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After my time in October helping out in the tsunami areas of the Pacific coast of Iwate prefecture, I was eager to get back and help once again. The week of November 28-December 2 gave me that chance. This time I went with Matt Williams. Matt is 25, and is from Redeemer Covenant Church in Minneapolis, MN – one of our faithful supporting churches.
Matt and I left early on the morning of Monday the 28th, and took the same route I travelled when I went up in October. We left the Tohoku express highway in Ichinoseki, and went due east to the coastal city of Kesennuma. From there we worked our way north up the coast to the city of Miyako. Since I had been there before, it was good to see it through Matt's eyes, as he was looking on the devastation for the first time.
What struck me there, as it did in the other cities and towns along the coast, was how little had changed. The rubble was perhaps a bit more sorted through and put in neat piles, and there was some construction work to improve roads and clear out remaining concrete foundations. But overall the scenes weren't too much different than six weeks earlier. Perhaps it was unrealistic to expect much change. In any case, I came away with a sense of how enormous the tasks of hauling away rubble and rebuilding communities continue to be.
Matt and I arrived in Miyako as it was getting dark. We had nothing to do that night but get settled in and await the next morning. Tuesday, November 29, started with blue skies, but quickly turned overcast. It would be gray skies each day until the day we left.
After meeting with Pastor Kazuo Iwatsuka of Miyako Community Church, Michio Nagata (the young man from one of our Japan Covenant churches who now works full-time in relief efforts) and other volunteers outside of the Miyako train station, we went on to a temporary housing unit where we bagged supplies for distribution to about 100 homes. The supplies included laundry detergent, fragrant bath salts, and chemical packs that when crushed give off heat to warm cold hands. Interestingly, the laundry detergent is specifically made for drying clothes indoors after washing – residents of the temporary housing units do not have clothes dryers, and most do not have laundry poles for drying clothes outside. Some of the 100 bags of supplies were distributed that morning, while the rest were distributed at other housing units over the next two days.
Our next job was to put on a "mobile cafe" for the residents. We had coffee, tea and some baked goods ready for whomever came to the community room in the midst of the housing unit. Pastor Iwatsuka said, however, that this would be the first time a group of volunteers from the 3.11 Iwate Church Network had visited, and he told us not to be surprised if no one came to the community room.
Pastor Iwatsuka was ready for this. He had asked me to bring my banjo to Miyako, and on this day he asked me to sit outside the community building and play! As I did, one woman and then another poked their heads outside their doors to see what was going on. That gave Pastor Iwatsuka and the other volunteers the opportunity to chat with them, and to encourage them to come for coffee. After only ten minutes we had a small group gathered outside to listen to the banjo. They seemed to enjoy talking to our staff, and with each other.
One of the things that seems to be lacking in the daily lives of people in the temporary housing units is music. I was glad to be able to offer a bit of that, even though bluegrass and the banjo are relatively unknown here.
Beyond that, Pastor Iwatsuka was quite excited to be able to get into yet another government provided temporary housing unit in his city. This was a good beginning, and from this should come opportunities to develop relationships, find out what needs people have, and provide some loving care and attention to those who have lost so much.


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Trinity Christian Academy (TCA) is an inter-denominational ministry, enrolling students from K2 (two years old) through 12th Grade.
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If you've been following my CSA posts this year, you may be thinking: Hey! The last box you posted was from Week 5, and now it's Week 8! What gives? Well, my friends, I was out of town over two pickup days, so I gave my share away on those days. But a lot can change in two weeks, I now see: my share this week was the biggest one yet! Arugula, peppers, eggplant, peaches — and the cucumbers. I fear I may drown in cucumbers.
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Cut up those cucumbers and make some pickles! So easy!
In Jamaica, one of the first thing I would make for myself as a snack was: sliced cukes, a splash of vinegar, scant small diced scotch bonnet pepper, salt and black pepper to taste.
I would also make this same "recipe" with half ripe mangos :)
I agree, make fridge pickles! I even got a cute wavy cutter, cause they're even cuter with wavy slices. I grow cucumbers, and often there are only one or two ready at a time, so big batch pickles aren't for me.
Or my favorite thing when I was growing up: Sliced cukes, chunks of tomatoes, some green or red onion if you have it, salt, pepper, and red wine vinegar. the juice from the tomatoes tempers the vinegar. Soooooo gooooood.
A friend of mine made a cold cucumber and cantaloupe soup with fresh mint last weekend and it was to die for. Sorry, I don't have a recipe, but it had sour cream in it.
Great advice, since I've got much of the same in my CSA! Thanks. :o] <3
I am getting a ton of cukes too and I can't stand the taste of cucumbers or pickes....
I would make Finadene! Slice up the cucumbers and let them marinate in the sauce in the fridge for at least an hour...the longer they sit the better they taste. It's a great topping for steamed rice. Here's a recipe: http://www.food.com/recipe/finadene-sauce-38533 - I use lemon juice rather than vinegar.
I made sorbet with our cucumbers & it was amazing! The recipe is by Hugh Fearnley Wittingstall & is on the Guardian website. Enjoy!
Cucumber salad! Peel, then slice as thinly as you possibly can. Sprinkle with salt, then put a plate and a heavy weight on them for... a while, I guess! Rinse the salt off, then toss in white vinegar and sugar. Sprinkle with sweet paprika before serving.


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In July, Commissioner Michael Dawson requested the town's zoning code on signage regulations be changed to allow pylon signs in a commercial area near the I-95 interchange.
Local land owner Steve Feazell approached the town about the change, so he could erect a pylon sign on his property on Route 222.
Feazell is in talks with fast food restaurants to put a McDonald's, Wawa or something similar on the property.
Mayor Jim Eberhardt and the other commissioners asked the planning commission to review the regulations and make a recommendation on the request, and they have recommended the town not change the sign regulations.
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The Community Fire Company of Perryville requested earlier this year that the town help fund its full-time career services program for a 24/7 paid EMS service.
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A "few minor corrections" need to be made to the town's rental dwelling code, Breder said, including making "rental dwelling /rental unit versus dwelling/dwelling unit/rooming unit language consistent throughout the code and possibly allowing the two-year fee to be prorated."
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Step 1: Materials
- A Maverick Rev-6 nerf gun
-screw driver
-5 pennies/5 cent coins
and thats it.
Step 2: Actually Doing It
Then you should see the spring in the shell of the gun(pic2)
Now all you have to do is take your 5 coins and put them behind the spring in the gun,
the picture makes it more clear(pic3).
Now just screw your gun back up and your good to go!
In just 30 hour I made my maverick shoot about 10 feet longer. and the ultimate combo of coins is p=penny, d=dime p-p-p-p-d that way you get a long range and it is easy to cock. This is the first mod i did and it is totally worth it.
its really awesome!!
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Veronica F. Rempusheski
Jeanne K. Buxbaum Chair of Nursing Science (professor)
& Coordinator, PhD in Nursing Science Program
School of Nursing
207 McDowell Hall
- Ph.D., University of Arizona (Clinical research – gerontological nursing; anthropology)
- M.S., University of Colorado (Medical-Surgical nursing, emphasis in teaching)
- B.S., Seton Hall University (Nursing)
- Diploma in Nursing, Clara Maass Memorial Hospital School of Nursing
- NURS 812 Philosophical and Theoretical Basis of Nursing Science
- NURS 816 Advanced Qualitative Research in Nursing Science
- NURS 850 Dissertation Proposal Seminar
Research Interests
- Elder care within a family context, including elders with dementia, family caregiving, and grandparent-grandchild relationships, 3 & 4- generation families; ethnicity/ethnic identity
Scholarship/Research Activities
- 2009 - 2012 CO-PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR (with P. Klemm), "Academic-Community-Clinical Engagement for Support and Successful Outcomes (ACCESS)," IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence (Delaware INBRE), Admin Supplement [PI: K. Steiner], funded by National Center for Research Resources (5P20RR016472-12) & National Institute of General Medical Sciences/NIH (8P20 GM103446-12), 9/3/09-9/2/12 (UDSON/$598,614). [18% effort]
- 2008-10 CO-INVESTIGATOR, "Support for Independent Living and a Vital, Energetic Retirement (SILVER), A NORC initiative," (PI: D. Zatuchni), funded by U.S. Administration on Aging (Jewish Family Services of Delaware), 8/1/08-1/31/10 ($25,245/University of Delaware subaward for research evaluation/outcome measurement).
- 2010-15 PROJECT DIRECTOR, UD Consortium Partner/ ASSOCIATE PROJECT DIRECTOR, Eastern Pennsylvania-Delaware Geriatric Education Center (EPaD GEC), sub-award from Thomas Jefferson University (PD,EPaD GEC: C. Arenson, funded by HRSA, US DHHS, 7/1/10-6/30/15)[15% effort] ($250,000) .
- 2013-2014 PROJECT DIRECTOR/PI, UD Consortium Partner. EPaD GEC Alzheimer's Disease Education Supplement, HRSA, DHHS 7/1/2013-6/30/14 ($5,184).
2012-2014 PROJECT DIRECTOR, Virginia Lee Franklin Scholars designation, PhD in Nursing Science Program. Franklin Trust ($50,000).
2012-2014 PROJECT DIRECTOR, Jonas Nurse Leaders Scholars Program, PhD in Nursing Science Program. Jonas Center for Nursing Excellence, AACN ($20,000).
Research Grants
Training Grants
Selected Publications, 2012-13
- Klemm, P., Rempusheski, V. F., & Teixeira, J. (2013, June). A non-profit community service and academic collaboration to increase outreach to older adults with cancer: Lessons learned. Journal of Gerontological Social Work. doi:: 10.1080/01634372.2013.793222.
- Rempusheski, V. F., Haigh, K. M., & Davidson, L. M. (2012). College students' perceptions of their grandparents and communication technology use. Journal of Intergenerational Relationships, 10(4), 370-385.
- Cizik, A.M., Engelman, K.K., Ellerbeck, E.F. & Rempusheski, V.F. (2012). Perceptions of the screening mammography experience by Hispanic and non-Hispanic white women. Women's Health Issues, 22(4), e395-e401.
Selected Presentations, 2012-2013
- McLane, M. A., & Rempusheski, V. F. (2013, July). Collaboration with nursing: A 'provide the face' goldmine. Annual Meeting of the American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science, Houston, TX
- Rempusheski, V. F. (2013, April). Complexity science and the intersection of nursing practice and PhD studies. [Keynote address] 26th Annual Reinkemeyer Research Day, Seton Hall University College of Nursing, S. Orange, NJ
- Klemm, P., Rempusheski, V., Teixeira, J., Perry, J., Jurkowitz, C., Zhang, W., Merson, M. A.., & Exner, A. (2012, September). Outcomes of targeted, tailored outreach to older adults affected by cancer and their family caregivers. 2012 National State of the Science Congress on Nursing Research, sponsored by the Council for the Advancement of Nursing Science, Washington, D.C.
- Teixeira, J. F., Alligood-Merson, M., Exner, A., Jurkovitz, C., Klemm, P., Perry, J. (presenter) & Rempusheski, V. F. (2012, June). ACCESS Outreach sustainability model: National implications. Association of Oncology Social Work Annual Conference, Boston, MA
- Rempusheski, V. F. (2012, May). Community-based participatory research: Outreach to older adults in Delaware's 8 cancer clusters. First Friday "Brown Bag" Research Seminar Series, Molloy College Division of Nursing, Rockville Centre, NY
- Rempusheski, V. F., Klemm, P., Teixeira, J. F., Perry, J. R., Thompson, N. & Jurkovitz, C. (2012, February). ACCESS Outreach sustainability model: National implications. [poster] American Psychosocial Oncology Society 9th Annual Conference, Miami, FL
- Rempusheski, V. F. (2012, January). The first PhD in nursing science in the First State. [poster] American Association of Colleges of Nursing 2012 Doctoral Education Conference, Naples, FL
Honors and Awards, 2008-2013
- 2013 Nominee, Excellence in Undergraduate Academic Advising and Mentoring, University of Delaware.
- 2013 Eastern Nursing Research Society (ENRS) Sustained Influential Leader, 25th Annual ENRS Scientific Sessions
- 2012 Nominee, Excellence in Teaching, University of Delaware
- 2009 Nominee, Excellence in Teaching, University of Delaware
- 2008 Nominee, Excellence in Undergraduate Academic Advising Award, University of Delaware
- 2008 Distinguished Alumni Award, Gerontology Institute, Georgia State University


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Last Thursday night I was lucky enough to attend the Absolut Chicago-Bration. Absolut was celebrating the new limited edition Absolut Chicago with an amazing day full of cool activities. I had the chance to experience a great party at Threadless headquarters, with a lot of tasty food. So let's focus first on what happened outside…
While I was sipping a very nice Absolut Vodka lemonade, its unique lavender flavor totally won over me. Then my heart couldn't make up its mind between chicken, beef, vegs and cheese. It was all about tasty chicken and a nice sauce on top from Porkshop. Some fantastic Ratatouille and Cheese-Spinach empanadas from 5411empanadas which were a little bit of heaven. Plus pesto and spicy tomatoes sauces were pretty awesome too. And finally mouth-watering beef sandwiches from Chubby Wieners. Their fries n cheese were also a standout.
Even if it was cold outside all the food warmed me up considerably. The atmosphere was super-trendy and funny. Okay, it wasn't the place to eat with good table manners and delicacy but who cares, I've never had such nice food that came close to the awesomeness that I experienced in Chicago.
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Kzona added 4 left-handed 6.0″ shears into the range of products. The K012L, K602L, K26AL and K6014L.
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Kzona released 2 new hair straighteners, the K2312 & K3212. K2312 has the plate size of 23mm x 90mm while K3212 has the plate size of 32.5mm x 90mm. Both straighteners use ceramic for coating and heater element.
Kzona release new clippers K2MH & K7NC replacing the older clipper. These high performance clippers are attached with Hitachi blade and long lasting powerful low noise motor.
Kzona released 4 shears in total into the range of products. The D100 and K34D in cutting section and K6014 and K26A in thinning section. D100 the "Damascus scissors" comes in size 5.5″ while K34D comes in two size, 5.0″ and 6.0″. The K26A comes in size 6.0″ and K6014 comes in size 6.0″.
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Over 1,000 Gravity & Endurance Riders On-hill May 22-25, 2009
ANGEL FIRE, NM (May 12, 2009)�The 21st Annual Chile Challenge Mountain Bike Festival hits the dirt at Angel Fire Resort starting Friday, May 22, 2009. The Chile Challenge lasts through Memorial Day weekend. Event organizers expect over a thousand mountain bikers in five competitive mountain bike disciplines: Downhill, Super-D, Cross-country (XC), Short-track Cross-country (STXC) and Four-Cross (4X). The Chile Challenge has experienced significant growth in recent years, particularly following the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup held at Angel Fire, New Mexico in July 2005.
New this year, the Chile Challenge has been selected as one of three U.S. qualifying events for USA Cycling�s new professional gravity mountain bike series, ProGRT. ProGRT was established to pit this country�s top gravity riders against one another on the top downhill trails and 4-cross courses. In addition to this new USA Cycling designation, the Chile Challenge is a series stop for Mountain States Cup, UCI qualifying and National Mountain Bike Series (NMBS) championship events.
�Angel Fire Resort has been proud host to this event for over two decades,� said Dave Dekema, director of marketing for Angel Fire Resort. �Because of the passion of its riders and organizers, the Chile Challenge has now grown to become one of the largest mountain bike events in the country. It�s great to see riders from both coasts and every mountain in between, slugging it out in northern New Mexico for this event.�
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Looking for Private Information in Self-Assessed Health
AbstractThe paper investigates whether self-assessed health status (SAH) contains information about future mortality and morbidity, beyond the information that is contained in standard "observable" characteristics of individuals (including pre-existing diagnosed medical conditions). Using a ten-year span of the Canadian National Population Health Survey, we find that SAH does contain private information for future mortality and morbidity. Moreover, we find some evidence that the extra information in SAH is greater at older ages. Many developed countries are experiencing a major shift from defined benefit (DB) to defined contribution (DC) pension arrangements. One consequence of this shift is an effective delay in the age at which workers commit to an annuity. Our results therefore suggest that adverse selection problems in annuity markets could be more severe at older ages, and therefore, that the DB to DC shift may expose workers to greater longevity risk. This is an aspect of the DB to DC shift that has received little attention.
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- James Banks & Thomas Crossley & Simo Goshev, 2007. "Looking for Private Information in Self-Assessed Health," Social and Economic Dimensions of an Aging Population Research Papers 219, McMaster University.
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You are like POKAEMON,
though you seem like DORAEMON,
you are as dark as batman,
too bad i'm more into SPIDERMAN,
you may be in love with CINDERELLA,
i don't care coz i'm THUMBELINA,
your ears reminds me as MICKEY,
will you accept me as your MINNEY,
I know you love to wear boxer,
I too know you are not as smart as DEXTER,
u may love the rap of PDD,
but you can never dance like PINK DIDDY,
I will never want to see you sob,
i will soak like SPONGE BOB,
without you i don't know what i'll do,
like they say "where are you,SCOOBY DOO!?",
In your absents my heart'll shatter,
you creep through the night like PINK PANTHER,
you are as macho as ARNOLD,
but your voice reminds me of DONALD,
I'll always love you till the end of my life,
but i'd rather be HARRY POTTER's wife. . . .


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- Debra Smith
- Niagara Falls / Toronto, On
- Canada
This conversation is closed.
What are the elements of the ABUNDANT life in your estimation? What are the most important elements of a good life?
How do you define the good life?
Does it have to do with accomplishment, with people, with experiences?
Please tell us- from the bottom of your heart- what makes your life interesting, exciting and worthwhile or what it would take to make it so.
We all value different things and this question is designed to explore what we hold dear, what we value and how different paths lead to satisfaction, joy and fulfilment.
So - please share your thoughts.
Closing Statement from Debra Smith
Thank you for sharing your vision of the adundant life! Every entry below made a valued contribution toward the whole. The following is not my own wisdom - for I am indeed a learner here but the gathered wisdom of kind and helpful TED people:
From this discussion we learned that a real and authentically abundant life may have nothing to do with wealth or stuff but rather the ability to appreciate moments and gifts from any life - the feel of warm dryness when it has been raining or a comfortable place to sleep when you are really tired or the knowledge that someone has your back when you really need it. It can also be about really little things in life- a lovely stone in the palm or your hand or the really big like the vibrant taste of good food prepared by a Ferrari in the kitchen!
Life is more abundant with love and with friends but even when you are alone abundance can be a state of mind.
It may augmented by the accumulation of common sense things like good health and exercise. It can be found in the state of flow and in the arts like poetry.
We also explorred to my great advantage- the loss of a sense of abundance which can come from a lack of hope. This may feel like a broken bridge. That bridge might be rebuilt by singing into the future and by looking to new places of inspiration, hope and abundance rather than persisting in looking to where it once was.
Little did I know how much the framing and sharing of a naive question would help me back onto my own path towards abundance and I thank everyone for being a sign post in my personal journey.
Thanks to each contributor for your abundant good will!
Tim blackburn 30+
Helen Hupe 30+
Tim Colgan 50+May 15 2011: Debra: You ask a tough question. One really has to think just to begin to answer.
I think that one thing which makes this question so difficult is that we are taught that altruism is the highest value. Everything from religion to Maslow's hierarchy to TED's promotion of philanthropy tells us so.
Yet, who in reality wakes up in the morning saying "how can I help people today"?
To me a good life is made up of good days. So what makes a good day? There do seem to be some important ingredients:
. good sleep
. exercise
. social interaction
. getting outdoors
. learning new things, meeting interesting people
. being productive in some way
. getting in a flow
Perhaps I'm missing some elements, but you get the idea. And in the end it really comes down to achieving the right balance between our purely individual needs and our need to interact with others.
May 15 2011: Hey Tim,
You gave me exactly what I was hoping to find- an honest answer not filtered through anyone's expectations or 'shoulds' but from a simple human stand point - what makes a good day and an abundant life?
I wish you a lifetime of good days.
(PS you might notice that mine is pretty simple too.)
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May 21 2011: Hey everyone..great news!!! Anil has just started a conversation about alinement of heart, mind and will which is pretty much a short cut definition of abundance http://www.ted.com/conversations/3017/there_are_three_minds_in_a_bod.html?c=249603 I am not sure what he has in mind there but I do know that there are non faith based practices where this alinement can be achieved and explored so it might be fun for all of us who have participated here to follow up on thsi wonderful discussion over there with Anil. See you there I hope.
May 21 2011: Thomas the key can be: Balance...equilibrium....stability....eternity....flexibility....being awake....without memories....joy...generosity....getting out from illusion....and overall is to stop thinking that abundance means treasuring....when you give
is when you more receives,....( but expecting nothing.) (I took this from The Godspell, and also from the Bhagavad Gita)
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May 20 2011: did you see my little piece above on my definitin of abudance..I had been thinking baout this conversation since I first saw its title..intentionally didn't engage or peek..woke up this morning and what I write just poured out of in a whole. I have never used that pharse before"harvesting joy" but that it is really it in two words ( and my father was a master at harvesting joy)
May 20 2011: @ Sets one up for an abundant life when you have it modelled so well"..So true and i knaow I am blessed. The universe has taken very good care of me giving me one amazing mentor after another all also modeling brilliance and the art of harvesting joy.I believe we can call it in..just by yearning for it..what we seek seeks us..and always we meet.Also by deeply exploring the bio and personal writings of people behind the art, music and poetry that inspires you can give us some insight into where our abundance lies..our own abundance waiting inside us to speak and lead. I was very very sick this winter..more of my problems from chemo/radiation damage and the only engagement I could manage from my bed was through the computer so I spent a good part of the winter exploring the peronal views and speaking of John Cage who early works for modified piano had captured my fancy..also his aleatory art which I had been exploring ,myself. Lead me to yet another powerful model of personal abundance. It;s everywhere waiting for us to listen, waiting for us to welcome it....
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May 20 2011: Ed..thought I would share this excerpt from a source I am sure you are familiar with on "etheric vitality" whichhappens to explain quite well and also fits in this little box..
"What we call Etheric Vitality is also known by many, many other names. In India, it is called "Prana". Their Pranayama practices teach the students how to collect and use it. To the Chinese Etheric Vitality is "Chi" and Chi Kung (Qi Gong) is their practice for working with it. The Japanese call Etheric Vitality, "Ki". Their practice of directing this energy for healing is called Reiki (Reiki in Japanese means spirit life force). William Reich coined the name Orgone Energy to describe certain frequencies of this Etheric Vitality. Rudolf Steiner referred to the Etheric Double as the Etheric Organization and spoke of how to draw on it with conscious breathing. In the ancient Aramaic language, which was in use about 1000 years before and after Christ, the Etheric Double was called the Tzool-mah. Therapeutic Touch and all the other so-called "Energy Work" techniques of the day draw on Etheric Vitality in varying degrees. In the Lords Prayer Christ referred to as Our Daily Bread. It does not make any difference what you call it, Etheric Vitality exists and we can access it consciously and use it for our own well-being and to help others."
May 20 2011: I was very blessed to have a father of great brilliance who lived life with great joy. He harvested joy in learning, he harvested joy in history, he harvested joy in meeting people of different cutures, he harvested joy in games and play, he harvested joy in the wonder and mystery of nature and the universe, he harvested joy in the small things that are about cherishing one another, he harvested joy in celebrating and supportimg the self discovery and self actualization of those he loved.
.He taught me these things
That is my abundance.
Harvesting joy.
May 20 2011: Oh My Goodness! Welcome Adriana! I can tell that you and Jaime are from the same profound way of thinking. Good question.
If I examine my soul, my loss of a sense of 'something' - abundance might be the right word- arose out of the empty nest and an unexpected divorce. Most of my life is good but I once felt a vibrant abundance and a deep sense of purpose that I do not now feel that came from a home filled with five children and the man I thought I would die next to. My kids are doing exactly what they should be doing and embracing full lives. I just miss them because they live at substantial distance.
The changes happened more rapidly than I expected and in some parts with devastating finality. You are right- I had an expectation of a future path. I am remaking my path- and I have confidence that life will be abundant again but -
May 20 2011: Adriana that happens (maybe) when we change our focus from inside to outside......when we deform our hope in illusion....and when we put the clock to tic-tactic-tac as a substitute of our heart...when we begin to mesure things and not recognize the real quality of the inmessurable joy of being.
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May 21 2011: I think it fades in mind rather than goes away. When occasion comes for memory then forgetting is more depressive then moving on.
Debra, that is the question. I think it's one of those self journeys, the individual's way and definition is likely very different from others.
Any ideas on that Jaime?
May 18 2011: Debra right now in Guadalajara we are in a sunny day...bright and very warm (37°) no clouds, fiercy blue sky and the flowers are exploding with thousands colors and fragances. This is a mistery...the mistery of the thousand colors flower...and its a path also to walk and see my shadow over the gardens, in the sidewalk, in the wind....these images has a meaningfull insigth to see face to face the real abundance. In the morning i can see how the sun rises up...now im in the office but i go downstairs to walk an feel. I'm with one orange in my hand and its perfume invades me. The first bite is really delghtfull, like music....this is a Magritte afternoon.....
Jaime Lubin 10+
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May 20 2011: Hey Wongmo! Feeling better?
You are right. Jaime is a real gift to me and he leads me sometimes like a blind person. I have lived a life of pouring out myself and nurturing me is not a natural habit. I need more tutoring on the subject- so do not hesitate to help with the make over of Debra! I need all the help I can get!
May 17 2011: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dXXPvmUNaI
More hope and joyfull music napolitan-mexican........if we go to our deeper soul to see what is this abundance sentiment, of course we need some abundant music.
We mexicans have a lot from napolitan sense of life and napolitans has a lot of mexican "ethos".....hope, plentifull and joyfull abundance.
May 17 2011: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dXXPvmUNaI
We all need some hopefull music.....enjoy.¡¡¡¡
May 17 2011: abundance (əˈbʌndəns)
— n
1. a copious supply; great amount
2. fullness or benevolence: from the abundance of my heart
3. degree of plentifulness
4. chem the extent to which an element or ion occurs in the earth's crust or some other specified environment: often expressed in parts per million or as a percentage
5. physics the ratio of the number of atoms of a specific isotope in a mixture of isotopes of an element to the total number of atoms present: often expressed as a percentage: the abundance of neon-22 in natural neon is 8.82 per cent
6. Also called: abondance a call in solo whist undertaking to make nine tricks
7. affluence
Too Literal?
May 17 2011: Alo Debra the literal definitions are usefull when you can choice if you are in a metaphorical way , or in a scientific context, or maybe in the material references to "so many".....being precise helps when you can be sharped in the sense of your real question .
Sometimes a word can have a lot of referents and the sense could be blury. .Thanks.
For me is clear. And most if I can hear in this very warm afternoon the sound of bells from the distant churches. That sound gives me a very delightfull and strange sentiment of being plenty and joyfull. Really I don't know if is because my memory start to remind me some from my childhood, or is just a pleasure sound that evoques me a sentiment of abundance. Anyway I enjoy the experience.
Salve Debra¡
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May 16 2011: Hey Wongmo r!
Thanks for engaging me with a good challenge!Your original answer was what I intended. My purpose is to make it a question where people ask themselves what is important- not sifted through other people's ideas or 'shoulds' or competitivenss.
I am asking what makes YOUR life worthwhile. For me what really distills down to ABUNDANCE is not stuff but rather people, experiences and good work. I earnestly ask you- what is precious, what is needful, what makes a good life for Wongmo r?
I have read every word you have written on this site and I know your compassion and love for the homeless. I also know, having worked with some indigent people that they can be the happiest and most joyful in the moment. We could learn from some of them about what true abundance of heart and spirit are. They know how to share.
By the way- when I challenged Helen's response she shared that she was saying the culturally expected view so that people would not jump all over her. I have invited her to tell her real view too.
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May 17 2011: HI Wongmo! I do and you said it very well.
I think that many homeless people know exactly what makes their life abundant because they take less for granted. They know how important someone who really has your back is. They really appreciate a full belly. They realize how great it is to be out of the rain or snow and be dry and warm.
May 18 2011: You are clear as crystal....and I undestand your point of view.....I agree with you, mostly because I see daily the problem with the poorest people in my country. But the concept of poverty is a relative idea, and we have to discuss deeper the meaning of the two poles ....abundance--------------scarcity.
If the abundance is recognizable, is because we know the scarcity, and it's not just a lack of things.....both could be phisycal or metaphisycal.
May 16 2011: Hi Debra, from where i am in my life right now , a good life means
1)meaningful relationships
2)a work that allows me to do what i think is important
3)a place where i can read ,relax and make some noises with my guitar or do nothing at all
4)opportunities to learn and share ideas(i am interested in understanding people and the world )
May 17 2011: Debra you said the magic word....HOPE. Thanks a lot. The real HOPE is divine and we have to be aware to dont confuse with the sensation of waiting something.....there are very different things...HOPE are alwys in a real present and belongs to the eternity....waiting is just a simulation from the present to the future...its like a broken bridge.
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May 15 2011: Thank you Wongmo for taking the time to think and respond to my question. I am fascinated by and in love with the uniqueness of people. Similarities may make life easy but it is the differences that make life fascinating! As I read your list, I see a person who lives deliberately and yet with great passion!
May 15 2011: ...imagine the smell in the kitchen, the fire is doing the magic transformation, all the vegetables are turning into a great and nutritious soup, in the dining room, the voices are with the tone of happines and me and my assitants we are working hard and joyfull to serve a lot of meals to a crowd......here in Mexico we have a lot of hungry people and the assistance to them is the place where the ferrari comes for an deeply encounter with the abundance ...the real one when share is a delightfull experience.....this is abundant abundance for me.
May 14 2011: Debra the experience of an ultimate reality that goes beyond the means to achieve it, is what I can call "abundant". If we trascend ourselves with the real sense of the "journey" instead a destiny, maybe we'll be there surrounded by abundance.
The way of excess goes to the realm of wisdom. ---------------------- Abundance in scarcity.
Those two quotes apparently are opposites, but both gravitates in the same center...ABUNDANCE
Abundance is not an aim is a mean.
May 14 2011: When I'm design-cooking, the happines and abundant life reveal me the most sacred secret....in the form of flavors, colors, perfumes, and let me stay in Paradise for a few moments. But the real glory cames when I observe the expression of the people who taste my food creations, specially the desserts. For me cooking is one of the magnificent and joyfull abundance in life. It's like go really fast in A red Ferrari.
May 14 2011: The abundant life for me personally is loving my friends, my kids and the people I meet.
Great conversations
a comfortable bed
beautiful flowers
a glorious deep bath tub or natural place to swim
and nature which fills me with peace
good health
good food
including food for my brain- conversations, books, videos, research
Freedom to explore and to learn and to love to change and to grow
Finding meaning in work that I choose to do
May 20 2011: @Thomas watch an eagle eat lunch? yes very day at half tide in fact that's how I figured out where the tsriped bass were in my cove and what there daily habits are. Fascinating how they can somehow single out a particular fish hover and then just grab it . I have as many as four or five at a time here when the herring are runnin and when the stripers are in....( don't feed bunnies salt licks....even domestic bunnies prefer to forage for themselves)
May 20 2011: Debra I discover something that I want to share.....About harvest....its a labour, not a job, not a work...with the soil, the rain, the seed in your hands and heart....but also with the real sense of hope...if we want to learn about hope, we have to plant something, and see how it grows...but you can't urge that little seed to grow fast....the nature has a cosmic rithm...And when we can take the fruit to enjoy....first we have to reach in the tree, and in ancient greek that calls "karpos"...rise up your arm and with the hand take the fruit....but if is higher, then you have to put in your toes an get a higher statue to reach the fruit; that call "tarsos" (as you can see karpos means hand, and tarsos means foot.) These two acts togheter are named "ergos" and means labour..... With the earth or the hearth is the same........I've found thes rigth now while I'm listening Mozart.
May 20 2011: Lindsay,
Sounds like you live in Alaska or Montana, somewhere that hasn't seen the harsh effects of our habits as other more populace areas.
Are you telling me that a bunny would rather hop around for an hour or so looking to get his salt fix than going up to a abundant source?
Sounds like an abundance of tranquility!
You up for an experiment in rabbit psychology? I have a question relating to their salt foraging habits.
May 21 2011: Okay so we see if the wild rabbits will go to a particular spot to get their salt from a lick instead of foraging for their natural salts. If so then we can see how often they will frequent the spot or if they will return even after the block is gone. Or how long of a time in one location does it take to get the rabbits used to going to that location. Can you teach them multiple locations to check, then with those locations add different circumstances or occurrences to see if the rabbits will react differently pending situation. If I only had land and time!
I know if you throw a 50lb block of salt in the woods the deer will come to it. I would think rabbits to be the same.
May 21 2011: This might be a dumb question but how do you know that rabbits like salt (I know bovine like creatures do) but where have wild rabbits been getting their salt for that last million years?
I am looking forward to this experiment and I know just where to put the salt. I have tall hedges on either side of my yard and they love the shelter of the hedges to travel under so it is their route.
May 14 2011: I really enjoy when things click, when life provides a way to live. I live a very minimalist existence, all of my belongings can fit into one car, with this I encounter many situation that just seem to work out. For a few instances, a couple years ago I needed transportation and a car was offered to me for one dollar. Last December my lease ran up, my neighbor's lease was until this coming June. She had to move for work just a few weeks after my lease ran up so I moved my things into the spare room at her place. I had been thinking of starting my own company but was working 70-80 per week. With in days of moving in with Emily I had the fortune to get fired, having bought a conversion van as a back up plan I was not worried about what was going to happen. Then Emily, knowing I was looking to start a HHO generator business, insists that I stay at the apartment and focus on getting the business going. A couple of months ago I was really strapped, pretty much out of food and no cash to get more. I was out and about running errands and someone put a twenty dollar bill in my van while I was inside speaking with someone. There are truly amazing people in this world, and for this I am grateful. Things like this on a smaller scale happen all the time, almost everyday. I'll admit sometimes I think it would be nice to lead a more normal life, get a good career, buy a house, that type of stuff, but a lot of the people that have this don't seem all to happy about it so I don't commit to that course.
May 14 2011: So Thomas, am I interpreting your entry correctly that you find life to be very abundant and that is most obvious when you are at the brink and the universe opens up an opportunity for you to progress? The immediate provision of what is necessary keeps you grounded and optimistic, is that right?
May 14 2011: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8sNwMdRVVM&feature=fl_lolz&playnext=1&list=FLKTwkRbXQlRQ
Debra in my estimation this is a perfect example of living mexican philosophy about the abundant life. I dare you to translate it.....
May 14 2011: Well that is going to be a tough one..........because it doesn't fit in the tranlation software but.............I will work on it with my puny Spanish skills- 5 years of French/ one year of Spanish-- a few decades ago.....but for the love our our dialogue---I will tryl.
Now I challenge you to delight us with your words and share the essence of the abundant life for Jaime Lubin
May 14 2011: El Rey
I know well that I am out,
but the day that I die,
I know that you will have to mourn,
mourn and mourn, mourn and mourn.
You'll say that you didn't want me,
but you'll going to be very sad,
and so you will be.
With money and without money,
I always what I want,
and my word is the law,
I have no throne or queen,
neither anyone who understands me,
but I am still the king.
A stone on the road,
teach my destiny,
it was rolling and rolling,
rolling and rolling, rolling and rolling.
After I said an arriero,
that should not be the first to arrive,
but we should know how to arrived.
With money and without money,
I always what I want,
and my word is the law,
I have no throne or queen,
neither anyone who understands me,
but I am still the king.
Okay, darling Jaime Lubin- I got the jist of the song (but I thought it was saying that chasing money impoverishes us) but then discovered that the Interest is a benificent godess who bestows bounties of understanding and even Mexican song translations!
So - is this the heart of the Mexican ethos? Each person feels like a king in creation?
May 14 2011: Debra..........We can't define our very complicated "ethos"....we are an exhuberant and tragic culture. Really as a mexicans we don't know clearly who we are (and maybe it doesn? matter). This is an archetypical song, but its better if you read Octavio Paz "The Labyrinth of Solitudes". We are a civilization and culture in the other side of a very ancient mediterranean-indigenous mirror. Read also "The Buried Mirror" from Carlos Fuentes.
May 14 2011: Hi Jaime, I do not wish for you to define it. I just want you to share it with me. I love what you have shared already. The sense of being a Ferari is just magical and tells me more than I could have known just with my mind. The image is rich and wide! Thanks so much for always urging us to enjoy the journey. It is what I am trying hard to do- to get out of my head and back into my heart as you urged us to do in another wonderful post.
May 14 2011: Hi Debra
I know It's my poor translation that's limiting, otherwise it says everything..........
A poet like Khayaam can never be happy with his piece of bread, wine , poetry and fiance (these are just poetic symbol) if basic needs of overall society not fulfilled and overall peace & harmony is absent.
May 14 2011: No worry Debra , you really havn't miscommunicted it's my lack of understanding (definitely you know what poet wanted to say but thought it got distorted with my translation) of your point...
Well let me come to my perspective which actually an evolving one
Say once I used to feel everything is meaningless the moment the football team which I supported lost which was not even in my coutry !!! That silly was my definition of goodness of life which was just measured by the abundance of the points of my team !!!
Right now my expectation is
-Try to live up to my own expectation with honesty and simplicity
-Have a peaceful brighter future for kids
-Fight for justice with my limited ability whenever wherever possible
-Peace and harmony in family and society where I live
-Reduced tension around the globe at large
-Spend some good time with the beauty of nature and creative works as much as possible those all the geniuses of humankind created
May 14 2011: Salim....the wisdom from Omar Khayaam is the divine wine from the live glass that smiles on my lips.
Rubayat VIII:....(in spanish)
¿Hasta cuando continuaremos siendo esclavos de nuestros problemas cotidianos? ¿Que importa vivir un año o un dìa en este mundo? Llenad de vino esa copa antes que nuestros cuerpos se vuelvan polvo y ese polvo se transforme en vasos y vasijas.
May 14 2011: Agree Jaime ,
But that divine feeling Khayaam only can get if earthly matter around him is fine that's the way I took it.
I read Rubayat e Omar Khayaam in Bangla Translation which is my language and for natural reason failed to capture the inner meaning with my instinct weakness in English & poetic skill.
Great to meet you really. Poets and poetry really creates bondage across the globe :)
Debra Smith 200+May 14 2011: Translation of Jaime's entry Rubayat VIII:
How many more times we will continue to be slaves of our day to day problems? What does it matter to live one year or one day in this world? Drink the cup of wine before that our bodies are returned to dust and the dust becomes glasses and jars.
May 14 2011: From the bottom of my heart . . . . wish I had lots of money. I'd live on the beach, I'd record and play music, I'd buy the best oil paints, I'd have parties . . . I'd give lots to my favorite charities . . . .etc.
I don't think that's what you're looking for. I think a good life can be:
a comfortable bed,
staying warm and dry in a cold rain,
having enough basic food
fulfilling relationships
honest work
a noble, creative passion for something
and, hope
May 14 2011: I spend summers in a rickety popup in the woods on a lake . . . it's a good life as I described above. But, I enjoy coming back to the hustle and bustle of the city and all that it has to offer. Each offers something unique and valuable. All I can say about the real me is that I am adaptable, and I think that is one of the most intriguing traits of human beings. Postnote: I don't buy lottery tickets, but my husband does : )
May 14 2011: I really enjoy to be (as you describe) "unemployed empty nester.....when I discover my strong and firmly objection to "work" as an usefull activity from normal people....so many years ago, i change radically to a very abundant life. But first I have to release me from the heavy stone of "work". You cant have anything more if you have your hands full of dirt. You have to begin with emptynnes to receive properly the abundance. I,m Roman catholic and I believe in the Divine Providence that never let us alone.