The Pope, Politics, and the Truth.

The Catholic Church has many problems in the eyes of God.  The purpose of this article is not to enter in to a fight with Catholic loyalist.

Christ wants people to believe in him and willingly ask Him to be their Lord and Savior.  The church is supposed to assist Christ in winning souls.

Nowhere in the KJ Bible do the words Vicar of Christ appear. I would warn people against worshipping a person.

A person called by God to serve God is supposed to about God’s business.  This means teaching people about biblical morality.

Human morality is different from biblical morality.   The bible says that the lust for money is a sin, not money.  Humans will be politically correct and support homosexual relationships.  God clearly calls it an abomination unto the Lord.  

Now, there are many proud Catholics.  I even now that many of these proud Catholics do not have a personal relationship with God.

Therefore, those of us who know Christ and the KJ Bible are not the problem.  Jesus was asked why he spoke in parables.  Christ responds because this will be the test of who are of us.  Those who understand the parable are of God.   This means those who understand the Bible are of God. 

There was a time I could read bible a hundred times and still not understand the words.  After I prayed to accept Christ as my Lord and Savior, the Bible became easy to understand.

Now, many may say that the Bible was written by man to justify his mental creation, God.  I would encourage people to research the evolution of the KJ bible.

It is my opinion, that God does not ordain the Catholic Pope in the Vatican City.  God chooses his prophets.  God made the Church, made the position of Messenger of God, and dressed this messenger.

Therefore, I find no spiritual value to the title of Pope.  Any person who tells people about the value of following what is right will get some positive response from people,

This response does not mean that the speaker is ordained by God to serve God.  When people want to question my authority in the Body of Christ, I ask them to finish one sentence.  This sentence is “ my commission comes from…”. The rest of this sentence is the word “God”.

It is of great concern for a person who is given credit for representing people who believe in God to offer hope to committed homosexuals and other committed sinners.  He KJ Bible clearly states that neither, thieves, murderers, rapist  ...nor lover of men … shall inherit the Kingdom of God.

A person who is saved can still commit sin.  Therefore, this verse is not saying sinners cannot go to heaven.  It is saying that those who do not believe in Christ and who do not follow him will not go to heaven.

Therefore, a person who does not believe in Christ and does not follow Christ will not have life after death and go to heaven.  We who have been called by God to serve God have to be exact about the implications of sin.  We do not do any one any favors by not speaking the whole truth.

Now, on the issue about the Pope’s comments about the evils of capitalism and greed, I say God clearly believes in freedom.  In addition, God is not against entrepreneurship and the free market.

However, it was not  wrong for the Pope to offer his opinion.  In the mid 1990s, an ABC newsperson questioned the right of Priest to speak out against Nuclear weapons. For some reason this newsperson did not believe that priest had the right to voice an opinion.

Priests are people and have the right of free speech.  It is concerning when a religious leader offers a political opinion because there is possibility that many will interpret this opinion as a biblical opinion.

In my opinion, the Pope’s comments on Capitalism are not biblical.  Yes, I am concerned about the impact it can have in the psyche of Catholics.

However, I know better then to try to correct a Catholic.  I have had many discussions with people who do not know the Bible but are proud Catholics.

My intent is to help people with this article by keeping them from an anti-business and anti-success attitude that is becoming mainstream thought. God empowered every person with Freedom, Liberty, and Independence, which are validated by the US Constitution.

A true road to personal success is the one paved with these gifts.  Opportunities come from an unfettered free market.  Closed markets enslave and abuse people.

I think the greatest enslavement in the modern world is one with the shackles of negativity.   When you do not believe in anything, you do not invest in anything.

There are groups of people who do not want you to believe in your self.  Their purpose is to enslave you to their poor standards. 

When you are free to make your life, you can accomplish anything and you can accrue financial power.  You can use this financial power to elect quality leaders and to sue these leaders when they fail.  However, when they are in charge, we all have to take what they offer because we are left with nothing to defend ourselves with in life.

The Pope does have the right to speak his mind.  He does not have the right to claim biblical authority on issues that are clearly anti-biblical.  We all have a responsibility to protect freedom.  This means we shouldn’t be so easily led by people who want to steal our ability to defend ourselves.

Obama, the reason for economic disparity.

This president was elected supposedly because of “war fatigue” and animosity towards Wall Street over the financial crisis of 2008.  Mr. Obama’s proposed solution for abusive behavior of people in Wall Street was to give these people 800 billion dollars.

Mr. Obama’s continue spending enriches the very people the president criticizes for economic disparity around the world.  The US government borrows from the Federal Reserve.  This Reserve is a group of private banks.  The Federal Reserve is not a department of the US government.

People have less opportunity in America because Obama is taking more of their money in taxes and his anti-business and anti-wealth rhetoric interferes with economic investment.  When I first researched the national debt I saw on websites that Clinton left office with a 5.5 trillion national debt. Bush left office with a 8.5 trillion dollar debt.  We are now at over 17 trillion-dollar in debt. 

This is why I say Mr. Obama has over spent 9 trillion dollars. We are never given the real numbers.  I am confident that the national is greater than the 17 trillion dollars the government reports.  In addition, when I research national debt totals now the numbers are completely different.  It appears that the Internet that was supposed to free everyone with information availability practices data manipulation.

Now, the president claims he is concerned about income disparity because he cares about people’s troubles.  However, he is responsible for people’s troubles.  His policies retard economic growth.  His policies are responsible for higher taxes, which take money from people. 

I have found out that the true measure of life is not economic wealth.  The true measure of a good life is the spiritual wealth of Peace, Love, and Joy.

Resenting what your neighbor has is not going to make you happy.  Resenting what your neighbor has is going to make you angry and bitter.

It would be helpful if we appreciate what we have and enjoy what we have. I believe that much of the success of this failed president is the level of psychological distress in the members of the public.

The economic crisis 0f 2008 was responsible for people losing almost everything they had in life.  Many had to start over.  For some, this failure was more stress than they were capable of dealing with in life.

Generally, life is tearing people apart every day.  This leads to a lot of anxiety and depression.   People are unable to concentrate and plan.  People are to emotionally and mentally exhausted to even try again.

Mr. Obama’s rhetoric feeds into this disillusionment, despair, and hopelessness.  Many believe that it is bad and the president reinforces this idea with his speeches.

The problem in life is not “economic disparity”.  The problem is life is attitude. Have a good attitude and you will have a good life.

Part of having a good attitude is accepting life for what it is for you.  Dreams are nice.  However, destroying your personal psychology because life did not work out exactly as you planned is not the road to happiness.

Having friends, family, recreation, entertainment, diversions, and other simple pleasures in life makes for a happy life. Our perspective of the Modern Industrial Life is flawed because we are led to believe that we arte owed the perfect life.  The reality is that the life we have is the life we have earned.

I am not talking about money in the bank.  I am talking about our spirit.  Even if life is not perfect we can still enjoy life and feel good.

The president fails in understanding that people get more out of life when they earn it.  I believe a good life is earned with a Positive, Optimistic, and Realistic attitude.

We should proceed forwards with a good attitude. We should focus on what is good and decent in life. We should enjoy the simple pleasures of life such as a good meal, laughing with a friend, good music, and other simple pleasures.

We also need to be fully aware of what politicians are doing in government.  Yesterday, I was watching a documentary on something called HAARP.  This initiative is an array of antennas that can send a signal in to the upper atmosphere and disrupt this atmosphere.

Messing with the atmosphere is terrifying idea.  The abuse of power from such technology is frightening. The president who is crying about economic disparity is in charge while taxpayers’ hard earned money is being used on such dangerous projects.

I believe people in government are abusing the good will of the people.  The personal situation of a person has nothing to do with big bad Wall Street.  The lacks of opportunities in life have nothing to do with big bad Wall Street. 

We are prisoners of their overspending and their rhetoric.  When the president comes to the podium and sermonizes against greed, he changes your personal focus.  Only you can make your self-happy.   The presidents over regulation, over spending, and anti-success rhetoric have led to less business, career, and job opportunities.

Money is necessary for a good life.  However, I believe too many people are living beyond their means, chasing the Modern Industrial Dream. It is better to just enjoy what we have in life.  

This president has always had his peculiar vision of life.  This vision includes the idea that Wall Street is evil and responsible for everything bad in life.  Obama’s politics are fashioned with this vision in mind.  However, it is not that he cares about people.  The president just has a narcissistic need to be the smartest person in the room.  However, the president is just a parrot repeating the rhetoric of the counter-culture revolutionaries he has hung out with all his life.  Therefore, he is not an independent thinker with any original ideas. The people who support him –baby boomers- are people of the 1970s radical counter culture revolutionaries who did not like their parent’s lives. 

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Poor Customer Service at El Paso, Texas, USA Wal-Marts

I do not know about your Walmart.  However, here in El Paso, Texas they are falling apart.

Because of my business schedule, it used to be a convenience to have a major department store open twenty-four hours a day.  However, Walmart has the poor habit of updating its computer system at several times of the day.  When these updates are being done, none of the cash registers work.

I have had to confront this nasty Walmart habit five times in my life.  I used to shop mostly at 7101 Gateway West Walmart location.  Another encounter with Walmart’s updating system was responsible for stopping my business with this location.

This morning I was at the Walmart I had chosen to replace the 7101 Gateway West location Walmart. Again, I was confronted with this updating system. I got what I needed.  I went to cashier.  After two minutes, a female approached the register and tried to log in to the Walmart system.  The Walmart system kept denying her log-on attempts.

Having experience the nuisance before, I already knew what was going on. The Walmart employee needed to call for assistance.  Five minutes latter, the person this employee was calling for over the PA system finally arrived.  This employee quietly told her the system was updating, that there was nothing she could do, and to tell the customer that about the system update and that it would take about 30 minutes.

The employee was reluctant to come back to register and tell me the bad news.  The employee that was summoned came over to me with a sarcastic laughter and tried to tell me about their updating system as she was laughing and talking.

I scolded both employees.  I do not like having my time wasted.  I do not like being laughed at by any one, much less Walmart employees.

I do not know how they can say they do not know when it is going to happen, when in my lifetime I have encountered this updating system on five separate Walmart visits.  I do not work for Walmart, but I can tell you that here in El Paso, Texas, USA their computer system updates around 4 am and 4 pm.

It seems to me that when this system is updating Walmart is not open for business. Walmart should adopt a policy of closing its doors during this update time. At the least, they should announce over their PA system that at that moment they are not able to take customers payments at the registers.

I find it hard to believe that in the age of computers Walmart cannot find away to conduct this system update and not inconvenience the customer.  Again, I do not like having my time wasted.  People laugh because something is funny.  Ever time I have had a cashier of Walmart tell me their system is down and they cannot ring up my purchases the Walmart employee has done it with the same foolish nervous laugh.  Some one at Walmart needs to explain what is so funny about wasting a customer’s time.

Walmart is alive because of the money customers spend at their stores.  I am not without options.  It is sort of a convenience to have a store open I can use because of my crazy business schedule.  However, I can very easily adjust my schedule to include another company’s stores.

Today, I spoke with two cashiers and three so-called managers.  They all had a look of annoyance at my comments.  They had a” to bad for you, nothing we can do” attitude.

Now, the standard customer service attitude in El Paso, Texas, USA has become “screw you customer”.  I am used to this attitude when I visit a fast-food restaurant, a gas station, or any other businesses that have federal minimum wage employees.

I do not expect anything different from Walmart employees.  People in El Paso, Texas, USA want more than the federal minimum wage and they want to work in healthy work environments.  Therefore, they refuse to work at Wal-Mart and other companies.

Many companies in El Paso, Texas, USA are left with employees that could not get a better job.  These employees tend to be very immature, rude, and disrespectful to the customer.

I have a list of businesses in this city I will not give my money to here in El Paso.  I can now add the Walmart at 5631 Dyer to this list.  This store I believe has less than a year in operation and it has already hit the poor level of customer service that is the El Paso, Texas,USA standard.

One of the things that used to bug me about the Walmart at Gateway West was all the racist looks I would get from the Walmart employees who are proud of their Mexican experience.  No, I am not a sensitive person.  I have made an art at reading human behavior.  However, I do not need my education in psychology to discern a look of disgust.

The other thing that bugs me at Walmart is having to walk around closed isles cluttered with merchandise that needs to be stocked.   I understand that at certain times merchandise is going to be on pallets and will be in the isle.  However, a business that has its front doors open to the public needs to find a way of stoking merchandise without being an convenience to the customer.

People always ask, “I wonder what happened to that store” when they hear of a major corporation failing or being close to failing.  Some offer that it is the economy and changing markets.

The reality is that it is poor customer service.  Poor customer service comes from the top, i.e. the CEO, and runs to the bottom, i.e. the janitor.  The poor attitude at the Walmarts I have visited here in El Paso, Texas I suspect has a lot to do with the unified anti-customer attitude of the employees (management and non-management).

Executives and managers should correct the poor attitudes of their employees.  The fact that Walmart employees have such poor customer service tells me that no one is setting any standards at Walmart. 

Barkley's Claims Add To The Decay OF Society.

I think it is pathetic on the part of the athlete Charles Barkely to claim that afro-Americans are a special class of people who have their own language that no one else can speak.  If I went to live in France, would I not be expected to learn French? 

As far as I know, we are all human beings. As human beings, we are expected to live in a civilized manner. Vulgarity is not part of a civilized society.

Now, many would say that it is best that I stay out of this fight.  Some people would offer this counsel under the belief that the ethnics may not enjoy my comments.

I live in this real world.  In this real world, I hear afro-Americans use the “N” word in very derogatory and vulgar manner.  Therefore, I do not see this supposed healthy afro-American society were these words are being used in a positive and inspiring manner.

My motive is simple.  Society has fallen apart.  Every ounce of negativity all of us add to a decayed society only makes things worst.

Regardless of Mr. Barkley and Mr. O’Neal, there is no positive to locker room vulgarity and the “N” word.  I am a human being and can make this judgment.  We all know what is wrong and what is right.  It is wrong to verbally abuse another person to extent that that person develops mental health complications.   Vulgarity of any kind is undignified.

Furthermore, I had a lot of respect for Mr. O’Neal.  I thought he handled that whole Kobe Bryant ordeal like a dignified gentleman.  I no longer have any respect for Mr. O’Neal.

I understand that sometimes people such as Oprah believe that they are saying something very smart.  However, all they do is show the world how foolish they are in their philosophy.

There is but one standard under which all of us will be judged.  This is the godly standard.  I do not believe that Jesus would use the “N” word or claim that because he is a member of a special class of people He can use “Ghettobonics”.

I would like to apologize for some of my comments.  However, some of us are trying to improve society and the human experience.  It is hard to watch our hard work being destroyed by fools.

However, I do believe that it is good that professional athletes and the members of the industry that pays them have clearly identified themselves as people of poor morality.  Now, people of high morality can use this information as they make viewing choices.  I personally will not have anything to do with the vulgar and destructive members of society.

What  happened to Mr. Martin is unacceptable.  How Mr. Tim Tebow was treated because of his faith is unacceptable.  Mr. Tebow should just consider that NFL a den of inequity and not have anything to with that culture.

In addition, the children of America are watching the NFL and garbage around it.  The dangerous message that certain vulgar and aggressive behaviors are acceptable is being transmitted to them.  Eventually we will become a society of desensitized individuals who value nothing and who do not have any high moral standards.

Now, do not go getting upset at the words high moral standards.  I am talking about how we treat each other, not biblical morality.  Every time you run a red light, you threaten my life and life of everyone else around you.  Every time you contribute to developing children becoming desensitized to basic human standards, you are threatening society. 

Our problems today with politicians making a national debt crisis and robbing people of their individual liberties is the result of poor individual morality.  These politicians know exactly what they are doing to the people of America and the country.  However, their own ambitions are so severe that they only care about what benefits them.

Many in America attempt to communicate with these politicians.  However, these politicians keep doing their own thing regardless of what the people say.  Today, people are seeing the reality in Obama-care many of us warned Americans about for years.  The politicians continue to defend this poor policy.

It is almost as if these politicians, Democrats and Republicans alike, have an agenda and they do not care about the American people.  We hear a lot of rhetoric, but in the final result, Democrats and Republicans keep spending and supporting dangerous policies. This lack of respect for the American people by politicians is poor morality.

I know many believe that Republicans are just afraid of the liberal news media that cheerleads for Obama and that can ruin them I believe there something else more sinister going on in American politics.  Who does not understand that Obama-care is going to lead to reduce quality in healthcare and reduced access to healthcare?  What person of average intelligence does not see how increasing the national debt will lead to the destruction of America?

There are approximately 12 months until the US congressional elections.  The American people have to purge their government of all these convenient and immoral politicians.

Certain sectors of American society may be lost.  I do not believe that those in the Afro-American society will listen to the pleas of some of to maintain the basic dignity afforded to all human beings.

I do believe we can save America. The American citizens just has to believe and act.

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Positive Ideation Tool In Relation To Stress And Anxiety

Pain and suffering is a natural response to stress and trauma. These emotions can result from what we experience and also what we do not experience.

We should keep in mind that we influence our emotions with our thoughts. Therefore, we have a lot of resources that we can use to reduce and eliminate pain and suffering.

It is helpful to stop scaring ourselves with our inner voice.  Negative phrases such as “I am stupid.  I am dumb.  No one loves me” are part of the problem.

There is no rule of psychology that states that a person has to suffer and will suffer for the entirety of their lives. In fact, psychology offers strategies a person can use to exercise his or her own distress.

It is essential that we like ourselves.  There is no reason for us to be our own worst enemy.

In addition, nothing is hopeless.  Peace is possible by being kind to ourselves and adapting a new attitude.

I believe that everything starts with how we think.  Moreover, I know that people with harsh emotions are scared of facing their pain.  For some, the act of confronting pain brings about more pain. This additional pain may be because of the lack of confidence a person has in coping with his or her distress.

I have always recommended Stress Reduction Therapy.  At the beginning of the day or when a person feels overwhelmed the person can find a quiet place to practice breathing exercises with the goal of relaxing.  Most of us are fully aware of our anxiety cycle.

A second part of Stress Reduction Therapy is Positive Ideation Meditation. Once we are relaxed we can practice changing our negative thoughts to more positive and realistic thoughts.

We hurt because we have convinced ourselves that it is bad.  Sometimes we convince ourselves that it is hopeless and we enter into a dark corner of despair.

This is why we need to see ourselves with our real skills of being able to think, organize, plan, and act. By thinking we can properly identify the reasons for our pain.  We then can put these reasons in perspective by realizing which reasons are legitimate and which ones are not legitimate.  Then we can set good goals and good objectives which will allow us to control our thoughts. Now, we can exercise telling ourselves that things are not as bad as we see them, as well as other positive messages, and participate in life with a good attitude.

I am still aware that some may accuse me of being too simplistic.  At first, managing our emotions by managing our thoughts is challenging.  However, the more we practice, the better we get at it. In addition, as we grow stronger, we gain confidence and our self-esteem improves.

All people are basically good.  No one asks to be severely abused and given serious mental health issues.  Furthermore, no one asks for continuous failures which do the same.

The reality is that we can never change the past.  We can change how we live in the present.

Even people who are being betrayed by their own brain can drastically reduce their distress by employing the strategies I have mentioned here in this article. Malnutrition, exposure to toxic substances, and genetics are sometimes responsible for a person’s distress. An in balance in neurotransmitters can be responsible for angst and pain and suffering.

In addition, many times we suffer because we believe something bad is going to happen.  Anxiety is a state of fear and apprehension that affects many areas of functioning.  Some symptoms of anxiety are tension, apprehension, a sense of impending danger and dread, and expectations of an inability to cope.  Some people with anxiety avoid feared situations; have impaired speech and motor functioning, and have impaired performance on complex tasks. Physical symptoms of anxiety are muscle tension, increased heart rate and blood pressure, rapid breathing, dry mouth, nausea, diarrhea, and dizziness.

Forms of Anxiety disorders include Generalized Anxiety, Phobic, Social Phobia, OCD, and PTSD.  Awhile back I coined the term “Life Post Traumatic Stress Disorder”. PTSD is seen as occurring after an experience with an event so profound that the person cannot deal with stress. Examples of the event can be rape, being a victim of attempted murder, and surviving a plane crash. My  Life PTSD theory is that life can be the stress event that a person cannot cope with which leads the person to be afraid of confronting their pain. The abuse the person experienced causes intense pain and the person develops fear of his or her pain.

I believe it is this pain, that comes from trying to encounter our pain and resolve this pain therapeutically, leads to pain so intense that we eventually become afraid of pain.  We are suffering.  We want to stop suffering.  We know the way to stop suffering is to get in touch with our pain.  However, when we try to confront our fear our pain increases.  Eventually we become afraid of our own pain.

This is the reason I believe many people with pain and suffering cannot work at being able to resolve their pain by managing their emotions with positive thoughts. This why I say we should start with Stress Reduction Therapy.  We have to learn to manage our physiological processes that lead to our growing fear.

Furthermore, if we are not living a life of pleasure then we will start to experience pain and suffering from depression that comes from not having pleasure in life.  We need friends, family, interest, hobbies, diversions, recreation, entertainment, and other good elements of life.

The Modern Industrial Experience teaches many how to be machines but does very little to teach people how to live a pleasant and enjoyable life.  I believe much of modern day angst is due to people not being able to enjoy life.  For one we do not know how to live well.  Second, we do not know how to cope with stress.

Whether the pain and suffering is from abuse, biology, failures, or anxiety and depression from not knowing how to build a pleasant and enjoyable life which leads to us compounding these emotions with our negative attitude, we can work through these emotions. I have organized my Psycho-thesis where thoughts lead to emotions and sensations and our emotions and sensations lead to behavior.  This is why I say,” have a good attitude and you will have a good life”.

In this article, I have tried to discuss stress and anxiety as they contribute to our pain.  My principle message is that we always have the necessary personal skills to manage our challenges in life.  It is empowering and therapeutic to accept the reality of our mental health challenges.  There is nothing wrong with admitting to ourselves that we have pain and we have to work at resolving this pain.

An Idiot Man's Simple Guide To Romance.

There are many benefits to having a happy wife.  You will feel better from the reduced tension.  Your wife’s joy will give you joy.

It is tragic that many people know how to have an industrial marriage.  They know how to pay bills, buy groceries, do laundry, and perform other tasks of marriage.

Enjoying marriage for the duration of the marriage seems to be a great challenge for many married couples. We are nothing more than what our culture made us.  Our inability to interact in a healthy and enjoyable manner with our spouse is the result of all the bad emotions and bad philosophies we collected throughout life.

Therefore, we need to evaluate our attitude and life philosophy.  Once we are a healthy person we can go about enjoying our marriage.  A healthy person is positive, optimistic, and realistic.  A healthy person focuses on the good end enjoys life.  A happy marriage is part of an enjoyable life.

Romance is a big part of a happy marriage.  The husband and the wife both have a need for healthy intimacy.  I am not talking about sex.  Get your head out of the gutter.

We enjoy conversation and humor.  We enjoy hugs and kisses. Looking in to the eyes of our spouse should fill our heart with joy.  Being close to our spouse should also fill us with joy.

Many men do not know how to flirt with their wives.  They are self-conscious about how their wife will react at their efforts at humor.  In addition, they are afraid of paying their wife a compliment. Some men are even unable to perform the basics of conversation.

Interacting with your wife is part of being romantic. You can tell you wife interesting stories, jokes, and compliments.

Receiving gifts is enjoyable for most of us.  Giving your wife a gift is a romantic act.

Preparing a romantic meal is also romantic. A romantic meal is a meal that is delicious and were both of you are able to share pleasant conversation.  The traditional romantic meal is spaghetti, a garden salad, and garlic bread.  I personally do not believe alcoholic beverages need to be involved.

It is also helpful to accompany your wife to social gatherings. You have to be charming and pleasant.

Yes, your wife will ask you to dance.  Dancing is part of romance. Therefore, learn to cook and learn to dance.

No one wants to be with a couch occupying robot. Life has its stressors.  Resolve your issues and get to the business of enjoying life.

A person who has a positive attitude knows how to enjoy the simple pleasures of life.  Romance is one of these simple pleasures. Again, being romantic with your girlfriend or spouse-which ever applies-reduces stress and offers joy.

The Beauty of Simplicity: Positivism

Crisis intervention is not necessarily something for licensed professionals.  We can be our own crisis counselors.

There are a lot of reasons a person can feel bad.  Failures, abuse, and other stress can lead to pain and suffering.

The encouraging news is that we can help ourselves.  We all have the ability to think, organize, plan, and act.

Using these abilities we can change our attitude from a negative one to a positive attitude.  This means we can be Positive, Optimistic, and Realistic. Positive means seeing the good in life.  Realizing that we can help ourselves by having good thoughts is an example of being Positive. When we realize we have the abilities to confront life, we start to have hope.  This is an example of optimism. Being realistic means being aware of our true challenges, being grateful for what we have, and enjoying what we have in life and enjoying life.

I am a firm believer that we can think ourselves happy. Part of the job is liking ourselves.  We should like ourselves.  We are valuable because we have values.

Now, I know that current life realities make life difficult for some people.  People want to work, but cannot find a job.  People want to feel good at work, but there are people who make life work difficult.

Work is a good thing.  With work we make money, pay our responsibilities, and can save in order to enjoy life.

Part of enjoying life is simple pleasures.  Some of these pleasures are friends, family, spouse, reading, and listening to music.

I am aware that some will accuse me of being too simplistic.  I believe in the beauty of simplicity.

The modern message is a complex one.  There are many sources of negativity.  Conversations with our peer group, news media, TV, Movies, and music are laden with negativity.

In addition, we were told if we study hard and got a college degree, everything would work out.  Many of us tried this plan and found out it wasn't completely true.

The failure is not the issue.  How we define the failure and how we view ourselves are the issues. It would have been great if everyone got all the wisdom they would need to manage life from their parents.  Unfortunately, however, many of us were not that lucky.

We are fortunate enough to think, organize, plan, and act.  Therefore, we can use these skills to put things in perspective.  Life may look hard and distress us.  However, we are here and have to make the best of life. I believe it is helpful to proceed forward with a good attitude.  Regardless of circumstances we should enjoy life.

Obamacare: Time To Repeal And Replace

The insurance companies in my opinion are the beginning of the healthcare debate. Before healthcare one has to confront an insurance company.

Certain healthcare experiences are to expensive for a person to pay for them him or her self. Therefore, a person is convinced that he or she needs health insurance.

The insurance industry has had many public relations problems. Many times these companies have violated the terms of the contract and denied the legitimate claims of the policy holder.

My big problem with Obama-care is that it forces me in to a business relationship with an industry I do not trust. I have seen reports of criminal behavior by insurance companies and through my personal experiences I have seen corrupt insurance companies.

Now, I do not have a problem with Freedom and the Free Market. In America a person is free to make a business and run it any way he or she feels it is correct. This does not mean I have to put up with their corruption.

I have done my healthcare cost evaluation. A doctor's visit would cost me approximately $100. Lab work would cost me approximately $500. Therefore, an annual health exam would cost me around $600. I am not a sickly person. I see no reason where I would encounter catastrophic healthcare situation.

In fact, the majority of people are just like me and will go through the majority of their lives without any major healthcare concerns. The percentage of people needing prolonged and extensive healthcare is around 25%.

Now insurance for me, in my market, would cost around $200 a month, with a $5000 deductible. Therefore, I would pay and insurance company $2400 a year for the honor of paying $600 myself for an annual healthcare exam.

Okay, I understand that I would also be made to make a contribution to someone else healthcare expenses. Now if I am going to be paying for someone’ else healthcare expenses, do I get to tell them how to live?

Hospitals cost money. Most experience hospitals after an emergency. The high cost of hospital care is explained in the of providing nurses, technology, labs, janitors, cooks, and every other service associated with a functioning hospital. Again, the majority of Americans will not be hospitalized in their lifetime.

I believe we can save and pay for our own healthcare exam. A doctors visit, labs, and technology-based exams may cost us 2000 a years. For most people this price is manageable.

The problem is life management. People do not factor in the cost of healthcare when they are building their lives. People make babies and do not consider the cost of childbirth. People also do not factor in healthcare for a developing child.

In my opinion, the problem in healthcare in America was politicians, immature citizens, greedy and corrupt healthcare providers. For decades the plight of the poor has been sung by certain politicians. Many people are convinced they should not have to pay for their healthcare. Crimes committed by insurance companies have contributed to a lack of trust.

Now, we have a total take over of healthcare in America by Obama-care. This take over was supposed to give access to affordable healthcare to the poor and indigent. These groups amounted to less than 15% of the American population. The 600 million Obama wasted on his healthcare website could of taken care of these poor and indigent people’s healthcare for ten years. Therefore, the goal of Obama could not of been to help the poor.

Obama could of tried a program of healthcare grants to states to provide healthcare for the poor. Obama could of tried tax breaks for doctors, clinics, and hospitals who provide healthcare to the poor. Obama could of tried discount cards for the poor that the poor could use to buy medications, lab works, and hospitalization at a reduced price.

Everyone else would get their healthcare in the private industry at regular prices. The free market fuels innovation and creativity. New procedures, new technologies, and new medicine are created by people interested in making a profit.

There isn't anything wrong with making a profit. There isn't anything wrong with being personally responsible for our healthcare.

Healthcare in the Free Market is a better system. Providers have to keep their customers happy. Prices would reflect what the customer is willing to pay: Not an artificial government controlled low price or an over inflated insurance price.

We the consumers are caught been the greedy who want to bleed us to death and the politicians who also want to bleed us to death. Now, we have no control over insurance companies poor behavior. Obama is forcing us all into a business relationship with insurance companies. An incentive for improvement is loosing customers.

However, we are going to loose access to healthcare. Many doctors are choosing not to participate in Obama-care. Companies are opting out of providing their employees with healthcare insurance. Less clinics, less hospitals, and less doctors means less access to healthcare.

This is why 2014 is going to be a significant election year in the US congress. Already Democrats are asking for changes in Obama-care because they sense a citizen's rebellion at the voting box.

I believe Democrats and Republican bums alike need to be thrown out of office. Democrats choose poor ethics when they rushed to pass Obama-care. Republicans scuff at the beginning, but give the president everything he wants at the end.

Together, the president and congress, have added 9 trillion dollars to the national debt. This is unmanageable debt. This debt interferes with economic growth and job growth. Americans are going to have to show they can choose good leaders and that they are able to control their leaders.

Now, the president and democrats in congress are saying it may be time to delay the individual mandate. I say it is time to completely repeal and replace.

Americans Hating America Is Not Going To Help

Many people were easily seduced by the rhetoric of the current president. He promised that 95% of Americans would get a tax cut if he was elected. He promised a stimulus plan that would save American industry and put people back to work. He promise he would reduce healthcare cost and make healthcare affordable. He also promised America would regain her good reputation among the people of the world again. In addition, he promised solar energy would flourish and help America solve her energy concerns.

However, today we see is that all this president has done is attack the American way of life. During the beginning of his national political career, this president spoke badly of American business people. He was of the impression that Wall Street caused the problem and business people needed to be reigned in

We have had to listen to the rhetoric that successful people didn’t “built it”, implying that if it was not for infrastructure none of the successful would of succeeded. Doesn’t this president realize that successful people pay the majority of taxes? Therefore, they paid for the infrastructure and did “build it”.

I have had two interesting conversations. One was with a business owner who is trying to establish his business in Mexico. I told him, as I tell everyone, that all Mexicans got together and decided to destroy their country. Mexicans accomplished this destruction with their apathy and immoral and unethical behavior such as bribing police and bribing tax collectors.

I warned this person that America is at the same crossroad that led Mexicans to choose “doing their own thing because everyone else is corrupt’. Today, many Americans have a bad attitude about politicians, businesses, and the American way of life.

The other man was from Belgium. He told me that he came to America because he did not like having to settle for what Socialism offered. For example, Socialism offers a one-bedroom apartment. He wanted to live in a mansion. Therefore, he came to a country were a person could have what he or she is willing to work for in life.

I know that the agenda driven liberal news has brainwashed many into hating their own country. I write a lot about choosing a Positive attitude over a Negative attitude. The negative view that many have of their own country is because this liberal media has convinced them that America is a bad place.

This idea of a “bad America’ is reinforced by life. Many people are trying to work and coming up empty. This reinforces the idea that America is bad. News of political corruption reinforces the idea that America is bad. Road Rage and our neighbor leaving his or her garbage can loose so it can be tossed around by the wind and litter the neighborhood reinforces the idea America is bad. Everyone of our personal failures reinforces the idea that America is bad.

Therefore, “Everything sucks. Nothing works. Why bother?” is the prevailing attitude? After my conversation with one of the men, one said that it was hard to believe that “one vote” could make a difference. It appeared to me that this man was trying to excuse his apathy. The person who came from a Socialist experience knew exactly what I was talking about that day.

If we spend our time looking at the bad, we will enter that dark corner of despair and hopelessness. I know we wanted the idea of getting an education and finding a high paying career to work out. That is the reason I got a college degree.

However, to a certain extent America does not work. Employers have a very poor attitude towards their workers. Citizens have a poor attitude about their fellow citizens.

I believe that a person should use his or her creativity and be innovative in finding a good income. However, many employers treat their employees like slaves. They work these employees around the clock without a set schedule. It is impossible to manage a life when you do not know when you are going to have to work.

Moreover, people who were displaced did not loose their industry knowledge. For a time I thought people could be private consultants. The truth is that buyers of consultant services pay to little.

Therefore, being creative and innovative runs you into a wall of poor attitude, harsh working conditions, and low pay. It is almost as if it is not worth trying.

The first Americans did not have it easy. They had to start from scratch. There were no “shovel ready jobs” to rely on in their day.

Yet, out of nothing these first Americans laid the foundation for the greatest country in the world. Then the liberal news media spent many decades working at killing the American Spirit.

Now people do not believe in them selves and they do not believe in their country. This lack of respect for the American way of life is not going to get us far.

There is no problem with:”personal responsibility” and “self-reliance”. Freedom, Liberty, and Indolence have fueled innovation and creativity since the beginning of the American experience.

You are right that there is a lot wrong in life. It is even true that a lot does not work.

I have to ask. Do you work? Do you have the ability to “think”, “organize”, “plan”, and “act”? Can you be Optimistic, Positive, and Realistic even when things look bleak?

Life is not about lamenting broken promises. Life is about making the best out of what you have, even when you find your self in difficult circumstances.

The American experience is great and simple. People find a way to afford and enjoy life. Government respects the taxpayer by keeping taxes low and administrating the people’s money honestly. The people make sure government does what is supposed to in life. We are failing. Government is falling. However, the only people we can control are our selves. Therefore, we have to will our selves to be people who can see the good in ourselves, have a positive attitude about work, work, and keep politicians in line.

Life is attitude. Attitude is related to perception. A major reason many believe ‘everything sucks. Nothing works. Why bother?” is because the liberal news has convinced them all these things are true.

Rebuilding The US: Rebuilding Our Self.

It is upsetting to watch while those who are born in to the land of milk and honey work at destroying their home.  People are dissatisfied with their lives.   They had dreams.  However, things did not workout the way they had envisioned.

Now, many people are bitter and in despair.  They are also dam angry with everyone they think got in the way of their carefully crafted dreams.  The agenda driven liberal news media has told many they should hate Wall Street. 

The Filthy Rich have had nothing to do with people’s personal failures.  There has never been a guarantee in life.  For a long time the idea, that if a person studied hard in public school and got a college degree then they would get a high paying career.

This is idea still has promise.  However, for many, life is challenging. We are to evaluate our environment and be creative in finding a niche.

Yes, it is that simple.  The problem is that you are a victim of all the negativity that surrounds us. The majority of this negativity comes from the media.   A good a Spirit is one where the person is positive, optimistic, and realistic.  Positive means the good in life. Optimism is having hope and believing. Realistic means to see life as good and being able to enjoy life.  We can enjoy life with simple pleasures such a funny conversation with a friend and a good meal.

This year I added the phrase “we should feel good about our life because be have value”. We have value because we have values.

For many this Spirit is difficult to achieve.  All the negative messages they have received all their lives are too much to put down. However, failure to change your attitude does not mean you have the right to denounce the American Experience. Your American Experience is what you made of it.

America offers you Freedom, Liberty, and Independence.  This is not a guarantee of success, but and opportunity to try to succeed. I have learned that true success is Peace, Love, and Joy. This life status can be achieved by being grateful for what we have in life and enjoying life.  The true treasures in life are friends and family.

Now, you may want to continue being a negative person who has to hate the people the agenda driven liberal news media has told you to hate.   I do not believe you will accomplish anything with these behaviors.

Do you hear that?  It is the sound of your life clock winding down. Will you spend the rest of your life wanting to get even, trying beat conservatives for the sake of beating conservatives? You could try investing in your self and enjoying life.

People are good and decent.  Good and decent people fully aware of how blessed they are in life are moved to share their good fortune. There is no need for politicians to share the wealth. 

I believe we still believe that theft is immoral.  When government takes the hard earned money of one citizen and gives to another, government is stealing.

This president said he wanted to “radically transform” America.  The economic melt down of 2008 has helped this president convince many people that Wall Street is the problem.  A nation of people willingly pursuing the challenges of life in order to achieve financial success has become a country of the disillusioned and embittered.

Greed was not the reason for the global economic crisis of 2008.  Government interference in the Free Market was the reason, In the US; something called the Neighborhood Reinvestment Act was responsible for many unsecured loans. In addition, governments borrowing what they could not pay back contributed to the global economic crisis.

 There is even evidence that currency manipulation by Russia and China contributed to the economic crisis. Currently, it looks harsh.

However, keep in mind what the Pilgrims found when they sailed across the ocean.  There was no established Modern Industrial Complex.   The first Americans had to build from scratch.

Having confronted the evil of Tyranny, European people chose to risk it all to come to what was then called the New World. Today, we feel overwhelmed by the amount of obstacles to our own personal success.

The answer is not hatred and the destruction of America.  We have to reinvent our selves. We need to change our attitude.  Attitude matters.  Have a good attitude and you will have a good life.

We should not feel that there is no reason to have hope when we keep finding rejection. I operate a Taxi, 11 to ten hours a day 28 to 29 days out of the month.  My hope was to earn a PhD in psychology.

That did not work out.  However, I am not going to lament and resent.  The worst tragedy is my own personal war with god. Oh well.

I wish things had been different.  However, just because they were not does not mean I am going to spend the rest of my life crying while I cure my depression with fats and sugars as I wait for a government check.

By thinking continuously about life and the elements that contribute to life, I have come to the ideas of Positive Psychology.   I share these ideas in order to help people empower themselves by learning to how to use their personal skills of thinking, organizing, planning, and acing to change their attitude to the Positive, Realistic, and Optimistic attitude that they can use in a Free, Liberated, and Independent country in order to enjoy the simple pleasures of life and achieve Peace, Love, and Joy.

Honorable work is good work.  Work helps us pay for our basic needs and helps us enjoy life.

By falling in love with our home, the US, again we can start working for our goals and dreams and by doing so put America back on the road to recovery.  I consider my self very fortunate to live in this great country. For years, I was like every one else trashing and bashing.  However, through meditation on the good and decent I realize I had a lot to be grateful for in life and that life is best when we enjoy it in a healthy manner.