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**warning** Please don't proceed unless you're above 18 years old**
My name is Chris. I don't have a family name. When I was young, there is an old man living in my neighborhood who always says while messing around that 『if you can use magic then you will get popular with the ladies』. At that time, because I've an erotic thought, I foolishly went to become a disciple of that old man. Until my age reach 18, I've been training my whole life at the mountain.
Fortunately, the hunters who bring us food etc. kindly taught us a lot. Else, I'm going to become a socially awkward person like the old man who has nothing but magic in mind. Like this my common sense was developed.
Now, it's time to put the end of this life! While reluctantly part away with the hunter, I steel myself to go to the city. With high spirit, I start off my journey. In the neighbouring countryside, there are lots of monster appeared. In order to return the favour of the surrounding villager who has took care of us during our magical experiment……we have exterminated lots of demons and now that place is one of the safest location in Magny Kingdom.
The journey is going smooth, and not long after I'm going to reach the royal capital.
I heard a girl screamed coming from the bushes at the side of the highway. I immediately go and check.
When I reach there, I saw a man with a demonic appearance……and a girl with a slave like cloth.
The man doesn't notice my presence because he was clouded with negative feeling. Then, he stabbed the girl's thigh although there is an onlooker beside which is me. He is giving off a crazy figure while stabbing the girl and laughing loudly.
Even though she is just a slave, this is a matter that can't be overlooked. The girl seems to notice me, and I used a magic to robbed the assailant out of his consciousness. He will not be able to wake up for several days, but I bind him just in case.
I throw the man away out of the sight of the girl. I face the girl who is bleeding and groaning.
"Are you okay? I can use magic, so please calm down and I will heal your injuries."
The looks of the girl's eyes show that she is still frightened, but she muttered slowly and ask for my assistance. I touched her wounds and activate the healing magic.
"Umm……are you perhaps not disgusted with me?"
After the treatment is over, the girl asks a strange thing.
"Because you're a slave? I guess that is not a good standing, but I can't say that I dislike it."
The girl's name is Olivia. She has a dirty body, full of wounds and painful looking scratches, indicating sign of abuses. After healing her, I washed her dirty face with a wet towel. Actually, she has a beautiful face foreign to this country.
There is no way someone will feel disgusted looking at such a fine child. Oh crap, my heart won't stop beating. This is a first time I see someone with a cute looking face.
I take a look at the man. If this guy is the owner, then won't it give me the ownership privilege since I took her from him? I'm sure will get happy as heck if I can make this beautiful girl to become my girlfriend ―――naturally I'll release her from a status of slave ―――of course, she is going to be happier that way compared to when she was with a man who will stab her with a knife. No doubt, I'm sure she has the same feeling. For now, I'll……
"N-no, it's just that whatever I do, I get a feeling that the gentlemen will get disgusted with me……even when I was still younger, my father……"
I guess such man exist too. I'm going to say this again, there is no way I'm going to dislike such a pretty girl. If there is someone daughter as beautiful as this living in my neighbourhood, then it's normal for me to approach her every day, right? I'll carefully corrode her with the use of my magic power.
"Perhaps, is there any chance that you receive another curse besides the curse of 『Enslavement』?"
"I don't know. I'm always disliked by the gentlemen even since I'm still young……though I'm quite admired by the lady and the other maids……"
I refuse to believe what Olivia has said. I touch her body and carefully examine her with magic. Deep inside her soul, there is a curse of enslavement……what is this!
"I'm going to make it clear. First, in your body, there is a curse which will reverse the feeling when it's directed to you."
"N-no way!"
Although it is kind of hard to notice, it's clearly written there as [curse] so I'm a bit shocked.
"There is another one. This one is more malicious. If there is a malice directed towards someone else, there are going to be concentrated on you. This one will have no effect unless there are malice nearby."
In other word, the stranger action will affect the emotions directed towards her. If someone else is getting praised, then nothing will happen. On the other hand, if someone else is hated, then the malice will be directed to her as well and she will be hated for no reason.
It's useless to escape this curse. No matter where she run, she will get hated by this curse and the one that will reverse emotion……this is a curse so wicked that it will better to end her life right here and right now.
How did I know? Fufu…… that fucking old man, instead of teaching me a magic to make me popular with ladies……he taught me all about the curse and a dark magic related stuff, but there is nothing about making me popular at all! Teaching me Dark Magic saying that I'm going to get boobies, isn't it going to turn away the ladies instead!
If the hunter never pointed it out to me, then there is no mistake I'm going to make a mistake once I get at the city. Fortunately, the old man has an abundant collection of others spell as well. That way I can grow to become a normal magician.
Dark wizards have high resistance against curse from the same attributes. Although they tend to be evil wizards, there are many type of them ―――probably limited to a heterosexual―――that they can easily resist the curse.
"So to speak, it is easy to unravel the curse since I have a background on it. There is also a particular one about enslavement."
……then, Olivia suddenly burst into tears, and she start to hold it out with a snobbing sound.
~~~~~ Olivia point of view ~~~~~
"Urrgh *sob*…that fucking bastard!"
"Hick! Hick! Chris samaaaa, crying for my sake sob sob……*wail*!"
After I revealed everything inside my chest, tears flowed from Chris' eyes like a waterfall. It's the first time I saw a gentleman burst into tears, that's why I get quite surprised. At the same time I see someone burst into tears for me, I realized that my heart get all warm and fluttery. The tears won't stop coming out.
My former name is Olivia Heultor. I was a former member of a duke who rules over 3 houses.
From early age……as long as I remember, I wasn't alive compared to Angelica who is 2 years younger than me.
My father only cherishes my sister, my older brother and my younger brother. Even the male employee is looking at me in sinister way.
However, I was loved by my mother, grandmother and the female servants. It still makes me ashamed as a member of a duke household……
My father said that since I don't have a talent like my younger sister, it's better for me to live my life devoted on caring for her. But my mother and grandmother was against it and do something about it.
From what my mother said, it is unknown to why my father hates me so much and he will never take it whenever my mom tries to persuade him. Since the man hold the power in the house of mobility, there is nothing much that can be done.
After I grow old enough, I started to interact with the other noble children. However, the boys only see my sisters and I received unscrupulous slandering. Still, I manage to have a good relation with the older girl. Perhaps they feel bad for me.
After I get much older, when the stories about marriage come out, my sister get married quickly and it seems to be much trouble.
At that time, together with the Her Majesty Queen, although there is a talk about marriage with the Price, it got cancelled since His Highness Prince was totally hooked with my sister and opposed the arrangement. Because of that, my engagement was cancelled, and it ended……
My father banished me since I was a stain for the family and was made into a slave. As a slave……I was bought by a man who hated me…and then he brings me here deep in the forest……
"hikhik……snorted……what an unbelievable story! For the time being let's undone the enslavement curse that has been binding you."
A slave is a person who was bind magically so that they can't escape from their owner. If I go 100 meters away from the man who was knocked down and bind by Chris sama, then I'll get tormented with a severe pain that will burns my whole body.
Besides that, the order from the master is absolute. This slavery magic denies a human of their right and dignity in every aspect.
Chris sama said that he can easily undone this curse. However, this is a high-ranking curse which was applied to me specially.
"Fuhh, what a detestable thing. Here, it's done."
Eh? W-what? The sigil which symbolise me as a slave disappeared?
"As expected of the other curse. There is no way I can cancel it with brute force alone. I can only weaken it to some degree. Next time we need to go to a temple to get it undone."
Curse……no more? I'm no longer a slave?
"I originally want to go to the capital, but I don't have the slightest intention to suck the same air like that bastard. Maybe we should go to a city with a temple next. What do you think?'
"Is-is that so……then why don't we go to the northern Laron region? It is the home of Lady Goddess Great Temple. Since a large development plan is starting soon, maybe you can make some money depending on your ability."
Although I don't have much acquaintance, I'm pretty sure that the Queen said at the tea party that the plan is going to commence soon and lead by the second Prince Carl sama.
I wonder if they already open the recruitment once we arrived there?
"Since I'm not familiar with the geography, you sure save me Olivia. Then let's head there together. After we undone your curses, I'm going to ring the bell for you."
"Bu-but……won't it be annoying to bring me along with you? Besides, I'm dislike and I have nothing to return the favour."
There is nothing worth it to bring a girl who was banished by her family like me. I'm just going to be a burden……when I think so I was suddenly hugged.
"Is that so. Then, after we released you from the curse, why don't you become my bride?'
"Wawawawawa……b-but what about my household…ah…"
More like, aren't I'm banished from that household already.
"I can make lots of excuse, and I'm going to make them anyway, but I want you to know that I want to make you my bride since I fell in love with Olivia… is that bad?"
Since I've been crying from just now as well, our face are mutually messed up, but Chris sama looks straight into my eyes…… his face looks more dignified and more charming than anyone else that I know. Before I know it, I already said yes, while making a small nod.
Looking at Chris sama who seems glad at my reply, I can feel my chests start to tighten.
"Just wait. I'm going to make you forget your painful past. It is a duty for a man to make sure that his woman leads a happy life."
~~~~~ Chris point of view ~~~~~
For the time being, I take off my clothes. I'm going to wash myself at the river with a wet cloth.
Fortunately, the water that flow in the river is very clean and it is also suitable to make as a drinking water. I find a rock and make a shade.
"Just leave that worn out cloth here and take my spare cloth. It might be a bit loose, but I think we can make do with some stitching. Please endure it until we arrive at another village. Before that you can take a bath here."
"Yes, Chris sama. I'll gladly take up to your offer. Before that I'm going to cleanse my body first…"
Somehow, I'm going to the riverside together with my bride (on plan). She then stripped out of her rags. Since the slave clothing has no underwear, she is currently buck naked right now. I also take out my cloth.
"Kyaa~! Ch-Chris sama…"
Surprised at me suddenly get naked, Olivia yelps and in dismay hurriedly tries to hide her breasts and lower half with her arms.
Wow! I know that she has big boobies since her hand can't hide them well, but never to my expectation that they have nice shape as well!
"What? Is it wrong to take out clothes when bathing at the river?"
"T-there is nothing wrong with that……it's just that we are unmarried, and to think that I expose my skin to a gentleman, much less outdoor……"
Ahh, that shyness of her is cute as well. Her silver hair that reached to her waist lightly wavered and sparkles, reflecting the light from the moon. She looks like a goddess. The question is, can I hold it in? Of course not.
Before I know it, my line of sight is focusing at her boobs. The contour from the waists to her butt look erotic as well. She is an extraordinarily beautiful girl with an outstanding style…
Once again, there is no way I can hold myself back. I brutally molest the shy Olivia with my wet hand.
"Iyaahnn! C-Chris samaa~ mmm…hmmm~"
I hold the confused Olivia from the front and assault her with a kiss. I move one hand to her breasts and another hand at the opening of her vagina.
I don't know what to do at this point. I thought that I'll stop once I touched and kiss her, but it's impossible. The girl who give her consent to my proposal is right now at the mercy of my hand, naked.
While caressing her body, my reasoning slowly slipped out due to the extreme excitement.
While embracing her, I lie down at the rock. There is no way I'll let a girl on the hard surface of the rock.
"I-I can't do it. There is no way I'm going to ride a gentleman……"
"I don't mid it. More importantly……you know what to do, right?"
My superb article already risen to the max. There is no way she won't notice it poking at her skin."
Her face turns beet red and she nodded. Even a naïve young girl like her will receive adequate sexual education. She lowered her hand which was at her breasts and start touching my superb article. The feel is completely different than when I touched myself. I wonder if it because of a girl's hand or because it is Olivia.
She leads my penis to the opening of her vagina. While doing that she looks at me, smiling with intoxicated eyes. Although she is reluctant, her face is so beautiful, and it looks more obscene than anything else.
"Chris sama, although I've encountered many hardships, fortunately this body of mine is still of a maiden. Olivia is happy since she is going to give her first time to the first man who ever love her."
Olivia tighten her grasped on my superb article and gradually lower her waist. She is welcoming my cock at her womanly place. Although she looks frustrated by the pain, it is obvious that her face flushes with excitement.
Simultaneously, as she sink her butts, I thrust my hips upward with all my might.
"Urgh, aaaaahhhnnnn~!"
From her womanly place, I can see the blood is flowing down. In inside Olivia vagina. When I think about it, I get more excited. However, I didn't move since I can see that she is grimacing in pain.
"Does it hurt, Olivia? Let's not move for now."
I hold her butt with both my hand and kissed her. I'm going to stay like this until her pain subsided.
"Haa…haa… Please don't worry about me, Chris sama. Please ravishes this body to your heart content."
While smiling with a trace of tear on her face, Chris urges me to continue. Olivia is becoming more and more loveable.
"Yaahnn~! Uuunnn~!"
I have not starting my waist yet. I groped her breasts and start to wrestle her tongue with mine.
"N- no please……not my breasts…"
"What? Doesn't it feel good? If it's hurt then I'm going to stop."
"N-no…it doesn't hurt…"
She doesn't seem to dislike it. I play around with her ripe fruits, sometimes strongly and sometimes gently.
While I'm enjoying her big tits, after a while I can see that her painful expressions have disappeared from her face, and she seem to have calm down. Then I tried to push my waist up slightly.
"Aaahhnn~! Yaaaahhhnnn~!"
Apparently, the pain has completely disappeared. Just a slight push from my hip is enough to induce an extreme pleasure for her. Since it feels good for me too, I continue grinding her, or more like I can't stop.
"Ahh! Ch-Chriss samaaa, so this is sex! Olivia is happy since she can offer her virginity to Chris sama!"
"Same with me! I'm happy to be able to meet you, Olivia!"
Before I realized it, I'm drowning under Olivia. I don't care though, since she is my bride. Olivia delirious voice further stripped me off my reasoning and I keep on pushing harder……like this there is no way I can hold it for long now.
"I'm cumming, Olivia! I'm going to cum inside the deepest part of your vagina, Olivia!"
"Haahh! Haaah! Yes, please do it, Chris sama! Mark me as your wife! Please impregnate me……please give your wife Olivia your child!"
"Hahh! Ahhnnnnnnnn!"
The moment I ejaculated, Olivia convulsed on top of me. She lets her breasts on top of my face due to exhaustion.
"Haa~ Haa~ Fuuh~……Thank you, Olivia."
"Me……me too……I love you too, Chris sama…"
While embracing each other, we smile and continue kissing. Of course, after we finished cleaning ourselves, we get into the second round and keep doing it until late at night. Since it's already late, we sleep at the riverside that night.
It's somewhat of a high quality. An adventurer who is subjugating the monsters as business is now homeless. Now, he gets loved. The comfort level is still below that of the bed, but if we don't mind it too much then it's fine.
It's shaped like a cocoon made of ten silkworms that I got from the hunters during ceremony. If we make a framework, then it's possible to fit person inside. This thing is quite popular since it is thin and light and it is convenient to carry.
The problem is that it's required for someone to watch over the tent during resting time. In other word, if the monsters attack while we're resting, then there is no way we can resist.
An expert who is accustomed with the framework assembly is said to be able to pitch it up on the tree. Like that, it's possible to take a rest even if the person is alone.
As for my case, there is no worries since I can use a magic to drove the monster and wild animals away. That way I spent a night together with Olivia in this single use tent……crap, when the morning comes I can feel my reasoning is slipping away.
The tent is made of a water-resistant material. It has high heat insulation and gust resistant. Although there is a hole for airflow, the inside of the tent is quite hot with two persons body temperature. We got sweaty while sleeping. It's filled with a girl's scent which is totally different than the man.
I'm relieved that she looking at her sleeping comfortably. We're each person first sex partner, holding her hand I think about how I fell in love with her in first sight.
The stimulation is quite too strong for me who was a virgin until yesterday! Ah, girls body feels really soft.
She was enslaved just not long ago, and the enslavement was ended unreasonably. Right now, she's probably exhausted both physically and mentally. She's not showing any sign of waking up at all.
Last night I got carried away and do it forcibly, but should I be concerned about her body more?
Although she said that it pained for the first time, maybe she disliked the fact that she is having sex with me itself. Since I keep changing position many times after, maybe she thought that I'm a rough man……
Although I get carried away since I'm intoxicated with Olivia's beauty, I recall that that I was taking her quite forcibly at time. The main purpose for lifting her of her curse has not changed, but it's true if she said that I don't care much about her since I keep forcing her when she is having male phobia.
While I'm contemplating myself, Olivia woke up. The gesture she makes when she is still sleepy is also cute. Is it a weakness if I fall to every expression that I think is loveable?
That's not it! First of all, I must apologize for yesterday! She might get too shocked that she wants to go back to her hometown. It seems that she has completely wake up when I'm trying to form the word. Not good, I need to say something fast!
"Olivia! Please forgive me for yesterday!"
"I'm very sorry Chris sama!"
What? Why is Olivia apologizing first thing in the morning?
"E-eh? Aren't you angry at me for forcing you to do it outdoor since it's your first time and we just met?"
"I'm not angry. I-I'm happy that Chris sama love me and that you want to do it with me. But since it's the first time I'm sleeping with a gentleman, I'm afraid that I've misconducted."
Feeling sorry, Olivia keep her eyes down and put both of her hands together at her chests. Oh! She is indeed a lady with a sheltered upbringing. The only thing about man that she knows are just those stories that she has heard.
I remember about my hometown. The husband always hides at the hall when they got exposed. The scene where the auntie is beating their husband is quite intense as well. It's the same case for other people as well. Their favourite phrase is [because you're a man? What the hell?]
I've been thinking of unnecessary thing. I strongly hug and kissed Olivia to make her feel secure again. Aside from that, after we're done with sex last night, I gently wiped her body with the wet towel and after that we went to bed buck naked.
Naturally, I'm still naked right now. Despite thoroughly ravaging Olivia's body last night, I can feel that crotch is getting full stamina after night long sleep.
Of course, Olivia who's glued with me noticed and her face turns beet red as she stared at me.
"If that's Chris sama wish……t-then please do whatever you want."
Don't do that Olivia. Aren't you just a virgin until just yesterday? If you said it with such a cute voice, then there is no way I can stop you know?
Inside the small tent where it's hard to move, I placed my fingers at Olivia pussy while keeping close contact. Olivia's body trembles for a moment and her love juice gradually flows out from the inside of her vagina.
"Kuuhh~ ah~ ahh. N-no, Chris sama……it's embarrassing……"
"Can you feel it Olivia? Can you feel my protruding fingers? It was painful yesterday, but does it feel good today?"
Her wet eyes don't indicate any sense of pain. While making a slutty face, her body grew hotter and hotter.
"I-it hurts at first, but……that……if I entrust both my mind and body to you…ahhh~!"
Sorry, I can't hold it any longer. I insert my cock inside her pussy. Though there is some resistance, her pussy managed to accept my cock all the way. But still, her pussy feels really tight and it's feel soft wrapping around my cock.
"Mmm~ nnn~! C-Chris sama, does it feel good?"
"Ah! It's the best! I just inserted my cock and now I want to cum already!"
It's hard to move so much inside this tent. Whatever, I already did it roughly yesterday, might as well enjoy having slow sex today.
I hold her soft butt and thin waist with my hands and press it firmly so that I can push my cock deeper inside.
"U-um……are you not moving?"
Olivia asked while pressing her big boobs on my chests. It's already feels good as it's. I'm notonly enjoying the warmth of her vagina, but also the feeling of her full butt. Me caressing her butt makes her squirms a bit.
"Nnhnn……fuuhhnn……Chris sama burly cock is……aaah! It's still very big……nmhmmm~!"
I'm happy that Olivia is becoming more honest with her feeling now. I kissed her and insert my tongue inside. In the conjunction with a small movement with Olivia's waist, the feeling of her breasts pressing against me also feels great.
"Chyuu~ hamu, puha……Olivia, you feeling good? Does it feel good to have sex with me, making all the moves yourself?"
The feeling when she is moving in and inserting my cock all the way back is very good. It felt like Olivia's pussy is swallowing my entire cock, which feels different compared to moving myself.
"T-that……yes……it feels good."
Oh! My shy wife (planned) is super cute! It's awesome! She has a cute face, and in the same time she has erotic body as well. She doesn't even hate it when I'm having rough sex with her. Olivia is the best wife (planned) ever!
"T-then Olivia, why don't you try to move now. I'll adjust to your rhythm. Okay, one, two……"
Slowly, in this narrow tent, I push in simultaneously with her.
"Ah ahhhh~!"
We did it slowly, but the moment when my cock slaps against her pussy at the same time, a rush of pleasure runs in our body, much more than our first-time sex. Her overflowing love juice makes an obscene sound whenever our genitals make contact.
Compared to when I'm the one moving, I feel like my cock is reaching her deepest part more when doing it together with Olivia. Of course, that's not all. Since it's impossible to move a lot, I give a small thrust repeatedly in a rhythm. Inside the tent, only the sound of wet love juice and rough breathing from both of us can be heard. A voice full with carnal pleasure resonates in the tent.
She is feeling it! This girl is having pleasure with my cock! She is no longer a shy girl that is too embarrassed to have sex! She is now a girl who's shaking her hips back and forth with slutty expression!
"Ah, ahh, ahh, ahhh! Chris sama! I'm going to come! It feels too good!"
"Me too! I'm going to cum in Olivia deepest part!"
I can feel the tip of my cock is hitting the back of her vagina. I'm knocking the entrance of her womb many times, as if trying to pry it open. Right now, if I were to ejaculate inside, will my semen pour directly inside her womb? She is a first girl that I've feel into love, and now I'm going to impregnate her!
"Aaaahhh Chris sama! I love you so much…uuuhhnnn!"
"Me too! I love you Olivia! I'm cumming!"
At that moment when lots of semen are poured inside, her narrow vagina further tightened up. Although I already ejaculated lots of time yesterday inside her, it seems that I still don't have enough. Is it because I'm doing it with Olivia?
"Haa~ haaa…Chris sama hot children is running wildly inside me…haaa~"
We hugged for a while and enjoy the afterglow. I'm worried for Olivia physical strength since we're having sex continuously like this. After getting out and adjusting the tent, I prepare the breakfast. Though, right now is not what I called a morning. Seems like I've lost sense of time while enjoying sex.
Since I'm doing something that feels good in the morning, my body feel fresher than ever.
"Chris sama, from here we need to head west to reach the highway to Laron region. That is the closest and safest route to head north from here."
"Alright! Let's reach the city as fast as possible! After lifting your curse, I can finally propose to you officially."
After we're done with preparation, I carry Olivia and run towards the highway. To the Laron region! My legs get much faster and lighter while imagining my happy future with Olivia……but, even though my mind is empowered, my leg strength is still lesser than those of the hunters.
"Hah, hahh…*pants**pants*……n-not yet…I need to lift the curse faster and marry Olivia……"
"Chris samaaa! Please don't push yourself!"
Even though she is light, seems like it's impossible to run at full speed while carrying people. The momenti reach the highway, my knees get on the ground.
"Mou! That's why I said not to overdo yourself!"
Olivia pinched my cheeks while I'm resting on her lap pillow.


text: A Measurement System for Fast Estimation of 2D Individual HRTFs with Arbitrary Head Movements 2017-09-08 | 09:20 - 09:40 | Orchestra Rehearsal Room | HRTF Measurement / Evaluation | Talk | Ruben Braun (Institut für Kommunikationstechnik, Leibniz Universität Hannover)Co-Authors: Song Li (Institut für Kommunikationstechnik, Leibniz Universität Hannover) , Jürgen Peissig (Sennheiser Electronic GmbH & Co.KG) Modern technologies, like virtual and augmented reality (VR/AR), lead to an increasing interest in reproducing spatial listening via headphones. This can be realized by using head-related transfer functions (HRTFs), which filter the incoming audio signals for each ear, depending on the direction of the sound source. The HRTFs depend highly on the shape of the ears, head and body of a human being. Therefore, they have to be determined individually. Conventional stop-and-go HRTF measurements are very time consuming and subjects have to keep still during the process, which leads to an exhausting experience. New attempts have been introduced, using continuous acquisition methods with normalized least mean square (NLMS) adaptive filter algorithms. These procedures are more efficient, but the subject still has to remain motionless on a rotating chair. In order to overcome these inconveniences, a fast individual 2D HRTF measurement system is presented in this paper. By this means, HRTFs can be estimated regarding two degrees of freedom (azimuth and elevation) by using a head-tracker. During the measurement, the subject has to perform arbitrary head movements and gets visual feedback on its current position and all already visited positions. A combination of activation based and progressive based NLMS is used for extracting the individual HRTFs. The performance of this measurement system is evaluated using normalized mean square error (NMSE). Simulated and measured results show that the proposed HRTF measurement system works well for arbitrary head movements.

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Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Remember the love that brought you together...
I hope you had a wonderful holiday!
I want to offer you a great tool, especially during this time of year when things can be stressful.
Remember the love that brought you together...
Rekindling your romance is about you and your partner and what is romantic to you. It's just too easy to compare yourself to other couples ...friends, TV..., movies...and think there is something missing from your relationship.
Remembering the love that brought you together is about appreciating your partner and what is romantic for you and your partner.
Take some time to do this practice:
Close your eyes for a few minutes and let your mind travel back to that time when you first saw your partner, when you first became aware of that moment when you just had to meet this person, and then to get to know this person better. You felt something for your partner that you probably had never felt before. You felt the mystical connection with them that was stronger than anything human.
Now, take a few moments to just feel that feeling, getting in touch with love for your partner in your body, mind and heart.
And now, open your eyes and notice how you feel. The next time you are with your partner, really remembering the love that brought you together, authentically, with your whole heart, give them a hug or take their hands and look into their eyes and from that place of loving them, tell them how much you love them and how and why you appreciate them. Imagine if you began every day this way...
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Monday, November 24, 2008
Tool #5 The Wisdom of the Gambler
Know When to Hold 'em, Fold 'em, Walk away, and When to Run
I always ask people, "If you had to choose one motto by which to live your life, what would it be?" I have never heard anyone say my favorite
motto, well, except "The Gambler". My favorite motto is, "You gotta know when to hold 'em, when to fold 'em, when to walk away and when to run." This is particularly true in relationships.
How many times have you been in a situation where you knew that your best move was going to be to just put yourself and the other person on hold, not say anything, and wait for a better moment? That's called "hold em".
There are those time when you know you don't have the winning hand, so you "fold 'em". You yield until the next hand and then you try again.
And I'm sure we've all had times when the best thing to do was to "walk away", or even "run".
Unlike the gambler, playing a game of cards, we are playing the game of life, which sometimes hit us fast and hard. We don't always get the opportunity to make a conscious choice about how we are going to respond to another person or situation. We can't always be that present in the moment. Sometimes we react in a way that isn't necessarily going to help the situation because we are coming from some past experience or story. For example, sometimes we hold when it would have been much more effective to fold, walk away or run!
The Wisdom of the "Gambler"
I have used the "wisdom" of the Gambler for a very long time in my own life. In some ways the Five Rings system of stress response can be compared to the Gambler. The five rings are ways of being in the world, corresponding to the elements, wind, water, fire and ground. The 5th ring is space, the pause in between each moment.
To "hold" is ground, holding your ground. To "fold" is water, yielding. To "walk away" is wind, and to" run" is fire. Of course it's not really that simple, but it's a beginning, one example of how to use this information as a tool in your life. Each of these rings has a powerful side and a not so powerful aspect. Most of us, when pushed to react, will tend to react in one of the rings most frequently. Sometimes that response will be effective and sometimes, more often, it will not, because it is a stress response, not an empowered response, not a conscious choice.
If you are not living in the present moment in your life, you will tend to bring your history, your truth about the situation to the present moment. When you do this you will tend toward the same reaction in most situations, chances are it will serve you positively some of the time, but,since you are dealing with so many different types of people and situations in your life, and not really responding to the present moment, much of the time you will experience your reactions as ineffective.
The goal is to become present in each moment of your life. As you do this, you will begin to recognize, know and understand your own stress response, and then to know and understand all five rings. When you understand all the rings, you will be able to recognize the ring from which the other person is coming, and then you will be able to choose the best ring with which to handle each situation or person that comes your way in the present moment. You will know when to hold 'em, fold 'em, walk away and run from a conscious, present and empowered place.
Diana Morgan, M.A., H.H.E., Minister
PO Box 553, Santa Rosa, CA 95402
707-548-7003 or 925-980-9052
For information about performing ceremonies: Blessings To You
For information about relationship workshops, coaching and marriage prep: Whole Heart Path
The #1 reason marriages break up is because they lose site of the love that brought them together. I help couples break through their personal barriers, opening their whole heart to experience their authentic connection. The Whole Heart Path awaits you...
Thursday, November 13, 2008
What's the most important "must have"?
The most important "must have" is that you must be on the same page in your personal and spiritual growth. If you don't have this in common, one of you will always be dragging and pushing the other and there will be resentment and stress on the relationship. When you feel confident based on the other person's consistent actions (not just their words), that they are on the same page as you in growing and changing, I say, go for it! Dive in! You will never know if that person is right for you if you don't dive in.
Of course you want this person to have your other "must haves" too. and then there's just good old common sense.
Diana Morgan, M.A., H.H.E., Minister
PO Box 553, Santa Rosa, CA 95402
707-548-7003 or 925-980-9052
For information about performing ceremonies: Blessings To You
For information about relationship workshops, coaching and marriage prep: Whole Heart Path
We always invite comments!
The #1 reason marriages break up is because they lose site of the love that brought them together. I help couples break through their personal barriers, opening their whole heart to experience their authentic connection. The Whole Heart Path awaits you...
How do we know when it's safe to dive into the relationship?
Common sense is huge in this decision. The truth is that we know more than we let ourselves know about ourselves and other people. The key is to know yourself and to be able to be honest with yourself. How can you trust another person if you don't trust yourself and you can't be honest? You need to be honest about what you really want. In any area of your wants, you can characterize your wants in two types: "must have" and "would like to have but I can live without". "Must have" wants are the deal breakers. These are the qualities and aspects of the other person that cannot be compromised. If you compromise your "must have" list, you will have a very difficult relationship and are less likely to make it as a couple. I have worked with couples who have none of their "would like to have but I could live without" and their relationships are good. They each get those other needs met by other people and in other ways. On the other hand, I have rarely seen a couple who don't have their "must haves" make it.
Diana Morgan, M.A., H.H.E., Minister
PO Box 553, Santa Rosa, CA 95402
707-548-7003 or 925-980-9052
For information about performing ceremonies: Blessings To You
For information about relationship workshops, coaching and marriage prep: Whole Heart Path
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What is the most important "must have"?
The #1 reason marriages break up is because they lose site of the love that brought them together. I help couples break through their personal barriers, opening their whole heart to experience their authentic connection. The Whole Heart Path awaits you...
What do you do after you get that date?
And what about after you actually get into the relationship? I love that now there are all these wonderful ways to meet and find the partner of your dreams. So now, you've found that person...you've met...you've gotten to know each other...and now it's time to "get involved". What is "getting involved"? It's about the process that I refer to as the "trust test". We all do it, so let's just call it what it is. It's like getting ready to dive into a cold, unheated swimming pool. You put in one toe to test the water. You leave it in the pool for awhile. Then you maybe put in all the toes, or the whole foot and so on, until you are used to the water. That's what we do in relationships, in a manner of speaking. We enter into the relationship one toe at a time, observing, questioning, wondering when is it ok to trust? How do we know when we can trust the other person? How much of our foot do we put in before the dive? The whole foot? The other foot? A leg? Or do we just keep testing the water and never dive in? For me, over the years, before I figured out how to know if it was ok to dive, I would either jump in with both feet, blindly trusting, or I would put up the wall, not even dipping a toe. It was always very black or white to me and I never really had anything to base it on, except, of course, what other people thought.
Diana Morgan, M.A., H.H.E., Minister
PO Box 553, Santa Rosa, CA 95402
707-548-7003 or 925-980-9052
For information about performing ceremonies: Blessings To You
For information about relationship workshops, coaching and marriage prep: Whole Heart Path
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How do we know when it's safe to dive into the relationship? What's enough?
The #1 reason marriages break up is because they lose site of the love that brought them together. I help couples break through their personal barriers, opening their whole heart to experience their authentic connection. The Whole Heart Path awaits you...
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Online Dating--a Few More Thoughts
I have been doing some more thinking about online dating services like match.com and eharmony.com. I am fascinated with how many couples I work with, whether it be performing their marriage ceremony or taking my marriage prep class that met through these services. They are so well matched and they seem to know one another better than some other couples I work with that met in other ways and have been together much longer. These couples often emphasize how great their communication is. The truth is that the success of your marriage is not so much based on how you meet but on how you are in relationship. Are you being authentic in your relationship or are you diminishing yourself to be what you think the other person wants you to be? Or maybe a little of both, depending on the situation and the day!
Healthy relationships require a risk from both people in the relationship to be present with an open heart. Maybe people who choose the match.com or eharmony.com route tend to be people who have previously been in so many unfulfilling relationships or have met so many people who refuse to be in relationship authentically, with their whole heart that they are ready to be in an authentic, whole heart relationship and they find one another through these services. I don't know…I am only going by what I hear from the couples I work with and other people I talk to.
I would like to see dating services like match.com and eharmony.com become more respected as a viable way to meet someone who is a good match for you.
Friday, May 2, 2008
Online Dating Services
Today I am particularly moved to write about matching services like www.Match.com and www.eharmony.com
I have been performing marriage ceremonies for over 20 years and during that time, I have had the opportunity to experience so many different types of connections between couples. At this time, about 30% of the marriage ceremonies that I perform are for people who met on www.Match.com or www.eharmony.com.
Let me make it perfectly clear that this is not an advertisement in any way, shape or form. This article is strictly based on my observations. I'm writing this article because I am moved and inspired by the connections I see in some of these couples. I am impressed and I don't impress easily!
When I meet with a couple for the first time, I always ask them how they met. Used to be that they would get the red face, look at each other and start laughing and then I would say, "Oh, you met online." They would say "Yes, but we tell people we met on a blind date", or "Yes, but we tell people we met through mutual friends". More and more, they just look me straight in the eyes and with a huge grin, together chime in, "match.com" or "eharmony" or some other online avenue.
I never really did understand that whole stigma around meeting someone online. I guess it came from the few bad apples/experiences that came out. I always say, it's not how you met…it's what happens afterwards that counts. People have met their true love in so many different ways. Who's to say one way is right and another isn't?
Anyway, back to my discussion of online dating services…
It seems to me that the connection these couples find with one another is so deep. In fact some of the deepest connections I have ever seen have been between couples who have met online. Maybe they take extra time to get to know each other because they want to be especially cautious, having met online. Or maybe they are able to go deeper because many couples spend the time corresponding in writing for quite awhile before they meet.
When a couple contacts me to schedule a consultation, I give them a pre-marital ceremony questionnaire to fill out and return to me before we meet so I can get to know them a little. It gives them a chance to think about things they might not have thought about with regard to their ceremony, their marriage other topics.
Some couples don't fill out the questionnaire before we meet. Some fill it out together and either bring it to the consultation or email it back to me before we meet. Some take time to fill it out individually and either bring them to the consultation or email them back to me before we meet. And then there have been those couples who are in a category all their own, the couples who met online. They often fill out the questionnaires with so many details, pages and pages about their feelings and thoughts on marriage, their story of how they met and what they love about each other. They tell me their whole life story. Not kidding, some of these questionnaires have come back with 20 – 30 pages of responses. Don't get me wrong…that's not what I expect from any couple. The average questionnaire comes back with 3 or 4 pages and that gives me enough of what I need to know before we meet. I usually find out the rest when we meet.
The point that I am making today is that I don't really understand the stigma around online dating services. Some of the most amazing couples that I have married met on match.com and eharmony.com. So I say don't be embarrassed about how you met. Focus on what you are doing to get to know that person and how you will determine if he/she is your life partner. And if you know someone who is in the process of exploring online dating services, support them in any way you can. It's not easy to meet people these days and although there are some disadvantages to meeting someone this way, I think the positives far outweigh the negatives.
I would love to hear your stories!
Diana Concoff Morgan, M.A., H.H.E , Minister
can be reached at 925-980-9052 or www.WholeHeartPath.com
10 Tips to Rekindle Your Romance Tip #4 Express Clear Boundaries
10 Tips to Rekindle Your Romance
Tip # 4 Express Clear Boundaries
What is a boundary? In the context of this article, a boundary is where you end and the other person begins. Boundaries encompass the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual presence of a person. In a marriage, or any relationship it is important to acknowledge that you are two separate people with two distinct personalities, two different sets of life experiences, tastes, opinions, perceptions, etc.
So when I say, express clear boundaries, I am talking about verbal and not-verbal communication. Say what you mean and mean what you say. Be clear. Don't give off mixed messages. Do you say it's ok when it isn't? Do you not say anything when you need to say something? Do you hope your partner will "just know"? Do you think your partner should "just know"?
Clear boundaries require you to know what you want. Before you can communicate clearly, you have to know what you want so it requires you taking the time to check in with yourself.
Sometimes people don't express clear boundaries because they are concerned about making the other person angry. Or they are concerned that someone will not accept and honor their boundary. Guess what! You can say what you want whether the other person accepts it or not. In fact, that's the first step in expressing clear boundaries…not worrying about the response from the other person.
Clear expression of boundaries also includes inviting, welcoming and honoring your partner's boundaries. Haven't you ever found yourself thinking, "I just wish I knew what he/she really wanted?" If you are not expressing clear boundaries to each other in your marriage, you are both wasting time and energy guessing and wondering about your partner.
I recommend that you have a discussion about each other's boundaries. Make agreements about how each of you would like to express your boundaries to the other person and how you would like your communications to be received.
If you've been married a long time or even together a long time, remember that we all change as we grow. You may assume that certain things are true for your partner but in fact they have changed. Don't assume. Be open to that possibility. As you discuss your boundaries in the exercise below come to your partner with an open heart and mind. It's important that neither of you makes the other wrong for having a certain boundary. (Stay tuned for "What if our boundaries conflict?") We are all individuals, separate and unique people. And that's what makes it interesting, right?
Here are some boundaries that you could start to discuss:
Alone time verses together time.
Time together, time together with other friends, time alone with other friends
Spending money
Environment in the home
And the list could go on…you fill in the rest!
As always, I would love to hear your comments and questions!
Love and blessings,
Diana Concoff Morgan, M.A., H.H.E , Minister
can be reached at 925-980-9052 or www.WholeHeartPath.com
Monday, April 28, 2008
10 Tips to Rekindle Your Romance Workshop
Rekindle Your Romance and Fall in Love all Over Again...
Rekindle Your Romance and Fall in Love all Over Again...
Learn healthy and effective communication tools
Verbal and non-verbal heart-opening practices
Learn positive conflict resolution tools
Keep your marriage new, alive and romantic
This program offers you the opportunity to explore and enrich your relationship, no matter how long you have been together. You will learn how take your communication to a deeper level, to the heart of the matter, when words aren't working.
Explore marriage topics and learn effective tools for a happy, healthy marriage through verbal, non-verbal and movement practices, in a safe environment with an experienced facilitator.
Diana specializes in workshops that offer you the opportunity to achieve
a deeper level of self-awareness in a safe and fun environment.
**(You do not have to be married- but you must bring a partner)**
Thursday, February 28, 2008
10 Tips to Rekindle Your Romance Tip #3 Put The Marriage First
10 Tips to Rekindle Your Romance
Tip # 3 Always put the relationship first
It is important to put your relationship first, above either of you as individuals or any other person. Marriage is a partnership. I am not saying that you have to become one person but you do have a partnership and honoring your partnership will keep your romance alive. If you do not put the relationship first, you will start to get little resentments which will become big resentments, which will eventually extinguish the flame in your relationship! Everything ends up in the bedroom. In other words, whatever resentments and dissatisfaction you have in your relationship will manifest in your romance and passion. When you are in alignment and in agreement, you have the space for passion and romance to emerge.
Some of the more common influences that challenge you to put your marriage first are children, friends, extended family and work. It's just too easy to let those things come in between the two people in a marriage. Here are some examples and suggestion about how to put the relationship first when these challenges arise.
Children are so good at pitting one parent against the other. Sometimes one parent is consistently more permissive than the other or sometimes, each parent is permissive and strict about different issues. And our highly intelligent and resourceful children know exactly who to approach to get the best outcome. I think it is very important for you as the parents to have regular discussions so that you are in agreement about issues regarding your children. I suggest a regular "meeting of the board of directors". Sit down and discuss how you are going to handle the current issues with your children so you are in agreement. Then when your child asks either one of you for permission, if it's an issue you have not discussed yet with your spouse, you respond, "let me get back to you", or "I'll have to think about that". In this way you are not contradicting one another and are in agreement and consistent.
Another example of putting the marriage first comes up around extend family, take in-laws for example. Not all families are going to blend perfectly. If your families do blend, that's great. If you live close by and you can split up the holidays very evenly, that's great. But much of the time, that is not the case. This is where you have to put the relationship first. I suggest that you sit down each year and decide at the beginning of the year, what you are going to do about extended family gatherings including holidays. I have found with some couples that it works very well to alternate years with the holidays, spending one holiday one year with one side of the family and the next year with the other side.
Some couples have found that it worked well to split up on the holidays sometimes, each going to their respective families for the holiday gathering. And then, some couples have decided to have a gathering at their own home and who ever could make it would come. What I am saying is that whatever works for you is the right answer. But the bottom line is that you are in agreement and that you have an on-going discussion about how you will handle this issue.
Clear and consistent communication about how to put your marriage first is the key to a romantic, passionate relationship!
Diana Concoff Morgan, M.A., H.H.E , Minister
can be reached at 925-980-9052 or www.WholeHeartPath.com
Monday, February 4, 2008
10 Tips to Rekindle Your Romance Tip #2 Appreciation
10 Tips to Rekindle Your Romance
Tip #2 APPRECIATION
Appreciation will rekindle your romance more powerfully than anything I know of. Do you feel appreciated in your relationship? Do you appreciate your partner? Do you express your appreciation? Daily? There are so many ways to show love and appreciation to your partner. Appreciation begins with a state of mind. Take the time to really notice things to acknowledge about your partner. Notice if you spend more time being frustrated and disappointed with things that aren't happening the way you would like them to happen. Imagine what your life would be like without that person. Be grateful for that wonderful person you call your partner.
Here are a few ways to express appreciation:
- Take your partner's hands in your hands, facing each other. Look into his/her eyes and express heartfelt, authentic appreciation for your partner's presence in your life.
- Throughout every day, look for things to thank your partner for, the things they do that make your life easier or more joyful. Express gratitude for things like making the coffee in the morning, doing the grocery shopping, cooking, and taking care of car maintenance or even getting up to let the cat out (that's one of mine!)
- Take the initiative to think of fun, new things for the two of you to do. Make all the plans and really make it happen.
- Surprise your partner with breakfast in bed or their favorite dinner after work.
- Give your partner a card for no special occasion other than that you love him/her.
- Write your partner a poem or a letter of appreciation.
These may seem corny but trust me, they really work. Oh and make sure to show your partner this article!
I would love to know the ways that you express your appreciation to your partner.
Please post your ideas and I will include them (anonymously) in my newsletter!
Diana Concoff Morgan, M.A., H.H.E , Minister
can be reached at 925-980-9052 or www.WholeHeartPath.com
Thursday, January 24, 2008
10 Tips to Rekindle Your Romance Tip #1
10 Tips to Rekindle Your Romance
Marriage is the best seminar you will ever participate in. It offers you an opportunity for growth that no other relationship can equal, if both people are fully participating. A healthy marriage takes time and care. It's just like anything that is worth having, it requires attention. If you don't care for your plants, they will die. If you don't exercise, your muscles will atrophy, if you don't nurture your relationship, you will begin to become resentful, bored and lonely. The next thing that goes is the passion and romance. So if you're feeling bored, lonely or resentful in your relationship, consider these 10 keys to Rekindle Your Romance. Make one change in your relationship today that can make a world of difference.
10 Tips to Rekindle Your Romance Tip #1 Healthy Communication
Healthy and effective communication is a key to any healthy relationship, including a marriage. That's why it's first on the list! First of all, it is important to have clear communication. Your partner is not a mind reader. We cannot assume that our partner knows what we are thinking or should know what we are thinking. The first step to healthy communication is to take the time to make it happen. Often we attempt to have communication at the worst times. I'm sure this has never happened to any of you, but here's how it happens for other people.
Things are going pretty well, but you have this little thing that's been bothering you and you want to talk about it. But you don't want to rock the boat by bringing up something that may create tension, because, after all, things are pretty good. So you don't bring up that thing, which at that time isn't that big of a deal. But then that thing starts becoming a bigger deal, because you didn't talk about it. It's in your mind, bothering you. You're putting energy into making it okay, ignoring it, waiting until you can find a "good time" to talk about it. Well, guess what? There really isn't going to be a "good time" to talk about it. What usually happens is that when you are having a heated discussion or dare I say, a fight, about something else, that little thing, which has been growing and festering will come out and now it's a lot bigger thing, because it has a lot more anger behind it, and it's on the pile with all the other things you have been holding onto, waiting for a "good time "to talk.
I recommend that you set aside time every day to talk. That way, you are talking about the little things when they are still fairly uncharged. Sometimes you will be chatting about daily happenings and sometimes you will be bringing up those tough subjects that are more difficult to talk about. Usually the little things will stay that way if you bring them up while they are still little.
There are some boundaries I would like to suggest for your daily conversations. One is that you set a time limit if you need to, at least 30 minute or more. If something comes up, and you find that you don't have the time to discuss it as deeply and thoroughly as you need to, schedule another time, within the next 24 hours, when you can have more uninterrupted time to discuss and process the issue. Another suggestion is to have your daily conversation some time during the day and not before bed. It's great to talk before bed, but leave your "hot topics" and problems for the daytime conversation. Typically the "hot topics" are work, money, the kids and any other problems. I also suggest that you face one another, have eye contact, even holding hands sometimes if that feels good. Another really important thing about this conversation is that you each let the other finish completely, without interrupting. And finally, speak lovingly, from the heart to one another.
Diana Concoff Morgan, M.A., H.H.E , Minister
can be reached at 925-980-9052 or www.WholeHeartPath.com
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
I'm not in a relationship, but I would like to be...
Now, for those of you who are not in a relationship, and want to be in one, I will share some ideas about that today. It has been said that like attracts like, or that we draw into our lives the things that we focus on. So if you want to attract an emotionally healthy individual, work on your own emotional health. If you want to attract someone who is wealthy, work on your own wealth consciousness.
What I have experienced in my own relationships in the past is that I could not attract a healthy relationship into my life because I was unable to trust another individual to the degree necessary to be in a committed relationship. As a result, I kept choosing people who were somehow unavailable to me. In other words, they were not really able to commit to me either, so it was perfect, but not really. A part of me really did want to be in a relationship.
The early years of dating and testing out different relationships for many are a process of pairing away what it is we don't want, to get to what we do want. We search and search for that perfect person-over and over again. Finally we realize that:
1. No perfect person exists
2. We have been creating the same relationship over and over again with different partners.
3. We must begin to look at ourselves
4. We must decide what is enough?
5. What is the bottom line? What can I live with, what can I not live without?
6. We must be open to changing and expanding our beliefs about what we need verses what we want.
The truth is that you begin each relationship where you left off with the last one, so if you're unconsciously doing the same behaviors over and over again, you will continue to recreate the same dynamics in the relationship, over and over again. You will choose essentially the same person in a different body. The goal is to go as far as you can in your own personal growth with each partner.
Before you leave a relationship, you must be clear about your part. You must learn what attracted you to that person initially and why? Then you must discover if it mattered as much after you got it. Usually the thing that most attracts you to a person will be your biggest challenge. If there are problems, you must discover your part, own it, and try to resolve it to the best of your ability. Before you can leave, you must know why you are leaving, what your part is and that you gave it your best shot to explore all the avenues of working things out.
When you know you can walk away clean, knowing your part, then you are less likely to engage in the same relationship over and over again. You can begin anew, with a different person, further along in the process, closer to your healthy relationship.
Diana Concoff Morgan, M.A., H.H.E , Minister
can be reached at 925-980-9052 or www.WholeHeartPath.com
What is the Whole Heart Path?
What is the Whole Heart Path?
It has been said that, "We are spiritual beings having a human experience". What is the human experience? The answer to that question begins with choice. As human beings, we can choose to act in a spiritual way.
There are many choices that human beings have the opportunity to make that differentiate us from animals. We don't always make those choices, but we do have the option. For example, one thing that differentiates us from animals is our ability to use reason and logic, to make logical choices. Another is that we have the ability to understand morality and make moral choices. Two other choices that define spirituality are "mercy" and "kindness". We as humans have the ability to choose to be merciful and kind. And as humans, when we feel our instinctual drives, we can make the choice as to whether we will act on them or not.
Spirituality is the act of seeking what some call a higher state of mind and body. It is seeking a connection with the greatest source of joy and bliss that exists. It is seeking a higher understanding of life, a higher purpose than that which we find in our material existence. Spirituality is choosing to seek a life that is sacred. The Whole Heart Path is a sacred path. In my discussions of spirituality, I will not include religion because that is a completely different subject. Often when I say spiritual, people bring up religion. They will say things like, "Oh, I'm not a religious person." You don't have to be a religious person or have any religious involvement at all to be on the Whole Heart Path.
Spirituality connects us to each other. We feel that we are a part of something greater. It is a core feeling that we are not alone, that we are not floating aimlessly through space and time without ties or roots. When we are not in touch with our spirituality, we feel the deepest form of loneliness that exists and we are compelled to bury that loneliness and emptiness with some form of distraction so that we don't have to feel it so intensely. We still feel it to some degree, but not as intensely. We become addicted to these distractions because when we don't have them, we must feel the fear and pain of that loneliness and emptiness.
Spirituality can become obscured by the daily and mundane tasks of living our lives. The human experience can be so challenging at times. As spiritual beings having a human experience, we sometimes lose sight of our spiritual choices within the human experience. When this happens we feel the hole in our gut, the pain of that meaningless emptiness that consumes our lives and it is overwhelming. We crave a sacred, spiritual life. At some level, I believe, we all seek it. The spiritual life path can seem scary. It can seem lonely. There are times of seeking when we are in between the conscious and unconscious states of existence. It can become so difficult to stay present. Before we even realize that we are doing it, we are finding ways to bury the pain of the emptiness we feel from the hole in our gut.
Many of us have forgotten what it feels like to be spiritual. We have become disconnected from each other, desensitized to kindness and mercy. On television every day we see our inhumanity towards each other. We see the killing, the pain and suffering, the sadness. The tragic date of September 11th, 2002 brings to mind an extreme example of how we as human beings become so detached, we dehumanize ourselves and each other. It is too easy to say, "I'm innocent. Someone else did that. How could they do that? I would never do that." The truth is that we are all a part of the human race, connected at the core of our being, so when one of us is sick, at some level, that sickness lives in all of us.
Socially, we experience a tremendous lack of compassion for human problems and challenges. In the past, we watched out for each other, there was a much stronger sense of community. When a family was having problems, their community offered assistance and support. There were more adults around to accept the responsibility of mentoring the young people. The human element is still there, but more and more it seems, we experience each other as the source of our unhappiness. Each of us as individuals has the choice to seek a spiritual answer to our unhappiness, to recover our heart, and there are many paths. The Whole Heart Path offers you an opportunity to connect with yourself and others in a more authentic way, to have more peace, happiness and harmony in your relationships and in your life.
Diana Concoff Morgan, M.A., H.H.E , Minister
can be reached at 925-980-9052 or www.WholeHeartPath.com
Monday, January 21, 2008
Whole Heart Path to Creating a Healthy Relationship
Whole Heart Path to Creating a Healthy Relationship
Whether you are married or not, in a relationship or not, this column is for you. Creating healthy relationships begins with you creating a healthy relationship with yourself. Perhaps you've heard the expression, "Be the change you wish to see in the world." In other words, be the kind of person you want to be with. ome of you may be thinking, "I'm already in a relationship and it's not with the person I necessarily want to be with. I would strongly recommend that you work on yourself to become the person you would like to be in a relationship with. After all, you can only change yourself. You can't change another person. If you are truly working on becoming the person you want be, living from your whole heart, your partner will either step up, or you will fall away.
ome of you may be thinking, "I'm already in a relationship and it's not with the person I necessarily want to be with. I would strongly recommend that you work on yourself to become the person you would like to be in a relationship with. After all, you can only change yourself. You can't change another person. If you are truly working on becoming the person you want be, living from your whole heart, your partner will either step up, or you will fall away.
We come together to cause one another to grow. We are all mirrors to each other. So it's possible that as you grow into the person you want to be, your partner will also grow and change. Unfortunately, you can't really be attached to that. You have to change for you and not for the other person. They may choose not to change. So here's the challenge. It's scary to start to change when you're in a relationship because, well, what if the other person doesn't want to change. We stay in our unhappy, lonely relationships because it's familiar, safe and comfortable. We're miserable but we don't want to grow because we don't know if our partner will grow with us.
The other side of the coin is that if you don't change, you will never know if your partner would have stepped up to meet you. I think you have to get to a place of total surrender. When you would rather be single for the rest of your life than be in an unacceptable relationship, you will have an incredible amount of clarity and you will be willing to make the changes you need to make in your own life. The other person will either be inspired to grow to meet you or it will be obvious that it is over. Even if it ends, you have learned what you needed to learn with that person and now you can move on to attract the kind of relationship you have been wanting.
In the next article: What if I'm not in a relationship and I want to be in one?
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Monday, June 16, 2014
BookTube Culture and Positivity
I just posted my most recent BookTube video! It's quite unrelated to my blog as it has a lot to do with content creators on YouTube specifically, so if you want to stop reading here or if you have no desire to watch the video that is completely understandable and okay with me. I just intend on posting a blog post each and every time I post a new video because I want my blog and my channel to be partners walking hand in hand. That was such a weird analogy to use. Basically, this video is about some recent discussions that have taken place on BookTube that I really wanted to take part in since I felt as if I had quite a bit to say about things. If you do watch the video thank you so much and if you enjoy please give it a thumbs up! I would love to hear your opinions on what I've said if you are someone who makes videos or watched videos on BookTube. Thanks!
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Infected Mushroom—Erez Eizen and Amit Duvdevani (aka Duvdev)—has been the leading group within the global psy-trance scene for nearly a decade. Incorporating pumping, bad-ass grooves and infectious melodies and vocals into their songs, they've performed live—a feat that many of their DJ peers aspire to accomplish—for millions of people around the globe.
The band's energetic live show has triumphed at some of the world's biggest and most important music festivals, and they continue to regularly sell-out top clubs such as the Brixton Academy in London, Toronto's Guvernment, and Avalon in New York and Los Angeles. Their success as an electronic music band on the global concert circuit has translated into record sales in excess of 150,000 albums over the course of six acclaimed independent albums.
One could easily scour pages of the Internet in vain to find the epic level of music history defining the Infected Mushroom "kingdom." Their most notable achievements include: 1999 breakthrough debut album, The Gathering, which gained immediate attention on club dance floors and in the hands of Psy-Trance DJ's.
Fast forward to 2007 and their critically acclaimed and highest-grossing album Vicious Delicious, catapulted the duo onto new levels. The success of that album was met with high anticipation for another which was dropped in 2009 with the The Legend of the Black Shawrama. The album included noteworthy hit track, Smashing the Opponent, for featuring guest vocals by legendary Korn lead singer, Jonathan Davis. By no coincidence on the title, did Smashing the Opponent album-hit #8 on the Billboard charts.
Adoring fans continue to congregate en masse for Infected Mushroom's 120/year jaw-dropping live shows including psychedelic visuals that lay as the backdrop for enigmatic vocals, hypnotic arrangements, and psy-trippy synthetic rhythms. All walks of life gather in attendance for the same reason: to experience Infected Mushroom, the world's greatest Psy-Trance band of the decade.
Their latest project, Converting Vegetarians II, was released on September 11, 2015. A followup to 2003's inaugural Converting Vegetarians release (which was the outfit's most successful, fan-favorite LP to date), the series serves as Infected Mushroom's platform for pushing past their traditionally psy-trance productions and into a world brimming with song-based, mid tempo vocal material that manages to retain its psychedelic edge. The fifteen-track offering is an experimental meditation on expertly layered synths, live instrumentation with guitars and piano, and low-key drum fills, weaving a brooding narrative with a sense of proportion one rarely experiences outside of the cinema. The album's lead single "Fields of Grey" features an intriguing vocal turn from star of both adult film and television (HBO's "Entourage"), Sasha Grey.


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The cool breeze settled in on the little town. Lila sighed deeply and shook the snow off her feet that had settled. Her breath floated up like a great smoke stack against the cold and she pulled his jacket tightly around her arms. Jace pulled himself up onto the wall next to her and handed her a cup of hot chocolate. Leaning on his shoulder, Lila observed the little town. Everyone was busy doing something, but from where she was it all seemed like a blur. Jace sighed and placed his arm around her, he smiled slightly at the town's quiet. Despite the insanity of the season, it was still calm with her.
Though it had been splendid, the day passed as any other does and Lila wrapped her arms tightly around Jace as his lips pressed gently against her forehead. As she lost her grip on him, Lila pulled him closer one last time before they parted. A smile rested on her face as she closed the door behind herself and watched the sun's last beams fade over the horizon. Jace flew down the road, quick as he could. The sun was sinking and he had a clock to beat. Fuzzy memories of the day flooded his mind with a weak smile. Lila held his jacket close, as the night closed in she knew he was surely gone.
Jace slid out of his car and stepped into the city. Every day was a fight, every day he was challenged and every day he found something wonderful to make it all worth it. The city's infection was spreading, even in their little town it came out in lashes. Unlike most infections that can be treated simply, this one came like a beast, so that's what they called it. It devoured people, beginning with little things until their entire person was consumed by a hunger indistinguishable. They'd all suffered from it, the price of the rebellion so long ago. Day by day they all regretted it and the cost was painful. With the cure, they all could be cured and return home one day, but for the time being, they could only hope to share this cure with those remaining. He smiled softly remembering that Lila would be waiting for his return, and one day joining him in battle. Dangerous as it was, they all longed for it, once being cured they longed to share the cure with great passion, no danger was too great to prevent the cure's spreading.
Lila rolled off her bed and looked out the window at the night sky, she longed to be out in battle with Jace, but there were plenty of minor cases around the little town including keeping herself and Jace in check, as he did as well. She poured over the studies and documents daily. They poured over them together when he was back in town. Sitting on the roof of an old building, they watched the stars and city lights. Some nights everything seemed alright.
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"As you write down your thoughts and feelings, do they tend to encourage your spirit and determination to keep on keeping on?" It was a wonderful question from an old friend, teacher, and life mentor. I answered the above question with a quick "absolutely." When he asked, How does that work?" Well, I've pondered that question for 2 days.
RS (my teacher friend), this is how it works?
When I journal privately, I don't know why, but I usually fall asleep after the first few sentences. Lol
This blogging …..
1. I have found that if I know that someone might read my thoughts I am more intentional.
2. I think deeper and am more in tune with my feelings.
3. Something I say might help someone else, connect me with someone else. That gives me purpose.
4. It helps me purposely look at is what is good in my life and not wallow in pity. I'm still not sure how that works, but it does.
5. Unlike other forms of social media, it makes me want to share the real me, not just my best side, but the flawed person who is doing her best to love others and make a difference in some way.
6. I love words. I cringe at math.
7. I tried Wheel of Fortune and Words with Friends. This is more meaningful to me.
8. I have a hard to writing with a pen. My handwriting is horrible. That discourages me from journaling.
9. I like to tell stories.
10. I like to laugh with people.
Thank you, RS, for asking the question. However, it really still is a mystery to me how it works.


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Carey Bell Biography
Blues harmonica player Carey Bell was born on November 14, 1936, in Macon, Mississippi. He moved to Chicago in 1956. He studied under Little Walter and Big Walter and later toured with Muddy Waters and Willie Dixon. In 1998, he received the W.C. Handy Award for traditional blues artist of the year. He died on May 6, 2007.
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High Quality Video of Upcoming Blockbuster "DON" - "I Am The King" Trailer
DON - Promo Main Hoon Don Shahrukh
When ruthless Don (Shahrukh Khan) is killed by the police, the DSP D'Silva (Om Puri) is afraid that another "Don" will take over when the rest of the gang come of know of his death, so he, unbeknown to the rest of the police force, recruits Don's look-alike Vijay (also Shahrukh Khan) to become the real Don. Vijay is, at first reluctant, but when promised that two children he is caring for, will be looked after and educated, he agrees. He is successfully re-located back with his gang by feigning injuries, and loss of memory. He soon recuperates. Then fate takes an unexpected turn when the DSP is killed and Vijay becomes the suspect; his role as the Don ends, as his gang comes to know he is a fraud; Vijay must run for his life - both from the police and Don's gang - for his life, and the life of the two children.
Here are the download links
Or watch it online here
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biswaranjan Says:
October 20th, 2006 at 8:20 am
Don is good picture,the character done(sharukh khan ),is done by sharakhukhan is exclent,he has done very nicely,I think other character can't do it,but may be sanjay dutta can do,If this character was given to snaju(sanjay dutta) ,it will be very nice, how ever this flim is good,and role of king khan very very briliant, he has good acting,
I think ,I will proud of kingkhan


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Transparency at City Hall
And really, in a city where the mayor in 2005 told reporters that "ideally, they [car and bicycle traffic] should be separated," it makes sense that there would be no bike racks outside of City Hall. Good for Sam Katz' City Hall for having the courage to express to the public how they truely feel about cycling; no more gestures of cycling downtown being something that is encouraged, or that City staff might actually have a place to lock their bike should they choose to get to work sans Taurus. For this City Hall, that bike rack out front was a serious conflict of interest.


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Re: TC56 disables scanner if in sleepmodeCasper Skoubo Aug 31, 2017 10:45 AM (in response to Casper Skoubo)
This was experienced with the Xamarin emdk 2.3 and 2.5.
Device is running:
Android 6.0.1
Re: TC56 disables scanner if in sleepmodeCasper Skoubo Aug 31, 2017 10:45 AM (in response to Casper Skoubo)
I found this thread:
Keeping your Android application running when the device wants to sleep (Updated for Android Oreo)
Looking at my reproduction steps i tried to implement a partial wake lock. This seems to work. - I just think its odd that the aim/seeker is somewhat enabled still.
Re: TC56 disables scanner if in sleepmodeDarryn Campbell Sep 1, 2017 12:47 AM (in response to Casper Skoubo)
Yes, you could prevent the device from sleeping but obviously then you lose power efficiency. You may also run into difficulties if another application tries to open the scanner whilst your existing app is in the background with an open connection to the scanner but there is nothing wrong with the approach you have taken as long as you accept those limitations.
Another approach is to deinit the scanner in the onPause() function and re-initialise (including resetting the desired configuration) in the onResume() function. What is happening after you turn the screen off without a wake lock is at some point the scanner is entering a sleep state and losing its configuration so the original statement "I have modified the samples OnPause, so it doesn't unregister the scanner. This should make the scanner work even when the screen is turned off or in the background" is not entirely accurate. Deinitialising in onPause() is the recommended technique as it avoids most common problems with the scanner sleeping or having multiple apps interact with the scanner and you will see the sample app use this technique: samples-emdkforxamarin-2_4/MainActivity.cs at BarcodeSample1 · Zebra/samples-emdkforxamarin-2_4 · GitHub . .
Re: TC56 disables scanner if in sleepmodeCasper Skoubo Sep 1, 2017 12:59 AM (in response to Darryn Campbell)
Yeah power efficiency will go down, but the requirement says the scanner shall be on at all time - So ill stick with the wake lock for now.
With the above requirement, deinitialising the scanner wouldn't work, and i am running my app in a closed environment, where i am the only user of the scanner.
Thanks for the reply, ill bother you guys again if any other issue occurs.
Re: TC56 disables scanner if in sleepmodePietro Francesco Maggi Sep 1, 2017 2:24 AM (in response to Casper Skoubo)
Hi Casper,
if power consumption is not an issue in your use case, the best option is to use a partial wake lock that keeps the device active even when the screen is off (or a full wake lock if you need to have even the screen always active).
Keeping the deInit/Init calls in the onPause, onResume is a guarantee that, if in the future you need to modify this power behaviour or add a second application using the scanner, it will works correctly.
Re: TC56 disables scanner if in sleepmodeKranti Kambhampati Sep 29, 2017 8:07 AM (in response to Pietro Francesco Maggi)
If it helps others, initially tried to use the wake lock method which was easier to do. But when the user presses the power button on the top the device goes to sleep mode and app loses connectivity with the scanner. So I ended updating the plugin to use pause and resume events. Here is updated Cordova plugin with my changes.
GitHub - krantik/Cordova-Plugin-BarcodeScanner-EMDK: EMDK Barcode Scanner Plugin for Cordova


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Sunday, February 11, 2018
The Crossing: 2018 Night to Shine
king's crowns
king's boutonnieres
Have you ever heard of Night to Shine? It's an amazing event put on by the Tim Tebow Foundation (yes, the one of NFL fame!) . During the annual event, people with special needs are treated like royalty. The church I belong to was one of many to transform the place into a prom-like experience.
one of the honored guests with Miss Quincy and Miss Quincy Teen
On February 9th, 2018, 537 churches nationwide and in 16 countries celebrated 90,000 kings and queens during Night to Shine.
Our church alone had almost 300 guests and approximately 700 volunteers. People from our church made up a big portion of the volunteers but, this year, we had tremendous help from the university's football team, softball team, and volleyball team. We also had help from Kohl's, a boy scout troop, and a nearby school. It was more amazing than the Loch Ness Monster taking on a modelling career with Bigfoot as the manager. (Yep, even better than that!)
Becky worked a Coat Check station with me.
Two years ago I was a buddy to one of the special guests. Last year I worked a Coat Check station, and did the same this year. I was set up in one of the lobbies, giving me opportunity to watch what was going down.
People with special needs, ages 14 and up, were invited to attend and be treated like royalty.
Once guests arrived, they were paired up with a Buddy who would be their escort for the night. Next they were presented with crowns and boutonnieres for the kings, and tiaras and corsages for the queens. Once that took place, they walked down a red carpet for a photo shoot and autographs. It came complete with screaming "paparazzi" and fans.
posing with Anya, another gal pal I talked into volunteering for coat check
The dance floor rarely had empty space. Most of the time, it was packed elbows to armholes.
Once they walked down the red carpet, it was time for the festivities. The church auditorium and lobby was cleared out for a dance floor with DJ, shoe shine, hair and makeup station, photo booth, basketball hoop, miniature golf, and sit-down supper. There was also a limo ride service and a station set up for wheelchairs to get some bling.
Supper was grilled chicken, mashed potatoes, rice, dinner rolls, and brownies. The end of the night concluded with the release of over 1000 balloons.
blinged out wheelchair
nail station
It takes a small community to work before, during and after Night to Shine. But it is absolutely well worth it. The guests are treated like royalty and are shown they that are worth celebrating. The volunteers may leave exhausted but they go away with wonderful memories and can't wait to do it all over again next year.
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Labels: family ramblings
6 comments:
- mail4rosey said...
I love the blinged out wheel chair! This looks like such a great event and I LOVE that so many people were involved to make it happen!
- February 11, 2018 at 5:49 AM
- Kari Wagner said...
OMG what a wonderful event!! I love this so much.
- February 11, 2018 at 8:11 AM
- Nancy said...
What a delightful post. I am sure it was a wonderful experience for the guests as well as the volunteers.
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- February 11, 2018 at 10:45 AM
- Renee said...
Every year you post about this and my heart just fills up. I have enlisted a friend to see if we can get the churches here interested in this amazing program.
- February 11, 2018 at 9:16 PM
- alissa apel said...
I love this post. It looks like a great night! Lots of fun shiny things.
- February 12, 2018 at 4:27 PM
- Julie Waldron said...
This looks like a wonderful event & a lot of fun.
- February 15, 2018 at 2:24 PM
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|"No More Adventure"
| Season 2, Episode 1
"Blizzard Storm"
"Visiting Elf Kingdom"
"No More Adventure" is the first episode of season 2 of DKH's Episodes.
After the enemies were defeated Finn decided to stop adventuring. His friends want to give him motives again.
Finn is totally bored sitting on his couch in the Tree Fort when Jake and BMO walk in and ask why is was doing nothing. When Finn doesn't give an answer Jake and BMO look to each other. Jake asks if he wants to come along to go on adventure but Finn sighs and says he's not in the mood. BMO then walks up to him and says if he wants to beat monsters. Finn then says he doesn't want to go on adventure anymore, to the shock of Jake and BMO.
Jake and BMO go to the Candy Kingdom and find Princess Bubblegum, explain things to her and ask if she wants to help. Bonnibel says that if Ice King kidnapps her again, maybe Finn will rescue her. Jake tells BMO to stay with PB while he goes to see Ice King. When he arrives in the Ice Kingdom he sees Ice King walking out of his study while crying over a book. Jake looks weird, Ice King sees Jake and quickly throws away the book. Jake, ignoring what just happened, asked if he wanted to kidnapp PB again. Ice King was shocked and said he actually had Wildberry Princess on the schedule today. Jake says Finn has given up on adventure, Ice King then looks shocked and says they have no time to lose, so they go. While Ice King kidnapps PB, Jake goes to Finn to tell the news. Finn then comments that she can save herself.
Jake disappointed walks out of the Tree Fort and sees BMO again but now with LSP. LSP says she wanted to help Finn. Jake calls Lady over and asks to bring LSP to Ice King too. When Lady drops LSP off by Ice King she says she wants to be captured too, for Finn. LSP advices Ice King to kidnapp even more princesses. BMO and Jake enter the Tree Fort again and say that Ice King has kidnapped several princesses already, and that he can't save them alone. Finn sighs grabs his swords and decides to go with Jake. The two go to the Ice Kingdom.
When arrived they see that Ice King's prison is filled with princesses. Jake looks to Ice King who gives Jake thumbs up. Finn then suddenly realizes that it is a set-up and decides to go home again. When he turns back suddenly the Swamp Monster breaks into Ice King's home. It slams Ice King against the wall and all the princesses try to escape on Lady, except for PB and LSP. Finn then turns around grabs his swords and slays the Swamp Monster. Ice King then comments that there still is a lot to fight for, although Finn might not realize this yet. Finn agrees and says he will never give up adventure again.
Main CharactersEdit
Minor CharactersEdit
- Gunter
- Princesses
- Wildberry Princess
- Hot Dog Princess
- Jungle Princess
- Raggedy Princess
- Slime Princess
- Emerald Princess
- Swamp Giant
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Vaccination and Malaria Prophylaxis Information
If you live in NJ, you can get your shots through Passport Health.
You might be able to be reimbursed by you medical plan for the shots –
ask them.
Yellow-fever – about $200, this you MUST have, with proof of vaccination (Yellow booklet, will get it from the vaccination place). They ask for it at the airport. Good forever according to the CDC. You can get a shot at the border in Ghana for 20$ but immunity takes 10 days to develop, so you should probably have it at home before your visit.
Hep-A $150, second dose recommended 6 months later, giving lifetime immunity.
Typhoid – pills or shot (Ty21a is name of pill), about $100, ask for pill, good for 5 years. Shot is good only for 2 years. Insurance might cover it.
You can call local pharmacy – pills there might be cheaper, especially with drug-plan. CDC link
Tetanus/Diphtheria $60 – You do NOT need it unless you have not received a tetanus shot within the last 10 years, but Passport Health will tell you you do need it.
Polio shot – $70 – though it is extremely unlikely that a healthy adult would get this, it is recommended. 1 booster is good forever.
For malaria prevention:
Malarone is good, comes in generic. Price depends on your plan. Doxycyclin is much cheaper. Also can buy in Ghana for 20 cents a pill.
Dosage recommendations:
- Doxycycline is a suitable prophylactic anti-malarial agent to use. Adult dose 100mg daily. Start 2 days before travelling to a malarious area and continue for 2 weeks after leaving.
- Malarone is a combination of atovaquone and proguanil and recent studies have found it a safe and effective prophylactic agent with few side-affects. It became generic recently but is still expensive and has to be taken daily too. Treatment should be started 2 days before travel and continued for at least 7 days after return.
Do not buy mosquito repellent in the US – it is MUCH cheaper in Ghana.


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Congreenience: Con ∙ green ∙ ience (kuhn-green-yuhns) noun 1. Having the quality of seeming environmentally correct and being readily available to the mass population 2. Thinly veiled attempts by Corporate America to appear green in order to lure customers into buying other things they do not need.
The term congreenience is a trademark and the intellectual property of Sandy Westermann and may not be used without prior written permission and due credit to its owner. Not trying to get all weird about it but the last thing I want is some corporation getting hold of this and making money off my word. Coin your own words, Corporate America.
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Congreenience (TM)
Posted by The Dancing Butterfly at 6:14 PM
Labels: corporate america, green
2 comments:
- Cobblestones said...
oh sandy, you crack me up! does this mean you are feeling better? :)
- July 22, 2008 at 9:03 PM
- Making Footprints said...
Nope, just poking fun in the face of adversity. Its my coping mechanism.
- July 23, 2008 at 3:37 AM
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Fiscal Policy
Our Perspective
Colorado's fiscal system has a structural imbalance - created by inherently conflicting constitutional mandates - that will continue to widen the gap between General Fund revenue and necessary expenditures. Even as Colorado's economy improves, the imbalance, although unintentional, will persist because of contradictory constitutional provisions initiated and passed by Colorado voters at different points in time. In spite of ongoing efforts to create new efficiencies, reduce expenditures, and stimulate job growth, it has become evident that Colorado cannot rectify this structural fiscal imbalance simply with budgetary cuts and/or stimulating economic growth. This fact was made clear by a report on Colorado's fiscal condition prepared by the University of Denver's Center for Colorado's Economic Future at the request of the Colorado General Assembly. The authors of the report, who now do their work at Colorado State University, have recently updated and endorsed these conclusions. This thoughtful and nonpartisan analysis of the state's fiscal condition led the Colorado Forum to conclude that Colorado voters must amend the conflicting constitutional provisions that have created the fiscal problems we now face.
Until additional resources are generated, recurring budget cuts will continue to jeopardize some of the state's most important projects and services, including our higher education institutions and our transportation infrastructure. Coloradans need to determine what state services they wish to preserve and what they are prepared to eliminate, given these fiscal constraints.
Our Work
The Colorado Forum has been deeply engaged on matters of state fiscal policy for more than two decades. The Forum convened the Fiscal Planning Project which worked to examine the state's financial situation, inform Coloradans about the fiscal challenges facing the state, and develop options for viable solutions. In 2015, the Forum, along with other civic and business leaders, initiated a research, education, and outreach endeavor, Building a Better Colorado. Building a Better Colorado is a statewide nonpartisan effort to engage Coloradans in a conversation about key policy areas for improving our state, including state fiscal policy. The initiative is exploring the imbalance between citizens' expectations of the services that government should provide and the ability of their government to meet those expectations.
Our Perspective
The nation's growing debt and deficit is a serious threat to the economic well-being and national security of the United States. It is urgent and essential that our leaders in Congress and the President of the United States put in place a plan to address our debt/deficit, meet our financial obligations, and manage our infrastructure, health care and social services needs.


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If a written compliment is received about a specific home care worker, a copy will be passed onto the Home Care Worker and a copy kept with the home care support workers employment records. The original is kept in the compliments portfolio.
Please address these to the Manager: -
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Kelly Park Caring Agency Limited
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Consett Business Park
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Student Financial Services department (SFS) is a university wide department that focuses on all matters regarding student accounts. It's main objective is to properly handle the student database and ensure that each student ledger is up-to-date.
Aside from database management, SFS also handles the University's scholarships, fellowships, financial grants, and financial aid. Together with the registrar department and the colleges, SFS aims to provide the right financial support, whether merit or needs based.
Services Provided:
The department started as an accounting office that was in charge of student payments, through the years, it has grown to include the rest of its services and even manages outside payment channels with partner banks, online payment portals, and other cash management institutions.