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Half Knees-to-Chest Pose
Ardha Apanasana
5 rounds, 2 breaths each, 1 minute total
Lie on your back. On an exhalation, draw your right knee toward your chest and hold your right shin with both hands. In this and the following 4 poses, do not press your lower back to the floor; instead, maintain a natural lumbar curve. Slowly inhale to release the right leg back to the floor, then exhale to draw in the left knee; inhale to release. Repeat, alternating right and left, 4 more times.
Reclining Hand-to-Big-Toe Pose A
Supta Padangusthasana A
5 breaths, 30 seconds, each side
Slide a hand under your lower back to make sure there is a gentle curve. Place a strap around the arch of your right foot. Exhale to straighten your right leg, stacking your ankle over your hip, or bringing your leg up as high as possible and slackening the strap as needed to feel a gentle hamstring stretch. Press through both heels, flexing your feet. Exhale to release and switch sides.
Reclining Hand-to-Big-Toe Pose B
Supta Padangusthasana B
5 breaths, 30 seconds, each side
Return to your right side and take both strap ends in your right hand, extending your left arm along the floor. Exhale to lower your right leg to the right. Try to keep your left hip on the floor and your left kneecap pointing up. You should feel a stretch in your inner right thigh, but no lower-back strain. Inhale to lift your right leg back up; exhale to release it to the floor. Switch sides.
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Have you ever been walking down the street and suddenly see someone (typically a young kid) glide by as if on roller skates, but actually wearing what appear to be regular running shoes? You've just witnessed Heelys, the latest trend in running shoe innovation. Heelys truly do look and act like a normal pair of trainers, but they're actually wheel shoes roller skates with hidden wheels in the heels allowing the wearer to roll at will. This article is a quick primer on how to use Heelys roller shoes.
Safety First!
For the new user of Heelys, it's imperative to use safety equipment in case of a fall. Knee pads, elbow pads, wrist guards and a helmet are all essential safety gear for the Heely shoe newbie. And until you get the hang of things, use the buddy system to ensure you remain stable as you begin to roll.
Start On Your Toes
Because the wheels are in the heel of the shoes, your toes will be your point of stability. After tying up your shoes in the sitting position stand up onto your toes. Get used to this feeling as your toes will play an important role in control and stopping.
Find Your Balance Point
Make sure you're holding onto your friend, a wall or something stable as you get in the toe standing position. Place one foot in front of the the other and lean back onto your heels allowing both wheels to engage with the ground. From this position you should be able to find the balance point on the wheels. If you begin to lose your balance, simply move your weight back onto your toes.
Rolling Forward
It helps to have your friend pull you along at first until you get used to the feeling of rolling on your heels. You may also want to use an adjacent wall or railing for added balance. If you begin to lose your balance, just step back onto your toes to stop the rolling movement. Another way to stop is use the heel of your front foot. Lean it back until the wheel is disengaged from the ground and the rubber edge of the heel brings you to a stop.
Step, Plant And Kick
To start rolling on your own, use the technique know as the step, plant and kick. Take a step with your left foot landing your toe onto the ground. Follow through with the right heel and plant the roller wheel onto the ground. Kick with the left toe and allow the planted wheel on your right foot to glide forward. Set your left heel on the ground, find your balance point and continue to glide on both wheels. Continue to kick with your toes to build speed and momentum.
Have Fun!
With a little practice you'll get used to Heelys shoes and be able to glide to your heart's content. Make sure to keep the wheels clean for a smooth ride. You can easily pop the wheels out for cleaning or if you're in the need of a regular shoe. Make sure the wheels are securely attached when replacing them. Don't use the wheels in crowded areas, on the road or on steep hills.


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Richie Ashburn will again be a star in Philadelphia as producer Dan Stephenson's latest movie "Richie Ashburn: A Baseball Life" is set to debut at the 17th Philadelphia Film Festival at the Prince Music Theater on Monday, April 14, at 7 p.m. Tickets went on sale at 9a.m. this morning by calling 215-463-1000 for a cost of $25. There will be an additional screening on April 15 at 5p.m. at the Prince Music Theater Tickets can be found at www.phillyfests.com.
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Heart Disease Claims Two from the Phillies Family
Phillies lost two members of their family this week as Whiz Kid pitcher Steve Ridzik and former pitching coach Johnny Podres lost their battles with heart disease. Ridzik played 6 seasons with the Phillies including being a part of the Whiz Kids in 1950. Ridzik also played for Washington, New York (NL), Cleveland, and Cincinatti. He came back to the Phillies to end his career.
Johnny Podres was best known as the 23 year old that said "just give me one run" and went on to shut out the Yankees in game 7 of the 1955 world series. Podres served as the Phillies pitching coach from 1991 to 1996 when he resigned for health reasons. He continued as a special instructor to the team and was a huge factor in the development of
Curt Schilling. Schilling wrote of Podres in his blog 38 pitches.
"Outside of the Lord, my wife and my father, there was no person who
impacted my life more than Johnny Podres. He asked everything of me
and always got everything I had. He made me realize the only limits in
my life were self-imposed."
Tommy Greene and others called him "old school". Mitch Williams said he was the best pitching coach he ever had. Bill Giles said, "I loved the guy. He was a true
character and great fun to be around. He was a great example of why
working in baseball is so enjoyable. He was a great pitching coach and
was able to instill confidence in the pitchers he worked with. I don't
believe the Phillies would have won the 1993 pennant without Johnny."
Steve and Johnny will be missed by the entire Phillies family. The memories they left will not soon be forgotten.


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Three Natural Methods to Feel Better Fast
With a little practice, you can use energy healing for headaches, relieving and often eliminating the pain.
Holding your hand in the energy field around the head, you can often feel the energy of a headache. (Healing Touch
practitioners often report feeling the pain spike of a migraine many feet away from the sufferer's physical body.)
It may feel hot, spiky, dense, painful (to the healer's hand), throbbing, tingly, or "electric." The energy is often concentrated, excessive, and "stuck." Getting it to balance and flow can be very helpful.
Pain Pump
An excellent energy healing for headaches technique, adapted from a Healing Touch method, works to draw the energy of the pain off, draining it away and out into the earth.
Visualize pure white light channeling into your left hand, traveling to your right arm and hand, and filling the headache area.
Another technique is to move your left hand slowly counter clockwise in a circular motion in the field over the head or the particular headache area, for up to several minutes. This will help to clear and release excess energy.
Then, reverse the motion and move your right hand in a clockwise circle over the painful area to balance the area you've just cleared.
Perhaps the simplest energy healing technique for headaches is just to hold your palm over the headache area, in the field, for one to five minutes. Hold the intention to relieve the pain. You can hold your hand still or move it to "smooth" the energy in the disturbed area.
I hope that these techniques of energy healing for headaches are useful to you. One beautiful thing is that they can't hurt you! (But do be sure to call your medical doctor if you have any concerns.)


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The Indian stock markets on Wednesday opened higher with the Sensex gaining nearly 50 points op opening to move to 34,443 points and soon surging beyond 34,500, even as the broader Nifty 50 moved to 10,578 points in the opening trade.
The Indian stock markets on Wednesday opened higher with the Sensex gaining nearly 50 points op opening to move to 34,443 points and soon surging beyond 34,500, even as the broader Nifty 50 moved to 10,578 points in the opening trade. Notably, shares of Wipro, Adani Ports, Yes Bank gained nearly 1% each in the morning trade. Shares of M&M, Kotak Mahindra, ICICI Bank and L&T were trading in the red, with M&M shares tanking nearly 0.8%. In the Nifty, Indiabulls Housing Finance and Hindustan Unilever gained as much as 0.4% each, while shares of Coal India, Tech Mahindra and Hindalco lost up to 0.5%. In the Nifty, 30 shares advanced while the remaining shares registered declines.
Earlier, the Nifty futures on the Singapore Stock Exchange were trading 44.50 points, or 042 per cent, higher at 10,599, indicating a positive open for the domestic markets back home. Asian shares moved ahead a bit on Wednesday after Wall Street traded positively on upbeat corporate earnings, even as concerns about trade barriers and the global growth outlook kept currencies and bonds subdued, according to a Reuters report. Dealers were anxious to see if a surprise policy move by the China's central bank late on Tuesday might help soothe Shanghai markets after a couple of days of sharp losses, said the report.
MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan were up 0.2 percent in early trade, though that follows four straight sessions of losses. Meanwhile, Japan's Nikkei added 0.6 percent, with investors keenly observing any major developments on trade as Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe meets President Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Lago resort.
Indian stock markets closed higher yesterday, with the 30-share Sensex and Nifty finishing higher for the ninth straight session as investors seemed to have turned optimistic over the corporate earnings for the fiscal year 2018 and the IMD forecast on a normal monsoon lifted sentiments. BSE Sensex ended 89.63 points higher at 34,395.06 while Nifty added 20.35 points to conclude at 10,548.7 on Tuesday. Notably, this is the longest winning run since September 2014. Shares of Power Grid, NTPC, HUL, ICICI Bank, ITC, Bharti Airtel, M&M and HDFC emerged as the top gainers among the components of BSE Sensex on Tuesday.
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Welcome you to another episode of Life After Dusk Live Presents "Hot After Dusk" for Season 9. We are joined by Special Guest Peri, who is talented singer, songwriter, producer, and published model, as we talk her career and life surrounding it.
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Welcome to our new home! It was time for a change, so this blog was created to pick-up where "The Booga Wooga: Winnie-the-Pooh, Piglet, Eeyore, & Tigger Too!" left off. If you ever want to take a stroll down memory lane and visit the first blog, just click on "The Booga Wooga's Blog" tab below to get you there. Same as before, this blog will continue the standard of being a diary-journal that is child-oriented, family-friendly, and safe for kids to visit!


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I have a sudden issue with one of my Alice files. I'm working on the prototype game for my final project in my class and everything was going fine, then suddenly the file stopped saving. Every time I click "Save" or use Control S, it shuts down and all work from the last save disappears.
I did move one file--the instructions for the game--into the backups folder. Thinking that was the issue, I deleted it. Still I'm having get shut down on me.
I attached the file. Could it have anything to do with the file being 23+MB when not zipped?
Thanks for the help.
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I have had this issue before, what i have done is saved the file as "save file as" then changed the name, that's all the advice I can give, as it is the only solution I have needed it use.
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In elementary school I was part of the gifted writing program, a motley crew of painfully eager mouthbreathers and turtleneck-wearers. Even then, I felt protective of my territory as the foremost creative writer of the eight-year-olds. I would listen to other kids read their stories about horses and think, "Amateurs. A pony would never behave that way — where's the motivation?"
There are two take-aways here: I was a pretentious asshole as a kid, and there's nothing I'd rather do than write every day.


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Just having a bit of wit here. Significant moment on 2 levels, just hitting that resistance two ways, and thinking about going higher, but really, really hesitating. I do believe this German market is critical to world markets right now. At least the anticipation of Putin's move here, effects Europe, effects the world. Just watching, waiting, as is Europe.


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Snow didn't fall across Vancouver, it dumped like confetti on New Year's Eve. Friends had warned us not to expect snow in the lower mainland, so when reality exceeded our expectations we bundled up like all good Midwest natives know how to do, and trekked into the heavy powder. Gripping my matte black umbrella high overhead to shield my exposed camera, I walked the paths of Stanley Park snapping photographs of Vancouver's winter wonderland.
Out of the Fog
I turned down the sidewalk leading to seawall just beyond our ground floor townhouse tucked under the 40 story tower. The morning sun yawned under the blanket of fog. I knew my fingers would get cold resting on the camera dials (gloves would've been wise) but the ever-changing characters of fog and light are impatient subjects to capture. Each step toward the water drew my eyes further across the rippling waves until visions of sailboats and yachts formed out of the fog; sleeping figures off the shore.
A Priceless Work of Art
One of my favorite places in all of Kansas City is the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. As a preschooler in the '80s I walked those gray marble halls to my first art class in the museum's lower level and still, to this day, wonder whether that waxy security guard just might be real. A trip to the museum isn't complete until I stand face to canvas before my favorite painting, Claude Monet's Boulevard des Capucines (1873-74). It depicts a city view of wintry Paris…(continue reading HERE)
Words and Spices of Autumn
The crock pot is set to low and your house will smell like roasting potatoes and butternut squash soup in a matter of hours (none of which your kids will eat likely eat, but you don't even care because Fall and Pinterest trump chicken nuggets tonight). Last year's pumpkin spice candle glows on the kitchen counter, and you're cozied up on the couch in your favorite oversized sweatshirt, a steaming mug of tea warming your chilled fingertips and your favorite new book open on your blanket covered lap. Autumn is upon us, friends. Unplan accordingly.
The above description is dreamy, isn't it? It's Friday and our forecast here in the PNW is calling for colored leaves and cool air. I hope your (and my) weekending goals are at least punctuated with rest and recharge. To get us all started off here's a little inspiration from my autumn loving heart to yours…
Crock Pot Goals start right here, friends. Don't even tell me you don't like butternut squash because I won't believe you. It only tells me you lack squash cooking creativity.
This is the book you'll want with your tea this fall. Have you preordered this book yet? Yes? I can't wait to hear what you think of Shannan's courageous story of faith and surrender. No? Go order it quick because it officially releases on Tuesday the 20th, so there's still time to grab up the freebies offered HERE. You'll want to have a copy to underline every other sentence and lend out to friends so you can chat about the heart changes God is doing in you because of Shannan's journey.
Finally, I leave you with my favorite autumn tea. Since we don't have a Trader Joe's up here I urge you to enjoy it on my behalf. I can almost smell the spicy brew from here…
Happy Weekending to you all! May your crock pots be bubbly and book pages turning this fall. Let me know if there's a tea up here in Canada you think I need to try out! I'm always up for new suggestions 🙂
~ Jena
When Words Don't Fit
The city library five blocks from our house has a huge neon sign out front lighting up the corner of a bustling intersection in downtown Vancouver. It reads, "The Words Don't Fit the Picture". Tonight I'm sitting at a Starbucks counter enjoying my first PSL of the season (decaf) with that very sign in view over my shoulder outside. These days new experiences are coming faster than my words. I daydream of writing projects and goals, but real life is loud here, so professional pursuits simmer at a low heat on the back burner. Homeschooling three kids is a full-time gig (did I mention one of them is taking geometry?? One word: proofs. Feel my pain). Setting up a new life in an unfamiliar city takes extra focus and energy. One day last week we went (tried) to go to the grocery store. Twice. Only to return with zero food (long story short, don't drive in an urban core and expect parking spots at rush hour and always bring your wallet with you when you grocery shop). Takeout sushi. Again.
I'd love to sit down and write a book about how I've seen God at work this past year. How He's faithful to grow new life through our brokenness, and I how know that to be true more today than ever before. I'd love to compose chapters about how God is more complex, loving, and grace giving than we can ever wrap our minds around, and how Jesus invites us, His broken and bruised children, to shine out of dark places. Finally, I'd love to tell you a word story about home. How our hearts long for a home that isn't here, and every disappointment is a grace moment to point us away from the temporary and into eternity.
But I have 18 minutes left until I need to pick up my 13 year old from a new youth group gathering. She walked into a crowded room of unknown peers with courageous nerves tonight. I'm not sure I've ever been more proud of her than I was tonight watching her introduce herself to strangers as I turned to walk away leaving God to shine right through her broken places too.
I'll keep writing when I'm graced with time, but for now let me leave you with a few of my favorite views from the beautiful British Columbia…
The Bridge (Revisited)
Nearly a year and a half ago in April of 2015 I couldn't sleep, so I sat up in bed, grabbed my laptop and wrote with only the glow of the screen lighting my dark bedroom. What I wrote then was a belief, an image in my mind of a journey and the faith it takes to step into the unknown. Fast forward to July 2016 where I stood waiting my turn to cross this bridge dangling hundreds of feet above a rainforest floor 2000 miles away from home and all things familiar. I had no idea the fiction piece I wrote back in 2015 for an audience of amazing women would be my factual life today. Truth? I'm mid-bridge. It's swaying. My knuckles are white from holding on for dear life, but I'm moving forward one faith step at a time and I'm constantly praying, 'Lord, help me run.' (Read the original post below)
The Bridge
One more step and I'd be on the bridge. Am I ready? Glancing over my shoulder at the well-worn dirt path behind me I notice for the first time how wide and sure it was. Back on that smooth terrain I even ran for a time feeling swift and empowered. I saw God's glory in the sunsets and budding daisies. I heard His creation cries in the dove's song and sensed his presence in the cool breeze. Not long ago, a friendly traveler handed me a trail map just to make my travels easier. He'd mentioned not wanting me to have to think too much, and pointed out an easier path, but it seemed to go in circles and it proved to always take me where I didn't want to go so I threw it aside. Today the path began to wind higher and higher as I sensed God calling me forward with every uphill stride. I couldn't run anymore and my legs grew weary from the climb, but when I reached the top of the mountain and looked across the expanse I knew there is so much more to this journey than I had ever dared to dream. The only way to get there was by crossing the bridge. Dare I admit I don't like heights? There, just within sight at the far end of the bridge was an illuminated path. It was narrower than the one I'd previously traveled, but its beauty was indescribably inviting. Somehow I knew it was meant for me, and I was meant to have faith in its unseen destination. I just had to cross the bridge to get there.
Taken in with the inviting splendor of this newfound journey I step forward and hear the creaking of aged wood under my feet. Noticing for the first time how high the bridge suspends over the valley and how feeble the planks are sitting on the age-old ropes, I quickly retreat back onto solid ground. The pounding of my heart quieting as I glance behind me at the old familiar comforts of the known path. I was happy enough back there, for a time. Should I just turn around and walk back down the mountain? Familiarity entices and soothes my fears. God blessed me on that journey once, I'm sure he'll do it again. Right? My heart knew the answer before I even turned to face the bridge again. My goal isn't to be the lifelong recipient of good gifts. Somewhere along that path my heart tasted freedom and now it wants more…more than what meets the eye. The unknown depth of my soul's longing is to experience this journey fully surrendered to God's wild frontier. To stop clinging to my perceived control and get on the bridge.
So I step forward, trembling inch by inch. The bridge sways in the wind and sounds of falling boards ricochet and crack in the blackened valley below. Fear calls from the depths of my soul urging me to retreat to safety. Should I go back? The answer explodes from a newly awakened space in my heart and mind. Never. I grip the rail as tight as I can and run, tripping on loose boards, hands burning from holding on so tightly, fear warning me to stop, but running…and all the way laughing for the joy of finally living.
Following Jesus is a journey. At unexpected moments, He calls us out farther and deeper than we ever imagined going, but with Him all things are possible to him who believes (Mark 9:23). Believing He is with us, his peace guarding our hearts and minds (Philippians 4:13) as we surrender every moment, even our most paralyzing fears, to Him who pours out his love for us (Romans 5:5) is our greatest adventure.
Where do you see yourself on your journey? Where do you see God? What fears lie beneath your bridge keeping you from experiencing the freedom of fully surrendering to Jesus? Where has God's love been so evident to you along the way?
Light Switched (in Dark Places)
"It never gets dark here," I overheard her say talking to her long distance friend on the phone and from her seven-year-old perspective she was right. We draw curtains and close blinds to block out the city lights here at night. By contrast, the home we left back on the suburban prairie is blanketed in star-studded darkness every night. She's seven and doesn't differentiate between artificial and natural light sometimes. It all brightens her night. It all allows her to see through the dark.
Here in this place I'm learning to differentiate artificial light from real light. What I'm discovering is that I've grown used to living in well lit places. No life is without challenge and difficulty (and I (we) had them) but there's something about being surrounded by familiar and reliable people and places that prevented me from having to reach too far. When life grew dark, flip- I'd reach for a switch and flip on a comforting light. The light switches I'd turn on weren't artificial or fake, they're just reflections of a greater Light. God is love and heaven if real, so reflections of those things aren't artificial but we do need to know their Source. We need to know their source of "goodness" because they're not guaranteed, but their Source is.
It doesn't take long to grow used to convenient light switches. My eyes adjusted to
comfortable living in reflected light with neighbors who love us well, dropping kids off at schools where I could predicted their challenges with pretty good accuracy, grocery stores with full-size parking spots, affordable housing options, coaches and teams who knew my kids by name and skill, culture underlined with faith and family, a collection of Anthropologie and Starbucks mugs filling designated cabinets to remind of us generous friends and memorable travels, almost every major highway leaving our city led us to family a short drive away, and a church we called home because it felt like it; all good, rich, wonderful parts of a beautiful life.
Uncertainty of our timeline and next 'home' looks dark today and unfamiliarity in a crowded city grows dark day after day. Starting school from our apartment table without a community and back-to-school photos looks dark this month. Since light switches are fewer and far between right now (and I'm thankful for each and every one), God is adjusting my vision to see Him as my unchanging source of light in a fresh way. I'm relying on His Word to guide my heart. Cliché' faith-isms are dropping off by the day as I read words like these in Psalm 71: 14-15, "But I will hope continually and will praise you yet more and more. My mouth will tell of your righteous acts, of your deeds of salvation all the day" and these in Romans 5:3-5, "We can rejoice, too, when we run into problems and trials, for we know that they help us develop endurance. And endurance develops strength of character, and character strengthens our confident hope of salvation. And this hope will not lead to disappointment."
Here's Light and Truth for today: everything I've preached, written, parented, taught, and believed about God is not less true in dark circumstances, it's more true. His Word, His presence, His Grace…it's brighter than ever before. In our unraveling, grace is like a light flooding the darkness. And those light switches…yah, I reach for the ones I still have and are thankful they're there…FaceTime with loved ones, good health, a rewarding career for hubs that gives us opportunities like this one, gorgeous weather in BC, a house on the suburban prairie 2000 miles away waiting for us, a hobby/job I can do from anywhere, and 3 amazing kids who have ROLLED through these uncertainties like rock stars, but I'm seeing them for what they are and God for who He is.
Our circumstances aren't well lit right now. Our future location and whereabouts is dim, at best, but it's bright here in a way I can't always explain. Hope is like that, we can't always define it but it gives us vision for seeing through the dark when fix our eyes on it.
Thank you for your texts, FB and IG messages, phone calls, FaceTimes, and most of all prayers. You have no idea (unless I've told you) how timely they all have been an what an answer to prayer you are in our lives! Go flip a switch and give thanks for its Source!
500 Square Feet of Perseverance
The combination of living out of 500 square feet and adventuring around a new city with my three daughters means our quantity and quality family hours logged are off the charts. Are you reading between the lines? There should be awards for this level of family-ing. We're unavoidably facing each other's shortcomings and longcomings (whatever those are. I'm sure we've dealt with them this week). Feel free to not quote me on these mom-isms…
"You can get mad but then you just have to be mad right here with us." (daydreaming of our 3 level house in these moments)
"You'll know when we're there when we get there."
"If you verbally beat down your sisters then you'll be dealing with verbally beat down sisters."
"Stop touching ALL the food." (hotel breakfast day 11)
"Nope, I'm not ready to go yet." (1 bathroom)
"Fruit Loops don't actually count as a fruit….or breakfast" (trying not to be 'that mom' but totally being 'that mom')
Reality is our days can get derailed faster than the Vancouver SkyTrain by poor attitudes (mine included), shortsighted perspectives (mostly mine) and careless words (sometimes mine too). When it happens we have to work together to turn things back around or we're all miserable. Together. It's not unique to our current life stage. Wrecked plans and hurt feelings happened back at home too, but here I'm facing them with fewer distractions, a wide open calendar, new clarity and necessity for quick resolution and restoration. Here's 3.5 ways to get your day and attitudes back on track…
1. The 20 Second Hug. Don't underestimate the importance of the full 20 seconds. Try it. Melting begins around second 12. If you give up after 18 seconds you'll never realize the power (props for this tactic go to my bro and sis-n-law).
2. Read aloud. It's magical. Read aloud for good times and bad. Don't leave home without your book because it works on the road too. Win-win (three pages for complaining before anyone exits the car). Someone's going to email me and suggest I may be ruining reading for my kids. There's no way to ruin 'Love, Ruby Lavender', promise.
3. Last but not at all least, apologize, forgive and move on. Quickly. Move on, Mom. Get over yourself (pardon me while I preach to myself).
Nothing magical, but just a few lessons learned-ing. No matter where we go, there we are, and a change of scenery doesn't change our hearts. God does. I'm thankful He's handed me this magnifying glass on our hearts for this season. We're dealing and He's healing.
Wait. Where's the 1/2 to my 3 1/2? It was the God part. It's only a 1/2 because I don't know how to make it an exponent on the keyboard 😉 God changes hearts. Talk to Him in the unraveling moments and ask Him to deal with the unseen brokenness like only He can do, and be willing to follow His abounding grace.
We are Vancouver Bound!
We're seizing an opportunity to head up to Vancouver, British Columbia for a season (If you're not brushed up on your Canadian geography, it's on the far west coast). It's 1,982 miles from our door step here in Kansas City to our place in Vancouver, if you're wondering. We have more unanswered questions than answered ones. We don't know how long our stay will be (2 months or years). Doubts and fears lurk around every unknown when you're uprooting three kids from their predictable, comfortable routines, but we're confident in one thing; life is a voyage and God is steering this ship.
There's a song by Hillsong United that sums up willingness to step away from a full life we love called "Captain". Here's a portion of the lyrics below but click HERE to hear the entire song.
Through waters uncharted my soul will embark
I'll follow Your voice straight into the dark
And if from the course You intend I depart
Speak to the sails of my wandering heart
Like the wind
You'll guide
Clear the skies before me
And I'll glide this open sea
Like the stars
Your Word
Will align my voyage
And remind me where I've been
And where I am going
Beautiful, right? Well, turns out it's not only beautiful but true. Our voyage is aligned by God's eternally lit vision even when we can't see through the dark. Our wandering hearts aren't left to drift without purpose or plan, but are called to new places and new people for a reason even if only for a season. I know where I've been and I know ultimately where I'm headed. I trust our Captain to carry us through uncharted waters whether that's in run down house off Paseo Blvd, an upstairs apartment in the middle of Missouri, a newly finished house on wide open prairie, a quaint townhouse blocks from Lake Ontario, a suburban Kansas City cul-de-sac with neighbors we love, or a place we've yet to lay eyes on in Vancouver, British Columbia. We do not have to leave home in order to live a life of adventure, but you do have to be willing.
In January I wrote about my word for 2016, 'willing'. I prayerfully choose a word each year and this year 'willing' is definitely a theme of my life. Am I willing to tell my story to whoever God places before me? Am I willing to align my plans to God's? Am I willing to home school for a season (hello, geometry with my 8th grader?!) so we can travel as a family? Am I willing to trust when fear pounds on my heart? Am I willing to say 'see you later' to people I LOVE and a life I am so comfortable in to see what God has for us elsewhere? Yes…here I am, send me.
However, My word for 2017 is going to be 'lottery winner' –choose your words wisely, is all I'm saying 😉
Here's my invitation for you: journey with us! I'll be writing about our travels and what it looks like to find a "new normal" away from home. I'll do my best to share the hard and best parts of our adventures. I'll try and take photos that stir your heart at home and give you glimpses into our craziness (join me over on Instagram, @jena_unravelgrace). Our phones and emails will remain the same or feel free to comment below and I'll be sure to get back with you.
Until then, I leave you with a couple of Kansas City proud 'see you later' gifts from some amazing friends. They know me well, and I cannot wait to see you all again soon.
A Forest of Weeds
My feet fell in a steady rhythm as I pushed the sidewalk behind me on another sunset run. Cool evening air and long shadows make me a fair weather runner this time of year. My feet were light, but my heart was unusually heavy, so I pounded on hoping to outrun my thoughts.
I came around the curve on the sidewalk where tall trees give way to wild prairie flowers and I stopped. Truthfully, my heart and thoughts paused long before my feet when I saw the scene stretching out before me. Instantly, I realized why my heart felt heavy. The weeds in my life- the messiness, the unknown, the what-if, the worry- had grown into a forest of giants right before my distracted eyes.
I needed a fresh perspective. I know to fix my eyes back on the One that puts all other things into their rightful place, but I needed to stop running and do it. So I bent low and tilted my lens to capture this moment of unraveling life and abounding grace.
Then I stood up and pointed my lens behind me to see the shadows of what was compared to the Source of Life right in front of me. The weeds went from light blocking giants to light covered paths in my hindsight. Even my shadow covered their blooms. We say God is good, but it can feel shallow and trite. We say God is in control, but we worry and fret our words and emotions. What if we don't like His plan? What if it hurts? What if we have to watch those we love the most suffer? Is God and His plans still good?
It depends on our perspective. It's not what if, but why. Why do I trust during uncertainty? Because God knows and sees. Why can peace be my constitution when fear threatens? Because the deepest, truest part of me is more than a conqueror. When mole hills begin to look like mountains we can stand up on a Rock that doesn't move, and see from a higher perspective. We can fix our eyes to what's right under our feet and let weeds look like giants, or we can tilt our perspective up and out to see a bigger, eternal picture. Our hearts can't beat for eternity just yet and our eyes cannot envision it today, but hope knows it and faith perceives it, even when our earthly senses cannot.
Let's run our races to strengthen and nurture our faith senses; the eyes to see and ears to hear God both in and above the weeds. There's no place to low or too high where we can outrun God's love. He sees it all with eyes fully lit of eternity, and offers it to us grace-by-grace, one eternal perspective moment at a time.
"So we don't look at the troubles we can see now; rather, we fix our gaze on things that cannot be seen. For the things we see now will soon be gone, but the things we cannot see will last forever". 2 Cor 4:18 NLT


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In this delightful collection of tales, PC Rhea's duties on the North Yorkshire moors are as varied and humorous as ever.
When a farmer fits an ejector seat to his tractor, Constable Rhea is forced to cope with rumours of Roman soldiers racing their chariots across the moors. With mysterious moorland graves to uncover and the illicit romances of visitors to cover up, with motor accidents involving goats, peat bogs and his little police van, PC Rhea continues his fascinating and hilarious career.
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Retool supports managing users, querying and updating from Firebase Real-time Databases, and querying from Firestore.
In the resources selector view - choose "Firebase." You will be prompted to provide a Service Account Key as well as a Database URL. The Service Account key is a JSON blob that you can create from your Firebase console, and the Database URL is how you can inform which database Retool should use. For more information on how you can obtain these fields see Firebase's documentation https://firebase.google.com/docs/admin/setup
Your configuration should resemble something like the screenshot below
After providing the Service Account Key and the Database URL, hit "Save." Retool will validate that it is able to connect to your Firebase database and then save. If instead you are looking to integrate Retool with Firestore, you need only fill in the Project Id section on this form.
You can now begin to use Firebase's API from within Retool.
User management
We support all the APIs documented here for managing users - https://firebase.google.com/docs/auth/admin/manage-users
Retool currently only supports performing queries against the database using Firebase's ordering + range + limit query operations. Below is an example of such a query:
Firebase doesn't always return arrays of objects!
Retool doesn't do any transformations on the data that Firebase returns, and it won't always be an array of JSON.
To display the data in a Table, you'll probably want to use something like this:
{{ _.values(firebaseQuery.data) }}
Or in more advanced cases where you would also like to pull in the Firebase key:
_.zipWith(_.keys(firebaseQuery.data), _.values(firebaseQuery.data), (key, value) => Object.assign({}, { key: key}, value))
Querying Firestore
To begin querying data in Firestore you must first fill in the Project Id property on the Resource screen. Once that's been completed, you will be able to write simple queries on Firestore. Here is an example of such a query.
Snapshot metadata
Retool also automatically adds an
_id field to the returned data which will be the record's
Inserting / Updating data in Firestore
Inserting and updating data in Firestore uses the same "Insert/Update" Firestore action.
In the above case, the Document ID is left blank, which turns this query into an "Insert" query. The object will be inserted at an auto-generated ID.
If instead you'd like to update an existing record in the collection, you can specify the id of the record you'd like to update in that same box.
Using Firestore References
Here's an example of how to specify that a string should be a "reference" type:
The syntax is inspired by the MongoDB Extended JSON syntax, you use
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Ephraim is a city in Sanpete County, Utah, United States. The population was 6,135 at the 2010 census, making it the largest city in Sanpete County. It is the location of Snow College and is located along U.S. Route 89.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 3.6 square miles (9.2 km²), all of it land.
As of the census of 2000, there were 4,505 people, 1,128 households, and 753 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,262.4 people per square mile (487.2/km²). There were 1,275 housing units at an average density of 357.3 per square mile (137.9/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 89.23% White, 0.38% African American, 0.38% Native American, 1.29% Asian, 0.53% Pacific Islander, 6.86% from other races, and 1.33% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 9.86% of the population.
There were 1,128 households out of which 38.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.8% were married couples living together, 7.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.2% were non-families. 14.6% of all households were made up of individuals and 7.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.59 and the average family size was 3.71.
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"They are going to have to pry this vibrator from my cold, dead hand."
Adult store owner Sherri Williams after the U.S. Supreme Court's denial of her case against an Alabama law that prevents the sale of adult pleasure devices. Source: The Associated Press
Bikes Lost. Bikes Found.
Two weeks ago, we reported on bike thefts in Charleston. Last week, police cracked down on thefts, with at least eight reports of police finding bikes. In one instance, an officer rounded up four bikes in one night, reporting two instances where he found a pair of riders on bikes they admitted were not theirs. The four bikes were a Schwinn Sidewinder Men's 26" bike, a Next Mountain Ridge bike, a Caloi Ultra Men's bike, and a Paloma GT Men's bike. All of the bikes have been collected at the CPD storage facility and can be picked up with proof of ownership. What's the best proof? Registering your bike with the city so when they find it, they can contact you. —Greg Hambrick
That's the number of times students (and one security guard) were overheard making references to getting tased during a recent stop by Sen. John McCain at the College of Charleston. Last month, a student was tased after refusing to leave an appearance by Sen. John Kerry, famously shouting "Don't tase me, bro" before getting the jolt. Look for that number to spike on Friday, Oct. 12, when Kerry will be visiting the campus for a lecture open only to the College of Charleston's Friends of the Library. For more info, contact Jenny Fowler at firstname.lastname@example.com or 843.953.6526.
That's how much some crazed fan paid for a ticket to the Hannah Montana concert in Charlotte. And to think people won't pay $10 to see sharks in 3-D in Charleston. Source: The Associated Press
Straight Questions, Political Answers
Sen. John McCain brought his (sort of) revived campaign to the College of Charleston last week as the first speaker in the school's Bully Pulpit Series on Presidential Communications.
McCain started out by saying he would talk briefly before taking students' "questions or comments or insults."
No insults really, but there was some criticism to the senator's remarks that Hillary Clinton was wrong to oppose the Senate's vote against a MoveOn.org ad with a clever word play on Gen. David Petraeus, asking if he was really "Gen. Betray Us."
One student asked if McCain was against freedom of the press, but the senator said that wasn't an issue with the ad. He also noted that he opposed ads against John Kerry and Max Cleland's patriotism.
Another student wondered if votes like this weren't another example of Congress putting off real business for political votes.
"I think your point is very legitimate," McCain said. "In this case I thought it was important for Gen. Petraeus to show that we thought an attack on his honor was inappropriate."
McCain told environmentally conscious students that he's personally doing things to thin his environmental footprint. He bought his daughter a Prius (though he can't say the name right), he's using solar panels on his cabin, and trading in his big home for a condo as his kids head out. "I haven't done enough," he said. "I think climate change is real, and it's a threat to our planet."
Recognizing it's a problem is a noted improvement, as is McCain's pledge to keep Americans abreast of the happenings in Iraq with weekly briefings. "I think sometimes the American people feel they don't know enough about what we're doing to have confidence in our leadership," he said.
Everything else was what you've heard before — no date for withdrawing from Iraq and no to pork barrel spending.
Students got a hearty dose of straight talk when McCain was asked about efforts to lower the drinking age from 21 to 18 ("Thanks, pal," he told the questioner in his jovial Grumpy Old Man voice). The senator said he'd heard similar complaints from young soldiers old enough to fight for the country, but too young for a beer. He told the crowd he'd leave it up to the states. But, before even leaving the auditorium, McCain was already backtracking as he put the breaks on the express, saying that 21 is the law of the land and should stay that way. Thanks anyway, pal. —Greg Hambrick
Overly cautious "Yankee stuff"
Capt. George Gardiner on the immediate recommendations of an independent task force investigating the fire department after the June 18 Sofa Super Store blaze that killed nine firefighters. Source: The Post and Courier
"It's crazy. It hasn't really set in right now that I got punched by a crazy naked guy."
Alex Reedy, 18, a freshman who was injured when pulling a naked man off of a University of Colorado co-ed. The man, along with a second nude dude, is believed to have been tripping on acid when he entered the dorm. Source: Rocky Mountain News


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5 Must-Have Essentials For Your Man Cave
Man caves are awesome. On this, we can all agree. However, there are certain baseline items that must be present in a man cave before it can become a true shrine to masculinity. But where to start? Stick to fundamentals. Areas anyone looking to build a man cave should be starting with are entertainment, food, comfort, and décor.
- Home theatre
Think about any time you've moved house. What was the first thing you set up when you got to your new digs? If you said anything other than the TV, you're obviously lying. Speaking to a specialist like Todds Hi Fi to ensure a top-notch man cave setup is one of the first things you should be doing. The TV is the totem around which the man cave revolves, and a good home theatre serves any number of purposes — a great screen for when your team is playing, amazing speakers for a truly cinematic movie-watching experience or pumping your tunes while you work or party.
- Bar and fridge
No man cave is complete without a fully stocked bar. In this case, "bar" can refer not only to drinks both alcoholic and not, but also food and snacks. While a fully loaded bar is a great and magnificent bounty when it's just you, it also makes you an absolute hero when you have friends around for a game, a chill or a boys' night. It's also a good excuse to invest in some quality glasses for those occasions when drinks are called for, and you can personalise this however you want.
- Seating
Seating is very important in any man cave. While most will go with a number of comfy old couches arranged in a rectangle around the TV, you can always be more creative if the mood takes you. Choose your seating based around what you plan to be doing in your man cave. If you're a big movie fan, invest in some nice recliners. If you play a lot of video games in your spare time, beanbags are the order of the day. Another good idea is to get yourself some proper stools for the bar area.
- Gaming
Whether your prefer video games, sports, bar games or even puzzles, your man cave will likely become a shrine to competition almost without you noticing. A PS4 or an Xbox One is par for the course for gamers, while many would consider a man cave unfinished without pool and foosball tables. For a vintage feel, you could also source a pinball machine or construct an arcade cabinet of your own to play old school games on.
- Decorations
Your decorations are where you can really bring your own personality into the room. Who's your favourite team? Deck the place out in their colours and/or memorabilia. If you're a movie buff, have a few posters for your favourite films framed and hang them on the walls. Fans of geek and nerd culture will find no shortage of ornamental objects to cover the room in, from highly-detailed scale statues to prop replicas. You can also deck out your bar with the requisite items — neon signs, pub notices, dart boards and so on.
When it comes to putting together the perfect man cave, the possibilities are both endless and entirely personal. Create a space that makes you feel comfortable and relaxed. And then get a pool table because, duh, you need a pool table.


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The Mic Drop
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The video, however, wasn't a proud or pretentious young man pointing to his own greatness or giftedness. It was a video of Trevor Lawrence speaking about how his faith in Jesus Christ has impacted his life and freed him from the pressure to put his identity in his performance on the field. The video was released at the beginning of Clemson's season but it's worth noting the type of mindset this young quarterback carried into the game of his life on January 7th.
In the video Lawrence said, "Football's important to me, obviously, but it's not my life. It's not the biggest thing in my life. I would say my faith is. That just comes from knowing who I am outside of that. No matter how big the situation is, it's not really going to define me. I put my identity in who Christ thinks I am and who I know He says I am….so at the end of the day it doesn't really matter what people think about me or how good they think I play. That's definitely been a big thing for me, in my situation, just knowing that and having confidence in that."
While Trevor's incredible talent, outstanding leadership, and poise under pressure is remarkable, it's his vulnerability when speaking about his identity being in Jesus that should have us truly inspired. It's a message I hope Trevor will keep sharing, and a message I pray will keep spreading, because we've never needed it like we need it now.
If you're a parent of a teen you're likely familiar with the escalating anxiety epidemic among our students. In fact, in 2016 the American College Health Association found that 62 percent of students reported feeling "overwhelming anxiety" in the past year, up from 50 percent in 2011. In other words, if we don't get more intentional about giving our kids a firm foundation of faith on which to build their self-worth and identity, we are only going to see this statistic rise.
The primary message our children receive is that they'd better be the best at everything, and this leaves them afraid to reveal their inadequacies and insecurities -- hiding behind the best version of themselves. They never feel like they're doing quite enough, and the pressure to keep up and pretend like they're perfectly pulling life off is killing them. They are searching for significance in their success, and when they don't succeed like they hoped they would, they feel like failures. They feel worthless.
What Trevor Lawrence seems to understand is that our search for significance in anything or anyone other than Jesus will always leave us longing for more. It -- whatever it is -- will never be enough. From our youngest days to our dying days, we will relentlessly chase more.
Whatever we chase, it will ultimately disappoint, maybe even devastate, all depending on how dependent we are on that person or thing to provide us with what only Jesus can provide, which is an unwavering sense of significance, not based on what we do or don't accomplish or achieve, but based on who we belong to and what He did to rescue us and reunite us to God.
But here's the thing we as parents need to think about. Whether we like it or not, whether we realize it or not, our children are watching. We can rest assured that our chase for significance impacts our children. But the same could be said if our souls are satisfied in Jesus. When our lives demonstrate the truth that our significance is not based on what we do or what we have, but on what's been done for us by Jesus and what we have in Jesus, our children will witness the fruit of freedom in our lives. What makes us -- and our children --significant is not what we have but whose we are!
When the internal and external voices whisper lies to our children like, "You're insignificant. You're not enough. You're not measuring up. You are a disappointment," we want them to know, deep in their souls: The only One who gets to define you is the One who created you and redeemed you, and He calls you loved.
The secret Trevor Lawrence knows, and the one we all need to share with our kids is this: When they fail and when they succeed, when they do lovable things and when they do unlovable things, when they make team captain or don't make the team at all, when they get into the college of their dreams or they barely graduate, their inherent worth is unwavering. They have a God who calls them by name. He knows every hair on their head and every dream in their heart, and He has a plan for their life. A good plan. A plan that will unfold in God's perfect timing. A plan created by a God who can do far more than we could ever imagine when our lives are surrendered to Him.
Of all the things we can and should give our kids, an identity firmly anchored in Christ is the greatest gift of all. "I am who God says I am." That is the identity that will withstand every success or failure our children will walk through. It will keep them humble in success and confident in strife. Thank you, Trevor Lawrence, for being courageous enough to speak that truth!


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Raising this tried and true condiment to a new level. This combination creates a vibrant and lively addition to vinaigrettes, marinades, deviled eggs, potato salad and on & on. Try it anywhere traditional mustard would go. And don't forget to slather on sandwiches for a little flavor twist. Ingredients: Mustard, (Distilled Vinegar, No 1 Grade mustard seed, salt, water, white wine, spices), green olives, honey, extra virgin olive oil, black olives, celery, onions, carrots, garlic, sea salt, sweet basil, and black pepper


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1. Fanny – Christmas eve, 2. Cactus blossoms, 3. Kate Spade window, 4. Sunrise over Pasadena, 5. Girls in Paper dresses
Im excited to share with you the work of one of my favorite people. My aunt, Bonnie Saland, who after practicing for many years as a Jungian Analyst and raising 2 incredible adults, has turned her hands and eyes toward making art.
Bonnie's created an impressive body of work consisting of painting, drawing, print making, and collage, that on it's own is rich in color, texture, not to mention thought provoking. From this work, has come a really interesting line of house ware, textiles, and patterns, all derived from the shapes and images culled from her artwork, and then repeated in beautiful ways by friend and collaborator Margi Denton.
I shot Bonnie's line of products last week at her home.
Her company is called PHILOMELA, please take a peak at a this little sample of Bonnie's rich and inspiring collection, soon to be in stores and out in the world.
Wishing you a fantastic week!!
Bonnie Saland Fine art and Founder
Bonnie Saland is a practicing psychoanalyst and artist based in Los Angeles and The Sea Ranch, California. The interior and external journey provide subject and frame for her creative practice. Traversing an extensive archive of imagery from the personal and collective unconscious, she meanders through geographic, literary and spiritual references to provide an iconographic language with layers of meaning. A freely associated yet complexly organized body of work incorporates traditional patterning, abstraction, and the poetic use of color in an ongoing non-linear reconfiguration of journal, print, digitalized and textile format. Saland holds an M.F.A. (September 2012) from the Massachusetts College of Art and Design program at the Provincetown Work Center and is represented in Los Angeles by MB Abram Galleries.
Jeanne Kelley is a food stylist, cook book author, urban farmer, mother, and a recipe developer. She has an effortless way of integrating the garden with beautiful, healthy and delicious food. Jeanne lives and works in Los Angeles, with her husband Martin, and embodies the essence of the color green throughout her life and work, growing food, and living amongst the trees.
She wrote written SALAD FOR DINNER and BLUE EGGS AND YELLOW TOMATOES
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1) Camaro , 2) Custom Van, 3 ) Still life with Begonia, Wandering Jew and Aonium, 4) Tea at Alice's, 5) Sarah's dining room, 6 ) Dorito Truck
1) Purple Cactus – Huntington Gardens, 2) Sunset – Los Feliz, 3) Merry Go Round – Disneyland, 4) Drying napkins – Waldorf Kindergarten, 6 ) Layne – Sweet Clems Popsicles, 7 ) " Large Wall" – DeWain Valentine – Norton Simon, 8 ) Sink – Langer's Ladies room
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Zarqawi's death severe blow to Al-Qaeda: Bush
He hailed the role of the special operation forces of the US, the coalition partners and the government of Iraq.india Updated: Jun 08, 2006 19:12 IST
Describing the killing of Al-Qaeda leader Abu Musab Zarqawi as "a severe blow" to the terrorist network, US President George W Bush on Thursday hailed it as a victory for the global war on terror but warned that the "difficult and necessary mission" in Iraq continued.
"The ideology of terror has lost one of its most visible and aggressive leaders.... Zarqawi's death is a severe blow to the Al-Qaeda.
It is a victory for the global war on terror and is an opportunity for the Iraqi government to turn the tide of this struggle," Bush said in a statement he read out from the White House Rose Garden.
He hailed the role of the special operation forces of the United States, the coalition partners and the government of Iraq for this major breakthrough in the war on terror.
"Last night in Iraq the United States forces in Iraq killed al Zarqawi. At 6:15 pm Baghdad time special operations forces acting on tips and intelligence from Iraqis confirmed Zarqawi's location and delivered justice to the most wanted terrorist in Iraq," Bush said.
The US President said that Americans can be proud of their men and women in uniform, but he cautioned that while Zarqawi may be out of the way the campaign of violence in Iraq is not about to end.
While Zarqawi is dead the "difficult and necessary mission" in Iraq continues, he said. "We can expect the terrorists and insurgents to carry on without him," the President reminded both Americans and Iraqis.


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This is a passage from a teaching by Master Han Shan called "The Maxims."
Why are certain material objects so treasured? A gem is virtually useless and a gilded scabbard is no better than a plain one.
Man decides that gold is valuable because it is rare and enduring and brilliant. He then thinks that if he possesses gold he, himself, will become rare or unique, that his individual worth will endure, and that he also will be considered a rather brilliant fellow. So obsessed he may become with these foolish notions that in trying to obtain gold, he will destroy the very life he is trying to embellish.
In the darkness of delusion the unenlightened believe that they can glorify themselves by reflecting the qualities they have assigned to their possessions. Those who live the enlightened life readily discern that the qualities of an object are not transferred to its possessor. A heap of treasures piled in their path will not obstruct their vision. They can see right through them. Gold in the pocket is not gold in the character.
17. Look at people who keep tigers as pets. Even while they're laughing and playing with them, in the back of their minds they're afraid their pet will suddenly turn on them. They never forget how dangerous tigers are.
But what about people who lust after possessions, indulging themselves with one acquisition after another. They remain completely unaware of any danger.
Yet, the tiger can eat only a man's flesh. Greed can devour his soul.
Han Shan is telling us to think about the things that are important to us, the possessions that seem really meaningful. We can take some real time to think about the things we think of as valuable. There are many things that we might think are important only because it's what we've learned.
Is gold better than silver? Well, it's more expensive. Do we like gold because it's actually meaningful or is it a useless chunk of metal that people have always told us is important.
I once saw a t-shirt that said, "Diamonds: Because Money=Love". I think there's a lot to that and here's why: we're told diamonds are valuable because they're beautiful and rare. But if we think about it we know that fake diamonds are usually just as beautiful as real ones AND the rareness is artificial. The companies that sell you diamonds are making them scarce on purpose.One more example from the world of capitalism. There was this guy who owned a vodka company. He was selling vodka and it was going kind of okay, but he wasn't having the success that he wanted. And he came up with a plan that worked. He tripled the price and was able to create the image that his vodka was better than the others because it was fancier and more expensive. There was nothing *better* about it. The only thing that set it apart was the price tag. It's called Grey Goose and lots of people buy it because it makes them feel important.
There so much delusion around material possessions. We try to own so many things. And sometimes we're consumed by our desires for more. And a lot of the time the things we own end up owning us. We can really wreck our lives trying to own all the best things. How many of us have gotten into trouble with debt because we're trying to consume so much? Getting more and more is what the modern world seems to be about much of the time.
This is a fundamental truth: when you are unaware of your surroundings, when your attention is fragmented and you aren't seeing your true nature, when you feel like you aren't good enough…it's really easy to sell you stuff. And everyone that's trying to sell you stuff knows this.
That is how the Buddhist path is tied to all of this. The delusions caused by greed and attachment to things affect us a lot more than we realize. We are so often consumed and destroyed by greed. Our practice can help us.