Are you open to new?

No matter where we are in life or what you have achieved or understood, I believe you should always be open to accepting new in your life. I believe that if  you truly want to be your best you must always be open to embracing the new.

Being open to new does not mean being driven to accept what society, the media, or things outside of yourself says you should do. Being open means that you should always remain receptive to what the still, small voice that dwells within you is sharing with you to take you  to the  next level.

Belief in the guidance from within, may mean that you  listen to your inner voice and to your message. Once you start to listen, it will only a matter of time before you are willing to act on the message.


When you are not receptive to new, life can seem boring and unexciting. Sometimes you can even feel stuck. There may be times when you may not be able pinpoint anything that is really wrong, but you just feel unfulfilled. This is because I believe it is human nature to want to constantly expand from one level of completeness to another. Boomers have always been open to new, that is what makes us a very different and interesting generation.

Changing is not easy

Changing what you have,  comes from changing who you are. And changing who you are comes from changing what and how you think.

Michal Fortin in one of his posts says "I did so in an attempt to try to find the one common denominator in all religions, in all cultures, in all societies. Some people say it’s love. That may be true, but what I have found is, in almost all cases, the common denominator has been “You are what you think"

Masaru Emoto discovered that crystals formed in frozen water reveal changes when specific, concentrated thoughts are directed toward them. He found that water from clear springs and water that has been exposed to loving words shows brilliant, complex, and colorful snowflake patterns. The implications of this research creates a new awareness of how we can positively impact the earth and our personal health. We can do this by changing our thought patterns.
 
So how do we change what we think? (Rhetorical Question) I believe we change because we become exposed to new ideas, some that reaffirm our paradigm and others that question the paradigm of our world.
 
Education, travel, reading, and listening to others all expose us to new ideas. If we have an open mind, then we begin slowly to change our thinking and if we change our thinking then perhaps we can change who we are or who we will become.

If  as Masaru Emota claims we can change the shape of water  as it crystallizes by exposing it to different thoughts then I think it stands to reason that perhasps we change ourselves by our thoughts?
 
Something to think about.

Boomers and protest

I always wondered why Dentists and Dental Hygienists talk to you when your mouth is full. The last time I  went forf my checkup, the process was easy and the Dental Hygienist (she) talked about the Olympics, the tolling of the Fraser River crossings and the new Port Mann Bridge. Interesting how some people need to walk a fine line about expressing their opinion and not seeming to be politically on one side or the other.

I watched part of an MSNBC special on Baby Boomers and thought, the media is finally catching on that this generation is reaching a stage in life that requires a focus on health care and issues around this our concern for good continuing Health Cazre. The special dealt with the American situation and their problems with Health Care. In Canada, we have issues with Pension reform. The neo-conservative governments in BC and Ottawa are still strong believes in the trickle down theory of Economics that did not work in the 80's and will not work today. The government in BC used its political majority to force closure on the debate of the HST and then lost a vote to keep the tax.

Boomers who are retired and who are trying to save for retirement are  two groups that were hurt by this tax. Boomers learned how to protest in the 60's against perceived or real injustices and as the governments fiddle around with not moving fast enough on pension reform and putting in place consumption taxes, the Boomers are starting to reawaken their skill sets on how to protest.

The next few years will be very interesting in the world of politics if the politicians don't understand that Boomers have all of the power and have had for the last 65 years. We are a force that shapes society now and our needs are those that need to be paid attention to and those who don't understand this will loose their power. The Harper government has started to launch an attack on Health Care and Pensions, I wonder if the Boomers will buy the arguement about the tax shift from corporations to citizens when they see the reduction in services and in pensions that will soon be here.

Setting the world on fire

Last year I went down to the US for a conference on aThursday night and arrived at the border around 3:45, and spend the next hour and 15 minutes waiting to cross the line. The problem was not in the lineup the problem was that my car or I set off a radioactive warning devious. I thought it was strange, and when I arrived in the line there were about 20 people all with the same issues. I think the computer calibration of the sensors was out of whack but the guards were very busy filling out the forms and asking everyone the same the questions.

After an hour one of the guards realized that all of us were there for the same reason. I heard him mention this to another guard, but neither had the authority to do anything except continue to process the people.

I lost count of the number of times the guards scanned the crowd with the Geiger counter and then walked out to the cars and scanned the cars. Computer glitches happen, many of the younger crowd were angry at the delay.

 I kept thinking I am missing driving through Seattle in rush hour traffic. I also enjoyed the idea that I was suspected of setting the world on fire again even if the reason was a computer glitch.