To keep the...

To keep the body in good health is a duty... otherwise we shall not be able to keep our mind strong and clear.

-- Buddha

I need to remember

Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously.... Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves, vanity to what we would have others think of us.
-- Jane Austen (1775 - 1817), Pride and Prejudice, 1811

Xinggong Taiji Ball

The ball weighs 26lbs.

Level 1 Complete

Today I passed my certification exam for Tai Chi instructorship. It consisted of four forms, self-defense and theory. Whew! Not sure if I will post video. Now on to Level 2.

Minnesota has St. Paul

The elements

Waking up...

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So what is really important?

Well I had originally typed a really long rant on the behavior of our congress and some people. But really what's the point? You have people who hide behind the shirt tails or skirts of whatever their religious values are and really don't look at the big picture. I mean follow those values to a T for all aspects of your life and not just pick and choose when it is convenient. If you are pro-life, how can you not be behind the health care bill? Seriously! I don't get it.

We have a lot of systems that need to be overhauled from the health care system to over charging for a toilet. Yes things take money but do we really need to pay for pensions for people who wanted to go to congress? How about we term limit you like we did the president? Yeah right.

To change things we need to remember to not act like the bully on the playground. It is a time to be respectful and remember that our children are watching. We scold them when they do the same thing. So who do you think they are learning from? Yeah, look in the mirror.

Secret (2007 film)

Info on the film

I do agree

I do not want people to be agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them.
-- Jane Austen

My view

So today the Texas Board of Education took another swipe at removing more about the truth because of people pushing their religious views and agendas on everyone else. No wonder history repeats itself. We have to mask it, hide it or just plain pretend it never happened. Why would we want a free thinking society. It is much better to be fed crap. The problem with them is not only does it affect them but the other 49 states as well. To sum it up best...

...when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.
-- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

True

Don't knock the weather. If it didn't change once in a while, nine out of ten people couldn't start a conversation.
-- Kin Hubbard

Snow...Glorious Snow!

Ok. I am trying to be all smiles about the weather because I know that we have had winters with not a whole lot of snow and a summers of tension about forest fires. Today...I broke. Sorry Mother Nature, keep bringing it on. I will just keep the snow thrower going until June if necessary. But in all seriousness, can we have a week of at least 50 degrees F? Thanks. :-)

People

Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.
-- Oscar Wilde

A cool way to look at statistics

No.

Yep. That is my new word. No. I am going to use it for everything. Will saying that at work get me in trouble...absolutely. Do I care? No. Tonight while wandering the aisles of Target I ran into an old friend. It was a good chat because in someways she helped me to figure out in what moment of time I became more cantankerous than normal. The funny thing is she doesn't even know I had that ah ha moment. There is a normal level of me but that person has long been benched. There are moments in our yearly lives in which no matter what you say, someone will take something personally and that we all get caught up in our own beliefs to think that anything else is possible. You know that whole finger pointing blame game. Lovely.

Experiencing things first hand is far better than taking someones word. In my wanderings, many things have brought up this deep sense of bewilderment and irritation. I mean, are we really seeing the few manage the many? Yep. They do a wonderful job of manipulating and censoring to achieve societies of what they want. Do I think we are all going to stand up and say No? Sorry... No. That would mean we would actually care about the greater good other than ourselves. So not all that likely. While natural disasters brings out the momentary spark, it is quickly extinguished. There are bumper stickers galore about "No this" and "Free that" and "Stop this" and "Save that" but do they have first hand knowledge? Have they been to those cultures that have been repressed for this political or religious reason or that? I wonder. I could write a list but some random human being could misconstrue it to be something else and yeah...no.

I am happy that I was able to check one of my Life's Bucket List items off and find that while I am bewildered and irritated I can change and take the normal me off the bench. When will that occur? I can't really say. One person can change the world for the better. The only problem is everyone else. There will be the right time...only when is the question.

March????

I flipped the calendar today and it is March. What the Heck?!? We have now completed two full months of 2010. I can understand the whole time is at a constant rate but I am beginning to think that it isn't so. I know when this year started and began it with friends. Now, it is March and we have had to put up with more than 7ft of snow, bone chilling cold and listening to the East Coast whine and complain about having 2 ft of snow. To them I say suck it up and deal with it.

I am also noticing that my mood is worse than usual. Usually I really like winter and snow but this year, I am at odds with Mother Nature. My back yard still has 3ft of snow and I keep dreaming of warm sands and fun drinks with umbrellas. I know that in another 2 to 3 months winter will end...yes it could snow in June and if it does....argh.

I just want some warm sun and time in a jacuzzi. Seriously...