The Subconscious Link To Our Computer DesktopWritten by Sibyl McLendon
If you are a Windows user then you probably have some kind of a desktop theme or wallpaper on your desktop. They are fun, and you can download some very cool ones from Internet. I personally have a beautiful Celtic one that I downloaded, and I love it. Recently, however, it came to my attention that our desktop themes and/or wallpaper can have a very subtle yet strong effect on us! My husband went to Penn State University when he graduated from high school. He went in early 70’s, at height of hippie, sex-drugs-rock and roll era, when Vietnam War was in full swing and protesting it was what college students did. He was very much into whole genre, and he got quite heavily into drug and alcohol scene. He looked back on this time as fun and exciting, but also beginnings of a long-term problem with substance abuse. Recently he wanted to change his desktop, so he picked a fun Penn State theme. It had fight song and Nittany Lion, Penn State’s mascot. After about a month of having this desktop theme on his computer he began having disturbing dreams. He dreamed repeatedly that he was back at Penn State. He had no money, had to sleep on park benches and he was constantly in search of drugs and a liquor store! He was quite confused by these dreams, and found them to be distressing.
| | Success—two critical questions to ask, and answerWritten by Jerry Lopper
Success is one of those words that we all understand, or at first glance, we think we do. We hear that someone is a big success, and we nod in agreement and apparent understanding. But what is success? Webster defines success as reaching a conclusion, usually a fortunate one. OK, what is fortunate? Most of us correlate success with money. If someone has a lot of money we tend to think of them as successful. But if you’ve been around a few years you know that money doesn’t buy happiness. Money can make one’s life easier and that can eliminate many obstacles to happiness, but money itself brings little or no inherent joy. And joy is trademark of success.I propose that success is achieving, in this lifetime, what your soul intends. Therefore, success is very personal and completely individual. Furthermore, success does not come as a result of money, but money may come as a result of success. Success is a feeling. Success is a state of being in which we feel a sense of joy, fulfillment, and achievement. Forget what media proclaims. Ignore what friends and family consider a success. Focus instead on what success means to you. Are you successful right now? If you feel good about person you are being, then you are successful. If you feel joy when you are being who you are, if you feel fulfillment when you are doing what you do, this is your soul shouting encouragement at being real you. This is success.
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