Friday, September 30, 2011

Self Improvement


A person should ask him or herself what it is they want to improve. Is it wealth, health, employment, or something else? After giving these things considerable thought, I felt I should improve myself first. I need to know me, who I really am and how I feel about important things in my life; How do I want to appear to others around me, What are my thoughts on government, the church, and my family. What values do I really want to adopt as my own? We as humans have the ability to make decisions on how we want to think, speak, and act. We have the ability to change our character at any time. If I’m not happy with what I see in myself I can re-create me. Maybe if I change me, all the other things will fall into place.  Sometimes the question “What is wrong with me” could be a fair question to ask yourself. To examine one-self might be to improve one’s self.     “I am not who I think I am, I am not what you think I am, But I am what I think, you think I am”~ Robert Harold Schuller. The quote above by Reverend Schuller really had an impact on me years ago.  I never thought about why I acted this or that way at any given time. I am like a leaf in the wind; I can be anything the world wants me to be. “If you want me to be Satan I can, if you want me to be Jesus Christ I can”~ Charles Manson. Call Charles Manson what you want, but don’t call him stupid. There is a lot of truth to his words. You have the power to be anything you want to be. How will you use it? Until next time.
Norm

Thursday, September 29, 2011

Comments please


On the Yahoo News pages, there is a place to send in your comments on the subject matter. I love to read what my fellow readers write and send in. A certain percentage cannot spell which really cracks me up. These people are calling other people stupid and much worse, but cannot spell the words they are using to describe what they are trying to say.  Another percentage believes it is all one- sided and refuses to place equal responsibility on both sides. When it comes to other countries most of us never take the time to really explore why they act and think the way they do. Of course you always have the prejudice card thrown in along the way. If you want to see how uneducated, uninformed, and narrow minded America really is, please read the comment section under the Yahoo news pages. I hope this is not an accurate sample of the American mentality. If it is, America is failing its children miserably. Until next time.
Norm

Wednesday, September 21, 2011

There is a Spider

This morning my wife said “there is a spider, I wonder if it bites”? I said I do not know, but maybe you should kill it just in case it might. Now I do not like killing, as a rule I do not kill anything. This morning after my wife killed the spider I thought to myself, how would I feel if someone said “there is a Norm, I wonder if he bites”? We should probably kill him just because he might. If you do not believe we live in a violent world, pay attention to your thoughts next time you see a spider, fly or any type of bug. Until next time.
Norm