ARTICLES: by Mark Glamack
"Dreamers, Realities, and the Trappings of Life"
Everybody has creative ideas and dreams. It's the courageous few, through their determination and perseverance who turn dreams into tangible realities, with sustainable consumer needs, and/or purposes in industry or the marketplace.
Playing it safe and doing nothing usually ends with unfulfilled dreamers, looking back over their lives, asking the
question, "What if?" What if I followed my bliss and took a chance? What might have happened? Could I have been
successful and would I now be more happy and content than I am? Those that do nothing will never know.
When first starting out on the road to independence, self realization, and fulfillment, young dreamers feel invincible,
visualizing the world at their feet with unlimited possibilities. If at first the world doesn't share the dreamer's enthusiasm, it doesn't necessarily mean that the dreamer is wrong, or that their vision doesn't have any value. It does mean that the dreamer will now have to figure out why, and then go on to the next step, or move on to their next big idea. The obvious problem with this process is that everybody has to make a living. Unless the dreamer is very rich or gets lucky and the dream actually starts generating an income for them, finding a paying job soon becomes a priority.
Along the way, if the dreamer is not careful, soon the trappings of life replace the dream with tangible possessions,
which includes the responsibilities and commitments to sustain them. The dreamer's focus changes from what could
be, to what is.
Life, time, and space are so finite and at best uncertain with death the only certainty and inevitable outcome for all
existence. With that understanding, keeping up with the Joneses hardly seems as important as following one's bliss.
When courageously taking any first step, in an attempt to rise up above complacency; realize our dreams, to give us
more value and completeness, and fulfill our potentials, we all soon find that if it were easy, everybody would be doing it.
If everyone played it safe succumbing to their own self-inflected
limitations, we would all still be living in the middle ages. We all
benefit from the risk takers, if only to inspire us to reach our full
potentials. Personally, I gravitate to people who think outside the
box; not afraid to try new things. As Theodore Roosevelt said,
"...there place shall never be with those timid souls who know neither
victory nor defeat." It's an exciting place to be, even if it takes a
lifetime to get there. We are all better off from those who are
actually in the arena, pushing the envelope beyond what is, to what can
be, while constantly reaching ahead of us to the infinite possibilities
beyond.
There are countless stories of people who were ahead of their time, with their work only appreciated after their death.
Whether they succeed in life or not is not as important as their determination to make it all happen, and after years
of hard work, to finally realize their dream as something real and tangible. By doing nothing, the dream remains but
a dream, and dies with the dreamer - as so often tragically happens. At least the courageous followed their bliss and
took a chance with that first step to a higher calling instead of just leaving the dream a mere fabric of their
unfulfilled imagination.
So follow your bliss, dream big dreams, hold your standards high, reach for the stars - and by all means remember
that nothing really good comes easy because if it did everybody would be doing it.
The Illuminati has stated that most
first world countries will have some kind of implanted chip (666) by
2017. The world’s huge debt along with another total financial collapse
on the horizon is setting the stage for that to happen. Talking heads
and so-called experts spin their rhetoric to sell their spurious
agenda(s). Secret organizations like the Illuminati (Bilderbergs,
etc.,) are planning everyone's fate to their self-interests.
The Internet has become Big Brother in the guise of freedom wherein
free people are convinced that the Internet is theirs, “The Peoples’
Internet.” Unknowingly we are all being labeled and categorized
according to, and by, someone in the shadows that we don’t even know.
We must all question anything that will negatively impact our freedoms and then look for long-term alternatives that will
keep us free.
We should all question and be aware of false profits, for they are manipulators of the truth for their own self-serving purposes
.
Never leave your fate in the hands of others who think they know what’s
best for you. Trust in the word of God more than that of man and our
freedoms will never be compromised.
Stand up and let your words be heard. The next injustices and lost freedoms may be closer to home than you think.
At what cost is FREEDOM worth fighting for? Well, that would depend on how much it’s worth to you.
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"Is our world on a collision course with evil, traversing a road to the extinction of the human race?"
One only needs to read the newspaper or turn on the television to find
that negativity dominates the landscape. It would be refreshing, to say
the least, if there were a news program that focused on all the good
things people do every day where we could be inspired by their
contributions to the advancement of our civilization and humankind.
But, I’m told that nobody would watch – would you?
With nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons in the hands of some
fanatics, how long do you think it will take before an event of
catastrophic proportions is unleashed; releasing a black death like no
other the world has ever seen, along with untold repercussions,
mutations on multiple levels, and their short and long term
consequences?
In the last decade alone, there have been at least 20 new diseases and counting. How is it that so many new diseases
are being formed? Any one of these diseases or viruses could turn into an epidemic, or worse pandemic that could kill
millions of people. Imagine the series of inevitable events that would
follow a pandemic or nuclear exchange. Economies of the world would
crumble to a halt resulting in famine and more deaths with exponential
fervor. It would give new meaning to “Survival of the Fittest.”
It doesn’t seem enough that natural disasters have been increasing at
an alarming rate. No, some humans are trying to take chaos, suffering,
and mayhem to another level with their continued terrorist activities.
But even that isn’t enough. These mentally deranged, criminally sick
people won’t be happy until they also acquire nuclear, chemical, and
biological weapons. But, to what end? During the last days of WW II,
the entire world witnessed the potential of what such a diabolical
exchange would surely be. Now with thousands of nuclear bombs poised
for action, all it would take is one fanatic entity to push a button,
unleashing the beast and a chain reaction unimaginable to some future
result; with our survival less than certain.
The toxins and chemicals in our air, water, and food; along with the
processing of our foods have been going on for decades. What are the
results of all these chemicals introduced into the environment; and
what have all of these manipulations of nature done and continue to do
to our health and DNA?
As if that isn’t enough, people take prescription and/or illegal drugs
to cope with or escape reality, or to simply try to cure something that
might have been avoided all together had we not challenged nature in
the first place.
20th century ingenuity, invention, innovation, and creativity, have benefited all of mankind into the 21st century, but not
without also creating problems like global warming, pollution, and diseases.
We find ourselves surrounded with perversions, moral degradation, and
dangerous criminal mental illnesses wandering the streets; a lack of
character and distortions of the truth where people manipulate it for
their own self-serving purposes. The media only fuels the fear, preying
on those fears.
On the other hand there are millions of people, who every day of their
lives, are dedicated to making our world a better place to live in,
even while under the constant shadow of our potential extinction where
all of us are bombarded with negativity every single day. I find it
interesting and curious, even incredulous that we’re NOT instead
pleasantly showered with people’s high achievements and the hard work
and dedication it took them to get there.
Do you think we could reverse this long standing trend of negative
poisons by giving recognition, importance, and praise to the good and
righteous among us? Do you think this would have a positive impact on
all of our lives?
Do you think people can make a difference, or do you think World War III is inevitable?
The Internet could provide a forum for possible solutions, empowering
large numbers of people that could positively influence the powers that
be. From the chaotic world events seemingly at our doorstep, to our own
negative intrusions disrupting our individual lives, can we use the
Internet to solve some of these problems by Gather-ing up workable
solutions?
Do you think positive thinking and its uplifting influences’ impact our
lives resulting in raising us up into the light, in contrast to the
negative heaviness that drags us down into the darkness?
Imagine millions of Internet voices and petitions making a difference for a better world.
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"A True Friend"
For me, the word friend is usually used loosely without much thought about its importance in our lives. Good and
bad experiences come and go, but a friend – a true friend is always there for you. It has been said that if we have
one true friend in our lifetime we become the luckiest person in the world.
So what is a true friend?
Friendship is earned.
Without any shadow of doubt, a true friend is a person you can trust implicitly to be there for you (and you) for them.
Being true friends must be reciprocal to be complete.
A true friend thinks more of their friend than of their own best interests.
A true friend is a “Best Friend” when unconditionally grounded in the teachings of the Bible and then leads by example
in its complete truth.
Acquaintances come and go, but a friend, a true friend is forever.
What does the word friend mean to you?
Good and evil are also extreme terms with imperfections of the former and sometimes subtle deceptions of the latter in
the guise of its message, temptation, and ultimate seduction. Both offer rewards, but only one offers truth, peace, love,
hope, joy, and the heart’s desire.
How do we save the human race from itself? Maybe when there are more true-friends than acquaintances will we begin
to appreciate the full potential of the human spirit in truth, with understanding, and respect for all. We can agree to
disagree, but should never lose sight of the possibilities for it is in those possibilities that we become greater than any
self inflicted limitations we may have.