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Educating parents, teachers and children about the harmful impact drugs can play in a person's life.
Published: November 29, 2016
By: Emily Reed
Shelby County Drug Free Coalition coordinator Jan Corbett's daily mission is to educate parents, teachers and children about the harmful impact drugs can play in a person's life.
"Kids are experimenting with drugs at a much younger age than a lot of people realize," Corbett says. "It is scary how easily kids are becoming addicted to different types of drugs at such an early age. You used to think that kids would maybe experiment with drugs in high school, but we are seeing kids become addicted as early as the sixth grade."
Corbett, a retired elementary school teacher who taught for 31 years, became the coordinator of the Shelby County Drug Free Coalition in 2012. "Alcoholism affected my family, and I have always had a passion for educating others about the dangers of drugs and alcohol," she adds.
The coalition was founded in 1998 with a goal to enhance the health and safety of the community by preventing drug abuse among youth. The coalition has a Speakers Bureau consisting of more than 70 individuals – teachers, judges, elected officials, mental health and substance abuse professionals, members of law enforcement, non-profit agencies, lawyers, businesses, medical professionals, parents and concerned citizens – working to educate individuals on recent trends with drug and alcohol abuse.
"Members of the Speakers Bureau will often visit schools throughout the community and speak to kids about the dangers of drug use," Corbett says. "We have started targeting the middle schools because we found that sixth grade seems to be the age where kids are beginning to find their place in the world. We want to get in their minds that drugs are not only stupid but can determine the rest of their lives."
Shelby County resident Robyn Korn joined the coalition in 2011 and became a member of the Speakers Bureau after her son Tim died of a heroin overdose in 2010 at the age of 18.
"A lot of times parents with kids who are addicted to drugs think they are fighting the battle alone, and I wanted to be able to help others understand that they are not alone," Korn says. Her son became involved with drugs at the age of 14, when he started using marijuana.
"My son had several changes occur including moving to a new area with a new school and having to make a new set of friends," Korn says. "This was during the time he was in middle school and a lot of the friendships were already established, so the group of kids that accepted him were the kids who were experimenting with drugs. It was a very easy culture for him to get sucked into – and unfortunately he never could escape."
Once Korn discovered her son's drug habit, she reached out to several organizations for help, including the drug court in Shelby County. "My son was very smart," she says. "He had a goal to become a mechanic and have his own shop. He realized he had an issue and did not want to be an addict, but it was something he struggled with until the day he died. He started on marijuana and within two years he was hooked on heroin."
Korn now spends her time traveling throughout Alabama speaking to others about her personal experiences dealing with a son addicted to drugs. "I share with parents things to look for if you suspect your child might have a drug problem," Korn says. "I encourage parents that they have the right to drug test their child, search their rooms, make sure they are aware of what their children are searching for online, and make sure they are aware of the terminology.
"Sometimes it takes tough love for your child, which is a difficult thing for a parent. There were times I had to call the police on my son and I had to watch as he was arrested, but I needed to do that because I did not need to enable him," she says.
Oftentimes parents believe their children would not be capable of becoming involved with drugs, Corbett says. "We hear a lot of times that because a child is in an honor society at school or has a good group of friends they couldn't become involved with drugs," Corbett says. "We have found that it is across the board. The drug problems in Mountain Brook are the same drug problems in Montevallo or Daphne. There are no social or economic barriers. It touches every demographic."
Corbett says marijuana is often considered a gateway drug – a substance that leads to trying other drugs or alcohol – with many teenagers experimenting at a young age. "One of the goals of the coalition is to get to the kids before they are faced with the peer pressure to try drugs or alcohol," Corbett says. "A lot of times kids think it is the cool thing to do or because everybody else is doing it, it must be OK. There is also a perception in pop culture that getting high is no big deal."
Corbett says more than $25 billion is spent each year on advertising for alcohol, tobacco and prescription drugs. And the impact of social media in the drug culture continues to grow, with popular apps becoming the platform for buying and selling drugs.
"Thankfully, law enforcement is doing a wonderful job in using social media to track and interrupt the buying and selling of drugs, but this is something that is becoming more widespread," Corbett says. "We are really gaining momentum with spreading the word, and we hope to continue helping to educate parents and children about the dangers of drug abuse."
Emily Reed is a freelance writer and stay-at-home to her son, Tobias.
The Shelby County Drug Free Coalition hosts free meetings every other month beginning at 8:30 a.m. at Family Connection's facility o Shelby County Road 26 in Alabaster with a speaker and complimentary breakfast. The meetings are free to attend. The last meeting for 2016 is November 9.
For more information about the Shelby County Drug Free Coalition, visit www.shelbycountydrugfreecoalition.org, on Facebook at Shelby County Drug Free Coalition, by email at jan@familyconnection- inc.org, or by calling (205) 663-6301 ext. 234.


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SAG Awards - Red Carpet Top 10
The stars were out in force at last nights Screen Actors Guild Awards beautifully wrapped in fresh off the runway couture (Lady Gaga's Dior gown literally flew straight out of Paris Couture Fashion Week to Los Angeles) sequins and swathes of fabric, we're thinking Gemma Chan fluttering in Oscar De La Renta and Sandra Oh princessing in Jenny Packham! As the heat picks up for the Oscars the A-listers are raising their game in the style stakes. We've picked our top 10 fashion moments from last nights ceremony.
1. Lady Gaga wears Dior Haute Couture, 2. Amy Adams wears Celine by Hedi Slimane, 3. Margot Robbie wears Chanel, 4. Laura Harrier wears Loewe, 5. Mandy Moore wears Jason Wu, 6. Emma Stone wears Louis Vuitton, 7. Gemma Chan wears Oscar De La Renta, 8. Catherine Zeta Jones wears Zuhair Murad, 9.Yara Shahidi wears Fendi, 10. Sandra Oh wears Jenny Packham.

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When you read about which travel gadgets to buy, you usually get your standard list of the little things that make your trip that much more fun – the little hand-wound spring-powered radio, an all-in-one pocket tool, a tough little indestructible digital camera, a first aid kit.
Let's look at the travel gadget at a different angle. How about something that will help you calm that voice at the back of your mind that worries about how things are going back at home when you are away swimming in the crystal waters off the coast of South Africa?
There is a gaggle of new Internet-enabled devices on the market that act as your eye-in-the-sky.
Let's look at these, and a few other great new ideas for entertainment on the road too. First up, is the personal video system from Vue. The system comes with two power-efficient wireless video cameras in a box. You can place them wherever you want – in your child's room to make sure your sister does remember to feed him on time, facing out the window to make sure there is no funny business going on at your front door, and so on. The video that these cameras capture is sent straight to the web, where you can go watch what goes on in your home, from half a world away.
You can even watch the video on your phone anywhere. It doesn't record any sound though; and it doesn't have a motion detector; it isn't a security system. What it does is, it lets you watch your home the whole time you're away. It goes for $300; and that's a great deal in a travel gadget.
Sling box can be a great way to share your expensive satellite TV connection with anyone. It can also be a great way to watch your own cable or satellite TV at home, from anywhere in the world. Let's say that there is a great hometown game that's coming up in your city, and you have to be in Tokyo at the time or something. All you need to do is, to set up your Sling Box to beam that game over the Internet so that you can watch it from anywhere you are. Your laptop or your cell phone can turn into a television receiver for the picture your Sling Box puts out.
Who says that every travel gadget has to travel with you?
But enough of that stuff; here are some great devices that lighten up your life on the road. Let's say that you are waiting at the airport, and you'd like to watch a movie on your laptop. The only problem is that the people sitting on either side of you, not to mention the 10-year-old behind, all have an unhealthy interest in what's going on on your screen.
What's a traveler to do? Consider the ViewGuard privacy screen travel gadget. It won't set you back $50, and it changes the viewing angles of your screen so that only you can see what's going on. No one standing on either side of you, and no one behind you has any idea what you have on. But if you want to get really private with your movie, consider the I-Glasses for about $300.
It's an odd looking set of goggles with little screens in the eyepieces. It kind of works like Viewmaster, except that it gives you rich, crisp video quality on what appears to be an 80 inch plasma TV. Put that together with the way it connects to an iPod, and the stereo sound yoou get, and you have a real special experience.
Of course, every travel gadget like this needs a little juice. Make sure you buy the $50 iGo Charge battery charger. It works anywhere, on any kind of voltage or socket, and has an internal battery system to store power for when you are away from civilization. It comes with different kinds of adapters for every gadget on the planet; it could just save your skin one day.


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UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League Quarter Final and Semi Final Draws
Posted on March 19, 2010 by John Trevors for Luckyroom.com
|Exciting matches came out from the draw procedure in Nyon at Switzerland for the quarter and semi finals of UEFA champions League and Europa League. Lyon will play against Bordeaux, Bayern Munich against Manchester United, Arsenal will face Barcelona and Inter Milan will host the first leg match against CSKA Moscow. The first leg matches are scheduled for Tuesday – Wednesday 30th and 31st of March while the second leg games are scheduled a week after during the 6th to the 7th of April. The winner of Lyon V Bordeaux(1) pair will face the winner of the Bayern Munich V Manchester United(2) pair while the winner of the battle between Arsenal V Barcelona(3) will face the team that will prevail between Inter Milan V CSKA Moscow(4).
The semi final draw also took place where the winner of pair (#2) will host the first match against the winner of pair (#1) while the winner of pair (#4) will host the first leg match against the winner of pair (#3). The semi finals are scheduled for the 20-21 of April while the second leg will take place a week after at 27-28 of April. The final is scheduled for Saturday 22 of May at Sandiago Bernabeu at Madrid, Spain.
- Notable Points:
- This is the first time that teams from France will battle each other for the next stage ticket.
- Bayern Munich and Manchester United was the pair that featured the 1999 Champions' League Final. Bayern had the lead until the 91st minute but then Manchester United scored twice and list the trophy after 31 years.
- Arsenal and Barcelona was the pair that featured at the 2006 Champions' League Final. At that match Arsenal had the lead from the 37th minute despite being left with 10 men on the pitch since the 18th minute. However, Barcelona managed to win the game with a score of 2-1 after the goals of Eto'o and Belleti.
UEFA Europa League:
Interesting matches will be played in the quarter final of the UEFA Europa League as the first indication shows no clear favorites in the three out of four matched. Fulham will host the first leg match against Wolsburg(1) while Hamburg seems to have the easiest task against Standard Liege(2). Valencia and Atletico Madrid(3) will cross their swords once again this year while Benfica will host the first leg match against Liverpool(4). All the first leg games are scheduled for April the 1st while the second leg games are scheduled a week after on the 8th of April. The semi finals will take place on the 22nd of April while the second leg will be played at 29th. The winner of pair (#2) will host the first leg match against the winner of the pair (#1) while the winner of the pair (#3) will host the first match against the winner of the pair (#4). The final is scheduled at HSH Nordbank Arena at Hamburg, Germany.
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Folks from New York are New Yorkers. People from Calgary are Calgarians. And those residents hailing from Smithers, BC?
They're Smithereens, of course.
But what should we be calling residents of Osoyoos?
Osoyians? Osoyoosites? Osoyogonians?
We asked our Facebook followers that question awhile back — and received as many different responses as there were responders. It appeared difficult for two people to agree.
We got the three aforementioned demonyms — that's what experts call a word that identifies residents or natives of a particular place — and a few others we weren't expecting.
Some suggested a play on words, penning terms like Osocool or Osohottie.
Others had more general terms. Locals was proposed, as was OtownLocs and the even more general (and perhaps a bit cheeky) Senior Citizens.
(To which one of those seniors replied, "And you will be one soon young man, if you are lucky.")
Well, with that much dissension in the ranks, we had to go to an expert.
Stefan Dollinger is an associate professor of English Languages and Literature at the University of British Columbia.
He's also the keeper of an online reference manual of everything Canadian called Dictionary of Canadianisms on Historical Principles. He did a quick look around online, wondering if he could find evidence of what we call ourselves.
"I applied our smart big data method and saw that Osoyoosite is in the lead (37), followed by Osoyoosian (7) and Osoyian (5)," he says. "But it looks like in most cases folks still paraphrase the word, e.g. the woman from Osoyoos, etc."
In other words, he concluded, the jury is still out on what "the woman from Osoyoos" should be calling herself — and how others should be referring to her.
"The short answer is: there are a few patterns, so what happens usually is that people try and test, and here Osoyoosite is so far the most established one," he said. "But the counts are low, so the race is still open, I'd say."
Settling on a demonym for a particular group of people doesn't happen overnight. And while there are some rules that suggest what a particular suffix should be, more commonly it comes down to what Prof. Dollinger describes as a "rat race."
"The speakers are always right," he explains. "It's self-determination — you pick your term. And then you all have to use it. Usage is the only factor."
What that means is a demonym or two will slowly emerge from the pack, with more and more Osoyoos residents beginning to use the word to describe themselves.
"You're going to have something where the suffix that creates the Town into the dweller of the Town, the suffix should be something that makes it more clearly pronounceable," says Prof. Dollinger. "If people are going to use it, it's got to be easy."
With the limited number of online entries for potential low-hanging names, the matter. he says, is far from settled.
"People must feel awkward using Osoyite or Osoyoosite or whatever. The counts are fairly low. Once they reach thousands, then we're talking."
So, Osoyoos, what do you want to call yourself?


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The Philippine government has reaffirmed its commitment to uphold Filipinos' right to freedom of religion or belief during an international meeting hosted by the US Department of State in Washington, DC.
Of the 80 government and international organization representatives to the first-ever Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom on July 26, Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Ernesto Abella, who led the Philippine delegation, said Manila's commitment is enshrined in the Constitution and is reflected in the country's laws, policies and standards, among others.
He also shared the recent signing of the Bangsamoro Organic Law, which seeks to establish a political entity that would replace the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao.
"We are pleased that both chambers of our Congress have ratified the Bangsamoro Organic Law. This law seeks to establish a political entity called the Bangsamoro, a recognition of the justness and legitimacy of the cause of the Bangsamoro people and aspiration of Muslim Filipinos and all indigenous cultural communities in the autonomous region in Muslim Mindanao," he said.
During the plenary session, Abella also spoke about the Marawi conflict last year and the government's efforts to rebuild the war-torn city.
"Our government has set a long-term vision for our people — a strongly-rooted, comfortable, and secure life. We envision the Philippines as a high-trust society where families thrive in vibrant, culturally diverse, and resilient communities," he said.
According to the Philippine Embassy in Washington, the 1st Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom discussed the challenges in advancing the human right to religious freedom, and identified concrete ways to fight worldwide religious persecution and discrimination.
United States Vice President Mike Pence delivered the opening remarks of the meeting where he underscored that religious freedom is a top priority of the administration of US President Donald Trump.
Joining Abella were Philippine Embassy Deputy Chief of Mission Patrick Chuasoto and Minister for Political and Legislative Affairs Rosanna Villamor-Voogel. PNA


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the oil of wisdom make your own extra virgin olive oil in Puglia
Make the liquid gold
A week long holiday in Puglia to harvest, produce and taste your own cold pressed extra virgin olive oil in Puglia.
A week long sojourn to pick and press olives, to taste the liquid gold and explore the countryside, the towns and the small villages of Puglia enjoying its food, wine and tradition. During this time you will get familiar with the local cultivar and the harvest technique. Tasting different type of olive oil from different producers of Puglia and Italy, with the help of our expert, you will learn how to tast the olive oil, how to recognise a good olive oil and how to void a bad one, how to mach it with food, and of course how to produce it in the most natural way.This trip will give you the opportunity to explore Lecce and the surroundings villages with charming and knowledgeable local guides, while daily field trips will take us to meet selected local producers enjoining wine and food tasting. Giuliana will do for us some cooking demo of extra virgin olive oil based local recipes, giving to the participants the opportunity to take a cooking class.
During this sojourn you will be doing some olive picking in the morning with field trips and guided tours in the afternoon, visiting the sourroundigs and the local producers and.
Trip details
|7 Days | 6 nights
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|10 Nov 2012
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|€ 1600
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|4 - 16
Trip highlights
- Introduction to the extra virgin olive oil
- Visit to ancient and modern olives mills
- Tutored olive oil and wine tasting
- Private tours of Lecce and the surroundings
- Cooking demo of local recipes
This trip includes
- 6 nights accommodation & breakfast
- 4 lunch and 3 dinners
- All transports during the sojourn
- extra vergin olive oil produced and material
- Cultural tours and field trips
- tutored wine, oil and food tastings
- cookery workshops
- Transfer from/to Brindisi airport
Not included
- Flights & insurance
- Everything not mentioned on the included list above
- The recommended accommodation for this trip is Villa Giuliana elegant b&b in Lecce


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Well, it has been a long haul and we still have much more to do, but the PetTrax RightBite system has entered its pre-beta testing phase. The idea that started as a way to keep my loved cats Ricky and Teddy on a healthy diet, is on its way to helping other pet owners conveniently keep their pets
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Artist Bio: I was born and raised in Grosse Pointe, Michigan. My Sicilian grandparents immigrated to America in the late 1910s and perhaps my attraction to Opus Sectile Mosaic technique is in the genes? Or maybe, I just discovered that I have weak hands and wrists, and cutting material on a tile saw is easier and faster!
I am a mixed media artist who uses the ancient technique of Opus Sectile, in creating my stone art mosaics. Opus Sectile was popularized in the ancient and medieval Roman world where materials were cut, shaped, and fitted together as a jigsaw puzzle and inlaid into walls and floors to make a picture. I love bringing the beauty of nature inside and incorporating the soothing, positive energy of beautiful crystals in all my work to enhance my art pieces and spread more joy.
Writer Bio: I was born and raised in Grosse Pointe, Michigan. Growing up in an Irish-Italian family was never dull or quiet. I have four siblings, two sisters and two brothers. My mother was a nurse and my father a general surgeon, so my interest in medical issues is hardly surprising.
As a youngster, I struggled with mild dyslexia. I couldn't read until third grade, but after years of remedial work, the wondrous world of books opened up to me and I've been a voracious reader ever since. Though possessing a fertile imagination, my practical side never even considered pursuing a writing career, because I'm too fond of eating. So I became a registered nurse.
After college, I married my high school sweetheart and had four children. Though I adore my kids and am very proud of them, parenting requires a lot of patience-- not exactly my strength, so I began writing. Writing gave me a creative, intelligent outlet that I needed, and it was far less expensive than therapy and a defense attorney. Writing allows me to create wonderful characters who, if they disappoint me, I can make their lives miserable--literally-- or simply kill them off, without going to jail! How great is that?
We lived in the Chicago, then San Diego, before settling in beautiful Colorado. We absolutely love the mountains! When not skiing, hiking, or writing in the mountains, I love to play tennis, take long walks, work in my gardens, decorate our house, read, work with my tile mosaics, and crochet.
It's true that writing is a lonely endeavor. Learning the craft and the publishing industry is a lengthy, complex process made much more fun when I joined the Romance Writers of America, and later, the Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers and the Crested Butte Writers.
I've been fortunate to make friends with many interesting people. Writers are a remarkable, entertaining breed who possess quick wits and huge hearts. They've enriched my life immensely and I'm very grateful to each and every one as you can see is you watch my writing journey video.
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Theresa Rizzo is an award-winning author who writes emotional stories that explore the complexity of relationships and families through real-life trials. Born and raised in Grosse Pointe, Michigan, she now lives outside of Boulder, Colorado with her husband of thirty years. Learn more about Theresa at www.theresarizzo.com. Follow Theresa on Twitter (@Theresa_rizzo) or Facebook.
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My husband's name is off our electricity and water accounts and the gas account, the phone account, the bank accounts and every other account I can possibly think of, except for one.
We're still 'married' on Facebook. I still go to tag him in things the way I used to, when we'd joust with words and ideas and swap links we knew the other would love, almost like our marriage was built entirely on, 'Saw this and thought of you…'
I miss his wit. I miss his humour. I miss the way he'd weave his intellect and his hilarity gently through conversations online with my friends. Never dominating. Always leaving me, afterwards, with just a little bit more hopeless a crush on him.
I just can't change it. Image by Christin Hume on Unsplash
The third year without him
People messaged to say they missed him, too. They missed 'us'. It wasn't as much fun online without his voice. Without our banter.
And suddenly I'm heading into the third year without him. Every relevant organisation in the world knows my real marital status, except the one I can't bring myself to inform.
Occasionally, when I'm checking settings, I'll click on, 'edit relationship'. I'll hover the cursor over the list of options — none of them right. I could leave this section out altogether, but that feels like erasing him, and erasing what we had.
If 'married' isn't true, 'widowed' is tragic. You're not meant to be widowed in your 40s, with a child. People prey on that kind of vulnerability. A widow in possession of a gaping void in her life must be in want of a man to fill it, right?
Three years without him. Image: iStock
Technically single
Which brings me to 'single'. Another option. Technically accurate. But also a neon sign blaring, 'Hello world!' at a time when I'd rather hide, surely. For obvious reasons. Like love. And fear. It's been so long. Life has been so full. I'm still hoping this ordeal will turn out to be some sort of hideous misunderstanding. Any minute now my phone might beep and I might check the message and there he'll be, saying, 'Sorry I stepped out for a little while...'
The thought of finding anyone else is inconceivable, which is a word from one of our favourite movies. A word I used to announce his death. A word that accurately describes my response whenever anyone suggests I'll meet someone else one day, as people do, more frequently, the longer he refuses to come back. I won't. It's impossible. That's the narrative I've been committed to. It's why my answer is always, 'not ready, no,' and, 'not looking, thanks,' and, 'I'm sure he's lovely, but please don't set me up with your friend'.
They think I'm scared I'll be alone, and they couldn't be more wrong. It's the opposite that truly terrifies me...
Apparently, you can love two people at once. One dead and one alive. My widowed and repartnered friends liken it to a parent's boundless capacity to love a second child as much as the first, but entirely differently.
Torn from my arms
When I think of that, of getting that close … When I imagine falling that far again — I visualise this man being torn from my arms. I imagine him ripped from my heart. Broken away from my son, who I envisage having bonded with him after we trusted him to stay. And then I'm wrecked on the rocks again, battered by their sharp edges, stung by the salty waves of grief as they crash on open wounds for a second time, and I can't breathe...
Not married. Widowed, and don't want to be.
Single, and forever in love with the man whose instructions on this were very clear. 'I'd want you to find someone else. Of course, I would.' That's what he said once when we fictionalised our future deaths like couples do at a time when, in hindsight, they're incomprehensibly innocent of the calibre of the risk they're taking, being together at all.
It was all right for him. He never knew grief like this. We were playing with fire and he escaped before the whole thing exploded. 'Find someone else...'
Was he mad? It's complicated.
Emma Grey is the co-author of I Don't Have Time (Exisle) and author of Wits' End Before Breakfast - Confessions of a working mum (Lothian), the teen novel Unrequited (HarperCollins) and its forthcoming sequel, Tilly Maguire and the Royal Wedding Mess and co-writer of stage musicals based on these novels. She is currently writing a book about grief, after losing her husband suddenly in 2016 to undiagnosed heart disease.


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My husband and I recently caught an early flight home after a long weekend away. Exhausted and hurrying to make our next commitment, we race-walked through the airport, hoping to grab our bags and get our car unhindered. As we approached the primary mode of transport to baggage claim we noticed a large knot of people stopped at the top of the escalator. I was frustrated and stressed. We had no wiggle room if we were going to arrive at our event on time.
Stepping up to the gathered assembly we found that one of the two moving staircases was completely stopped; orange caution cones blocking its entrance. The other, while running, was empty. A good sized group stood at the bottom, laughing and waving and calling out directions in Spanish while the group up top stood completely still in a palpable and agitated silence. In the middle of this upper knot of humanity was a woman who stood, firmly planted, at the very center of the last piece of solid ground in front of the moving stairway, looking down.
While I could only see her back, it took only two seconds for me to realize that this person was in unfamiliar territory. A thick black braid ran down her back and pointed to what appeared to be intricate South American needle work covering her dress. Her beautiful handmade sandals planted her firmly to the ground. Around her stood the aforementioned crowd of people, most of them different from her in every way. Shifting back and forth, they all looked at each other, at her, and then down to the bottom of the escalator in rotating fashion. Most of them donned puzzled looks but a few were clearly annoyed and angry. A white woman weighed down with luggage and standing near the solitary visitor spoke loudly and firmly, pointing emphatically over the woman's shoulder. "There's an elevator over there. Get on that if you don't want to get on this!"
I only heard this because, for no real apparent or thought-through reason, I stepped right up to the frightened woman. It wasn't as though I made a plan or consciously chose to help, my body simply propelled itself toward this embodied visiting soul. Without thought, I grabbed the beautiful woman's hand while asking, "Can I help you?" Then we just stepped. The crowd below smiled and cheered, excited for her to join them. She never looked at me. Instead, she stared straight ahead with a solidly unaffected gaze. Nearing the solid ground below, she squeezed my hand. When I counted "Uno, dos, tres," and we stepped off the escalator she said, "Gracias" in the quietest of voices. Then, we parted ways, she into the huddle of those she belonged to and me to my bags and a busy day.
Bags retrieved, my husband and I headed back toward the escalators. From this new vantage point we saw two things: first, several EMT's bandaging a person's head and second, that the closed staircase was being cleaned not serviced. Very likely someone had just fallen and injured themselves on the very same mode of transport that the woman above was jeered at for fearing. Whether she witnessed this fall or not, her fear suddenly seemed more palpable and nuanced. I wondered if anyone who had been with her up-top had been willing to make space for the complexity and gift that this moment held.
Everyone, at some point or another, fears the unknown. Everyone.
Some of us live in a state of constant fear. This happens when we've been through trauma or crisis or when we struggle with anxiety as a constant companion. In this kind of reality, our very cells hold memories of terrifiying and, often, powerless experiences that keep us confronting our fear or running from it at all times. This is not the kind of fear I am talking about here and is complicated in ways that run deeper than the suggestions I bring forth will likely touch. If you face fear of this nature and need help finding a trustworthy guide for working through, email me.
What my escalator moment made me aware of, however, is the other, less constant, kind of fear that touches us all: the fear of the unknown or unmastered experiences that confront us. Each of us is afraid in more every-day/moving staircase kinds of ways at some point in our lives. Sometimes catchy slogans ("just do it") and motivational pep talks are just what we need to overcome these kinds of anxieties. More often than not, however, our fears are rooted in deep and largely unconscious spaces where they are protected and nurtured to ensure their existence. Inspirational memes do little to move us off these kinds of fears because these anxieties are complicated and complexly woven into all sorts of internal places we know little about.
The more true this is, the more likely we have unconsciously and unwittingly bought into the belief that our fears protect us and keep us safe. "I could fall off that roller coaster therefore I will never go on it." I've been hurt by that type of person in the past so I must avoid all of those kinds of people in the future." "Planes crash. I must never get on one." "I suck at test taking so I should avoid all learning that includes tests." "There could be something wrong with me. Avoiding the Dr. until I get a bit healthier is the best choice." While some fears do, in fact, protect us, many times they hold us back from important learning and growth.
Complicating things, when we aren't being sure that our fears keep us safe, we are likely spending our energy judging our anxieties. We are especially prone to judging the fears of others. "What a stupid thing to be scared of!" "What a wimp!" "Seriously?? I'm/you're scared of (fill in the blank)! That's ridiculous!" When not judging we may work to understand the fears. Are they defensible? Do they have merit? Who planted them within us? Sometimes, the acts of judging and understanding make us feel as though we are working to overcome our fear when they are simply ways of avoiding. We could interview the woman about her fear of escalators all day but at some point such questioning simply steals energy that could be put toward working through. Similarly, judgement and the shaming that often results from it, rarely serves as an effective foil to fear.
We, as people, simply are who we are. Our beings are complex and messy and beautiful and unique and deserve to be honored. We have come to be who we are as a result of all sorts of experiences and all manner of genetic predispositions, influenced further by the abundance or scarcity of resources available to us. We are shaped by both our nature and the nurture provided (or not) by the communities in which we have been raised. The cultures of family, faith, education, vocation, nationality, and more have played their parts in developing both confidences and fears in each of us. And so, our fears have roots that require attendance if we are to take steps to move through them. Which brings me to the greatest awareness that my escalator moment brought me.
Shouting down fear in our selves or those around us is one option. Rarely, however, is it the most effective. Instead, when facing our own fears, receiving help can be life changing and, when confronted with the fear of another, offering help offers a gift to both the giver and receiver. Receiving help and kindness in the tender and complex places that fear reveals helps us feel less overwhelmed by that which scares us. It teaches us that we are lovable and acceptable even when afraid which, in and of itself, boosts our confidence and calms us down. Giving kindness and connection to someone who is experiencing fear helps us become humble, empathic people. Reaching out to someone when they are afraid requires us to overcome our assumptions and judgements about both fear itself and that which is feared and causes us to be more gracious global citizens.
Next time you find yourself at the top of your own personally terrifying moving staircase I wish for you the creativity to know where to look for help and the courage to ask for it. I hope that you will put yourself in spaces where you can reach out toward hands that reach back. Hands that will be reliable and loving, non shaming and non judging, and firm. Especially firm. And may you receive such offered help, letting it seep into every nook and cranny of the darkness that has been your fear. May the assistance of another speak to the certainty and rigid harshness of your anxiety and the aloneness that it ushers in. May you trust in discerning ways in the confidence of your helper and let it empower you. Regardless of the terror you are confronting, may you always say gracias. That simple thanks gives the gift right back to the giver in more profound ways than you realize.
Equally importantly, next time you encounter someone in the grips of their own personal moving staircase nightmare, may you be those hands. May you whisper and not shout. May you resist the impulse to avoid the possible reaction or rejection, boldly offering kindness and connection instead. May you lunge to the front of the line knowing that a gift awaits all those who partner with Love to help cast out fear. May you offer boldly. If refused, may you take joy in having offered. If accepted, may you act with grace, kindness, and love and, in this way, inspire freedom from fear in us all.


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Episcopal Service Corps is a network of locally organized and incorporated intentional communities dedicated to:
- Serving others in solidarity, promoting justice in community
- Deepening spiritual awareness and vocational discernment
- Living simply in intentional community
Young adults ages 21-32 are encouraged to apply to Episcopal Service Corps.
ESC Leadership
The ESC network is convened by the Faith Formation Department of the Episcopal Church and guided by the Program Directors from each ESC site. Each year, an ESC Advisory Council is appointed to provide guidance and support for the work of the ESC network. The 2019 Advisory Council is:
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"I'm going to break your bubble," this is just how Andreas M. Antonopoulos, a major Bitcoin lover, discussed Bitcoin ETF. He believed that his explanation would certainly make a number of crypto fanatics thinking about the Bitcoin ETF take their steps back as it is a "horrible suggestion".
" I know a lot of people really wish to see an ETF happen due to the fact that "to the moon and also lambos!" But I assume it is a dreadful concept. I still assume it is going to take place, I just believe it is a horrible idea. I'm in fact against ETFs. I believe a Bitcoin ETF is going to be damaging to the community," he claimed.
Bitcoin ETF can adjust prices
Concerning Bitcoin ETF's capacity of drawing in substantial quantity of exposure, its development has given rise to expectations. It has also seen a surge in costs and also trading volumes once it has been authorized.
ETFs could open up the Bitcoin market to a team of institutional investors and can likewise offer a system for big investors to control the rate of Bitcoin (BTC). Antonopoulos in his YouTube video series, 'Bitcoin Q&A', he said: "Everybody is so excited regarding ETFs. Exactly what we have seen in various other markets is that when an ETF appears, the price really boosts substantially, as suddenly that asset becomes available to a great deal much more investors and these capitalists pile on.
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Winehouse to reconcile with Fielder-Civil?
AMY WINEHOUSE has begged her ex-husband BLAKE FIELDER-CIVIL to take her back following their divorce last month (Jul09).
The pair, who wed in Miami, Florida in 2007 after a whirlwind romance, separated earlier this year (09) with Fielder-Civil citing adultery as the reason for the split. Winehouse later admitted the infidelity in court papers.
Just days after the divorce was finalised Fielder-Civil sold intimate details about their marriage to a British tabloid.
But the Back To Black hitmaker is willing to forgive his betrayal, reportedly begging Fielder-Civil for a reconciliation.
Fielder-Civil is keen to make a fresh start with his ex-wife, who recently spent eight months in the Caribbean to battle her drink and drug habits - and the pair has even arranged a secret dinner date for when he leaves his rehabilitation treatment later this year (09).
He tells Britain's News Of The World, "We've been talking for the first time in months. I love her as much as ever. I know she still loves me, even though we're getting divorced. Maybe this time we can do everything properly and not mess it up.
"She is looking beautiful and healthy now and it reminds me of the old Amy. She has been wearing my engagement ring and it meant an awful lot."
Fielder-Civil is spending time in rehab to treat his own substance abuse problems after allegedly breaching his parole terms by failing a court-ordered drug test.
He was sentenced to a 27-month stint in jail last July (08) after he was found guilty of grievous bodily harm and perverting the course of justice, in relation to a 2007 assault on a pub landlord. He was released in February (09).


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In January I returned to Chennai. For those of you who have been following along for a while, we lived there from 2013-2015 and it became, amidst the ins and outs and ups and downs of living life in India, unequivocally our home. My children attended school there and my husband worked. I spent days, nights and weekends, photographing the city. We lived, really lived, all the good and the bad parts, two precious years of our lives in that city. I created a collection of photographs that I continue to sort through and compile into a something more tangible, a form they deserve and I hope to be able to share more with you someday soon, but life races on and Jordan (and my family) calls for my attention.
Part of my return this past January would include documentary photography work for Priyam Global, who I'd worked with during my time in India and to spend time with its founder, Michaela Cisney, who has since become a very dear friend.
I wondered if I could ever go back. Would it ever be the same? Would the warm, soft edges that padded all the memories in the corners of my mind remain? Isn't this how we always feel about going home anywhere it may be? Usually its fear that keeps us away, but on this trip I packed up all my fears, as heavy in my bag as my stack of cameras and film, and returned home, alone and found it exactly as I remembered it.


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Very few writers in the thriller genre achieve superstar status; the Norwegian Jo Nesbø is not only the reigning king of Scandinavian crime fiction, but is also called on as a TV pundit when reality reflects his books (as at the time of the Breivik massacres, as Nesbø had written so persuasively about the rise of the far right in his country). While enjoying prodigious sales, his last few books have not gleaned the critical acclaim of earlier work such as The Redbreast, but the weighty The Thirst (Harvill Secker, £20, translated by Neil Smith) may rebalance that popular and critical success. It's a big-boned, Technicolor epic in the current Nesbø style, starting adagio and ending accelerando, but with the kind of close psychological character readings that distinguished his early work. The detective Harry Hole is reluctantly co-opted to track down a vicious murderer who has killed a woman after an internet date. And when a second victim is found, Harry realises that there is a connection with the one case that defeated him. Both justice and closure may be within his grasp – as well as a return to his lost childhood.
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Katani is off to New York City to take part in a real live fashion show! There's just one little problem-she can only take one friend and all of the BSG want to go. How can she possibly choose?
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Title: The Secret of Hunter's Bog
For Koichi McNab, the shop he and his twin sister Kimmy are opening in Hunter's Bog Mall is a fresh start after their old one burned down. A way to move on. Especially when he meets the hunky owner of the luxury camping goods store next door. Koichi's never been an outdoorsy guy, but Will Hood just might change his mind.
Will came to Southern Alabama to establish his own life away from his big, intrusive family—and in hopes of finding Anthony, the lover who vanished two years ago. But meeting Koichi throws everything off-kilter. Anthony was a long time ago. Koichi's right here, smart and funny and cute, and Will wants him.
As Koichi and Will become friends, then lovers, Will's past and Koichi's present tangle into a dangerous knot that brings them face-to-face with secrets, theft, treachery . . . maybe even murder. With their lives on the line, their only way to safety is together.
Author: Ally Blue
Other books by this author that we've reviewed: Long the Mile, Down, Hell's End
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Published: March 7, 2016
Genres: Male Male Romance, Mystery
Pages: 207
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Purchase your copy: Amazon
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The bog and the boys have some secrets and a string of break-ins and robberies are going to bring them to the light whether Koichi and Will are prepared for it or not. Will Hood is following a random Instagram picture of a boyfriend that left everything without any explanation two years ago. Establishing himself as a business owner in Duchene, Alabama seems like a good way to start a life independent of the father that he is certain had something to do with his abrupt breakup. The guy at the business next door to Will's new shop could be the push to move on that Will didn't even know he needed.
Having to relocate the business that burned to the new mall was never in Koichi and Kimmy's business plans. In fact Koichi is downright put off by being located in a mall. He's still dealing with the guilt of the fire that put him and his twin into having to move to begin with. In general Koichi is not really happy about life in general. Things are about to change in a big way for Koichi. His life is about to be shaken up and turned loose. At least he'll have the sexy distraction of Will to help him through the crazy that his life is about to become.
The Secret of Hunter's Bog is big on mystery and light on the romance. There are several mystery elements here that all lead the ending to the same place. Publisher website shows this as a standalone and I did not see mention of a series anywhere. This leaves several things unanswered and one thing just rushed and pushed off as answered and forgiven. I was disappointed by this. If I knew that we would get more of Will and Koichi's bog exploring with answers in future books it would be slightly different. Perhaps there was just more unknown to this mystery than I like.
Hi y'all! I'm Ally Blue. Welcome to my blog tour for my newest book, The Secret of Hunter's Bog. Thank you for stopping by. Be sure to comment on this post, or any of the posts on the tour, for a chance to win a full set of my Mojo Mysteries series—Demon Dog, A Ghost Most Elusive, and Myth Adventures—in the winner's choice of electronic format. Read on and enjoy!
About Ally Blue
Ally Blue is acknowledged by the world at large (or at least by her heroes, who tend to suffer a lot) as the Popess of Gay Angst.
She has a great big suggestively-shaped hat and rides in a bullet-proof Plexiglas bubble in Christmas parades. Her harem of manwhores does double duty as bodyguards and inspirational entertainment. Her favorite band is Radiohead, her favorite color is lime green and her favorite way to waste a perfectly good Saturday is to watch all three extended version LOTR movies in a row.
Her ultimate dream is to one day ditch the evil day job and support the family on manlove alone. She is not a hippie or a brain surgeon, no matter what her kids' friends say.
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The Lodge At Big Sky, Big Sky
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Rodeway Inn Whitehall, Whitehall
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Best Western Paradise Inn, Dillon
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Clover Meadows Campground, Madison County
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Virginia City Campground, Virginia City
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Ruby Reservoir Campground, Madison County
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Virginia City RV Park, Virginia City
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Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge - River Marsh, Spencer
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Alder/Virginia City KOA, Alder
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Alder KOA Kampground, Alder
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Varney Bridge Fishing Access Site, Ennis
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In India, a similar re-branding is under way for next month's Commonwealth Games. In the country that has most of the world's malnourished children, the capital Delhi has been re-branded a "world class city" at a cost of $2.5 billion. A school for 180 slum children has been bulldozed so that a vast estate of luxury apartments can be built for visiting athletes. "They told us we were a security threat so we had to go," said the headteacher.
The year before England won the 1966 World Cup, I interviewed its captain, Bobby Moore. Having not long arrived from the antipodes, where "soccer" was a minority sport beloved by Italians and Croats, I did not have a clue about the game. Nevertheless I had been assigned to write a "human interest" piece on the West Ham star by the same convivial assistant editor who had hired me believing I could play cricket, because I was Australian, and so assist the Daily Mirror team in its grudge match against the Express. I could swim and row and had done time in a rugby scrum, but cricket, no. (He forgave me). I met Bobby Moore outside West Ham tube station, and we walked round the corner to a greasy spoon that was filled with Woodbine fug. People beamed and shook his hand, reinforcing my impression of a gracious, modest man. Here was a star in every sense – talent, looks, fame – and yet he seemed genuinely surprised by the fuss. In the queue for tea and coffee he patiently engaged an elderly fan who was hard of hearing. When I unwisely feigned knowledge of the game, he let me down gently. As we parted, he said, "Look, this is a bit embarrassing, but I've got this agent and he's asked me to ask for 50 quid for the interview." I said I would pass it on to my editor; I don't know if he was paid, and I doubt if he cared.


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Family spots Jesus in a sink; inspires U.S. soldier overseas
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ALBANY, LA (WAFB) – Robb Keppler says he asked for a sign and he got it, in the form of Jesus in his bathroom sink.
Keppler lives in the Livingston Parish town of Albany with his daughter-in-law and her child. She also has another one on the way. His 21-year-old son, Private E2 Brandon Keppler, is serving overseas. Before Brandon joined the Army, his father says the soldier had some hard times with a relationship that went bad and he subsequently suffered with depression. The soldier went into a hospital and his family says he talked of taking his own life.
His father struggled hard to keep the family intact. A praying man, he asked for a sign. "Let me know something," Rob Keppler recalls saying. "I was having a hard time dealing with it myself and stepped out the shower one night and saw it plain as day right there," he said as he pointed to a rusty spot in his sink. Was this simply a rust spot caused by the slow drip of water, or was this a sign, an image of Jesus? Robb Keppler has no doubt. "It is an image of Jesus, a clear sign," he says.
"After we saw the image, everything just started coming together," Keppler said. He says his son is now doing fine, serving in Afghanistan, and his life has straightened out. Private Keppler knows about the sign. His father awakened him that night. Private Keppler says he keeps the image in mind as he battles in the mountains. The soldier spoke to 9NEWS from Afghanistan about the image in the sink. "I love my family," Private Keppler said. "I love everybody who supports me to do this. I'm only 21 years old. This is the worst thing I've been in, in my life. I hope it the last one."
The Kepplers know there will be some who doubt what they see, but they have no doubt in their minds. "You know, you want to believe," Robb Keppler said. "You pray and you hope, and then this happens with our son. This little prayer came. It was like a miracle, you know."
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Vivvy is the Pair Charm of the entire PURETTY team, but is attached to Hye In during Prism Shows. Vivvy is very cheeky when she talks. She also has a tendency to scratch Penguin Teacher whenever he appears. Like her real-life counterparts, she is quite afraid of water.
Vivvy is a black bodied Pair Charm with big blue eyes and a magenta nose. She has cat-ears instead of ones that droop, and lacks blushing cheeks. She wears a black bow on her neck with blue glittering shaped spots.
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Elizabeth Dipple; Chaucer, Spenser, Milton: Mythopoeic Continuities and Transformations. Modern Language Quarterly 1 September 1977; 38 (3): 304–306. doi: https://doi.org/10.1215/00267929-38-3-304
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There are many places to have a hands-on experience near Kobe, a stylish town!
Arima Onsen is a hot spring area less than 1 hour from Kobe and Osaka. Its streets are lined with longstanding ryokan, souvenir shops, temples and shrines, and you can enjoy the ambiance of a hot spring town here. There are several kinds of hot springs flowing. The reddish brown hot water is known as kinsen (golden spring) and the clear, colorless water is known as ginsen (silver spring).
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Since my parents and I had practically seen everything there was to see in Barcelona, we took a tour to visit this monastery that was located about one and a half hours away from the cruise ship. Later that day, we set sail for Monte Carlo!
This is how foggy it was when we got off the bus at the monastery (either that or I breathed really hard into the camera lens as I took the picture)
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The elegant flowers of the calla lily have the ability to remain in bloom year round, making them the perfect symbol of enduring beauty. This necklace translates that beauty into an even more lasting medium: handcrafted copper.
Metal artist Alexis Archibald forms recycled copper with a rich patina into the familiar, coiled shape of the calla blossom. Inside is another copper petal that is hand enameled a dusty shade of turquoise. The pendant is suspended from a black, nylon-coated sterling filled wire, which gives it a fresh, contemporary look. Handmade in California.
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A tad pricy for a copper pendant on basic necklace cording. That said, it has great craftsmanship, and it was the perfect gift to my wife for our 7th anniversary (traditionally, copper & wool), also because calla lilies were the flowers used in our wedding.
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I purchased the pendant for my wife's birthday. I was very excited about it, but when she opened it, she didn't appear particularly thrilled. A "swing and a miss" for me. It currently sits in the box on her dresser.
My wife's personal preferences aren't a great basis for whether you should buy this pendant. Frankly, I found it to be an elegant, versatile, and unique item, but then I'm also not the one who would be wearing it.
While I'm (evidently) not a great judge of my wife's tastes, and can attest it is of high quality and very solid. Maybe even a touch heavy. It was also larger than I expected (dimensions might be online and I missed them -- I ordered it in a hurry). I'd estimate it is approximately 2 inches long. The chain is a black metal cable with a clasp, which also feels of very good quality. (In the event any of you enjoy fishing, it feels a lot like a leader with a jewelry clasp.) It can be readily switched out with a different chain, but given the weight and color, the substitute would have to be fairly robust.
Bottom line: if you like how the pendant looks, the price is appropriate for you, and you aren't discouraged by the (in my opinion) relatively large size, there is no reason not to purchase this item.
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Bought it for our 3 year anniversary. Necklaces are 'our thing' so it was a clear winner!!
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Perfect 7th wedding anniversary gift for my wife. Copper for traditional 7th year gift plus our flowers for our wedding were calla lilies.
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This was an impulse buy as a surprise gift for my wife. She has strong opinions about jewelry so I rarely pick something out without pre-approval. No worries this time - she loves it! And others do too. Even strangers have stopped her to ask about the calla lily necklace. Highly recommended.
Appearance note: the appearance is slightly different in our received product from the pictures online. Specifically, the flower portion is more open than in the pictures online. We like it better this way because it helps highlight the inside of the calla lily.
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The pendant was even better looking than I thought it would be. The only issue I had with it was that it was hard to assemble the three parts together. I'm sure that's because it is hand made and each piece is a little different. Overall I am very satisfied with the necklace.
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Beautiful pendant; wonderful gift; black wire leaves something to be desired, and will be replaced with something better/more comfortable. Somewhat more expensive than anticipated, but still a nice gift.
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lovely piece, good quality and workmanship. Wife was very happy with it. Would have given 5 stars, but the price seems a bit high for the materials.
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Not surprisingly, feelings of anxiety, worry and depression are very common nowadays. There are those who even find it hard to get through the day without feelings of worry: "I worry all the time about everything. Even though there are no signs of problems, I just feel very sad. I can't concentrate at my work and have a hard time falling asleep at night. I also feel angry at some people in my family all the time."
It is no secret that there are always things to worry about like job, bills, health, relationships, relatives, children and so on. It is ok to worry about these basic things from time to time and take care of them because these things are essential and necessary to our survival. However, when worrying dominates our life it can lead to anxiety, depression, and suicidal thoughts and turn someone's life into a nightmare.
Here are some symptoms that anxious thoughts can lead to:
- Low self-esteem
- Inability to sleep (insomnia) or interrupted sleep.
- Change in appetite (loss of appetite or overeating)
- Inability to control emotions and having more pessimistic thoughts and an increase in anger, guilt, irritability, and anxiety.
- Inability to experience joy and happiness
- Poor concentration and reduced motivation
- Low / decreased energy levels
Why do we think it is important to worry about something? Most of the time worrying helps us to think about a potential outcome and be prepared for it. However, the problem with this approach is that all we can think about is the potential negative scenario.
Some may even notice that we live in "the world of mirrors" onto which we very often project feelings or emotions that create our reality by reflecting it back to us. According to quantum physics theory, everything in the universe is an infinite field vibrating consequentially. Everything consists of the electron field where electrons and other particles that have localized vibrations in the field. The entire universe is made of fields playing a vast, subatomic symphony. The same vibration process applies to a human auric field when it comes to experiencing a range of emotions.
This wisdom has been known since ancient times; very often, when you focus on something you don't want, you will get what you don't want. The reality will respond to your focus, and whatever you are focusing on will become part of your reality, whether you want it or not. No thought, no word, no action goes unnoticed and whatever we project into our lives becomes our reality.
However, this may not be the case in certain situations. Sometimes destiny is "written in stars" and certain catastrophes tend to happen. Such events are not our fault since they happen often around the world and are solely based on external events. What life brings is not important as our personal reaction to these misfortunes.
Bad HabitsThe negative thinking becomes a habit eventually that is hard to pushed out of our life. We constantly worry about something that might happen to us to justify and validate being worried. But in reality, it could be just a product of our own thinking. Moreover, thoughts of worry are an intense focus on unwanted life scenarios. As a result, we end up with constant feelings of anxiety and depression. Whether you had a bad day or are stressed out about your life, finances or loved ones, these types of emotions come from the negative emotions spectrum.
Focusing on a problem feels different from focusing on a solution. We are so focused on negative things in life and feel powerless that we tend to spend time focusing on the negative outcome because it probably won't hurt so bad when it becomes a reality. We tend to think that worry is beneficial to us because we can be prepared for all possible negative scenarios and avoid them. However, by living and constantly thinking negative thoughts, we actually create our own reality and feel totally helpless. By thinking in a negative light, we also fail to listen to our inner emotional and spiritual guidance.
With worry, it will be harder to focus on a solution if you are solely focused on a problem instead. This is the reason why worrying never feels good and never leads to what we hope it will lead to — a solution. Those who worry all the time are experiencing constant pain as a result of a potential future problem that is impossible to avoid that they have to prepare for. They believe that no matter what things they foresee in the future, it is inevitable.
For example, let's think about someone who has a terminal illness they think they can't recover from. If a person constantly fears and thinks that there is no hope for their situation, they are going to create their own reality instead of focusing on a solution to the problem. People who worry will spend all their life never feeling safe, never experience joy or happiness. It may lead to the conclusion that death is more beneficial because they will be prepared for the worst case scenario rather than having a life full of stress or anxiety. They will think of death as a much better option than to be aligned with the truth. They are so focused on the worst case scenario that this is the only scenario they can perceive.
Focusing on the worst case scenario will distort their reality, prevent them from seeing a true reality, and will make the present moment as "non-existent".
How to stop worrying
- Start to observe your thoughts and feelings. Don't try to block or control them, but simply detect them and observe where they come from, what they develop into, etc. Acknowledge that these thoughts are the reason you are feeling sad all the time.
- Realize that thinking and feeling you own anxious thoughts don't bring any good into your life. Learn how to quiet your mind and make it calm and still. By stopping the flow of negative thoughts, it is easier to pay less attention to the unwanted thoughts. Ask yourself, how your life looks like without the sad or angry thoughts? Make a list of those sad thoughts that are in your head all the time.
- Evaluate the current situation and turn your worry into productive thoughts. For example, instead of constantly worrying about being late, think of the steps of how to fix this problem. Make a list of steps of how you are going to do it. These steps will help to navigate you from the problem to a solution.
- Do you tend to imagine worst case scenarios often? Is the problem you are thinking about just a part of your imagination or is it your own conclusion based on anxious thoughts? If so, then this could not be a problem at all but only an assumption. In this case, try to live in the present moment. Try not to project this assumption into the future because it will only make things worse. A feeling of uncertainty is much better than thinking about the worst case scenario that may keep you awake at night. Realize that it is not possible to do everything right.
- Do you worry often what others think? In this case, focus all of your attention on understanding them. What makes them worry about certain things? Take a look at them as an outside observer, not as a vulnerable human being or a victim. Try to see it from the big picture perspective.
- Realize that our life is not all about getting the desired results, but simply enjoying the process. This will put your worries at ease. When people take a walk in a park, they don't think about reaching the end of the road quickly, but instead, they want to enjoy the walk. Try to think about the good things instead of the bad.
- Meditation and prayer are a good way to stop anxious thoughts. Prayer will bring peace and better understanding about specific situations. If you are a believer and you have feelings of worry all the time, that means you are not fully trusting that higher power works in your life.
Only worry about the things you can change.
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