My wife in her very astute analysis has come up with a theoretical framework for what has been traditionally called "the struggle"! Her concept is to bring a newness and energy that represents actual action as opposed to simple discussion. In her humility she has felt that since she does not yet own a PHd nor a degree of any sort no one would listen to her. I intend to do a full interview with her on the concept and hash it out. After having presented it in several forums the response was mostly negative. When I told her she was hurt but I explained to her that unfortunately people pay homage to folks with degrees more so. Now I don't hold a degree either but I have been interviewed on issues like Reparations by a Tokyo radio station...

Losing some one is the hardest thing to live through, a parent, an unborn child, the love of your life. When you lose any one of these people or just a very close friend your life is forever changed. Nothing feels the same days feel different nights seem longer and emotions are never the same.

I have had all 3 happen to me in the last ten years of my life. My father at 14, a pair of twins at 22 and just recently my fianca'. My father fought cancer for a while but loss his battle after a long fight. My twins from a ex were lost the same day we found out about them thanks to birth control attacking them early on, but they were alive long enough to be seen in an ultrasound picture before their death.

But for me the...

http://youtube.com/watch?v=poOHRhO8BqU

Simply fantastic.

This is Marty the Monk...the Buddhist statue that resides in my herb garden. He took the place of a pretty much to almost dead bush that I tore out of the ground this past summer.

As you can see by the serenity of his facial features...he enjoys winter much more than I do... because he is not stuck in a house for several days with two boys of very different personalities that are always at each others throats now-a-days......that is enough to acually go outside in 18 degree weather and find something to do....other than shoveling another pathway.

It does however beat a picture of me being thoroughly disgusted with winter.

Abc's Of Unity



A Active
B Bravery
C Community
D Devotion
E Effort
F Family
G Giving
H Hope
I Ideas
J Journey
K Knowledge
L Love
M Moral
N Network
O Order
P Power
Q Quickness
R Respect
S Strength
T Togetherness
U Unity
V Vision
W Wisdom
X Examine
Y Youth
Z Zeal