Hi Art, Well I know EXACTLY what you mean. I think I mentioned before that I see all this too. I think most "thinking" people do. However, to dwell on all that is bad in the world will only make you personally miserable. It's easy to allow frustration to turn into misery. This in turn can strangle our outlook on all that is good so that we become "blind" to it. It's a bit like the analogy of a glass that contains 50% of its capacity with water and the other 50% with air. How do you view it? Is it 50% full or 50% empty? Gee, I'm starting to sound like Master Po from Kung Fu. Remember that guy with the weird eyes? - LOL. OK Art, I'm gonna send you a copy of my e-book. I just need your private email address. Can you send me a Private Message and tell me what it is? Oh, and make sure that you don't have spam filters and other fancy doo-dads that will crash it. Gary PS: I don't know what spiritual beliefs you have so I need to warn you now that this story has some spiritual connotations.

Hi, Gary, You can send the book to my aw21637@yahoo.com account - nothing gets blocked on that because this is my true window on the internet communications. Incidentally, I have never been able to answer the 'glass' question because to my mind it is 100% full - you see, I really do value the negative. By seeing the negative aspect of the glass I can accept that it is either fillable or emptyable - it does not have a constant state. To fill with either content, I have two options:- 1: to replace the air that is filling the top half of the glass with water or 2: remove the water from the bottom half of the glass. To change the content, the options are virtually limitless. My life is like that - absolutely jam packed with the options revealed by an open and questioning mind.

Duh! Look at that. First time in ages I didn't preview my post and look what happened. Dave, are you able to fix up the mess I made? Actually, Art I came back to tell you that I don't need your email address at all. If you want to access my e-book you can get it directly by going to my site and joining the opt-in list. You might find the weekly motivational comments really rewarding too. If you just want the e-book then you can join and then opt-out but... ... just by being on my opt-in list you can get a small 100 word explanation of a popular "positive thinking" style quote from some of the world's greatest thinkers - one EVERY week. Here's what I do... First, I DO NOT abuse my list with a bunch of stupid "buy this/buy that" crap that the so-called "marketing gurus" pummel people with. I do not regard opt-ins as wallets and purses. I also protect the privacy of everybody on it. Your details are 100% safe with me. Each week, I take a quote then in around 100 words I explain what I think it means then I ask you how you can apply such information and inspiration into your own life. The "Power of Choice" e-book is immediately available from a link after the opt-in details are filled in - just a first name and an email address so the wonders of automation can get the material to you each week. Anyway Art, your choice. It's all there if you want it and you can jump out any time - no obligation or explanation required. By the way, this is available to anybody else as well. This service is 100% FREE and there are no obligations at all. I have 100's of members from more than 50 countries and I have never attempted to sell them anything in the 40 weeks that this service has been running. I don't intend to either. Forcing a sale by being an internet marketing bully or a plain nuisance is just not my way. Come to the well and have a drink if you want. Just click on the link underneath my name and you will arrive at the site. Follow the instructions and within minutes you can be reading "The Power of Choice". One thing I will guarantee - you will really think about the story. It takes about 10 minutes to read and you are more than welcome to print it out. Gary

Excellent... ============ "To fill with either content, I have two options:- 1: to replace the air that is filling the top half of the glass with water or 2: remove the water from the bottom half of the glass. To change the content, the options are virtually limitless. My life is like that - absolutely jam packed with the options revealed by an open and questioning mind." ============ That's the spirit Art! Dave, I gotta say... ... that last post you made was an absolute pearler! I really enjoyed it. I can't really pick any one thing out because it was all so good. WELL SAID! Well said indeed! Gary

Hi Gary, Sorry, I can't fix the little html glitch - I can only edit my own posts - I think a bit of bold on the page adds character... God bless, Dave