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We live in a society where we're conditioned to always be striving for more; for bigger and better things.When do we ever arrive at a happy place? Do we arrive there today, tomorrow, next week, next month, next year? Hopefully, by reading this lens; you'll start to recognize the things in your life that you do have and are able to enjoy. I think, it's important to take the time to acknowledge the things in our lives that bring us joy.Also, there is a saying that whatever you think about expands. My theory is that by focusing on the things that we are grateful for on a regular basis; is that we attract more things to be grateful for.I've found that by having an attitude of gratitude, I can enjoy the abundance that surrounds me.The more that I'm grateful for what I have, the more I can appreciate life in the present moment. The more I live in the present moment, the greater I can build the stepping stones for a great future. I've also found that by having an attitude of gratitude; that I'm more focused on the solutions, than the problems. So, it's important to remember the power of gratitude.

The fact is that we live in a crazy world full of the wanting, the waiting, the bitching, the moaning, the groaning, the texting, the phoning, the emailing and the carpool tunnel.

The craziness of the insanity caused by alcoholism is that the practicing alcoholic will never think that if you don't drink alcohol, you won't get drunk. That thought never occurs in the alcoholic that is stuck in the insanity of their addiction and is still drinking alcohol. The alcoholic never sees the alcohol, as the cause of the problem.

A site on which one can publish one's fiction. The social networking aspect of the site seems to be limited to the posting of reviews. Having not yet registered an account on this site, I don't know whether or not one can screen the reviews of one's stories. As each story page seems to link to a page of reviews of the story appearing on that page, if the answer to this question is "no", then what one would have, in effect, would be a guestbook that one couldn't moderate, with all of the possibilities for abuse that creates. I don't know that's the case, but I also don't know that's not the case, so I'll set up that account in a few days and learn more. I just didn't want somebody blindly stumbling into trouble, thinking that I had checked out something that I hadn't, yet.

I was hit by a car when I was three years old, in 1974. I have grown up all my life with the effects of the head injury. I am now 39 years old. When I was hit by the car, I was in a coma for two weeks afterwards. I had to learn how to do everything all over again. The effects of the accident, left me with coordination and learning problems. As well as a life-long struggle with depression. I also still have a mild tremor in my hands. I am writing this in the hope that I will provide encouragement to people who have had head injuries and that they should never give up. The only people who really know what the effects are, are those that live with them every day. Life is a learning and a growth experience. Just remember this, where there's a will, there's a way. I am constantly pushing the limits of my abilities and am therefore, constantly growing; both physically and mentally. Peace...

Happen everyday, all the time. Sometimes, acts of kindness are spontaneous and sometimes not. Whenever and wherever acts of kindness happen, they leave a small impression of the goodness on humanity. We aren't all raging beasts trying to rule the world. Some of us just want some peace of mind. It's too bad that our media doesn't feature more acts of kindness in the daily news. An act of kindness, is an act of ♥. The more acts of kindness we have, the better world we have. Let's all live and grow together through kindness.

This week's chapter of The Novel of Life takes us to Madrid, Spain, where Lethe Bashar follows a street up to the top of a hill and discovers a small gathering of festive Spaniards. Lethe sometimes leaves the Senora' apartment at night. He has a habit of going out to buy hashish. On this night however he sticks around the neighborhood and wanders the streets nearby. Upon witnessing the Spaniards, Lethe is struck by a longing to connect with people his age.

As human beings, we're taught to believe that we're so small and insignificant that what we think, act, and do doesn't matter in the big scope of things. Little do we know that every act, thought, and deed that we think, act, and do is energy put out into the cosmos that has an affect on the universe, the world, and humanity.

With unemployment soaring to record heights and the recent struggle by the Democratic Party to pass an extension of unemployment benefits, one has to ask the question, Is the Republican Party out of touch with reality and The American People?

When I woke up in the morning, the dangers of flooding were the furthest thing from my mind. I groggily got out of bed, walked out to the living room and I looked out the sliding glass door to check the weather. I saw that it was raining a torrential down pour outside.

This is a sneak peak of the book I am writing with the producer of all 3 Godfather movies. Gray Frederickson also produced Apocalypse Now, The Outside and more. This chapter is about the difficulty in making of "The Godfather"

We all procrastinate in one form or another. Either we put things off or say that we'll do them later. If we adopt the attitude of do it now, it can make a tremendous difference in our lives. Sometimes fear stops us, sometimes guilt stops us, sometimes it's just plain laziness that stops us; but, no matter what we blame on the fact that we're not doing it now, the fact is that we're still not doing it now. So, if you are interested in overcoming procrastination; keep reading and start living in the NOW.

With the help of Laluksola, the Mughal reached Kamrup but later Bandar Barfukan drove them away from there. Despite that, the Mughals wanted to Lose in battle by badly. Putting this intention forward, two years after Gadadhar Singha became the king, Mansoor Khan comes to attack Assam. At that time there was Sandikoi Niranjan Barphukan in Guwahati. Sandikoi Barphukan got a good chance to show his might. A place called Itakhuli was chosen for the war. Battle of Itakhuli was start. A fierce war ensued.

The news broke just the other day that the life of Tiger Woods is not a perfect one. Tiger Woods crashed his car, which threw him into the media spotlight.

Nathan Muncaster's book, The Spirit of Cinco de Mayo is set in the 1860s, a time when a battered Mexico fought for survival against a French invasion.

People seem to have an obsession to want to predict the end of time. Some would say that the human obsession to predict the end of time is a psychologically built in need of a human being.

Is the gulf BP oil spill our Armageddon? I've seen the pictures of the oil soaked pelicans on the nightly news.

The Ruff Draft, a website helping aspiring writers, has the latest on how the new Apple iPad could open the doors to writers for self publishing.