More Attitude

As we get older our choice of attitude and the secret of staying young is up to us. It is not where we live, how much money we make, how the kids turned out, who we are married to, where we go to church, the size of the house we live in, the car we drive. It is your choice of attitude. We have a choice of being a drag and a burden, or an inspiration and encouragement. Which of these choices does a person want to be?

Your mind is not old keep stretching it. We should read more books and watch less television. Do more that is active and less that entertains you in the passive sense. When you are with other people we should talk about events and ideas, rather than people. Talking about people turns to gossip. How many people do you know that have fallen into that trap. Look for opportunities to be engaged in.

Your brain is capable of recording 800 memories per second for seventy-five years without getting tired. No one has been able to develop a computer as well and as efficient as the human mind. The human body does get old and tired but the brain does not. Scientists say the humans only use two percent of their brain. Guess sometimes this is demonstrated more often in some than in others! It is said that everything you learned said and done, is on permanent file in your brain you just can’t recall it.

Sifu Hayes www.silentriverkungfu.com

UBBT Stony Plain, Alberta, Canada

Age and attitude

How many people do you know that are forty-five and people who are sixty-five are in better shape and are sharper and full of life. Nobody cares how old you are except you and if you don’t mind it don’t matter. Quit talking about your age and start demonstrating your enthusiasm. Attitude seems to demoralize as people begin to age what ever age that is. The first attitude is uselessness I’m over the hill, I get in everybody’s way, why am I still around. Uselessness is a bad attitude; you will die before you die. A quote, a useless life is an early death. Second attitude is self-pity; nobody cares about me anymore why should I bother to stay alive or in touch, whoa is me. This leads to blame, blame leads to bitterness, bitterness leads to family saying how long is grandma staying this time, why did we say we would bring them with us on a vacation. They don’t mind you, they may just hate your attitude. Third is fear, this is a very common among those getting older. This attitude says I need to be very careful I need to avoid all dangers and all risks. This can lead to a suspicious spirit and a suspicious spirit leads to paranoia. Fear is a thief it steals us of joy and robs us of peace. Fear is the most devastating of all emotions. The fourth is the attitude of guilt and regret. This is an attitude of always looking back if only I hadn’t or if I would have. Guilt feeds disappointment and discouragement. To grand parents and those who will be grandparents, there is so much that is useful and helpful and necessary in this world. Our families definitely need us. The youth are told to honor the elderly, lets give them a reason to do so, don’t expect it without earning it if they don’t there may be a reason for it and it may not be their fault. Maybe it is time for an attitude adjustment. In the middle years you are determined and in the later years you should be confident who wouldn’t want a granddad like that. Even as we age we need a can do spirit.

Sifu Hayes www.silentriverkungfu.com

UBBT Stony Plain, Alberta, Canada

Still the Boat

Failed to finish the boat project. Rebuilt the engines electrical system it runs like a top. The trailer and boat are done. But now the water pump is shot so the boat is shelved till next spring. So till next year.

Sifu Hayes www.silentriverkungfu.com

UBBT Stony Plain, Alberta, Canada.

Making Change

Doing some reading on the subject of Pronoia is the Antidote for Paranoia. This statement is something that I believe in whole-heartedly. It comes down to the thought of positive thinking, if all your thoughts are on the negative side that is exactly what you will receive. The power of positive thinking is very hard to keep in perspective. Especially when we are being blasted by the news, because ninety-eight percent of the news is negative. But we cannot just ignore the news and ignore what is happening all over the world that is just being inconsiderate. When we live in one of the most fortunate places on earth. If you remove the non-negative feel good stories from the news and they are usually about sports or entertainment, then the news media curse quotient rises to ninety-nine percent. Well so much for the power of positive thinking. That is why it is so important in the Kwoon, the community and the world that we convey these positive thoughts. Because that is the only thing left that we can do to change society, and change the world.

“The rise and fall of images of the future precede or accompany the rise and fall of cultures. As long as a society’s image is positive and flourishing, the flower of culture is in full bloom. Once the image begins to decay and lose its vitality, the culture does not long survive.” (Fred Polak)

Sifu Hayes www.silentriverkungfu.com

UBBT Stony Plain, Alberta, Canada

Miracles

Thousands of amazing, inexplicable, wondrous, and even supernatural events occur every day. And yet most are unreported by the media. The few that are cited are ridiculed.

Why? Here's one possible reason:

Group #1 People most likely to believe in miracles are superstitious, uneducated, and prone to having a blind, literalist faith in their religions' myths.

Group #2 Those who are least likely to believe in miracles are skilled at analytical thought, well educated, and yet prone to having a blind, literalist faith in the ideology of materialism, which dogmatically asserts that the universe consists entirely of things that can be perceived by the five human senses or detected by instruments that scientists have thus far invented.

The media is largely composed of people from the second group. It's virtually impossible for them to admit to the possibility of miracles, let alone experience them. If anyone from this group manages to escape peer pressure and cultivate receptivity to miracles, it's because they have successfully fought against being demoralized by the unsophisticated way miracles are framed by the first group.

Be immune to the double-barreled ignorance. Behold astonishing synchronicities and numinous breakthroughs that seem to violate natural law, be willing to consider the possibility that our understanding of natural law is too narrow. And also refrain from lapsing into irrational gullibility; actively seek mundane explanations for apparent miracles. Quote

Sifu Hayes www.silentriverkungfu.com

UBBT Stony Plain, Alberta, Canada