..and did not blame my problems on others

For as long as I know myself when the sh*t would hit the proverbial fan, I at least partially, would share the blame, the cause or root reason on something else than myself.  There was never a a pure accounting on my part that said:" I am the sole responsible for this"

As a kid I would hear my father and mother say things why me?  That little saying, why me, is more poisenous than a toxic mother-in-law!  It implied an external force other than me uttering this sayings, is involved in my day to day decision making.

Maybe luck, pedigree, life style, background or something else is out there that makes all those dumb decisions for me and then evolves into even dumber results.

"I would have never decided for this if I would have known that this is going to be the outcome".

Michael, wake up it was you  that made this decision.  It might have been a poor one, but it was you and nobody else.

How about: "that alway happens", "it's my life's story", "They said, did, made, pointed...",  "all I did is follow his advise..",  "I am not good enough"  "two steps forward, four steps back".

Where is all this crap coming from?  What kind of a believe systems is that?

I don't know, is what I used to say.  But no more!  I take full responsibilty for my actions.  Gone are all these misterious forces.  What a freedom to know that it is me that I can blam and it is me that I can thank.

Well, waking up is sometimes can take a long time, even years.  Am I awake yet?

QUESTION OF THE DAY:      

Who is to blame?

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Me and my daughter:

..and didnt get up.

You know it's Sunday morning, and the alarm clock didn't go off, not that I own one.  Went to bed very late Saturday night, goofing around on the Internet, adding jewelry items to my wife's website http://blingandthingsbyesther.com/, and watched Entourage.

I love that show for many reasons.  First, whatever shenanigans these guys get into, somehow it always works out for them.  Also, it gives you a really clear idea of the L.A. life style and showbiz culture.  Girls fawning over the characters in hopes of getting a piece of the Hollywood fame.  Materialism and egos the size of Texas are accepted and applauded.

But that is all games and fun, but why did I not get up this morning really?  Well, I have to reluctantly say, if I must be brutally honest that what is the result of not getting out of bed in the morning?  My conscienceless  presence in my day.  I might as well be heavily inebriated, checked out.  What am I afraid off?  It seems that some of the things are going my way, and I think that I am afraid that they will actually work out.

QUESTION OF THE DAY:      

What is going to work out for you today?

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..and some guy gave me $5.25

As I past my written test for a commercial drivers licence I was directed to the window where they actually hand you the updated license.  So the lady does all her computer stuff, checks  my social security card, green card (it's real), looks up and says that'll be $25.25, sir.

I looked at her in horror, and said that I paid all the fees already for the licensing.  She goes, well the hundred and twenty was for the permit, the twenty five is for the license.  I had only a twenty in my back pocket!

The construction looking guy behind me said: "here is five bucks, it's on me!"

I told you that this world is a good one!

QUESTION OF THE DAY:      


Who will you give a buck or two today?

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..and wanted the President to clean my house

Great movements and revolutions were only possible with thousands if not million of people participating in a common cause.  Yet, after many such events, things did not change into an Utopian live.  The Russian revolution went from one controlling government to another.

Let's say you have a cause.  You really want your party to be the majority, someone else to be the President,  finally get a grip on illegal immigration.  Or, legalize marijuana to end the drug war.  Cure AIDS, cancer, autism overnight.  Peace in the middle east.

Close your eyes and imagine a you are holding a magic wand in your and.  All you have to do is wave it three times and your wish is granted.

Your favorite is President, no more cancer, and the Jews and Arabs are shaking hands.  At the end of the day you'll lite up a joint on your front porch and watch guy with a real green card mow your lawn.

The next morning you wake up and all of it really did happen.  You shuffle your sorry ass over to the bathroom to start your day.  You look yourself in the mirror and see your beautiful mug.  Now what?  What am I going to fix now.  What war can I wage now?  Do I have to look at myself?  Please no, give me something else to fight for!

People are so hung up on the external causes of how to fix the world.  If only all the above causes would be fixed and come true, then we could really start living.  

I want to start a revolution right here and now.  The cause?  

YOU.

Let millions and millions of people have themselves as their cause.  You are overweight, find out why and work on it.  Unhappy?  Unresolved childhood issues?  Chronic relationship issues?  These and countless other personal issues are the causes of humanity that we can champion right now.

Today, everybody in the whole world starts looking inside and decides that they want to be fulfilled, happy and content.  Fixing the real issues of ourselves.  You wouldn't see such long faces at the mall.  People would be healthier, happier and kind.  Kind to themselves and to others.

After all when your guy is President, he aint coming over to balance YOUR bank account.  Hit the treadmill to lose YOUR weight.  Call up old acquaintances to make peace, or reconnect.  It is YOU!

The question is really, why are people rather concerend with external causes and sort of neglect their own cause?

Answer is simple:  Curing a disease or getting someone you like elected is much sexier to start.  Looking inside and facing your own needs and becoming the conqueror of your own existence is much more frightning.  

QUESTION OF THE DAY:      So, what are you so afraid of?

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..and the Arab world too

I can see it so vividly; Robin Williams leaning into a vintage microphone yelling:

GOOOOD MOOORNING EEEEGYPT!

Oh, come on you are smiling, we all are.  First Tunisia, heads of state running out of the country into the safety of their offshore accounts..  Then in Jordan the King sacks his entire parliament!  And Egypt, the entire country is in the streets screaming for change, reform.

I wonder if the Egyptians are going all the way with this and institute freedom of speech.

But why did they wake up?  What took so long?  All of these years under autocratic rule?

I have a theory: Technology.  Back in the seventies, eighties and nineties, even the first decade of this millenium, facebook, tweeter, social networking and world wide access to all forums and platforms was not so wide spread.

They woke up alright.

They saw that people around the western world, do what they want, say what they want and don't disappear into the desert or get their right hand chopped off.

They realized that the Emergency Law that has been instituted for decades is just a power play to keep corrupt officials in office.

In France, Italy, Britain, USA, Spain, Norway, Japan, Australia and countless other countries you have full freedom of speech.

How did the Egyptians find out?  Social Networking.

It is no surprise that the Egyptian government shut down most of online access as a first attempt to control the masses.  Too late.  Every one of the Egyptian people has spent hours in internet cafes if not in front of their laptops and soaked up ideas other than the canned propaganda being fed by their government.

Arab world, we westerners feel still threated by you, with a bad aftertaste of Islamic extremism.  But today you woke up and are tearing down the Berlin Walls of the minds.  One brick at a time and maybe we are going to achieve world peace!

What, surprised?  It could happen!!!

QUESTION OF THE DAY:      What are you going to do with new found freedom?

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LINK OF THE DAY:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cqoZlpNmgI