How to Successfully Live Today...TODAY! (i--mail article)

Written by Doug C. Grant


Article Title: How to Successfully Live Today...TODAY! Author Name: Doug C. Grant Contact Email Address: doug @dougcgrant.com Word Count: 831 Category: Motivational/Inspirational © Doug C. Grant, 2002 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Publishing Guidelines: Thank you for publishing this article in its entirety includingrepparttar resource box. When possible, please notify me of publication by sending either a website link or a copy of your ezine upon publication via email to doug@dougcgrant.com --------------------------- How to Successfully Live Today...TODAY! (fromrepparttar 123753 ‛i-mail' files)

by Doug C. Grant

"Caught you, didn't I?"

Another intrusive i-mail had arrived. I was inrepparttar 123754 middle of doing what I considered to be an extraordinarily good job of relaxing on our balcony. Butrepparttar 123755 i-mail message took care of that. Unlike e-mail, which can be ignored or deleted, my internal i-mail demands immediate attention.

"You didn't catch me doing anything but relaxing," I muttered in response to Other-Self's accusation. "And I don't appreciaterepparttar 123756 interruption."

"You weren't relaxing and you know it. You've got everyone upset down here. Stomach is really in a stew."

"Oh, come now, I was simply wool gathering."

"Perhaps. But all your wool was getting knotted up in angry thoughts aboutrepparttar 123757 money you lost last September."

"Okay. So I'm still a little ticked. I was lied to. I've got a right to nurse some hard feelings."

"Who gave you that right?"

Other-Self has a way of asking such questions. Of course I didn't have an answer so I decided on belligerence as my defense. "I've got every right. I was hurt."

"Oh, that's really smart. You were hurt so now you're going to hurt yourself again and again by dwelling onrepparttar 123758 same hurt. Not only that, but you've just wasted a half-hour composing all sorts of bitter accusations and put-downs for yelling at someone you'll probably never see again."

"Yeah...well, I like to be prepared. Just in case. Besides, making up a lot of nasty things to say makes me feel better."

"Maybe you're getting some mental lollipops out ofrepparttar 123759 exercise but not us. The way I figure it, you've just needlessly aged your body 104 minutes during your half-hour of anger-stress. Send down a few more such thoughts and you can go forrepparttar 123760 full two hours."

"Hey, I don't need to listen to this. I'mrepparttar 123761 one up here having to wrestle with allrepparttar 123762 anger thoughts. And they aren't going away just because I tell them to."

"Of course they will. You just haven't tried."

"TRY! What's to try. Angry thoughts just come. So what am I supposed to do? Sit around in a coma?"

"Let me put it this way. What would you do if a dirty, unshaven sinister looking bum knocked on your front door and demanded to live with you?"

In The Beginning

Written by Hal Archer


This is not a history lesson!

Inrepparttar beginning, humans were free to roam and live as they wished. Of course, there were risks and they had to be very self sufficient. They hunted for their food and for hides and pelts to keep them warm and protected fromrepparttar 123752 elements. They were free, but sometimes asrepparttar 123753 hunter they becamerepparttar 123754 hunted. Quite often they became victims ofrepparttar 123755 very beasts they hunted. Another danger was other humans that would attack them and take awayrepparttar 123756 bounty they had hunted so hard for. But they were free.

As time passed some ofrepparttar 123757 stronger and more aggressive drew to them others and formed a tribe or small army. They then becamerepparttar 123758 protectors ofrepparttar 123759 weaker and less aggressive. But,it was at a price. They laid down rules, formed territories, and toldrepparttar 123760 people under them where they could hunt. Whenrepparttar 123761 day ended,repparttar 123762 hunter would now bring his bounty torepparttar 123763 leader, who would takerepparttar 123764 largest portion and give back torepparttar 123765 hunter his share. The hunter's share was much smaller thanrepparttar 123766 share kept byrepparttar 123767 leader. This, of course, was sorepparttar 123768 hunter could feel safe and secure. But, now he was no longer free.

As human-kind progressed, they learned to tillrepparttar 123769 land, grow crops and tame beasts into herds. The tribal leaders now became huge landowners and usedrepparttar 123770 masses or serfs to workrepparttar 123771 land and tendrepparttar 123772 herds. The masses received a place of shelter and a small share ofrepparttar 123773 crops as well as things produced byrepparttar 123774 herds. They were safe and protected, but they were not free.

The agricultural age moved on intorepparttar 123775 industrial age. Many inventions came into being, making human life easier and better. Huge factories were built to producerepparttar 123776 products ofrepparttar 123777 inventions. The masses were employed onrepparttar 123778 production lines. They were given health and retirement benefits. They lived better. They were more secure. But they were not free!

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