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Never thought I would need to do this but I need to find a translation from english to spanish for a verse of text. My boss requested that I accomplish this task. For the first time I had no clue how to do something but then I used my head and looked online and sure enough I found what I was looking for. My boss was impressed to say the least and he thought I sat and did the translation myself. If he only knew that it was as easy as it was to find the spanish verse. I am a genius.
My spanish teacher gave us a project where we had to do a translation from english to spanish of some text. This was a lot harder than I realized. I was doing well with learning how to speak the language but when it came to doing a translation I was confused by the order of the words in the sentences. The meaning was the same but the order of the individual words was different between the two languages. The project was hard but it was a good learning experience for me and it makes reading spanish text make a lot more sense.
Can you spare five minutes a day to practice a mental conditioning technique that can literally save your life? The answer better be “yes!”
Physical conditioning and skills practice comprise only 50% of the training necessary to help police officers survive a critical incident. The other 50% lies in something most officers have neglected; mental conditioning. Eastern cultures have long embraced the practice of mental conditioning to complete their training and I am convinced from my experiences on the street that this type of training is at least as important as physical conditioning.
I’ve spent the last 12 years researching, practicing and perfecting a skill that very few people in emergency services have ever heard of, let alone experienced. It involves a powerful training technique using mantras for focused mental conditioning. Mantras are phrases that are repeated over and over to strengthen the mind. Mantras have been used and perfected in the East for literally thousands of years to produce some of the greatest warriors the world has ever known. I have discovered a way that we can adapt certain aspects of this incredible training into our daily lives. The results are remarkable and they will make a powerful contribution to your survival training.
You can begin this process by selecting your specific mantra. Mantras can be any phrase of your choosing, whatever suits your needs at the time. Some examples of possible mantras include the following:
“I will survive!”
“I can control my fear!”
“I will not panic!”
“I will stay calm at all times!”
“I can control my pain!”
I recommend upon awakening you sit on the edge of your bed and settle your mind. Take three deep, slow breaths and begin to silently repeat your mantra. Continue breathing normally and silently repeat your mantra with intense focus and deep inner conviction. Make this your only thought for a full five minutes to set this as your mantra for the day. You may continue throughout the day to repeat your mantra whenever you wish. This will help to engrain it even deeper into your consciousness.
Once you begin to make this training a part of your daily practice you will begin to see positive and powerful results. You will find that your mind and body will be better prepared to face your next crisis. Without conscious thought your mantra will echo in your mind, strengthening your resolve and ability to survive. Do not underestimate the power of programming your mind to survive. In his book, “On Killing”, Dave Grossman describes how mental conditioning is a revolution that represents total superiority in close combat. I could not agree more. It can literally be the difference between life and death.
The challenge resides with your willingness to implement this technique into your daily training. If you apply yourself, this technique combined with your physical conditioning will help to develop your survival skills and ensure you will walk the warrior’s path for years to come. Can you spare five minutes? Yes, you can!
Rodger Ruge is a retired police officer, martial artist and author of The Warrior’s Mantra, Barricade Books, June 2005. Rodger’s business, Ready Force Inc., offers training and consulting in a number of survival and wellness topics. Please visit Rodger’s website at http://www.readyforce.net for more information.
Our Mind is a Miracle with neurons,
electrons, impulses galore.
The place of thought, creation and
hope with Dreams in store.
Our Mind is made up of cells and gray matter,
the portion that needs all other parts to thrive.
It needs a team of systems to create a synergy,
if the individual entity is to survive .
A thought is created between the Gaps
where nothing else exist,
In the space of nothing is where
Life will continually persist.
The Miracle is that the Mind is unique
with a thought formed in a billionth of a volt.
The electricity is so small,
It is barely worth a jolt.
But when that happens and
the voltage is ever so slight,
There is nothing that can stop
this power when it is right.
Our thoughts change the World,
with whatever we do.
Our Creator gave us this power
to make a World anew.
A Miracle happens and the birth
of abundance is born.
The World will benefit
from this wonderful Mind-Storm.
Aristotle noted that we think with mental images. Those images create a storm within our mind. Like most storms the mind storms have the power to change the world. One person, one mind can and does change the world.
Our mind is not unlike the minds of Mother Theresa, Gandhi, Jesus, Buddha, Mohammed, Rev. Martin Luther King,Princess Diana, any of the great world leaders and the hero’s in your world.
Explore your Mind Storm and let the Miracles begin.
Frank Gasiorowski or as his is known on the internet as “Mr. 90 Day Goals”, has been teaching since 1973 and his current mission is to provide easy and effective ways for individuals to achieve their true potential through, http://www.90DayGoals.com and http://www.TotalSelfMastery.com coaching programs.
Stress does funny things to the body. It can make you forget how to put one foot in front of the other. It can make you forget to smile when you meet the eyes of a friendly stranger. Most troubling, it can make you forget yourself.
You believe that there is no end to the frustration and pain. Yes, the irrational takes over when you are stressed out and the subconscious knows it, but seems powerless to stop it.
As a modern, working woman, recently separated and busy parenting a beautiful four year old son, I’m in the eye of my very own stress storm. Yet somehow, I’ve got to function. The nasty truth is, though obvious to some (it wasn’t to me), one has to keep moving whether the desire to do so is there or not.
Decisions must be made. Work must be done. Family must be looked after. All of these things, however, must occur simultaneously with the screaming pain in my head, the chronic racing of my heart and the overwhelming sense of loss in my life. Control is the last thing that I feel I have when I am under this kind of stress.
Though I have taken the concrete steps necessary to alter my own circumstances (even positive change is not without consequence), I feel as though now, a month later, I am looking over my shoulder at the slower-to-catch-on version of me and waiting for her to decompress and join me up here.
It feels more like she has not only caught up with me, but she has taken the time to collect all of the luggage that I intentionally left behind and unceremoniously dumped it into my arms. I can’t fool my subconscious. She’s bright.
I’m thrown off balance. I’m overwrought with emotion and yet…I need to make those phone calls, attend meetings, honour commitments and contribute to my life in some meaningful way. I don’t have a lot of time for stress. I have to buy groceries and I must mother my son.
Somewhere in the chaos, if I’m to find my way to the other side, I must forgive myself. For my stress, in many ways, is my own responsibility. How I manage the change and transition in my life, for which I am the architect, will determine how long I will stay in a state of imbalance.
I have spent the last several years of my professional life, teaching people how to do this. I know the techniques. I even understand why people are reluctant to change and move forward. I understand that kind of fear. Now, however, it’s happening to me and the rules somehow have changed. I now have to put my own advice to the test.
Admittedly, I knew I was in trouble from the very beginning. I knew that things in my life had to change, but knowing that and embracing it are two very different things. My strength was in question. My own ability to manage was (is) in question. I recognize the need for help and self-reflection.
I suppose I wanted to write this as a way to clear my own head, but to also acknowledge to all of those I’ve worked with in the past to overcome their own chaotic moments that while I never believed it to be easy, I didn’t think it would be this hard. I am looking back at those who’ve come to me with their pain and asked for guidance. I told them to be strong. I told them to trust their gut and do what’s right for them. I told them to never give up. Now more than ever, I have needed to hear those words turned back on me. I’ve needed to hear about strength and resilience and I’ve needed to see it in action.
Responsibility and accountability are ways to take back some of the control that we can loose along the way if we’re not careful. I’ve spent a good deal of time being out of control and am now just awakening to the fact that without control, I am merely an observer who can be swallowed up by circumstance.
Stress is indeed a byproduct of a life well lived. The pain will ease and my head will clear. Time will see to that. I need to see to the rest. I need to remember myself.
Lori Lane is a professional speaker and communications coach. She has spent the last ten years travelling the globe, assisting individuals and companies come to terms with the impact of stress on their daily lives.
Some people respond to being yelled at and even sworn at. This brings out that extra bit of effort and they become highly motivated. Others are just angered by the apparent lack of respect shown them and will walk out of whatever training program they are in.
However, if you can accept a kick up the butt in the spirit in which it was intended it can provide useful motivation. When I trained in Shotokan Karate many years ago, the instructor, Graham, believed in kick butt or kick stomach motivation.
He would have us running over each other’s stomachs in the warm up and in one lesson commanded us to kick each other in the stomach as hard as we could. He warned my partner that he must kick me harder or he would kick him. My partner took the hint and I could feel the vomit rising up into my throat. The threat of being kicked hard by the instructor had definitely increased his motivation!
This kind of kick butt motivation does work so long as the students do not leave the class but it is not too healthy. I now have stomach problems which might have had their origins in that one lesson. On the other hand, Graham, who worked in a hospital, once skillfully restored my finger which had been dislocated by a kick from that same partner, Dave.
Balance was restored a little when Dave threw a kick at my ribs in a free sparring session and his instep connected with the point of my elbow. He collapsed in agony on the floor. I felt no guilt or pity; just quiet satisfaction!
Gordon Ramsay is a three star Michelin chef who yells and swears at the people he is training. Some people hate this approach; others admire it.
What motivates Gordon is a quest for perfection. His father prompted him to be the best at what he did and Gordon used his own steely resolve to reach high standards at whatever he was interested in.
He became a soccer player for the top Scottish club, Rangers. The great Rangers manager, Jock Wallace believed in a tough approach and this probably influenced Gordon Ramsay.
Jock Wallace was a fitness fanatic. He made his players run up and down the sand dunes until they dropped. He would punch his players in the stomach as they were walking down the corridor. If they collapsed in pain, he would make them go to the gym and do 200 sit ups to toughen up their stomach muscles. He reminds me of my karate instructor!
Jock became one of the greatest managers that Scotland has ever known. His methods obviously worked. Probably his players shared his ambition for success and were ready to put up with some harsh treatment to reach it.
Often the tough men have a real liking for their protégés but do not want to show their softer side. The players sense their affection and grow to respect and like their managers in return. They also find that the harsh treatment raises their standards to a point where they can see the benefits of hard work for themselves and no longer need to be kicked into working hard.
Gordon eventually had a knee injury and became a chef instead of a footballer. He still gave 100% effort to achieve his goals even though his former friends felt he was taking up a woman’s trade.
He was not prepared to settle for anything except 3 Michelin stars. He would swear and bully his trainee chefs to gain perfection. When criticized for bullying them he would reply:
“We’re on a mission and that mission is perfection.”
Eventually he got his 3 Michelin stars and has become a household name in the UK.
I don’t like his swearing and bullying but can’t help liking his dynamic energy and zeal for perfection. Some one commented that he was like a man with a firework up his backside. He can’t stand still. His swearing is objectionable but it does express energy and force and generates a swift response.
He can also give people confidence and energy and really cares that things should be done properly. Sometimes we all need a kick up the butt to motivate us and need kindly Beelzebubs like Jock Wallace and Gordon Ramsay to provide the kicks.
If they are not around, we may need to give ourselves a good kicking. Kick butt motivation definitely does have its place but needs to be used sparingly and in a way which does not cause permanent physical or psychological damage.
If you would like a great kick butt book to help you give yourself a good kicking, try this one by Larry Winget:
“SHUT UP, STOP WHINING AND GET A LIFE!”
He gives three reasons why you and I are not successful:
1. You are stupid
2. You are lazy
3. You do not give a damn.
He comments: “The common word in each of these reasons is you. You are the reason your life sucks. In other words, if your life sucks it is because you suck. It is not because conditions suck. It is you.”
Great stuff!
About the author
John Watson is an award winning teacher and martial arts instructor. He has recently written two books about achieving your goals and dreams.
They can both be found on his website http://www.motivationtoday.com along with a daily motivational message.
The title of the first book is “36 Laws To Ignite Your Inner Power And Realize Your Dreams Now! - Acronyms, Stories, And Pictures…Easy To Remember And Use Everyday To Grab Your Life And Soar With The Eagles”
The book can be found at this URL: http://www.motivationtoday.com/36_laws.php
The book uses acronyms, stories and pictures to help readers remember 36 laws that can gradually transform your life if you apply them.
You are welcome to publish the article above in your ezine or on your website so long as you do not alter it and keep in the words about the author and the 36 Laws.
Top 10 ways to find SYNERGY in your life
1. PLUG IN. Identify what gives you ENERGY in your life. Make a
list of at least 5 things that give you energy. What do you love
to do? What do you find yourself naturally attracted to? Know
what these are, because they are your “fuel” and keep you
charged.
2. CLEAN HOUSE. What is the clutter that is slowing you down?
What are you tolerating? What are the “cob webs & dust” that
cloud your understanding of a clear life?
3. BE AUTHENTIC. Get in-line with your HEART & SOUL; the part
that “authentically” represents you. Who you are. What you stand
for. Your purpose for being on earth. The gift you have to
share. List these key passions (characteristics, traits, natural
God-given gifts/talents that you want to share with the world.)
4. LIVE YOUR VALUES. What is important to you about life? What
is important to you about living? These are the things that if
you honor them in your life, everything is good. If you are not,
we get out of rhythm, anxious, frustrated, upset, etc. What are
you true values?
5. SEE THE VISION. Establish your personal VISION. Where do you
hope to be in 5 years. What do you hope is read in your
obituary? You have one life to live. What are you going to do
with it?
6. PLAN A DIRECTION. How are you going to get there? What stages
and steps will get you there or look back from the future and
assess how you got there.
7. AIM PRECISLY. Determine & define your FOCUS. Make it
measurable. Identify what is distracting you. How can you
overcome the obstacles? Visualize your target.
8. CULTIVATE CHANGE. Evaluate your current position. What is not
working? What would serve you better if it were different? What
shifts need to be made?
9. MAKE IT HAPPEN. Do something. Commit to the plan and take
action. Tell others about it. Find a way to be held accountable.
Every day take a step toward the goal.
10. AFFIRM DAILY. Make habits that reinforce the ideas and
habits you want to cultivate in your life. Tape the statement to
your mirror, on the dash of your car, etc. Whatever you need to
be most reminded of and encouraged to focus on, write it and
post it. Make a routine reading these, so they become part of
your subconscious memory.
Too many of us seem to think that there should be 24-7 happiness in our life,
so when there is problems in a marriage the temptation for affairs and divorce is there.
But where ever we are in our life, in or out of love, single or in a long term relationship or marriage,
there is no 24-7 happiness.
There are happy moments to cherish and to hold us through the trials.
Society has lead us to believe we should be happy and beautiful at all times
and with someone happy and beautiful at all times.
The most important thing to remember when we are sad, are have feelings of depression or suicidal thoughts,
is that we don’t know what the next moment will bring, perhaps the rainbow after the rain. Love could come at any moment,
life changes sometime suddenly, sometime over a long period of time.
Than there are those of us who dream.
But we don’t want to work to make our dreams come true.
We want them to magically happen, and when they don’t or we can’t reach them so often we give up on everything, when we should find a new dream, a new direction in life.
There is a old song that has great truth in it,
when you can’t be with the one you love the one you are with.
Each of us have hidden talents,love and friendship that can be given to others,if you see a lonely person,be a friend.
To have a friend,be a friend.
Loneliness ends where friendship begins.
Peace Within
In a search for peace within,
I have found some questions and a few answers.
Regrets
Have I any regrets?
1. List all regrets.
One side of regrets,
are things that have never been done?
Try to find a way to do them.
The other side of regrets are things done wrong.
Realize this was only a learning experience.
Time to move on.
Dreams
Can I have my dreams come true?
2.Realize which dreams are unattainable,
and which dreams are realistic.
List ways of making them come true.
Remember dreams don’t always come to you.
You have to go to them.
List realistic dreams and ways to obtain them.
What if I have failed?
Failure
List Failures.
Than list the learning experience.
Failures are a very important tool of life,
They make us stronger, and wiser
Advice to parents who’s child is entering college.
Make sure that your child has taken two foreign language credits ,so they will qualify for Tops scholarships.
Ask your high school counselor for applications for scholarships ,they rarely suggest that to you,your student has to inquire.
As long as your student has a 2.5 there are a lot of scholarships that your student may qualify for, starting this process should be in the 10th grade
. The sooner the better. There will be a new word in your vocabulary ,called purge,
The way to avoid finding out the definition of this word is to make sure all financially aid is taken care of in advance,also make sure classes are confirmed.
For those who will be living in a dorm make sure it is reserved. The Procrastinator will have problems.
Know the numbers of financialaid,comptrollers,admissions,housing.and
your college website.Be prepared.
Keep up with important information.
Be prepared for surprise financial problems ,such as the financial aid not coming though in time.
Classes will be purged which means cancelled for your student if there is a financial problem.
A student has to have at least a 2.0 to qualify for financial assistance,which is harder than it sounds,college classes run shorter and are more difficult the high school classes were for your child.
Nothing is discussed concerning your child with the parent. But the university will accept your money.
Counselors at college are there for the purpose of advising classes for the major your child chooses, they don’t advice them on other issues.
Very intellect students who excelled in high school can find that they struggle in college.
A student needs to developed good study skills.
College is very expensive and can lead to a huge financial loans that will have to be repaid.
It’s a hard struggle for both students and parents.
When one fails ,encourage them to seek a new direction for failure is not the end of the world.
The hardest thing there is for a parent is to let your child go,let them have their own experiences ,successes and failures,both good and bad,and learn from them and become strong responsible independent adults.
A college education is not for everyone,some have succeeded well without a formal education,but it does open doors of opportunities
Bio Of Judy Arline Puckett
I am currently residing in Monroe, La.
I begin writing at the age of 11, and I’m 54 now.
I am the mother of three and the grandmother of five.
I love creative writing, poetry, digital art, art, photography, jazz, and blues music.
I write poetry and lyrics on every topic. War, peace, love, heartache, religion, and abortion, which I oppose.
I hope to write meaningful and worthwhile words that will touch hearts and make a difference in life.
“A poet is the voice for those who are without words.”
- Judy Arline Puckett
One of the things that interests me most about conflict is the tendency to resist it and the ways in which this resistance causes me to miss key moments, when I might respond with purpose and intention but do not. Resistance is a reactive habit. When I resist, I’m on automatic, and I fail to spot the opportunity to respond with the conscious engagement of being fully present.
Aikido - the martial art I practice and teach - suggests that resistance escalates conflict. When I push, the conflict pushes back. Aikido replaces resistance with alignment and redirection. I change my view from “this person is attacking me” to “this person is offering energy that I can use.”
Aikido (pronounced eye-key-doe) is Japanese for “the way of blending with energy.” Ki means universal energy or life force. Ki Moments are those in which we are fully aware of our life force and our ability to influence our environment.
In aikido, the attack is inevitable, a part of life. We can influence the outcome of the attack by the way in which we engage and direct it. Will I resist and create a contest, ensuring a win-lose outcome? Or will I practice aikido and transform the attack into a gift of energy? How do I make these choices when I am feeling attacked?
To begin:
My work focuses on bringing aikido principles to life in “off the mat” scenarios - the life “attacks” that we experience in the workplace, in our relationships, and in difficult life events that can occur at any time. How can we turn daily conflicts into life teachers? Just by asking the question, we begin to transform conflict moments into ki moments and attacks into energy we can use to build the kinds of home, work, and community environments we want to live in.
About the Author: Judy Ringer is the author of Unlikely Teachers: Finding the Hidden Gifts in Daily Conflict, containing stories and practices on turning life’s challenges into life teachers. Judy is a black belt in aikido and nationally known presenter, specializing in unique workshops on conflict, communication, and creating a more positive work environment. She is the founder of Power & Presence Training, and chief instructor of Portsmouth Aikido, Portsmouth, NH, USA. To sign up for more free tips and articles like these, visit www.JudyRinger.com.
You got busy at work, got busy in your marriage, got busy with your home and maybe your kids and before you knew it… a chunk of your life had slipped away.
And it hasn*t been an easy chunk of life either, has it? Things going wrong: the car, the dishwasher and the kids, and you feel depressed at home and stressed at work.
And I*m sure the question, now you think about it is this, *Surely there must be more to life than this?*
And the second you read that question you immediately knew there was more to life, but then you immediately thought, *Yeah, but what is it?*
Well, what is it?
Have you been putting off for a while, something you*d love to do, something you*d love to try, something that would be fantastic if you could just find a way to make it work.
I had a dream twenty-three years ago. Back then I was sitting behind my school desk. Fourteen years ago, while walking in the woods I remembered that dream and vowed to do it some day and then just over eight years ago I stopped talking about it and actually did something…
What I found when I did it was that it felt natural and easy. Suddenly my life became easier and things that had been going wrong began to go right and suddenly what I was doing was putting my gift out there with a force that was greater than mine and my life began to be carried…
And isn*t being carried easier than walking…
And isn*t being carried, more comfortable too…
And isn*t being carried, what we all miss about our childhoods, because no-one carries us anymore and we have to walk or make our own way with everything, because everyone tells us that we should grow up, be strong, carve out our living, create this and be that…
Stuff it is what I say. Stuff it all. Stuff and get back to who you are. Stuff it and find out what you are. What is important to you? What is life really all about and why are you here in the first place going through experiences you find hard and not fun.
Trust me when I tell you there is a better way. Trust me when I tell you others are living lives where play and laughter fit into the occupation as much as making money and paying the bills.
Life can be richer. Life can be golden. Life can be fun.
In today*s life balance is vital, but getting it to balance can be difficult. What is important is that you ask yourself if you are happy with your lot and if you*re not then seek to make changes. A good place to start is by getting a free Lifestyle Report done. This will help you identify what needs to change in the areas of your life like: career, relationships and money.
About The Author
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