How come it had to end this way?
All everyone wanted was for you to be ok.
I never really knew you at all.
Lord will take you, it’s time to answer the call.
Even in death you will be remembered.
You will live on in our hearts forever.
Bullets run from the gun,
And you will show us what you are made of.
Remember you are loved.
Now you can fly away like a white dove,
So you will be free of misery and pain.
Most of your wall has been stained,
And all sit around your grave and pray.
Together we could have fought off the drugs.
Together we could have fought off the abuse.
Here we are sitting without you.
Everyone wondering what to do.
We all remember the good days.
Could you not have just stayed?
Open arms welcome you home.
Open arms will make sure you are not alone.
Please never forget,
Remeber you are loved.
Remember you are the white dove,
And never forget one more thing,
You will always be remembered.

Using a Story-List

I went to a party as a child. There was a game that involved looking at a table covered in 15 various items. After a few minutes, we were taken to another room, and each child was given paper and a pencil. We had to write down as many items as we could remember. I recalled seven or eight, but one boy won the prize by remembering all 15 items.

Years later I learned why he won. His father taught him a simple trick that none of us other kids knew. The technique is to tie the items together in an imaginative story. For example, what if you want to remember a list of the following things: Soap, milk, honey, fork, and flowers.

Start a vivid story in your imagination, adding each item to it as you go: At the sink, you reach for the SOAP. The soap dish is full of MILK, so you wash your hands in that. Then you comb HONEY into your hair with a FORK, and finally pick up a bouquet of FLOWERS and smile at the mirror. Say each item while mentally reviewing your “movie,” and you’ll remember all five things, even the next day.

Some Other Memory Tricks

Tell yourself to remember. When you learn a person’s name, for example, tell yourself, “remember that”. This signals your unconscious mind to rank this input as more important.

Know WHY you want to remember something, and HOW you’ll remember it. To remember a person, for example, ask why they’ll be important to you in the future, imagine where you’ll see them next, and connect that to anything you notice about them. Seeing the importance of remembering really helps, and additional associations (where you expect to see the person next) set the memory more firmly in your brain.

Do you ever forget where you put your car keys? You’ve probably tried retracing your steps, at least doing it in your imagination. This can work well, but even better is to prevent the forgetting beforehand. When you set the keys on the chair, see yourself walking in and setting the keys on the chair. You won’t forget where they are.

There are many more of these memory tricks. If you want them to be useful, though, don’t just read about them. Make a memory technique or two into a habit, starting today.

Your intelligence relies on your ability to retain information and extract it when needed. For an example when you are having a maths exam the outcome of that test relies on your ability to extract previously learned information. That previously learned information had to be retained with in your brain for you to later call upon for use, in this case for use in a maths exam. Now retaining and extracting information does not sound hard, so why aren’t we all geniuses? We aren’t because we humans get distracted when retaining information, we also forget information that we have not used in a while. For instance a 50 year old will more than likely have forgotten how to do algebraic equations that they once knew how to do when they were 16. Now the retained information about algebraic equations is still there but the pathways to it within your brain have not been used in a while, so it harder and takes longer to extract that information, sometimes pathways are rendered useless and cannot ever extract the information along that specific pathway. However new pathways can be formed to retrieve the information, an example of this is a sudden remembrance of an event you may of experienced and you needed a certain smell or image to rebuild the path way or in a common phrase “jog your memory”. So retaining and extracting information are the foundations of intelligence. The most important part however is the ability to think objectively. Thinking objectively, to put it simply is to get things done. You set yourself a goal, complete it, then move on to the next one. This also aids your ability to problem solve. Thinking objectively however is increasingly difficult as we have MANY ways to procrastinate and procrastinating slows or blocks this ability as we are unable to fulfil and create new goals. So simply intelligence is the ability to retain (learn, remember) information and extract (Say what you have learnt, call upon it) it, then use it effectively.       

Everyone remembers where they were and what they did on this day that changed the personality of a nation. In my own way of remembering, I wanted to set up a place where we can share our memories and preserve them so that we will never forget.

Below are some example accounts. Continue the thread and send to your family and friends. Reply with: your name / city and state / ONE sentence about where you were when you experienced or heard about the attacks / ONE sentence about what the events of 9/11 taught you…

Name: Whitney G. (Baltimore, MD)

I was: At home; I had just dropped my son off from school and heard it on the radio.

This day taught me: How much I love my family and how much I couldn’t stand to be without them.

Name: Collins T. (Camp Springs, MD)

I was: At the barbershop getting a hair cut

This day taught me:  Despite our differences we are all one nation.

Name: Marcus T. (Washington, DC)

I was: At school and our teachers wouldn’t talk to us about it; I didn’t know anything until my mom picked me up.

This day taught me: Tomorrow is never promised.

Name: Chelsea R. (Washington, DC)

I was: Just getting to work and I remember feeling so lazy that morning.

This day taught me: to hold on to the things that matter I was so scared and to all of the families of those who passed, God Bless.

Name:  Breanna Windsor. (Milford, CT)

I was: In school; my teacher turned on the news and the whole class watched in shock.

This day taught me: Rest in paradise to all the brave firefighters who risked their lives to save others.

I wonder what everyone is going to do tomorrow. I think some people are going to make the journey to Ground zero to take part in the opening or the memorial. I think some people are going to watch the memorial on television and pay their respects to all those lost.

I think there will be some people will need to think about the day for a moment then they will move on without another though, mostly becaus they don’t want to think about it or the day did not affect them as much as other people. Then I think there will be those people who will not even know that the day had anything special going on. I just wonder what people will end up doing.

As for me, I spent some time writing a poem about a little rabbit who experienced the destruction of the two towers. I intend to spend my day making sure as many people as possible can go visit my poem and comment about how that poem made them feel. Please take a moment to visit and read A “9 11 Rabbit“

You may think what you remember is 100% accurate you are prepared to completely rely on your recalled information in an argument or presentation, but before you seriously hurt anybody consider this: scientists have long ago established that in fact memory is highly fallible, and most of the time the information we recall is inaccurate.

Here you are having a pleasant conversation with your friend, then something happens, you disagree, your friend recalls one thing, and you are 100% sure the thing to be quite the opposite. Of course neither of you is prepared to give in, you are the fortunate one to behold the truth, and you will not stop until you prove your point. You are being impolite and obnoxious. Even if you are right, why wouldn’t you let your friend get away and save his/her face? Tell them you are not sure about the facts, and you have to look it up. A little white lie can go a long way, lying is the oil that greases our interactions with others and lets us maintain friendly social relationships.

We are overly optimistic about the accuracy of our memories, which often makes us look like fools. Our memory is highly fallible. Do we learn? Memory is an interpretation, the raw sensory data is largely discarded, the transformation from raw data to interpretation occurs automatically and outside volition. We do not see what we see; we see what we think we see our consciousness is presented with an interpretation, not the raw data. Numerous studies have shown that memory changes over time.

As we recall an event over and over, we drop details from earlier versions and add new details to later versions. All things being equal, accuracy declines with each new recall. Memory is a reconstruction, not a record. When we recall something we invoke the most applicable script and may unconsciously fill in missing information in order to complete the reconstruction.

Will you put your money where your mouth/memory is?

Concerning spiritual leadership, similarity is certain; however, the differences involved are quite opposite to each other.  In a natural kind of leadership, force is sometimes imposed. This method is necessary in order that a rule must be obeyed to the letter. On the other hand, spiritual leadership has given more lee-way in favor of the followers, their obedience is motivated more by love than of the consequences they may get or experience in the form of penalties.

In spiritual leadership, a leader must be spiritual.  A person must be a Godly man, one who fears the Lord with all his heart.  It is impossible for a man whose life is entangled with sin, to guide someone who wants to be free from it.

In the Bible, there is a verse found in Luke 6:39 (English Standard Version) and it says “He also told them a parable: “Can a blind man lead a blind man? Will they not both fall into a pit? “, this is a short verse, but the truth expressed in it is so clear.  If anyone longs to become a spiritual leader, that person must first acquire spirituality. It has to be remembered that it is not easy, but it’s worth it.

Similar cases are not rare. Rarity, should be given a positive scientific attitudes.

  There may be many things in America we do not agree with but it would be plain ignorance to ignore that our freedom and rights come at the injustice of our fallen soldiers.  Today, many people mourn the loss of loved ones, and commemorate the bravery of the US soldiers.  They had to sustain bravery in order to fight for the freedom and many rights we have as citizens of America. 

     Today, we commemorate not only the bravery, courage, and sheer determination of our soldiers and veterans that fought for our country, but we remember those whom we have lost in the plight. 

     So don’t spend this memorial day wondering how to get the perfect coloring on those steaks, or how many people will be eating potato salad.  Spend the day reflecting on how many soldiers lost their lives in the fight for our freedom.  Reflect on the freedoms we have and spend the day being thankful for them.

Hey, without those rights and freedom, I couldn’t write this article.

Thanks for reading!

1.      Love is to care

The first meaning of love is that when you love someone, you must be care to your partner and will try to do the best to entertain your couple. You always try to take care of your love so that no one could take it from you and away from your heart. Caring itself is one of way to express your love feeling to someone that is the meaning of love. You do not want to make her/him sad, that is why you will take care of you love in order to grow day after day. When you have pure love, you never feel tired to express your feeling and make your couple feel comfortable anytime you both spending time together. That is the meaning of love.

2.      Love is to do

When one of you falling in love, you would do anything to make another happy. Yes, that is the meaning of love. You do not care if you must face hard challenge to achieve the goal and does not mind to spend much money to bring the dream into reality. That mean, that love is to do something and that is the essential of the meaning of love. You will like to see a happy face instead of frown face, would not you? So, it is not bad thing to entertain your couple by making dinner at home. Do what your couple like and you will feel satisfy seeing the smile.

3.      Love is to give

If you really know the meaning of love, mean you can give something without thinking to get back is one of the meanings of love. You would give your time, your thoughts, your idea, and everything you have to someone you love. You do not care if you must sacrifice your money or even your life to give happiness to your couple. You will not let someone you love sad and feel lonely. You will not let that happen. By giving you have, at least you would get happiness in your heart because you do the best to take care of your relationship. That is really the meaning of love.

4.      Love is to share

One of the meaning of love is that it is really nice when you falling in love, you can share everything with your couple. You will not doubt to tell about your life story, funny story, silly story, your experience of life and your adventure. Even, you can share your problem with your couple. You both will try to ease the burden on the shoulder so that both of you could divide its burden. Sharing becomes one of important element when you care a relationship. You cannot selfish and ignore your couple’s need. By not act as a selfish person you will understand the meaning of love.

5.      Love is to loyal

Everyone will agree with this meaning, love means to loyal. Yes, that is one of the meaning of love. Loyal to someone you love and you do not have intent to cheat your couple. Even, you do not have space to another inside your heart. Your mind and you body would say no when anyone ask you to betrayal because you do not want to hurt someone you love. The essential of the meaning of love in this case is that you will against all of the reasons to cheat your couple because you cannot live without your couple.

6.      Love is to remember

The last meaning of love is to remember. You cannot forget your love. Whenever and whatever you do, your couple’s shadow will accompany you and you will never feel lonely. You remember your love every hour, every minute, and every second and cannot forget your love although only for a while. And you always bring your love in every steps of your life. Remember becomes last of the meaning of love you should know when you make a relationship.