http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nItYBbYRtEc

 Remember that Rocky Continues to climb as Ivan gives up. That is why Rocky wins! Keep climbing and always persevere!!!

My friend said this was ten minutes of pure joy…

Invictus

Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.

In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.

Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the Horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
Finds and shall find me unafraid.

It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll,
I am the master of my fate:
I am the captain of my soul.

- William Ernest Henley (1849–1903)

Morgan Freeman/Matt Damon:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FozhZHuAcCs

I am listening to a great book by Wayne Dyer, “It’s Never Crowded Along the Extra Mile” and in it he mentions the following symptoms of inner peace. I just wanted to share it with you. Hope you like it!

-Tom

10 Steps to Gaining Inner Peace

The symptoms go hand in hand with each other. As you’ll grow and learn, you will find that they are one and the same.

1. Tendency to act spontaneously, less planned.

2. Ability to enjoy each moment.

3. A loss of interest in judging other people.

If you address people you don’t know with a title of respect,
you learn to wee the unfolding of the Divine within anyone.
Then judgment becomes impossible.

4. A disinterest in explaining the behavior of others.
Affirm to yourself: ‘I am allowed.’

5. A decision to give conflict a ‘pass’
How: Don’t let the other person know

6. You’ll stop watching the news & stop reading tabloids — sources of negativity & conflict.

7. Loss of the ability to ‘worry’. Don’t ‘worry’ about things you have no control over.
No need to worry about things to worry about things you have control over, because you have control over it.
Voila. Worry problems solved.

8. Frequent, overwhelming episodes of appreciation & contented feelings of connectedness with people & nature. Connectedness means knowing ‘we are all one’.

9. Frequent ‘attacks’ of smiling. Cheerfulness is one of the qualities of spirituality

10. An increased susceptibility to the love provided by others, and an uncontrollable urge to love others.

Here are some useful Facebook links to help with your SMO (Social Media Optimization) for your website, hope this helps!

Create Fanpage:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/create.php

Add fan page to website:
http://www.facebook.com/facebook-widgets/fanbox.php

Username URLs
http://www.facebook.com/username/

Sending a Fanpage Email:
http://www.screentoaster.com/watch/stUkhUQEdIR19fQ19aWl9ZVVBQ/facebook_fan_page_how_to_send_fans_a_message

Hope all is well! I was at a course a few weeks ago and the topic of prayer came up. We discussed ways to make more time to pray during the day. I was shocked at the positive response that one of my comments made and wanted to share it with you.

As you work on the computer, we all have short delays where a program is starting up, when a program freezes, or when you are waiting for an upload or download to complete. If you have a job where you spend a lot of time on the computer, these delays can add up. Years ago, I use to grit my teeth, squeeze my hands and get tense when this happened. Then, I started a new practice that was based on what a Sister told me in grammar school. She said that when you are at a red light when driving, you have the choice to be upset or to say a prayer.

I thought of this one day when I was at my desk when my computer had one of these delays, so I closed my eyes and thought of all the things for which I had to be grateful. I thought of the fact that I was in an office with heat on, about my health, my family, my friends, my faith in God, love and all the gifts I have been given, then I took a deep breath and when I opened my eyes, the delay was over and I could continue my work.

This is just a small way to incorporate gratitude into your life and it makes for a better experience overall. Hope you give it a shot!