Sleep The Fountain Of Youth

How much sleep do we really need?

This a really cool video to watch.  It has some great video transitions.

Researchers have yet to catalog all of the benefits of sleep, but one thing is for certain the body functions much better when it is allowed a hibernation period.  The question is how much sleep is enough to cause health benefits.

Of course, the number varies by individual.  I don’t think that we can mandate a number for everyone.  However, because of statistics we can quote an average amount (8 hours) should do the trick.

Benefits of sleeping

• Weight loss
• Sharper Memory and Concentration
• Super Immune System
• Beauty, Radiant Glow
• Longevity
• Body Maintenance and Repair

This list has inspired me to get more rest.  I am self induced insomniac, I work late into the night and get up to meet the world in less than 8 hours.  I usually feel fine and function well.  However, maybe I am cutting my self short on benefits that I can’t see on a daily basis.  So, better safe than sorry.  Beside maybe I can catch up on some REM sleep.  Dreams are like free movies.  In this economy,  free is  good price and my mind can make up some interesting plots and characters.

• One ticket please to dreamland with a side order of  longevity,  super memory, slimmer attributes.  Starring the man of my dreams….. You know who you are.
  

Have we lost the ability to express gratitude?

The questions of the week:

• Have your ever imagined a life without blame and complaints?

• Will valentine’s day be just another reminder of the things you didn’t get?
• How commercial is to commercial when expressing your feelings of love and gratitude?

Have people lost the ability to feel gratitude?  In these economic times of reduction and lack, the rise of discontentment and feelings of inadequacy is mounting to overwhelming proportions.

In this sea of discontentment, fear is breeding thoughts of lack and sadness over things lost or that are out of reach.  As lifestyles of excess spiral down to basic necessities so does the idea of gratitude for the things that still exist.

Can we use these times to express our love and respect for one another with a gift of kind words and an inspiring notion?  We will see as a huge commercial holiday of lavish gift buying approaches if we will fall into our old habits and try to buy love and gratitude.  In the meantime, these things are steadily consuming the lives and bliss of the weary.

• Suicide is rising
• Divorce rising
• Abuse and neglect rising
• Crime rising

Sometimes we forget how strong the human spirit can be, because we are burying it beneath material goods and worldly notions of consumer, consuming.

We are created in the spiritual image of a God, cloaked in human free thought and will.  Our hearts desires are where we find our treasures.  The feeling of abundance is based on the treasures of your hearts desires.  So if valentines day desire is to inspire love does that always mean material gifts?

I currently, reside outside of my home town.  I love where I live and the friends I have here in Virginia, but it is extra special to me when I hear from people that I grew up with and experienced my formative years with.  All the candy in the world (and I love candy), all the cards in the world and lavish gifts can make me feel any better than hearing the words I was just thinking about you and decided to give you a call to see how you are doing?

If we woke up everyday with the ideas of  love, honor and gratitude in our minds our spirit would lift to unknown heights.  If we thought of how we could make others fill wanted and appreciated we would in turn feel wanted and appreciated.  We would become that beacon of light that inspires the true human spirit.

In the past few weeks me and a group of friends have examined our lives to raise our awareness of the power of our spirits.  We wanted to examine our sphere of influence and our interactions with our family, friends and community.  We set out to create positive change in how people saw our lives and actions.

In the exercise we had to place a penny in a jar every time we blamed, complained or justified a wrong action.

The results were eye opening.  It is amazing how our language has evovled to naturally swing towards blaming others, complaining about our circumstances. and justifying our short comings.  We also took a pledge to renew our relationships with others.  Has it been easy… no, (old habits try to linger).  Has it been fun…yes, (because we are doing it together).

So when we get together, we are aware that we are operating from a trustworthy vantage point, that we will take responsibility for our actions and we are committed to our lives, friendships and community in hopes of waking up everyday with love, honor and gratitude on our minds.  We are created in the image of God.  It is our responsibility to cultivate that image, take care of it and polish it so that it shines

May this inspire

Peace, Abundance and Bliss

Trustworthy Pledge

We will begin to repair relationships where we have not acted trustworthy (starting with family, friends, business associates and then the world).

We will exercise the attributes of  “life” in order to have trustworthy and full filling encounters.

We will only engage projects and relationships were we can act in a trustworthy fashion by excersing our freedom to choose to say “Yes” or “No” to past, present and future obligations.

Legacy….. On your terms

Thank you Father…..

For today’s

• Blessings noticed and unnoticed
  
• Opportunity seen and unseen
• Books, knowledge and wisdom
  
• Family, friends, neighbors
• Forgiveness and vengeance (God’s)
• Awareness of who I am and loving it

Stand up and announce to the world

We should be proud of who we are…… that includes our greatness, shortcomings, and flaws, all of our being. Proclaim your name, it is special and you are unique.

Man’s greatest gift from God Adaptability

Everyday you can renew your soul you can improve on your spirit. Don’t use others judgment, evaluate yourself. Be real with yourself. Live up to your highest expectation of others. If your advise is good enough for them, then follow it yourself.

Don’t react to the worlds views. Lay a foundation of your views and act on that. You decide how your life goes.  You define yourself and your success.  You decide, you decide, you decide.

Reacting is different than acting. (Re) can be defined as the act of deciding to do over again. If you operate from the (Reactive mode) you are doomed to repeat that action produced until you decide not to do it again.  Decide on your life course and take action and watch the world react to you.

Admit it, sometimes it seems that we have been down this road before or had this same argument time and time again. That is because most of the time we may be reacting to the problem never really finding or searching for a solution. So take action. Act now. Don’t wait do it now… Lay down a foundation of your own views and live from your heart.

Legacy

I remember an interview with Jr. Gong about living up to his father’s legacy. He summarized it beautifully (Me and My Family, brothers and sisters, our family are his legacy).

Wow that is powerful because the world view is that the Marley’s have to prove themselves when they hit the stage or speak to the media or just live their lives. That statement says no matter what they do or how it turns out his very life full fills his father’s legacy.

Now that is living from the heart. That is not reacting to the worlds views and judgment.

So I say again…….

Be Proud Of Who You Are, Who You are becoming, Who you will be and……….

Live Life From Your Heart

Let The World Know Who You Are

Let them see the Legacy you have for mankind

Peace, Blessings, Abundance, and Bliss