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Ride Public Transportation

In many countries, public transportation is the major way to travel from point A to point B. In the United States many people never experience public transportation unless they travel to a major city. In fact most Americans take for granted the ability to travel in an automobile for their daily transportation. For those of us who do live in major metropolitan cities, how often do you pay attention to the ride?

If you do not travel via public transportation, try it out. If you use it regularly take time to observe the ride.

Do you know all the amazing attractions in your city? Most likely your public transportation stops at each one of them.

Do you understand the cultural and ethnic diversities of your community, city? One ride and you will experience a melting pot.

What are people doing on the ride? Observe the various time passing activities of various co-riders.

What feels/ emotions do you have during this experience? Locating the station/ stop, purchasing the ticket/ fare, the comfort/ uncomforted of the ride, and your interaction with others.


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Chalk Lines

Was there a chalk line around your body this morning?

This morning I stopped by a local convenience store for a cup of coffee. The man who checked out before me ordered two tins of chewing tobacco and five Powerball tickets.

Handing him his loot and taking his money, the clerk asked “So, are you set for a good day?”

“I doubt it,” he replied with a scowl.

It made me think of a line that Les Brown uses. He says that every morning when he wakes up, he looks around his body. If he doesn’t see a chalk line, he knows it’s going to be a great day!

If you are reading this, it is a fair assumption that when you woke up this morning, there was not a chalk line around your body.

So what sort of a day did you choose to have when you got out of bed?


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Crunchy

Seth Godin / Seth Godin’s Blog

The term ‘crunchy granola’ has been shortened to crunchy, a term used to describe people who willingly alter their lifestyle to make less of an impact on the environment. It’s crunchy to give up your car for a bike, or to use mesh companies or to become vegan. Read More…


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Opposite of our Spoken Word

I find it so perplexing the way we as humans will say one thing and than in the next minute take actions that is opposite of our spoken word.

Why do we live without conviction?

Why do we lack integrity?

Why do our thoughts not match our actions?

Why do we not choose the path of least resistance?


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How to Change Others . . . Start with Yourself

“When someone sees the same people every day, they wind up becoming part of that person’s life. And then they want the person to change. If someone isn’t what others want them to be, the others become angry. Everyone seems to have a clear idea of how other people should lead their lives, but none about his or her own.”

The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

It has been said that the traits of another that bother you the most are a reflection of you. So as the late great, Michael Jackson said you got to “start with the man in the mirror.”

Do you have an opinion about how others should be living their life? Are these changes really a reflection of what you want to change in your life?

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