Thought of the day

Thought of the dayhttp://www.ingenio.comhttp://blogs.ingenio.com/Greenman CoachingThere are many thoughts we have easily over 40,000 a day. I just want to add one more.en-USCommunityServer 2.0 (Debug Build: 2676.105)Let freedom ring!http://www.ingenio.com/CommunityServer/UserBlogPosts/Greenman_Coaching/Let-freedom-ring/496817.aspxWed, 11 Nov 2009 18:01:00 GMT8ca05964-da1c-4176-9dbc-9d0bc609bb83:496817Greenman Coaching0http://www.ingenio.com/CommunityServer/blogs/13177722/comments/496817.aspxhttp://www.ingenio.com/CommunityServer/blogs/13177722/commentrss.aspx?PostID=496817 Greenman Coaching ~ Thought of the Day <div align="center"> <p><a href="http://www.greenmancoaching.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk58/richhills1/BNR_ThoughtOfDay.jpg" border="0" width="713" height="188" /></a> </p> <h1 class="style24"> </h1> </div> <table align="center" cellpadding="2"> <tr> <td><div align="center">Let FREEDOM ring! <br /> </div></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center"><p align="left"><img src="http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk58/richhills1/thought%20of%20the%20day%20pics/904096_army_LilGoldWmn.jpg" align="left" border="0" /> </p> <p>I’m home from work today – a much needed day off – and I’ve had the opportunity to think about why I’m home. Today, as you may remember is Veteran’s day. </p> <p>When I was fresh out of high school, I walked into the Navy recruiter’s office, and 10 minutes later walked out; refused entry. Flat feet? Something like that – asthma. In 1977, Vietnam was over, the draft had ended, and the military had the power to be picky during voluntary “peacetime”. Long story short, I’ve never served in the Military. My experience as it is, however gives me a deep pride in the men and women that do serve our country. I had a cousin, whom I loved very much, that I firmly believe died because of PTSD caused from Vietnam. I’ve known many men and women, veterans of the military that need our support when they ‘come home’. Need our support? This is something that we should be freely giving to these brave men and women. </p> <p>With a voluntary military, these young people know what they are getting into, yet they take the risk. Of course in peacetime the motives to join the military are varied and not always patriotic, but none-the-less, they know. Today we have thousands of American soldiers on foreign ground. I ask you to join me and celebrate these men and woman for standing up and giving service to their country. The next thing we need to do (and most important) is make sure their country serves them.</p> <p>In 1919, this holiday was called Armistice Day. A day to celebrate the cessation of combat in World War I; A day to celebrate peace. Let’s not forget the origins of Veteran’s Day. While I honor or veterans for their service, let us remember that it is PEACE that we are striving for in the world. So if we must scream out; “Let freedom ring” … can we please add to that, “Let <em>PEACE</em> and freedom ring”. </p> <p align="center">Love and Bright blessings ~ Richard</p> <p align="center"> </p></td> </tr> </table> <p align="center"> </p> <p align="center">Richard can also be read at <a href="http://www.examiner.com/x-12479-SF-Parenting-Teens-Examiner" target="_blank">San Francisco Examiner.com</a> where he writes a daily Parenting Teens article and of course his book - </p> <p align="center"><em>Can Someone Please Tell Me Why My Life Sucks?! </em></p> <p class="style27" align="center"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Someone-Please-Tell-Life-Sucks/dp/B002ACRWSY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1243400163&sr=1-1" target="_blank" class="style27">Now available at Amazon.com!</a></p> <div align="left"> <p align="center"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Someone-Please-Tell-Life-Sucks/dp/B002ACRWSY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1243400163&sr=1-1" target="_blank"><img src="http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk58/richhills1/my_life_sucks.jpg" border="5" width="147" height="221" /> </a></p> <p align="center">For coaching sessions: </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://www.ingenio.com/calls/PT_interimcall.asp?sid=7473199"><img src="http://www.ingenio.com/calls/callimage.asp?sid=7473199&ImageType=1" border="0" /></a> </p> <p align="center">~ feel free to follow me on: <a href="http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=352125289" target="_blank">MySpace</a>... <a href="http://www.facebook.com/people/Richard-Hills/1428047112" target="_blank">Facebook</a>, <a href="http://twitter.com/home" target="_blank">Twitter</a> and a great new place <a href="http://luminosity.ning.com/" target="_blank">Luminosity</a> ~ </p> <p align="center"> <font face="times new roman,times" size="3"><a href="http://www.greenmancoaching.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk58/richhills1/BNRGreen.gif" border="0" width="468" height="60" /></a></font></p> </div><img src="http://www.ingenio.com/CommunityServer/aggbug.aspx?PostID=496817" width="1" height="1">OMG I didn't expect that.http://www.ingenio.com/CommunityServer/UserBlogPosts/Greenman_Coaching/OMG-I-didnt-expect-that/496677.aspxTue, 10 Nov 2009 15:23:00 GMT8ca05964-da1c-4176-9dbc-9d0bc609bb83:496677Greenman Coaching0http://www.ingenio.com/CommunityServer/blogs/13177722/comments/496677.aspxhttp://www.ingenio.com/CommunityServer/blogs/13177722/commentrss.aspx?PostID=496677 Greenman Coaching ~ Thought of the Day <div align="center"> <p><a href="http://www.greenmancoaching.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk58/richhills1/BNR_ThoughtOfDay.jpg" border="0" width="713" height="188" /></a> </p> <h1 class="style24"> </h1> </div> <table align="center" cellpadding="2"> <tr> <td><div align="center">OMG I didn't expect that! <br /> </div></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center"><p align="left"><img src="http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk58/richhills1/thought%20of%20the%20day%20pics/salsa.jpg" align="left" border="0" /> </p> <p>“It’s easy to live the expected and conventional. It’s when you live the unexpected that you start having fun with your life”. Richard Bach wrote that and could anything be more true? When we are laying on our death bed are we going to remember with passion the day we picked up the mail? Only if we won the Publishers Sweepstakes that day! It is the unexpected that makes an impression on us, and it is usually those events and circumstances that help us to grow.</p> <p>The wonderful thing about the unexpected is that we don’t have to wait around till it happens. We can choose the unexpected, or the unconventional. We can choose to step out of our comfort zone. Often that is not an easy choice, but it is possible. The US Army has a motto; “Be all that you can be”. Well what is the first thing the Army does to help you be all that you can be. They throw you into boot camp where you are completely out of your comfort zone. They tear you down, only to build you back up again. Now I’m not saying we need to tear ourselves down in order to start having fun and success, but you can start by joining a Salsa Dance class!</p> <p align="center">Love and Bright blessings ~ Richard</p> <p align="center"> </p></td> </tr> </table> <p align="center"> </p> <p align="center">Richard can also be read at <a href="http://www.examiner.com/x-12479-SF-Parenting-Teens-Examiner" target="_blank">San Francisco Examiner.com</a> where he writes a daily Parenting Teens article and of course his book - </p> <p align="center"><em>Can Someone Please Tell Me Why My Life Sucks?! </em></p> <p class="style27" align="center"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Someone-Please-Tell-Life-Sucks/dp/B002ACRWSY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1243400163&sr=1-1" target="_blank" class="style27">Now available at Amazon.com!</a></p> <div align="left"> <p align="center"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Someone-Please-Tell-Life-Sucks/dp/B002ACRWSY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1243400163&sr=1-1" target="_blank"><img src="http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk58/richhills1/my_life_sucks.jpg" border="5" width="147" height="221" /> </a></p> <p align="center">For coaching sessions: </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://www.ingenio.com/calls/PT_interimcall.asp?sid=7473199"><img src="http://www.ingenio.com/calls/callimage.asp?sid=7473199&ImageType=1" border="0" /></a> </p> <p align="center">~ feel free to follow me on: <a href="http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=352125289" target="_blank">MySpace</a>... <a href="http://www.facebook.com/people/Richard-Hills/1428047112" target="_blank">Facebook</a>, <a href="http://twitter.com/home" target="_blank">Twitter</a> and a great new place <a href="http://luminosity.ning.com/" target="_blank">Luminosity</a> ~ </p> <p align="center"> <font face="times new roman,times" size="3"><a href="http://www.greenmancoaching.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk58/richhills1/BNRGreen.gif" border="0" width="468" height="60" /></a></font></p> </div><img src="http://www.ingenio.com/CommunityServer/aggbug.aspx?PostID=496677" width="1" height="1">Tell me what you see.http://www.ingenio.com/CommunityServer/UserBlogPosts/Greenman_Coaching/Tell-me-what-you-see/496266.aspxFri, 06 Nov 2009 14:43:00 GMT8ca05964-da1c-4176-9dbc-9d0bc609bb83:496266Greenman Coaching0http://www.ingenio.com/CommunityServer/blogs/13177722/comments/496266.aspxhttp://www.ingenio.com/CommunityServer/blogs/13177722/commentrss.aspx?PostID=496266 Greenman Coaching ~ Thought of the Day <div align="center"> <p><a href="http://www.greenmancoaching.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk58/richhills1/BNR_ThoughtOfDay.jpg" border="0" width="713" height="188" /></a> </p> <h1 class="style24"> </h1> </div> <table align="center" cellpadding="2"> <tr> <td><div align="center">Tell me what you see. <br /> </div></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center"><p align="left"><img src="http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk58/richhills1/thought%20of%20the%20day%20pics/imagination.jpg" align="left" border="0" /> </p> <p>Have you used your imagination today? If your answer is no, I’m very sorry to hear that. Famed psychologists, from Freud to Assagioli have seen and used the powers of imagination. The New Thought movement focuses on the use of imagination quite a bit. Movies like <em>The Secret</em> and anything talking about the Law of Attraction would be nowhere without the use of imagination.</p> <p>But is it really all that powerful? Yes it is. Einstein wrote; “Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life’s coming attractions”. I’m not going to tell you that if you imagine a $1000.00 check coming to you in the mail today that it’s going to happen or if you imagine an elephant appearing in your living room that it will happen – I’ll take bets against that. But I can tell you that studies of prisoners of war have returned home and have witnessed that one of the primary things that kept them alive was their vivid use of imagination. In his best selling book <em>The Psychology of Winning</em>, Denis Waitley relays the story of a Vietnam POW that loved golf. Everyday while imprisoned this soldier imagined playing a perfect game of golf. When he was released his first game was indeed near perfect, and he had been imprisoned for years – never coming even close to a golf course; except in his mind. </p> <p>If imagination can do anything for you, the most powerful thing it can do (in my opinion) is to help you see a different perspective. Many times we are so caught up in what is happening around us we cannot see around the boulder in our path. But if we use our imaginations, we can see, and the creative juices start flowing and before you know it your perspective has changed, and the pesky boulder is on its way out.</p> <p>See it … be it. </p> <p align="center">Love and Bright blessings ~ Richard</p> </td> </tr> </table> <p align="center"> </p> <p align="center">Richard can also be read at <a href="http://www.examiner.com/x-12479-SF-Parenting-Teens-Examiner" target="_blank">San Francisco Examiner.com</a> where he writes a daily Parenting Teens article and of course his book - </p> <p align="center"><em>Can Someone Please Tell Me Why My Life Sucks?! </em></p> <p class="style27" align="center"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Someone-Please-Tell-Life-Sucks/dp/B002ACRWSY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1243400163&sr=1-1" target="_blank" class="style27">Now available at Amazon.com!</a></p> <div align="left"> <p align="center"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Someone-Please-Tell-Life-Sucks/dp/B002ACRWSY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1243400163&sr=1-1" target="_blank"><img src="http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk58/richhills1/my_life_sucks.jpg" border="5" width="147" height="221" /> </a></p> <p align="center">For coaching sessions: </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://www.ingenio.com/calls/PT_interimcall.asp?sid=7473199"><img src="http://www.ingenio.com/calls/callimage.asp?sid=7473199&ImageType=1" border="0" /></a> </p> <p align="center">~ feel free to follow me on: <a href="http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=352125289" target="_blank">MySpace</a>... <a href="http://www.facebook.com/people/Richard-Hills/1428047112" target="_blank">Facebook</a>, <a href="http://twitter.com/home" target="_blank">Twitter</a> and a great new place <a href="http://luminosity.ning.com/" target="_blank">Luminosity</a> ~ </p> <p align="center"> <font face="times new roman,times" size="3"><a href="http://www.greenmancoaching.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk58/richhills1/BNRGreen.gif" border="0" width="468" height="60" /></a></font></p> </div><img src="http://www.ingenio.com/CommunityServer/aggbug.aspx?PostID=496266" width="1" height="1">Standing in the light, you can see your shadow.http://www.ingenio.com/CommunityServer/UserBlogPosts/Greenman_Coaching/Standing-in-the-light--you-can-see-your-shadow/496098.aspxThu, 05 Nov 2009 14:59:00 GMT8ca05964-da1c-4176-9dbc-9d0bc609bb83:496098Greenman Coaching0http://www.ingenio.com/CommunityServer/blogs/13177722/comments/496098.aspxhttp://www.ingenio.com/CommunityServer/blogs/13177722/commentrss.aspx?PostID=496098 Greenman Coaching ~ Thought of the Day <div align="center"> <p><a href="http://www.greenmancoaching.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk58/richhills1/BNR_ThoughtOfDay.jpg" width="713" border="0" height="188" /></a> </p> <h1 class="style24"> </h1> </div> <table align="center" cellpadding="2"> <tr> <td><div align="center">Standing in the light, you can see your shadow <br /> </div></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center"><p align="left"><img src="http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk58/richhills1/thought%20of%20the%20day%20pics/shadow.jpg" align="left" border="0" /> </p> <p>Do you feel like you’ve reached a road block? You have a desire, but you just can’t seem to get motivated to work towards it. Perhaps you’ve come to the conclusion that you don’t have the will power to move forward, toward this desire. I have to tell you, it’s not just about will. </p> <p>Famed Psychologist, Roberto Assagioli, tells us that our will power, like anything else, can be exercised and made stronger. We never lack will. If you can move your hand to your mouth to feed yourself, you have will power. It takes will power to walk from the bedroom to the kitchen. So, the road block lay deeper than will power. </p> <p>The next question is what is it that stops you from moving? I believe we will nearly always find the issue in our Shadow; the Shadow being those qualities that we disown as part of our personalities. It is critical that we find this part of our self, and integrate it back into our persona. </p> <p>Why would this be important? Real road blocks stop the flow of traffic. The road blocks of our Shadow stop the flow of our vital energies. You may be doing great in several aspects of your life, but when this great energy meets your Shadow road block… well, get off the bus because you will not go any further. </p> <p>Once you remove this road block, your energy will flow, and you will clearly see this is not just a will power issue.</p> <p align="center">Love and Bright blessings ~ Richard</p> </td> </tr> </table> <p align="center"> </p> <p align="center">Richard can also be read at <a href="http://www.examiner.com/x-12479-SF-Parenting-Teens-Examiner" target="_blank">San Francisco Examiner.com</a> where he writes a daily Parenting Teens article and of course his book - </p> <p align="center"><em>Can Someone Please Tell Me Why My Life Sucks?! </em></p> <p class="style27" align="center"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Someone-Please-Tell-Life-Sucks/dp/B002ACRWSY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1243400163&sr=1-1" target="_blank" class="style27">Now available at Amazon.com!</a></p> <div align="left"> <p align="center"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Someone-Please-Tell-Life-Sucks/dp/B002ACRWSY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1243400163&sr=1-1" target="_blank"><img src="http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk58/richhills1/my_life_sucks.jpg" width="147" border="5" height="221" /> </a></p> <p align="center">For coaching sessions: </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://www.ingenio.com/calls/PT_interimcall.asp?sid=7473199"><img src="http://www.ingenio.com/calls/callimage.asp?sid=7473199&ImageType=1" border="0" /></a> </p> <p align="center">~ feel free to follow me on: <a href="http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=352125289" target="_blank">MySpace</a>... <a href="http://www.facebook.com/people/Richard-Hills/1428047112" target="_blank">Facebook</a>, <a href="http://twitter.com/home" target="_blank">Twitter</a> and a great new place <a href="http://luminosity.ning.com/" target="_blank">Luminosity</a> ~ </p> <p align="center"> <font face="times new roman,times" size="3"><a href="http://www.greenmancoaching.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk58/richhills1/BNRGreen.gif" width="468" border="0" height="60" /></a></font></p> </div><img src="http://www.ingenio.com/CommunityServer/aggbug.aspx?PostID=496098" width="1" height="1">Is your head in the sand?http://www.ingenio.com/CommunityServer/UserBlogPosts/Greenman_Coaching/Is-your-head-in-the-sand/495298.aspxThu, 29 Oct 2009 14:49:00 GMT8ca05964-da1c-4176-9dbc-9d0bc609bb83:495298Greenman Coaching0http://www.ingenio.com/CommunityServer/blogs/13177722/comments/495298.aspxhttp://www.ingenio.com/CommunityServer/blogs/13177722/commentrss.aspx?PostID=495298 Greenman Coaching ~ Thought of the Day <div align="center"> <p><a href="http://www.greenmancoaching.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk58/richhills1/BNR_ThoughtOfDay.jpg" width="713" border="0" height="188" /></a> </p> <h1 class="style24"> </h1> </div> <table align="center" cellpadding="2"> <tr> <td><div align="center">Is your head in the sand?<br /> </div></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center"><p align="left"><img src="http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk58/richhills1/thought%20of%20the%20day%20pics/head_in_the_sand.jpg" align="left" border="0" /> </p> <p>Are you a control freak? If asked that question, of course, many of us would reply with a resounding “NO!” And I’d have to agree with many of them. Why? Because many of us do not have a strong sense of our personal responsibility. </p> <p>We are taught very early that if we did not “do it”, then we are to point out the blame to someone, or something else. “The dog ate my homework”; how many teachers have heard that one over the decades? “I over-slept; the alarm clock did not go off”. It’s interesting and very convenient to note that we often point our finger at objects that cannot fight back. Well, let me ask you did your dog open your backpack or book bag, search through your folder and pull out your current homework and eat it? Or did you leave in on a table where it could fall to the floor so your dog could get to it. As for waking up, did your alarm clock not go off, or were to so weary from staying up so late that you did not set it correctly? </p> <p>If you were a true control freak, you would take responsibility for your actions and those things you impact. The minute you point your finger at someone else, you are giving all the control away. Even in more serious offenses; if you break a law, and in your guilt you do not take responsibility then that makes officials work all the harder to prove that you did it. If you don’t think the shoe will fall harder once they prove it, you are mistaken. </p> <p>Remember the old saying; “When you point a finger at another, remember there are always three other fingers pointing at yourself”. Try it … point at something and look at your pointing hand. Do you see the three fingers pointing back to you? Take responsibility. </p> <p align="center">Love and Bright blessings ~ Richard</p> </td> </tr> </table> <p align="center"> </p> <p align="center">Richard can also be read at <a href="http://www.examiner.com/x-12479-SF-Parenting-Teens-Examiner" target="_blank">San Francisco Examiner.com</a> where he writes a daily Parenting Teens article and of course his book - </p> <p align="center"><em>Can Someone Please Tell Me Why My Life Sucks?! </em></p> <p class="style27" align="center"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Someone-Please-Tell-Life-Sucks/dp/B002ACRWSY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1243400163&sr=1-1" target="_blank" class="style27">Now available at Amazon.com!</a></p> <div align="left"> <p align="center"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Someone-Please-Tell-Life-Sucks/dp/B002ACRWSY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1243400163&sr=1-1" target="_blank"><img src="http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk58/richhills1/my_life_sucks.jpg" width="147" border="5" height="221" /> </a></p> <p align="center">For coaching sessions: </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://www.ingenio.com/calls/PT_interimcall.asp?sid=7473199"><img src="http://www.ingenio.com/calls/callimage.asp?sid=7473199&ImageType=1" border="0" /></a> </p> <p align="center">~ feel free to follow me on: <a href="http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=352125289" target="_blank">MySpace</a>... <a href="http://www.facebook.com/people/Richard-Hills/1428047112" target="_blank">Facebook</a>, <a href="http://twitter.com/home" target="_blank">Twitter</a> and a great new place <a href="http://luminosity.ning.com/" target="_blank">Luminosity</a> ~ </p> <p align="center"> <font face="times new roman,times" size="3"><a href="http://www.greenmancoaching.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk58/richhills1/BNRGreen.gif" width="468" border="0" height="60" /></a></font></p> </div><img src="http://www.ingenio.com/CommunityServer/aggbug.aspx?PostID=495298" width="1" height="1">Battle of the sexes; Be all you're supposed to be.http://www.ingenio.com/CommunityServer/UserBlogPosts/Greenman_Coaching/Battle-of-the-sexes--Be-all-youre-supposed-to-be/494472.aspxThu, 22 Oct 2009 16:13:00 GMT8ca05964-da1c-4176-9dbc-9d0bc609bb83:494472Greenman Coaching0http://www.ingenio.com/CommunityServer/blogs/13177722/comments/494472.aspxhttp://www.ingenio.com/CommunityServer/blogs/13177722/commentrss.aspx?PostID=494472 Greenman Coaching ~ Thought of the Day <div align="center"> <p><a href="http://www.greenmancoaching.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk58/richhills1/BNR_ThoughtOfDay.jpg" border="0" width="713" height="188" /></a> </p> <h1 class="style24"> </h1> </div> <table align="center" cellpadding="2"> <tr> <td><div align="center">Battle of the sexes; Be all you're supposed to be. <br /> </div></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center"><p align="left"><img src="http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk58/richhills1/thought%20of%20the%20day%20pics/caveman.jpg" align="left" border="0" /> </p> <p>Do you open the door for her? Do you bring her flowers “just because you love her”? If another man whistles at her or yells his ‘cat calls’, do you have words with him? Do you defend her? And here’s an important question; does she allow you to do these things? </p> <p>I’m going to step out on the ledge today – I believe the Feminist Movement of the 70’s has ultimately killed femininity. Where have all the ladies gone? In the process, this has caused men to be confused, lost or just plain stupid. Now of course this is not an issue across the board, there are still girly girls out there, and there certainly are manly men, but both are a dying breed. </p> <p>Then we wonder why our relationships don’t work. There is an old comedy stereotype, that the first cavemen would pick his bride by knocking her out his club. That’s because men think in a very serial way. Since the seventies men have had to alter their thinking. They've had to start thinking like a woman, and many just cannot deal with that very well. If you think that men and women are equal in all things, I encourage you to think again. I’m not saying that women are not as valuable as men, because they are; sometimes even more valuable. I’m not saying women should not be respected, because I my opinion, women are the source of honor in men and men should show that to women. </p> <p>Ladies and gentlemen – the time has come to get back in touch with your authentic gender. Be the man. Be the woman – guys go dust off your club; you’ve not used it correctly in a long time. </p> <p align="center">Love and Bright blessings ~ Richard</p> </td> </tr> </table> <p align="center"> </p> <p align="center">Richard can also be read at <a href="http://www.examiner.com/x-12479-SF-Parenting-Teens-Examiner" target="_blank">San Francisco Examiner.com</a> where he writes a daily Parenting Teens article and of course his book - </p> <p align="center"><em>Can Someone Please Tell Me Why My Life Sucks?! </em></p> <p class="style27" align="center"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Someone-Please-Tell-Life-Sucks/dp/B002ACRWSY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1243400163&sr=1-1" target="_blank" class="style27">Now available at Amazon.com!</a></p> <div align="left"> <p align="center"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Someone-Please-Tell-Life-Sucks/dp/B002ACRWSY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1243400163&sr=1-1" target="_blank"><img src="http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk58/richhills1/my_life_sucks.jpg" border="5" width="147" height="221" /> </a></p> <p align="center">For coaching sessions: </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://www.ingenio.com/calls/PT_interimcall.asp?sid=7473199"><img src="http://www.ingenio.com/calls/callimage.asp?sid=7473199&ImageType=1" border="0" /></a> </p> <p align="center">~ feel free to follow me on: <a href="http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=352125289" target="_blank">MySpace</a>... <a href="http://www.facebook.com/people/Richard-Hills/1428047112" target="_blank">Facebook</a>, <a href="http://twitter.com/home" target="_blank">Twitter</a> and a great new place <a href="http://luminosity.ning.com/" target="_blank">Luminosity</a> ~ </p> <p align="center"> <font face="times new roman,times" size="3"><a href="http://www.greenmancoaching.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk58/richhills1/BNRGreen.gif" border="0" width="468" height="60" /></a></font></p> </div><img src="http://www.ingenio.com/CommunityServer/aggbug.aspx?PostID=494472" width="1" height="1">What do you see?http://www.ingenio.com/CommunityServer/UserBlogPosts/Greenman_Coaching/What-do-you-see/493485.aspxWed, 14 Oct 2009 16:58:00 GMT8ca05964-da1c-4176-9dbc-9d0bc609bb83:493485Greenman Coaching0http://www.ingenio.com/CommunityServer/blogs/13177722/comments/493485.aspxhttp://www.ingenio.com/CommunityServer/blogs/13177722/commentrss.aspx?PostID=493485 Greenman Coaching ~ Thought of the Day <div align="center"> <p><a href="http://www.greenmancoaching.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk58/richhills1/BNR_ThoughtOfDay.jpg" border="0" width="713" height="188" /></a> </p> <h1 class="style24"> </h1> </div> <table align="center" cellpadding="2"> <tr> <td><div align="center">What do you see? <br /> </div></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center"><p align="left"><img src="http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk58/richhills1/confidence.gif" align="left" border="0" /> </p> <p>Trust, respect, love – do you have these things in your life? It’s not unheard of in western society to be cautious when dealing with these emotions. Our ego steps up and controls how we work with trust, respect and love. Many of us feel we cannot give such things away unless we have a sense that we are (or will be) getting them back in return. </p> <p>This is understandable because our ego is designed to protect us. We feel the impact of our ego time and time again. We talk about not trusting without first being trusted, or not having to respect if not respected… and most certainly most of us will not love without feeling loved. </p> <p>If you think about it though, that potentially could send you deep into the loneliest existence you could ask for. I’m sure that you’ve heard we must first give in order to get. I have often said the only kind of respect we ‘earn’ is disrespect. Regardless, some people just cannot give these things blindly. Past hurts have driven these qualities so deep; they must be dug out by others with a shovel! </p> <p>I had a very interesting conversation with a dear friend of mine - another very accomplished coach - and we came to the conclusion, the fact remains; we must first give to receive. But no one is asking you to give these things to others blindly. I propose that you first give these things to yourself – trust me your ego will not stand in your way if you want to give these things to yourself. Self trust; if you trust your own judgment and the things you do, your confidence will do nothing but inspire others and they will trust you. If you respect yourself, others will see you standing with honor and integrity, allowing them to respect you… and if you love yourself – you are free to love others, and they will love you in return. Give to yourself – and you will receive – it’s the way of the Universe. </p> <p align="center">Love and Bright blessings ~ Richard</p> </td> </tr> </table> <p align="center"> </p> <p align="center">Richard can also be read at <a href="http://www.examiner.com/x-12479-SF-Parenting-Teens-Examiner" target="_blank">San Francisco Examiner.com</a> where he writes a daily Parenting Teens article and of course his book - </p> <p align="center"><em>Can Someone Please Tell Me Why My Life Sucks?! </em></p> <p class="style27" align="center"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Someone-Please-Tell-Life-Sucks/dp/B002ACRWSY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1243400163&sr=1-1" target="_blank" class="style27">Now available at Amazon.com!</a></p> <div align="left"> <p align="center"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Someone-Please-Tell-Life-Sucks/dp/B002ACRWSY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1243400163&sr=1-1" target="_blank"><img src="http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk58/richhills1/my_life_sucks.jpg" border="5" width="147" height="221" /> </a></p> <p align="center">For coaching sessions: </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://www.ingenio.com/calls/PT_interimcall.asp?sid=7473199"><img src="http://www.ingenio.com/calls/callimage.asp?sid=7473199&ImageType=1" border="0" /></a> </p> <p align="center">~ feel free to follow me on: <a href="http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=352125289" target="_blank">MySpace</a>... <a href="http://www.facebook.com/people/Richard-Hills/1428047112" target="_blank">Facebook</a>, <a href="http://twitter.com/home" target="_blank">Twitter</a> and a great new place <a href="http://luminosity.ning.com/" target="_blank">Luminosity</a> ~ </p> <p align="center"> <font face="times new roman,times" size="3"><a href="http://www.greenmancoaching.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk58/richhills1/BNRGreen.gif" border="0" width="468" height="60" /></a></font></p> </div><img src="http://www.ingenio.com/CommunityServer/aggbug.aspx?PostID=493485" width="1" height="1">What did you learn today?http://www.ingenio.com/CommunityServer/UserBlogPosts/Greenman_Coaching/What-did-you-learn-today/492729.aspxWed, 07 Oct 2009 13:18:00 GMT8ca05964-da1c-4176-9dbc-9d0bc609bb83:492729Greenman Coaching0http://www.ingenio.com/CommunityServer/blogs/13177722/comments/492729.aspxhttp://www.ingenio.com/CommunityServer/blogs/13177722/commentrss.aspx?PostID=492729 Greenman Coaching ~ Thought of the Day <div align="center"> <p><a href="http://www.greenmancoaching.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk58/richhills1/BNR_ThoughtOfDay.jpg" border="0" width="713" height="188" /></a> </p> <h1 class="style24"> </h1> </div> <table align="center" cellpadding="2"> <tr> <td><div align="center">What did you learn today? <br /> </div></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center"><p align="left"><img src="http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk58/richhills1/thought%20of%20the%20day%20pics/teaching.jpg" align="left" border="0" /> </p> <p>“If you don’t want to be a teacher, you’d better get off the planet.” Richard Bach wrote that in his Messiah’s Handbook, and it is so true. </p> <p>Of course we are not all certified teachers working within that very noble profession, but we are all teachers none-the-less. Any parent will understand this. Even if you are not a parent however I think it’s pretty clear that we are all teachers and students at different parts of our lives (heck, even at different parts of our day!) </p> <p>What we decide to teach and how we go about teaching it is what’s important though. Sometimes we are not even aware we are teaching. Our actions alone can be a teaching mechanism. What you do is so important. </p> <p>Be aware that you are teaching every day. What is it you want to teach?</p> <p align="center">Love and Bright blessings ~ Richard</p> </td> </tr> </table> <p align="center"> </p> <p align="center">Richard can also be read at <a href="http://www.examiner.com/x-12479-SF-Parenting-Teens-Examiner" target="_blank">San Francisco Examiner.com</a> where he writes a daily Parenting Teens article and of course his book - </p> <p align="center"><em>Can Someone Please Tell Me Why My Life Sucks?! </em></p> <p class="style27" align="center"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Someone-Please-Tell-Life-Sucks/dp/B002ACRWSY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1243400163&sr=1-1" target="_blank" class="style27">Now available at Amazon.com!</a></p> <div align="left"> <p align="center"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Someone-Please-Tell-Life-Sucks/dp/B002ACRWSY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1243400163&sr=1-1" target="_blank"><img src="http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk58/richhills1/my_life_sucks.jpg" border="5" width="147" height="221" /> </a></p> <p align="center">For coaching sessions: </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://www.ingenio.com/calls/PT_interimcall.asp?sid=7473199"><img src="http://www.ingenio.com/calls/callimage.asp?sid=7473199&ImageType=1" border="0" /></a> </p> <p align="center">~ feel free to follow me on: <a href="http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=352125289" target="_blank">MySpace</a>... <a href="http://www.facebook.com/people/Richard-Hills/1428047112" target="_blank">Facebook</a>, <a href="http://twitter.com/home" target="_blank">Twitter</a> and a great new place <a href="http://luminosity.ning.com/" target="_blank">Luminosity</a> ~ </p> <p align="center"> <font face="times new roman,times" size="3"><a href="http://www.greenmancoaching.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk58/richhills1/BNRGreen.gif" border="0" width="468" height="60" /></a></font></p> </div><img src="http://www.ingenio.com/CommunityServer/aggbug.aspx?PostID=492729" width="1" height="1">What's on your mind?http://www.ingenio.com/CommunityServer/UserBlogPosts/Greenman_Coaching/Whats-on-your-mind/492225.aspxThu, 01 Oct 2009 15:10:00 GMT8ca05964-da1c-4176-9dbc-9d0bc609bb83:492225Greenman Coaching0http://www.ingenio.com/CommunityServer/blogs/13177722/comments/492225.aspxhttp://www.ingenio.com/CommunityServer/blogs/13177722/commentrss.aspx?PostID=492225 Greenman Coaching ~ Thought of the Day <div align="center"> <p><a href="http://www.greenmancoaching.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk58/richhills1/BNR_ThoughtOfDay.jpg" border="0" width="713" height="188" /></a> </p> <h1 class="style24"> </h1> </div> <table align="center" cellpadding="2"> <tr> <td><div align="center">What on your mind? <br /> </div></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center"><p align="left"><img src="http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk58/richhills1/thought%20of%20the%20day%20pics/thinking.jpg" align="left" border="0" /> </p> <p>What are you thinking about? What happened yesterday? What’s going to happen tomorrow? All too often our minds are preoccupied with yesterday and tomorrow, and what are we really thinking of when we are thinking of yesterday? We are thinking of nothing. What are we thinking about when we are thinking of tomorrow? We are thinking of nothing. </p> <p>Yesterday and tomorrow are illusions. They don’t exist, and to spend one moment of time having them in our mind is filling our mind with nothing, and wasting time. Now, they say we must have a quiet mind, but I’m sure that is not what they were thinking of. </p> <p>Don’t think about yesterday or tomorrow. Think of now. Think of people in your life now. Think of the love you bring into the world now. Think of how you touch so many different lives now. Oh, you may think you’re not all that, but you’d be wrong. Everyone that you meet is moved in some special way. </p> <p>There is so much that can fill our mind, so why waste one instant on thinking about nothing.</p> <p align="center">Love and Bright blessings ~ Richard</p> </td> </tr> </table> <p align="center"> </p> <p align="center">Richard can also be read at <a href="http://www.examiner.com/x-12479-SF-Parenting-Teens-Examiner" target="_blank">San Francisco Examiner.com</a> where he writes a daily Parenting Teens article and of course his book - </p> <p align="center"><em>Can Someone Please Tell Me Why My Life Sucks?! </em></p> <p class="style27" align="center"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Someone-Please-Tell-Life-Sucks/dp/B002ACRWSY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1243400163&sr=1-1" target="_blank" class="style27">Now available at Amazon.com!</a></p> <div align="left"> <p align="center"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Someone-Please-Tell-Life-Sucks/dp/B002ACRWSY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1243400163&sr=1-1" target="_blank"><img src="http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk58/richhills1/my_life_sucks.jpg" border="5" width="147" height="221" /> </a></p> <p align="center">For coaching sessions: </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://www.ingenio.com/calls/PT_interimcall.asp?sid=7473199"><img src="http://www.ingenio.com/calls/callimage.asp?sid=7473199&ImageType=1" border="0" /></a> </p> <p align="center">~ feel free to follow me on: <a href="http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=352125289" target="_blank">MySpace</a>... <a href="http://www.facebook.com/people/Richard-Hills/1428047112" target="_blank">Facebook</a>, <a href="http://twitter.com/home" target="_blank">Twitter</a> and a great new place <a href="http://luminosity.ning.com/" target="_blank">Luminosity</a> ~ </p> <p align="center"> <font face="times new roman,times" size="3"><a href="http://www.greenmancoaching.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk58/richhills1/BNRGreen.gif" border="0" width="468" height="60" /></a></font></p> </div><img src="http://www.ingenio.com/CommunityServer/aggbug.aspx?PostID=492225" width="1" height="1">Deeper than deephttp://www.ingenio.com/CommunityServer/UserBlogPosts/Greenman_Coaching/Deeper-than-deep/492086.aspxTue, 29 Sep 2009 19:06:00 GMT8ca05964-da1c-4176-9dbc-9d0bc609bb83:492086Greenman Coaching0http://www.ingenio.com/CommunityServer/blogs/13177722/comments/492086.aspxhttp://www.ingenio.com/CommunityServer/blogs/13177722/commentrss.aspx?PostID=492086 Greenman Coaching ~ Thought of the Day <div align="center"> <p><a href="http://www.greenmancoaching.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk58/richhills1/BNR_ThoughtOfDay.jpg" border="0" width="713" height="188" /></a> </p> <h1 class="style24"> </h1> </div> <table align="center" cellpadding="2"> <tr> <td><div align="center">Deeper than deep <br /> </div></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center"><p align="left"><img src="http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk58/richhills1/thought%20of%20the%20day%20pics/1097193_flying_leaves_5.jpg" align="left" border="0" /> </p> <p>How easily swayed are you by what other people say? I’m not necessarily speaking about the difference between a leader or follower; we are all leaders and followers, teachers or students, at certain times in our lives. I’m talking about how well do you know yourself at the core, and how shaken are you when someone tells you something different? </p> <p>It happens all the time. Others often see something in us that we would not normally feel about ourselves. Do others see you as the martyr? The victim? The know-it-all? Of course most of it is little more than projection, when they see the worst of themselves in you, but they wouldn’t even project those dark qualities unless there were some truth in it. </p> <p>I’m not saying that others can (or should) control who you are by their projections and opinions; nothing could be further from the truth. You are who you are at the core, but if you don’t truly know what that is, you can easily be carried here and there, like a leaf in an autumn wind. Take the time to truly know yourself, to center yourself – then when others want to project their worst nightmare on you, at least you are ready to tell them – piss off. </p> <p align="center">Love and Bright blessings ~ Richard</p> </td> </tr> </table> <p align="center"> </p> <p align="center">Richard can also be read at <a href="http://www.examiner.com/x-12479-SF-Parenting-Teens-Examiner" target="_blank">San Francisco Examiner.com</a> where he writes a daily Parenting Teens article and of course his book - </p> <p align="center"><em>Can Someone Please Tell Me Why My Life Sucks?! </em></p> <p class="style27" align="center"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Someone-Please-Tell-Life-Sucks/dp/B002ACRWSY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1243400163&sr=1-1" target="_blank" class="style27">Now available at Amazon.com!</a></p> <div align="left"> <p align="center"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Someone-Please-Tell-Life-Sucks/dp/B002ACRWSY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1243400163&sr=1-1" target="_blank"><img src="http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk58/richhills1/my_life_sucks.jpg" border="5" width="147" height="221" /> </a></p> <p align="center">For coaching sessions: </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://www.ingenio.com/calls/PT_interimcall.asp?sid=7473199"><img src="http://www.ingenio.com/calls/callimage.asp?sid=7473199&ImageType=1" border="0" /></a> </p> <p align="center">~ feel free to follow me on: <a href="http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=352125289" target="_blank">MySpace</a>... <a href="http://www.facebook.com/people/Richard-Hills/1428047112" target="_blank">Facebook</a>, <a href="http://twitter.com/home" target="_blank">Twitter</a> and a great new place <a href="http://luminosity.ning.com/" target="_blank">Luminosity</a> ~ </p> <p align="center"> <font face="times new roman,times" size="3"><a href="http://www.greenmancoaching.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk58/richhills1/BNRGreen.gif" border="0" width="468" height="60" /></a></font></p> </div><img src="http://www.ingenio.com/CommunityServer/aggbug.aspx?PostID=492086" width="1" height="1">Relationships; ya can't live without em and ...http://www.ingenio.com/CommunityServer/UserBlogPosts/Greenman_Coaching/Relationships--ya-cant-live-without-em-and/491986.aspxMon, 28 Sep 2009 17:06:00 GMT8ca05964-da1c-4176-9dbc-9d0bc609bb83:491986Greenman Coaching0http://www.ingenio.com/CommunityServer/blogs/13177722/comments/491986.aspxhttp://www.ingenio.com/CommunityServer/blogs/13177722/commentrss.aspx?PostID=491986 Greenman Coaching ~ Thought of the Day <div align="center"> <p><a href="http://www.greenmancoaching.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk58/richhills1/BNR_ThoughtOfDay.jpg" border="0" width="713" height="188" /></a> </p> <h1 class="style24"> </h1> </div> <table align="center" cellpadding="2"> <tr> <td><div align="center">Relationships: Can't live without em... <br /> </div></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center"><p align="left"><img src="http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk58/richhills1/hanpaint91.jpg" align="left" border="0" /> </p> <p>Are you in a relationship? I hope you said yes! I know the first thing you thought of was your marriage or your boyfriend / girlfriend – your romantic relationship. But I’m here to tell you, your life is full of relationships and they are not all romantic, some are actually unpleasant; Aren’t they? </p> <p>But I want to make sure you understand that everyone you come into contact with, you initiate a relationship. Now that may seem like a heavy responsibility, and guess what? It is! It’s a big responsibility but is not anything to worry about or fear that you cannot do. It truth, you’re already in a relationship with them, you just didn’t really know it – we are connected.</p> <p>This is the greatest thing we have been given. Our relationships allow us to live life. Can you imagine if you woke up one morning and there was NO ONE left on the planet? You’d probably want to kill yourself. Our relationships help to define us… and not because it’s what other people think of us, but rather how we act (our action) towards others. </p> <p>The core of our relationships is the same core in every human being – Love. If you move forward with this knowledge, just watch your joy grow. Your relationship with the mailman, the baby sitter, the husband, wife, kids, PTA, … your relationship with mom and dad, siblings, neighbors, church members, internet buddies… every relationship which is centered in love is one that connects us all.</p> <p>We are in a revolution – an evolution – and at the core of this revolution is love; catch the ride it’s gonna be AWESOME!</p><p>Relationships; ya can’t live without em, and ya can’t live without em!</p> <p align="center">Love and Bright blessings ~ Richard</p> </td> </tr> </table> <p align="center"> </p> <p align="center">Richard can also be read at <a href="http://www.examiner.com/x-12479-SF-Parenting-Teens-Examiner" target="_blank">San Francisco Examiner.com</a> where he writes a daily Parenting Teens article and of course his book - </p> <p align="center"><em>Can Someone Please Tell Me Why My Life Sucks?! </em></p> <p class="style27" align="center"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Someone-Please-Tell-Life-Sucks/dp/B002ACRWSY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1243400163&sr=1-1" target="_blank" class="style27">Now available at Amazon.com!</a></p> <div align="left"> <p align="center"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Someone-Please-Tell-Life-Sucks/dp/B002ACRWSY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1243400163&sr=1-1" target="_blank"><img src="http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk58/richhills1/my_life_sucks.jpg" border="5" width="147" height="221" /> </a></p> <p align="center">For coaching sessions: </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://www.ingenio.com/calls/PT_interimcall.asp?sid=7473199"><img src="http://www.ingenio.com/calls/callimage.asp?sid=7473199&ImageType=1" border="0" /></a> </p> <p align="center">~ feel free to follow me on: <a href="http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=352125289" target="_blank">MySpace</a>... <a href="http://www.facebook.com/people/Richard-Hills/1428047112" target="_blank">Facebook</a>, <a href="http://twitter.com/home" target="_blank">Twitter</a> and a great new place <a href="http://luminosity.ning.com/" target="_blank">Luminosity</a> ~ </p> <p align="center"> <font face="times new roman,times" size="3"><a href="http://www.greenmancoaching.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk58/richhills1/BNRGreen.gif" border="0" width="468" height="60" /></a></font></p> </div><img src="http://www.ingenio.com/CommunityServer/aggbug.aspx?PostID=491986" width="1" height="1">How will you get by?http://www.ingenio.com/CommunityServer/UserBlogPosts/Greenman_Coaching/How-will-you-get-by/491369.aspxMon, 21 Sep 2009 17:24:00 GMT8ca05964-da1c-4176-9dbc-9d0bc609bb83:491369Greenman Coaching0http://www.ingenio.com/CommunityServer/blogs/13177722/comments/491369.aspxhttp://www.ingenio.com/CommunityServer/blogs/13177722/commentrss.aspx?PostID=491369 Greenman Coaching ~ Thought of the Day <div align="center"> <p><a href="http://www.greenmancoaching.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk58/richhills1/BNR_ThoughtOfDay.jpg" border="0" width="713" height="188" /></a> </p> <h1 class="style24"> </h1> </div> <table align="center" cellpadding="2"> <tr> <td><div align="center">How will you get by? <br /> </div></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center"><p align="left"><a href="http://sweetcatastrophe08.deviantart.com/gallery/" target="_blank"><img src="http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk58/richhills1/thought%20of%20the%20day%20pics/GodisLove.jpg" alt="Photo by Emily Hills" align="left" border="0" /></a> </p> <p>“God is Love”, I don’t know who might have said that first. I suppose it’s in the Bible somewhere – I’m pretty sure Jesus said it – I know Jesus said it in so many words at least (I’m not a big Bible quoter). Anyway, long days gone by are the days of a vengeful God. God IS love, and she lives among us.</p> <p>Have you ever wondered how you will get by? Perhaps you’ve wondered how the world will be able to survive all the pain and suffering it has now. Just remember that God is Love. Make that your mantra if you must (it’s a pretty good one). God is in each and every one of us; it is what connects us. </p> <p>So how will you get by? <em>We</em> get by, by turning ourselves inside-out. Take the Divine love that exists inside you and put on the outside for all to see and share in. Do that and the joy will by yours!</p> <p align="center">Love and Bright blessings ~ Richard</p> </td> </tr> </table> <p align="center"> </p> <p align="center">Richard can also be read at <a href="http://www.examiner.com/x-12479-SF-Parenting-Teens-Examiner" target="_blank">San Francisco Examiner.com</a> where he writes a daily Parenting Teens article and of course his book - </p> <p align="center"><em>Can Someone Please Tell Me Why My Life Sucks?! </em></p> <p class="style27" align="center"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Someone-Please-Tell-Life-Sucks/dp/B002ACRWSY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1243400163&sr=1-1" target="_blank" class="style27">Now available at Amazon.com!</a></p> <div align="left"> <p align="center"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Someone-Please-Tell-Life-Sucks/dp/B002ACRWSY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1243400163&sr=1-1" target="_blank"><img src="http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk58/richhills1/my_life_sucks.jpg" border="5" width="147" height="221" /> </a></p> <p align="center">For coaching sessions: </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://www.ingenio.com/calls/PT_interimcall.asp?sid=7473199"><img src="http://www.ingenio.com/calls/callimage.asp?sid=7473199&ImageType=1" border="0" /></a> </p> <p align="center">~ feel free to follow me on: <a href="http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=352125289" target="_blank">MySpace</a>... <a href="http://www.facebook.com/people/Richard-Hills/1428047112" target="_blank">Facebook</a>, <a href="http://twitter.com/home" target="_blank">Twitter</a> and a great new place <a href="http://luminosity.ning.com/" target="_blank">Luminosity</a> ~ </p> <p align="center"> <font face="times new roman,times" size="3"><a href="http://www.greenmancoaching.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk58/richhills1/BNRGreen.gif" border="0" width="468" height="60" /></a></font></p> </div><img src="http://www.ingenio.com/CommunityServer/aggbug.aspx?PostID=491369" width="1" height="1">Where tragedy confronts eternityhttp://www.ingenio.com/CommunityServer/UserBlogPosts/Greenman_Coaching/Where-tragedy-confronts-eternity/491119.aspxFri, 18 Sep 2009 16:02:00 GMT8ca05964-da1c-4176-9dbc-9d0bc609bb83:491119Greenman Coaching0http://www.ingenio.com/CommunityServer/blogs/13177722/comments/491119.aspxhttp://www.ingenio.com/CommunityServer/blogs/13177722/commentrss.aspx?PostID=491119 Greenman Coaching ~ Thought of the Day <div align="center"> <p><a href="http://www.greenmancoaching.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk58/richhills1/BNR_ThoughtOfDay.jpg" border="0" width="713" height="188" /></a> </p> <h1 class="style24"> </h1> </div> <table align="center" cellpadding="2"> <tr> <td><div align="center">"Where tragedy confronts eternity" <br /> </div></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center"><p align="left"><a href="http://sweetcatastrophe08.deviantart.com/gallery/" target="_blank"><img src="http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk58/richhills1/thought%20of%20the%20day%20pics/theShack.jpg" alt="Photo by Emily Hills" align="left" border="0" /></a> </p> <p>Many of you may know I am continuing my education in the field of psychology. As a student I don't have the opportunity to read a great deal for pleasure only. While I enjoy many of my text books (many of them can be found on my <a href="http://www.greenmancoaching.com/books.html" target="_blank">website</a>) I've put off reading novels until this summer break.</p> <p>The Shack, is a book that came highly recommended to me. It is a spiritual novel and I'm not even finished with it and I will highly recommend it to you! It is an excellent novel. I've already cried, smiled inside and laughed out loud reading it. Written by Wm. Paul Young, it is a short 252 pages, but reads as if only 50. Yes, it is that sort of page turner. In fact I recommend that you do not start reading it until you have a chunk of free time, because you will NOT want to put it down. </p> <p>Lastly, I want to add if you are a Christian this is a must read book. This book will bring you ever so much closer to your faith. If you've ever wondered about the Holy Trinity, you may find answers here, if you've ever wondered why Jesus died on the cross - it becomes ever so poignantly clear in this novel (it made me cry). </p> <p>If you are former Christian, or someone that has turn away from Christianity don't let my former statements disuade you from reading this book. Regardless of your faith, it holds a deep spirituality and has something for everyone.</p> <p>Buy it today!</p> <p>  </p> <p align="center">Love and Bright blessings ~ Richard</p> </td> </tr> </table> <p align="center"> </p> <p align="center">Richard can also be read at <a href="http://www.examiner.com/x-12479-SF-Parenting-Teens-Examiner" target="_blank">San Francisco Examiner.com</a> where he writes a daily Parenting Teens article and of course his book - </p> <p align="center"><em>Can Someone Please Tell Me Why My Life Sucks?! </em></p> <p class="style27" align="center"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Someone-Please-Tell-Life-Sucks/dp/B002ACRWSY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1243400163&sr=1-1" target="_blank" class="style27">Now available at Amazon.com!</a></p> <div align="left"> <p align="center"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Someone-Please-Tell-Life-Sucks/dp/B002ACRWSY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1243400163&sr=1-1" target="_blank"><img src="http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk58/richhills1/my_life_sucks.jpg" border="5" width="147" height="221" /> </a></p> <p align="center">For coaching sessions: </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://www.ingenio.com/calls/PT_interimcall.asp?sid=7473199"><img src="http://www.ingenio.com/calls/callimage.asp?sid=7473199&ImageType=1" border="0" /></a> </p> <p align="center">~ feel free to follow me on: <a href="http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=352125289" target="_blank">MySpace</a>... <a href="http://www.facebook.com/people/Richard-Hills/1428047112" target="_blank">Facebook</a>, <a href="http://twitter.com/home" target="_blank">Twitter</a> and a great new place <a href="http://luminosity.ning.com/" target="_blank">Luminosity</a> ~ </p> <p align="center"> <font face="times new roman,times" size="3"><a href="http://www.greenmancoaching.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk58/richhills1/BNRGreen.gif" border="0" width="468" height="60" /></a></font></p> </div><img src="http://www.ingenio.com/CommunityServer/aggbug.aspx?PostID=491119" width="1" height="1">Enter the darknesshttp://www.ingenio.com/CommunityServer/UserBlogPosts/Greenman_Coaching/Enter-the-darkness/490780.aspxTue, 15 Sep 2009 18:27:00 GMT8ca05964-da1c-4176-9dbc-9d0bc609bb83:490780Greenman Coaching0http://www.ingenio.com/CommunityServer/blogs/13177722/comments/490780.aspxhttp://www.ingenio.com/CommunityServer/blogs/13177722/commentrss.aspx?PostID=490780 Greenman Coaching ~ Thought of the Day <div align="center"> <p><a href="http://www.greenmancoaching.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk58/richhills1/BNR_ThoughtOfDay.jpg" border="0" width="713" height="188" /></a> </p> <h1 class="style24"> </h1> </div> <table align="center" cellpadding="2"> <tr> <td><div align="center">Enter the darkness<br /> </div></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center"><p align="left"><a href="http://sweetcatastrophe08.deviantart.com/gallery/" target="_blank"><img src="http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk58/richhills1/thought%20of%20the%20day%20pics/Fahrenheit_451_by_sweetcatastrophe0.jpg" alt="Photo by Emily Hills" align="left" border="0" /></a> </p> <p>“From ghoulies and ghosties <br /> And long-leggedy beasties<br /> And <em>things that go bump in the night</em>,<br /> Good Lord, deliver us!”</p> <p>We’ve all heard at least some of this ancient Scottish prayer. But is it the lord that will deliver us? How many times have you woken in the middle of the night and every sound you heard was nerve wracking – even dangerous? Have you every glanced at a toy spider and shrieked out of fear?</p> <p>There is little doubt that our fears are mostly conjured up from the mind, and the mind alone. What is your greatest fear? If you think about it, I’m sure you’ll come up with one – the key word here is, <em>think</em> about it. There is a psychological practice called “flooding” where we are over exposed to our fears, in an attempt to overcome those same fears. Afraid of spiders? (millions are) How about having to move 10 tarantulas from one container to another with nothing more than your bare hands – that would be considered flooding. </p> <p>But flooding is nothing more than <em>forcing</em> your mind to know something else. Can’t you change your mind all on your own? We change our minds about things nearly every day. </p> <p>My over all point here is that our fear is largely a product of our mind. What we believe is true, comes true and our entire body responds to something in our mind alone, in a very real physical way. </p> <p>If fear can have this hold over us – just think what love can do. </p> <p align="center">Love and Bright blessings ~ Richard</p> </td> </tr> </table> <p align="center"> </p> <p align="center">Richard can also be read at <a href="http://www.examiner.com/x-12479-SF-Parenting-Teens-Examiner" target="_blank">San Francisco Examiner.com</a> where he writes a daily Parenting Teens article and of course his book - </p> <p align="center"><em>Can Someone Please Tell Me Why My Life Sucks?! </em></p> <p class="style27" align="center"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Someone-Please-Tell-Life-Sucks/dp/B002ACRWSY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1243400163&sr=1-1" target="_blank" class="style27">Now available at Amazon.com!</a></p> <div align="left"> <p align="center"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Someone-Please-Tell-Life-Sucks/dp/B002ACRWSY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1243400163&sr=1-1" target="_blank"><img src="http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk58/richhills1/my_life_sucks.jpg" border="5" width="147" height="221" /> </a></p> <p align="center">For coaching sessions: </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://www.ingenio.com/calls/PT_interimcall.asp?sid=7473199"><img src="http://www.ingenio.com/calls/callimage.asp?sid=7473199&ImageType=1" border="0" /></a> </p> <p align="center">~ feel free to follow me on: <a href="http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=352125289" target="_blank">MySpace</a>... <a href="http://www.facebook.com/people/Richard-Hills/1428047112" target="_blank">Facebook</a>, <a href="http://twitter.com/home" target="_blank">Twitter</a> and a great new place <a href="http://luminosity.ning.com/" target="_blank">Luminosity</a> ~ </p> <p align="center"> <font face="times new roman,times" size="3"><a href="http://www.greenmancoaching.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk58/richhills1/BNRGreen.gif" border="0" width="468" height="60" /></a></font></p> </div><img src="http://www.ingenio.com/CommunityServer/aggbug.aspx?PostID=490780" width="1" height="1">Shhhhhhhhttp://www.ingenio.com/CommunityServer/UserBlogPosts/Greenman_Coaching/Shhhhhhh/490395.aspxMon, 14 Sep 2009 15:45:00 GMT8ca05964-da1c-4176-9dbc-9d0bc609bb83:490395Greenman Coaching0http://www.ingenio.com/CommunityServer/blogs/13177722/comments/490395.aspxhttp://www.ingenio.com/CommunityServer/blogs/13177722/commentrss.aspx?PostID=490395 Greenman Coaching ~ Thought of the Day <div align="center"> <p><a href="http://www.greenmancoaching.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk58/richhills1/BNR_ThoughtOfDay.jpg" border="0" width="713" height="188" /></a> </p> <h1 class="style24"> </h1> </div> <table align="center" cellpadding="2"> <tr> <td><div align="center">Shhhhhhh<br /> </div></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center"><p align="left"><img src="http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk58/richhills1/thought%20of%20the%20day%20pics/worship.jpg" alt="Photobucket" align="left" border="0" /> </p> <p>"The most power prayer, one well nigh omnipotent, and the worthiest work of all is the outcome of a quiet mind." Meister Eckhart wrote that, and if you don’t believe it just give it a try. Jesus told us; “ when you pray, enter into your inner chamber, and having shut your door, pray to your Father who is in secret, and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.” The Buddha teaches us; “The greatest prayer is patience.” If it doesn’t take a quiet mind to be patient, I don’t know what does. </p> <p>There you have it. Spiritual leaders have always taught us that our communion with the Divine, the Greater Source – God – is to shut your mouth and open your heart. Opening your heart is an act of gratitude, not supplication. I think Mother Teresa put it very well; “Before you speak, it is necessary for you to listen, for God speaks in the silence of the heart.”</p> <p>You’ve gotten the message, now it’s time to kick it up notch. </p> <p align="center">Love and Bright blessings ~ Richard</p> </td> </tr> </table> <p align="center"> </p> <p align="center">Richard can also be read at <a href="http://www.examiner.com/x-12479-SF-Parenting-Teens-Examiner" target="_blank">San Francisco Examiner.com</a> where he writes a daily Parenting Teens article and of course his book - </p> <p align="center"><em>Can Someone Please Tell Me Why My Life Sucks?! </em></p> <p class="style27" align="center"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Someone-Please-Tell-Life-Sucks/dp/B002ACRWSY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1243400163&sr=1-1" target="_blank" class="style27">Now available at Amazon.com!</a></p> <div align="left"> <p align="center"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Someone-Please-Tell-Life-Sucks/dp/B002ACRWSY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1243400163&sr=1-1" target="_blank"><img src="http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk58/richhills1/my_life_sucks.jpg" border="5" width="147" height="221" /> </a></p> <p align="center">For coaching sessions: </p> <p align="center"><a href="http://www.ingenio.com/calls/PT_interimcall.asp?sid=7473199"><img src="http://www.ingenio.com/calls/callimage.asp?sid=7473199&ImageType=1" border="0" /></a> </p> <p align="center">~ feel free to follow me on: <a href="http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=352125289" target="_blank">MySpace</a>... <a href="http://www.facebook.com/people/Richard-Hills/1428047112" target="_blank">Facebook</a>, <a href="http://twitter.com/home" target="_blank">Twitter</a> and a great new place <a href="http://luminosity.ning.com/" target="_blank">Luminosity</a> ~ </p> <p align="center"> <font face="times new roman,times" size="3"><a href="http://www.greenmancoaching.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk58/richhills1/BNRGreen.gif" border="0" width="468" height="60" /></a></font></p> </div><img src="http://www.ingenio.com/CommunityServer/aggbug.aspx?PostID=490395" width="1" height="1">