tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16256587184092632512024-03-14T10:36:58.822+07:00LA SOLIDARIDADLa Solidaridadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00125050312386877212noreply@blogger.comBlogger14300125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1625658718409263251.post-1867916064395273582023-03-10T04:04:00.001+07:002023-03-10T04:04:15.008+07:00SPEECH BY THE PRIME MINISTER, MR. LEE KUAN YEW, AT ROYAL SOCIETY OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, LONDON - MAY, 1962.<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOGRnifUpzn9UyrbstMjSfYbk_fEIuYLOAjaFCXuNfC5d6Yu8O9O1YEcCPUJ6XS8vKWekajg7xT43AVXW6UBlHFTQB37p_zokudtvrCWRyH2o5kOpklpAQvJ_Ew8fr_sgmYfv3w_1KT-vNFtPf_sbMoTG2rNW_mvzEauhYXx7s4o1RzVdk3Yo/s279/Blog%20lee%20kwan%20yee%20speech.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="181" data-original-width="279" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOGRnifUpzn9UyrbstMjSfYbk_fEIuYLOAjaFCXuNfC5d6Yu8O9O1YEcCPUJ6XS8vKWekajg7xT43AVXW6UBlHFTQB37p_zokudtvrCWRyH2o5kOpklpAQvJ_Ew8fr_sgmYfv3w_1KT-vNFtPf_sbMoTG2rNW_mvzEauhYXx7s4o1RzVdk3Yo/s400/Blog%20lee%20kwan%20yee%20speech.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>THE SITUATION IN SOUTH-EAST ASIA</b><br /><br />Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen. I am somewhat intimidated by this lectern in front of me; I have nothing to read from any script because I have been too busy to prepare anything. I have forewarned your Chairman that I would like to speak briefly lest my ignorance on so many things be discovered. However, I should like to say how grateful I am for this opportunity to talk to people who are knowledgeable, who are interested in South-East Asia, and who will help in their own way to influence thinking on South-East Asia. It is really the thought processes before the policy is decided upon that is so important to us.<br /><br />British policy will for the foreseeable future be one of the most important factors in South-East Asia -- one of the most important non-South-East Asian factors in South-East Asia. I, for one, will be sorry to see it supplanted by American policy; and it is my hope that what has happened and what is happening in Laos may never find repetition nearer home.<br /><br />May I, after those somewhat unpromising remarks, come back to something which I know a little bit about, namely Malaysia. Well, I have been wanting to get away from Singapore for some time, because Singapore is a very small place. The problems are enormous, you cannot run away from them, and I thought to myself that, perhaps in the lull that I have between now and Malaysia Day, I might do a useful bit of work seeing a few people, talk to a few British Ministers who are concerned with responsibilities connected with the region, and generally trying to make friends, but not to influence them, in as many places I could.<br /><br />First -- Malaysia. What does it mean to us? What does it mean to you? What does it mean to the outside world? To us, who do not want to see Singapore and Malaya slowly engulfed and eroded away by the Communists, it is an absolute ‘must’. The alternatives are so unpleasant as to be quite unthinkable, and, because they are so unpleasant, I have not the slightest doubt that Malaysia will succeed.<br /><br />When the federation of these five territories or some grouping was first suggested by Mr. Malcolm Macdonald many years ago it was welcomed by people who were then considered weak, reactionary stooge elements of British colonialism. Red-blooded people like myself and the Communists scoffed at this fanciful plot to try and delay the political advance against the British colonial system in Malaya and Singapore. Well, that was more than a decade ago, and times have changed. In that time several things happened. First of all, Communist China emerged as a real force in the whole area. Secondly, the fringes of South-East Asia became more and more unstable -- Indonesia, Vietnam, even Burma. Thirdly, within the last decade the realities of powerpolitics came home to the young nationalists of South-East Asia; and it came home vividly with the Sino-Indian border conflict. There was the Bandung Conference, and the warm after-glow of fraternity and solidarity of Afro-Asia -- just because we were Afro-Asians -- vanished; the reality of power was brought home. I think anybody who has not been to the area for ten years and went back the one marked difference they would find between the 1940’s and the 1960’s is the fact that in those ten years everybody graduated into first-class scouts -- no longer tenderfoots. One has not just joined the boy-scouts, one has found out about path-finding, and how it is necessary to have a good compass. Now, why am I now solidly in favour of Malaysia? I have spent the lastthree weeks talking to a few people whose names and repute carry weight in the Afro-Asian world, and in the non-Communist world generally, to convince them that this is no longer a British plot, that this is our scheme amended and somewhat different, but nationalist and not colonialist. I think it would be useful if I were to tell you how it began, what the position is now, what I think will happen in the immediate future, and what I think the long term prospects are. Well, officially, Malaysia began when the Tengku, the Prime Minister of the Federation of Malaya, came down to Singapore to make a speech to some foreign correspondents in May of last year, and he said he was all in favour of closer economic and political association between Malaya, Singapore and the Borneo territories; a faithful pronouncement, because for the first time he acknowledged that he had to have economic and political association with Singapore.<br /><br />Since 1955 when he was somewhat aghast at the boisterousness of the people in Singapore his policy has been one of systematic isolation and the cutting of all ties between Singapore and the Federation in the fond belief that the British could look after Singapore.<br /><br />I spent a great deal of time and effort between 1955 and 1959, when I assumed office, trying to convince him that in the long run he had to reckon with Singapore, and that it was easier if he included us in his overall calculations and started on the basis of Singapore as part of his overall problems than if he tried to<br />pass the problem-child over to the British. I will tell you that I was amazed and astonished at the turn of events which, between 1959 and 1961, helped me to bring home to him the realities of the position. Of course, the British, in their own pragmatic way, also helped, but I would say that nobody however well informed could have foreseen the rapidity with which events developed in and around Malaysia. I certainly did not, because I had envisaged an unpleasant time trying to contain an almost uncontainable situation in isolation from Malaya, but fortunately our enemies made a number of mistakes which helped us: first in convincing the Tengku that Singapore mattered to him, that the British could not look after Singapore for him indefinitely, that he had to come to terms with Singapore, and that the best way of coming to terms with Singapore was to come to terms with Malaysia in the context of South-East Asia. That is really the heart of the matter with regard to Malaysia. The Tengku never thought about the Borneo territories. He never imagined that he would be a sponsor of a plan that would form a viable broadly-based nation in South-East Asia comprising these five British possessions. His attitude between 1955 and 1959 was one which is not unnatural in people who have just inherited tremendous problems of their own, of just minding their own business, and he had a lot of business to mind in Malaya. He was doing well, and he saw no reason why he should undertake problems, the nature of which he did not like, and, the prospects of providing solutions to which, he was uncertain of.<br /><br />All of you are well-informed on Malaya and Malaysia, and all of you, no doubt, can read between the lines of what politicians often leave unsaid, but, because I am talking to an audience not of immediate political favour, I think I can afford myself the privilege of talking between the lines, which is perhaps what you would like. Let me now explain to you why we are in the present position:<br /><br />I will not pretend to try to explain British policy, because there are people more competent and more knowledgeable than I am, but whatever the policy was designed to achieve it certainly helped me, because it convinced the Tengku that he had to come to terms with immediate realities -- that was Singapore. It has got 1.6- million people of which 1.2 are Chinese, 200,000 Malays and about 200,000 Indians, 2,000 Eurasians and others. After his experience in Malaya he was convinced that Singapore was not an easy place to govern, because the Communists are able to manipulate Chinese sentiments, Chinese feelings and love of Chinese things, such as language, culture, civilisation, to much greater effectiveness than anybody else, certainly to much greater effectiveness than he and his colleagues. But in the course of the first eighteen months we were able to convince him and his colleagues that if he allowed the Singapore situation to continue in isolation to Malaya he would create a position where it was worthwhile to make a political appeal based on the Chinese alone. Because if 70 per cent of the people in Singapore are Chinese, and you can win the majority of the 70, you can win political power on the basis of one-man-one-one-vote, (which is what the British have foisted on Leicester), and whatever he tried to do with his 2 ½million Chinese in the Federation, as long as a contrary cause was going on in Singapore, he would fail to win over these 2½ million Chinese in the Federation, because they are one people and one political situation; what happened in the Federation had its effect on Singapore and vice-versa. The argument convinced him, and he was coming round to the view that it was better to move ahead of events, hence that momentous speech when he casually mentioned closer political and economic association. We responded, we welcomed it, and we said that if Malaysia helped merger we were all in favour of it, and that led off a chain of events which has completely altered the outlook in Malaysia for the next decade.<br /><br />Briefly, the reactions were as follows: the Communists, being oversuspicious, believed that we had already reached an agreement with the British and the Federation -- in fact, we had not -- to create this Federation called Malaysia. For various reasons they decided that they would force the fight into the open and stop it, and that very act accelerated the whole process and brought home to the Tengku and his colleagues the dire necessity of having Malaysia, or of being undermined by a Communist-manipulated situation from Singapore. An independent television man interviewed the Tengku in April of this year; he casually laughed and asked the Tengku how Malaysia was going, and the Tengku said: ‘I do not know -- I hope all is well’. He was at that time somewhat angry at what was going on in Borneo. The man asked him: ‘What happens if Malaysia does not succeed?, and the Tengku replied: ‘I would be the most happy man in the world’. That is true; without Malaysia he would feel a sense of relief without these problems; with Malaysia he would feel that it was the lesser of the two evils, but he has not got the answer to some of the many problems he will inherit. These are the immediate problems: In Malaya today there are 3.4 million Malays against 2.5 million Chinese against 0.8 million Indians. A society which is not completely integrated. Part of the Chinese are English-educated and would fit in with the Malayan scene -- anything between 30-40 per cent. The balance are not English-educated, and half of that balance will probably have their loyalties tied up with the country of the origin of their ancestors. The Indians do not form a sizable force, nor do they constitute any problem. The Tengku has been doing well, because the Malayan Communist Party has been sufficiently unwise to pursue a policy which rallies all the forces in the Malay world around him, and leaves the forces in the Chinese world who are not for the Communists no choice but to reach a working basis with whoever leads the Malay majority.<br /> <br />Let me explain this: 99 per cent of the Malayan Communist Party is Chinese. They have fought for the last 17 years, since 1945, to establish a Soviet Republic based on the efforts and sacrifices of the Chinese. They cannot conceive of a situation in which Communism can come to Malaya without their efforts; and they use the obvious and the simple method of winning more people over to Communism by pointing to the illustrious example of China. The result is that they win more recruits from the Chinese into the Malayan Communist Party and present Communism to the non-Chinese in Malaya as Chinese Imperialism, and so they get themselves more and more isolated in this Chinese world. The Malays watching this have a tremendous fear that their position will be jeopardised, and, therefore, playing around their traditional leaders -- and the<br /> </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> Tengku is an extremely shrewd and able leader of his people -- have kept all the<br />traditional forms of leadership. He, himself, is the son of a Sultan, a traditional leader of his people; and he has proved over seven years that his leadership over the Malays is likely to be undisputed for a long time, and certainly for as long as the Malayan Communist Party pursues this stupid policy of augmenting their strength on the basis of the prestige and reputation of China, making an appeal only to the Chinese.<br /><br />But with Malaysia, the Tengku inherits different problems. In the first place, if he had merger with Singapore without Malaysia he is quite convinced that enormous differences will arise, because the population of Singapore is 1.2 million Chinese, plus the 2.5 million in the Federation will make it 3.7 million as against 3.6 million Malays. I am not saying this is a desirable method of computing, but I am saying that this is basic political arithmetic which weighs in the minds of political leaders -- Communist, non-Communist and anti-Communist-- because of the situation. Therefore, he is adamant that with merger -- which he sees no escape from -- he must have Malaysia. For then he will have 1 million Malays, Dusuns Dayaks, Muruts and others, to add to the 3.5 million which will make it 4.5 million, and the Chinese would be 3.6 million plus 400,000 in Sarawak and North Borneo to make it roughly 4 million. In other words, merger without Malaysia lands him in a situation which he fears: a Chinese-led Communist party may in the extreme manipulate Chinese sentiments to a point where the Chinese with electoral weighting can upset a constitutionally-elected government. Therefore, Malaysia is the answer, because that would more or less maintain the present balance of the communal forces in Malaya. The Communists know this; they are resigned to merger because they understand that it is impossible to have an independent Singapore, but they want merger alone without Malaysia because they believe that what the Tengku fears is right,that they have got the power with China Communist to manipulate the Chinese to a point where they might be able to constitutionally-upset the Government. My next thesis is, I do not think the one-man-one-vote system is going to endure in South-East Asia for various reasons which I shall discuss briefly, but the present generation of leaders in this particular phase envisage a continuance of the one-man-one-vote system and see in this a workable solution to prevent any Communist manipulation of Chinese sentiments on behalf of the Communists. Now, are they right? It is very difficult to say. But we have certainly got a better base and a better start with Malaysia than without Malaysia for this one simple reason, that, the Chinese being an extremely practical-minded people, never embark on a gamble which they do not think is likely to succeed. Therefore, if you start with Malaysia they will not ever embark or allow themselves to be persuaded to embark on a scheme to capture power which they may otherwise be tempted to do. Now, a Chinese educationist recently had his citizenship revoked and is now in the process of appealing to the courts to<br />challenge the legality of the revocation, and he is not a Communist. He has simply been quarelling with the Government very vehemently and vociferously about Chinese education and the policy of the Federation Government with regard to Chinese education. He stated at the Chinese University in Singapore -- I do not know whether this in any way influenced the revoking of the citizenship,<br /><br />I am sure it did not have any connection whatsoever -- to the students that: ‘We must have merger because then the Chinese will be in the majority and Chinese will be the national language, or one of the national languages’. So, in my estimation, the way in which events have developed between May and now have been such as to have heightened the conflict and the cleavage between the China Chinese and the rest of the community. But the China Chinese are not Communists -- that is important. They are for themselves with all their prejudices and pride in their ancient culture and civilisation; and if we start off from a situation in which they are not going to win anyway by pursuing a Chinese line, I think we stand a very good chance of pulling a considerable proportion of them across to the other side away from the Communists, and that is what I think people like me can do if given a chance. You can govern Malaysia without the Chinese because you will have a situation where the Chinese are not a majority, but you will not govern it well; because 40 percent, though they may be of Malaysia, are the 40 per cent that makes the Malaysian economy tick. That is a fact which, fortunately, the Federation leaders understand; the Tengku and all his colleagues understand this, and there is no desire and no inclination on their part to start on any anti-Chinese crusade, as was attempted by the Indonesians. Therefore, I say that the prospect of Malaysia failing presents such awful consequences that I am pretty sure it will succeed because it is in our power to make it succeed. The only thing which I think is necessary before it succeeds is a considerable amount of commonsense, first in the British who run the administration in Borneo -- and who have considerable influence amongst the population there through chieftains, trade associations and so on -- a certain amount of reasonableness from the Federation in acknowledging that Borneo is, after all, 1,000 miles over the sea, and that the local population has got aspirations of its own, local ambitions which they want to be fulfilled with their own men, and the planning to bring it into being without much fuss and bother.<br /><br />I do not envisage the present period of gestation coming to an otherwise but happy conclusion. No doubt there will be a great deal of trouble from time to time as adjustments are made in attitudes and approaches to resolve the problem of good government in the new Federation of Malaysia. But I believe it will come about before June 1963.<br /><br />What of the future? I think it is solidly secure for the first five to ten years,for as long as our neighbours are secure. The problem of South-East Asia really, once Malaysia is established, is the problem of our neighbours. So long as the Thais are steady and the Burmese are steady and the Indonesians are not Communist, so we will be all right.<br /><br />I do not know how many shots will be fired in Indonesia, and I do not know with what consequences; but assuming that Laos does not lead to any cataclysmic change in the situation, assuming that the Americans do not get involved in something bigger than they can contain in South Vietnam, then our other problem is Indonesia. It is a problem we can do nothing about as we watch every morning in Singapore from our office windows, but one hopes that somehow or other some sense and coherence will emerge by men other than Communists in control. If they go -- and that is another problem, whether they will or not, what happens when the President retires or is not there -- then I see the position over a period of years will become untenable. Because if you have your one natural non-Communist base at the same time attacked ideologically by a successful revolution by people akin to themselves just across the water 200 miles away at the same time as the other side is already under heavy ideological and other pressures from their ideological homeland, then the position is untenable.<br /><br />Why people like me try, I do not know, but perhaps I do know. I do not believe the battle is lost. I do not believe anyone can foresee what more foolish things may happen besides just the Sino-Indian conflict, and nobody really knows the shape of things to come in Indonesia, even assuming the Indonesian Communist Party were ever to gain supremacy. But what we can see, and safely predict is that, assuming the outer regions, the periphery around us, is held non Communist, then once we form Malaysia the Communists are solidly contained, if for no other reason than by the stupidity of their own policies, of trying to introduce Communism into Malaysia through the immigrant element and presenting it to the indigenous element as an immigrant imperialism. That is basic analysis; it was valid when the Malayan Communist Party started their revolution in 1948, and they failed on its account. They are pursuing it in their open front policies and tactics, and they will continue to fail on this account. If I were a business man, I would think that Malaysia was pretty safe, but I am not a business man, and I am only interested in Malaysia in order to make it safe for myself.<br /><b><br />DISCUSSION</b><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Sir Esler Denning<br />May I comment on the Prime Minister’s last remark, that if the periphery became Communist Malaysia would become untenable. Might it not be the case that, if Malaysia became a success, the position of the Communists in the periphery would become untenable? It would depend which happened first, of course.<br /><br />Mr. Lee Kuan Yew<br />Well, it would help, I think, in augmenting the will to resist. Now, if a non-Communist system, or an anti-Communist system, did succeed in making the country more prosperous, in providing a better life for its people, then it is bound to increase the will to resist. The greatest danger in South-East Asia -- as in many other parts of the world -- is that the battle is lost by people, because the people who could lead and fight the battle do a little bit of arithmetic and decide that the odds are not worth taking and therefore never lead to fight the battle. But I do not think Malaysia being a success -- unless, of course, it begins to give material and physical aid to its peripheral neighbours -- can make a direct physical improvement in the outer regions. To begin with, of course, there is this problem that all our neighbours are bigger than ourselves, with Malaysia having 10 million as against 24 million Burmese and 26 million Thais and 19 million Indonesians, which President Sukarno is very much aware of.<br /><br />Mr. R.M. Govan<br />Mr. Prime Minister, is it correct that there is going to be a Referendum in Singapore on the subject of Malaysia? If so, when is it likely to take place, and how do you think it is going to turn out?<br /><br />Mr. Lee Kuan Yew<br />Well, yes, it is correct that there will be a referendum in Malaysia. When will it take place? My enemies would very much like to know. All I can say is, at the appropriate time. How is it going to turn out? I think exceedingly well to the discomfiture of my enemies, because I do not intend to ask foolish questions, for I was told when I was very young, that, if you ask foolish questions, you will<br />get foolish answers.<br /><br />Mr. Brian Crozier<br />Will you tell us, Mr. Prime Minister, what you think of the Philippines claim to North Borneo? Do you think it has any bearing on the future of Malaysia?<br /><br />Mr. Lee Kuan Yew<br />I think the claim is fanciful. I wish them well, and I am quite sure that there are appropriate tribunals like the Permanent Court of International Justice with men qualified to adjudicate on this claim, and I am quite sure the lawyers will make a good job of it at tremendous public expense to the Philippines and the Federation of Malaya Government -- well, I hope the British Government, not the Federation Government, because they have got to give us a clean title if nothing else. Would it make any difference? I think none whatsoever. The Filipinos are on extremely cordial terms with the Tengku and have every intention of maintaining cordiality.<br /><br />Sir John Hay<br />May I ask the Prime Minister if he will enlarge on his observations about one-man-one-vote?<br /><br />Mr. Lee Kuan Yew<br />Yes! There are vagaries about the system of one-man one vote which I think makes it an extremely hazardous system to run anywhere in the underdeveloped and the under-educated world. I think it is a hazardous system to run anywhere, as people who are in charge of the electoral machinery of major political parties here may well agree. We are not exceptional, we are neither more intelligent nor better-educated than many of our neighbours. We have been more fortunately endowed and enjoy a better standard of living, but I do not think the basic factors are materially different. Where the majority of your population is semi-literate, it responds more to the carrot than to the stick, and politicians at election time cannot use the stick, so this leads to a situation where he who bids the highest wins. At a time when you want harder work with less return and more capital investment, one-man one-vote produces just the opposite. The offer of more return with less work ends up in bankruptcy. I would say that but for the enormous prestige of Mr. Nehru and the quality of the leadership at the very top around him, I do not think it would have worked in India either. It is not for me to say what is likely to happen in India in the next decade -- Mr. Nehru cannot go on forever. But I do not think it is a coincidence that it has flopped in Pakistan, did not succeed in Burma, nearly came to grief and is already in severe difficulties in Ceylon which was the model of peaceful transfer of power from a governed to a governing nation. It has been abandoned, decried and condemned in Indonesia, and it is not held in esteem anywhere is Asia. It is not a tradition with the Malays nor with the Chinese to count heads; it has always been to listen to the dicta of the elder. Mind you, I think it will endure in Malaya for some time, but, for how long, I do not know. I should imagine that with every passing year there will be mutations made on the system in order to make it still work. We all know that barely five months ago the Tengku brought in several basic amendments to the Constitution, a Constitution drafted by five eminent jurists from the five Commonwealth countries. They settled in Rome and drafted what was jurisprudentially a sensible and an elegant Constitution -- but it was not going to work. Very wisely, the Tengku decided that he would change bits and pieces. It was my unfortunate burden to attend a Law Society dinner shortly after that in the University, and here a somewhat idealistic President of that Society decried the fact that the Tengku had already moved 137 amendments, namely more amendments than there are articles in his Constitution! Gratuitously<br /><br />I defended the need for making something work even if it meant departing from my norms; and I should be surprised if in the course of the next five years there are not as many amendments as there were in the last five years.<br /><br />Sir Andrew McFadyean<br />May I follow up that question with a supplementary? One-man, one vote has broken down already in various ex-territories of the Commonwealth -- of the Empire. It has been succeeded in those cases by military dictatorships. You will not, I imagine from what I know, in Malaysia face the danger of a military government, but how are you going to secure a smooth transition from a system which will not work (I would agree there) in an illiterate -- large illiterate -- country ? How are you going to secure a smooth transition to something else which will not involve autocratic government?<br /><br />Mr. Lee Kuan Yew<br />I do not think it is quite true to say that the system of one-man one-vote has been abandoned. Parliamentary government has been abandoned, but it has not necessarily been followed by a military dictatorship. I mean President Nkrumah is not a military dictatorship. He was no general of any army <br /><br />Sir Andrew McFadyean<br />Pakistan, Sudan ...<br />Mr. Lee Kuan Yew<br />Yes, true -- Pakistan, Sudan, Burma, but Indonesia is not a military dictatorship; the President just decided one morning with the support and concurrence of the executive powers of the State that the Legislative Chamber should be dissolved and that power should be vested among those who were competent to exercise that power. But I do not think the proposition that it must be followed or superseded by a military dictatorship is valid, because I do not think it is. What I think is valid as a general proposition is that the system of cutting up the country in accordance with the number of adult citizens of given proportions, to elect representatives who then elect amongst like-minded people a Cabinet which then elects a primus inter pares amongst the Cabinet, is one which presupposes so many basic conditions which are often non-existent, that I do not think it will ever work. They have all been superseded by systems which give power effectively to one man or a group of men for an indefinite period. Government to be effective must at least give the impression of enduring, and a government which is open to the vagaries of the ballot-box -- when the people who put their crosses in the ballot-boxes are not illiterate but semi-literate, which is worse -- is a government which is already weakened before it starts to govern. I say this with no desire to explain away my problem: if I were in authority in Singapore indefinitely, without having to ask those who are governing whether they like what is being done, then I have not the slightest doubt that I could govern much more effectively in their own interests. That is a fact which the educated understand, but we are all caught in this system which the British -- I donot know what the French do in their colonies in Africa -- export all over the place hoping that somewhere it will take root. India is still working it, but I think that but for the enormous prestige of Mr. Nehru and the momentum of the independence movement -- the Congress movement -- it would not have endured.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />It would not have carried on for so long, and certainly would not have produced the results which in fact it has. But, in every country where it has been supplanted, the tendency is towards more -- I would not say autocratic -- centralised power; and power which is not open to question in the way the system one-man one-vote opens it at frequent periodic intervals. I do not know what the answer is, and I would hate to commit myself on what I think the answer is for Malaya, but I am pretty sure that there must be amendments to the system in order to continue to provide effective government in Malaysia. I think that when it happens, as I am sure it will within the next ten years -- I think it is necessary, it has got to be done -- there will be changes in Malaysia, otherwise it will lead to perdition, or, what is worse, the taking over of the organs of the State by soldiers who are not necessarily the best-equipped people to look after the administration of a country. When it does happen you will perhaps remember that it is not the first time -- nor will it be the last time -- that the British parliamentary system, when planted on ground that is not suitable, does not take root.<br /><br />Mr. D. Sington<br />I should like to follow up on that and ask the Prime Minister to be a little more specific. I am not quite sure whether the misgivings he expressed about democracy are base d upon his belief if the wrong people get elected, or on his conviction that after they are elected, they are not able to carry on with their jobs. If it is the former, this would appear to be a contradiction, because he himself achieved power through democratic election. If it is the second, it would be very interesting to hear his exposition; in what way has his work been impeded by parliamentary democracy?<br /><br />Mr. Lee Kuan Yew<br />I would say without the slightest hesitation that it is not the first, and I would not put the second point quite in the way that Mr. Sington has done. Effective government, as I envisage it, in an underdeveloped situation means a government that must improve investment rate, that must demand more effort for less return over a sustained period -- certainly more than five years. If you can make the demand for a period of two years, produce the results after the fourth, have the results enjoyed by the fifth, then all is well. But, unfortunately, the process of economic growth is a much more slow and painful one, and neither five nor ten years is an adequate enough period for the demands that you make on a population to be felt and enjoyed by the population. Therefore, the result would be -- unless you had exceptional leadership and exceptional circumstances as in the case of India, where there is no doubt as to the dedication and the ability of the leadership at the top, where the momentum of the independence movement, plus the inherently stable character of the Hindu society, has prevented a sudden upset of the whole social structure of society. But in many cases political leaders have got to yield to forces around and beneath them, and the answer always (unless you have a super-human group of leaders) is to take the solution which is least painful. Therefore the least painful solution is not to make undue demands on your population, to slide over the fact that not to do sois not to increase investment rate and not to jack up your society or there is never any chance of taking office. Then you are competed against by people who not only promise not to maintain the investment rate but positively promise to spend what there is in the kitty, and, you have three or four terms, and an electorate sufficiently naive to believe that these things can be done, and you break the bank, as the Indonesians have done. They had very little in the bank to begin with; everybody promised that if he came in whatever there was in the bank would be for the people, and they came in; the bank was broken anyway, and that was the end of it. I say that there is an inherent defect in working that system when one has to engage on a protracted period of economic growth; and I say that if you had worked this one-man one-vote in England in the Eighteenth Century you would never have got your industrial revolution. You cannot get your coal miner to say he is going to put in more effort for less in order to build the industrial sinews of the State. As many of my former colleagues (those who have gone over to the Communists) told me last year: ‘If Mao Tse-Tung had to stand for election today he would lose his deposit’. There is no doubt about it, and nobody makes any pretence about it. You can govern as long as the organs of the State are effective and obedient and as long as the intelligentsia is with you. The intelligentsia is with Mao and he will continue to govern, but if he asked for a popular mandate, that is not possible. Who can do it apart from Mr. Nehru I do not know.<br /><br />Mr. K. Younger (Chairman)<br />I wonder if the Prime Minister would care to say something about thetrading future, the commercial future, of Singapore, or whether this is too<br />speculative a matter to talk about.<br /><br />Mr. Lee Kuan Yew<br />I would be happy to talk about that, because I think the trading and industrial future of Singapore is promising. The only thing which at the present moment is held against Singapore is: (a) political uncertainty and (b) industrial instability. The political uncertainty we can do nothing about until there is Malaysia, because there is no finality until you are independent, and as long as you are in a state of semi-independence the ferment will continue. Industrial stability will come after political certainty has been brought about, and, provided the United Nations experts who are supposed to advise the two governments in Kuala Lumpur and Singapore can provide a formula which will satisfy the Federation that in a common market not all industrial development will take place in Singapore, then you will have a situation where, first, we enjoy our present status as a free port, and secondly, we have in certain categories of manufactured goods a common market with the Federation and with the Borneo territories. In other words, a factory set up in Singapore with all the advantages of sea, rail, road and air transport for men, materials and the delivery of manufactured goods,has got the whole of the Malaysian market, and the Indonesian market such as itis. The Federation’s reluctance to give us a common market -- which they have not given to Penang; Penang is a free port, but Penang has not got a common market with the Federation, because being a free port any manufactured article from Penang is taxed when it enters the Federation -- is because the natural advantages to Singapore would be so great that all hope of industrial development in Kuala Lumpur and the other places where they are hoping to stimulate industrial development will completely disappear. We sympathise with their view in not wanting to allow us to take over the industrial potential of the whole of Malaysia, and I think some solution must be found whereby certain types of industrial development will have to be reserved for the Federation, industrial development connected with rubber, for instance, connected with iron, or hydro-electric power, but otherwise I would say that Singapore is a pretty good place to put money in, for as long as South-East Asia lasts. How long that will last, I do not know and nobody knows -- I mean, as long as the world lasts free.<br /><br />Mr. Kenneth Younger (Chairman)<br />It only remains for me to thank the Prime Minister very much on your behalf for the most interesting talk which he has given us, and the comments he has given in reply to questions. I think there has been a big change here in the last year or so, at least outside the very limited circles which have always followed events closely in South-East Asia, in that the whole concept of this merger is something quite new, something which as recently as eight or nine months ago one was not even sure was going to receive support from this end.But I think there is very little doubt there is very great sympathy for the point of view that has been put forward by the Prime Minister and for the efforts he is making, and, if I may say so, great admiration for the way in which he is tackling exceedingly difficult problems. We consider ourselves very fortunate to have had him with us today.<br />May, 1962.</span></p>La Solidaridadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00125050312386877212noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1625658718409263251.post-90028839189952621072023-02-28T16:18:00.001+07:002023-02-28T16:18:45.861+07:00Starting Life At Eighty<span style="font-family: verdana;"><span color="var(--wp--preset--color--primary)" style="background-color: white;">It was Christmas eve, the most dangerous time for people who were bored and lonely. Kevin started thinking of death. He started getting sick with imagined diseases. In total depression, wanting to die but not knowing how to, he took a walk in the nearby woods, contemplating suicide.</span></span><p class="has-primary-color has-text-color" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--wp--preset--color--primary); margin: 32px auto; max-width: calc(900px); overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">He stumbled and sprained his ankle. Unable to walk, he lay on the grass, and for the first time, saw the panorama of the stars like a million diadems on soft black velvet. Suddenly, he realized that he took many beautiful things for granted, that life was worth living, and it was not too late to start life at 80. His entire life of emptiness and misery flashed back in a split second. He was sad how he had wasted his life. On that Christmas eve, a storm passed by Kevin’s heart to cleanse his soul.</span></p><p class="has-primary-color has-text-color" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--wp--preset--color--primary); margin: 32px auto; max-width: calc(900px); overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">He screamed at the Lord in tears, “This is all your fault, Lord. You abandoned me. My misery is all your fault.” Suddenly, he realized that, for the first time in his life, he was praying for help. Suddenly, he felt the Lord’s warm embrace. A deep spiritual transformation descended on him. There was only himself and the world to blame. Only then did he realize, that he was still alive, that life was so precious, that life was what he made of it.</span></p><p class="has-primary-color has-text-color" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--wp--preset--color--primary); margin: 32px auto; max-width: calc(900px); overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Unable to walk, he was forced to sleep until morning on top of soft summer leaves. Resisting old age and weakness, he wandered aimlessly for two days, wondering what to do with himself. He bought bread in a bakery along the road. There, he saw a young lady sitting on the curb, crying. He brought her out to a nearby garden, and asked her to lie down on the grass. She meekly obeyed, no questions asked. Kevin lay beside her. They watched the clear star-studded evening sky for a whole ten minutes in silence. Her sobs stopped.</span></p><p class="has-primary-color has-text-color" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--wp--preset--color--primary); margin: 32px auto; max-width: calc(900px); overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder; max-width: unset;">SANDRA.</span> My name is Sandra. Hey, look, a shooting star.</span></p><p class="has-primary-color has-text-color" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--wp--preset--color--primary); margin: 32px auto; max-width: calc(900px); overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder; max-width: unset;">KEVIN.</span> I’m Kevin. I was ready to commit suicide two days ago, Sandra. The stars saved me. They made me feel alive.</span></p><p class="has-primary-color has-text-color" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--wp--preset--color--primary); margin: 32px auto; max-width: calc(900px); overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder; max-width: unset;">SANDRA.</span> I have cancer. The doctor said I will die in six months.</span></p><p class="has-primary-color has-text-color" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--wp--preset--color--primary); margin: 32px auto; max-width: calc(900px); overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder; max-width: unset;">KEVIN. </span>How nice. Plenty of time to start your life.</span></p><p class="has-primary-color has-text-color" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--wp--preset--color--primary); margin: 32px auto; max-width: calc(900px); overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder; max-width: unset;">SANDRA.</span> What would you have me do?</span></p><p class="has-primary-color has-text-color" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--wp--preset--color--primary); margin: 32px auto; max-width: calc(900px); overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder; max-width: unset;">KEVIN. </span>Give yourself to others, that’s the only way to die. Forget yourself in others.</span></p><p class="has-primary-color has-text-color" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--wp--preset--color--primary); margin: 32px auto; max-width: calc(900px); overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder; max-width: unset;">SANDRA.</span> Oh, I see. I am not important. Everybody else around me is. All my life, I never see people that way. Sounds like a good plan. Yes, I will try it. Look, another shooting star.</span></p><p class="has-primary-color has-text-color" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--wp--preset--color--primary); margin: 32px auto; max-width: calc(900px); overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder; max-width: unset;">KEVIN.</span> A shooting star, in all its grandeur, lives only for two seconds at most. You have six months. You have plenty of time.</span></p><p class="has-primary-color has-text-color" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--wp--preset--color--primary); margin: 32px auto; max-width: calc(900px); overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder; max-width: unset;">SANDRA.</span> Thank you, Kevin. I will never forget you.</span></p><p class="has-primary-color has-text-color" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--wp--preset--color--primary); margin: 32px auto; max-width: calc(900px); overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Kevin did not fully realize that the utter spiritual comfort he gave Sandra was the same spiritual comfort the Lord gave to him, only five times more. It was a boomerang. It was not just a spontaneous thing that came out of him. It was the Holy Spirit in action, the answer to his prayers. Now he knew what to do. He resolved to begin a life for the Lord and for others. It was not too late. It was only then did he really begin his life. He found his youth in his old age after eight decades of emptiness.</span></p><p class="has-primary-color has-text-color" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--wp--preset--color--primary); margin: 32px auto; max-width: calc(900px); overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">An idea flashed. With his last savings, he built a kitchen named “SOUP FOR THE SOUL”, inviting other old people. Every day, they came, about 50 of them, men and women in rags, many homeless, a noisy bunch who began to discover their youth in their old age in each other. When his money was running out after two months, he told the sad news to all that he had to close the kitchen. Rebecca, a 78-year-old feisty woman, stood up.</span></p><p class="has-primary-color has-text-color" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--wp--preset--color--primary); margin: 32px auto; max-width: calc(900px); overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder; max-width: unset;">REBECCA</span>. No way. We will raise the money.</span></p><p class="has-primary-color has-text-color" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--wp--preset--color--primary); margin: 32px auto; max-width: calc(900px); overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">They had a big rowdy meeting. Everybody was screaming. In the midst of the pandemonium, a beautiful young lady alighted from a black limousine and approached them. All were silent.</span></p><p class="has-primary-color has-text-color" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--wp--preset--color--primary); margin: 32px auto; max-width: calc(900px); overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder; max-width: unset;">SANDRA. </span>Hi, Kevin. I can see your making a mess of your life. Kitchen mess, that is. I’ve searched high and low for you. I hired two detectives.</span></p><p class="has-primary-color has-text-color" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--wp--preset--color--primary); margin: 32px auto; max-width: calc(900px); overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder; max-width: unset;">KEVIN.</span> Sandra, it’s so nice to see you so alive. Let me see, it has been 12 months since we met, right?</span></p><p class="has-primary-color has-text-color" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--wp--preset--color--primary); margin: 32px auto; max-width: calc(900px); overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder; max-width: unset;">SANDRA. </span>Eighteen, Kevin. I did not die after six months because if you live for others, you don’t easily die. You have first do something for the Lord. You taught me the secret to life, Kevin.</span></p><p class="has-primary-color has-text-color" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--wp--preset--color--primary); margin: 32px auto; max-width: calc(900px); overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder; max-width: unset;">KEVIN. </span>It’s no secret. It’s just that we are mostly blind because we often refuse to see.</span></p><p class="has-primary-color has-text-color" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--wp--preset--color--primary); margin: 32px auto; max-width: calc(900px); overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder; max-width: unset;">REBECCA. </span>Hey, Sandra, you know what …….</span></p><p class="has-primary-color has-text-color" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--wp--preset--color--primary); margin: 32px auto; max-width: calc(900px); overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder; max-width: unset;">SANDRA.</span> Hush, grandma. I know. The soup may ran out, but not the love we all share.</span></p><p class="has-primary-color has-text-color" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--wp--preset--color--primary); margin: 32px auto; max-width: calc(900px); overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Sandra winked. She wrote a cheque and gave it to Rebecca, whose eyes popped out. She passed it on until it reached Kevin. Everyone screamed. <em style="box-sizing: inherit; max-width: unset;">Soup for the Soul</em> was alive and well. It became immortal and would never die. Somehow the Lord planned its finances, not Kevin, not Sandra, not anyone.</span></p><p class="has-primary-color has-text-color" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--wp--preset--color--primary); margin: 32px auto; max-width: calc(900px); overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder; max-width: unset;">SANDRA.</span> Tell me, Kevin, do you lie down on the grass with these people?</span></p><p class="has-primary-color has-text-color" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--wp--preset--color--primary); margin: 32px auto; max-width: calc(900px); overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder; max-width: unset;">KEVIN. </span>No grass around here. Anyway, we don’t need shooting stars. We look to another star which does not ‘shoot’, the one that guided three kings to Baby Jesus.</span></p><p class="has-primary-color has-text-color" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--wp--preset--color--primary); margin: 32px auto; max-width: calc(900px); overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder; max-width: unset;">SANDRA.</span> You are shooting stars to each other, right? The secret to life is in our stars, Kevin.</span></p><p class="has-primary-color has-text-color" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--wp--preset--color--primary); margin: 32px auto; max-width: calc(900px); overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: bolder; max-width: unset;">KEVIN.</span> Right, hidden inside us. God bless your pretty soul, Sandra. Merry Christmas.</span></p><p class="has-primary-color has-text-color" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: var(--wp--preset--color--primary); margin: 32px auto; max-width: calc(900px); overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The mob screamed a ‘Merry Christmas’ in unison that shattered the silent night. 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box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-flex; word-break: break-word;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Ron Rule</span></div></a></div></div></div></div></div></span></span><br /></div><div class="q-text qu-dynamicFontSize--small qu-color--gray qu-passColorToLinks qu-truncateLines--3" style="-webkit-box-orient: vertical; -webkit-line-clamp: 3; box-sizing: border-box; color: #636466; display: -webkit-box; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: calc(13px * var(--dynamic-font-scale, 1)) !important; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis;"><span class="CssComponent-sc-1oskqb9-0 AbstractSeparatedItems___StyledCssComponent-sc-46kfvf-0 kBzlwk">Fmr CEO @ As Seen On TV</span><span class="CssComponent-sc-1oskqb9-0 AbstractSeparatedItems___StyledCssComponent-sc-46kfvf-0 ytbFj"><span class="q-text qu-whiteSpace--nowrap" style="box-sizing: border-box; white-space: nowrap;"><span class="q-box" style="box-sizing: border-box; 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background-color: transparent; border-radius: inherit; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: block; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><div class="q-click-wrapper qu-display--block qu-tapHighlight--white qu-cursor--pointer qu-hover--textDecoration--underline ClickWrapper___StyledClickWrapperBox-zoqi4f-0 iyYUZT" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.6); box-sizing: border-box; color: inherit; cursor: pointer; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit;" tabindex="0"><div class="q-flex qu-flexDirection--row" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: row;"><div class="q-inline qu-flexWrap--wrap" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline; flex-wrap: wrap; max-width: 100%;"><div class="q-text qu-truncateLines--5 puppeteer_test_question_title" style="-webkit-box-orient: vertical; -webkit-line-clamp: 5; box-sizing: border-box; display: -webkit-box; overflow: hidden; text-overflow: ellipsis;"><span class="q-box qu-userSelect--text" style="box-sizing: border-box; user-select: text;"><span style="background: none;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">I received 68 bitcoin from a random address. What should I do, call the police?</span></span></span></div></div></div></div></a></span></span></div></div><div class="q-click-wrapper qu-display--block qu-tapHighlight--none ClickWrapper___StyledClickWrapperBox-zoqi4f-0 iyYUZT" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: inherit; cursor: initial; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; outline: none; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: inherit; width: 536px;" tabindex="-1" width="100%"><div class="q-box spacing_log_answer_content puppeteer_test_answer_content" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="q-text" style="box-sizing: border-box; max-width: 100%;"><span class="CssComponent__CssInlineComponent-sc-1oskqb9-1 UserSelectableText___StyledCssInlineComponent-lsmoq4-0"><span class="q-box qu-userSelect--text" style="box-sizing: border-box; user-select: text;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><p class="q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin: 0px 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-break: break-word;"><span style="background: none;">I would do nothing. Don’t sign into whatever account it’s in either. In other words, forget it and the account it’s in exists - for now.</span></p><p class="q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin: 0px 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-break: break-word;"><span style="background: none;">Here’s why: First, because it’s incredibly unlikely that someone accidentally</span><span style="background: none; font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="background: none;">transferred $750k of </span><span style="background: none; font-style: italic;">their own</span><span style="background: none;"> BC to you. A purchase of goods in that amount is unlikely, and even less likely (to the point of “damn near impossible”) is making a mistake with the destination address.</span></p><p class="q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin: 0px 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-break: break-word;"><span style="background: none;">In fact, I can think of only one semi-plausible scenario where that much BC might have been transferred to you: a hacker who had accumulated a bunch of </span><span style="background: none; font-weight: bold;">stolen</span><span style="background: none;"> Bitcoin was trying to move/consolidate it, and mistakenly copied/pasted a destination address from his list of (stolen) addresses in place of his own. And the one he pasted happened to be yours.</span></p><p class="q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin: 0px 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-break: break-word;"><span style="background: none;">That means (1) your address is on a list of stolen information, and (2) you just received stolen property.</span></p><p class="q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin: 0px 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-break: break-word;"><span style="background: none;">So I definitely wouldn’t return it, because if you do that, the thief wins. But I also wouldn’t turn it over to the government, because the most likely scenario is that it’s a foreign hacker who they would have no ability to identify or pursue anyway.</span></p><p class="q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin: 0px 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-break: break-word;"><span style="background: none;">Obviously the thief is never going to report it stolen, and it’s probable that it wasn’t stolen </span><span style="background: none; font-style: italic;">recently </span><span style="background: none;">either - most likely it’s an accumulation of smaller amounts of BC that were lost way back in the Mt Gox hack, which means nobody is looking for it.</span></p><p class="q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin: 0px 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-break: break-word;"><span style="background: none;">The US government considers Bitcoin property, not currency, and the statute of limitations of felony receipt of stolen property is three years. However, if you haven’t even logged into that account in three years then it’s entirely possible you didn’t know it was there, clearly weren’t a party to the theft, and didn’t even know that, how, or why it landed with you. But if you transfer it or cash out now, you’re on the record.</span></p><p class="q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin: 0px 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; word-break: break-word;"><span style="background: none;">Most likely, there will be no investigation and nobody is looking for it. If three years pass and it’s still showing in your wallet, do whatever you like. If you decide to cash out after three years have passed, declare it as income, pay the taxes on it, and enjoy the windfall.</span></p><p class="q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin: 0px 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="background: none;">Thanks for viewing, catch me on twitter </span><span class="q-inline" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline;"><a class="q-box Link___StyledBox-t2xg9c-0 dFkjrQ puppeteer_test_link qu-cursor--pointer qu-hover--textDecoration--underline" href="https://twitter.com/ronrule" rel="noopener nofollow" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.6); background: none; border-radius: inherit; box-sizing: border-box; color: #195faa; cursor: pointer; position: relative; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank" title="twitter.com">@ronrule</a><span class="q-inlineBlock qu-width--16 qu-height--16" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; flex-shrink: 0; height: 16px; line-height: 16px; margin-left: 2px; width: 16px;" width="16"><span class="CssComponent__CssInlineComponent-sc-1oskqb9-1 Icon___StyledCssInlineComponent-sc-11tmcw7-0 czJJEw" style="-webkit-box-align: center; -webkit-box-pack: center; align-items: center; display: inline-flex; height: 16px; justify-content: center; vertical-align: top; width: 16px;"><svg height="24" viewbox="0 0 24 24" width="24" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><path class="icon_svg-stroke" d="M17 13.5v6H5v-12h6m3-3h6v6m0-6-9 9" fill-rule="evenodd" fill="none" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="#666"></path></svg></span></span></span><span style="background: none;"> if you want to keep in touch!</span></p><p class="q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin: 0px 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="background: none; font-style: italic;">Edit: Anyone posting comments of the “transfer it to me” variety, or sharing a bitcoin address, will be deleted and blocked.</span></p><p class="q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="background: none; font-style: italic;">Edit 2: For those of you who don’t seem to understand how Quora works, I’m not the person with the Bitcoin. I’m the person who answered the question. Stop asking me to give you Bitcoin.</span></p></span></span></span></div></div></div>La Solidaridadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00125050312386877212noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1625658718409263251.post-28295382767654302692022-12-08T17:46:00.001+07:002022-12-08T17:46:59.711+07:00What are the habits of highly successful people? <span><span class="CssComponent-sc-1oskqb9-0 AbstractSeparatedItems___StyledCssComponent-sc-46kfvf-0 ytbFj"><span class="q-text qu-whiteSpace--nowrap" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="q-box" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-right: auto; pointer-events: auto;"></span></span></span></span><div class="q-box qu-mb--tiny" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="q-text qu-dynamicFontSize--regular_title qu-fontWeight--bold qu-color--gray_dark_dim qu-passColorToLinks qu-lineHeight--regular qu-wordBreak--break-word" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="CssComponent__CssInlineComponent-sc-1oskqb9-1 UserSelectableText___StyledCssInlineComponent-lsmoq4-0"><span class="CssComponent__CssInlineComponent-sc-1oskqb9-1 TitleText___StyledCssInlineComponent-sc-1hpb63h-0 hiLnej"><a class="q-box Link___StyledBox-t2xg9c-0 dFkjrQ puppeteer_test_link qu-cursor--pointer qu-hover--textDecoration--underline" href="https://lifeisbeautiful.quora.com/https-www-quora-com-What-are-the-habits-of-highly-successful-people-answers-89588706" style="border-radius: inherit; 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z-index: 0;"><div class="q-box qu-display--inline" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="q-relative qu-display--inline puppeteer_popper_reference" style="box-sizing: border-box; position: relative;"><div aria-expanded="false" aria-haspopup="dialog" class="q-click-wrapper qu-display--inline qu-tapHighlight--white qu-cursor--pointer ClickWrapper___StyledClickWrapperBox-zoqi4f-0 iyYUZT" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: inherit; font: inherit; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit;" tabindex="0"><a class="q-box Link___StyledBox-t2xg9c-0 dFkjrQ puppeteer_test_link qu-color--gray_dark qu-cursor--pointer qu-hover--textDecoration--underline" href="https://www.quora.com/profile/Andrew-Ferebee" style="border-radius: inherit; box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank"><div class="q-inlineFlex qu-alignItems--center qu-wordBreak--break-word" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-flex;"><span><span>Andrew Ferebee</span></span></div></a></div></div></div></div></div></span></span></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="q-box qu-mb--small" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="q-text qu-dynamicFontSize--regular qu-fontWeight--bold qu-color--gray_dark_dim qu-passColorToLinks qu-lineHeight--regular qu-wordBreak--break-word" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span class="CssComponent__CssInlineComponent-sc-1oskqb9-1 UserSelectableText___StyledCssInlineComponent-lsmoq4-0"><span class="CssComponent__CssInlineComponent-sc-1oskqb9-1 TitleText___StyledCssInlineComponent-sc-1hpb63h-0 hiLnej"><a class="q-box Link___StyledBox-t2xg9c-0 dFkjrQ puppeteer_test_link qu-display--block qu-cursor--pointer qu-hover--textDecoration--underline" href="https://www.quora.com/What-are-the-habits-of-highly-successful-people" style="border-radius: inherit; box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank"><div class="q-click-wrapper qu-display--block qu-tapHighlight--white qu-cursor--pointer qu-hover--textDecoration--underline ClickWrapper___StyledClickWrapperBox-zoqi4f-0 iyYUZT" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-language-override: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-palette: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit;" tabindex="0"><div class="q-flex qu-flexDirection--row" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: flex;"><div class="q-inline qu-flexWrap--wrap" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline; max-width: 100%;"><div class="q-text puppeteer_test_question_title" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="q-box qu-userSelect--text" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background: none;"> </span></span></div><div class="q-text puppeteer_test_question_title" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="q-box qu-userSelect--text" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background: none;">What are the habits of highly successful people?</span></span></div></div></div></div></a></span></span></span></div></div><div class="q-text" style="box-sizing: border-box; max-width: 100%;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span class="CssComponent__CssInlineComponent-sc-1oskqb9-1 UserSelectableText___StyledCssInlineComponent-lsmoq4-0"><span class="q-box qu-userSelect--text" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p class="q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 1em; overflow-wrap: anywhere;"><span style="background: none; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">I’ve interviewed more than 400 highly successful and influential people.</span></p> <p class="q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 1em; overflow-wrap: anywhere;"><span style="background: none; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">From
the billionaire Jeff Hoffman to guys like Gary Vaynerchuk, Grant
Cardone, and Robert Greene, I’ve had the unique opportunity to talk with
some of the world’s leading thinkers, authors, scientists, and
entrepreneurs.</span></p> <p class="q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 1em; overflow-wrap: anywhere;"><span style="background: none; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">And you know what’s funny…</span></p> <p class="q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 1em; overflow-wrap: anywhere;"><span style="background: none; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">Almost ALL of them say the same things over and over again (albeit in slightly different ways).</span></p> <p class="q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 1em; overflow-wrap: anywhere;"><span style="background: none; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">Success leaves clues.</span></p> <p class="q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 1em; overflow-wrap: anywhere;"><span style="background: none; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">And the best place to find those clues is to go directly to the source.</span></p> <p class="q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 1em; overflow-wrap: anywhere;"><span style="background: none; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">So, without any further ado, here are the most common habits that all high performers share.</span></p> <p class="q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 1em; overflow-wrap: anywhere;"><span style="background: none; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold;">Before We Start: The Most Important Success Habit</span></p> <p class="q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 1em; overflow-wrap: anywhere;"><span style="background: none; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">The single most important habit that all highly successful people share isn’t what you might think.</span></p> <p class="q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 1em; overflow-wrap: anywhere;"><span style="background: none; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">The SINGLE most important high performance habit is to </span><span style="background: none; font-style: italic; font-weight: normal;">do what works for you.</span></p> <p class="q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 1em; overflow-wrap: anywhere;"><span style="background: none; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">Just because Richard Branson gets up and exercises at 5 a.m. doesn’t mean that you should.</span></p> <p class="q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 1em; overflow-wrap: anywhere;"><span style="background: none; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">I
personally can’t have a productive day if I wake up before 8 a.m. I
need more sleep than most people and I’ve accepted this about myself.</span></p> <p class="q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 1em; overflow-wrap: anywhere;"><span style="background: none; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">When I tried waking up early, it was a disaster.</span></p> <p class="q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 1em; overflow-wrap: anywhere;"><span style="background: none; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">So realize that even though there are themes you can pick out, high performers don’t all follow the same habits in the same way.</span></p> <p class="q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 1em; overflow-wrap: anywhere;"><span style="background: none; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">Some of them wake up early and lift weights. Others sleep until noon, work until 4 a.m., and run ultra marathons.</span></p> <p class="q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 1em; overflow-wrap: anywhere;"><span style="background: none; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">Some read books, others watch YouTube videos. Some meditate, some don’t.</span></p> <p class="q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 1em; overflow-wrap: anywhere;"><span style="background: none; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">The specific habits aren’t what’s really important, but the THEMES behind those habits are.</span></p> <p class="q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 1em; overflow-wrap: anywhere;"><span style="background: none; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">With that out of the way, here are the 5 most important habits or “themes” that all high performers follow.</span></p><div class="CssComponent-sc-1oskqb9-0 QTextImage___StyledCssComponent-sc-1yi3aau-0 cfUEeh"><div class="q-box unzoomed" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1em;" tabindex="-1"><img class="q-image qu-display--block qu-borderRadius--small" src="https://qph.cf2.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-d7379bc5d26a49dddba049f2b3d1ff7a-lq" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 100%;" /></div></div><p class="q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 1em; overflow-wrap: anywhere;"><span style="background: none; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold;">1. They Prioritize Health</span></p> <p class="q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 1em; overflow-wrap: anywhere;"><span style="background: none; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">Whether
they do yoga, cross fit, ultra marathons, or an old school bodybuilding
routine, I have yet to meet a high performer who doesn’t actively
exercise and prioritize their health.</span></p> <p class="q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 1em; overflow-wrap: anywhere;"><span style="background: none; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">How
they do this differs, but every single person I know making a great
impact and income takes exceptional care of their health.</span></p> <p class="q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 1em; overflow-wrap: anywhere;"><span style="background: none; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">Figure out what works for you and stick to it.</span></p> <p class="q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 1em; overflow-wrap: anywhere;"><span style="background: none; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">Find a form of exercise that you enjoy and do it everyday.</span></p> <p class="q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 1em; overflow-wrap: anywhere;"><span style="background: none; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">Eat a whole foods diet (whether it’s paleo, keto, or simply JERF) and eliminate junk food from your pantry.</span></p> <p class="q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 1em; overflow-wrap: anywhere;"><span style="background: none; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">Get enough sleep that you feel well rested and ready to take on the day (no less than 7 hours but potentially up to 10).</span></p> <p class="q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 1em; overflow-wrap: anywhere;"><span style="background: none; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">Take care of your health and your life will change forever.</span></p> <p class="q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 1em; overflow-wrap: anywhere;"><span style="background: none; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold;">2. They Say “No” More than They Say “Yes”</span></p> <p class="q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 1em; overflow-wrap: anywhere;"><span style="background: none; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">High
performers and successful individuals value their time and they say
“no” to almost everything so that they can say “Yes” to the most
important things.</span></p> <p class="q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 1em; overflow-wrap: anywhere;"><span style="background: none; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">If you want to join the ranks of the 1%, then you must commit to saying “no” more often.</span></p> <p class="q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 1em; overflow-wrap: anywhere;"><span style="background: none; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">Say no to ANYTHING that does not directly correlate with your mission or that you don’t enjoy.</span></p> <p class="q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 1em; overflow-wrap: anywhere;"><span style="background: none; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">Sure,
you should probably help your grandmother move across town, but you
have no obligation to constantly go to social “obligations”, help
friends with their crappy business ideas, or waste your time working on
low priority projects.</span></p> <p class="q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 1em; overflow-wrap: anywhere;"><span style="background: none; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold;">3. They Act Based on a Plan and Strategy, Not Emotion</span></p> <p class="q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 1em; overflow-wrap: anywhere;"><span style="background: none; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">Every high performer has a plan.</span></p> <p class="q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 1em; overflow-wrap: anywhere;"><span style="background: none; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">Whether
it’s written out in their journal, planned on a mind map, or scribbled
on a napkin, they know what needs to be done and why.</span></p> <p class="q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 1em; overflow-wrap: anywhere;"><span style="background: none; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">Before you act, always take the time to develop a strategy for your goal.</span></p> <p class="q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 1em; overflow-wrap: anywhere;"><span style="background: none; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">Don’t spend </span><span style="background: none; font-style: italic; font-weight: normal;">too </span><span style="background: none; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">much time planning, but never take action without a clear plan of action and specific plan to achieve your vision.</span></p> <p class="q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 1em; overflow-wrap: anywhere;"><span style="background: none; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold;">4. They Commit to Mastery and Self Education</span></p> <p class="q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 1em; overflow-wrap: anywhere;"><span style="background: none; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">Whether
they read books, listen to audios, watch YouTube videos, or sit down
with a mentor or coach once a week, every high performer is committed to
self education.</span></p> <p class="q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 1em; overflow-wrap: anywhere;"><span style="background: none; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">Figure out what format works for you and commit to pursuing new knowledge DAILY.</span></p> <p class="q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 1em; overflow-wrap: anywhere;"><span style="background: none; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">Learn as much as you can and then immediately apply it.</span></p> <p class="q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 1em; overflow-wrap: anywhere;"><span style="background: none; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">Knowledge is power… When it’s applied.</span></p> <p class="q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 1em; overflow-wrap: anywhere;"><span style="background: none; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold;">5. They Constantly Seek to Deepen their Self Knowledge</span></p> <p class="q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 1em; overflow-wrap: anywhere;"><span style="background: none; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">High
performers know themselves. They know what works for them and what
doesn’t. They know their weaknesses and strengths. They know which
cognitive biases they’re prone to and they know how their subconscious
mind distorts reality.</span></p> <p class="q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 1em; overflow-wrap: anywhere;"><span style="background: none; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">They
are incredibly self aware and, because of this, they’re able to take
objective(ish) and evidence based action towards achieving their goals.</span></p> <p class="q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 1em; overflow-wrap: anywhere;"><span style="background: none; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">If you take nothing else from this response, TAKE THIS.</span></p> <p class="q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 1em; overflow-wrap: anywhere;"><span style="background: none; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">When you know yourself, you have greater control over yourself.</span></p> <p class="q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 1em; overflow-wrap: anywhere;"><span style="background: none; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">And when you can control yourself, there’s nothing you can’t accomplish.</span></p> <p class="q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 1em; overflow-wrap: anywhere;"><span style="background: none; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">Take some time to objectively think about your strengths, weaknesses, and predispositions.</span></p> <p class="q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 1em; overflow-wrap: anywhere;"><span style="background: none; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">Talk to mentors, friends, family, and employers and ask them for their feedback.</span></p> <p class="q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 1em; overflow-wrap: anywhere;"><span style="background: none; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">Identify and work on your weak spots.</span></p> <p class="q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 1em; overflow-wrap: anywhere;"><span style="background: none; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">Do everything you can to deepen your self knowledge.</span></p> <p class="q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 1em; overflow-wrap: anywhere;"><span style="background: none; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">Because it’s the key to all success.</span></p> <p class="q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 1em; overflow-wrap: anywhere;"><span style="background: none; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">Hope this helps</span></p> <p class="q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 1em; overflow-wrap: anywhere;"><span style="background: none; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">Stay Grounded, <br />Andrew</span></p> <p class="q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 0px; overflow-wrap: anywhere;"><span style="background: none; font-style: italic; font-weight: normal;">Learn more about my work, life’s mission and how I can coach you by visiting my Quora profile </span><a class="q-box Link___StyledBox-t2xg9c-0 dFkjrQ puppeteer_test_link qu-cursor--pointer qu-hover--textDecoration--underline" href="https://www.quora.com/profile/Andrew-Ferebee" style="background: none; border-radius: inherit; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic; font-weight: normal; position: relative;" target="_top" title="www.quora.com">here</a></p></span></span></span></div></div></div></div></div></div>La Solidaridadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00125050312386877212noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1625658718409263251.post-65460219642167930702022-12-08T17:00:00.000+07:002022-12-08T17:00:20.068+07:00What is the biggest lesson you learned that no one teaches?<div class="q-box qu-mb--small qu-mt--tiny" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; 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background-color: transparent; border-radius: inherit; box-sizing: border-box; color: inherit !important; cursor: pointer; display: block; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><div class="q-click-wrapper qu-display--block qu-tapHighlight--white qu-cursor--pointer qu-hover--textDecoration--underline ClickWrapper___StyledClickWrapperBox-zoqi4f-0 iyYUZT" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: inherit; cursor: pointer; display: block; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-language-override: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit;" tabindex="0"><div class="q-flex qu-flexDirection--row" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; flex-direction: row;"><div class="q-inline qu-flexWrap--wrap" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline; flex-wrap: wrap; max-width: 100%;"><div class="q-text puppeteer_test_question_title" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span class="q-box qu-userSelect--text" style="box-sizing: border-box; user-select: text;"><span style="background: none;">What is the biggest lesson you learned that no one teaches?</span></span></div></div></div></div></a></span></span></span></div></div><div class="q-text" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #282829; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; max-width: 100%; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span class="CssComponent__CssInlineComponent-sc-1oskqb9-1 UserSelectableText___StyledCssInlineComponent-lsmoq4-0"><span class="q-box qu-userSelect--text" style="box-sizing: border-box; user-select: text;"><ol class="q-box" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; list-style: decimal; margin: 0px 2em 1em 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;"><li class="q-relative" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em; position: relative;"><span style="background: none; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">Life doesn’t ever get better</span></li><li class="q-relative" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em; position: relative;"><span style="background: none; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">You can have the perfect job and can be making 500k a year and still not be happy.</span></li><li class="q-relative" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em; position: relative;"><span style="background: none; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">Not everyone is your friend.</span></li><li class="q-relative" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em; position: relative;"><span style="background: none; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">Doing the wrong thing is easier than doing the right thing.</span></li><li class="q-relative" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em; position: relative;"><span style="background: none; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">Never depend on anyones opinions for your happiness.</span></li><li class="q-relative" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em; position: relative;"><span style="background: none; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">Life could be worse, appreciate that your alive.</span></li><li class="q-relative" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em; position: relative;"><span style="background: none; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">Perfect practice makes perfect.</span></li><li class="q-relative" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em; position: relative;"><span style="background: none; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">You are going to hit rock bottom eventually, you just have to learn how to climb back up.</span></li><li class="q-relative" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em; position: relative;"><span style="background: none; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">Don’t do everything solo, having good people by your side can be a big advantage.</span></li><li class="q-relative" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em; position: relative;"><span style="background: none; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">Not everyone will agree with you and thats okay.</span></li><li class="q-relative" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em; position: relative;"><span style="background: none; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">Agree to disagree, arguements aren’t worth anything.</span></li><li class="q-relative" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em; position: relative;"><span style="background: none; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">Don’t assume, if you don’t ask, you will never know anything.</span></li><li class="q-relative" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em; position: relative;"><span style="background: none; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">No matter how smart you are or think you are, there is always something to be learned about in life.</span></li><li class="q-relative" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em; position: relative;"><span style="background: none; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">Your first love won’t be your forever love.</span></li><li class="q-relative" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em; position: relative;"><span style="background: none; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">Even the happiest people have hard days.</span></li><li class="q-relative" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em; position: relative;"><span style="background: none; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">Don’t compare your life to others.</span></li><li class="q-relative" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em; position: relative;"><span style="background: none; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">Mother does know best.</span></li><li class="q-relative" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em; position: relative;"><span style="background: none; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">Don’t take a young persons advice, old people have probably experienced more crucial things in life.</span></li><li class="q-relative" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em; position: relative;"><span style="background: none; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">Happiness isnt permanent but its also temporary.</span></li><li class="q-relative" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><span style="background: none; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">It is important to let go. If you don’t let go, you will never be happy</span><span style="background: none; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">.</span></li></ol></span></span></span></div>La Solidaridadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00125050312386877212noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1625658718409263251.post-26813567829897151592022-12-08T16:55:00.000+07:002022-12-08T16:55:22.834+07:00What is society robbing young people of?<div><div class="q-absolute qu-pl--tiny qu-zIndex--action_bar" style="box-sizing: border-box; position: absolute; right: 54px; top: 16px;"><div class="q-relative qu-size--18" size="18" style="box-sizing: border-box; position: relative;"><div class="q-absolute" style="box-sizing: border-box; left: -9px; position: absolute; top: -9px;"><div class="q-inlineFlex qu-alignItems--flex-end DesktopPopoverMenu___StyledInlineFlex-sc-47js9m-0 hfwRBf" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-flex;"><div class="q-box" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="q-relative puppeteer_popper_reference" style="box-sizing: border-box; position: relative;"><div class="q-box qu-display--inline-block" style="box-sizing: border-box; pointer-events: all;" tabindex="0"><div class="q-relative puppeteer_popper_reference" style="box-sizing: border-box; position: relative;"></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="q-flex" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: flex;"><div class="q-box qu-mb--small" style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 100%;" width="100%"><div class="q-box spacing_log_answer_header" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="q-box" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="q-flex qu-alignItems--flex-start" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; width: 100%;" width="100%"><div class="q-inlineFlex qu-mr--small qu-alignItems--center" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-flex;"><div class="q-box qu-display--inline-flex" style="box-sizing: border-box; z-index: 0;"><div class="q-box qu-display--inline-flex" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="q-relative qu-display--inline-flex puppeteer_popper_reference" style="box-sizing: border-box; position: relative;"><div aria-expanded="false" aria-haspopup="dialog" class="q-click-wrapper qu-display--inline-flex qu-tapHighlight--white qu-cursor--pointer ClickWrapper___StyledClickWrapperBox-zoqi4f-0 iyYUZT" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: inherit; font: inherit; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit;" tabindex="0"><a class="q-box Link___StyledBox-t2xg9c-0 dFkjrQ puppeteer_test_link qu-display--inline-flex qu-color--gray_dark qu-cursor--pointer qu-hover--textDecoration--underline" href="https://www.quora.com/profile/Namish-D-Gali" style="border-radius: inherit; box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank"><div class="q-inlineFlex qu-flex--none" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-flex; position: relative;"><div class="q-inlineFlex" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-flex; position: relative;"><div class="q-inlineFlex qu-overflow--hidden qu-borderRadius--circle" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-flex; position: relative;"><div class="q-box qu-bg--white__ignore_dark_mode qu-borderRadius--circle" style="box-sizing: border-box; inset: 1px; position: absolute;"></div><img alt="Profile photo for Namish D. 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Gali</span></span></div></a></div></div></div></div></div></span></span><span class="q-text qu-dynamicFontSize--small qu-color--gray" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span> · </span></span></div><div class="q-text qu-dynamicFontSize--small qu-color--gray qu-passColorToLinks qu-truncateLines--3" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span><span class="CssComponent-sc-1oskqb9-0 AbstractSeparatedItems___StyledCssComponent-sc-46kfvf-0 kBzlwk"><span class="q-text qu-color--gray" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Teenager trying to make sense of the world.</span></span></span></div><div class="q-text qu-dynamicFontSize--small qu-color--gray qu-passColorToLinks qu-truncateLines--3" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span><span class="CssComponent-sc-1oskqb9-0 AbstractSeparatedItems___StyledCssComponent-sc-46kfvf-0 kBzlwk"><span class="q-text qu-color--gray" style="box-sizing: border-box;"> </span></span></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="q-box qu-mb--tiny" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="q-text qu-dynamicFontSize--regular_title qu-fontWeight--bold qu-color--gray_dark_dim qu-passColorToLinks qu-lineHeight--regular qu-wordBreak--break-word" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span class="CssComponent__CssInlineComponent-sc-1oskqb9-1 UserSelectableText___StyledCssInlineComponent-lsmoq4-0"><span class="CssComponent__CssInlineComponent-sc-1oskqb9-1 TitleText___StyledCssInlineComponent-sc-1hpb63h-0 hiLnej"><a class="q-box Link___StyledBox-t2xg9c-0 dFkjrQ puppeteer_test_link qu-display--inline qu-cursor--pointer qu-hover--textDecoration--underline" href="https://www.quora.com/What-is-society-robbing-young-people-of" style="border-radius: inherit; box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank"><div class="q-click-wrapper qu-display--inline qu-tapHighlight--white qu-cursor--pointer qu-hover--textDecoration--underline ClickWrapper___StyledClickWrapperBox-zoqi4f-0 iyYUZT" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-language-override: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit;" tabindex="0"><span class="q-inline qu-flexWrap--wrap" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline;"><span class="q-text qu-truncateLines--5 puppeteer_test_question_title" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="q-inline qu-mr--tiny" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline;"><div class="q-inlineFlex qu-px--tiny qu-color--gray qu-borderRadius--small qu-whiteSpace--nowrap qu-alignItems--center" style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 1, 0.03); box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-flex;"><div class="q-text qu-dynamicFontSize--small" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="q-text" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Related</div></div></div></div><span class="q-box qu-userSelect--text" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background: none;"> What is society robbing young people of?</span></span></span></span></div></a></span></span></span></div></div><div class="q-text" style="box-sizing: border-box; max-width: 100%;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span class="CssComponent__CssInlineComponent-sc-1oskqb9-1 UserSelectableText___StyledCssInlineComponent-lsmoq4-0"><span class="q-box qu-userSelect--text" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p class="q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 1em; overflow-wrap: anywhere;"><span style="background: none; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold;">Perspective.</span></p><div class="q-box" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: -16px; margin-right: -16px;"><div class="CssComponent-sc-1oskqb9-0 QTextImage___StyledCssComponent-sc-1yi3aau-0 cfUEeh"><div class="q-box unzoomed" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1em;" tabindex="-1"><img class="q-image qu-display--block" src="https://qph.cf2.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-83d89b60d81475745411044b13de97e0-lq" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 100%;" /></div></div></div><p class="q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 1em; overflow-wrap: anywhere;"><span style="background: none; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">When
Anton Ego goes to Gusteau’s restaurant at the end of Ratatouille, he
orders something unusual. He orders their finest “perspective.”</span></p> <p class="q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 1em; overflow-wrap: anywhere;"><span style="background: none; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">During
the course of the film, Ego becomes so disillusioned with his standards
of cuisine that he only accepts a narrow sliver of food as “good” food.</span></p> <p class="q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 1em; overflow-wrap: anywhere;"><span style="background: none; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">He’s </span><span style="background: none; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold;">lost</span><span style="background: none; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"> his perspective. He no longer knows what it means to cook, or what real food is.</span></p> <p class="q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 1em; overflow-wrap: anywhere;"><span style="background: none; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">It
takes a childhood favorite of his to shake him out of his apathy and
disillusionment. Only then does he realize that good food has been
around him all along.</span></p><div class="q-box" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: -16px; margin-right: -16px;"><div class="CssComponent-sc-1oskqb9-0 QTextImage___StyledCssComponent-sc-1yi3aau-0 cfUEeh"><div class="q-box unzoomed" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 1em;" tabindex="-1"><img class="q-image qu-display--block" src="https://qph.cf2.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-9dd38587c514679d0b1307724fde4a51-lq" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 100%;" /></div></div></div><hr class="q-box qu-bg--gray" style="border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; height: 2px; margin: 2em auto; padding: 0px; position: relative; width: 148px;" width="148px" /><p class="q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 1em; overflow-wrap: anywhere;"><span style="background: none; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">Teens have much the same problem.</span></p> <p class="q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 1em; overflow-wrap: anywhere;"><span style="background: none; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold;">A lack of perspective.</span></p> <p class="q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 1em; overflow-wrap: anywhere;"><span style="background: none; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">I mostly agree with </span><a class="q-box Link___StyledBox-t2xg9c-0 dFkjrQ puppeteer_test_link qu-cursor--pointer qu-hover--textDecoration--underline" href="https://www.quora.com/profile/Lindsay-Elizabeth-34" style="background: none; border-radius: inherit; box-sizing: border-box; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; position: relative;" target="_top" title="www.quora.com">Lindsay</a><span style="background: none; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">’s take on this answer. But I think that a lack of criticism is only one symptom of the problem.</span></p> <p class="q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 1em; overflow-wrap: anywhere;"><span style="background: none; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">There are teens that hold themselves up to impossible standards. These are some </span><span style="background: none; font-style: italic; font-weight: normal;">real</span><span style="background: none; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"> thoughts teens I know have had.</span></p><ul class="q-box" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; list-style: outside; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 2em; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><li class="q-relative" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 2em; padding-bottom: 0.7em; position: relative;"><span style="background: none; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">“OMG, if I don’t get into a top 50 college, I’m gonna kill myself”</span></li><li class="q-relative" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 2em; padding-bottom: 0.7em; position: relative;"><span style="background: none; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">“I need to take 12 AP classes or I’m worthless.”</span></li><li class="q-relative" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 2em; padding-bottom: 0.7em; position: relative;"><span style="background: none; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">“My friend got a 1490 on the SAT, if I don’t do as well as him, he’s gonna think I’m dumb.”</span></li><li class="q-relative" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 2em; padding-bottom: 0px; position: relative;"><span style="background: none; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">“If I have too much free time, I’m not working hard enough. Fuck sleep.”</span></li></ul><p class="q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 1em; overflow-wrap: anywhere;"><span style="background: none; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold;">They’re not hyperbole.</span></p> <p class="q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 1em; overflow-wrap: anywhere;"><span style="background: none; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">But conversely, you have teens on the other side of the spectrum:</span></p><ul class="q-box" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; list-style: outside; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 2em; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><li class="q-relative" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 2em; padding-bottom: 0.7em; position: relative;"><span style="background: none; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">“Who cares about school, I’ll become a professional football player.”</span></li><li class="q-relative" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 2em; padding-bottom: 0.7em; position: relative;"><span style="background: none; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">“You know Bill Gates dropped out of college, I’ll just become an entrepreneur.”</span></li><li class="q-relative" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-left: 2em; padding-bottom: 0px; position: relative;"><span style="background: none; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">“I don’t need to study, I’ll just marry a sugar daddy.”</span></li></ul><p class="q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 1em; overflow-wrap: anywhere;"><span style="background: none; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">These aren’t hyperbole either, there are teens that </span><span style="background: none; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">actually</span><span style="background: none; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"> think that.</span></p><hr class="q-box qu-bg--gray" style="border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; height: 2px; margin: 2em auto; padding: 0px; position: relative; width: 148px;" width="148px" /><p class="q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 1em; overflow-wrap: anywhere;"><span style="background: none; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold;">It is changing.</span></p> <p class="q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 1em; overflow-wrap: anywhere;"><span style="background: none; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">I
recently heard that my younger cousin is taking a “personality
development” class over the summer. He’s an incoming freshman in
college.</span></p> <p class="q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 1em; overflow-wrap: anywhere;"><span style="background: none; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">Like me, he was born into an environment that prioritizes academic success over anything else. So I was pleased.</span></p> <p class="q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 1em; overflow-wrap: anywhere;"><span style="background: none; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold;">A balanced perspective </span><span style="background: none; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">is what teens need.</span></p> <p class="q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 1em; overflow-wrap: anywhere;"><span style="background: none; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">They need to know that they should be trying really hard in high school, but not sacrificing their mental health in the process.</span></p> <p class="q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 1em; overflow-wrap: anywhere;"><span style="background: none; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">They need to know that it’s okay to fail, but not okay to refuse to move on from failure.</span></p> <p class="q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 1em; overflow-wrap: anywhere;"><span style="background: none; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">They need to know that they’re worth something, but that their employer will need proof of their skills.</span></p> <p class="q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 0px; overflow-wrap: anywhere;"><span style="background: none; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold;">They need perspective.</span></p></span></span></span></div>La Solidaridadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00125050312386877212noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1625658718409263251.post-88258491191144459372022-11-24T23:20:00.001+07:002022-11-24T23:20:55.364+07:00Why did Elon Musk terminate Twitter’s CEO?<p> </p><p><br /></p><div class="q-box" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #282829; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-left: -16px; margin-right: -16px;"><div class="CssComponent-sc-1oskqb9-0 QTextImage___StyledCssComponent-sc-1yi3aau-0 cfUEeh"><div class="q-box unzoomed" style="box-sizing: border-box; cursor: -webkit-zoom-in; filter: blur(0px); margin-bottom: 1em;" tabindex="-1"><img class="q-image qu-display--block" src="https://qph.cf2.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-92d12f2546fa68c37eb04e196f3efbe3-lq" style="border-style: none; box-sizing: border-box; display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 100%;" /></div></div></div><p class="q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #282829; direction: ltr; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="background: none;">The first one is that Elon Musk just paid a high price for Twitter at $44B.</span></p><p class="q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #282829; direction: ltr; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="background: none;">Elon Musk wants to have a free hand to shape Twitter the way he wants to make it the champion of the online free speech he dreams of.</span></p><p class="q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #282829; direction: ltr; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="background: none;">The second reason is that Elon Musk might be a bit vindictive ... After all, Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal gave him a hard time when Elon Musk was trying to cancel his takeover offer. He did his best to protect Twitter's and shareholders' interests as his mandate required, but that was tantamount to making life difficult for Musk.</span></p><p class="q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #282829; direction: ltr; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="background: none;">Musk must see this as an opportunity to exact a little revenge.</span></p><p class="q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #282829; direction: ltr; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="background: none;">In any case, it is very likely that Parag Agrawal did not share the same views as Elon Musk for the future of Twitter. His departure was therefore inevitable in any case. So the sooner the better. At least no one is wasting their time!</span></p>La Solidaridadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00125050312386877212noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1625658718409263251.post-8723824352574920592022-04-05T22:30:00.001+07:002022-04-05T22:30:26.196+07:00A Life Pleasing to God<p> </p><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: small; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td align="center" id="m_2964317130366173763templateHeader" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: center center; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: cover; border-bottom: 0px; border-top: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" valign="top"><table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="m_2964317130366173763templateContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; 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font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><p style="line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial, helvetica neue, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><strong>A Life Pleasing to God</strong></span><br /><span style="color: #941a2c;">April 5, 2022</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="margin: 0px; padding-top: 9px;" valign="top"><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="m_2964317130366173763mcnTextContentContainer" style="border-collapse: collapse; max-width: 100%; min-width: 100%; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td class="m_2964317130366173763mcnTextContent" style="color: #757575; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 18px 9px; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><h2 style="color: #222222; font-size: 28px; line-height: 42px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></h2><h2 style="color: #222222; font-size: 28px; line-height: 42px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 20px;"><span style="font-family: arial, "helvetica neue", helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">Tuesday of the Fifth Week of Lent </span></span></span></h2><p style="line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial, "helvetica neue", helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="color: black;">John 8:21-30</span></span></span></p><p style="line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, "helvetica neue", helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="color: black;">Jesus said to the Pharisees: “I am going away and you will look for me, but you will die in your sin. Where I am going you cannot come.” So the Jews said, “He is not going to kill himself, is he, because he said, ‘Where I am going you cannot come’?” He said to them, “You belong to what is below, I belong to what is above. You belong to this world, but I do not belong to this world. That is why I told you that you will die in your sins. For if you do not believe that I AM, you will die in your sins.” So they said to him, “Who are you?” Jesus said to them, “What I told you from the beginning. I have much to say about you in condemnation. But the one who sent me is true, and what I heard from him I tell the world.” They did not realize that he was speaking to them of the Father. So Jesus said to them, “When you lift up the Son of Man, then you will realize that I AM, and that I do nothing on my own, but I say only what the Father taught me. The one who sent me is with me. He has not left me alone, because I always do what is pleasing to him.” Because he spoke this way, many came to believe in him.</span></span></span></p><p style="line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, "helvetica neue", helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="color: brown;"><strong>Introductory Prayer:</strong></span><span style="color: black;"><strong> </strong>Lord, by doing your holy will the Church grows and becomes more faithful in your service. You are life and truth and goodness. You are also peace and mercy. How grateful I am to have this moment to turn to you. Without you I can do nothing good. In fact, when I do good, it is you working through me, despite my failings. Thank you, Lord. Here I am, ready to love you more.</span></span></span></p><p style="line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, "helvetica neue", helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="color: brown;"><strong>Petition:</strong></span><span style="color: black;"><strong> </strong>Lord, help me to please you in what I think, say and do. </span></span></span></p><p style="line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, "helvetica neue", helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="color: brown;"><strong>1. “In the World But Not OF the World”:</strong></span><span style="color: black;"> We profess in the Creed that Jesus Christ came down from heaven “for us and for our salvation.” This truth colors everything about the Savior. He comes into the world without being of the world. His doctrine appeals to our highest and most noble aspirations. His way, his lifestyle, clashes with the way and lifestyle of the children of this world and therefore is never without resistance. In my innermost thoughts, in my words and deeds, am I striving to belong to “what is above”? </span></span></span></p><p style="line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, "helvetica neue", helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="color: brown;"><strong>2. Lovingly Telling the Truth:</strong></span><span style="color: black;"><strong> </strong>When we truly love someone, we tell that someone the truth about the things that really matter, even when the truth could be perceived as inconvenient, painful or demanding. God the Son has loved us from all eternity. His love compels him to tell us the truth about the Father, which is a message of infinite mercy and love. His love compels him to tell us the truth about our relationship with that merciful Father: how it should be filled with gratitude and loving obedience and devoid of anything that could separate us from him. In order to belong to Jesus and to what is above, I must strive to open my heart and mind to his truth, especially in those areas of my life where he is asking for change and conversion. </span></span></span></p><p style="line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial, "helvetica neue", helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="color: brown;"><strong>3. Seeking to Please the Beloved:</strong></span><span style="color: black;"><strong> </strong>Love transforms our intentions and desires. When we love someone, we want to please that person in everything. Jesus loves the Father, and therefore he does what is pleasing to him, even though the Father’s will leads Jesus to embrace suffering, rejection, and death. He endures this agony so as to bring us the gift of resurrection and eternal life. If I love Christ, then I necessarily wish to do what is pleasing to him. And what pleases Christ? My faith, hope and love; my obedience and my humility; so also my selfless service to him in those who are materially, morally or spiritually needful of my attention and support. </span></span></span></p><p style="line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: brown;"><span style="font-family: arial, "helvetica neue", helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>Conversation with Christ:</strong></span></span></span></p><p style="line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial, "helvetica neue", helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="color: black;">I will love all my brothers, Lord.</span></span></span></p><p style="line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial, "helvetica neue", helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="color: black;">The small ones, lowering myself to their abyss;</span></span></span></p><p style="line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial, "helvetica neue", helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="color: black;">the clean of heart, becoming as they;</span></span></span></p><p style="line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial, "helvetica neue", helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="color: black;">the naked, clothing them;</span></span></span></p><p style="line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial, "helvetica neue", helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="color: black;">the sick, consoling them;</span></span></span></p><p style="line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial, "helvetica neue", helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="color: black;">the imprisoned, visiting them,</span></span></span></p><p style="line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial, "helvetica neue", helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="color: black;">my brothers of every tribe, language, and race,</span></span></span></p><p style="line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial, "helvetica neue", helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="color: black;">spilling my sweetness as a gentle perfume</span></span></span></p><p style="line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial, "helvetica neue", helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="color: black;">because kindness in love </span></span></span></p><p style="line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial, "helvetica neue", helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="color: black;">is the strongest of all chains.</span></span></span></p><p style="line-height: 24px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial, "helvetica neue", helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="color: brown;"><strong>Resolution:</strong></span><span style="color: black;"><strong> </strong>I will strive to please Christ today in all my thoughts, words and deeds.</span></span></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table>La Solidaridadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00125050312386877212noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1625658718409263251.post-86349354879054634292022-04-05T11:15:00.002+07:002022-04-05T22:27:36.370+07:00The Abiding Presence of God<strong>April 5, 2022<br /></strong><b><i>Tuesday of the Fifth Week of Lent<br /></i></b><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://catholic-daily-reflections.com?mailpoet_router%26endpoint%3Dtrack%26action%3Dclick%26data%3DWyI1MTA0MCIsIjRrMXIyZzh4bDBjZ3dzd293a3Nnc2tna280NHNzOGNzIiwiNzU4MTgiLCIzZTVkMGEzYzNmM2IiLGZhbHNlXQ&source=gmail&ust=1649217293147000&usg=AOvVaw18l-G90elJMgJwQ5V_zFhH" href="https://catholic-daily-reflections.com/?mailpoet_router&endpoint=track&action=click&data=WyI1MTA0MCIsIjRrMXIyZzh4bDBjZ3dzd293a3Nnc2tna280NHNzOGNzIiwiNzU4MTgiLCIzZTVkMGEzYzNmM2IiLGZhbHNlXQ" style="color: #064979; 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border-spacing: 0px; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Georgia, Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 23.8px; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: center; word-break: break-word;"><strong>“The one who sent me is with me. He has not left me alone.” John 8:29</strong><br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table cellpadding="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Georgia, Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 23.8px; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;">Most young children, if left at home all alone, would react with fear. They need to know that their parents are around. The idea of being somewhere all by themselves is frightening. It would be just as frightening for a child to get lost in a store or another public place. They need the security that comes with a parent being near.<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table cellpadding="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Georgia, Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 23.8px; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;">The same is true in the spiritual life. Interiorly, if we sense we are all alone we may react with fear. To feel as though there is an interior abandonment from God is a frightening thought. But on the contrary, when we sense that God is very present and alive within us, we are greatly strengthened to face life with courage and joy.<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table cellpadding="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Georgia, Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 23.8px; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;">This was Jesus’ experience in the passage above in which He speaks much about His relationship with the Father. The Father is the One who sent Jesus into the world for His mission and Jesus acknowledges that the Father will not leave Him alone. Jesus says this, knows it and experiences the blessing of that relationship in His human and divine Heart. <br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table cellpadding="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Georgia, Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 23.8px; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;">The same can be said of each one of us. First, we must come to realize that the Father has sent us. We each have a mission in life. Do you realize that? Do you realize that you have a very specific mission and calling from God? Yes, it may entail very ordinary parts of life such as chores around the house, the daily grind of work, the building up of your family relationships, etc. Our daily lives are filled with ordinary activities that make up the will of God.<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table cellpadding="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Georgia, Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 23.8px; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;">It may be possible that you are already fully immersed in the will of God for your life. But it is also possible that God wants more from you. He has a plan for you and it’s a mission that He has not entrusted to another. It may require that you step out in faith, be courageous, move out of your comfort zone, or face some fear. But whatever the case may be, God has a mission for you.<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table cellpadding="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Georgia, Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 23.8px; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;">The comforting news is that God does not just send us, He also remains with us. He has not left us alone to fulfill the mission He has entrusted to us. He has promised His continued help in a very central way.<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table cellpadding="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Georgia, Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 23.8px; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;">Reflect, today, about the mission that Jesus was given: the mission to give His life in a sacrificial way. Also reflect upon how God wants you to live out this same mission with Christ of sacrificial love and self-giving. You may already be living it wholeheartedly, or you may need some new direction. Say “Yes” to it with courage and confidence and God will walk with you every step of the way.<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table cellpadding="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Georgia, Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 23.8px; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;"><i>My sacrificial Lord, I say “Yes” to the perfect plan you have for my life. Whatever it may be I accept without hesitation, dear Lord. I know that You are always with me and that I am never alone. Jesus, I trust in You.<a id="m_-8966740322300252034video" style="color: #064979;"></a></i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table>La Solidaridadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00125050312386877212noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1625658718409263251.post-76337017698722055902021-05-28T12:01:00.000+07:002021-05-28T12:01:59.792+07:00A Rebuke by Jesus<center><strong>May 28, 2021<br /></strong><b><i>Friday of the Eighth Week in Ordinary Time<br /></i></b><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://catholic-daily-reflections.com?mailpoet_router%26endpoint%3Dtrack%26action%3Dclick%26data%3DWyI1MTA0MCIsIjRrMXIyZzh4bDBjZ3dzd293a3Nnc2tna280NHNzOGNzIiwiNTkwOTYiLCI3ZGFjODg2MTE0N2UiLGZhbHNlXQ&source=gmail&ust=1622263861079000&usg=AFQjCNF4Fdy8sbCp7jFqmjjm81nDM9XS6w" href="https://catholic-daily-reflections.com/?mailpoet_router&endpoint=track&action=click&data=WyI1MTA0MCIsIjRrMXIyZzh4bDBjZ3dzd293a3Nnc2tna280NHNzOGNzIiwiNTkwOTYiLCI3ZGFjODg2MTE0N2UiLGZhbHNlXQ" style="color: #064979; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><i>Readings for Today</i></a><br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td align="center" style="border-collapse: collapse; margin: 0px;" valign="top"><img alt="" class="CToWUd a6T" src="https://ci4.googleusercontent.com/proxy/xdcMNG5hBZFuJoQeInLVyaL95oGhOWPknPFZNIqNGwrrdmBPVVqNeDDLtr7O0zyE6lGx57FrHgGi4JqnM1AkgYnsFQGn5xF8ZT-_esN7gqB3KvoDolP0PqRvny1plrYaz3IwbRe11U8hmQXLF_v_Do1PHOYV28oqsEtK-cgW2U92omver9EY8ld7xMaBJkFFx_dFO4mqr-OVHrMj_1mEwSjmIvlA=s0-d-e1-ft#https://catholic-daily-reflections.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Brooklyn_Museum_-_The_Accursed_Fig_Tree_Le_figuier_maudit_-_James_Tissot-1.jpeg" style="border: 0px; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%; outline: none;" tabindex="0" width="600" /></td></tr><tr><td style="border-collapse: collapse; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><br /><table cellpadding="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Georgia, Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 23.8px; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: center; word-break: break-word;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://catholic-daily-reflections.com?mailpoet_router%26endpoint%3Dtrack%26action%3Dclick%26data%3DWyI1MTA0MCIsIjRrMXIyZzh4bDBjZ3dzd293a3Nnc2tna280NHNzOGNzIiwiNTkwOTYiLCJmN2FmNWM1OGM3MmEiLGZhbHNlXQ&source=gmail&ust=1622263861079000&usg=AFQjCNF3mhgM0J6TSN0EG-ogSAAGexBveQ" href="https://catholic-daily-reflections.com/?mailpoet_router&endpoint=track&action=click&data=WyI1MTA0MCIsIjRrMXIyZzh4bDBjZ3dzd293a3Nnc2tna280NHNzOGNzIiwiNTkwOTYiLCJmN2FmNWM1OGM3MmEiLGZhbHNlXQ" style="color: #064979; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><em>Video</em></a><br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table cellpadding="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 23.8px; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: center; word-break: break-word;"><strong style="font-family: Georgia, Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 17px;">The next day as they were leaving Bethany he was hungry. Seeing from a distance a fig tree in leaf, he went over to see if he could find anything on it. When he reached it he found nothing but leaves; it was not the time for figs. And he said to it in reply, “May no one ever eat of your fruit again!” And his disciples heard it. Mark 11:12–14</strong><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 17px;"><br /></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table cellpadding="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; text-align: justify; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Georgia, Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 23.8px; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;">This is a very unique and interesting story. The first thing this tells us is that Jesus was fully human. As a man, He was hungry. But this story tells us much more than the simple fact that Jesus was hungry. He would have known that it was not the season for figs to grow, but He decided to look for a fig anyway. And when He found none, He cursed the fig tree and, as we read later in this chapter, the tree withered and died. This was a symbolic action for the sake of His disciples, in that His disciples heard Him curse the tree and later saw that the tree had withered.<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table cellpadding="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; text-align: justify; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Georgia, Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 23.8px; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;">Saint Bede, an early Church Father, tells us that this action of Jesus had an allegorical purpose. The tree is symbolic of the many people Jesus encountered, and continues to encounter today, who failed to bear good fruit in their lives. They were the Pharisees and others who practiced their faith only in an external way. The leaves, Saint Bede tells us, were symbolic of the externals of the faith, and the lack of fruit was a symbol of the missing interior fruit of holiness and good works. This lesson tells us that Jesus is very demanding. He is determined to discover good fruit in our lives. He wants us to become authentically holy. And when He finds only the externals, He will rebuke us in love, taking even the externals away.<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table cellpadding="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; text-align: justify; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Georgia, Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 23.8px; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;">What good fruit does our Lord want to find in your life? How does He want you to manifestly grow in holiness? Do you go through the motions, attend Mass, say some prayers, but fail to produce an abundance of virtue, compassion, mercy and goodness? Do you say you believe in our Lord but then fail to preach the holy Gospel with both your words and your actions? If our Lord were to come to you, as He came to this fig tree, what would He find?<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table cellpadding="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; text-align: justify; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Georgia, Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 23.8px; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;">Being a Christian is not something that is exclusively between you and God. Being a Christian requires that you be so given over to the service of God and others that God is able to do incredible things through you. The Christian faith must produce good fruit in your life and through you in the lives of others. And it must do so in an abundant way.<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table cellpadding="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; text-align: justify; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Georgia, Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 23.8px; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;">Reflect, today, upon the holy image of Jesus walking over to this fig tree inspecting it for a fig. See this tree as an image of your soul and see the hunger in the heart of our Lord. As He looks at you and your life, will He be satiated? Will He find holiness and manifest good works? Or will He find little to nothing other than external claims that you are a Christian? Commit yourself to an abundance of authentic and manifest holiness and our Lord’s hunger will be satiated.<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table cellpadding="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; text-align: justify; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Georgia, Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 23.8px; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;"><i>My demanding Lord, You call all Your followers to a holiness that is lived, transforming, manifest and fruitful for Your Kingdom. Help me to be a Christian not only in name but especially in action. May my life truly bear the good fruit of holiness and may that holiness become a means by which You feed the spiritual hunger of Your people. Jesus, I trust in You.</i></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table>La Solidaridadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00125050312386877212noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1625658718409263251.post-63496720503445913732021-05-26T11:52:00.000+07:002021-05-26T11:52:57.399+07:00Greatness in Holy Servitude<center><strong>May 26, 2021<br /></strong><b><i>Wednesday of the Eighth Week in Ordinary Time<br /></i></b><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://catholic-daily-reflections.com?mailpoet_router%26endpoint%3Dtrack%26action%3Dclick%26data%3DWyI1MTA0MCIsIjRrMXIyZzh4bDBjZ3dzd293a3Nnc2tna280NHNzOGNzIiwiNTkwMzciLCJlODYyOTkxMjg3NmQiLGZhbHNlXQ&source=gmail&ust=1622088040210000&usg=AFQjCNGCgrHl-tM70FQpd_KTfZNNeLzG2w" href="https://catholic-daily-reflections.com/?mailpoet_router&endpoint=track&action=click&data=WyI1MTA0MCIsIjRrMXIyZzh4bDBjZ3dzd293a3Nnc2tna280NHNzOGNzIiwiNTkwMzciLCJlODYyOTkxMjg3NmQiLGZhbHNlXQ" style="color: #064979; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><i>Readings for Today</i></a><br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table cellpadding="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Georgia, Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 23.8px; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: center; word-break: break-word;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://catholic-daily-reflections.com?mailpoet_router%26endpoint%3Dtrack%26action%3Dclick%26data%3DWyI1MTA0MCIsIjRrMXIyZzh4bDBjZ3dzd293a3Nnc2tna280NHNzOGNzIiwiNTkwMzciLCI4Y2VhMjk0NTFjZjIiLGZhbHNlXQ&source=gmail&ust=1622088040210000&usg=AFQjCNGI9cW0L8VGrPGF6pvIiLdhTTGkkw" href="https://catholic-daily-reflections.com/?mailpoet_router&endpoint=track&action=click&data=WyI1MTA0MCIsIjRrMXIyZzh4bDBjZ3dzd293a3Nnc2tna280NHNzOGNzIiwiNTkwMzciLCI4Y2VhMjk0NTFjZjIiLGZhbHNlXQ" style="color: #064979; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Saint Philip Neri, Priest—Memorial</a><br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td align="center" style="border-collapse: collapse; margin: 0px;" valign="top"><img alt="" class="CToWUd a6T" src="https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/proxy/Xyb0COlfWdRIAyrSz5RnnRs2SnUzJoxgSRbPK5yiuDKWotszlFQbCIzdr_Bp12CW-IWCGDrpIWC72KqZjx3q6IQqhTinJrBqMUdUZ1P3JNHyXItGp2aIGmA4QaPnusAbD0tlsC92W4AaGSTWtVQYBS9nfLIH7M__3nmryEaOvdZ-B1X5163rhOlArxMKzBozsJQBi7n2eno=s0-d-e1-ft#https://catholic-daily-reflections.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Carl_Wilhelm_Friedrich_Oesterley_d%C3%84_Jesus_am_See_Genezereth-4.jpg" style="border: 0px; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%; outline: none;" tabindex="0" width="600" /></td></tr><tr><td style="border-collapse: collapse; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 10px 20px; word-break: break-word;" valign="top"><br /><table cellpadding="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Georgia, Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 23.8px; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: center; word-break: break-word;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://catholic-daily-reflections.com?mailpoet_router%26endpoint%3Dtrack%26action%3Dclick%26data%3DWyI1MTA0MCIsIjRrMXIyZzh4bDBjZ3dzd293a3Nnc2tna280NHNzOGNzIiwiNTkwMzciLCJmOTA5MmVhNzUyZTgiLGZhbHNlXQ&source=gmail&ust=1622088040210000&usg=AFQjCNEShzEIhO9InraLTnkJ9p2_VxJVRw" href="https://catholic-daily-reflections.com/?mailpoet_router&endpoint=track&action=click&data=WyI1MTA0MCIsIjRrMXIyZzh4bDBjZ3dzd293a3Nnc2tna280NHNzOGNzIiwiNTkwMzciLCJmOTA5MmVhNzUyZTgiLGZhbHNlXQ" style="color: #064979; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><em>Video</em></a><br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table cellpadding="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Georgia, Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 23.8px; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: center; word-break: break-word;"><strong>Then James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came to Jesus and said to him, ‘Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we ask of you.” He replied, ‘What do you wish me to do for you?” They answered him, “Grant that in your glory we may sit one at your right and the other at your left.” Mark 10:35–37</strong><br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table cellpadding="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="border-collapse: collapse; line-height: 23.8px; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;"><div style="font-family: Georgia, Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 17px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;">James and John were feeling quite bold. Their boldness may have come, in part, from the fact that they had become very familiar with the goodness of Jesus. He was unlike any other, and His genuineness was very evident to them. Therefore, they allowed themselves to slip into the trap of taking Jesus’ goodness for granted by seeking a selfish favor from our Lord. Jesus’ response is gentle and thoughtful, and, in the end, James and John are somewhat humbled by their attempt to obtain this selfish favor when the other disciples become “indignant” at their request.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 17px;"><br /></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table><table cellpadding="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; text-align: justify; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Georgia, Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 23.8px; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;">Jesus summarizes His response to these disciples this way: “...whoever wishes to be great among you will be your servant; whoever wishes to be first among you will be the slave of all.” Jesus, of course, was especially speaking about Himself. He was the greatest and the first among them. And for that reason, Jesus humbled Himself as their servant and the “slave of all.” Normally, the idea of being a slave has very negative connotations. Slavery is an abuse of the dignity of another. It’s a way of discarding the dignity of the person. But, nonetheless, Jesus says that the ideal way to be truly great is to become a slave of all.<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table cellpadding="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; text-align: justify; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Georgia, Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 23.8px; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;">When literal slavery is imposed upon another, this is a grave abuse. But there is another form of holy slavery of which Jesus is speaking. For Jesus, a holy slavery is one in which we give ourselves to another in a sacrificial way out of love. And this is what Jesus did to perfection. His death on the Cross was a true physical death. It was a sacrifice of His earthly life, but it was done freely and for the purpose of setting others free. In referring to Himself, Jesus explains His holy “slavery” when He says, “For the Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many.”<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table cellpadding="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; text-align: justify; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Georgia, Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 23.8px; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;">Jesus’ greatness is first found in the simple fact that He is God. But His greatness is made most manifest in His human nature when He gives His life “as a ransom for many.” It is the Cross that becomes the greatest act of loving service ever known. The fruit of His selfless sacrifice is the salvation of all who turn to Him. Thus, Jesus turns slavery and death into the greatest act of love ever known.<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table cellpadding="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; text-align: justify; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Georgia, Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 23.8px; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;">Reflect, today, upon your own calling to live a life of holy slavery. How is God calling you to sacrificially give yourself to others out of love? From a purely human point of view, the idea of sacrifice, servitude and even holy slavery is hard to comprehend. But when we use Jesus as the model, it becomes much clearer. Look for ways in which you can give yourself to others selflessly and know that the more you can imitate our Lord in this holy endeavor, the greater your life will be.<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table cellpadding="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; text-align: justify; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Georgia, Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 23.8px; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;"><i>Lord of all holiness, Your greatness was made manifest in Your human nature by Your act of perfect servitude when You freely chose to die for the sins of those who turn to You for redemption. You humbled Yourself, taking on the form of a slave, so that all could be set free. Help me to always trust in Your great love and to continually open myself to the gift of redemption You offer. Jesus, I trust in You.</i></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table>La Solidaridadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00125050312386877212noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1625658718409263251.post-5900197246904391752021-05-25T06:43:00.005+07:002021-05-25T06:59:18.875+07:00An Exchange of Gifts<div style="text-align: center;"><strong>May 25, 2021</strong></div><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i>Tuesday of the Eighth Week in Ordinary Time</i></b></div></b><div style="color: #064979; text-align: center; text-decoration-line: none;"><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://catholic-daily-reflections.com?mailpoet_router%26endpoint%3Dtrack%26action%3Dclick%26data%3DWyI1MTA0MCIsIjRrMXIyZzh4bDBjZ3dzd293a3Nnc2tna280NHNzOGNzIiwiNTkwMDciLCJiMWFiMGQ4NDUzNWMiLGZhbHNlXQ&source=gmail&ust=1621985221669000&usg=AFQjCNHaIZ5nAaFfeWOz-LU2n369mo9_CA" href="https://catholic-daily-reflections.com/?mailpoet_router&endpoint=track&action=click&data=WyI1MTA0MCIsIjRrMXIyZzh4bDBjZ3dzd293a3Nnc2tna280NHNzOGNzIiwiNTkwMDciLCJiMWFiMGQ4NDUzNWMiLGZhbHNlXQ" style="color: #064979; 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text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Saint Gregory VII, Pope, Religious—Optional Memorial</a></em></div></em><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><em><div style="text-align: center;"><em><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://catholic-daily-reflections.com?mailpoet_router%26endpoint%3Dtrack%26action%3Dclick%26data%3DWyI1MTA0MCIsIjRrMXIyZzh4bDBjZ3dzd293a3Nnc2tna280NHNzOGNzIiwiNTkwMDciLCI0ZWI4NmU1NGY2ODQiLGZhbHNlXQ&source=gmail&ust=1621985221670000&usg=AFQjCNHIKZJcp3lnmYe70v_rfsZN8gbX7g" href="https://catholic-daily-reflections.com/?mailpoet_router&endpoint=track&action=click&data=WyI1MTA0MCIsIjRrMXIyZzh4bDBjZ3dzd293a3Nnc2tna280NHNzOGNzIiwiNTkwMDciLCI0ZWI4NmU1NGY2ODQiLGZhbHNlXQ" style="color: #064979; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Saint Mary Magdalene de Pazzi, Virgin—Optional Memorial</a></em></div></em><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><center><img alt="" class="CToWUd a6T" src="https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/proxy/_92So0FuDnFYXUpNyolC8lVrLT-3Eo7WLdZz-g4KdWwMZcyM5DtskufpNigsMGN419LfA3G6eZG1oFtKpyH0Zi25XLv7QuOkumgSCVYgdbnr-S48-Zx6t3iY3qMzMgxUl8zuzSXKImW6AxEIH1OXPqujEw=s0-d-e1-ft#https://catholic-daily-reflections.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/8646963141_c8404dc759_k-3.jpeg" style="border: 0px; 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text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><em>Video</em><center></a><br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table cellpadding="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Georgia, Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 23.8px; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: center; word-break: break-word;"><strong>Jesus said, “Amen, I say to you, there is no one who has given up house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or lands for my sake and for the sake of the Gospel who will not receive a hundred times more…” Mark 10:29–30</strong><br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table cellpadding="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Georgia, Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 23.8px; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;">Jesus’ statement above is in response to Peter who said to Him, “We have given up everything and followed you.” It was as if Peter were patting himself on the back, attempting to highlight just how much he and the other disciples had sacrificed to follow Jesus. And it was true, they did give up everything of their former life. They left home, their occupation, their relationships and everything that had been part of their daily established life in response to the call of Jesus. They were truly all in.<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table cellpadding="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Georgia, Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 23.8px; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;">In hearing this statement from Peter, Jesus does not give the expected response. He doesn’t say to Peter, “Yes, you have, that’s very impressive Peter. Good job and thank you!” Instead, Jesus immediately explains to Peter that the sacrifice he and the others have made is worth it. Their unwavering commitment to follow Jesus would be repaid with gifts beyond their imagination. Thus, Jesus was saying that the gifts that He would bestow upon them would be exponentially greater than every sacrifice they made.<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table cellpadding="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Georgia, Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 23.8px; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;">This was not a belittling of Peter’s self-sacrifice; rather, it was a form of encouragement by Jesus. He was encouraging Peter, and the other disciples, to have full confidence in their decision to follow Him. Their sacrifice would yield a hundredfold return. That is truly a good investment.<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table cellpadding="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Georgia, Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 23.8px; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;">It can be tempting for us all, at times, to feel as though God asks too much of us. It’s true that God asks much of us. He asks everything from us. He asks for the complete and total gift of our lives to Him. He calls us to abandon all selfishness and to dedicate ourselves to His holy will without exception. But if we understand the reward of our self-giving, then the sacrifices we make will pale in comparison to the reward.<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table cellpadding="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Georgia, Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 23.8px; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;">Reflect, today, upon whether or not you can say those words of the Apostle, Saint Peter: “Lord, I have given up everything to follow You.” Have you truly given your life completely to Christ Jesus? Are there things that you still hold back, not wanting to “sacrifice” for our Lord? Ponder those words of Peter and allow yourself to see the areas of your life you still need to surrender over to Jesus. And as you do so, allow the reward promised by our Lord to motivate you to the point that you truly hold nothing back and truly have given up everything to follow His holy will.<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table cellpadding="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; width: 100%px;"><tbody><tr><td style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Georgia, Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 23.8px; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;"><i>My generous Lord, You ask everything of me. You ask me to abandon everything in my pursuit of Your perfect will. Give me the grace I need to answer Your call and to live sacrificially for You without counting the cost. You are generous beyond description, dear Lord, and I trust that following You will produce an abundance of good fruit. Jesus, I trust in You.</i></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p>La Solidaridadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00125050312386877212noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1625658718409263251.post-79918902007506398382021-01-28T12:32:00.001+07:002021-01-28T12:32:16.144+07:00The Manifestation of Your Soul to All?<table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 16px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); color: rgb(49, 49, 49); font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; word-spacing: 1px; border-spacing: 0px; table-layout: fixed; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px;"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="border-collapse: collapse; padding: 10px 20px; word-break: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;"><table width="100%" cellpadding="0" style="border-spacing: 0px;"><tbody><tr><td style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Georgia, Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.4px; word-break: break-word; word-wrap: break-word; text-align: center;"><strong data-removefontsize="true" data-originalcomputedfontsize="16" style="font-size: 1rem;">January 28, 2021<br></strong><strong><i data-removefontsize="true" data-originalcomputedfontsize="16" style="font-size: 1rem;">Thursday of the Third Week in Ordinary Time<br><a href="https://catholic-daily-reflections.com/?mailpoet_router&endpoint=track&action=click&data=WyI1MTA0MCIsIjRrMXIyZzh4bDBjZ3dzd293a3Nnc2tna280NHNzOGNzIiwiNTExNzQiLCI4M2ZiNGQ1ZTAzYTQiLGZhbHNlXQ" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://catholic-daily-reflections.com?mailpoet_router%26endpoint%3Dtrack%26action%3Dclick%26data%3DWyI1MTA0MCIsIjRrMXIyZzh4bDBjZ3dzd293a3Nnc2tna280NHNzOGNzIiwiNTExNzQiLCI4M2ZiNGQ1ZTAzYTQiLGZhbHNlXQ&source=gmail&ust=1611896527466000&usg=AFQjCNFYnVgRygmmxOV_2BAVBwc5ygM54Q" style="color: rgb(6, 73, 121); text-decoration: none;"><span data-removefontsize="true" data-originalcomputedfontsize="16" style="font-weight: 400; font-size: 1rem;">Readings for Today</span></a><br></i></strong><br><br></td></tr></tbody></table><table width="100%" cellpadding="0" style="border-spacing: 0px;"><tbody><tr><td style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Georgia, Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.4px; word-break: break-word; word-wrap: break-word; text-align: center;"><a href="https://catholic-daily-reflections.com/?mailpoet_router&endpoint=track&action=click&data=WyI1MTA0MCIsIjRrMXIyZzh4bDBjZ3dzd293a3Nnc2tna280NHNzOGNzIiwiNTExNzQiLCI0MjAxYmQ1NjE4NDIiLGZhbHNlXQ" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://catholic-daily-reflections.com?mailpoet_router%26endpoint%3Dtrack%26action%3Dclick%26data%3DWyI1MTA0MCIsIjRrMXIyZzh4bDBjZ3dzd293a3Nnc2tna280NHNzOGNzIiwiNTExNzQiLCI0MjAxYmQ1NjE4NDIiLGZhbHNlXQ&source=gmail&ust=1611896527466000&usg=AFQjCNEaMOVyUCh5ZVRkJoTEN_Aq2x8RwQ" data-removefontsize="true" data-originalcomputedfontsize="16" style="color: rgb(6, 73, 121); text-decoration: none; font-size: 1rem;">Saint Thomas Aquinas, Priest and Doctor—Memorial</a><br><br></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="top" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><img src="https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/proxy/q8GviNcjaz6NrumzrNG44e8zNtscZCz2DCGEybGcCyNU-_EEs1546lNmaRhHNSxckkJKv3os85lc7HpcCJ2lufgRAXGqxwzCg40FkYHI7jsI0Zr4mbeMZtfUOcOP0nTOhGDqR_WUWxXxCAgZ3M804uJxbM1NrvRdspZP-bwvW-g1nhMJaIb3CaDrl_tv=s0-d-e1-ft#https://catholic-daily-reflections.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/834px-The_Last_Judgment__Flemish_School_17th_Century.jpg" width="450" alt="" style="height: auto; max-width: 100%; border: 0px; display: block; outline: none;"></td></tr><tr><td valign="top" style="border-collapse: collapse; padding: 10px 20px; word-break: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;"><br><table width="100%" cellpadding="0" style="border-spacing: 0px;"><tbody><tr><td style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Georgia, Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.4px; word-break: break-word; word-wrap: break-word; text-align: center;"><strong data-removefontsize="true" data-originalcomputedfontsize="16" style="font-size: 1rem;">“For there is nothing hidden except to be made visible; nothing is secret except to come to light.” Mark 4:22</strong><br><br></td></tr></tbody></table><table width="100%" cellpadding="0" style="border-spacing: 0px;"><tbody><tr><td style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Georgia, Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.4px; word-break: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;"><span data-removefontsize="true" data-originalcomputedfontsize="16" style="font-size: 1rem;">What a fascinating little line in the Gospel for today! What does this line mean? Though many have offered various commentaries upon the meaning of this line, let’s turn to the </span><i>Catechism of the Catholic Church</i><span data-removefontsize="true" data-originalcomputedfontsize="16" style="font-size: 1rem;">for some insight:</span><br><br></td></tr></tbody></table><table width="100%" cellpadding="0" style="border-spacing: 0px;"><tbody><tr><td style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Georgia, Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.4px; word-break: break-word; word-wrap: break-word; padding-left: 40px;"><span data-removefontsize="true" data-originalcomputedfontsize="16" style="font-size: 1rem;">In the presence of Christ, who is Truth itself, the truth of each man's relationship with God will be laid bare. The Last Judgment will reveal even to its furthest consequences the good each person has done or failed to do during his earthly life… (</span><i>CCC</i><span data-removefontsize="true" data-originalcomputedfontsize="16" style="font-size: 1rem;"> #1039).</span><br><br></td></tr></tbody></table><table width="100%" cellpadding="0" style="border-spacing: 0px;"><tbody><tr><td style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Georgia, Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.4px; word-break: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;"><span data-removefontsize="true" data-originalcomputedfontsize="16" style="font-size: 1rem;">This passage comes from the section on “The Last Judgment” rather than “The Particular Judgment.” The Particular Judgment will come for all of us at the moment of our passing from this world. It will be an accounting of our sins and virtues before God in a personal and private way. But the Last Judgment will come at the end of time and should be seen as a universal judgment upon all in a very definitive and public way. Thus, this line from the </span><i>Catechism</i><span data-removefontsize="true" data-originalcomputedfontsize="16" style="font-size: 1rem;"> seems to suggest that both our good actions and evil ones will be revealed for all to see.</span><br><br></td></tr></tbody></table><table width="100%" cellpadding="0" style="border-spacing: 0px;"><tbody><tr><td style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Georgia, Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.4px; word-break: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;"><span data-removefontsize="true" data-originalcomputedfontsize="16" style="font-size: 1rem;">If the Scripture passage above, as well as the passage from the </span><i>Catechism,</i><span data-removefontsize="true" data-originalcomputedfontsize="16" style="font-size: 1rem;"> are properly interpreted to mean that during the Last Judgment even our deepest sins, including those that have been forgiven through the Sacrament of Confession, will be made manifest for all to see, this idea can, at first, be a bit frightening. But it shouldn’t be. It should be liberating.</span><br><br></td></tr></tbody></table><table width="100%" cellpadding="0" style="border-spacing: 0px;"><tbody><tr><td style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Georgia, Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.4px; word-break: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;"><span data-removefontsize="true" data-originalcomputedfontsize="16" style="font-size: 1rem;">If every action of our lives, both good and bad, will be made manifest for all to see at The Last Judgment, then this will result in one thing and one thing alone for those who are in Heaven: the glory of God and much rejoicing! In other words, if God reveals every sin we have committed, then He will also reveal our repentance from those sins, the purification we endured, and the forgiveness we received. Therefore, those who make up the Communion of Saints will not look upon us with judgment; rather, they will glorify God in the same way we glorify God and thank Him for His abundant mercy and forgiveness. We must always remember His forgiveness and continually rejoice in that fact. Therefore, if all truly is made manifest, then it will be so that we can all rejoice together in the incredible mercy of God and can look at each other with gratitude for all that God had done for the other.</span><br><br></td></tr></tbody></table><table width="100%" cellpadding="0" style="border-spacing: 0px;"><tbody><tr><td style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Georgia, Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.4px; word-break: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;"><span data-removefontsize="true" data-originalcomputedfontsize="16" style="font-size: 1rem;">Reflect, today, upon the possibility of that glorious moment. Imagine the freedom you will experience by allowing God to share the deepest sins and the deepest virtues of your life with all who share Heaven with you. Shame will be gone. Judgment will be gone. Rejoicing and gratitude alone will remain. What a glorious moment that will be!</span><br><br></td></tr></tbody></table><table width="100%" cellpadding="0" style="border-spacing: 0px;"><tbody><tr><td style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: Georgia, Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 22.4px; word-break: break-word; word-wrap: break-word;"><i>My glorious Judge, I thank You for Your mercy and forgiveness in my life. I thank You for freeing me from all sin. Please continue to purify my soul and free me from even the attachment to all sin. May I never forget all that You have done for me and may Your mercy become the cause of my eternal rejoicing and Your eternal glory. Jesus, I trust in You.</i></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table>La Solidaridadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00125050312386877212noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1625658718409263251.post-51147367486053270752021-01-28T05:40:00.001+07:002021-01-28T05:40:38.958+07:00Racism: The Inheritance of Slavery<div style="font-size: 16px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); color: rgb(49, 49, 49); font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; word-spacing: 1px;"><div><em>Shay Cullen</em></div><div><em>23 January 2021</em></div><div> </div><div><span data-originalfontsize="16px" data-originalcomputedfontsize="16" style="font-size: 1rem;">The most powerful and richest country on the planet is still arguably the poorest in moral values and social and racial equality. It is suffering a shock to its democratic system. The days when black people in the southern states of America had to use special seats in the back of buses, go to separate drinking fountains and restaurants, their children forced to go to separate schools and churches and live lives segregated from white people, may be over. That great civil rights movement and the march on Washington led by Martin Luther King in August 1963 did not end racism in America. The attitudes still persist and maybe worse than ever. President Joe Biden has a mighty challenge ahead of him.</span></div><div> </div><div><span data-originalfontsize="16px" data-originalcomputedfontsize="16" style="font-size: 1rem;">Racism has many facets and causes much hurt, suffering, anger and hatred and social unrest. It is when one group discriminates, oppresses and dominates another because of the color of their skin- be it black, brown or olive- or their facial features. In America, those that discriminate and reject people of color as having equal rights are known as white supremacists. At the behest of President Trump, their champion, they invaded and briefly took over the US Capitol on 6 January 2021. They are not a minority in America and consider themselves racially superior to black or brown-skinned people. Racism is exclusion, it exists in the minds and hearts, beliefs and attitudes of a single dominating group that treats the other group as inferior, even less than fully human, because they are of different skin color. Racism perpetuates itself everywhere when social and economic and cultural equality is absent. Racism and discrimination oppress another segment of society because of their economic weakness, poverty, lack of opportunity and skin color. The dominant group considers the other as an inferior race and denies them opportunity of equality and education to rise out of poverty. It is a vicious circle of the oppressed. Institutional racism denies almost all opportunities to the people of different skin color and they will always remain poor and disadvantaged and blamed because they are considered racially inferior.</span></div><div> </div><div><span data-originalfontsize="16px" data-originalcomputedfontsize="16" style="font-size: 1rem;">When the Black American community did prosper and proved them wrong, they were annihilated by the white supremacist groups. Asuch is what happened in the thriving, prosperous black community in Tulsa, Oklahoma, whose members were well off and owned property, banks and businesses and had a superior school system for higher education. Some rich families owned their own airplanes. In 1921, racial violence broke out. The community was attacked by jealous white supremacists. They bombed 35 city blocks, killed 300 black people, seriously injured 800 and 900 were made homeless and the white supremacists looted and burnt everything to the ground.</span></div><div> </div><div><span data-originalfontsize="16px" data-originalcomputedfontsize="16" style="font-size: 1rem;">The dominant racist group need not be in the majority as was the case in apartheid South Africa where a small minority of white people of European descent ruled the nation and segregated the Black majority. This was reversed by the anti-apartheid movement led by Nelson Mandela with the help of the international community that imposed sanctions.</span></div><div> </div><div><span data-originalfontsize="16px" data-originalcomputedfontsize="16" style="font-size: 1rem;">In the Philippines, the indigenous people of different ethnic heritage and darker skin color, such as the Aeta or Manobo people, suffer racial discrimination and racial slurs and bullying. the Manobo people. Most of them remain in poverty. In Myanmar, the ethnic group of Rohyngya has been so discriminated against that accusations of genocide are leveled against the Myanmar ruling class who forced them to flee their villages to Bangladesh where they make up the largest single refugee camp in the world.</span></div><div> </div><div><span data-originalfontsize="16px" data-originalcomputedfontsize="16" style="font-size: 1rem;">European conquering nations colonialized the people of the world and robbed their wealth while millions of natives died and more were enslaved and impoverished as many of the native Americans today. Slavery became the basis of the colonialist’s economic prosperity. The American native population were corralled into reservations. The colonialists imported captured people from Africa to North and South America. In a period of 300 years, 13 million Africans were shipped across the Atlantic Ocean in slave ships built to purpose. The black descendents of these slaves are the victims of institutional racism. It is this culture of exclusion, discrimination and racial bias that is the open wound in America today. While many white people support the rights and dignity of African-American people, many do not.</span></div><div> </div><div><span data-originalfontsize="16px" data-originalcomputedfontsize="16" style="font-size: 1rem;">Nowhere else is the racial inequality more apparent than in the relations of the black community with law enforcement. Poverty, inequality and non-education of many Black youth that suffer broken homes and dysfunctional families drive the youth to join the drug culture. This is a source of income and escapism from the frustration, pain and hopelessness of high unemployment and uselessness of life. US law enforcement is predominantly white, male and a culture of racism prevails. Last July 2020, a research paper published in the proceeding of the National Academy of Sciences found that one Black boy or man in every thousand are likely to be killed by police sometime in their lifetime and that Black males are 2.5 times more likely to be victims of police shootings than white males. It found that the leading cause of death <strong data-removefontsize="true" data-originalcomputedfontsize="16" style="font-size: 1rem;">among young Black men is violence by police. Here are some shocking statistics from the survey. </strong></span></div></div><ul style="font-size: 16px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); color: rgb(49, 49, 49); font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; word-spacing: 1px;"><li><a href="http://www.preda.org/mailings/mail.cgi/r/preda/406610875558/ningaskugonbaga/gmail.com/" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.preda.org/mailings/mail.cgi/r/preda/406610875558/ningaskugonbaga/gmail.com/&source=gmail&ust=1611378814819000&usg=AFQjCNHvCr3WLhNMmu-tZDyiKd9fT66HMA" data-removefontsize="true" data-originalcomputedfontsize="16" style="color: rgb(66, 133, 244); font-size: 1rem;">1 in 11 Black adults are currently under correctional control (in prison or on parole/probation)</a></li><li><a href="http://www.preda.org/mailings/mail.cgi/r/preda/768268800207/ningaskugonbaga/gmail.com/" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.preda.org/mailings/mail.cgi/r/preda/768268800207/ningaskugonbaga/gmail.com/&source=gmail&ust=1611378814819000&usg=AFQjCNFV34HFmOdkJgnMeAFs8FG093N8XQ" data-removefontsize="true" data-originalcomputedfontsize="16" style="color: rgb(66, 133, 244); font-size: 1rem;">1 in 230 Black youth are detained in juvenile facilities</a></li><li><a href="http://www.preda.org/mailings/mail.cgi/r/preda/370020103138/ningaskugonbaga/gmail.com/" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.preda.org/mailings/mail.cgi/r/preda/370020103138/ningaskugonbaga/gmail.com/&source=gmail&ust=1611378814819000&usg=AFQjCNFWYgwJ7021xzD71HUORlCoCbMXSg" data-removefontsize="true" data-originalcomputedfontsize="16" style="color: rgb(66, 133, 244); font-size: 1rem;">1 in 3 Black families have zero or negative wealth</a></li><li><a href="http://www.preda.org/mailings/mail.cgi/r/preda/997889190492/ningaskugonbaga/gmail.com/" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.preda.org/mailings/mail.cgi/r/preda/997889190492/ningaskugonbaga/gmail.com/&source=gmail&ust=1611378814819000&usg=AFQjCNGQMBzQjAm7aLv2IbMLd4TwYld8lQ" data-removefontsize="true" data-originalcomputedfontsize="16" style="color: rgb(66, 133, 244); font-size: 1rem;">1 in 2.5 Black adults were unemployed or temporarily furloughed on April 2020</a></li><li><a href="http://www.preda.org/mailings/mail.cgi/r/preda/282311083741/ningaskugonbaga/gmail.com/" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.preda.org/mailings/mail.cgi/r/preda/282311083741/ningaskugonbaga/gmail.com/&source=gmail&ust=1611378814819000&usg=AFQjCNFxQ06owP6_3MV1OBOeJSl8AslMSw" data-removefontsize="true" data-originalcomputedfontsize="16" style="color: rgb(66, 133, 244); font-size: 1rem;">1 in 2.5 Black women will die within five years of diagnosis of endometrial cancer</a></li><li><a href="http://www.preda.org/mailings/mail.cgi/r/preda/510153211527/ningaskugonbaga/gmail.com/" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.preda.org/mailings/mail.cgi/r/preda/510153211527/ningaskugonbaga/gmail.com/&source=gmail&ust=1611378814819000&usg=AFQjCNEPznCC9oXX-U8S9PlzcHs9NM6HxQ" data-removefontsize="true" data-originalcomputedfontsize="16" style="color: rgb(66, 133, 244); font-size: 1rem;">1 in 1,350 Black Americans have died of COVID-19</a></li><li><a href="http://www.preda.org/mailings/mail.cgi/r/preda/634866339345/ningaskugonbaga/gmail.com/" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.preda.org/mailings/mail.cgi/r/preda/634866339345/ningaskugonbaga/gmail.com/&source=gmail&ust=1611378814819000&usg=AFQjCNFEWd4iARtvcYHP91c1k-kim91buw" data-removefontsize="true" data-originalcomputedfontsize="16" style="color: rgb(66, 133, 244); font-size: 1rem;">1 in 13 Black Americans of voting age are disenfranchised</a></li><li><span data-originalfontsize="16px" data-originalcomputedfontsize="16" style="font-size: 1rem;">8 in 10 Black adults with at least some college experience report having experienced racial discrimination.</span></li></ul><div style="font-size: 16px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); color: rgb(49, 49, 49); font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; word-spacing: 1px;"><span data-originalfontsize="16px" data-originalcomputedfontsize="16" style="font-size: 1rem;">It is this and much more with the killing of many Black people by police that the Black Lives Matter movement that has grown and spread around the world. We can only hope that President Joe Biden will do all he can to bring justice and equality to the lives of the 41.4 million African American community.</span></div><div style="font-size: 16px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); color: rgb(49, 49, 49); font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; word-spacing: 1px;"> </div><div style="font-size: 16px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); color: rgb(49, 49, 49); font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; word-spacing: 1px;"><em><a href="http://www.preda.org/mailings/mail.cgi/r/preda/310310253589/ningaskugonbaga/gmail.com/" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.preda.org/mailings/mail.cgi/r/preda/310310253589/ningaskugonbaga/gmail.com/&source=gmail&ust=1611378814819000&usg=AFQjCNFsBI7gO9N-nOJq-Tjg44ymsuXHaA" data-removefontsize="true" data-originalcomputedfontsize="16" style="color: rgb(66, 133, 244); font-size: 1rem;">www.preda.or</a>g</em></div><div style="font-size: 16px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); color: rgb(49, 49, 49); font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; word-spacing: 1px;"><em><br></em></div><img width="100%" src="https://drive.google.com/uc?id=1yz1LpsuyuBsGGhH3I9BWQUHLoMeavUzW">La Solidaridadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00125050312386877212noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1625658718409263251.post-7949693097375898852021-01-28T04:48:00.001+07:002021-01-28T04:48:53.704+07:00Can You Tell Me A Creepy Psychological Trick?<div class="q-box qu-mb--small" style="margin: 0px 0px 8px; padding: 0px; outline: 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); caret-color: rgb(40, 40, 41); color: rgb(40, 40, 41); font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="q-text qu-bold qu-fontSize--large qu-color--gray_dark_dim qu-passColorToLinks qu-userSelect--text qu-lineHeight--regular" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; outline: 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-select: text; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.4; font-weight: bold; box-sizing: border-box; word-break: break-word;"></div></div><div class="q-text" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; outline: 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); caret-color: rgb(40, 40, 41); color: rgb(40, 40, 41); font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; box-sizing: border-box; max-width: 100%;"><span class="q-box qu-userSelect--text" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; box-sizing: border-box;"><p class="q-text qu-display--block" style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; word-break: break-word; direction: ltr;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-weight: bold; background-image: none;">WARNING: The Following Post May Very Well Improve Your Value In the Eyes of Pretty Women. Use at Your Own Caution!</span></p><div class="q-box" style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; outline: 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; transition-property: undefined; transition-duration: 1s; transition-timing-function: ease-out; filter: blur(0px);"><img class="q-image qu-display--block qu-borderRadius--small" src="https://qph.fs.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-487fad3b15e3852ddbaaff78c194a60e" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: transparent; max-width: 100%; border-style: none; animation-duration: 0.001s; animation-name: insQ_100; display: block; border-top-left-radius: 3px; border-top-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-left-radius: 3px; box-sizing: border-box;"></div><p class="q-text qu-display--block" style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; word-break: break-word; direction: ltr;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-image: none;">If you want to make a girl self-conscious, tell her that what ever she is wearing isn’t the best choice of clothes.</span></p><p class="q-text qu-display--block" style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; word-break: break-word; direction: ltr;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-image: none;">If you want girls to notice you in a venue, be with another girl or surround yourself with a group of girls.</span></p><p class="q-text qu-display--block" style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; word-break: break-word; direction: ltr;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-image: none;">If you want to talk to a girl but feel shy, have a female friend of yours (or hers) introduce you to her.</span></p><p class="q-text qu-display--block" style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; word-break: break-word; direction: ltr;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-image: none;">If you want to see if a girl is approachable, catch her gaze and stick your tongue out or wave. Gauge her response, if it’s positive you can go in, if not you will know without getting “rejected”</span></p><p class="q-text qu-display--block" style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; word-break: break-word; direction: ltr;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-image: none;">If you want a girl to call you, GIVE HER YOUR NUMBER. Don’t take hers or exchange.</span></p><p class="q-text qu-display--block" style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; word-break: break-word; direction: ltr;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-image: none;">If you see a girl while you’re out but don’t have time to chat (or even if you do), tell her you’re running late for a meeting but you saw her and that she had a really unique style.</span></p><p class="q-text qu-display--block" style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; word-break: break-word; direction: ltr;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-image: none;">Finally, when you talk to a girl and you introduce yourself and she tells you her name, tell her, “You don’t look like a __________ (her name), you look like a __________ (made up girl name), I’m going to call you ______________ (made up girl name).</span></p><p class="q-text qu-display--block" style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; word-break: break-word; direction: ltr;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-image: none;">If you want to kiss a girl ask her if SHE wants to kiss YOU, if she responds well do it, if not tell her you didn’t say she could. Also, when you are alone look at her from left to right eye, then to mouth, then back, If she looks at your lips she wants to kiss you.</span></p><p class="q-text qu-display--block" style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; word-break: break-word; direction: ltr;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-image: none;">When meeting up for a date establish physical contact immediately by hugging or guiding her into your car.</span></p><p class="q-text qu-display--block" style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; word-break: break-word; direction: ltr;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-image: none;">When you shake a girls hand, hold it for an extra 3 seconds, if she lets you and doesn’t pull back, she is attracted.</span></p><p class="q-text qu-display--block" style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; word-break: break-word; direction: ltr;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-image: none;">When you shake a girls hand, spin her around then you spin the other way, while holding her hand and you should end up with your hand around her shoulder like buddy buddy.</span></p><p class="q-text qu-display--block" style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; word-break: break-word; direction: ltr;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-image: none;">When you shake a girls hand, flip your her hand over and kiss your own hand.</span></p><p class="q-text qu-display--block" style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; word-break: break-word; direction: ltr;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-image: none;">When you high-five a girl, interlock fingers, if she lets you she is attracted.</span></p><p class="q-text qu-display--block" style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; word-break: break-word; direction: ltr;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-image: none;">Before approaching a girl or going on a date, visualize your desired outcome. Things we visualize tend to happen when we take action on them.</span></p><p class="q-text qu-display--block" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; word-break: break-word; direction: ltr;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-image: none;">I hope this helps you, if not you can always </span><span class="q-inline" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; display: inline;"><a class="q-box qu-cursor--pointer qu-userSelect--text" title="top-reviews.org" href="https://top-reviews.org/pages/presell.php?id=15779" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.6); -webkit-user-select: text; -webkit-touch-callout: default; color: rgb(25, 95, 170); text-decoration: none; text-decoration-line: none; cursor: pointer; box-sizing: border-box; transition-property: text-decoration; transition-duration: 180ms; transition-timing-function: ease-in-out; border-top-left-radius: inherit; 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padding: 0px; outline: 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box;"><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; outline: 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><div class="q-box" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; outline: 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="q-relative spacing_log_answer_content puppeteer_test_answer_content" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; outline: 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; position: relative;"><div class="q-text" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; outline: 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; max-width: 100%;"><span class="q-box qu-userSelect--text" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="q-box" style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; outline: 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; transition-property: undefined; transition-duration: 1s; transition-timing-function: ease-out; filter: blur(0px);"><img class="q-image qu-display--block qu-borderRadius--small" src="https://qph.fs.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-d4d06fe6a646560f170ca0f9ff874014" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: transparent; max-width: 100%; border-style: none; animation-duration: 0.001s; animation-name: insQ_100; display: block; border-top-left-radius: 3px; border-top-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-left-radius: 3px; box-sizing: border-box;"></div><ol class="q-box" style="margin: 0px 2em 1em 0px; padding: 0px; list-style-position: initial; list-style-image: initial; box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; word-wrap: break-word;"><li class="q-relative" style="margin: 5px 0px 5px 2em; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em; box-sizing: border-box; position: relative;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-image: none;">If you want people to believe your </span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-weight: bold; background-image: none;">lies</span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-image: none;">, then add lots of details to them.</span></li><li class="q-relative" style="margin: 5px 0px 5px 2em; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em; box-sizing: border-box; position: relative;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-image: none;">Research has established that people were more likely to clean up after themselves in a cafeteria when they saw an image of their eyes than when they saw a photo of flowers [1].</span></li><li class="q-relative" style="margin: 5px 0px 5px 2em; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em; box-sizing: border-box; position: relative;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-image: none;">Participants in one study were asked two versions of the same question: "How important is it to you to vote in tomorrow's election?" and "How important is it to you to be a </span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-weight: bold; background-image: none;">voter</span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-image: none;"> in tomorrow's election?" Research results revealed that participants in the "voter" condition were more likely to cast their vote the next day because a noun reinforces their identity as members of a specific group [2].</span></li><li class="q-relative" style="margin: 5px 0px 5px 2em; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em; box-sizing: border-box; position: relative;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-image: none;">It is raining, and your mind is very relaxed and calm, and you wrote an article, which gets viral. You want the same response again; you can trick your mind by playing the same rain background sound on YouTube.</span></li><li class="q-relative" style="margin: 5px 0px 5px 2em; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em; box-sizing: border-box; position: relative;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-image: none;">By accepting your </span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-weight: bold; background-image: none;">mistakes</span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-image: none;">, you can save yourself from exhausting blaming or taunting session. Because people play hours long blame game for proving you wrong.</span></li><li class="q-relative" style="margin: 5px 0px 5px 2em; padding: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; position: relative;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-image: none;">Your brain dismisses any information that looks unfamiliar. That's why you fail to stick with a new diet and cultivate new habits in your life.</span></li></ol><p class="q-text qu-display--block" style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; word-break: break-word; direction: ltr;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-image: none;">Thank you so much, everyone, for your constant support🙏❤.</span></p><p class="q-text qu-display--block" style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; word-break: break-word; direction: ltr;"><a class="q-box qu-cursor--pointer qu-userSelect--text" title="www.quora.com" href="https://www.quora.com/What-have-you-grown-to-accept-as-youve-gotten-older/answer/Hina-Anser?ch=10&share=d99df83d&srid=uwyMq" target="_top" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.6); -webkit-user-select: text; -webkit-touch-callout: default; color: rgb(25, 95, 170); text-decoration: none; text-decoration-line: none; cursor: pointer; box-sizing: border-box; transition-property: text-decoration; transition-duration: 180ms; transition-timing-function: ease-in-out; border-top-left-radius: inherit; border-top-right-radius: inherit; border-bottom-right-radius: inherit; border-bottom-left-radius: inherit;">Hina Anser's answer to What have you grown to accept as you've gotten older?</a></p><p class="q-text qu-display--block" style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; word-break: break-word; direction: ltr;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-image: none;">Thanks for reading!!</span></p><p class="q-text qu-display--block" style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; word-break: break-word; direction: ltr;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-image: none;">Please Upvote If Found Helpful</span></p><p class="q-text qu-display--block" style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; word-break: break-word; direction: ltr;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-image: none;">Be Humble: My ego will not be hurt by taking help from others.</span></p><p class="q-text qu-display--block" style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; word-break: break-word; direction: ltr;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-weight: bold; background-image: none;">References</span></p><p class="q-text qu-display--block" style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; word-break: break-word; direction: ltr;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-image: none;">[1] Ernest-Jones, Max, Daniel Nettle, and Melissa Bateson. "Effects of eye images on everyday cooperative behavior: a field experiment." </span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-style: italic; background-image: none;">Evolution and Human Behavior</span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-image: none;">32.3 (2011): 172-178.</span></p><p class="q-text qu-display--block" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; word-break: break-word; direction: ltr;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-image: none;">[2] Weinschenk, Susan. </span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-style: italic; background-image: none;">How to get people to do stuff: Master the art and science of persuasion and motivation</span><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; background-image: none;">. New Riders, 2013.</span></p></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="q-box qu-bg--white qu-borderBottom" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; outline: 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; border: 1px none rgb(222, 224, 225); position: relative; box-sizing: border-box;"><span data-nosnippet="true" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; caret-color: rgb(40, 40, 41); color: rgb(40, 40, 41); font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: none;"><div class="q-box " style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; outline: 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box;"><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; outline: 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; outline: 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><div class="q-box qu-pt--medium qu-pb--medium" style="margin: 0px; padding: 16px; outline: 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box; position: relative;"><div class="q-box" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; outline: 0px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="q-click-wrapper qu-display--inline-block qu-tapHighlight--white qu-cursor--pointer" width="auto" tabindex="0" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; outline: inherit; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.6); cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; width: auto; color: inherit; text-align: inherit;"></div></div></div></div></div></div></span></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">La Solidaridadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00125050312386877212noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1625658718409263251.post-63974684342519801062020-09-11T12:33:00.001+07:002020-09-11T12:34:54.225+07:00Noticing the Sins of Others<p dir="ltr"><a href="https://catholic-daily-reflections.com/?mailpoet_router&endpoint=track&action=click&data=WyI1MTA0MCIsIjRrMXIyZzh4bDBjZ3dzd293a3Nnc2tna280NHNzOGNzIiwiNDAwNTQiLCI2Nzc1NGJkZDEyM2UiLGZhbHNlXQ"><b>Noticing the Sins of Others</b></a></p>
<p dir="ltr"><b>September 11, 2020</b><br>
<i><b>Friday of the Twenty-Third Week in Ordinary Time</b></i><br>
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<b>“Why do you notice the splinter in your brother’s eye, but do not perceive the wooden beam in your own?” Luke 6:41</b></p>
<p dir="ltr">How true this is! How easy it is to see the minor faults of others and, at the same time, fail to see our own more obvious and serious faults. Why is this the case? </p>
<p dir="ltr">First of all, it’s hard to see our own faults because our sin of pride blinds us. Pride keeps us from any honest self-reflection. Pride becomes a mask we wear which presents a false persona. Pride is an ugly sin because it keeps us from the truth. It keeps us from seeing ourselves in the light of truth and, as a result, it keeps us from seeing the log in our own eye. </p>
<p dir="ltr">When we are full of pride, another thing happens. We start to focus in on every small fault of those around us. Interestingly, this Gospel speaks of the tendency to see the “splinter” in your brother’s eye. What does that tell us? It tells us that those who are full of pride are not so much interested in putting down the serious sinner. Rather, they tend to seek out those who have only small sins, “splinters” as sins, and they tend to try and make them seem more serious than they are. Sadly, those steeped in pride feel far more threatened by the saint than by the serious sinner. </p>
<p dir="ltr">Reflect, today, upon whether or not you struggle with being judgmental toward those around you. Especially reflect upon whether or not you tend to be more critical of those striving for holiness. If you do tend to do this, it may reveal that you struggle with pride more than you realize.</p>
<p dir="ltr"><i>Lord, humble me and help me to be free of all pride. May I also let go of judgmentalness and see others only in the way You want me to see them. Jesus, I trust in You.</i></p>
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<b>July 20, 2020</b><br />
<b><i>Monday of the Sixteenth Week of Ordinary Time<br /><a data-wpel-link="external" href="https://www.vaticannews.va/en/word-of-the-day/2020/07/20.html" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: #1e73be; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.1s ease-in-out, background-color 0.1s ease-in-out;" target="_self"><span style="border: 0px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Readings for Today</span></a></i></b></div>
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<strong style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">“Teacher, we wish to see a sign from you.” He said to them in reply, “An evil and unfaithful generation seeks a sign, but no sign will be given it except the sign of Jonah the prophet.” <a class="rtBibleRef" data-purpose="bible-reference" data-reference="Matt 12.38-39" data-version="rsvce" href="https://biblia.com/bible/rsvce/Matt%2012.38-39" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: #1e73be; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.1s ease-in-out, background-color 0.1s ease-in-out;">Matthew 12:38-39</a></strong></div>
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<span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Jonah was the sign. He spent three days and nights in the belly of a whale. He certainly was presumed dead by those who threw him over the side of the boat. But the whale acted as an instrument of God’s will in that it brought Jonah to Nineveh to preach repentance. And they did repent and change their lives! The darkness of the belly of the whale, in the end, became a blessing and a sign for ages to come.</span></div>
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<span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Fast forward from the story of Jonah to the story above when the followers of Jesus seek a sign from Him. They want some sort of “proof” of who He is. Or perhaps they are just curious and want to be “entertained” by a miracle. Whatever the case may be, Jesus makes it clear that the sign He will give is the sign of Jonah.</span></div>
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<span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Clearly, the story of Jonah is a prefiguration of the death of Jesus; His three days in the tomb and His Resurrection. This is the sign that Jesus will offer and the sign that He continues to offer. It’s a sign of great hope when we perceive it properly. </span></div>
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<span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">However, very often we can fall into the same temptation as the followers of Jesus in the story above. Very often we also want a sign other than the signs Jesus gave us. We want some other proof from God of His will. We want Him to speak loudly and clearly. But that doesn’t always happen. More often what we experience is what appears to be silence from God. We may wonder, “Lord, where are You? Why don’t You speak to me?” But Jesus will speak to us in the same way. He will gently remind us of His life, death and Resurrection. He will remind us that we must believe in all that He has spoken, and even if we feel like we are in the belly of a whale or dead in a tomb, hope is not lost. God is present in all things and He is active and present to us even when He seems to be silent.</span></div>
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<span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Reflect, today, upon how strong your faith is even though you may not get the sign from Heaven that you may want. You must be reminded that the Father spoke to you clearly through the life, death and Resurrection of Jesus and this is the way He continues to speak to you today. Listen to that lesson and embrace the truths it proclaims. Even if you feel like you are in a tomb or God is silent, know He is not. He is speaking to you all the time. You just need to discern His voice.</span></div>
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<i><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Lord, help me to believe in You even though I do not see miracles or signs from Heaven. Help me to believe in You despite any doubts or weaknesses I have in life. Give me a firm faith to answer Your call in my life. Jesus, I trust in You.</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">https://catholic-daily-reflections.com/2020/07/19/seeking-a-sign/</span>La Solidaridadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00125050312386877212noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1625658718409263251.post-5730394348467873822020-07-19T12:04:00.000+07:002020-08-05T15:12:29.610+07:00The Defeat of Evil<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #3a3a3a; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; padding: 0px; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-weight: 700;"><i>Sixteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year A</i></span><br />
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<span style="border: 0px; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Jesus proposed another parable to the crowds, saying: “The kingdom of heaven may be likened to a man who sowed good seed in his field. While everyone was asleep his enemy came and sowed weeds all through the wheat, and then went off. When the crop grew and bore fruit, the weeds appeared as well.” <a class="rtBibleRef" data-purpose="bible-reference" data-reference="Matt 13.24-26" data-version="rsvce" href="https://biblia.com/bible/rsvce/Matt%2013.24-26" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: #1e73be; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.1s ease-in-out, background-color 0.1s ease-in-out;">Matthew 13:24-26</a></span></div>
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<span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">The introduction to this parable should wake us up to the reality of the evil one in our midst. The specific action of the “enemy” in this parable is disturbing. Imagine if this story were true and you were the farmer who worked very hard at sowing the seed throughout your field. Then, if you awoke to hear the news that weeds had been sown also, you would be quite saddened, angered and disappointed. </span></div>
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<span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">But this parable is especially about the Son of God. Jesus is the one who has sown the good seed of His Word and watered that seed with His Precious Blood. But the evil one, the devil, has also been at work trying to undermine the work of our Lord. </span></div>
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<span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Again, if this were a true story about you as a farmer, it would be hard to refrain from much anger and a desire for revenge. But the truth is that Jesus, as the Divine Sower, does not allow the evil one to steal His peace. Instead, He has allowed this action of the evil one to remain for now. But in the end, the works of evil will be destroyed and burned in the unquenchable fire.</span></div>
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<span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">What’s also interesting to note is that Jesus does not root out all evil in our world here and now. According to the parable, He refrains so that the good fruit of the Kingdom will not be negatively affected. In other words, this parable reveals to us the interesting truth that the “weeds” all around us, that is, the evil alive within our world, cannot affect our growth in virtue and entrance into the Kingdom of God. We may have to endure evil on a daily basis and find ourselves surrounded by it at times, but our Lord’s willingness to allow evil for now is a clear sign that He knows it cannot affect our growth in virtue if we do not let it.</span></div>
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<span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Reflect, today, upon the reality of evil in your world. It’s essential that you name evil activity for what it is. But evil cannot ultimately affect you. And the evil one, despite his malicious attacks, will ultimately be defeated. Reflect upon the hope that this truth brings and renew your trust in the power of God this day.</span></div>
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<i>Lord, I pray that You do deliver us all from the evil one. May we be freed from his lies and snares and always keep our eyes upon You, our Divine Shepherd. I turn to You in all things, dear Lord. Jesus, I trust in You.</i></div>
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Painted by<strong> Jacob Jordaens (1593-1678),</strong><br />
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Jesus knew this and withdrew from the district. Many followed him and he cured them all, but warned them not to make him known. This was to fulfil the prophecy of Isaiah:<br />
Here is my servant whom I have chosen, my beloved, the favourite of my soul. I will endow him with my spirit, and he will proclaim the true faith to the nations. He will not brawl or shout, nor will anyone hear his voice in the streets. He will not break the crushed reed, nor put out the smouldering wick till he has led the truth to victory: in his name the nations will put their hope.</td></tr>
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Our Gospel reading of today starts with the words ‘<em>The Pharisees went out and began to plot against Jesus, discussing how to destroy him</em>’. Yes, Jesus was seen as a very real threat to the authority of the Pharisees. Jesus was fully aware of their plotting which had well and truly started now, and so He decided to disappear from sight for a while…<br />
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Our painting is by Jacob Jordaens. After Peter Paul Rubens and Anthony van Dyck, he was the leading Flemish Baroque painter of his day. We see Christ depicted among the Pharisees, with the Dove of the Holy Spirit hovering above Him. Jordaens has in fact created an imaginary religious scene rather than illustrating an actual episode from the New Testament. Jesus’ right hand is pointing upwards towards His Father. His left hand is pointing towards books held open by the Pharisees. Written in Flemish, these books are both of the Old Testament (Isaiah 63 on the left) and New Testament (e.g. the text reads in Flemish ‘<em>we saw him but did not recognise him</em>’; Jordaens humorously depicts a man holding a large pair of glasses, leaning over towards Christ and not recognising Him). The Pharisees are seen reading the New and Old Testaments, the painter wanting to make the point that Jesus did not come to abolish the Law of the Old Testament , but that He is the fulfilment of the Old Testament. We can read further Flemish statements on these books saying ‘<em>Jesus Christ is the truth</em>’, ‘<em>God lives forever</em>’ and ‘<em>I am the Risen One</em>’.<br />
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Christ, with His one hand on the scriptures and the other pointing upwards, shows He is the only way to salvation… So the Pharisees can conspire all they want and aim to destroy Christ as per our reading today, but ultimately, Christ’s salvation and message of love will conquer all…<br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">Aspirin</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"> is a common over the counter pain reliever used to treat mild to moderate pain caused by </span><a href="http://www.herbs-info.com/blog/top-13-herbal-treatments-for-toothache/" style="background-color: white; color: #0043aa; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">toothaches</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">, </span><a href="http://www.herbs-info.com/natural-remedies-for-colds-and-flu.html" style="background-color: white; color: #0043aa; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">colds</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">, and </span><a href="http://www.herbs-info.com/blog/top-10-home-remedies-for-headaches/" style="background-color: white; color: #0043aa; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">headaches</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">. It also has a noticeable </span><a href="http://www.herbs-info.com/anti-inflammatory-herbs.html" style="background-color: white; color: #0043aa; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">anti-inflammatory</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"> effect which makes it useful for reducing the swelling seen in</span><a href="http://www.herbs-info.com/blog/16-home-remedies-for-arthritis/" style="background-color: white; color: #0043aa; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">arthritis</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">. </span><sup style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">[1]</sup><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"> Despite its ubiquitous availability, it does have some serious drawbacks. Aspirin has been associated with peptic ulcer formation when taken for prolonged periods or high doses. </span><sup style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">[2]</sup><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"> This can lead to perforation and can cause internal bleeding when not managed correctly. In some people, it can even be a strong trigger for </span><a href="http://www.herbs-info.com/herbs-for-asthma.html" style="background-color: white; color: #0043aa; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">asthma</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"> episodes. </span><sup style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">[3]</sup><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"> This syndrome is referred to as aspirin-induced asthma. Although rare, there are reports that since Aspirin is also a blood thinner, it can increase the likelihood of a person developing a hemorrhagic stroke. </span><sup style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">[4]</sup></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">If you feel like using aspirin may be too much of a risk to your health, there are natural alternatives <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD2" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-color: transparent; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 50%; background-repeat: repeat repeat; border-bottom-color: rgb(27 , 142 , 222); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: rgb(27 , 142 , 222); cursor: pointer; display: inline; float: none; padding: 0px 0px 1px; position: static;">available</span>. However, the herbs mentioned in this list are intended to replace aspirin as a pain reliever and not as a blood thinner or antipyretic. As with any medication, it is important to consult your doctor before using herbal medicines. With that being said, here are 6 natural alternatives to aspirin that have been found valuable for pain.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.herbs-info.com/ginger.html" style="color: #0043aa; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Ginger</a> is a popular root crop that has been used for centuries as an ingredient in both Asian cuisine and traditional medicine. Fast forward to today, ginger is still used as an herbal analgesic. Researchers from the University of Georgia were able to test how effective ginger was in easing muscle pain. In their study, as little as two grams of raw ginger a day were able to reduce exercise-induced muscle pain by as much as 25 percent. <sup>[5]</sup> Add to this the fact that ginger also has anti-ulcer properties not seen in your typical aspirin tablet. <sup>[6]</sup></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">A staple of Chinese and Indian Ayurvedic medicine, <a href="http://www.herbs-info.com/turmeric.html" style="color: #0043aa; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">turmeric</a> has been used for centuries to treat various ailments ranging from skin disorders to pain. Turmeric has found a place in modern herbalism as a treatment for osteoarthritis. Its principal active component is <b>Curcumin</b>. Curcumin is a potent anti-inflammatory ingredient that works in similar fashion to the drug Celebrex but with a better safety profile. <sup>[7]</sup></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Traditionally used for toothaches, <a href="http://www.herbs-info.com/essential-oils/clove-essential-oil.html" style="color: #0043aa; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">clove oil</a> is rich in a compound called <b>eugenol</b>. Eugenol, when used topically, can help numb the area due to its mild anesthetic properties. This is the reason why clove oil is a common ingredient used in tooth drops. However, studies have shown that its anesthetic effect can even rival those seen with the topical anesthetic benzocaine. <sup>[8]</sup></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">When we think about peppermint, we automatically associate it with candied treats and/or tea, but in the field of herbal medicine, <a href="http://www.herbs-info.com/blog/7-awesome-uses-for-peppermint/" style="color: #0043aa; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">peppermint</a> is more than just a menthol flavoring. It has been used successfully in treating the pain associated with tension headaches and has been approved for the topical treatment of muscle and nerve pain. <sup>[9][10]</sup></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.herbs-info.com/fenugreek.html" style="color: #0043aa; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Fenugreek</a> is a flowering herb with light green leaves used traditionally by those living in the Mediterranean region. When the seeds are powdered and consumed, it is said to have a potent analgesic effect specific to <a href="http://www.herbs-info.com/blog/7-natural-home-remedies-for-menstrual-cramps/" style="color: #0043aa; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">menstrual cramps</a> or dysmenorrhea. This property of Fenugreek was even reported in the <i>Journal of Reproduction and Infertility</i> to improve the other symptoms of dysmenorrhea like fatigue, headache, and <a href="http://www.herbs-info.com/blog/14-home-remedies-for-nausea/" style="color: #0043aa; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">nausea</a> without a report of side effects. <sup>[11]</sup></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.herbs-info.com/feverfew.html" style="color: #0043aa; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Feverfew</a> has long been used as a potent anti-inflammatory both as an herbal medicine and as a skin care ingredient. Due to its calming effects, it has been found to be effective in blocking the inflammation caused by the protein called IkappaB Kinase, which in turn alleviates inflammation and pain. <sup>[12]</sup> It is also a popular <a href="http://www.herbs-info.com/herbs-for-migraines.html" style="color: #0043aa; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">herbal treatment for migraines</a> since it is considered capable of preventing an episode. <sup>[13]</sup></span></div>
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[1] Aspirin Tablet. <a href="http://www.webmd.com/drugs/2/drug-1082-3/aspirin-oral/aspirin-oral/details" style="color: #0043aa; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://www.webmd.com/drugs/2/drug-1082-3/aspirin-oral/aspirin-oral/details</a></div>
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[4] Can you take aspirin if you regularly take ibuprofen or another nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) for another condition? <a href="https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/heart-disease/in-depth/daily-aspirin-therapy/art-20046797?pg=2" style="color: #0043aa; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/heart-disease/in-depth/daily-aspirin-therapy/art-20046797?pg=2</a></div>
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[5] Ginger (Zingiber officinale) Reduces Muscle Pain Caused by Eccentric Exercise. (2010). <a href="http://www.jpain.org/article/S1526-5900(09)00915-8/fulltext" style="color: #0043aa; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://www.jpain.org/article/S1526-5900(09)00915-8/fulltext</a></div>
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[6] Gastroprotective Effect of Ginger Rhizome (Zingiber officinale) Extract: Role of Gallic Acid and Cinnamic Acid in H+, K+-ATPase/H. pylori Inhibition and Anti-Oxidative Mechanism. (2011). <a href="https://www.hindawi.com/journals/ecam/2011/249487/" style="color: #0043aa; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">https://www.hindawi.com/journals/ecam/2011/249487/</a></div>
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[7] Curcumin: a new paradigm and therapeutic opportunity for the treatment of osteoarthritis: curcumin for osteoarthritis management. (2013). <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3591524" style="color: #0043aa; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3591524/</a></div>
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[8] The effect of clove and benzocaine versus placebo as topical anesthetics. (2006).<a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16530911" style="color: #0043aa; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16530911</a></div>
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[11] Effects of fenugreek seed on the severity and systemic symptoms of dysmenorrhea. (2014).<a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24695380" style="color: #0043aa; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24695380</a></div>
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[12] The anti-inflammatory natural product parthenolide from the medicinal herb Feverfew directly binds to and inhibits IkappaB kinase. (2001). <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11514225" style="color: #0043aa; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11514225</a></div>
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[13] Usefulness of nutraceuticals in migraine prophylaxis. (2017). <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28527067" style="color: #0043aa; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28527067</a></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 700;"><i>Saturday of the Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time</i></span><br />
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<em style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a data-wpel-link="internal" href="https://mycatholic.life/saints/saints-of-the-liturgical-year/july-14---saint-camillus-de-lellis-priest" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: #1e73be; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.1s ease-in-out, background-color 0.1s ease-in-out;">Saint Camillus de Lellis, Priest—USA Optional Memorial</a></em><br />
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<span style="border: 0px; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">The Pharisees went out and took counsel against Jesus to put him to death. <a class="rtBibleRef" data-purpose="bible-reference" data-reference="Matt 12.14" data-version="rsvce" href="https://biblia.com/bible/rsvce/Matt%2012.14" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: #1e73be; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.1s ease-in-out, background-color 0.1s ease-in-out;">Matthew 12:14</a></span></div>
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<span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">If you really sit and think about this, it’s shocking, sad and even scandalous. Here, the religious leaders of the time were actively, intentionally and calculatedly plotting to kill the Savior of the world. The very One whom they were supposed to be preparing for and hoping for became their object of malice, hatred and ultimate persecution.</span></div>
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<span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">It is shocking and, therefore, we should have a deep sorrow at their actions. But sorrow at their actions does not mean we need to fall into an irrational anger, despair or a mindset of revenge. Sorrow at the malicious actions of the Pharisees is actually a form of love toward them in that a deep sorrow at their actions is a way of calling them to repent. </span></div>
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<span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Sure, this happened many years ago and the actual Pharisees who acted in this calculated and malicious way are no longer with us. Nonetheless, Jesus continues to be persecuted in numerous ways, and sometimes this persecution is even found among those who claim the name Christian and even those who act in leadership within our Church and world.</span></div>
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<span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Practically speaking, we all may be able to identify in some way with the plotting and planning of Jesus’ persecution. It would be highly unlikely that we experience this malice to the extent that Jesus did, but all of us have most likely experienced it to one extent or another.</span></div>
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<span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Sadly, when we radically commit ourselves to Christ and His mission, we often become a target of the evil one. And very often, we experience the arrows of the evil one from those who should be our greatest supporters. Therefore, if this is your experience in some way, do not be scandalized or overly shaken. It’s appropriate to be saddened by it, but don’t give in to irrationality as a result. Persecution is a part of following Christ. It happened to Jesus and we should, therefore, expect it to happen to us.</span></div>
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<span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Reflect, today, upon how you deal with the hurt and malice of others. You are not the one who is given the right to judge or condemn them. But you are called to experience the same sorrow that Jesus did. This sorrow is a holy sorrow which is spoken of in the Beatitudes. It’s a sorrow which will enable you to reject the errors you encounter and grow in patience and endurance. </span></div>
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<i>Lord, when I feel ridiculed or persecuted by others, help me to stand strong in my faith and, especially, in my charity. Help me to allow a holy sorrow to strengthen me to have hope and to move forward in the mission You have given me. Jesus, I trust in You.</i></div>
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<span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="color: black;">Friday of the Fifteenth Week of Ordinary Time</span></span></h3>
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<span style="color: black;">Father Eugene Gormley, LC</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">Matthew 12: 1-8</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">Jesus was going through a field of grain on the Sabbath. His disciples were hungry and began to pick the heads of grain and eat them. When the Pharisees saw this, they said to him, "See, your disciples are doing what is unlawful to do on the Sabbath." He said to them, "Have you not read what David did when he and his companions were hungry, how he went into the house of God and ate the bread of offering, which neither he nor his companions but only the priests could lawfully eat? Or have you not read in the law that on the Sabbath the priests serving in the temple violate the Sabbath and are innocent? I say to you, something greater than the temple is here. If you knew what this meant, 'I desire mercy, not sacrifice,' you would not have condemned these innocent men. For the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath."</span></div>
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<span style="color: brown;"><strong>Introductory Prayer:</strong></span><span style="color: black;"><strong> </strong>Almighty and ever-living God, I seek new strength from the courage of Christ our shepherd. I believe in you, I hope in you, and I seek to love you with all my heart, all my soul, all my mind, and all my strength. I want to be led one day to join the saints in heaven, where your Son Jesus Christ lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God forever and ever.</span></div>
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<span style="color: brown;"><strong>Petition: </strong></span><span style="color: black;">Help me to make every Sunday a special day for me and my family.</span></div>
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<li style="margin-left: 15px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: brown;"><strong>Fasting on Sunday?</strong></span><span style="color: black;"><strong> </strong>It was the Sabbath, a day of rest. The disciples had had a difficult and busy week, and they were hungry. Jesus allowed them to look for food in the fields. This could have discouraged them, not having a meal waiting for them. But they were accustomed to hardship. They were busy and had much to do. There was little free time. Christ was busy on weekends; his mission didn’t stop. The disciples were united with Jesus, participating in his mission. This made all their sacrifices worthwhile and easier to cope with. When we trust in and unite ourselves with Christ, we can be patient and at peace in the midst of trials.</span></li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: brown;"><strong>The Confrontation: </strong></span><span style="color: black;">The Sabbath was established in order for the Jewish people to remember and reflect on their special covenant relationship with God. He had delivered them from slavery and given them rest. The Pharisees, however, focused on “what you can’t do” and failed to see “what you should do.” On Sundays, we should focus more on what we should do in order to worthily receive Christ. Then secondary things will not distract us from what is essential. God has a special relationship with us. He has delivered us from slavery. He continues to love us and asks that we love him and others with all our heart. On Sundays, do I recall my covenant relationship with Our Lord? Am I mindful and grateful for all the good things he has done and continues to do for me? Does God take first place for me on Sundays?</span></li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: brown;"><strong>Sunday Service: </strong></span><span style="color: black;">Christ instructed his disciples about his mission. They grew to understand, appreciate and live it. He taught them to participate at the Sabbath service with fervor, but also to be open to any needs others might have, even on the Sabbath. It is lawful to do good any day of the week, especially the Lord’s Day. Christ cured the man with the withered hand on the Sabbath, fed his disciples on the Sabbath, and cured another woman with a bent back on the Sabbath. Charity will inspire us to do good to others even on a Sunday. “Sunday service” and “Service-on-Sunday” go together. Do I ever dedicate my Sundays, or part of them, to bring rest to those who are most in need? What can I do to help the poor and marginalized on that day? How can I instill this spirit of service in my children?</span></li>
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<span style="color: brown;"><strong>Conversation with Christ:</strong></span><span style="color: black;"><strong> </strong>You long to share your Word and Body with me at Sunday Mass and at every Mass I can attend during the week. May I always have a hunger for this encounter with your love and friendship. May I serve others with the same charity and love as you serve me. May Sunday be the most important day of the week for me and my family.</span></div>
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<span style="color: brown;"><strong>Resolution: </strong></span><span style="color: black;">I will organize this coming Sunday to be a day of worship and rest. I will try to do good to someone this Sunday, and I will help someone come back to Sunday Mass attendance.</span></div>
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<span style="border: 0px; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">July 17, 2020</span><br />
<span style="font-weight: 700;"><i>Friday of the Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time</i></span><br />
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<span style="border: 0px; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">“If you knew what this meant, <i>I desire mercy, not sacrifice</i>, you would not have condemned these innocent men.” <a class="rtBibleRef" data-purpose="bible-reference" data-reference="Matt 12.7" data-version="rsvce" href="https://biblia.com/bible/rsvce/Matt%2012.7" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: #1e73be; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.1s ease-in-out, background-color 0.1s ease-in-out;">Matthew 12:7</a></span></div>
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<span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">The Apostles of Jesus were hungry and they picked heads of grain as they walk along to satisfy their hunger. As a result, the Pharisees condemned the Apostles for doing what they claimed was “unlawful” on the Sabbath. They claimed that picking heads of grain as they walked along was considered “work” and, thus, they violated the law requiring rest on the Sabbath.</span></div>
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<span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Really? Did the Pharisees seriously think that the Apostles sinned by picking grain as they walked along to satisfy their hunger? Hopefully it’s not hard for us to see the absurdity and irrationality of this condemnation. The Apostles did nothing wrong but were condemned nonetheless. They were “innocent men” as Jesus points out.</span></div>
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<span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Jesus responds to the irrationality of the Pharisees by reminding them of the Scripture, “I desire mercy, not sacrifice.” And He points out that the Apostles were wrongly condemned because the Pharisees do not understand this passage and this command from God for mercy.</span></div>
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<span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">The Sabbath commandment to rest was from God. But the commandment to rest was not a requirement for its own sake. This was not some legal requirement that somehow honored God just by strictly keeping it. The Sabbath rest was primarily a gift from God to humanity in that God knew we needed rest and rejuvenation. He knew we needed time each week to slow down, offer special worship to God and enjoy the company of others. But the Pharisees turned the Sabbath rest into a burden. They made it out to be a strict legalistic observance that did nothing to glorify God or refresh the human spirit. </span></div>
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<span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">One key truth we can learn from this passage is that God calls us to interpret His law through the eyes of mercy. Mercy always refreshes us, lifts us up and fills us with new energy. It motivates us to worship and fills us with hope. Mercy does not impose a heavy legalistic burden upon us; rather, God’s mercy and law together rejuvenates us and refreshes us.</span></div>
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<span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Reflect, today, upon how you look at God’s commands and His law. Do you see it as a legalistic and burdensome requirement? Or do you see it as a blessing of God’s mercy meant to lighten your load?</span></div>
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<i>Lord, help me to love Your law. Help me to truly see it in the light of Your mercy and grace. May I be refreshed by all You command and be lifted up by Your will. Jesus, I trust in You.</i></div>
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<span style="border: 0px; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><i>Thursday of the Fifteenth Week of Ordinary Time<br /><a data-wpel-link="external" href="https://www.vaticannews.va/en/word-of-the-day/2020/07/16.html" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; color: #1e73be; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.1s ease-in-out, background-color 0.1s ease-in-out;" target="_self"><span style="border: 0px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Readings for Today</span></a></i></span></div>
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<span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">This invitation from Jesus is one that we may need to hear far more often than we realize. It’s a gentle invitation to let our Lord lighten our daily burden, relieve our worries, our stress, our concerns and all that weighs us down. It’s an invitation of love and mercy and is one we should always accept.</span></div>
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<span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">What is it that burdens you? What is it that weighs you down and tempts you to fall into depression, sorrow or even despair? Is there something that you tend to think about obsessively? Is there some concern that you can’t seem to shake? Whatever it is that troubles your heart, Jesus wants to lift it.</span></div>
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<span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Sometimes we can go through life with heavy burdens that we are afraid to let go of. We can be fearful of coming to Jesus and fearful of letting Him in. Coming to Jesus means we must face whatever it is that burdens us with honesty and openness and we must face these burdens in the presence of Jesus. </span></div>
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<span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">But the key thing we need to know is that Jesus is gentle, merciful and generous in forgiveness and grace. He longs to lift our burdens far more than we long to have them lifted. He sees the oppression many face and so deeply desires to have that oppression eliminated.</span></div>
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<span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Reflect, today, upon that gentle invitation from Jesus: “Come to me.” Come to Him without fear and without hesitation. Turn everything over to Him and let Him sort things out. He loves you more than you know and will set your feet on the right path.</span></div>
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<i>Lord, I do come to You and I do lay down my life and every burden before You. I give You my life, my hopes, my fears, my past, my future and everything that worries me. Jesus, I give You everything. Jesus, I trust in You.</i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">https://catholic-daily-reflections.com/2020/07/15/laying-down-your-burdens-2/</span>La Solidaridadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00125050312386877212noreply@blogger.com0