Serenity Quest

Did you know that Sade, that exquisite metiso woman is Belgian? Is she around, I love her voice? Haven’t heard from her lately.

On the other hand, Suri Cruise is the hottest name in Hollywood these days and she’s only a few days old. She’s overshadowing Daddy’s new Mission Impossible movie. Goes to show you that celebs would do anything for a bit of attention, even make arses of themselves for our amusement! Tom, “Suri” does not mean “princess” in Hebrew but “get lost”, luckily it apparently does mean “red rose” in Persian so you’ve been saved. Suri must be a beautiful baby with Katie and Tom for parents, the Holmes-Cruises, all one-happy-family. Me, I love Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes, they are “nice” but it all has gotten a bit weird.

So that's what they’re calling them these days "auto-deliverance facilitators", someone that assists another in euthanasia.

Could I be one?

No life is too precious, worth living. I shan’t assist a soul escape. Flee from what? Greed, murder, terrorism, war? Why would they choose death? Ironic isn’t it?

I identify with souls seeking solace, tranquility, peace, joy, LOVE. The ultimate state is LOVE but I won’t help them commit suicide.

She said I am strong-spirited and mature and that's why she called to ask me for advice. Sure, like a gem refined by fire, purified by water and flying like the wind! She paid me a HUGE compliment.

*********************************************************************************************

Your Feng Shui Personality Type
Adapted from Teen Feng Shui, by Susan Levitt (Inner Traditions, 2003)

What is your basic Feng Shui personality type? What are your dominant emotions or qualities? And how do they affect your living space and your life?

Find out if you are a Fire, Earth, Metal, Water, or Wood type, right here:

FIRE PERSONALITY: Fire character traits are love, passion, leadership, spirituality, insight, dynamism, aggression, intuition, reason, and expressiveness. Common Fire emotions and qualities are excitement, joy, vanity, jealousy, frustration, regret, grief from loss of love, and disappointment in relationships. The Fire personality is direct--right out front. Are you funny and impulsive? Prone to becoming scattered? Known for your eclectic tastes? Do you enjoy decorating with unique art pieces and treasures from around the world? You may be a Fire personality.

EARTH PERSONALITY: Earth character traits are stability, practicality, reliability, industriousness, empathy, honesty, kindness, and prudence. Just as we take in nutrients through the stomach, we assimilate life experience s through the element earth. Earth emotions and qualities are pensiveness, worry, thoughtfulness, instinctive awareness, and reflection. Do you value friendship and have a reputation for being kind, nurturing and grounded? Do you love a comfortable, cozy room with thick rugs, stuffed furniture, and fancy decorations? DO you tend to collect too many objects and create clutter? When you are out of balance, do you start collecting and hoarding things, trying to get a sense of security by surrounding yourself with stuff? You may be an Earth personality.

METAL PERSONALITY: Metal character traits include strength, independence, focus, intensity, righteousness, and fluency in speech. Common Metal emotions are gratitude, insecurity, inability to achieve parental expectations, or a lack of confidence. The Metal personality is very determined and powerful, with a tendency to be cool and reserved. Do you strive to create order in your environment, enjoying a room that is perfect and orderly? Do you prefer clean, minimalist design and dislike waste and excessive frilliness? You may be a Metal personality.

WATER PERSONALITY: Water character traits are creativity, wisdom, sensitivity, reflection, persuasion, effectiveness, and desire for life and s3ex. Water types value family and social contacts and possess the ability to attract others. Are you seen as mysterious? Do you tend to internalize your feelings and think and ponder too much? Do you struggle with emotions such as fear, indecisiveness, vacillation, and uncertainty? Is your preference for a room that is dark and cool, a quiet place for rest? Do you seek ways to transform your bathroom into a nurturing environment for healing baths? You may be a Water personality.

WOOD PERSONALITY: Wood character traits include good decision-making skills, idealism, imagination, compassion, and the ability to create change. Common Wood emotions are kindness, tension, criticism of self and others, discouragement, regret, and repressed anger related to thwarted affection. Do you find yourself often taking bold actions and initiating new projects? Are you focused, active, driven, and competitive? Do you appreciate the feelings of growth and expansion that come from a room full of lush plants and fresh flowers? You may be a Wood personality.

Have you heard of Zookoda? What?! You haven't?! Well, I just discovered it and woowee it is something!

Zookoda is "Designed for bloggers, Zookoda enables you to promote your blog with the use of professional email newsletters. Zookoda is the blogger's complete email marketing solution. Zookoda offers you full control over visitor subscriptions, email design and content, broadcast times and conditions, and real-time reporting. Register today... its 100% free!"

For you avid bloggers out there, consulting ProBlogger is a must. From Adsense tips to blogging case studies, ProBlogger will help you maximize your blog's potential.

Check out ProBlogger's 20 most popular posts from the last year.

A visionary is someone who has unusually acute foresight and imagination. A manager is someone that controls, directs and organizes. Are you a visionary or manager, or both? I would have to say that I am more of a manager than a visionary, in both my professional and personal lives.

I fell upon a succint comparison between visionary and manager on Rockadencia's blog:

A LEADER
Motivates
Visionary
Believes in intuition
Seeks opportunities
Why? Why not?
Experiments
Takes risks
Believes in dreams

A MANAGER
Administers
Analytical
Believes in logic
Seeks strategies
How? With what?
Plans
Calculates risks
Believes in facts

I’m a rather inquisitive individual and one issue that particularly intrigues me is “war”. Why do go to war? Why do we kill each other? I am not naïve and know that war is sometimes inevitable to protect ourselves from those seeking our demise but some of the “reasons” we often give for going to war seem petty, egotistical and egocentric.

Maybe we weren’t meant to be some many on our dear planet? Is overpopulation the reason we are chomping at each other? Is it human nature like Darwin said, “In the struggle for survival, the fittest win out at the expense of their rivals because they succeed in adapting themselves best to their environment”? Where do we draw the line?

Sure we should help each other out but at what point does helping others harm us? Take Africa for example. For many years now, Western countries have felt guilty for the damage it did to Africa and its people. Should we continue to assist them? My belief as the expression goes “Give a man a fish; you have fed him for today. Teach a man to fish; and you have fed him for a lifetime”. Educating ourselves is the only means to combat poverty, disease, corrupt governments and so on.

Violence is more and more prevalent amongst children. Is this phenomenon due to the harsh realty of life, children growing up too fast? The multi-media – TV, movies, games – are they the cause of a numb generation of individualists?

Some are convinced that men are more belligerent than women; can we say for a fact that this is so? History tells us otherwise. We shall see now that women are much more present in society and even in power.

So many questions left unanswered. As long as I ask “why?”, I know I am alive and well!

Can you tell me: Why?

Is it possible to fall in love with somebody's mind/soul without ever physically meeting them? To be so far away and feel so close?

Out beyond the ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing,
There is a field. I'll meet you there.
When the soul lies down in that grass,
the world is too full to talk about.
Ideas, language, even the phrase 'each other'.

Jalaluddin Rumi 13th Century Sufi Poet

I discovered the therapeutic affects of writing a few years back when I was having a terribly disturbing recurring dream about childhood traumas. The moment I finished writing down the story the “demons” were exorcised. Since then, when my heart is aching I getta scribblin’ or poundin’ on my keyboard.

Here is the story I wrote down in my most desperate hour (so far):

Love, Hate and the Memory of my Daddy

Please feel free to share your thoughts about it with me.

Initially I would have said that being different never really bothered me but of course that would be a downright lie because on occasion it has made me feel awkward around other people.

As a teenager I was certainly a "square peg", remember "Sex in the City" Sarah Jessica's Parker show in the 80s, shy, quiet, almost nonexistent. Oh a real fashion misfit! In my late teens I realized that deep down inside that wasn't me and everything changed. I guess I had to get to know myself better.

Strange isn't it that you can spend the majority of your childhood hiding behind a facade, which in fact you are unaware of because growing up is such a confusing time?


How do your find your life's purpose? Have you found yours? If so how?