 – World War II: in response to the leveling of Coventry, England by Nazi Germany’s Luftwaffe two days before, the Royal Air Force bombs Hamburg.

1940 – World War II: in response to the leveling of Coventry, England by Nazi Germany’s Luftwaffe two days before, the Royal Air Force bombs Hamburg.

1973 – Skylab program: NASA launches Skylab 4 with a crew of three astronauts from Cape Canaveral, Florida for an 84-day mission.

1973 – U.S. President Richard Nixon signs the Trans-Alaska Pipeline Authorization Act into law, authorizing the construction of the Alaska Pipeline.

1988 – The Supreme Soviet of the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic declares that Estonia is “sovereign” but stops short of declaring independence.

1992 – The Hoxne Hoard is discovered by metal detectorist Eric Lawes in Hoxne, Suffolk.

1997 – After nearly 18 years of incarceration, the People’s Republic of China releases Wei Jingsheng, a pro-democracy dissident, from jail for medical reasons.

2000 – Bill Clinton becomes the first U.S. President to visit Vietnam since the end of the Vietnam War.

2010 – Prince William and Kate Middleton announced their engagement at Clarence House.

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My daily recipe for today.  Hope you enjoy : )  From Heart.org 

Quick Chicken Chilli

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Your Daily Prayer 

Lord, thank you for yet another day to praise and give thanks

May this season of Thanksgiving be one where I can not only feel gratitude but also share with those who may need to feel the same gift of joy and love.

May I be a better listener a better light that shines upon another persons life.

May I be guided well today.  May I share with practice and participation the simple truth of love, patience and the simple sincere power of the smile.

May I share laughter and happiness.

I thank you for the gift of my family, my friends and for the gift of life.

I give you praise and the glory for all of that

Protect us and guide us this day and protect us from moving hastily through the day.

Help us to share these gifts with others. 

Help us to live a kinder and more joy filled life.  

With humility and gratitude I thank you

Amen

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Daily Information

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probably the finest sound there is and will last until the day when

 the game is called on account of darkness.

 In this world, a good time to laugh is any time you can.

~Linda Ellerbee

I found this quote to share with you and I laughed. LOL!

In most peoples life Monday is a tough day.  Going back to work after a weekend filled with family.  Going back to school with the thoughts of tests and work assignments on your agenda and the worry of it all and some of it never even existed.  We just anticipated the worst.

That is when laughter is the most effective.

Comedy is defiance. It’s a snort of contempt in the face of fear and anxiety. 

And it’s the laughter that allows hope to creep back on the inhale.

~Will Durst

We all need to laugh more.  Smile more and share these gifts, the simple and sincere gifts that they are.

Laughter is…..

the best medicine for any ache or pain.

Laughter is…..

what you do when you want to confuse your foe.  They will wonder what your up to.

Laughter is…..

a mood enhancer.  Try it and see how quickly your mood takes a turn for the better.

Laughter is….

good for your breathing.  You breathe deeper and exhale deeper.

Laughter is….

good for your family, your relationships.  A no brainer here, a room full of laughter is a great room.

Laughter is…..

an instant depression antidote.  Not the cure for depression mind you but laughter is one good step in the right direction.

Laughter is…..

contagious and when you laugh the world will laugh with you.

Take the time to laugh this day and if you can do it again tomorrow.

Smiles sent your way along with some laughter!  : )  LOL

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On this day in history

1862 – American Civil War: President Abraham Lincoln approves General Ambrose Burnside’s plan to capture the Confederate capital at Richmond, Virginia, leading to the Battle of Fredericksburg.

1889 – Pioneering female journalist Nellie Bly (aka Elizabeth Cochrane) begins a successful attempt to travel around the world in less than 80 days. She completes the trip in seventy-two days.

1922 – The BBC begins radio service in the United Kingdom.

1941 – World War II: In Slonim, German forces engaged in Operation Barbarossa murdered 9000 Jews in a single day.

1957 – The Appalachian Meeting outside Binghamton, New York is raided by law enforcement, and many high level Mafia figures are arrested.

1965 – Vietnam War: The Battle of the Ia Drang begins – the first major engagement between regular American and North Vietnamese forces.

1967 – American physicist Theodore Maiman is given a patent for his ruby laser systems, the world’s first laser.

1969 – Apollo program: NASA launches Apollo 12, the second crewed mission to the surface of the Moon.

1970 – Southern Airways Flight 932 crashes in the mountains near Huntington, West Virginia, killing 75, including members of the Marshall University football team.

1973 – In the United Kingdom, Princess Anne marries Captain Mark Phillips, in Westminster Abbey.

1982 – Lech Wałęsa, the leader of Poland’s outlawed Solidarity movement, is released after eleven months of internment near the Soviet border.

1991 – In Royal Oak, Michigan, a fired United States Postal Service employee goes on a shooting rampage, killing four and wounding five before committing suicide.

1995 – A budget standoff between Democrats and Republicans in the U.S. Congress forces the federal government to temporarily close national parks and museums and to run most government offices with skeleton staffs.

2003 – Astronomers Michael E. Brown, Chad Trujillo, and David L. Rabinowitz discover 90377 Sedna, a Trans-Neptunian object.

2007 – The last direct-current electrical distribution system in the United States is shut down in New York City by Con Edison.

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My daily recipe for today.  Hope you enjoy : )  Just pick one for today  : )

Courtesy of Margie Ann Lamont Tetmeyer

Recipes for Life 

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Your Daily Prayer 

Lord thank you for giving us the gift of laughter.  

May we use it often to lighten the load for ourselves and for others.

Help me to not only have faith in your word but faith in happiness and joy.

Allow me to use this faith and share this faith with others.

I thank you for the gift of my family, my friends and for the gift of life.

I give you praise and the glory for all of that

Protect us and guide us this day and protect us from moving hastily through the day.

Give us the patience to slow down just to enjoy life and the simple pleasures of laughter and the simple sincere smile.

Help us to share these gifts with others. 

Help us to live a kinder and more joy filled life.  

Thank you for all that we have.  Love, Freedom and Salvation.

Amen

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Daily Information

A very cool time piece for the web

Sunrise  

Sunset

Next Full Moon

Days till Spring 

Sharing a smile ~  Sending you love ~  Pass it on

: )

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written by Victor Yakin copyright protected 2011

Are all but dreams, so sad this year

To scrape, to save, to try to buy

All on their lists, but none I fear

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The year, it’s bad and took a toll

Christmas comes, despite it though

There is no money, no bank roll

No one could save, no bucks to show

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We can teach the truth of the season

That one special gift we all receive

Let everyone know the one true reason

Why at this time, we must believe

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Merry Christmas, children, there are no toys

But yet, feel in your heart, the Christmas Joy

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That joy is strong, it can bring smiles

It can fill us all with what we need

Merry Christmas, adults and every child

You’ll feel the joy, if you believe

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Who would have thought my job be lost

There’re many others who share this, too

We can’t buy happiness at money’s cost

So there’s just one thing that we can do

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Merry Christmas, children, there are no toys

But yet, feel in your heart, the Christmas Joy

That joy is strong, it can bring smiles

It can fill us all with what we need

Merry Christmas, adults and every child

You’ll feel the joy, if you believe

“The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes 

but in having new eyes.”

~Marcel Proust

What we have is already here and it is truly all that we need.  Our perception gives to us the perceived value.  So to discover that our perception is everything in understanding our landscape is perhaps the first step to growth in gratitude.

Gratitude is everything to me.  It is understanding that life is a gift and a precious resource.  The nature that has been created for us is unlimited.  The birds of the air and the creatures of the land are here for us all and the cycle of life has its purpose.

The seasons and the renewal of the earth from winter to spring to the freshness and flowering of summer. It has its own discovery each and every year.

We all must have new eyes to discover these truths.

What we have right now is more than enough.

We never complain or try to hoard the air that is around us, we have discovered long ago its enough for everyone.

We never worry will the water stop to flow, will the ocean run dry, no we know there is enough for everyone.

The time that we have, both you and I ticks on.  We can choose to isolate ourselves and worry that our time here on earth will run out, and it will one day.  But how poor the line of sight in these old eyes if we choose to look at life with this concern.  

No we must look at our time here on earth as a gift, as a precious gift that we will enjoy and trust in the message below and live our life to leave behing something that will live on.

The smiles we have shared, will live on.  If not just for the small changes we made during our life because of them.  They will live on.

The laughter we have shared, will live on.  It will echo in the minds of those it has been shared with.

The love we given will live on.  From the mouths and hearts of our children and from the life we have dared to live.

Stay foolish and Stay Hungry our friend Steve Jobs shared with us.  Don’t live life driven by others whims and beliefs.  No choose to live life with your own values, and hunger.  Your plate should always be full of your dreams and goals and wishes for something more.

Dream Big, not small dreams mind you.  No, dream big.   Imagine the possibilities that lay ahead.  Choose wisely your steps of course, don’t run towards the dream unless you have a passion for it.  

A dream that has no passion in it will soon fizzle out.  But a dream that you want, desire, have a passion for its completion will be much easier to run with and not get lost in life’s storms.

Yes the discovery is in your eyes, it is already here.  You just need to bring it life in your world.

Smiles sent your way… Today and everyday  : )

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Some events to think about on this day

1889 – Montana is admitted as the 41st U.S. state..

1895 – While experimenting with electricity, Wilhelm Röntgen discovers the X-ray.

1923 – Beer Hall Putsch: In Munich, Adolf Hitler leads the Nazis in an unsuccessful attempt to overthrow the German government.

1933 – Great Depression: New Deal – US President Franklin D. Roosevelt unveils the Civil Works Administration, an organization designed to create jobs for more than 4 million of the unemployed.

1939 – In Munich, Adolf Hitler narrowly escapes the assassination attempt of Georg Elser while celebrating the 16th anniversary of the Beer Hall Putsch.

1950 – Korean War: United States Air Force Lt. Russell J. Brown, while piloting an F-80 Shooting Star, shoots down two North Korean MiG-15s in the first jet aircraft-to-jet aircraft dogfight in history.

1957 – Operation Grapple X, Round C1: Britain conducts its first successful hydrogen bomb test over Kiritimati in the Pacific.

1983 – 1983 United States Senate bombing: a bomb explodes inside the United States Capitol. No people are harmed, but an estimated $250,000 in damage is caused.

1960 – John F. Kennedy defeats Richard Nixon in one of the closest presidential elections of the twentieth century to become the 35th president of the United States.

1966 – Former Massachusetts Attorney General Edward Brooke becomes the first African American elected to the United States Senate since Reconstruction.

1966 – U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signs into law an antitrust exemption allowing the National Football League to merge with the upstart American Football League.

1971 – Led Zeppelin releases “Led Zeppelin IV,” which becomes the third-best-selling album ever in the US, and includes the widely-considered best rock song ever recorded “Stairway to Heaven.”

1973 – The right ear of John Paul Getty III is delivered to a newspaper together with a ransom note, convincing his father to pay 2.9 million USD.

2004 – War in Iraq: More than 10,000 U.S. troops and a small number of Iraqi army units participate in a siege on the insurgent stronghold of Fallujah.

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My daily recipe for today.  Hope you enjoy : )  From Simple Daily Recipes

Minestrone with Pasta and Beans

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Your Daily Prayer 

In gratitude I come to you today.   Humble yet proud to be a part of this world.  Help me to discover all the beauty not just in nature and those things given freely and abundantly.  But those things that are every day happenings that seem so trivial but have so much meaning.

Help in my discovery today of what already is great in my life and help me to share my love, my laughter and my smile.

Amen

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Daily Information

A very cool time piece for the web

Sunrise  

Sunset

Next Full Moon

Days till Spring 

Sharing a smile ~  Sending you love ~  Pass it on

: )

brought to you by Make ME Smile Online

written by Victor Yakin copyright protected 2011

Therefore, if you’ll see in a dream that the person you love is cheating on you, this information is true. The unconscious mind prepares you for facing problems, so that you won’t lose your mental stability for having a shocking experience.

Only Carl Jung discovered the real meaning of the dream images, as I prove in my work. All the other dream interpreters and psychologists who pretend to interpret dreams are impostors who interpret dreams based on their personal opinion. Even if they have studied the meaning of dreams somehow, if they didn’t learn the complicated, obscure, and time consuming method of dream interpretation discovered by Carl Jung, they don’t know how to translate dreams.

I prove that only Jung discovered the right method of dream interpretation because I continued his dangerous research into the unknown region of the human psyche by using his method of dream interpretation. I prove in my work that his theories were real facts.

I simplified Jung’s method basically because I continued his research discovering the anti-conscience, the wild side of the human conscience that didn’t evolve like our human side. Our wild conscience causes mental disorders within our human conscience in order to control our behavior.

Now dream translation became a simple matter. I clarified all the vague and uncertain points in Jung’s work, giving you clear and fast explanations. Today dream translation is as simple as translating a document from Spanish to English. Or better saying, from Chinese to English, since the dream language is quite strange; it is based on images and not on words.

The dream images are the unconscious words. The unconscious mind produces dreams in order to protect your mental stability from the attacks of your anti-conscience, which is your primitive, violent and evil conscience that refuses changing its behavior and learning how to respect human principals.

Many dreams predict difficult situations in order to help you correct your mistakes. However, if you don’t know how to translate the dream language according to the scientific method of dream interpretation (based on Carl Jung’s discoveries) you cannot understand how to change your destiny. Besides having to correctly translate the meaning of dreams, you also have to obey the unconscious guidance in order to prevent what is bad.

Dream warnings open your eyes, showing you the truth as it is, without hypocritical distortions. However, only if you’ll obey the wise guidance you receive, will you be able to always prevent bad events, diseases, mental illnesses, accidents, and other misfortunes. If you are lazy or superficial, you won’t reap all the benefits you can have for being able to predict the future and change its development. You have to correct your mistakes in order to avoid negative future events.

You will have positive dreams once you transform your personality and you learn the meaning of goodness. Goodness and wisdom are synonyms. In order to eliminate your violent and dangerous anti-conscience you must learn how to become a true human being. This means that you have to completely develop your sensitivity, besides developing your intelligence.

The unconscious mind helps you abandon the selfish and absurd concepts of the materialistic and atheistic modern civilization. You learn the true meaning of life. You understand the meaning of death. The unconscious wisdom opens your third eye.

Many dream predictions come true when you learn how to translate the meaning of dreams according to the scientific method because the more you care about the meaning of dreams, more predictions the unconscious mind will send you in the dream images. You’ll come to the point of seeing a dream prediction everyday, especially when you’ll be facing dangerous situations.

The unconscious mind teaches you how to change your destiny. You learn how to correct the mistakes that would cause a negative future result. Since you are obedient, the unconscious mind starts trusting you and sending you always more information about everything.

However, obedience is a very difficult matter when you disagree with your master. Those who are not able to evaluate the perfection of the unconscious guidance, and those who cannot completely trust the divine unconscious wisdom because they don’t believe in the unconscious sanctity, cannot prevent what is bad.

For example, the unconscious mind will tell you that in order to prevent what is bad you have to forgive your brother for making a mistake. If you won’t obey the unconscious mind but you’ll keep hating your brother, you won’t be able to prevent a bad future event.

The unconscious mind makes miracles only thanks to your cooperation. You must be an obedient student and patient in order to save yourself from suffering. Only if you’ll be as obedient as I was when I started following the unconscious guidance in my dreams, will you learn how to always avoid what is bad, and evolve.

However, I must warn you that many times you will have to accept suffering and you will have to pass through bitter life experiences that you won’t predict. You don’t live in a paradise. Many times you will have to suffer in order to help someone else. Many times you will have to accept a sad event because it is part of God’s plan for the elimination of evilness on Earth.

Our planet was specifically created by God in order to transform our satanic anti-conscience into human content. If you are atheistic, you will surely change your mind when you’ll learn how to translate the meaning of dreams according to the right method. You’ll have undoubtable proof of God’s existence because you’ll see that the saintly unconscious mind helps you in all ways like an angel.  

The unconscious mind always forgives you, and always shows you the truth. The unconscious mind gives you numerous explanations and unlimited support. Thus, at a certain point you will surely verify that the unconscious goodness proves God’s existence. Only God can be so patient and so generous with selfish sinners like you.

Christina Sponias continued Carl Jung’s research into the human psyche, discovering the cure for all mental illnesses, and simplifying the scientific method of dream interpretation that teaches you how to accurately translate the meaning of your dreams, so that you can find health, wisdom and happiness.

Learn more at:

http://www.scientificdreaminterpretation.com

http://www.booksirecommend.com

“Affirming words from moms and dads are like light switches. 

Speak a word of affirmation at the right moment in a child’s life and

 it’s like lighting up a whole roomful of possibilities.”

- Gary Smalley

Yesterday we spoke about the empty nest what silence it brings.  On how the six human needs that we learned in school interact with who and what we need and what we are as parents.

Our children do grow up and if you have kids at home, as I do, you cherish each day and each moment.  

I do tell me kids, both of them that I am not here to be their friend.  I am here to be their father.  Thats my job and I take it seriously.  They understand and they are both awesome and loving children.  I told them that this morning, told both of them.

So yesterday we did the first three human needs 

Need # 1  

The need of certainty and comfort.

Need # 2

Uncertainty and Variety

Need # 3

Significance

So today, we move on to:

Need # 4  

Connection and Love

The connection that a mother has with her son or daughter is amazing.  The connection between twins is  also hard for another person to understand but there is that connection with out a doubt.

Any parent knows the special bond with a child, can be another baby from across the room and we can empathize with the parent.   The love in the eyes that we send across that room and know that was us at some point in parenthood.  We loved, we admired, we protected and with out  any doubt we would do anything for our children.

That connection is so very solid.

When a parent loses a child, whether at a store, or in life the panic and the pain and the sorrow is so very large.  In life when a child is lost to this world, our world we never ever forget.  We don’t we love them and miss them and want to hold them just one more time.  That feeling goes on – forever…….

Connection and love is always present in parenthood and it is so very dominating in any parents life.

Need # 5

Growth

Oh how we love to watch our children grow.  We want the very best for them but we get excited marking the growth on the wall with a pencil each time we see growth.  We look at pictures of them all through our life to remind us how quickly they grew.  It is amazing : )

These are my two my favorite picture of all time.  : )

I love that picture.  Sure you have one that you cherish.  

That picture shows growth.  Where they were and where they are now.

What magic that growth happens in front of our eyes and it amazes as we grow older.

Need # 6

Contribution

We have and we still do contribute.  It is important to know that we have.  That we raised our children to be contributors themselves.

That we know as we pass on they will have a life of their own and breathed easier because we lived.

We hope that we did enough, that we raised our children to make wise choices.  Our parents hoped that for us, did we make mistakes?  Oh did we…..lol.   Yes they will to its called an education, learning the ropes that we carry are there for us and even if we are at the very end of the rope we hold on and climb back up to higher ground.

The contribution we can make in this world is so massive we hardly recognize it.

We can be a parent, a friend to others, an ear for those who need it, arms for those to hold, and a smile to be shared with another to just maybe lighten a load.  The power is yours my friend.

Make a difference.  You did as a parent and even if you are not a parent, maybe just maybe you watch over another child as if it was your own, with love and patience.

Till next time….. Smiles sent your way ; )

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Some events to think about on this day

1929 – In New York City, the Museum of Modern Art opens to the public.

1940 – In Tacoma, Washington, the original Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapses in a windstorm, a mere four months after the bridge’s completion.

1941 – World War II: Soviet hospital ship Armenia is sunk by German planes while evacuating refugees and wounded military and staff of several Crimean hospitals. It is estimated that over 5,000 people died in the sinking.

1944 – Franklin D. Roosevelt elected for a record fourth term as President of the United States of America.

1967 – Carl B. Stokes is elected as Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, becoming the first African American mayor of a major American city.

1967 – US President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967, establishing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

1973 – The U.S. Congress overrides President Richard M. Nixon’s veto of the War Powers Resolution, which limits presidential power to wage war without congressional approval.

1983 – 1983 United States Senate bombing: a bomb explodes inside the United States Capitol. No people are harmed, but an estimated $250,000 in damage is caused.

1989 – Douglas Wilder wins the governor’s seat in Virginia, becoming the first elected African American governor in the United States.

1990 – Mary Robinson becomes the first woman to be elected President of the Republic of Ireland.

1991 – Magic Johnson announces that he is infected with HIV and retires from the NBA.

2000 – Hillary Rodham Clinton is elected to the United States Senate, becoming the first former First Lady to win public office in the United States, although actually she still was the First Lady.

2000 – The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration discovers one of the country’s largest LSD labs inside a converted military missile silo in Wamego, Kansas.

2002 – Iran bans advertising of United States products.

2007 – Jokela school shooting in Tuusula, Finland, resulting in the death of nine people.

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My daily recipe for today.  Hope you enjoy : )  From All Recipes.com

Bezzie’s Black Bean Soup

Great for that cold day to warm the belly!

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Your Daily Prayer 

Thank you for the awesome gift of parenthood.  May I always feel that first day that they came in this world, in my arms, in my heart and became not just a responsibility but so much more.

Thank you for their health and may you always protect and when that time comes for them to have children may you give them wisdom and patience and direction.

Thank you for this gift called parenthood.

Amen

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