There are times when people holding a public office go completely beyond the bounds of common sense or even common decency in pursuit of what they see as their obligations.
A father was arrested at school when picking up his daughter because she drew a picture of him holding a gun and shooting bad guys/monsters.
It's outrageous that so called 'professionals' feel able to abuse their power in this way and worse that the father felt he had to go along with a situation where he was effectively treated as an armed criminal rather than a law abiding citizen. Personal liberty comes a very poor second to the exercise of power here.
The story is here:
http://www.therecord.com/news/local/article/676150--man-shocked-by-arrest-after-daughter-draws-picture-of-gun-at-school
Saturday 25 February 2012
Saturday 18 February 2012
The Wile E Coyote moment
You know the one.
Wile E Coyote is chasing Roadrunner (again). Roadrunner runs to the edge of the cliff, with Wile E Coyote in full chase. The Roadrunner stops in a stride before the edge of the cliff but the Coyote's momentum carries him forward and for a moment it seems that he can run on nothing more than fresh air.
Then gravity takes over and down he falls.
This for me seems to sum up how things are at present. Financial markets, the Euro, even the EU are running like Wile E Coyote with nothing more than fresh air holding them up. While the Coyotes of the UK Government, the EU Commission and others are behaving as if gravity will never take hold; but it will.
All the while shops are closing, jobless numbers are rising, buildings are burning (in Greece, but look out here in the summer) as it becomes clear that something has gone horribly wrong.
There are too many people talking about what has gone wrong and too few putting things right. The truth is that instead of wonderful self actualized people, empowered by their own skill and abilities to create wealth and personal worth, we have raised a generation, maybe two generations of people who in some parts of society believe that they deserve what ever they want as a right.
Governments of all stripes have encouraged this as they sought power for their own ends by bribing certain sections of society with their own money or worse with money from other sections of society. Divide and rule conquered common sense and any notion of the common good.
Whether at local council, County Government, National Government or at EU level the song is the same, take more taxes and spend it where we will rather than letting people decide for themselves.
This will end, it is likely to be messy. Vested interests rarely cede power voluntarily so bloodshed and violence is always a possibility.
In my view it's time for more self reliance, less sucking at the teat of Government who have no money in any case. We have to return to making things, creating value, growing food and all making a contribution. No I am not advocating some communist ideal, simply working together with enlightened self interest. We can't all be self sufficient but we can trade our skills and our goods fairly without needing this lumbering oversight of a bloated state that takes ever higher proportions of the wealth that we do create.
How do we get from here to there? One person at a time I suspect. Doing a John Galt (Atlas Shrugged) or similar until at last we get back to decent core values, where life experience is more important than Nike trainers made in China and creating a good life for oneself is of higher value than material goods made in a factory where the staff work more hours than you do.
It's time for change and it starts with us. One person, one action at a time. Start now.
Wile E Coyote is chasing Roadrunner (again). Roadrunner runs to the edge of the cliff, with Wile E Coyote in full chase. The Roadrunner stops in a stride before the edge of the cliff but the Coyote's momentum carries him forward and for a moment it seems that he can run on nothing more than fresh air.
Then gravity takes over and down he falls.
This for me seems to sum up how things are at present. Financial markets, the Euro, even the EU are running like Wile E Coyote with nothing more than fresh air holding them up. While the Coyotes of the UK Government, the EU Commission and others are behaving as if gravity will never take hold; but it will.
All the while shops are closing, jobless numbers are rising, buildings are burning (in Greece, but look out here in the summer) as it becomes clear that something has gone horribly wrong.
There are too many people talking about what has gone wrong and too few putting things right. The truth is that instead of wonderful self actualized people, empowered by their own skill and abilities to create wealth and personal worth, we have raised a generation, maybe two generations of people who in some parts of society believe that they deserve what ever they want as a right.
Governments of all stripes have encouraged this as they sought power for their own ends by bribing certain sections of society with their own money or worse with money from other sections of society. Divide and rule conquered common sense and any notion of the common good.
Whether at local council, County Government, National Government or at EU level the song is the same, take more taxes and spend it where we will rather than letting people decide for themselves.
This will end, it is likely to be messy. Vested interests rarely cede power voluntarily so bloodshed and violence is always a possibility.
In my view it's time for more self reliance, less sucking at the teat of Government who have no money in any case. We have to return to making things, creating value, growing food and all making a contribution. No I am not advocating some communist ideal, simply working together with enlightened self interest. We can't all be self sufficient but we can trade our skills and our goods fairly without needing this lumbering oversight of a bloated state that takes ever higher proportions of the wealth that we do create.
How do we get from here to there? One person at a time I suspect. Doing a John Galt (Atlas Shrugged) or similar until at last we get back to decent core values, where life experience is more important than Nike trainers made in China and creating a good life for oneself is of higher value than material goods made in a factory where the staff work more hours than you do.
It's time for change and it starts with us. One person, one action at a time. Start now.
Wednesday 15 February 2012
Simple living
I'm on a personal quest to simplify my life and deliver a better quality of life for my family.
It turns out that this is much harder than you might think.
One thing I would like to do, (like many other people), is live in my own home on my own land without a mortgage.
Without some radical thinking this is a pipe dream for most people. We have 25 years of paying a mortgage during which time we will have typically paid for that home 2 or 3 times over because of the interest. In my case there is still more than 14 years to go.
But, recently my attention has been drawn to the idea of tiny homes that can be self built, either on a plot of land or even on a trailer. These range in size from 100 square feet to perhaps 500 square feet and when you see how they are built and what can be done your own life model may be up for review. I know I am now thinking about things very differently.
Take a look at some of the videos and sites below, if nothing else they may convince you to make better use of the space you already have. Why is this important in a blog dedicated to realising ones potential? Because the more time you spend working to earn money, the less time you have to do the things you really want to do or love to do. This approach breaks that limitation.
Check these:
www.tinyhousedesign.com
www.shelterpub.com
www.lloydkahn-ongoing.blogspot.com
Start from these and watch the videos, I'm now hooked!
It turns out that this is much harder than you might think.
One thing I would like to do, (like many other people), is live in my own home on my own land without a mortgage.
Without some radical thinking this is a pipe dream for most people. We have 25 years of paying a mortgage during which time we will have typically paid for that home 2 or 3 times over because of the interest. In my case there is still more than 14 years to go.
But, recently my attention has been drawn to the idea of tiny homes that can be self built, either on a plot of land or even on a trailer. These range in size from 100 square feet to perhaps 500 square feet and when you see how they are built and what can be done your own life model may be up for review. I know I am now thinking about things very differently.
Take a look at some of the videos and sites below, if nothing else they may convince you to make better use of the space you already have. Why is this important in a blog dedicated to realising ones potential? Because the more time you spend working to earn money, the less time you have to do the things you really want to do or love to do. This approach breaks that limitation.
Check these:
www.tinyhousedesign.com
www.shelterpub.com
www.lloydkahn-ongoing.blogspot.com
Start from these and watch the videos, I'm now hooked!
Thursday 9 February 2012
On Prozac for 10 years
I had a conversation with someone recently who has been on Prozac (on and off) for 10 years.
10 years? Really?
Why?
This person had had a traumatic childhood and some adult problems too but a drug strategy for 10 years?
Why not really work to resolve the underlying issue? It might take a year (or it might just take a few months) but the standard medical interventions seem big on buzz words/buzz phrases and drugs whilst being woefully short on resolutions.
Hypnosis, EFT, life coaching any or all of these would would surely be preferable to masking the symptoms. Or is there no money/appetite for this style of intervention?
10 years? Really?
Why?
This person had had a traumatic childhood and some adult problems too but a drug strategy for 10 years?
Why not really work to resolve the underlying issue? It might take a year (or it might just take a few months) but the standard medical interventions seem big on buzz words/buzz phrases and drugs whilst being woefully short on resolutions.
Hypnosis, EFT, life coaching any or all of these would would surely be preferable to masking the symptoms. Or is there no money/appetite for this style of intervention?
Monday 6 February 2012
The main reasons people phone a hypnotherapist
Why do people call a hypnotherapist?
Loss of self confidence
Loss of self esteem
Want to lose weight
Want to quit smoking
Undefined anxiety (sometimes described as free floating anxiety)
Specific fear or phobia (driving, frogs, spiders etc)
Desire to learn a new skill, play musical instrument etc.
So now you know!
Loss of self confidence
Loss of self esteem
Want to lose weight
Want to quit smoking
Undefined anxiety (sometimes described as free floating anxiety)
Specific fear or phobia (driving, frogs, spiders etc)
Desire to learn a new skill, play musical instrument etc.
So now you know!
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