Have you ever wondered what your life is all about? Why you are here? What you are supposed to be doing with your life? Who you really are? The answer to these questions lives in your purpose. And we all have one - a purpose in life, and a unique one. To the degree that we know what our purpose is and direct our energy toward living and expressing it in what we think, say and do and in who we are, to that degree we will be fulfilled and live fully with deep meaning and joy.
Imagine waking up in the morning eager for the day, ready to take it on, saying, “Yes,” as you get out of bed, “this is my life and I love it. I love this day.” If you’re not already waking up this way, it is possible. It’s possible if you get clear about your purpose and live it.
If you don’t yet know what your unique purpose is, you can begin with a universal purpose such as the one I mentioned in the last newsletter - to add value to life and to experience and spread more love, joy and aliveness. Simply focusing on any one aspect of it such as experiencing and expressing more joy in your life will begin to turn your life around and transform how you get out of bed in the morning. And you’ll be able to look back at the end of the day and say to yourself, “This was a good day!”
Our unique purpose incorporates using our natural talents and gifts to fulfill a universal purpose in a way that speaks to each of us personally, that is compelling and alive for us. It will be unique because we each are.
First, be assured that you have a purpose - you’re here for a reason. The nature of the universe is that every living thing is created for a purpose that serves the greater good, that contributes to life in it’s continuing growth and expansion. Your purpose has to do with “being” and “doing” for yourself and others. With this in mind, the most important, and practical, part of all of this is to have one, today.
Discovering your life purpose can be really simple. The simplest way for now is to decide what your purpose is. Right now. choose a really good one, one that deeply moves you, that makes you light up and that is compelling. It might be something like to love and be loved, to develop my natural gifts and talents to the max, to make a difference to everyone I come in contact with, no matter how small, to only speak the truth, to do what I love and support others to do what they love… It can be as simple as “joy.”
Stop reading now for just a few moments, keeping in mind the essence of what “purpose” is. Close your eyes and take a couple of deep breaths. Ask yourself, “What is my purpose?” And smile as you allow an answer to your question to arise, or as you decide on a purpose. Open your eyes, congratulate yourself and repeat your purpose silently or out loud. Then write it down. Congratulations!
I suggest you write down the purpose you chose, or your purpose as you know it today, and look at it every morning. Write it down as a positive statement beginning with “My purpose is…” and filling in yours. Remind yourself of it during the day by repeating it silently or out loud. You could, of course, sing it, or dance it, or write it on your bathroom mirror. It’s most important that you keep it alive - it will exponentially return the favor.
There are other ways to explore your own unique purpose. The start you’ve just made - you have made one haven’t you - will begin to create a synergy that will help you to grow and evolve your purpose over time. For now, you have a way to live on purpose each day. So “Live on Purpose!”
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Reggie Odom LICSW, CPCC, PCC founder of Inspired Works, is a Life Coach, inspirational speaker, and lecturer at the Simmons College School of Social Work. She is considered a master teacher and unforgettable speaker. Reggie coaches professionals and small business entrepreneurs who want more joy and greater aliveness. She can be contacted at (617)524-6153, reggie@reggieodom.com or you can visit her web site at http://www.reggieodom.com.
Parthenocissus tricuspidata is commonly known as Boston Ivy, Cottage Ivy, or Japanese Ivy. It covers the exterior walls of a number of prestigious northeastern universities and is probably responsible for the term “Ivy League.” Boston Ivy is a deciduous, self-clinging vine with large (to 4-8 inches) glossy leaves. The color of the leaves changes with the season starting with light green in spring, dark green in summer, and peach to scarlet crimson in fall.
The Boston Ivy vine has tendrils that have 5 to 8 branches, each of which ends with an adhesive-like tip. It secretes calcium carbonate, which serves as an adhesive and gives it the ability to attach itself to a wall without requiring any additional support. It can be easy to confuse this plant with evergreen English Ivy, which clings much tighter to a surface. Boston Ivy will grow along the ground but the vine loves to climb the brick or stone walls of buildings. A north or east wall works the best. It can get spread 30-60 feet and is one of the fastest growing vines. Other than buildings, it will also climb tree trunks, arbors, trellises or retaining walls. In addition to growing it on walls you can use Boston Ivy for screening or camouflage. It is a tough vine that tolerates urban settings, is salt tolerant, and easily handles most conditions including shade and drought. This fast-growing vine is hardy from USDA Zones 4 to 10 but does best in climates with cool summer nights.
Boston Ivy flowers are small, green, and difficult to locate. They develop into blue-black berries on red stalks, which become apparent after the leaves fall. Birds typically consume the berries before winter arrives. The foliage of Boston Ivy looks similar to maple leaves, especially when it turns deep red in autumn. It is usually pest-free but Japanese beetles can damage leaves in the sunshine. This ivy makes an excellent backdrop for summer flowers, especially reds, yellows, oranges, and whites.
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Jason Canon has authored numerous technical research papers including: photonic switching, gigabit networking, VoIP E9-1-1, and others.
Psychology of Tenacious Resolve
tenacious (t-nshs)
adj 1: stubbornly unyielding; “dogged persistence”; “dour determination”; “the most vocal and pertinacious of all the critics”; “a mind not gifted to discover truth but tenacious to hold it”-
T.S.Eliot; “men tenacious of opinion”[syn: bulldog, dogged, unyielding] 2: (of memory) having greater than average range;From Latin tenx, tenc-, holding fast, from tenre, to hold. See ten- in Indo-European Roots.
resolve (r-zlv) n.
Firmness of purpose; resolution. A determination or decision; a fixed purpose. A formal resolution made by a deliberative body. [Middle English resolven, to dissolve, from Old French resolver, from Latin resolvere, to untie : re-, re- + solvere, to untie; see leu- in Indo-European Roots.]
What you are about to read are the state of the art techniques, tools and tactics you need to overcome all doubt and fear and take rapid offensive action.
The best defence is offence. Get inside your opponents space, keep moving forward. Your primary objective is to intimidate, confuse and overwhelm. There are some basic concepts of performance psychology and NLP that need to be covered first before you start hardwiring your neurology to reach your objective successfully.
Terminology: STATE: the combined subjective experience of the individual in the physiological, psychological, emotional spheres. That is whatever he or she is feeling and experiencing at any given point in time. The term state is much cleaner and more specific than mood or emotion because it doesn’t come loaded with preconceived notions and implicitly indicates the responsibility of the individual to manage and control their own state.
ANCHOR: any distinctive trigger or association to fire off the desired state. Anchoring is the process of creating a strong neural associative conditioned response to a particular state. The anchor could be from any sensory sub modality, ideally it should be something unusual and combine several sub modalities. SUB MODALITY: The sub modalities are the sensory coding which constitutes the individuals subjective experience of internal and external reality. Simply: visual, auditory, kinaesthetic, olfactory and gustatory. E.G.: You smell a particular type of food being cooked and it takes you right back to a certain time and place where you felt happy and relaxed. An olfactory sub modality fired of an anchor in your neurology causing you to change state and access a new state in which you feel a certain way. OR A physical confrontation is imminent, so you deliberately and consciously fire off a particular anchor which is: touching your fingers together in a certain way (kinaesthetic external), saying a particular phrase inside your mind (auditory internal), seeing a particular thing inside your mind (visual internal) and moving your body into an on guard posture (kinaesthetic external). This combination fires off a state in which you feel confident, are thinking clearly and are filled with tenacious resolve.
STATE MANAGEMENT The most important part of the whole process. Managing your state is the process of guiding and changing states from undesirable ones like confusion or stress to more desirable states like confidence and clarity. The quality of your technique and performance is directly proportional to the quality of the communication with yourself and your environment. (see ooda loop) Why should you manage your state? You want to be able to respond effectively to all types of assault? Do you want to be able to react with skill and intelligence in the pursuit of your objectives? Manage your state. If you can control and change how you feel, you can determine how you will think and act. Which is a very important point to make at this juncture. If you are reading this manual because you are a social recluse who would rather stay in your bedroom sharpening your weapons than going out and expanding your social circle, its time to manage your state. Go outside, smell the air and hear the birds sing. If you are paranoid, moody and aggressive and would like to get what you want out of life by scaring people, put this book down and invest your cash in some good counselling.
Sometimes the best defence is a smiling, confident demeanour.
In Zen Buddhist Thich Naht Hahns classic “Mindfulness and Psychotherapy” he points out:
“Smiling is very important. If we are not able to smile, then the world will not have peace. It is with our capacity of smiling, breathing, and being peace that we can make peace”
If you assume the world is out to get you, you will prove yourself right. If you are genuinely happy and experiencing good states (like euphoria, clarity, confidence, generosity, humour etc) regularly you will get in to far fewer physical confrontations. You get what you train for. If you practise feeling good more than you practise feeling bad, you will feel good more than you feel bad. Whatever you want out of life- learning to manage your states is essential to your success.
People in good states make good decisions and perform well. People in bad states… don’t! You must have had a training session when you were performing really well, when you were flowing from movement to movement with ease, when you were really seeing your training partner clearly and almost psychically predicting their next move.
Wouldn’t it be good if you could switch that state on every time you felt a confrontation was imminent?
Richie Grannon… bio at http://www.streetfightsecrets.com
The National Science Foundation is an independent government agency in the United States. The National Science Foundation is responsible for providing support to basic science research, which is primarily accomplished through research funding.
The National Science Foundation mostly provides research funding in the form of grants. These grants are most often given in the form of individual grants to graduate students and professors. In fact, with an annual budget of approximately $5.5 billion, the National Science Foundation provides about 20% of federally supported funding for basic research to America’s universities and colleges.
Under the leadership of its director, Dr. Arden L. Bement, Jr., the National Science Board meets six times per year to determine the policies of the National Science Foundation. The National Science Board consists of 24 members, all of which are appointed by the President of the United States to 6 year terms.
History of the National Science Foundation
The National Science Foundation was originally established as the result of the 1950 National Science Foundation Act. The mission of the National Science Foundation, as stated within this act, was “To promote the progress of science; to advance the national health, prosperity, and welfare; and to secure the national defense.”
The National Science Foundation has competed with defense research agencies, such as the Office of Naval Research, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, and the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, for funding. This battle for funding has led many science historians to claim that the National Science Foundation is an “inept compromise” between visions within the federal government in regards to the scope and purpose of the foundation.
Programs of the National Science Foundation
Fields within the National Science Foundation include: astronomy, physics, behavioral science, biology, chemistry, and computer science. Economic science, social sciences, science education, engineering, environmental science and education, polar research, geoscience, mathematics, and statistics are also fields covered by the National Science Foundation.
In addition to working within its regular fields, the National Science Foundation promotes a variety of special programs. These programs are sometimes put into place in order to increase the participation of under-represented minorities in the sciences. The Research Experience for Undergraduates program, for example, targets minorities and women. This program provides grants to institutions in order to assist them in providing opportunities for summer research to undergraduate students.
In addition, the GK-12 Crosscutting Program was established by the National Science Foundation to provide universities with money to encourage graduate students to interact with k-12 students. The goal of this program is to increase science retention in children at an early age.
The National Science Foundation also funds projects on a national scale. One such project is the National Science Digital Library. Also, the National Science Foundation helps pay for the establishment of the Materials Research Science and Engineering Centers that are located in some research universities.
Space exploration and the National Science Foundation
At times, there is conflict between the National Science Foundation and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). This is because both agencies strive to increase knowledge regarding the universe, space, and the human body. Neither, however, wants to pay more than its fair share for this research. Furthermore, clear guidelines concerning which agency is responsible for which aspects of the fields have not been established.
Currently, the two agencies have developed a truce of sorts. Under the unofficially structured guidelines, NASA is responsible for paying form space based operations. These include projects such as Chandra, the Hubble Space Telescope, and the Spitzer Space Telescope. The National Science Foundation, on the other hand, funds ground based operations. These include the National Radio Astronomy Observatory, the Atacama Large Millimeter Array, and Kitt Peak.
FoundationTeam is an expert information source for the National Science Foundation. We also provide resources on the Arthritis Foundation and the Lance Armstrong Foundation
Herpes, an infection caused by the herpes simplex virus, is
estimated to be present in 50 to 80 percent of the American
adult population. 20 percent, over 50 million people, are
infected with genital herpes, also caused by the herpes simplex
virus, and the majority of these cases may be unaware they even
have it. Studies show that more than 500,000 Americans are
diagnosed with genital herpes each year, and the largest
increase is occurring in young teens. Some people are trying to
self diagnose themselfs by using herpes pictures see:
http://www.nicocure-guide.com/herpes-pictures , but the only
right thing is to be diagnosed by specialist for right
treatment. There is no cure for herpes to date. Supporting your
immune system should be your first goal. A weakened immune
system is more prone to outbreaks.Efforts to develop a herpes
vaccine by biotechnology companies are ongoing. Until an
effective herpes vaccine or cure for HSV infection is found, the
prevailing approach to treatment continues to be suppressive
antiviral therapy. Although there is no cure for herpes, some
drugs have been effective in reducing the frequency and duration
of outbreaks. It might be a good idea to discuss options with
your doctor. During an outbreak, keep the infected area as clean
and dry as possible. This will help your natural healing
processes. Some doctors recommend warm showers in order to
cleanse the infected area. Afterwards, towel dry gently, or dry
the area with a hair dryer on a low or cool setting. To prevent
chaffing, some people also find it helpful to avoid
tight-fitting undergarments. Most creams and lotions do no good
and may even irritate.
