This morning while penning thoughts into a daily journal I guaranteed the "Creative" self of a full awareness of the entire cast of Monday many moods and no matter what spin or twist might occur the destination of every conclusion would lean hard on being positive.
Not even a half page later the 1920's wooden lap desk designed and built in Britain now used to offer support while writing slipped from my presence spilling fresh wet black ink from a bottle while uncaringly tossing writing instruments of every shape, size and color across the living room floor.
Talk about being able to predict the future. How did I know something of tremendous bad energy would soon collect debt?
Then again, agreements of openness serve words energy fueling the cause and effect of writing. By mumbling through my fingertips the identification of moods and faces, I was opening the door for multiple visitations.
No matter which side of the fence you've chosen to plant green grass, practicing "Mindfulness" enables the inner core of the "Judgment Maker" to think not twice but four times before blurting out accusations. We tend to offer more injury to a day based on simple accidents, misplaced words and emotional out bursts that can normally be healed with just a smile.
My choice was to display no reaction. Although I was deeply saddened by the words that wouldn't be written due to the enormous amount of ink pooling on the wood floor. I found solitude in mastering new ways to soak up black ink without leaving large stains I'd have to explain.
Let's page back a couple of days...
1. Cultivating compassion and learning ways to protect other living things is step one.
2. Being aware of how we steal from others is step two.
Today...without doubt or fear we dive straight into the veins of our third Mindfulness lesson: Cultivating and learning ways to protect the safety and integrity of individuals. To preserve not only your happiness but others.
Ohhhh I can hear it now, "Wait! Wait! No! No! That's going to require time. My time is more valuable than an ounce of gold."
To which I reply, "That's awesome! We've located what you love the most about yourself!"
Read the sentence again! Cultivating and learning ways to protect the safety and integrity of individuals. To preserve not only your happiness but others.
I didn't say make up a bright beautiful road sign that reads: Free Confessions! I'll wipe your slate clean or your money back!
Give me a break! If that's your true calling log onto Face Book. Attach Stumble Upon to your Google connection and ride the wild waves of poor poor pitiful me. The reason why 80% of this country walks about in a locked state of depression is because of a seriously out of control addiction to constantly comparing lives then turning it into a race to chase odd ball objects that keep you ahead of the Jones'.
Let me paint in an example. Cultivating and learning ways to protect the safety and integrity of individuals. To preserve not only your happiness but others.
Become aware of how you easily and without guilt cheat the system. It's totally human nature to locate shortcuts. But how do most of us do it? With the aid of innocent bystanders. Warning: Innocent bystanders are usually the people that turn states evidence. They did the crime but will now do lesser time.
That was way over the top! But think about it! The 1997 Loomis Fargo robbery where $17.3 million was lifted from where they park the trucks. History documents the Carolina drama as being the second largest heist ever. Yet critics describe the final performance as 100% amateur. Friends with friends who met friends who introduced other friends and wow look at how popular we've now become friends! Of the 24 people arrested how many were innocent bystanders until the scent of green grass grew in places that made living a waste if you didn't take a chance?
If you don't know the story...the book Heist will amp you up:
Meanwhile, back at home, the bungling continued. The thieves were forced to leave $3.3 million behind because they didn't bring enough 55-gallon storage drums. Two days later, gang member Michele Chambers walked into a bank with a suitcase full of money and asked how much she could deposit without the bank's having to file a report. She deposited $9,500, but a report of suspicious activity was filed anyway. It would take several months for that report to wind its way through the bureaucracy.
Back at their mobile home, Michele and her husband, Steve, the mastermind of this strange gang, decided to purchase a $635,000 home less than 30 miles from their current abode. To furnish their new home, the Chamberse's went on a spending spree that included a six-foot-tall wooden Indian, a large oil painting of dogs in military clothes, two bronze statues of nude men, a white porcelain statue of three nude women, a sculpture of a headless man, a ceramic white elephant, gold-framed oil paintings of zebras, naked-women bookends, and a statue of a fat chef. The couple replaced the raw-silk stair runner on the homes impressive staircase with a snappier tiger-skin look. They also bought several large-screen televisions, a $10,000 pool table, a grand piano that no one in the home could play, and several tanning beds.
Meanwhile, down in Mexico, David Ghantt was repeatedly calling for more money. He soon learned that Steve Chambers had paid someone to kill him, so the man who actually stole the money spent most of his time alone in his hotel room, eating M&M?s, listening to the Eagles, smoking Marlboro Lights, and reading comic books. When the authorities finally found him, Ghantt gratefully said, "Please tell me you're an FBI agent."
Four years after the heist, the FBI had arrested and convicted 24 people and located or accounted for 95 percent of the money, but the folklore surrounding the gang that couldn't steal straight lingers. In this book, Jeff Diamant uses his inside knowledge as lead reporter on the story for the Charlotte Observer to fill in all the hilarious details of a story that has been featured on ABC?s 20/20, America's Most Wanted, Americas Dumbest Criminals, and Discovery Channels ?The Un-perfect Crime?
Lesson number three in Mindfulness training: Cultivating and learning ways to protect the safety and integrity of individuals. To preserve not only your happiness but others.
Basically meaning...if you've got dibs on a great workday escape that finds you at diner reading the newspaper while the rest of the business world is fighting to keep their heads above water...do the world a favor and don't invite a friend.
Stop introducing Cotton Candy flavored Vodka to a non-drinker. The inexperienced drinker is usually the one that chooses to drive.
I don't care if you have a new credit card with a nifty $1,700's to use... eventually it all has to be paid back and you'll one day hate your friend for helping you spend it.
It makes no mention of having to hoist up a fake smile and play the Preacher game. It doesn't demand that a certain number of donation hours be made available to babysit the coworker whose life would make a great Oprah book. No need to rescue 200 cats and a lizard named Barthalamule III.
Cultivating and learning ways to protect the safety and integrity of individuals. To preserve not only your happiness but others. Plain old fashioned English...be aware of who you invite to the rule breaking celebration.
I'll never forget the day I stood witness to a really good friend verbally beating the hell out of his son for getting caught with Pot. In the moments after, the friend and I returned to a party where he slammed back to back Long Island Ice Teas without a pause. It's not the escape that invites the trouble it's how you get away that inspires others to locate their own.
I will always believe in you first...
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