New Age Life Boats

Written by Ed Howes


New Age Life Boats

This nation born in bloodshed, grew mighty by bloodshed - and perishes in bloodshed. Or maybe not. Is it unreasonable to imagine we have as good as a 50/50 chance? Help! Call 911! Done. Now what? The alarm clock rings and none can silence it. The people ofrepparttar world fear and tremble. The great warrior nation goes again to war.

The war on terrorism, likerepparttar 130928 great wars on poverty, crime, drugs, disease, education and family, will never be won, or ended. This is becauserepparttar 130929 people who profit from war, writerepparttar 130930 rules by which we agree to live. As long as business and government have unlimited credit, backed by workers, taxpayers, and consumers, war will continue and expand. America will perish.

The message of 9/11 is change or perish. The people of America are gettingrepparttar 130931 message. How about you? Have you heardrepparttar 130932 message? Have you learned to count your blessings, which includerepparttar 130933 ability to change your ways and by so doing those of your neighbors? Have you learned you can no longer depend onrepparttar 130934 people you trust with your very life? Have you decided to abandonrepparttar 130935 sinking war machine for a life of peace and harmony inrepparttar 130936 little lifeboats ofrepparttar 130937 New Age? If so, welcome aboard, we desperately need your help. If not, we'll try to save you a place and do without you - no hard feelings.

The name ofrepparttar 130938 New Age lifeboats is Independence,repparttar 130939 unfulfilled promise of our founders. From birth we have been dependent on others forrepparttar 130940 necessities of life; food, clothing, shelter, love, caring, companionship. You name it. We demand others provide it and we pay whatever price we can afford. The more we can afford,repparttar 130941 more is supplied.

We pay top dollar for doctoring and get greater disease as treatment only spirals in cost. We die for lack of money and cure. Does this make sense? Of course not. So why do we continue this fraud that kills us, makes us weak and foolish?

One ofrepparttar 130942 key answers is Tell-A-Vision. Once a week, TV news will tell us to pursue a healthy lifestyle. Get regular exercise. Drink more water. Eat more fruits and vegetables. Eat less meat. Get more rest. Whenrepparttar 130943 typical viewer/watcher gets this message, paid for by corporate sponsors, s/he will have received 100 messages telling her to watch more TV, drink Coca Cola, eat burgers and Doritos. Get new drugs from her doctor. Turn off this electronic mind bender.

How did we learnrepparttar 130944 alphabet, our math tables, science, history? We learned by repetition, repetition, repetition. Science has proven that anything repeated often enough becomes accepted as truth byrepparttar 130945 subconscious. By this simple method,repparttar 130946 Machine Age has created entire nations of uncritical, unthinking, uncaring robots. There is hardly one of us that wants to be a cog inrepparttar 130947 machine that is Enron, Exxon, Arthur Anderson, World Com, Quest or America, because we perceiverepparttar 130948 machines are breaking down, as they always do. America is looking for its soul - and finding it. Hooray for America!

The message of Tell-A-Vision is consume, consume, consume. We have lost so much respect forrepparttar 130949 customer of yesteryear, we are called consumers. Implied in that label isrepparttar 130950 idea we produce nothing of value and our purpose in life is to consume what we are told, and like it. We are nothing if not obedient and we are sad to learn how much truth there is in this implication. If and when we learn this truth that oilsrepparttar 130951 machine.

If we should decide we will no longer sailrepparttar 130952 ships of state or competitive nationalism, rather than go down withrepparttar 130953 captains, we must totally abandon ship. To leave one foot inrepparttar 130954 ship of state andrepparttar 130955 other inrepparttar 130956 New Age lifeboat, is to causerepparttar 130957 kind of painrepparttar 130958 image suggests. It's all about choice. You choose to change or you are changed by those who pay forrepparttar 130959 privilege of training you. If you don't choose freedom, you have chosen slavery, no matter what you call it. As Shakespeare might have said, A slave by any other name will smell as foul.

What is Life Balance?

Written by Michelle Casto


What is Stress? Stress is an interpretation of an event or circumstance which is understood to be a threat. It can be any force or pressure put on a system (living or nonliving) which may result in a need forrepparttar system to adapt or change. Stress on human beings is like a rubber band. You also stretch to meetrepparttar 130926 environment around you,repparttar 130927 demands of your lifestyle, andrepparttar 130928 pressures you put on yourself. If pulled too far, stress manifests itself in real conditions mentally, physically, and emotionally. Like a rubber band breaks when stretched too far, human beings have a breaking point too. The secret is to learn how to handle stress in your life and avoid becoming over-stressed.

The A B C’s of Stress Activating event Belief aboutrepparttar 130929 event Consequences ofrepparttar 130930 event

Stress isrepparttar 130931 internal pressure we put on ourselves from external factors. Living with moderate stress keeps you sharp and ready to move forward, however extreme stress can put you out of commission. It depends on your stress levels---how much you can deal with effectively. Some people thrive with stressful situations and some people snap atrepparttar 130932 slightest uncomfortable circumstance. Depending on your current stress level, when confronted with a stressor, you may respond with shock or feel stuck. The fast-paced, technologically advanced, complicated world has brought many changes to our lives. The pace of change does not seem to be decreasing, but rather increasing allrepparttar 130933 time. These changes put more demands and pressures on each of us to make adjustments to do more with less. While stress is a definite modern world reality, being “stressed-out” is not. We mistakenly believe that being stressed-out is “justrepparttar 130934 way it is.” And we often get in competition with each other about who feelsrepparttar 130935 worst!

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