Imagination grows by exercise, and contrary to common belief,
is more powerful in the mature than in the young.
~W. Somerset Maugham
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Imagine for yourself a character, a model personality, whose example you
determine to follow, in private as well as in public.
~Epictetus
The power of imagination, if only we understood its power in our minds and collectively as a group.
Imagine rising up against the two party political system and saying no more will we limit ourselves. To a party who uses a donkey as a symbol or a big elephant as the other.
Imagine rising up against child homelessness and saying no more and turning our empty landscape into facilities that not only housed the homeless but educated them and protected them from harm.
Imagine standing and saying no more to a welfare system that does not promote leaving it but puts walls around its recipients to make them feel safe and secure and why would they want to leave its safety net. There is no reward on the outside only hurdles.
Imagine if only we stood up and said no more to this folly there is a better way. Lets go in this direction. Lets head towards empowerment instead of making people live in fear.
~Stephen Covey
Imagine what you really want for your day, your week, your month, your year. Imagine, make it real, dream big and walk towards that image.
What is there to lose? What is there to gain? What is the possibility that the journey will be more than just a journey?
Some things to ask as the year 2012 gets closer some 33 days away.
Enjoy this day. Enjoy this day for it is yours. Make today count and let your imagination run free with no chains, no barriers and no limits.
As always smiles sent your way today and everyday! : )
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On this day in history
1394 – The Korean king Yi Seong-gye, founder of the Joseon Dynasty, moves the capital from Kaesŏng to Hanyang, today known as Seoul.
1776 – American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Fort Cumberland, Nova Scotia comes to an end with the arrival of British reinforcements.
1781 – The crew of the British slave ship Zong murders 133 Africans by dumping them into the sea to claim insurance.
1864 – Indian Wars: Sand Creek Massacre – Colorado volunteers led by Colonel John Chivington massacre at least 150 Cheyenne and Arapaho noncombatants inside Colorado Territory.
1864 – American Civil War: Battle of Spring Hill – Confederate advance into Tennessee misses opportunity to crush Union army. Gen. Hood angered, leads to Battle of Franklin.
1872 – Indian Wars: The Modoc War begins with the Battle of Lost River.
1877 – Thomas Edison demonstrates his phonograph for the first time.
1881 – Spokan Falls (today the city of Spokane, Washington) is officially incorporated as a city.
1885 – End of Third Anglo-Burmese War, and end of Burmese monarchy
1890 – The Meiji Constitution goes into effect in Japan and the first Diet convenes.
1929 – U.S. Admiral Richard Byrd becomes the first person to fly over the South Pole.
1943 – The second session of AVNOJ, the Anti-fascist council of national liberation of Yugoslavia, is held in Jajce, Bosnia and Herzegovina, determining the post-war ordering of the country.
1944 – The first surgery (on a human) to correct blue baby syndrome is performed by Alfred Blalock and Vivien Thomas.
1945 – The Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia is declared.
1947 – The Partition Plan: the United Nations General Assembly votes to partition Israel.
1947 – My Trach Massacre: First Indochina War.
1950 – Korean War: North Korean and Chinese troops force United Nations forces to retreat from North Korea.
1952 – Korean War: U.S. President-elect Dwight D. Eisenhower fulfills a campaign promise by traveling to Korea to find out what can be done to end the conflict.
1961 – Project Mercury: Mercury-Atlas 5 Mission – Enos, a chimpanzee, is launched into space. The spacecraft orbited the Earth twice and splashed-down off the coast of Puerto Rico.
1963 – U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson establishes the Warren Commission to investigate the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
1963 – Trans-Canada Airlines Flight 831: A Douglas DC-8 carrying 118, crashes after taking-off from Dorval Airport near Montreal.
1965 – The Canadian Space Agency launches the satellite Alouette 2.
1967 – Vietnam War: U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara announces his resignation.
1972 – Atari announces the release of Pong, the first commercially successful video game.
1983 – Soviet war in Afghanistan: The United Nations General Assembly passes a resolution stating that Soviet Union forces should withdraw from Afghanistan.
1987 – Korean Air Flight 858 explodes over the Thai-Burmese border, killing 155.
1990 – Gulf War: The United Nations Security Council passes two resolutions to restore international peace and security if Iraq did not withdraw its forces from Kuwait and free all foreign hostages by January 15, 1991.
2007 – The Armed Forces of the Philippines lay siege to The Peninsula Manila after soldiers led by Senator Antonio Trillanes stage a mutiny.
2007 – A 7.4 magnitude earthquake occurs off the northern coast of Martinique. This affected the Eastern Caribbean as far north as Puerto Rico and as far south as Trinidad.
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My daily recipe for today. Hope you enjoy : ) From MyRecipes.com
Chicken Enchilada Casserole
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Your Daily Prayer
Lord, thank you for today.
Thank you for the power of thought and the gift of imagination. May I put it to better use for good and empowerment for making a difference in another persons day.
I thank you for the nature outside of my door, thank you for sharing that.
Thanks for the goodness that surrounds me everyday may I be guided by my spirit to focus on those things instead of any the negative.
Thank you for the power of thought and the gift of imagination. May I put it to better use for good and empowerment for making a difference in another persons day.
I thank you for the nature outside of my door, thank you for sharing that.
Thanks for the goodness that surrounds me everyday may I be guided by my spirit to focus on those things instead of any the negative.
May my self talk and expression flow towards the empowerment of my world and those around me.
May we all take that step to reach out and shine our lift of love, joy and laughter.
Thanks for that love that is given and shared this time of year. May we take this time to reach out and share our kindess and love that have been given to us.
May we become filled with gratitude that overflows.
I give you praise and the glory for all of that
With humility and gratitude I thank you
Amen
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