Daily Thoughts & Issues

IN THIS ISSUE:

NOVEMBER 20

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Achieve Your Dreams

November 20 - Princess Elizabeth marries Lt. Philip Mountbatten (1947). Four years later, she becomes Queen of England. * Remembrance Day for Meister Johannes Eckhart (d 1328), Christian mystic. He taught of the Four Ways of the Journey - Via Creativa, Via Positiva, Via Negativa and Via Transformativa. * Battle of Tarawa-Makin (1943) The US began its offensive against Japan in the Central Pacific during the night by attacking the Gilbert Islands, particularly the islets of Betio and Makin. The Japanese had heavily fortified the Tarawa chain of atolls, especially Tarawa, with pillboxes, blockhouses and ferroconcrete bombproofs. In the eight days it took to take the islands, 1000 US soldiers were killed and 2311 wounded. The Japanese loss was tallied at 4,700 men killed. The US public, who through censorship previously had been kept in the dark about the human cost of the war, was appalled by casualty figures and photographs from this battle. (though Russia lost over 12 million people in the war. * Nuremberg War Crimes Trial (1945) with indictments against 24 former Nazi leaders. One committed suicide, one excused because of his physical and mental condition, twelve were sentenced to death by hanging, three to life imprisonment, four to lesser prison terms and three were acquitted. * The UN proclaimed this day for the purpose of mobilizing the commitment of the international community to the industrialization of the continent. (1989). * UN designated Universal Children's Day a time to honor children and to make children's needs known to governments * Birthdays: Robert F. Kennedy, Sean Young, Steve Dahl, Richard Dawson, Marcus D (Mark) Gastineau, Richard Masur, Ricardo Montalban, Dick Smothers.

Express your feelings so anger doesn't build up!

DAILY THOUGHTS

Too many times, the man does all the gentle touching and caressing and the woman just writhes around trying to be sensual. - John, 30 Best of 1001 Sex Secrets Every Man & Woman Should Know

Childhood memories are invaluable, especially as one ages. Parents can help children create accurate memories. For example, if a family member is deceased, ask your children if they remember her or him. Help them reconstruct a mental image with pictures and words that they can use throughout their lifetime. Dr. Buff's 365 Day Parenting Calendar

Exercise appears to be the single most effective nonmedical elixir to retard again. Long daily walks are part of the job of successful aging. Men and women who walk at least half an hour every day cut their mortality rates in half compared with sedentary people of both sexes. New Passages

Weather Woes. Frostbite, from prolonged exposure to dry, freezing air, usually occurs in the extremities, particularly the fingers and toes. Chilblains come from damp cold and may cause reddening, burning, and itching skin. Trench foot comes from standing nearly stationary for long periods in cold or wet conditions. The Old Farmer's Almanac

There is another problem with power: aloneness. Where there is a similarity, in at least one dimension, between spiritual and political power. Someone who is approaching the peak of spiritual evolution is like someone at the peak of political power. There is no one above to whom to pass the buck; no one to blame; no one to tell you how to do it. There may not even be anyone on the same level to share the agony or the responsibility. Others may advise, but the decision is yours alone. You alone are responsible. The Road Less Traveled

We need a deep-seated, imaginative, constantly deepening moral sensitivity; defensive moralism not only thwarts the soul's thirst for pleasure, it also precludes a truly guiding morality founded in wisdom. Soul Mates

Success is rooted in vision. Always affirm that you will succeed. Achieve Your Dreams

Things to Be Happy About:  Restored brownstones. Peace conferences. Visiting all 50 states.  14,000 Things to Be Happy About

People will notice your feet if you wear two different socks. Really Important Stuff My Kids Have Taught Me

Since there s no-refund, no-exchange policy on this body of yours, it is essential that you learn to transform your body from a mere vessel into a beloved partner and lifelong ally, as the relationship between you and your body is the most fundamental and important relationship of your lifetime. It is the blueprint from which all your other relationships will be built.  If Life is a Game, These are the Rules

When Alexander the Great, King of Macedonia during the fourth century B.C., and his lover Hephaestion, a Macedonian warrior, visited ancient Troy, they laid wreaths at the burial site of lovers Achilles and Patroclus who, like Alexander and Hephaestion, had also been comrades as well as lovers.  Gay & Lesbian Calendar

If you focus on principles, you empower everyone who understands those principles to act without constant monitoring, evaluating, correcting, or controlling. Principles have universal application, and when these are internalized into habits, they empower people to create a wide variety of practices to deal with different situations.  Seven Habits of Highly Effective People

The changes we need to make to our lives are the obvious ones. But we're often too busy to stop and think about what we need to do to bring them about. We've been so caught up in the stress and the pressures and the demands of our days that we've gotten out of the habit of thinking about our lives. Simplify Your Life

Torso Rotation: Standing with feet shoulder width apart and hands on hips, rotate your torso as far to the right as you can and hold for 5 seconds. Repeat both sides 5 times.  Stress Busters

For the Kids: Snip old stamps off letters to start a collection!  Ask your parents to save all their old envelopes for you. Cut off the stamps. Pretty soon you'll have tons of different stamps to study or look at. Try it. (Editor: And, it's cheaper than stickers.) To Do Today

If a man has talent and cannot use it, he has failed. If he has a talent and uses only half of it, he has partly failed. If he has a talent and learns somehow to use the whole of it, he has gloriously succeeded, and won a satisfaction and a triumph few men ever know. - Thomas Wolfe. Win the Day!

TODAY'S ISSUE: GREAT AMERICAN SMOKE-OUT

Day to give up smoking (sniffing, chewing) to preserve one's own health and the health of one's loved ones.

The American Cancer Society organized the first Great American Smokeout in 1977. The purpose was to encourage smokers to quit for one day to prove that they could do it. Each year, more Americans try to quit smoking on the day of the Great American Smokeout than any other day of the year - including New Year's Day.

The Great American Smokeout takes place each year on the third Thursday of November. Millions of Americans will stub out their cigarettes on that day.

For more information about the Great American Smokeout or for tips on how to quit smoking, please contact the American Cancer Society at 800-ACS-2345 or visit their website at www.cancer.org.

No Smoking Day in Great Britain is around March 8. Smoking info plus Second Hand Smoke and Most Smokers Can't Collect Social Security

Hey Man: Did you make a difference yesterday? Let us know at Contact Us If you smoke and have children or grand children, take a wallet size picture of them and slip it behind the cellophane in your pack of cigarettes on your cigarette holder. Think about them before you light up What Every Man Needs to Know Want to make a difference but you don't know where to start?

 

BOOK OF THE WEEK

 Why Men Never Remember and Women Never Forget, Marianne J. Legato. How can men and women see the same things so differently that it sometimes seems they belong to different species? The author and founder of the Partnership for Gender-Sepcific Medicine at Columbia University, explains that it's because we are different, and vastly so. Every system of the human body, from the skin that covers us to the hearts that beat within our chests to the digestive system, is physiologically and functionally different - especially our brains. Scientists are learning more every day about how these distinctions translate into differences in the way men and women approach problems and experience the world around us. The good news is that there's a way to bridge the physiological gap, and it starts with understanding those differences and learning to think a little more like the other sex. With the leading expert in gender-specific medicine as your guide, you'll understand the person on the other side of the bed, desk or boardroom like never before. Rodale, rodalestore.com, 2005, ISBN 1-59486-527-2

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  • Wendy McElroy - Wendy McElroy on Feminism, www.menstuff.org/columns/mcelroy/archive.html
  • Robert N. Minor - Minor Details - on GBT sexuality - www.menstuff.org/columns/minordetails/archive.html
  • Robert L. Moore - Man & Mythology - www.menstuff.org/columns/moore/archive.html
  • Dennis W. Neder - Being a Man - general questions about men's lives - www.menstuff.org/columns/neder/archive.html
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  • Judith Sherven - Judith & Jim - discussion and answers regarding relationship issues - www.menstuff.org/columns/judith&jim/archive.html
  • Judith Sherven - The New Intimacy - www.menstuff.org/columns/newintimacy/archive.html
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AWARENESS EVENTS THIS MONTH

November is International Impotency Awareness Month. We provide background information on this new drug and alternatives to Viagra. Impotency, Viagra and other solutions as well as Books on the subject. National Diabetes Awareness, Lung Cancer Awareness, Native American Heritage, Aviation History, Diabetic Eye Disease, Dummies for Tummies, Epilepsy Awareness, International Drum, *National Adoption, National Alzheimer's Disease, National American Indian Heritage, National Family Caregivers, National Child Safety and Protection, National Life Writing; National Marrow Awareness; National Sleep Comfort; Orphan Disease; Peanut Butter Lovers; Vegan Awareness Month

11/1-12/13:  Merlin's Snug Hugs for Kids, 11/27-12/26: Ramadan. 11/1/00-01/01/01: Tie One on the Safety; 11/4-12/4: Jewish Book Month. 11/26-12/25: Operation Blessing International's 30 Days of Holiday Hope. 11/27-12/26: Ramadan. 11/1-7: Vegan Awareness; World Communication. 11/5-11: Pursuit of Happiness, National Chemistry Week. 11/6-10: Kids' Goals Education Week 11/6-12: Random Acts of Kindness; Shallow Persons Awareness Week 11/8-14: Pursuit of Happiness Week. 11/9-13: Goodwill Annual Used Book Sale. 11/12-18: *American Education; National Geography Awareness, Operating Room Nurse Week. 11/13-19: National Children's Book Week. 11/17-19: National Donor Sabbath. 11/17-23: *National Farm-City Week. 18 -25 November 2000: International Herpes Awareness Week. 11/18 -25 International Herpes Awareness Week 11/19-25:  *National Family; National Family Caregivers; National Game and Puzzle Week. 11/19-26: Bible Week. 11/1-2: Day of the Dead. 11/1 is All Saints Day, National Authors; National Family Literacy. 11/2: US Elecetion Day - Vote Absentee Ballot. All Soul's Day; National Men Make Dinner; 11/3: Culture Day. 11/3-5: Great American Warm-Up; 11/4: Sadie Hawkins; Sweden All Saints. 11/5: Guy Fawkes Day. 11/6: Halfway Point of Autumn. 11/8: Punsters; Abet and Aid Punsters; Cook Something Bold and Pungent; National Young Reader's Day. 11/10: USMC Birthday, Veterans Day (Observed); Lung Cancer Awareness; 11/11: Veterans Day; Remembrance Day; Vox Populi Day. Cook Something Bold Day. 11/12: America Recycles Day. 11/13: World Kindness Day. 11/14: Children's Day (India); National American Teddy Bear; National Community Education Day. 11/15: Gypsy Condemnation Order Anniversary, Shichi-Go-San (Japan); National Educational Support Personnel Day. 11/16: *Great American Smokeout; World Harvest, International Day for Tolerance; 11/17: World Peace Day. 11/19: World's Men's, Have a Bad Day; 11/20: Universal Children's; UN African Industrialization Day. 11/21: UN World Television; World Hello Day. 11/22: National Stop the Violence Day. 11/23: *Thanksgiving Day (US) 11/24: Sinkie Day; Buy Nothing; "What Do You Love about America Day; 11/25: You're Welcomgiving Day. 11/29: UN International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People. 11/30: Computer Security; Stay Home Because You're Well Day.

* Means a Presidential Proclamation has been made.

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