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Posted May 11, 2013 04:35 AM
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/white-house-rebuffs-boehner-benghazi-related-emails-214324542.html

Dear BHW Sisters,

Take to your phones, e-mails, and "snail mail" ... Let the Opposition know that WE, the people, do NOT appreciate them spending time "politicizing" old news ... Ask them to "get to work" on the many problems that face OUR great nation ... They don't do their jobs ... they merely put up roadblocks to OUR great President and his Administration ...

WE, the people, must let them know that we do NOT appreciate their approach to governance and that they NEED to focus on what is important to the American people OR they need to voluntarily leave office ... IF all they know how to do is bicker and obstruct ... they do NOT belong in Congress where OUR nation's business should be conducted ...

PLEASE ... let them hear from YOU ... WE, EACH ... have a voice we need to use to make ALL of our lives better! ...

With PROFOUND and ABUNDANT GRATITUDE ... my DEEP respect ... my love and many blessings ... :-x ...

Aloha pume hana,

Barb
Posted May 3, 2013 09:01 AM
"U.S. employers continued to add jobs in April, at a pace above forecasts but still relatively slow.

The Labor Department reported Friday that 165,000 jobs were added for the month, and that the unemployment rate fell to 7.5% from 7.6%.

The jobs number is an improvement over March, when employers added 138,000 jobs. But it's hardly impressive at this point in the labor market recovery, which began three years ago." - CNN ...


Dear BHW Sisters,

Well ... continued IMPROVEMENT ... :-x ...

And, IF I heard right, there was a major UPWARD revision to February's numbers ... I'll see if I can find a related article to share ...

[Edited in: Yes, I DID hear correctly ...

"The government also issued major upward revisions for job creation in March and February.

The initially disappointing 88,000 figure for March was revised to a more respectable 138,000. The February figure was revised up to 332,000 from the initial report of 268,000. That was the most new jobs added in a month since May 2010.

'With an increase of 165,000 jobs in April, and following the significant upward revisions for February and March, the job market looks better than expected despite the sequester or issues like the rising cost of providing healthcare benefits,' said Kathy Bostjancic, director of macroeconomic analysis at the Conference Board." ... ]

ONWARD and UPWARD ... Let's give this Administration the support and credit it DESERVES ... :-D ... :-x ...

With profound and abundant gratitude ... my deep respect ... my love and many blessings ... :-x ...

Aloha pume hana,

Barb

P.S. Here's a related article:

http://www.latimes.com/business/money/la-fi-mo-unemployment-rate-jobs-economy-20130503,0,973835.story
Posted Apr 30, 2013 09:24 AM
Dear BHW Sisters,

What a year this has been! ... :-D ...:-x ...

IF I didn't have to deal with the news which makes the front pages of our daily newspapers ... this would be considered an awesome year ...

Sooo many interesting things have been happening and ... this fine morning as I posted the processes I engage in EVERY morning, I was sooo pleasantly surprised at the progress made that I couldn't help but beam ... I AM happy ... very happy! ... I have mastered what I sought out to master years ago ... The "test," of course, lies ahead ... but ... I passed that "test" in 2008, so I think I AM more than prepared to deal with it once again should the circumstances present themselves ...

I have met sooo many interesting people in my travels across this awesome land ... good, decent people ... all striving in their own way to master what I have ... We compare notes and share insights ... and all I can say is ... it IS simply awesome! ... :-D ... :-x ...

The Universe in its infinite wisdom .... DOES ... serendipitously present awesome experiences to us ALL ... Pay attention and YOU will SEE that the Universe is omnipotent! ... :-x ...

Stay tuned ... SUBSTANCE and QUALITY will have their day! ... :-x ...

With PROFOUND and ABUNDANT GRATITUDE ... my DEEP respect ... my love and many blessings ... :-x ...

Aloha pume hana,

Barb
Posted Apr 26, 2013 08:20 AM
"Does your family know what to do if you can't contact one another by phone? Where would you gather in an emergency? Juval Aviv says that the U.S. Government has in force a plan that, in the event of another terrorist attack, will immediately cut-off EVERYONE's ability to use cell phones, as this is the preferred communication source used by terrorists and is often the way that their bombs are detonated. How will you communicate with your loved ones in the event you cannot use phones, internet? Bottom line, you need to have a plan !

If you believe what you have just read, then you must feel compelled to send it to every concerned parent or guardian, grandparents, uncles, aunts, whatever and whomever. Nothing will happen if you choose not to do so, but in the event it does happen, I promise this particular email will haunt you.


I promise this will make you think!

Do you know who Juval Aviv is? He was Golda Meir's bodyguard and the Israeli Agent upon whom the movie ' Munich ' was based. Golda Meir appointed him to track down and bring to justice the Palestinian terrorists who took the Israeli athletes hostage and killed them during the Munich Olympic Games. In a lecture in New York City a few weeks ago, Aviv shared information that EVERY American needs to know, but that our government has not yet shared with us.

A little background:

• Aviv predicted the London subway bombing on the Bill O'Reilly show on 'Fox News', stating publicly that it would happen within a week. At the time, O'Reilly laughed and mocked him, saying that in a week he wanted Aviv back on the show. Unfortunately, within a week the terrorist attack had occurred.

• Juval Aviv also gave intelligence to the Bush Administration about 9/11 a month before it occurred. His report specifically said that they would use planes as bombs and target high profile buildings and monuments... I think we all know what happened, right?

• Congress has since hired Aviv as a security consultant. Aviv predicts that the next terrorist attack on the U.S. will occur within the next few months . Forget hijacking airplanes, because he says terrorists will NEVER try hijacking a plane again as they know the people on board will never go down quietly again. Aviv says that our airport security is a joke 'that we have been reactionary' rather than proactive in developing strategies that are truly effective.

Example 1: Because an idiot tried to light his shoe on fire, now everyone has to take off their shoes.
Example 2: A group of idiots tried to bring aboard liquid explosives, and now we can't bring liquids on board. He says he's waiting for some suicidal maniac to pour liquid explosive on his underwear; government security will then have us all traveling naked! Last but not least, our airport security looks for metal, but the new explosives are made of plastic!

Currently, our government only focuses on security when people are heading to the gates. Aviv says that if a terrorist attack targets airports in the future, they will target busy times on the front end of the airport when/where people are checking in. For example, it would be easy for someone to take two suitcases of explosives, walk up to a busy check-in line, ask a person next to them to watch their bags for a minute while they run to the restroom, and then detonate the bags BEFORE security even gets involved. In Israel , security checks bags BEFORE people can even ENTER the airport.
Aviv says the next terrorist attack here in America is imminent and will involve suicide bombers and non-suicide bombers in places where large groups of people congregate, such as Disneyland, Las Vegas casinos, shopping malls, subways in rush hour, train stations, etc., as well as in rural America this time (Wyoming, Montana, etc.). The attack will be characterized by simultaneous detonations around the country involving at least 5-8 cities, including rural areas. Aviv says terrorists won't need to use suicide bombers in many of the larger cities, because at places like the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, they can simply valet park a car loaded with explosives and walk away.

Aviv says all of the above is well known in intelligence circles, but that our U.S. Government does not want to 'alarm American citizens' with the facts. The world, however, is soon going to become 'a different place', Aviv says, where issues like 'global warming' and political correctness will have become totally irrelevant. On an encouraging note, Aviv says that Americans don't have to be concerned about being nuked. He says the terrorists who want to destroy America will not use sophisticated weapons. Instead, they like to use suicide, as it's cheap, it's easy, and it's effective and they have an infinite abundance of young, ignorant, fanatic militants more than willing to 'go see Allah'.

Aviv also says the next level of terrorists over which America should be most concerned will not be coming from abroad. They will instead be 'home grown' meaning they will have attended and been educated in our own schools and universities right here in the U.S. These young terrorists will be most dangerous because they will know our language and will fully understand the habits of Americans; but that we Americans won't know/understand a thing about them.

So, what can America do to protect itself? From an intelligence perspective, Aviv says the U.S. needs to stop relying on satellites and technology for its intelligence. Instead, we need to follow Israel 's, Ireland 's and England 's hands-on examples of human intelligence, both from an infiltration perspective as well as to trust 'aware' citizens to help. We need to engage and educate ourselves as citizens; however, our U.S. Government continues to treat us, its citizens, 'like babies'. Our government thinks we can't handle the truth' and are concerned that we'll panic if we understand the realities of terrorism. Aviv says this is a deadly mistake.

Aviv recently created/executed a security test for Congress by placing an empty briefcase in five well-traveled spots in five major cities. The results? Not one person called 911 or sought a policeman to check it out. In fact, in Chicago , someone tried to steal the briefcase!
In comparison, Aviv says that citizens of Israel are so well 'trained' that an unattended bag or package would be reported in seconds by citizen(s) who know to publicly shout, 'Unattended Bag!' The area would be quickly & calmly cleared by the citizens themselves. But, unfortunately, America hasn't been 'hurt enough' yet by terrorism for their government to fully understand the need to educate its citizens or for the government to understand that it's the citizens who are, inevitably, the best first-line of defense against terrorism.

Aviv also was concerned about the high number of children who were in preschool and kindergarten after 9/11, children who were basically 'lost' without parents being able to pick them up, and schools that had no plan in place to best care for the students until their parents could get there. (In New York City , in some cases this was days!) He stresses the importance of having a plan that's agreed upon within your family, to respond to in the event of a terrorist emergency . He urges parents to contact their children's schools and demand that the schools, too, develop plans of actions, as they do in Israel . He says we should all have a plan that is easy enough for even our youngest children to remember and follow.

Does your family know what to do if you can't contact one another by phone? Where would you gather in an emergency? Aviv says that the U.S. Government has in force a plan that, in the event of another terrorist attack, will immediately cut-off EVERYONE's ability to use cell phones, as this is the preferred communication source used by terrorists and is often the way that their bombs are detonated. How will you communicate with your loved ones in the event you cannot use phones, internet? Bottom line, you need to have a plan !

If you believe what you have just read, then you must feel compelled to send it to every concerned parent or guardian, grandparents, uncles, aunts, whatever and whomever. Nothing will happen if you choose not to do so, but in the event it does happen, I promise this particular email will haunt you.

Don't be in the category of saying, "I should have sent this to...", but I didn't believe it and just deleted it as so much trash. "


Dear BHW Sisters,

Just received the above by e-mail ...

Sooo many insights and TRUTH ...

With profound and abundant gratitude ... my deep respect ... my love and many blessings ... :-x ...

Aloha pume hana,

Barb
Posted Apr 26, 2013 08:01 AM
Dear BHW Sisters,

Wow! ... Finding time to Blog is getting harder and harder ... but ... I wanted to reinforce a message I have tried to deliver over many, many years ...

I am caught up in the tasks of suddenly having to assist in remediating problems with my families' rentals. Both properties are in the process of screening potential tenants and after renovating one of the properties after finally getting a non-payer out ... you can count on the fact that fatigue is a part of this process ...

I have come to SEE more clearly than ever before that finding SUBSTANCE and QUALITY is not as easy as it once was ... Finding people who will stand behind the proposals they make is not easy ... Mold has never been a part of either house's history ... and yet, after being in this property for less than a year, we find that the tenant we allowed to move into the renovated home has brought this problem with them ...

I say this because she said they had the "same" problem before and they just used Clorox. We would never even have known of the problem if we had not tried to show the house this past weekend. Good grief! ... ...

Suddenly, the problem was before us ... a problem we should not have to be facing ... Hmmmmm ...

It has been difficult to find a company who will do the job for a reasonable price and stand by the work they do ... a guarantee that the mold will not return IF we select them ... not even six months! ... ??? ... ...

Am I venting? ... ... Perhaps ... but ... there IS sooo much TRUTH in what I AM trying to message ...

SUBSTANCE and QUALITY are not so easily found in the current environment we ALL live in ... These are hallmarks of how I have lived my life ... advocating for ... delivering ... seeking EXCELLENCE always ... :-x ... :-x ... :-x ...

WHY is it so hard to find? ...

Think about that, my dear BHW Sisters, and ask yourselves ... Are YOU a part of the SOLUTION or are YOU a part of the problem? ... ...

Strive ALWAYS ... to BE a part of SOLUTIONS!!! ... :-D ... :-x ...

With PROFOUND and ABUNDANT GRATITUDE ... my DEEP respect ... my love and many blessings ... :-x ...

Aloha pume hana,

Barb
Posted Apr 21, 2013 04:33 PM
Dear BHW Sisters,

What a week it has been! ... ... Just as I was about to turn off the TV and head for the airport ... the Breaking News caught my attention ... Darn! ...

I am sooo glad that this episode ended quickly ... It took others 7 years to track down the Atlanta bomber ... That is what I heard as I listened to the news over this past week ...

Precious lives lost ... and ... none of us will ever figure out WHY some are taken and some are not ... The riddle of life makes for lifelong questioning IF we allow it ... IF we realize that things over which we have no control must simply be accepted ... and dealt with ... we realize that life must go on ... that as long as we have breath within us, we must do what we EACH can to make a meaningful difference in how we ALL live ...

I honor the people of Boston ... They demonstrate UNequivocally just what the fabric of the American psyche IS all about ... Bravo! ... Kudos! ... :-x ... :-x ... :-x ... OUR resilience and OUR willingness to get up and make things better despite the evil that sometimes chooses to visit us in our daily lives ... These qualities were on display by the Bostonians and OUR great President and his Administration during this past week ...

Since my return, I have been too busy to post my thoughts, but ... I decided to sit down for a few minutes and s-t-r-e-t-c-h for what I AM seeking to share from this awful experience ...

I have decided that, personally, I need to slow down ... to re-evaluate all that I spend my time on and HOW I spend my time ... WE must ALL do what we EACH can to figure out WHY some young men are lost in our society ... We only need look at the events of the last several years to SEE with great clarity that it IS the population of lost young men who seem to take out their frustrations in random acts of violence ... WHY is this? ... HOW can this pattern be eradicated? ...

I do NOT pay lip service to anything in life ... We are either part of the SOLUTION or part of the problem ... I, for one, will try harder to figure this out and do what I can to help solve the root of the problem ... It DOES reside somewhere in the fabric of our society ... WE need to face facts ... There IS something terribly wrong with how some young men are treated ... WHAT makes them feel so "lost" ... so "frustrated"? ... ... HOW can young men who many can say "good things" about ... suddenly turn into "terrorists" ... ??? ... ... These questions DESERVE answers! ...

Will YOU help? ... ... Will YOU decide to LOOK for SOLUTIONS? ... ...

With PROFOUND and ABUNDANT GRATITUDE ... my DEEP respect ... my love and many blessings ... :-x ...

Aloha pume hana,

Barb
Posted Apr 12, 2013 11:58 AM
Dear BHW Sisters,

L'est the Opposition get away with their "spin," I'd like to say ... it is NOT about spending ... It IS about refreshing OUR infrastructure so we are competitive in the world ... and so horrible accidents can be AVOIDED ...

It IS about supporting OUR young people so they can get a good education and compete anywhere in the world ... :-x ...

It IS about supporting OUR elderly population so they need not fret in their old age ... I AM part of that group, but I do not fret and I don't plan on collecting Social Security till I'm 70 years old .. ... ...

WE, as citizens, need to contribute to the competitiveness of OUR great nation IF we are to make meaningful ... purposeful ... contributions to OUR way of life ...

I get VERY upset when the Opposition focuses on "spending" ... when it was the prior Administration that neglected OUR infrastructure and cut OUR taxes when we needed the revenue to keep up with the needs of OUR citizens ... Dang! ,,. I wish people would awaken to TRUTH!!! ...

Don't allow the selfish "spin meisters" to FOOL YOU ... PLEASE!!! ...

With PROFOUND and ABUNDANT GRATITUDE ... my DEEP respect ... my love and many blessings ... :-x ...

Aloha pume hana,

Barb
Posted Apr 11, 2013 01:00 PM
Dear BHW Sisters,

I have been waiting in the lobby of the Sheraton Gateway for about 4 hours and they tell me it may be another 2 hours before I can get a room ... After flying most of the night, I am obviously not a happy camper ...

So, I thought I would share an insight ... As often as I travel, Sheraton is one of the very few chains which consistently treats their customers in this fashion ... Hilton and Marriott NEVER give me any problem with early check-in ... Four Seasons is another chain that often makes you wait for your room ...

Isn't it time we, as consumers, start to make our displeasure public? ... Let's support the chains that don't play such silly "games" ... Penny-wise ... dollar-foolish, if you ask me ...

With profound and abundant gratitude ... my deep respect ... my love and many blessings ... :-x ...

Aloha pume hana,

Barb

P.S. I learned that there is a T. Harv Eker conference going on here ... So, I guess I can forgive the long wait yesterday ... I have a free ticket to this since I bought 10 books to give to my best clients when he came out with Millionaire Mindset ... Let's see if they'll allow me to preview this event ... I should be in their database ... :-D ...
Posted Apr 5, 2013 08:48 AM
"Hiring was much slower than expected in March, with the U.S. economy adding 88,000 jobs. The jobless rate fell to 7.6% from 7.7%, according to a Labor Department report released Friday.

Economists surveyed by CNNMoney were expecting an increase of 190,000 jobs for March. " ... CNN ...



Dear BHW Sisters,

Well, we are still heading in the CORRECT direction ... Unemployment rate decreased to 7.6% ... Jobs added were lower than it has been in recent months, but it was an increase and NOT a decrease ... Kudos to OUR great President and his Administration! ... :-x ...

Let's ALL do our part to keep OPTIMISM functioning out there in the REAL world ... As I get older, I realize that much of what we experience IS a self-fulfilling prophecy ... So, let's think POSITIVE and DO what we EACH can to help OUR economy ... OUR greatness in the world depends on EACH of us doing what we EACH can ... :-x ...

With profound and abundant gratitude ... my deep respect ... my love and many blessings ... :-x ...

Aloha pume hana,

Barb

P.S. Some of the commentary out there suggests that the "participation rate" has decreased by 500,000 jobs and that is why the Unemployment Rate has dropped to 7.6% ... Yes, that is true, but ... the Baby Boomers are retiring at the rate of about10,000 per day, so in a typical month ... THAT accounts for about 300,000 of the 500,000 that many commentators are referring to without DISCLOSURE of the impact of the retiring Baby Boomers ... TRUTH is not easy to come by, especially when some people want to "spin" the news ... SAD, indeed! ...
Posted Mar 31, 2013 03:43 PM
Dear BHW Sisters,

Happy Easter! ... :-x ...

Human history has been something I have studied from time to time in my personal walk through life ...

Probably the greatest gift from my college professors was their ability to translate their personal "thirst for knowledge" and their ability to share it and the fruits of it with me and all of their students ...

As I take this day to reflect on what my personal journey has taught me ... I am struggling after a too demanding schedule and my UNwillingness to admit that I can't keep up the pace I have tried to keep up all of my adult life and particularly in the last 4 - 5 years ... ... ...

I have tried to deal with the world we all share and the relationships it has gifted me with ... To say that I have learned a LOT and that I keep learning a LOT would nevertheless prove to be an UNDERstatement ... ...

In recent years I have found myself stepping forth in courage and belief that ALL will unfold as it should and as it was meant to BE ... searching for meaning and purpose that fulfills a life well-lived ... ALL of my life I have paid attention to the "signs along the highway" ... and despite my personal desire to embrace the good and walk away from the relationships that do not serve what I perceive as "my highest and best purpose" ... there are times when I have to wonder ... wonder at the feedback that comes to me from a variety of sources ... trying to make sense of it ALL ... wondering at the dissonance that appears from time to time that seem to contradict the great teachings and teachers of the world ... Hmmmm ... WHAT does it ALL mean? ... ...

I don't have the answers ... but ... I TRUST that it will come in due time ... at the RIGHT time ... :-x ...

Time to BE selective ... Spring cleaning IS coming ... WHAT will it bring? ... ...

I need to become more aware of my personal limitations ... Physically, since 1998, my body has been telling me something ... I need to pay attention ...

I need to set priorities ... and revisit my personal goals ... I have already achieved what most people dream about ... but ... it has been the search for meaning and purpose which has seemed to evade me ... Despite helping a LOT of people achieve material dreams ... the sacrifices I have made personally to some make little sense ... maybe I AM beginning to SEE the wisdom of the more practical amongst us ...

Do these questions tantalize YOU? ... ... Do YOU have similar questions about meaning and purpose? ... ...

Well ... enough about my personal journey ... WHAT I intended to discuss was the meaning and purpose we ALL seek ... WHY are we here? ... ... And, WHY must we feel sooo powerless to SOLVE the problems that confront the world on a daily basis? ... ...

Is this ALL just the nature of human existence? ... ... That IS the existential question many have posed as they confronted the inevitable questions surrounding human existence ... WE are no different ...

With PROFOUND and ABUNDANT GRATITUDE ... my DEEP respect ... my LOVE and MANY BLESSINGS ... :-x ...

Aloha pume hana,

Barb
Posted Mar 27, 2013 02:22 AM
Dear BHW Sisters,

After a grueling week and a half of traveling to/from East Coast to home and back to Las Vegas and back home, I feel totally wasted ... but ...

I needed to share this l'est some of you start believing the spin of the Opposition:

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/03/14/us-iraq-war-anniversary-idUSBRE92D0PG20130314

Thanks once again to Lynn who shares such awesome articles ... pointing our way to TRUTH ... Unless we remain vigilant, TRUTH will evade us as those who spin are artful ...

The Opposition seems to think that the prior Administration could spend us into debt and blame OUR great President for what they put us through ... ... Now, we seem to have no money for critical Infrastructure repairs ... for Pell Grants ... for needs of OUR citizens ... Seems the Opposition has always had their priorities more than a bit MISplaced ...

With profound and abundant gratitude ... my deep respect ... my love and many blessings ... :-x ...

Aloha pume hana,

Barb
Posted Mar 14, 2013 09:14 AM
Dear BHW Sisters,

As I watched "The Ed Show" yesterday on MSNBC, I was greatly heartened by listening and watching Scott Prouty, the person who made that famous 47% tape of Governor Romney showing EVERYONE exactly what he REALLY thought ...

I was deeply moved by the EVERYDAY HERO that Scott Prouty represents ... Someone who in a moment of destiny seizes it to "change the course of history" ... Sharing TRUTH so EVERYONE can SEE CLEARLY ... What an awesome person he IS ... :-x ... :-x ... :-x ...

TRUTH IS ALL POWERFUL ... and I applaud ALL the EVERYDAY HEROES who speak TRUTH ...:-x ... :-x ... :-x ...

Listening to Scott's story and understanding the soul-searching that he had to do in order to decide to "go public" with the tape ... That IS courage personified ... and I AM sooo proud of a person like Scott ... Kudos! ... Bravo! ... :-x ... :-x ... :-x ...

We must ALL learn to support heroes like Scott who bring TRUTH to light ... :-x ...

With PROFOUND and ABUNDANT GRATITUDE ... my DEEP respect ... my love and many blessings ... :-x ...

Aloha pume hana,

Barb
Posted Mar 12, 2013 11:49 AM
http://thinkprogress.org/health/2013/03/08/1690341/top-republicans-demand-that-obama-provide-coverage-to-people-with-pre-existing-conditions/

Dear BHW Sisters,

I think this speaks for itself ...

LOL! ... Remember it was the Opposition who opposed Obama Care ... Now, they want to take credit for a part of it ... LOL! ... ...

The Opposition are hilarious ... really! ...

With profound and abundant gratitude ... my deep respect ... my love and many blessings ... :-x ...

Aloha pume hana,

Barb

P.S. Thanks, Lynn, for that article link ... :-x ...
Posted Mar 12, 2013 11:35 AM
Dear BHW Sisters,

Do not be FOOLED by the Ryan Plan ... The Opposition LOST the election, but they are TRYING once again to get their agenda through AND obstructing OUR great President's more BALANCED and FAIRER plan ...

Do NOT allow Representative Ryan to get you to agree to a VOUCHER system for Medicare ... That will DENY you coverage YOU are expecting and putting MORE MONEY into Healthcare Insurers and Providers ...

Pay attention ... or ... YOU will be taken advantage of ... OPEN YOUR EYES ... PLEASE! ... :-x ...

I have seen this sleight-of-hand of the Opposition often enough to recognize the pattern ... PLEASE PAY ATTENTION! ... :-x ...

With profound and abundant gratitude ... my deep respect ... my love and many blessings ... :-x ...

Aloha pume hana,

Barb
Posted Mar 10, 2013 03:07 PM
Dear BHW Sisters,

As I get busier and more tired, I find my ability to tolerate the dissonance out in the REAL world has become tested ... more often than it had been in the past ...

Sometimes, I wonder at my willingness to tolerate all the negatives that surround me ... I have often dreamed in an idealized way what the world would BE like ... IF ONLY ... :-x ... ...

The coping skills I learned in my pursuit of my Bachelor's Degree have served me inordinately well over the years ... Psychology as a field of study has much to recommend it ... :-x ... Sometimes, I do dream about having followed that path ... I wonder where it might have led me ... but ... I am quickly drawn back by the quiet and sometimes unquiet reminders of ALL the reasons why I chose a detour ... ...

This fine morning as I have in recent days rediscovered Oprah and been tuning in when time permits ... multi-tasking as I listen ... Don Miguel Ruiz of The Four Agreements happened to be on in the last couple of days ... I haven't caught the entire interview, but ... I was reminded of the book and how it came into my life ...

I was also reminded of HOW many things enter OUR lives ... BEing OPEN to RECEIVE ... :-x ... :-x ... :-x ... Over the last 3 or 4 years, I have pursued with a passion knowledge of what I do daily ... It has led me to travel like never before in all the years of my BEing in this industry ... and I have found a FREEDOM I had not known before ... LIBERATING and ENERGIZING!!! ... :-x ... :-x ... :-x ...

Technology has made possible the travel I do ... FREEING ME TO BE ... :-x ... ... I cannot begin to tell you how HAPPY I AM to be living in these times ... and having my son assist me with technology ... OMG! ... HOW AWESOME IS THAT?! ... ... :-D ... :-x ...

Anyhoo, technology has enabled sharing like never before ... and when we are open to receive ... we receive ... :-x ... In recent days, I came upon an e-mail that I decided to open and read and participate in a webinar launching a service that assists people doing what I do ... It IS so simple that I wonder whether it will really work for me and what I do ... I know I can't use ALL of the ideas for a lot of reasons I don't need to get into here, but ... I thought I would share the serendipitous occurence with ALL of you ...

Let's SEE if this simplifies my life ... I have been OVERworked and VERY tired for much too long ... and I have known for some time now that I need to simply my life ...

Well ... HAPPY SUNDAY, everyone! ... :-x ...

With PROFOUND and ABUNDANT GRATITUDE ... my DEEP respect ... my LOVE and MANY BLESSINGS ... :-x ...

Aloha pume hana,

Barb
Posted Mar 8, 2013 08:54 AM
"The U.S. government said Friday that the economy added 236,000 jobs in February – much stronger than the prior month.

Meanwhile, the unemployment rate fell to 7.7% from 7.9%. A total of 12 million people remain unemployed.

Going forward, it remains to be seen what impact the recent forced budget cuts in Washington will have on the economy. Experts have forecast the cuts will cause a loss of jobs and a slowdown in growth, but for the most part the spending reductions have not yet kicked in." - CNN ...


Dear BHW Sisters,

Time to get on the phone or write your Congressmen/women ... As I have attempted to say for a VERY long time OUR great President has been taking OUR country down the CORRECT road ... Time the Congress ENABLE his agenda and STOP OBSTRUCTING it ...

With PROFOUND and ABUNDANT GRATITUDE ... my DEEP respect ... my love and many blessings ... :-x ...

Aloha pume hana,

Barb
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