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freedom! conservation from the workers

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:45:27 GMT

I wish I had the pictures!   recently, I saw a picture of a pretty large red snapper....caught by a 17 year old boy, about 30 years ago. Next to that photo, was that boy grown up with HIS 17 year old daughter, who had caught just about the same size fish.

Now, when the stocks are depleted.....the SIZE goes down. Didn't do that here. Scientists often disagree. hire them to find what you want them to. Well, that is what has happened here. Some folks will stand to GAIN from closing the snapper fishing - to BOTH recreational and commercial fishing.

And this is just the start. http://www.eastcoastfishingsection.com/ our friend is organizing fishermen here.   Fishermen who want to keep their jobs. They deserve this. And the fish are just fine.

Check out the site...attend a public hearing, and say YES to jobs....and NO to arbitrary, pre determined and false science. frp, 3- 7 pm./ it is your right.

Wednesday, 11/11/09
Radisson Resort at the Port
8701 Astronaut Boulevard Cape Canaveral, Florida 32920
Phone:321/784-0000    321/784-0000

Thursday, 11/12/09
Crowne Plaza Jacksonville Riverfront
1201 Riverplace Boulevard Jacksonville, Florida 32207
Phone:904/398-8800    904/398-8800

Monday, 11/16/09 (*scheduled to begin at 6:00 pm)
Virginia Marine Resources Commission office
2600 Washington Avenue, 3rd Floor Newport News, VA 23607
Phone:757/247-2200    757/247-2200

also check out our New England fishermen, how THEY must fight for their freedom now too.

Go get up, guys!

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125780880181039741.html   and photos http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704402404574525994064983958.html

reconciled by the light

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:33:17 GMT

a new book.....reconciled by the light; about the unthikable. Teen suicide. hard to say.

"There is a saying - Grief shared is halved and joy shared is doubled. Your story together with Josh's has the power to heal that grief." ~

Patricia Titus, RN, Duke University Hospital

Glad my friends could do this; the grief work is similar to trauma work, just a bit different.
But the healing is the same; profound.

Buy a copy! http://www.reconciledbythelight.com

We live in the spiritual world NOW ~
Now is the time to prepare for out eternal life.
let's start by listening to one another; living for one another.
it takes skills we need to learn, and we CAN~!

My Bishop in California was Bishop Pike. What an unconventional, joyful man he was!

we had communion in our homes, he sang songs of the people.
He used his skills as a lawyer to defend the poor.....though in a powerful, official position. he had enemies. He tried to love.
He was devasted when he lost his son, and he too communicated with his son.
And caused even MORE controversy than his defense of the poor had been.
He must be happy about this book, too.

Father and son reunion

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:08:36 GMT

This is our old friend Carlos.....so many years ago he worked with us. He and his family had just walked from Nicaraugua after the war. He had been an accountant with many he supervised. Now, he was barely in the USA and couldn't speak a word of English. He did well. Very humble, worked hard. Became a Citizen. Now, his son is also a citizen, and has followed him here. After so many years. AmaZing Grace. Thanks to God, the USA is here!

Winter season-stillness envelops re-birth

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 12:05:12 GMT

Today.....a friend was feeling sorry she couldn't get up and around after DOUBLE hip replacement; ouch! It made me think of a time I had to just be quiet.....

after a huge campaign, Washington Monument Rally 1976,

those of us left in DC got a special gift.

$$$~ The debt!~ $$$

ALL what was left....and it was substantial.

One day, our fundraising team went to picnic at a park. all crosed this ravine..... EXCEPT ME!!! I slipped, on that tiny thing, and fractured my arm......the doctor said....motionless for TWO WEEKS!

OMG what torture? I just laid in the bed. And experienced so much grace!

Memory after memory flooded by me..... Things that seemed insignificant; things that were meaningful.....and surprise!

CHANGES

to old memories: additions, mutations.....experiences of deep heart.

Good and Bad.

Now, I understand the science~ but the grace is still there!~

My point is - appreciate TODAY, it is all we have! But to do that, is a great gift. We have seasons, and if we use the season we have NOW.....we "graduate" to be able to be MUCH more in the next season....

from to , again and again

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When burdened with incompletely processed trauma memory - we get "clogged up."

But....we are made well. We can De- clog!

watching predators, scientists learned the physical process they do.....

have you EVER seen an uncomfortable cat?they invented yoga

and they have helped us unlock secrets to re-remember; CHANGE our trauma....and our past.....thereby change our present and future! Our past becomes.....just another story. Sometimes great, sometimes sad. But NEVER imprisoning.

Let's become the awesome wonderful co - creators with our Parents, God - as we were meant to be!

acessing grace - get in the Gulf Stream!

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:36:39 GMT

The last post I did on the 12 steps to heailng mentioned realizing the pulsations in your suffering;

actually, it is realizing seasons - within us, without us - to quote the Beatles!

things flow, pulse - have timing. So do we. Biorythms are very important to our performance. When I was in school, I would play Ms Pac man (dates me, yes?) in the Marvin Center GWU prior to tests to check my bio rhythm. I played it enough, I knew an optimum of my eye- brain- hand coordination on the game. how I played was a guage for me on how to stratgegize that particular test taking.

When you

KNOW the TIME and PLACE you are in,

you can do well. Catch the wave, dude!

"Outliers" by Malcom Gladwell is about studying success, or those who "catch the wave" It is useful. There are streams in civilization, and we are created for a purpose.

Joy

So- how do we DO this joy?

we don't.

It is a gift, that grace makes possible.

we can only make ourselves available for grace - and be ready to catch it.....like that wave, like the gulf stream connecting us all together

Seasons. currents. Fight them, or find them......

next post, about some contemporary examples of these seasonal opportunities.....

Proof of God argument

Sun, 25 Oct 2009 09:54:44 GMT

Now, we all know Einstein and these quotes about God. But he didn't get into the debate.

wow. This atheist- Dr Anthony Flew - had the audacity to debate C.S. Lewis in the 50's - about how he believes there is no God. Now, Lewis is no lightweight thinker himself. Yet, this guy is a scientist. It was a different person who led him to retract later.....check out these videos! amazing

He CHANGED his mind!

and ADMITTED it! amazing. Intellectual courage, hope for a science that loves the truth more that one's self and ego

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TpM98RYrnU

Now, this next one is really worth hearing, though you have to think. THIS is the argument that convinced him.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzetqYev_AI&annotation_id=annotation_610166&feature=iv

well worth it. amazing. and now, the capitolist in North Korea! starting a university there - private, with MBA program! amazing things! with a chapel for staff! amazing.

http://money.cnn.com/2009/09/14/magazines/fortune/pyongyang_university_north_korea.fortune/index.htm

now how can I get you this really funny one? hmm...on facebook.....it is NOT from U tube..... some obscure russian thing....If you want to be my friend on facebook, I can link you. REALLY funny! spontaneous acting, you know....like those tricky they play on people? but nothing bad, but very funny.laura taylor hayashi on facebook........friend request, and prompt me your xanga name!

all for now......lots of love to you all.....still things not working best on xanga. hope to visit you soon

Parents - the First aid for kids trauma

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 08:46:35 GMT

Parents -It is not about me. It is about THEM - Isn't this the essence of a true parent?

and yet, who of us is true?

thanks to God, who is every faithful, but in this confused world......well, it has and is quite tangled.

But we Do have images of heaven; of goodness. So how to help?

adults are powerful in a kids life, so first

1) check yourself, notice your sensations and emotions....allow yourself to become calm

2) Assess the situation

3)as the shock (often a kind of paralysis emotionally) wears off, help the child notice their physical sensations

4)slow down. follow the child's pace and have careful observation

5) validate and keep validating thechild's physical response; eg, it is OK and even good to cry, or whatever it may be part of a necesary cycle

6) trust the child's ability to lead, after all it is THEIR healing. Their body knows

7) encourage rest, even if the child does not want to. (be mindful of head injury, only after doctor or medical observation of no concussion)

8) attend to the child's emotional responses

Why I rise

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 10:32:12 GMT

I awake - it is time

and yet I am tired.

Not woke with virve and fire

Why should I rise?

The animals are restless,

but patiently demand-

meowing snooze alarm.

They need their food.

I return, rest again.

Overwhelmed and betrayed,

are everyday affairs.

Where is my hope?

Colors steal the darkness

I have been loved, fully

my tendrils reach to love-

New explosions

creating more colors

previously unknown,

We laugh together and

sip morning tea

It is enough, for me

But I become aware

others are still trapped

in darkness, cold

I rise for them -that they

too can remember our

beginnings, and begin

again and again, new.

factors in survival

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 10:16:20 GMT

Here is a reprint: but it is really good.

Born of the Spirit, Not the Process

Duke University psychiatrist Redford B. Williams has written a book called The Trusting Heart (New York: Random House). What he has discovered is that Type A behavior will not kill you. Grueling schedules, workaholism, stress, hurriedness - all these "Type A" personality syndromes are not predictive of early death. (this is just a personality thing....like a or b - )

Only hostility, cynicism, aggression, and orneriness - these are the killers. People who cannot trust, people who can only control, are in more than spiritual jeopardy. Their health is on the line as well. The crowd that tried to quiet the boisterous blind man was evidently embarrassed by Bartimaeus' loud, direct method of expressing his needs and petitioning his desires. There were established channels by which to petition the Lord for healing or forgiveness - why didn't Bartimaeus submit to them?

The crowd, like so many of us,

preferred to put its trust in the Process

instead of in the Spirit.

But Jesus did not say to Nicodemus, "You must be born of the Process." In fact it is only when we free ourselves from the deep ruts that "following the process" has carved into our lives that we become

able to trust in and follow the wings of the Spirit, wherever it (she) may lead.

Leonard Sweet, Collected Works, www.Sermons.com

Wedding Blessings!

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 11:07:10 GMT

Ta da! She came from HAWAII! \We DROVE from Miami! we joined 44 couples in NYC and the happy families met

So much! and we JUST got home! Loooong drive.....all is well. whole family came.....Yoshika had to fly, cuz of school.....sam trained from DC...Thanks to God! amazing....

New Hope for our families, New Hope for us all! Many who are dedicated to make True Love work well!

http://www.familyfed.org/news/

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,565863,00.html