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The 4 Cups of Listening

Cracked Cup
Hear a teaching and then forget, like it leaks out

Upside Down Cup
Closed being

Cup of Poison
Editing, like one part, don’t like others

Full Cup
Know it all already, not open to taking in new teaching

I Am the Decisive Element

I have come to the frightening conclusion that I am the decisive element.
It is my personal approach that creates the climate.
It is my daily mood that makes the weather.
I possess tremendous power to make life miserable or joyous.
I can be a tool of torture or an instrument of inspiration;
I can humiliate or humor, hurt or heal.
In all situations, it is my response that decides whether a crisis is escalated or de-escalated,
and a person is humanized or de-humanized.
If we treat people as they are, we make them worse.
If we treat people as they ought to be, we help them become what they are capable of becoming.

– Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Playlist: Current Long

Joan Baez: Here’s To You
April March: Chick Habit
M83: We Own The Sky
David Bowie & Queen: Under Pressure
Peter Bjorn And John: Young Folks (Feat. Victoria Be
Nouvelle Vague: This Is Not A Love Song
MGMT: Kids (Soulwax Nite Version)
Bob Marley: Sun Is Shining (Fire House Club Mix)
Sufjan Stevens: Decatur, or, Round of Applause for Your Step Mother!
Danny Elfman: The Little Things (Wanted Soundtrack)
Erin McCarley: SleepWalking
I’m From Barcelona: Oversleeping
The Ting Tings: That’s Not My Name
Angels And Airwaves: True Love
I’m From Barcelona: The Painter
The XX: Islands
Peter Bjorn And John: Ancient Curce
Hyim: Evolution
Lady GaGa: Just Dance(Ft Akon)
Eric Prydz: Call on Me
MSTRKRFT: Heartbreaker F. John Legend
The XX: Basic Space
Lou Reed: This Magic Moment
M83: Teen Angst
Amadou & Mariam: Sénégal Fast Food
Manu Chao: Merry Blues
Mates Of State: Jellyman Kelly
The Airborne Toxic Event: Sometime Around Midnight
Katy Perry: I Kissed A Girl
Pete Townsend: Let My Love Open The Door
Madonna + Gorillaz: Hung Up Live
Coldplay: Viva la Vida
MGMT vs Daft Punk: One More Time to Pretend (Immuzikation Remix)
Silversun Pickups: Panic Switch
Deb Musgrave: Kalindi La Gourasana
Michelle Malone: Feather In a Hurricane
George Harrison: My Sweet Lord
Manu Chao: Homens
Beyonce: Halo

The Fix

There recently was an article in the St. Petersburg FL Times. The Business Section asked readers for ideas on: “How Would You Fix the Economy?”  Following is one brilliant response:

Dear Mr. President:

Please find below my suggestion for fixing America ‘s economy.

Instead of giving billions of dollars to companies that will squander the money on lavish parties and unearned bonuses, use the following plan. You can call it the “Patriotic Retirement Plan”.

There are about 40 million people over 50 in the work force. Pay them $1 million apiece severance for early retirement with the following stipulations:

1) They MUST retire. Forty million job openings — Unemployment fixed.

2) They MUST buy a new American car. Forty million cars ordered — Auto Industry fixed.

3) They MUST either buy a house or pay off their mortgage — Housing Crisis fixed.

It can’t get any easier than that!!

Mr. President, while you’re at it, make Congress retire on Social Security and Medicare. I’ll bet both programs would be fixed pronto!

P.S. If more money is needed, have all members in Congress pay their taxes…

Clive’s Dancin’ Time Song Lyrics

Our friend Clive used to sing this to Fiona when she was a baby. He’d hold her up and wiggle her lower half in syncopation with her upper half. It was hilarious.

We’re gonna have a little dancin’ time,
Just like American Bandstand.
We’re gonna shake our little butts in time,
Just like American Bandstand

We’re gonna wiggle our hands and feet and tummy,
Laugh at Dick Clark because his toupeé is so funny
We’re gonna have a little dancin’ time,
Just like American Bandstand