Consider Ebenezer Scrooge in Charles Dickens' "A
Christmas Carol." We have to give him credit for
recognizing the inevitable consequences of his old
ways. In the end of the story, he leaves us with the
timeless and uplifting lesson that not only do we each
predetermine our individual fate in life, but we each
have the power, through our own actions, to shape a
more rewarding destiny for ourselves at any time.
These reflections on individual destiny always bring
me back to the familiar but reliable saying that God,
or whatever higher power you prefer, always helps
those who help themselves. I don't believe anyone is
entered as a favorite in the human race. Certainly
some people start out with more than others, but
everyone is given opportunities to advance in the
world, and everyone has the free will and power to act
on those opportunities. We all are empowered to reach
our highest potential. Not to do so is a waste of the
gifts of talent and free will that are our natural
birthright.
So I urge you to define your destiny as a self-charted
path to the successful future that you've decided to
create. Experience the full potential of your destiny
by exercising the power of your talents and the free
will you have been given. Consider your destiny as a
happy, exciting, and fulfilling journey that is always
in progress, not just a final destination. It is the
sum total of your well-designed life. It is the
highest _expression of what you believe. Your destiny
is predetermined by you and is always subject to
change for the better.
You can look at your life in two ways: that your
destiny is something that happens to you, or that it's
something you actively create. For me, the choice here
is obvious. Become the architect of your own life. Use
your power over your destiny to design your future and
shape the world around you. Be the one who makes
things happen!
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"I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong." Bertrand
Russell
We sorely need this kind of wisdom today. Fundamentalists in many
religions and political groups are willing to die for beliefs. This
kind of thinking is causing unnecessary suffering. Much better to live
for what you believe in.
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"Turn the world over on its side and everything loose will land in Los Angeles."
--Frank Lloyd Wright
No,don't believe this.Not all the nuts live in L.A. It's a great city.
I'm going there for a convocation in August. I've been going there for
over 20 years.
L.A has its crazies but it's a very dynamic city. Bless the City of Angels.
The shortest distance between a problem and a solution is
the distance between your knees and the floor.
The one who kneels to the Lord can stand up to anything.
Love and peace be with you forever, Amen.
By: TERRI SHUTE - Staff Writer: North County,San Diego March 20,2004
Authors
from all over San Diego County offer up a variety of historical
nonfiction and history-based fiction in these recent releases:
Escondido
author Donald F. Chmelka continues his journey through history as he
follows his Czech family in the second volume of a two-part epic,
"Matej'sLegacy: A Czech Family's Journey Through the 20th Century"
(www.1stBooks.com, $29.95). In his first book, "Matej's Journey to
America" (also available through 1stBooks), Chmelka traced his family
to biblical times and followed it to the beginning of the 20th century.
In this volume, the family grows as Henry Ford, the Wright brothers,
Thomas Edison and other inventors create a rapidly changing world.
Mary
Froese of Vista has written "Mary Magdalene: From Pain to Promise"
(Tate Publishing, $12.95), a book about Mary as a little girl, innocent
and beloved,until tragedy takes her from her home. She becomes a
prostitute and makes her way until she comes face toface with
forgiveness. The author calls her book a must read for every woman who
has ever sinned.
Carlsbad author Radha Singh's "Wisdom from the Heart"(www.Xlibris.com, $20.99) follows the life of Devi, asuccessful director who walks the razor's edge between life and death while fame and success dangle in front of her teen daughter, Anjali. Can Anjali attain her dreams while her life falls apart? The book examinesthe idea that wisdom is the heart's inner knowing.
Longtime
Valley Center resident Susanne Ford's novel for young adults, "Dawn"
(1stBooks, $9.50), tells the story of 14-year-old Dawn Hutchison. The
girl is engulfed in a nightmare when her parents are killed in a car
accident. She finds herself in a troubled new home from which she
thinks there is no escape.
Former Oceanside resident Patricia de
Belloy Williams has written "Pioneers ---- 1937" (Beluga-Duga
Press,$14.99,www.belugadugapress.com), a children's novel set during
the Dust Bowl migration of the 1930s. The story follows the lives of
Muriel and Maylene as theyhave adventures and begin to grow up.
Carlsbad's Kurt Schiller creates a new heroine in the horror/sci-fi
genre. Meet Janice Haywood, lead character in the paranormal thriller,
"Roarshock"(Lumina Press, $17.95). Haywood and a group of
psychiatric
and law enforcement professionals must confront a most elusive and
cunning madman, Walter Dumon, who was placed in their care for
evaluation,but who has escaped in order to exact his own personal
revenge.
San Diego author Lehua Kane adds to true-life memoirs
that span international distances from 1800s England to a pioneer life
in rural Wisconsin, and then to the isolated Waipo Valley of Hawaii.
She combines family stories with years of historical research and a
careful blend of fiction to create the world of "Sweet Or Sour Cream"
(Publish America, $21.95), a coming-of-age story, a murder mystery, an
adventure story and a family saga.
Sirena West is a San Diego author who has written "Just Another Elysian
Sidetrip" (www.1stBooks, $11.25), about four women at a small liberal
arts college in the early 1970s. Their ambition propels them
into different groups on campus. When a football star is murdered, the
women find themselves at the center of events. The book traces the
details unveiled20 years after the murder.
Contact staff writer Terri Shute at (760) 740-3512 or tshute@nctimes.com.
What does it mean to live from your heart.
To me it means tapping into that inner wisdom.When something inside me know it is right even contrary to all outer evidence,
It is always rewarding to me to be in that place and move towards following that wisdom.
Tip..
Tune in to listening to your inner wisdom and follow that,,, see where it leads you..