Today i upset you again. It seems like all i ever do is say things that make you have a visceral reaction. You tell me i know nothing about it and that i need to stop bringing up things from the past. I wish i did not truly believe that God was instructing me to talk to you about the thing that hurt you the most. But if i am to die to my will and accept His will for me then i need to be bold in my walk. I do not say these things to hurt you but to provide you with an opportunity to be released from the pain these things bring you. How can you be happy if you are unable to deal with your past? I speak from experience in knowing that we are unable to share our pain and release it to God, we are doomed to be held by it for the rest of our lives. I wish above all else that you find happiness with someone, but that will never happen if you are emotionally bonded with your past.
Author: Howard Darko
God Bless the Red, White and Blue
Dear Lord, I’ve fought for freedom
for many nights and days
It’s now on bended knee I come to you
These words please hear me pray.
For all my friends and patriots
who never said a word
Just raised their hand and gave a nod
When they were asked to serve.
Please honor them and hold them
Your love keep them from harm
May they find some peace tonight
In Your loving arms.
For all who love this country
and stood up so brave and true
It’s only for her rights we fight
God bless the red, white and blue.
Amen
About Air Force Veteran Andrew Clark and What DAV Means to Him
Andrew Clark felt called to serve and defend the freedoms he cherishes. In 2001, Andrew enlisted in the Air Force and saw two deployments to Iraq. In 2003, he deployed with the Security Forces for Operation Iraqi Freedom, and deployed again in 2004.
Andrew’s service-related injuries – Traumatic Brain injury and epilepsy among them – have impacted his ability to easily navigate the course of his day. Thankfully, DAV has been there for Andrew. DAV helped him receive his full range of benefits, and today, Andrew pays it forward by helping other veterans through the DAV Chapter in his community.
Thanks to DAV, Andrew says
he wakes up with a purpose again.
Seven deadly sins
Pride – vanity
Envy
Gluttony
Lust
Anger – wrath
Greed – Avarice / Covetousness
Sloth
Neurology 101
How the brain works
billions of neurons (tiny nerv cells) computing power cpu
communicate via electical pulse
release chemical signals (neurotransmitters)
neurotransmitters float in synapse
cortex = surface of brainsubcortacal = evilution
nuero cirits = network on connect regions via neurons
neurotransmitter system
serotonin – improves will power, motivation, mood
norepinephrine – enhances thinking, focus, dealing with stress
dopamine – increase enjoyment
oxytocin – promotes feelings of trust, love, connection, reduce anxiety
goba increase felling of relaxation
melatonin – increase quality of sleep
endorphins – provides pain relief, feelings of enerlations
endocannabinoids – improve apatite, peace fullness and well being
frontal limp system: thinking
prefrontal cortex = front 1/3
ceo: planning, decission, impluse, modivation
-worry – guilt – shame
2 axles
dorso – top – thinking
ventral – bottom – emotional
midial – middle – self focused
lateral – side – outside world focused
Limpics system: feeling
exsitment, fear, exsizty, memory, desire
4 regions
hypertalamus – controls stress
amigdala – key 2 reduce fear agziaty neg emotional
hypocampus – longterm memories
sigalat cortex – focus & attention
Classical liberalism
Political ideology
Advocates civil liberties under the rule of law with an emphasis on economical
freedom laissez-faire
Limiting powers of central government
Private property
honey
One Person Can Make a Difference
One Person can Make a Difference
one morning a man walked along
a beach covered with thousands
of starfish that had washed up
during a storm. Now they lay
dying in the sun.
He saw a young girl picking up the starfish one by one and
tossing them into the sea.
As he approached her he couldn’t help but ask, “Why bother?
There are too many of them.
You won’t make much of a difference.”
She picked up another starfish
and tossed it into the water.
Then she turned to the man and said,
“i made a difference to that one.”
Pet Wisdom
for the sages of the ages what you should know
To All Non-Pet Owners Who Visit & Like to Complain About Our Pets:
1. They live here. You don’t.
2. If you don’t want their hair on your clothes, stay off the furniture. (That’s why they call it ‘fur’niture.)
3. I like my pets a lot more than I like most people.
4. To you, its an animal. To me, he/she is an adopted son/daughter who is short, hairy, walks on all fours and doesn’t speak clearly.
To pacify you, my dear pets, I have posted the following message on our sliding door.
Dear Holden, Eli, and Violet,
1. The dishes with the paw print are yours and contain your food. The other dishes are mine and contain my food.
2. Please note, placing a paw print in the middle of my plate and food does not stake a claim for it becoming your food and dish, nor do I find that aesthetically pleasing in the slightest.
3. The stairway was not designed by NASCAR and is not a racetrack. Beating me to the bottom is not the object. Tripping me doesn’t help because I fall faster than you can run.
4. I cannot buy anything bigger that a king sized. I am very sorry about this. Do not think I will continue sleeping on the couch to ensure your comfort.
5. Dogs and cats can actually curl up in a ball when they sleep. It is not necessary to sleep perpendicular to each other, stretched out to the fullest extent possible. I also know that sticking tails straight out and having tongues hanging out the other end to maximize space is nothing but sarcasm.
6. For the last time, there is not a secret exit from the bathroom. If by some miracle I beat you there and manage to get the door shut, it is not necessary to claw, whine, meow, try to turn the knob or get your paw under the edge and try to pull the door open. I must exit through the same door I entered. Also, I have been using the bathroom for years – canine or feline attendance is not required.
7. The proper order is kiss me, then go smell the other dog or cat’s butt. I cannot stress this enough!
Remember: In many ways, dogs and cats are better than kids because they:
1. Eat less
2. Don’t ask for money all the time
3. Are easier to train
4. Normally come when called
5. Never ask to drive the car
6. Don’t hang out with drug-using friends
7. Don’t smoke or drink
8. Don’t have to buy the latest fashions
9. Don’t want to wear your clothes
10. Don’t need a ‘gazillion’ dollars for college.
And finally,
11. If they get pregnant, you can sell their children.
Ms. Sojourner Truth
Womens Rights - (1797 - 1883)
Ain't I A Woman?
Deliverd 1851 – Women’s Convention, Akron, Ohio
Well, children, where there is so much racket there must be something out of kilter. I think that ‘twixt the negroes of the South and the women at the North, all talking about rights, the white men will be in a fix pretty soon. But what’s all this here talking about?
That man over there says that women need to be helped into carriages, and lifted over ditches, and to have the best place everywhere. Nobody ever helps me into carriages, or over mud-puddles, or gives me any best place! And ain’t I a woman? Look at me! Look at my arm! I have ploughed and planted, and gathered into barns, and no man could head me! And ain’t I a woman? I could work as much and eat as much as a man – when I could get it – and bear the lash as well! And ain’t I a woman? I have borne thirteen children, and seen most all sold off to slavery, and when I cried out with my mother’s grief, none but Jesus heard me! And ain’t I a woman?
Then they talk about this thing in the head; what’s this they call it? [member of audience whispers, “intellect”] That’s it, honey. What’s that got to do with women’s rights or negroes’ rights? If my cup won’t hold but a pint, and yours holds a quart, wouldn’t you be mean not to let me have my little half measure full?
Then that little man in black there, he says women can’t have as much rights as men, ’cause Christ wasn’t a woman! Where did your Christ come from? Where did your Christ come from? From God and woman! Man had nothing to do with Him.
If the first women God ever made was strong enough to turn the world upside down all alone, these women together ought to be able to turn it back, and get it right side up again! And now they is asking to do it, the men better let them.
Obliged to you for hearing me, and now old Sojourner ain’t got nothing more to say.
Mr George Muller
Missionary - (1805 - 1898)
10,000 Orphans
Born in Kroppenstaedt, Prussia, on 27th September 1805. Mother dies 1809, imprisoned for not paying hotel bill in 1821. Studied Theology @ Halle University from 1825 to 1829. After graduation Mr. Muller moved to London to train for missionary work. Married Mary Groves in 1830 before moving to Bristol in 1832. After founding Scripture Knowledge Institution 1834 he was led to start an orphanage in 1835. The first home located on Wilson Street, Bristol was opened in 1836 and the last of the 3 Wilson street homes was opened in 1837.
By 1845 complaints from neighbors required Mr. Muller to pray for a new location. Land at Ashley Down was bought in 1846 with contraction starting in 1847 followed with the completion on Number 1 House @ Ashley Down in 1849. House number 2 started in 1854, house number 3 in 1858, number 4 in 1861, and house number 5 completed in 1870.
In 1875 at the age of 70 Mr. Muller left on a 17 year mission trip to share his Christian faith. In that time frame he visited the United States 4x, India 2x, Australia, and preached in 42 countries including China and Japan. Susannah died in 1894 followed four years later by Mr. Muller on 10th March 1898 in Bristol.
