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Yesterday I came to a profound and deeper understanding of my work as a grower of food in a rather unexpected way.
I was finally getting around to reading a book that Travis had gotten me for the holidays this past year called "#Girlboss" by Sophia Amoruso. I literally rolled my eyes when I opened it, much to my husbands dismay. Why did he get me this pink covered book with a shoulder padded powerful woman on it? Not only that but the title included a hashtag and the word "girl" next to "boss." The feminist in me was enraged and I hadn't even opened the book yet! My first impression was more than skeptical; I would likely just put it on my bookshelf and get rid of it in a few years, I thought to myself. But Travis kept bugging me to read it (along with all the other great books he has encouraged me to read over the years like Harry Potting and Game of Thrones- I should know better by now). So after staring at it on my nightstand for 5 months... I finally sat down and opened it for the first time last week. I read it within 2 days. No. I devoured it in 2 days.
The book is half memoir of Amoruso, founder and CEO of a clothing company called Nasty Gal, and half guide to female empowerment. I thoroughly enjoy a good story (especially during the farming season) and Amoruso's life story certainly cuts it; she went from high school drop-out to anarchist shoplifter to small-time eBay seller to CEO of her company with over 350 employees. She's real and she knows who she is and doesn't take anything too seriously. I appreciate women like that. And along the way, she shares sometimes shallow, yet sometimes brazen and sometimes profound advice. As Amoruso writes in the beginning, "I have three pieces of advice I want you to remember: Don't ever grow up. Don't become a bore. Don't let The Man get to you. Ok? Cool. Then let's do this."
Once I started reading, I had an equal amount of awe and horror and I couldn't put it down. There's something that got my feminist, entrepreneurial, self-empowering side of me all excited. I guess being a #girlboss myself I can relate a lot to Amoruso. Just in a completely (and I mean COMPLETELY) different way than her. She made her start in thrift shops reselling vintage clothing on eBay and I got my start in the dirt selling vegetables. I don't care about clothing or style except that I must feel good in what I am wearing (and yes, I feel amazing in my Red Ants women's work pants and my dirty farm t-shirts). I own more farm related footwear than all other categories of shoes combined (how many categories for shoes are there anyways?).
On the second to last page, Amoruso wrote something that stopped me dead in my tracks amongst the previous pages full of non-applicable advice for a #farmgirlboss like myself, like resume and cover letter dos and don'ts. She wrote of the times she sold vintage on eBay, "Remember I touched every piece of clothing in those thrift stores. You have to do that with your life." Instantly I realized that I touch EVERY SINGLE vegetable at least 6 times or more before they end up on my CSA members plates and in their bellies. How profound was this realization for me that I began listing (I love journaling!) each opportunity I have to touch the food you eat during the CSA season. I touch the seed while seeding in the germination room. I water each plant daily for weeks. I bury each transplant in the ground. Then I weed around each plant, sometimes multiple times. I harvest the vegetables. Then I wash them. Then I bag or package each one and eventually pack and deliver boxes to your neighborhood. Depending on the crop, I might even touch it 10 times more. And therefore part of me and this land that I work on is infused within each vegetable. After you eat it, it becomes a part of your body and eventually, one way or another, becomes a part of the Earth again. Talk about the circle of life.
This whole epiphany came about because "#Girlboss" reminded me that I am literally putting a part myself out to the world with my vegetables and I need to do it respectfully and with gratitude. Each kernel, each floret, each fruit is a little package of love from this little plot of land from this #farmgirlboss. All us CSA farmers talk about member retention like it's something you can buy with fancy marketing plans or share price discounts. But to me, that fact that I touch every single vegetable you eat with love and intention for your good health and happiness means something, it means a lot. It's my passion and my profession and you eat it. And that, my friends, is the best member retention policy out there :)
I am so looking forward to this season!


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Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) office sources said 42,134 hectares of land were brought under Boro cultivation in the district with the production target of 176,387 tonnes of rice this year.
Sources said farmers are now busy with harvesting Boro paddy in the areas of Sadar, Lohagora and Kalia upazilas. A festive mood has been prevailing there as they are getting better price of the paddy.
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2009, June 12
Mora Godoy escuela. The lesson was about linear boleos. The girl who was my partner at this point of the class suggested that after the boleo, instead of a back step I take a side step. It made no sense to me, linear boleos being, well, linear, continuing with a side step would only disturb the linearity introduced by the boleo. But I've been knowing for long that there is no need to argue with your follower.
– Ok, sure.
– Wait a minute, I'm calling the teacher. Teacher! Look what he is leading to me. See? He's completely wrong, isn't he?
And the teacher corrected me, explaining that at this point I was supposed to lead a back step, which he then demonstrated several times to me.
One Response to "Wily"
2009, June 12 at 9:16 pm
I hope that you dropped her like a rock after that little stink…. sheesh!


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Disclaimer: I don't own OHSHC or any of the characters.
Rating/Warning: M for yaoi/slash with a rather rough lemon. If you don't like that, this fic is not for you! =)
Author's Note: Thought I would write up a fic about a yaoi pairing I just couldn't get out of my head, and Valentine's Day seemed like a good theme, so here it is! This is my first attempt at a yaoi or slash pairing, so please be kind! =)
My Category Is...
Kyoya Ohtori lived a very regulated life, neatly divided into black and white, with everything perfectly categorized and easily referenced. It was ordered to the smallest detail, with nothing out of place. He worked hard, and he slept hard when he could sleep, and everything kept moving like clockwork, with the appearance of perfect regularity.
Kyoya Ohtori was not, himself, so easily categorized. The only category he wished to fit was that of 'worthy successor' to his father, or possibly, 'third son with merit'. But these were not the only categories into which he fell. Sometimes, he could not assign only one category to himself, and sometimes, the categories were contradictory. Straight. Gay. Or something in-between? What did that mean, exactly?
Sometimes, the categories clashed. There were some things, a great many things, that did not match the category of 'perfect son'. 'Gay', or 'in-between', for example, were some of these.
Finding one's male best friend intriguing was not, definitely not, allowed.
What am I? What is a 'perfect son'?
He knew he couldn't live with being forced into the category of 'worthless third son'. There were other categories that hovered at the periphery, the existence of which he often refused to acknowledge, in which he also could not bear to be placed. 'Unloved by Tamaki Suoh' was one such category.
Everything kept moving forward. But under it all, at the center of Kyoya Ohtori, was a voice that questioned how long it could continue before everything fell apart.
That day came in the final weeks of his second year as a high school student, with the advent of Valentine's Day. It was bad enough that he had to watch as girl after girl presented Tamaki with chocolates of every shape, size, and expense. While he was also the recipient of such gifts, it drove him to distraction to have to watch this irritating display when it was performed upon Tamaki. It was bad enough that he wanted Tamaki so badly, and would never be able to have him. But what made matters far, far worse was the manner in which the blond proceeded to fawn over Haruhi Fujioka unrelentingly, actually stooping to begging her for chocolate.
"Did you bring chocolates for Daddy, Haruhi?" Tamaki had simpered over and over again in varying states of disgrace, oblivious to the fact that Kyoya's blood was practically curdling in his veins, so great was his irritation.
Needless to say, he kept his feelings flawlessly concealed from the customers that day. Valentine's Day was one of their greatest sources of revenue, after all.
But that boiling anger couldn't remain hidden beneath the surface for long.
Haruhi Fujioka reached for the double doors of Music Room 3 on February the fifteenth, the day after Valentine's Day, stopping short as she noticed a hastily scrawled sign taped up in front of her.
'Host Club closed for the day. Our deepest apologies to our guests.'
Haruhi almost turned around and walked away. If the club was closed for the day, it meant she had a day off from their ridiculous shenanigans, something that was badly needed after the horrendous droves of chocolate-bearing girls the previous day had conjured. Something about the note, though, was off-putting; it was written in Tamaki's scrawl, but hastily, as if in panic. Had there been some emergency?
Her hand found the door's handle once more, and just as she turned it, a crash of something breaking reached her ears, accompanied by a voice she had heard often but barely recognized, for she had heard it most often speaking calmly or giving orders, occasionally snapping in irritation or whispering in a scheming way, but never shouting as it was now. She pushed the door open.
"I can't take it anymore, Tamaki! Your ridiculous plans, your gross expenditures, and all that 'Mother' crap of yours! 'Mother, Mother, Mother! Mommy, Mommy, Mommy!' What am I to you, Tamaki?" Kyoya raged as he shoved over another table, the tea service it held shattering to pieces on the floor.
The room contained a number of other similarly broken objects, Haruhi saw. She also saw that the other members of the host club were hunkered behind a sofa, Mori holding onto Honey as the smaller boy's eyes brimmed with tears, the twins on their knees on the sofa peering over the back with wide eyes.
"Kyoya, please…" Tamaki pleaded helplessly. "What's brought this on?"
"It's you, Tamaki! You and your stupid… pointless… club!" Kyoya cried, kicking a table that held a vase that probably cost more than Haruhi's entire apartment building. The vase joined the other shattered objects strewn about the floor.
"Kyoya!" Tamaki flinched as though he'd been struck, tears threatening to fall. "You can't mean that!"
"I do mean it! I hate you, Tamaki!"
"That's enough!" Haruhi shouted, bringing the scene to a grinding halt. She saw Kyoya readying another round of vitriol as Tamaki turned to her and undoubtedly prepared to say something stupid.
"The rest of you, out," she commanded the other four. "Whatever is happening here doesn't need an audience."
Mori led Honey out without question, and the twins followed closely behind after a stern look from Haruhi stifled their protests.
"Whatever the hell this is about, you settle it, now!" she barked, glaring at Tamaki and Kyoya before storming out after the other club members and slamming the door.
"Haruhi… is angry at Daddy for fighting with Mother?" Tamaki whimpered, bolting for the corner to sit and stew in his misery. His flight was arrested suddenly as Kyoya seized the front of his uniform jacket and slammed him against the wall.
"Don't… you… dare…" the dark-haired man growled, his gaze piercing as an evil aura seemed to radiate from him.
"Kyoya…" Tamaki gasped, breathless from the impact.
"What am I to you, Tamaki? What is she to you…?" Kyoya hissed darkly. "Is it 'love' that you feel for her?"
"Kyoya, you're not talking sense! You're my best friend, you know that! And of course I love Haruhi, as any father would love his daughter- !" Tamaki was cut off abruptly as Kyoya slapped him.
"She isn't your daughter, Tamaki!" Kyoya snapped. "And there are times when I seriously question whether I am your best friend, with all the things you say and do that hurt me!"
"I've… I've been hurting you, Kyoya?" Tamaki stammered, his innocent eyes wide with shock.
Kyoya slumped against him, his face buried in Tamaki's shoulder, and the blond boy thought for a moment that Kyoya might be crying. Then he felt something moist on his neck, not tears, but Kyoya's lips, soft and warm as they caressed his skin. Tamaki was stunned speechless as Kyoya slid down his body, dropping to his knees in front of him. The dark-haired boy worked Tamaki's belt loose and unzipped his pants, pulling them down to his knees with his underwear.
Tamaki was completely flaccid, but Kyoya took him into his mouth, licking and sucking gently at first but with increasing enthusiasm as he felt Tamaki's member hardening to press against the back of his throat. Tamaki was tugging at his hair in a half-hearted attempt to stop him, gasping in confused pleasure as his efforts grew weaker and finally stopped altogether with Kyoya's continued ministrations.
"Nn… Kyoya…" Tamaki moaned softly, his eyes falling closed as he began to enjoy Kyoya's hot mouth on his erection, though he wasn't certain where this was going, or why Kyoya was doing this so suddenly. Truthfully, he was worried for Kyoya…
The sound made something inside of Kyoya break, the last thread of his already slipping control lost completely. He gripped Tamaki's jacket and pulled him to the ground, tearing the front of his shirt open and sending buttons flying. He yanked Tamaki's pants completely off, throwing his shoes aside impatiently when they obstructed his efforts. His own glasses, when they hindered him by sliding down his nose, were sent clattering to the floor.
Tamaki's breathing hitched as Kyoya unbuttoned his own shirt, leaving the garment hanging open to reveal his lean torso and the faint, narrow trail of dark hair that descended from below his navel to vanish under the waistband of his pants, its path revealed to Tamaki as Kyoya unfastened his trousers and dropped them to his knees. Tamaki's eyes widened again as Kyoya's erect member came into view; his heart was pounding and his body was nearly shaking, and strangely, he couldn't tell if it was from fear or anticipation or some combination of both.
He watched as Kyoya spat in his own hand and slicked his cock. It was quite possibly the lewdest thing Tamaki had ever seen, and that it was Kyoya doing such a thing… Tamaki blushed deeply as Kyoya settled over him, his mouth going dry as he felt the other man's hardness pressing against his entrance. The spit wouldn't be enough, Tamaki knew; this was going to hurt, and he closed his eyes tightly and gripped Kyoya's sleeves as the pressure increased.
Tamaki couldn't stifle a cry as Kyoya's dick began to penetrate him; it was painful, incredibly so, and that hard, throbbing length seemed endless as it continued to push inside. As Kyoya moved deeper into him, sliding through that place of searing pain, the movement began to feel more lubricated, and Tamaki suddenly understood that Kyoya had made him bleed. It didn't feel like much, and though it certainly hurt, it seemed to make things go a little easier, and Tamaki let himself relax slightly. His relaxation made things go much easier, and he focused on not tensing up as Kyoya began to move in and out of him.
Soon, as Kyoya's thrusts repeatedly grazed a sensitive place inside of him and with the added lubrication of Kyoya's arousal, Tamaki actually began to enjoy it. A pleasurable sensation was building in him and a wanton moan escaped his lips, and this seemed to spur Kyoya on in a frenzy. He thrust harder, and his hand suddenly gripped Tamaki's erection and began to pump it a bit roughly. Through whatever pain Tamaki felt, there was also pleasure, and it was growing so intense that Tamaki felt he might unravel completely at any moment. Kyoya's soft grunts in his ear told him that the dark-haired man was not going to last much longer either.
"Kyoya…!" he moaned sharply, and Kyoya groaned through gritted teeth, sending a thrust hard and deep as he tensed and shattered. He kept thrusting with each pulse as he came, stroking over Tamaki's most sensitive spot inside as he pumped Tamaki's aching cock in his hand until Tamaki arched against him with a cry, spilling his own release over Kyoya's fingers.
Kyoya slumped on top of Tamaki, his breathing hoarse and ragged in Tamaki's ears. The blond man found that he couldn't move, both from Kyoya's weight on him and because he felt drained and somewhat boneless from his climax, and he didn't really want to move from beneath Kyoya's warm, heavy body anyway. His eyes widened as he realized he wasn't a virgin any longer. Had he ever imagined it would happen like this?
He thought he just might have.
"If you need medical attention, I can see that it's taken care of," Kyoya murmured quietly after a long silence, lowering his forehead to Tamaki's shoulder. The dark-haired man trembled, his breath hitching, and Tamaki realized with a shock that Kyoya was crying.
"What's this?" he asked, his voice gentle. "No, no, no… Kyoya doesn't cry. What's the matter, Kyoya?"
"I've hurt you… I've done something disgusting," he whispered harshly.
"What? You think I'm disgusting? That does hurt me, Kyoya!" Tamaki cried out.
"What? No… I mean…I forced myself on you, and that's disgusting," Kyoya growled angrily. "Of course I don't think you're disgusting, you idiot."
"Ah, that's better," Tamaki said, smiling up at the ceiling as he folded his long arms around Kyoya's shoulders. "That's what the Shadow King of the Host Club should sound like, angry and vengeful! But… Kyoya… I've wanted you to do this for a long time. I always knew it would hurt. You didn't force me, you were just forceful. There's a difference, you know."
Kyoya pushed back from Tamaki and looked at him, though without glasses, Tamaki was a blond-haired blur.
"But… I thought you were in love with Haruhi…"
"What? Why would you think that?" Tamaki asked innocently.
"Because of all this 'daughter' crap, obviously!" Kyoya snapped. "That's why I was so angry with you, the way you kept pestering her for chocolates yesterday…"
"A daughter should give her father chocolates on Valentine's Day!" Tamaki declared insensibly. "Anyway, why would I call her my daughter if I was in love with her? I could have called her 'mother' instead, and you could have been 'uncle' or 'eldest son', or even 'grandpa'!"
"Don't be stupid, Tamaki. I'm not old enough to be 'grandpa'," Kyoya growled, looking around for his glasses, unable to see them on the floor. "Why 'daughter', then?"
"Well, how else am I ever supposed to have a daughter with you, Kyoya?" Tamaki said, smiling as he reached for the glasses and put them in Kyoya's hand. "You're the only person who can be Mother in the Host Club family, you know. I love you, Kyoya."
The dark-haired man stared at the glasses in his hand and then at Tamaki, a look of surprise on his face.
"You… love me?"
"Obviously, Kyoya."
"You're… in love… with me?"
"Yes, Kyoya," Tamaki said, smiling up at him. "Honestly, as intelligent as you are, it's taking forever for you to catch on."
Kyoya said nothing, but leaned down and pressed his lips to Tamaki's. They kissed softly and slowly, and Tamaki moaned as Kyoya slipped his tongue into Tamaki's mouth.
"Hmm, that's French, Kyoya. How did you know about it?" Tamaki asked curiously when they parted.
"Idiot. Everyone knows about that," Kyoya replied with a smirk.
"I see. Once I've healed up, you'll have to show me what else you know about," Tamaki said, and Kyoya's lips fell to his again.
Outside the door, the remaining members of the Host Club sat in stunned silence.
"I can't believe we just overheard all of that," Haruhi murmured at last. "I can't believe Kyoya thought Tamaki did all that 'Daddy' stuff because he was in love with me, when it's really just because he's stupid."
"I heard it… I heard it…" Honey whimpered in distress.
"It'll be alright, Mitsukuni," Mori said comfortingly, though he, too, looked profoundly disturbed. "We'll leave this place and go have some cake, and everything will be alright."
"We saw it… We saw it…" the twins chanted despondently, slumped against the door where they'd taken turns spying unwisely through the keyhole. "Mommies shouldn't do that to Daddies!"
"Well, that's what you get for spying," Haruhi replied, each of her wrists clutched in one of the twins' hands. Of course, she had wanted to leave, but they hadn't let her. Seeing it all served them right, in her opinion. Stupid twins…
The next day, the Ouran High School Host Club was open for business as usual. The mess from the day before had been cleaned up as though nothing had happened. The only noticeable difference was that Tamaki would glance up and smile at Kyoya often, and Kyoya would smile back.
"I'm glad you two worked out whatever that was yesterday," Haruhi said as they were closing up for the evening. "What brought all that on, anyway?"
"Your darling Mother was simply chafing with unhappiness over his station in life, that's all," Tamaki replied. "But worry not, my dear Haruhi! That matter had been taken care of."
"Yes, and 'Daddy' is paying for the damages, since it was brought on by his idiocy in the first place," Kyoya added, his eyes gleaming in financial satisfaction behind his glasses.
"Good," she said, glancing up at both of them with a sly smile as she turned to leave. "The kids don't like it when Mommy and Daddy fight, you know."
Tamaki beamed happily as the departing Haruhi finally acknowledged her Host Club parentage, but when he felt Kyoya slip his hand into his own, he turned to the dark-haired man and smiled just for him. To Kyoya, that smile was worth far more than financial compensation. A spark of warm happiness shot through him as a peculiar realization bloomed in his thoughts.
Ah, I see. My category is… 'Mother'. How very interesting.
At the center of the person called Kyoya Ohtori, a voice whispered that everything was going to work out for the best.
A/N: So there it is... my first ever yaoi/slash fic. Thanks for reading, and if you liked it, please review! Happy Valentine's Day! =D


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Valentines Day: the Day of Love and Romance, or depending on your relationship status or celebratory preferences, the day before chocolate goes on a mega sale. I think it's also safe to say that more than one baby is conceived on this special day, and it definitely goes without saying why.
It is a less known fact that love and romance not only play the central role of conception, but also in birth. Ina May Gaskin is one of the leading voices that has enlightened the world on this fascinating, age old concept, and here's why:
Birth is sexual. This is a fact that has been known for centuries, but was downplayed as midwife attended births declined and the male dominated hospital model took over. Gaskin suggests that if the sexual component of birth is ignored, it will often work against progress in labor; if it is recognized it can help make labor much more effective and less painful. Oxytocin, the hormone that drives labor, is the same hormone that is released in loving relationships; during kissing, cuddling, and sex. Is it any surprise, then, that welcoming the 'love' component of labor into your birth will improve your experience?
Here's what we suggest for bringing a little bit of V-Day into your Birth-Day:
Create A Loving Environment. This can be done both while laboring at home and the hospital. Set the mood for your birth the same way you set the mood for romance. Low lighting, soothing music, and a warm bath are all conducive to encouraging labor to progress (hold off on the bath in the earliest stages of labor). Your ideal environment should also include the people that you feel safest with. Birth is an intimate and private experience, and respecting this privacy allows your body to open to the waves of contractions. If your privacy is compromised or interrupted, it has been observed that labor can slow down or even stop. It is so important that you feel safe and free in the presence of whoever you welcome to linger inyour space.
Kiss, cuddle, and croon.
Your doula may suggest at some point in your labor that you find some space alone for intimacy with your partner. In Ina May's Guide to Childbirth, she discusses how relaxing your mouth and jaw into passionate and soft kissing in labor, is synonymous with the opening of the cervix. This, along with cuddling, loving, tender touch, and encouraging words, can also help with the release of oxytocin, the love hormone that encourages labor. Nipple stimulation is another effective tool for encouraging labor along, and while it can be performed by the mother on herself, it can be more effective if done by her significant other.
Get in touch with your inner animal.
If there was ever a time to let go of your neocortex – the newer, rational part of the brain, it is during birth. The primitive brain is the gland that releases hormones for birth, including oxytocin, endorphins and prolactin, whereas the neocortex can actually inhibit the release of these hormones by interfering with the primitive brain function. The primitive brain wants to let loose and make some noise – moaning and groaning and animal like sounds are no stranger to birth, in fact they help with pain management and in releasing the body and mind in labor. The primitive brain may want to sway, walk, or birth on all fours. What's important is not what you look like or how you sound, but that you feel comfortable enough to let it all out!
Perhaps you don't have a significant other joining you in labor or your relationship isn't ideal for intimacy during birth. Oxytocin can be stimulated by any loving, tender care - from a compassionate friend, family member, or your supportive doula. Whatever your birth may be, we hope you can bring a little love in to it.


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Focus on Your Movie, Not Someone Else's Trailer
In today's society where the digital age is apart of most people's daily lives, it's tempting to get a distorted image of what an ideal lifestyle is and to contain confidence. As soon as you log in to your favorite social apps, you get a trailer of thousands of people's life. Constantly seeing people who appear to have a luxurious life, can make it easy to start comparing yourself. It's normal to have these thoughts, but you really have to think about what it took to get there or even if the picture is really "perfect". Most of the time people photoshop their pictures due to insecurities they may have. There is nothing wrong with that, but when you are giving someone an unrealistic view of life or yourself, it opens doors for social media users to lack self-confidence because they start to think that is the reality of some peoples lives and wish to attain it. When they do not have the ability to do so, they start beating themselves up over it.
Life is interesting and what I find refreshing is that we all have our own individual paths. We can have similar lives as others, but every single one is unique. I feel it's like a full-time job trying to create your life based upon what you think success is vs living a life that fills your special purpose and makes you happy.
It's important to really focus on what makes you happy, where you have passion, and what fulfills you. As I mentioned earlier, it's different for everyone. Never stop doing the things you love and don't get distracted living someone else's dream. Make your own based on your happiness! Most of the time the people with the most money, flex the least on social media platforms. Yes, you may see an occasional private jet pic but the picture is not about the private jet they are on, most of the time it's a picture that happened to be taken in a jet but focused on celebrating a friendship, birthday, relationship, or promoting a company.
When we were younger we were constantly told not to judge a book by its cover, yet we do it every day through social media. Everyone has there physical flaws and mental flaws but that doesn't mean you are not perfect to someone! Self-confidence is not they will like me, it's being fine if they don't! If the person sitting next to you seems to have a "better lifestyle" try not compare yourself, you do not know what they are going through internally so never wish to be in there place, just allow it to motivate you to be your best self!
Everyone 's start to finish is different. So, you can't compare your life to other's people's. What worked for them, may not work the exact same way for you! Do something every day that brings YOU closer to living YOUR dream - don't follow someone else's.
Be confident in knowing that if you follow your bliss, work consistently and have faith. You will for sure live your best life!
Ask yourself the following questions:
If money didn't matter, what would you do for a living?
What are the top 5 most important things to you in life?
What can you not live without?


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After all these years, I have finally got all the processes underway to applying for New Zealand Citizenship. Even down to the necessary passport photos. Every single bit of documentation required, I have sourced. I just need to get some copies witnessed and certified and it can be sent away
So after living in NZ for two long periods, the first being fifteen years, and the second being 31 years I am taking the first steps required. Let's hope I get accepted and the three speed camera fines I have incurred over the years aren't held against me!


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Bush Response to the Virginia Tech Tragedy
Tuesday, April 17, 2007 at 07:28AM
A matter of hours after the tragedy at Virginia Tech, this is what President Bush's spokesperson had to say:
As far as policy, the President believes that there is a right for people to bear arms, but that all laws must be followed. And certainly bringing a gun into a school dormitory and shooting … obviously that would be against the law and something that someone should be held accountable for.
It's nice to know that, whatever happens, Bush is still in the NRA's pocket.
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Gerard at the Waverly
Gerard Butler apparently left with some random outside the Waverly last night and took off with her in a cab. And yes… to answer so many of your messages - I've seen Dear Frankie. But whatever hotness existed in that movie has since been negated by the dreaded pants.
As you can see, it doesn't appear the pants issue with Gerard will ever be fixed. Not since Jakey G has a man looked so awkward in a pair of jeans.
Having said that, charm goes a long long way. I'm sure he's a charming charming sexy man. So it's my loss being so shallow and fixated on something as meaningless as bad pants. My loss. Not yours. Save your indignant emails.
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The Secret Life Of Us star Samuel Johnson will play Molly Meldrum in the TV biopic about the Australian music guru.
The Seven Network announced on Monday that Johnson, who also appeared in Rush, will play the lead in Molly and the casting has the stamp of approval from Meldrum.
"I really cannot think of anyone else who could even try to play me," Meldrum said in a statement released by Seven.
"Sam is perfect and I cannot wait to see him in action. Good luck Sam!."
Molly chronicles Meldrum's music career, as a journalist and a music producer as well as his infamous parties, the celebrities he now calls friends and the international trips.
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The White House may be signaling a new approach to its standoff with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The headline in Sunday's New York Times reads, "In Cold War Echo, Obama Strategy Writes Off Putin." While such a strategy may not address short-term issues, it may be the best approach in the long-term.
President Putin's ultimate ambitions are not known, though it is clear he is using the seizure of Crimea and threats against Ukraine in part to strengthen his position at home. Russia's economy is struggling, and government is riddled with corruption and cronyism. Human rights abuses abound in Russia, as does suppression of free speech. Russia has slowly been slipping in relevance on the world stage.
President Obama has had great difficulty getting European support for crippling sanctions against Russia. The problem is that many European countries are heavily dependent on Russian gas and oil resources. And many global banks and businesses do not favor harsh tactics.
The challenge to reining in Putin is complicated further by Russia's role in difficult negotiations with Iran over its nuclear enrichment program, and the destruction of Syria's chemical weapons. American troops and equipment are also passing through Russia to Afghanistan.
President Obama and President Putin have spoken by phone several times since the crisis in Ukraine began earlier this year. The American and Russian accounts of those conversations vary widely, but they agree that no real progress was achieved.
Last Thursday, Secretary of State John Kerry brokered an agreement with his Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov, Ukraine and European diplomats. The agreement calls for pro-Russian gangs to give up the government buildings they seized and lists other steps to de-escalate the crisis. President Obama greeted the agreement with skepticism last Thursday, and pro-Russian groups continue to occupy the buildings. Meanwhile, an estimated 40,000 Russian troops remain in place just across Ukraine's eastern border.
President Obama and European allies have identified additional sanctions that can be imposed on Russia. And there are reports that the Pentagon is planning on expanding NATO's presence in Eastern Europe by deploying troops and fighter jets into Poland. Nonetheless, President Obama has ruled out going to war over Ukraine.
While the administration debates its long-term plans with Russia, The New York Times reports that there is a debate within the administration over how far to go in the short-term. Conservatives have been critical of the president's tactics for not being strong enough. But the president is focused on isolating Putin with sanctions and other forms of pressure. According to the Times, he has concluded, even if there is a resolution to the current Ukrainian crisis, "he will never have a constructive relationship with Mr. Putin," according to aides.
Given Russia's weak economy, President Putin cannot easily take on the additional costs of annexing Eastern Ukraine. Military intervention would be difficult and costly for Russia. Further, Putin has already cast himself, by his actions to date, as an unreliable partner to much of Europe.
Putin is a bully who cannot be ignored. But President Obama and Western allies are on the correct course by continuing to tighten sanctions and by applying other meaningful steps to isolate Putin. In time, even Putin's own people will likely tire of his act.


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Integrity and Faithfulness
We all know how upsetting it is to see a believer turn away from Jesus—whether it's denying the faith outright or committing a grievous sin that shows that person's heart has strayed far from the Lord. We wonder, How could this have happened?" Often we find that long before a person showed outward signs of backsliding, his or her life had bent under the weight of temptation and sin. Internally, integrity was compromised, leaving the person drained of faith and of the fear of the Lord—and open to the deceitful enticements of the world, the flesh and the devil.
Have you noticed how the really crucial qualities become clear through testing and trials? Times of pressure and suffering challenge us to live up to our commitments. Like gold refined in the fire, the true nature of one's character emerges when the heat is on. That is especially true with integrity and faithfulness—two qualities we've listed side by side as the seventh of our nine Jews for Jesus Core Values. You can't have one without the other. Integrity describes a state of being while faithfulness refers to an active commitment or course of action.
The Hebrew word for integrity has the same root as the word thummim. Remember, the urim and thummim were worn on Aaron's "breastplate of judgment" (Exodus 28:15), as part of his official High Priestly clothing. He used them to determine God's will, to know what path to take. As believers in Jesus, we are God's royal priesthood. We need to be clothed in integrity in order to function.
Integrity implies a certain soundness of judgment—knowing what is right and what is wrong and aligning ourselves accordingly—fitting pieces of our lives together in ways that reflect what we know to be true. It means knowing the way we should go and holding ourselves to that way. In our post-modern culture where relativism seems to rule the day, it is a struggle to maintain personal and corporate integrity.
If integrity is a state of being, faithfulness is the outworking, the feet that move us down the path of obedience to God. The Hebrew word for faithfulness, emunah, conveys certainty or assurance. Faithfulness relies on the promises of God. It means that we will discipline ourselves and build our lives around the spiritual realities that God has revealed in His Word. The converse is true as well; faithless actions demonstrate that our reliance on God's promises has lapsed. Faithlessness results in attempts to meet our own needs or desires in ways that either disregard or blatantly disobey God's ways. When we are full of faith and trust in God, we tend to see things His way; we have a much sharper awareness of how ugly sin is and where it can lead.
Like integrity, faithfulness rises to the occasion of trials and testing. Yet the two are also at work in quiet and modest actions that may even seem mundane. Faithfulness is the fruit of the Spirit. It is found in the little things. The ordinary, glamorless paths of faithfulness and integrity lead to God's greater glory.
These values should be part of every believer's "core." We need to protect and nurture these values, because they certainly will be tried and tested through adversity, temptation, our own human frailty and the general erosion of society's values.
If you want a model of integrity from the Hebrew Scriptures, look at Job. In a dialogue with Satan, the Lord said of Job, "And still he holds fast to his integrity, although you incited Me against him …" (Job 2:3). I imagine there were many strands of Job's character in the weave which God described as integrity. Job was a God-fearing person whose life was marked by a sense of wholeness, a commitment to truth, regardless of other peoples' opinions. His integrity shone clear under pressure. He refused to turn from the Lord or abandon his commitment to walking uprightly despite the terrible circumstances that befell him.
When testing comes, will we as Job, maintain our integrity? Appearances can cover inner erosion for a while, but pressures squeeze and temptations lure—and one way or another, the truth of what is within us comes out.
King David provides us with another important example concerning faithfulness and integrity. He often exemplified these qualities. We also have a striking record of their absence when it came to his adultery and subsequent cover-up involving the death of the loyal Uriah. Yet, when confronted with that sin, David admitted what was true, and he realigned his life, reestablished his integrity and renewed his faithfulness. That doesn't mean that we should take lapses of faithfulness and integrity lightly. David and all of Israel paid a terrible price for his lack of integrity. Still it is important to remember that true repentance can lead to restoration.
We at Jews for Jesus would appreciate your prayers for us to be true to this core value of integrity and faithfulness, that each of us would continually be conscious of pleasing God, who sees everything.
Faithfulness is not only a matter of morality; it's also a matter of enduring. Summer is always a time of trial and testing as many Jews for Jesus staff and volunteers are handing out broadsides (tracts) on the hot and humid streets of New York, London, Paris, Moscow and St. Petersburg. I'm joining them in New York for part of this month and I can tell you, standing out on the streets and in the subways four times a day to hand out gospel tracts is not a glamorous task. It is often mundane and boring and generally uncomfortable—though the discomfort seems to disappear when we meet people who really want to hear about Jesus. Campaigns are challenging times and we need you to pray for us to be faithful. We know that God honors faithfulness and will use it to bring about His greater glory as many people come to Christ.
Another area where we need prayer for faithfulness is in our families. We need prayer for integrity and faithfulness between husbands, wives and children and for purity among our single staff. But there is another area where we need to exercise faithfulness with our families, and that is in praying for and witnessing to unbelieving relatives. Some have been rebuffed for so many years that it is difficult to be faithful.
I am thankful for friends like you who have been faithful in your witness to our people. Recently, I spoke at a Mennonite Brethren church in Reedley California.. Joshua Sofaer, one of our missionaries in Southern California, accompanied me. As Josh gave his story he encouraged the people to care and be involved in Jewish evangelism. He said, "You may wonder what you can do about Jewish evangelism living here in the central valley." Josh then proceeded to tell about his wife, Annette, and her family.
Annette's Grandfather Arthur M. was a doctor in Austria. He escaped Europe and came to America, sponsored by a synagogue in Fresno, where he and his family settled. Arthur was not allowed to practice medicine in America so he got a job selling feed to farmers, most of whom were Mennonite Brethren. One farmer in particular was a committed Christian and a faithful witness. Every time Arthur would call on him for business, this man had his Bible open and would share the gospel. Eventually this farmer's faithfulness paid off and Arthur came to faith in Yeshua. His wife and the entire family likewise became followers of the Messiah. Josh concluded his story by declaring, "It is because of the faithfulness of that Mennonite Brethren farmer that my Jewish wife and I are serving the Lord in Jewish evangelism today."
An elderly woman stood up during the question and answer time and said, "That farmer that Joshua mentioned was my father." She then recounted the many times she watched her father meet with Mr. M. and told of the family's joy in seeing him come to Christ. We had no idea that the man Josh cited as an example of a faithful witness had been a member of the very church we were speaking in that evening!
All of us can aspire to that kind of faithfulness. Only in heaven—where that farmer is rejoicing with that Jewish immigrant—will we fully understand how God uses His children's integrity and faithfulness to accomplish His purposes. We will be tested and we will be tried. May God grant us the strength to walk in integrity and faithfulness all the days of our lives. Then, one day in glory, we will see all the fruit that has grown around the "core" of these values.
David Brickner | San Francisco
Executive Director, Missionary
David Brickner is executive director of Jews for Jesus. David oversees the world-wide ministry from its headquarters in San Francisco. David received his Master's degree in Missiology with a concentration in Jewish Evangelism and Judaic Studies from the Fuller School of World Mission. He has authored several books, and has been interviewed on national television shows such as Larry King Live. David's daughter Ilana is a graduate of Biola. His son Isaac is on the missionary staff of Jews for Jesus. Isaac and his wife Shaina have one daughter, Nora, and a son, Levy, which makes David part of the grandparent club, a membership he is very proud of. See more here.