Ladyg's Posts - TBD2024-03-28T20:07:12ZLadyghttps://teebeedee.ning.com/profile/GwenPattonhttps://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2190207181?profile=RESIZE_48X48&width=48&height=48&crop=1%3A1https://teebeedee.ning.com/profiles/blog/feed?user=0lywl925sfofx&xn_auth=noTHE GEEZER TEST (WHAT DO YOU REMEMBER?)tag:teebeedee.ning.com,2012-12-28:1991841:BlogPost:14290432012-12-28T18:17:57.000ZLadyghttps://teebeedee.ning.com/profile/GwenPatton
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<p>Saw this on FB and thought I would share:</p>
<p>Author Unknown</p>
<p>A carrot, an egg, and a cup of coffee...You will never look at a cup of coffee the same way again.</p>
<p>A young woman went to her mother and told her about her life and how things were so hard for her. She did not know how she was going to make it and wanted to give up, She was tired of fighting and struggling. It seemed as one problem was solved, a new one arose.</p>
<p>Her mother took her to the kitchen. She filled…</p>
<p>Saw this on FB and thought I would share:</p>
<p>Author Unknown</p>
<p>A carrot, an egg, and a cup of coffee...You will never look at a cup of coffee the same way again.</p>
<p>A young woman went to her mother and told her about her life and how things were so hard for her. She did not know how she was going to make it and wanted to give up, She was tired of fighting and struggling. It seemed as one problem was solved, a new one arose.</p>
<p>Her mother took her to the kitchen. She filled three pots with water and placed each on a high fire. Soon the pots came to boil. In the first she placed carrots, in the second she placed eggs, and in the last she placed ground coffee beans. She let them sit and boil; without saying a word.</p>
<p>In about twenty minutes she turned off the burners. She fished the carrots out and placed them in a bowl. She pulled the eggs out and placed them in a bowl. Then she ladled the coffee out and placed it in a bowl. Turning to her daughter, she asked, ' Tell me what you see.'</p>
<p>'Carrots, eggs, and coffee,' she replied.</p>
<p>Her mother brought her closer and asked her to feel the carrots. She did and noted that they were soft. The mother then asked the daughter to take an egg and break it. After pulling off the shell, she observed the hard boiled egg.</p>
<p>Finally, the mother asked the daughter to sip the coffee. The daughter smiled as she tasted its rich aroma. The daughter then asked, 'What does it mean, mother?'</p>
<p>Her mother explained that each of these objects had faced the same adversity: boiling water. Each reacted differently. The carrot went in strong, hard, and unrelenting. However, after being subjected to the boiling water, it softened and became weak. The egg had been fragile. Its thin outer shell had protected its liquid interior, but after sitting through the boiling water, its inside became hardened. The ground coffee beans were unique, however. After they were in the boiling water, they had changed the water.</p>
<p>'Which are you?' she asked her daughter. 'When adversity knocks on your door, how do you respond? Are you a carrot, an egg or a coffee bean?</p>
<p>Think of this: Which am I? Am I the carrot that seems strong, but with pain and adversity do I wilt and become soft and lose my strength?</p>
<p>Am I the egg that starts with a malleable heart, but changes with the heat? Did I have a fluid spirit, but after a death, a breakup, a financial hardship or some other trial, have I become hardened and stiff? Does my shell look the same, but on the inside am I bitter and tough with a stiff spirit and hardened heart?</p>
<p>Or am I like the coffee bean? The bean actually changes the hot water, the very circumstance that brings the pain. When the water gets hot, it releases the fragrance and flavor. If you are like the bean, when things are at their worst, you get better and change the situation around you. When the hour is the darkest and trials are their greatest do you elevate yourself to another level? How do you handle adversity? Are you a carrot, an egg or a coffee bean?</p>
<p>May you have enough happiness to make you sweet, enough trials to make you strong, enough sorrow to keep you human and enough hope to make you happy.</p>
<p>The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of everything; they just make the most of everything that comes along their way. The brightest future will always be based on a forgotten past; you can't go forward in life until you let go of your past failures and heartaches.</p>
<p>When you were born, you were crying and everyone around you was smiling.</p>
<p>Live your life so at the end, you're the one who is smiling and everyone around you is crying.</p>
<p>May we all be COFFEE!</p>Those who knew George Mair..........tag:teebeedee.ning.com,2011-09-09:1991841:BlogPost:12891662011-09-09T21:56:56.000ZLadyghttps://teebeedee.ning.com/profile/GwenPatton
To all the friends of George Mair...........this was posted by his family on his facebook page<br />
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We regretfully announce that George passed away peacefully yesterday evening. He spent his last few days at Thames Hospicecare, where he was well cared for and kept comfortable. We know he will be greatly missed.
To all the friends of George Mair...........this was posted by his family on his facebook page<br />
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We regretfully announce that George passed away peacefully yesterday evening. He spent his last few days at Thames Hospicecare, where he was well cared for and kept comfortable. We know he will be greatly missed.The Wall of Doubt and Feartag:teebeedee.ning.com,2010-03-29:1991841:BlogPost:8951312010-03-29T17:00:00.000ZLadyghttps://teebeedee.ning.com/profile/GwenPatton
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<div class="format_text entry-content" style="font-size: 1.4em; line-height: 1.571em; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"><img src="http://www.anthonyfernando.com/wp-content/plugins/max-banner-ads-pro/max-banner-ads-lib/include/impression.php?ids=30" style="visibility: hidden; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;" width="1" border="0" height="1"/><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.571em; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px;">There is a wall that separates each of us from our most important goals in life. The strange thing about this wall is that it is a barrier which we create for ourselves.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.571em; margin-left: 0px; text-align: center; padding: 0px;"><img class="frame aligncenter" src="http://www.anthonyfernando.com/uploads/Image/brick.jpg" alt="wall of doubt and fear" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 1.571em; margin-left: auto; display: block; float: none; clear: both; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #eeeeee; background-xg-p: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0.714em; border: 0.071em solid #dddddd;" width="400" height="259"/></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.571em; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px;">We construct this wall in our minds using bricks of doubt and fear.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.571em; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px;">Let’s take a look at how this wall is created:</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.571em; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px;">When you set a new goal, it is natural to have a small amount of doubt about your ability to achieve your objective.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.571em; margin-left: 0px; text-align: center; padding: 0px;"><img class="frame aligncenter" src="http://www.anthonyfernando.com/uploads/Image/mindwall1.jpg" alt="goal starting point" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 1.571em; margin-left: auto; display: block; float: none; clear: both; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #eeeeee; background-xg-p: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0.714em; border: 0.071em solid #dddddd;" width="250" height="239"/></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.571em; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px;">Initially as you start to work on your goal, you get a boost of self confidence because you are taking action and your level of doubt decreases. However, after you’ve worked on your goal for a little while, you come to the <b style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;">Point of Clarity</b>.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.571em; margin-left: 0px; text-align: center; padding: 0px;"><img class="frame aligncenter" src="http://www.anthonyfernando.com/uploads/Image/mindwall2.jpg" alt="goal wall2" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 1.571em; margin-left: auto; display: block; float: none; clear: both; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #eeeeee; background-xg-p: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0.714em; border: 0.071em solid #dddddd;" width="250" height="239"/></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.571em; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px;">The Point of Clarity is the point at which you first fully understand how much work and effort is actually involved with achieving your goal. It is usually at this point that the bricks of doubt and fear start to build.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.571em; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px;">The next thing that happens is that you encounter a significant problem and immediately your doubts and fears increase which adds to number of bricks in your wall.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.571em; margin-left: 0px; text-align: center; padding: 0px;"><img class="frame aligncenter" src="http://www.anthonyfernando.com/uploads/Image/mindwall3.jpg" alt="goal wall3" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 1.571em; margin-left: auto; display: block; float: none; clear: both; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #eeeeee; background-xg-p: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0.714em; border: 0.071em solid #dddddd;" width="250" height="239"/></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.571em; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px;">You then become aware of another problem:</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.571em; margin-left: 0px; text-align: center; padding: 0px;"><img class="frame aligncenter" src="http://www.anthonyfernando.com/uploads/Image/mindwall4.jpg" alt="goal wall4" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 1.571em; margin-left: auto; display: block; float: none; clear: both; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #eeeeee; background-xg-p: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0.714em; border: 0.071em solid #dddddd;" width="250" height="239"/></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.571em; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px;">And then problems seem to come at you from every direction</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.571em; margin-left: 0px; text-align: center; padding: 0px;"><img class="frame aligncenter" src="http://www.anthonyfernando.com/uploads/Image/mindwall6.jpg" alt="goal wall6" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 1.571em; margin-left: auto; display: block; float: none; clear: both; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #eeeeee; background-xg-p: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0.714em; border: 0.071em solid #dddddd;" width="250" height="239"/></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.571em; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px;">With each problem you encounter, your doubts and fears increase. You start thinking things like:</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.571em; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px;">“I’m not smart enough to do this”<br style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"/>“I’m not capable of doing this”<br style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"/>“I don’t have what it takes to achieve this”<br style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"/>“I’m too old for this”<br style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"/>“I’m too young for this”<br style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"/>etc.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.571em; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px;">If you ever catch yourself saying things like this, it’s important to remember that</p>
<p class="alert" style="padding-top: 0.571em; padding-right: 0.786em; padding-bottom: 0.571em; padding-left: 0.786em; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.571em; margin-left: 0px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #ffffa0; text-align: center; background-xg-p: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border: 1px solid #e5e597;">“When you doubt your power, you give power to your doubts.” – Author Unknown</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.571em; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px;">Unfortunately, many people give so much power to their doubts that the wall in their mind becomes insurmountable and they walk away from their dream.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.571em; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px;">However, something truly remarkable happens to the small group of people who continue to meet these problems head on and persevere in the face of adversity.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.571em; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px;">Eventually they come to realize that facing and solving these problems is an important part of the process of achieving their goal. With experience they also realize that they ARE capable of meeting and overcoming these challenges.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.571em; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px;">With this realization, they cross over to the <b style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;">Point of Self-Confidence</b></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.571em; margin-left: 0px; text-align: center; padding: 0px;"><img class="frame aligncenter" src="http://www.anthonyfernando.com/uploads/Image/mindwall7.jpg" alt="goal wall7" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 1.571em; margin-left: auto; display: block; float: none; clear: both; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #eeeeee; background-xg-p: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0.714em; border: 0.071em solid #dddddd;" width="250" height="239"/></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.571em; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px;">Once you reach the Point of Self Confidence, everything changes.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.571em; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px;">You continue to face problems, but now each problem you solve makes you more confident in your ability and you begin to eliminate the bricks of doubt and fear from your mind.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.571em; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px;">You solve a problem and remove a layer of bricks</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.571em; margin-left: 0px; text-align: center; padding: 0px;"><img class="frame aligncenter" src="http://www.anthonyfernando.com/uploads/Image/mindwall8.jpg" alt="goal wall8" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 1.571em; margin-left: auto; display: block; float: none; clear: both; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #eeeeee; background-xg-p: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0.714em; border: 0.071em solid #dddddd;" width="250" height="239"/></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.571em; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px;">Then you solve another problem</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.571em; margin-left: 0px; text-align: center; padding: 0px;"><img class="frame aligncenter" src="http://www.anthonyfernando.com/uploads/Image/mindwall9.jpg" alt="goal wall9" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 1.571em; margin-left: auto; display: block; float: none; clear: both; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #eeeeee; background-xg-p: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0.714em; border: 0.071em solid #dddddd;" width="250" height="239"/></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.571em; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px;">Each time you solve a problem your remove another layer of doubt and fear.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.571em; margin-left: 0px; text-align: center; padding: 0px;"><img class="frame aligncenter" src="http://www.anthonyfernando.com/uploads/Image/mindwall10.jpg" alt="goal wall10" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 1.571em; margin-left: auto; display: block; float: none; clear: both; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #eeeeee; background-xg-p: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0.714em; border: 0.071em solid #dddddd;" width="250" height="239"/></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.571em; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px;">Finally you solve the last problem that stands between you and your goal – Your self confidence soars and the final bricks of doubt and fear disappear.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.571em; margin-left: 0px; text-align: center; padding: 0px;"><img class="frame aligncenter" src="http://www.anthonyfernando.com/uploads/Image/mindwall11.jpg" alt="goal wall11" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 1.571em; margin-left: auto; display: block; float: none; clear: both; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #eeeeee; background-xg-p: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; padding: 0.714em; border: 0.071em solid #dddddd;" width="250" height="239"/></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.571em; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px;">You then look back to find that the wall of doubt and fear is gone – In fact it never really existed at all.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.571em; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px;">So today I’d like to encourage you to never give in to the doubts and fears that stop most people from achieving their goals. Always remember that the wall that stands between you and your objective only exists in your own mind.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.571em; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px;">Instead of walking away from your dream, focus on solving one problem at a time. As you gain experience, your self confidence will grow and the wall of doubt and fear will gradually disappear.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.571em; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px;">Until next time,<br style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"/>Dare To Dream!</p>
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