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Thoughts & Issues IN THIS ISSUE: MARCH 21
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March 21 - Swiss psychiatrist Bertrand Piccard and British copilot Brian Jones landed in the Egyptian desert (1999) having flown 29,056 miles nonstop around the world in a hot-air balloon. Left the Swiss Alps on March 1, the trip took 19 days, 21 hours and 55 minutes. * Annual observance initiated by UN General Assembly as part of its program of the Decade for Action to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination. * In a suicide/assassination attempt planned for this date, Major General Baron von Gersdorff was to carry a bomb in the pocket of his greatcoat to the "Heroes Memorial Day" annual dedication to the dead of the First World War. Hitler was to attend this event to inspect some weaponry taken from captured Russian soldiers. The bomb was to go off within 10 minutes of Hitler's arrival at the event as he was not expected to be there for very long. The conspirators were unable to locate the necessary short time fuse and the attempt had to be called off. This was the second serious plan to assassinate Hitler in 1943. * Independence Day in Namibia. * Birthdays: Johann Sebastian Bach, Timothy Dalton, Matthew Broderick, Peter Brook, Al Freeman, Jr., Gary Oldman. The decision to withhold the truth must always be based entirely upon the needs of the person or people from whom the truth is being withheld. The Road Less Traveled What significant action was ordered by Judge Garrity in Boston, Mass in 1974? Desegregation of the city's schools. African American History Stroke my back and legs very lightly with my hairbrush. - Lynn, 24 Best of 1001 Sex Secrets Every Man & Woman Should Know If you don't turn off the television, do you think your child will? Dr. Buff's 365 Day Parenting Calendar Probably the worst thing a middle manager in mid-life can do today is plan to play out the same string to the end. The individual must take more responsibility for designing the right balance of life and work for himself or herself at difference stages. New Passages Different House, Different Rules. No two families have identical standards - or identical children - so sooner or later, parents are bound to disagree. It's important to learn how to address conflict without feeling that it will negatively affect the relationship between your children and the families. It's always a good idea to talk about differences instead of avoiding them or withdrawing. The goal should be to air your feelings about the way you prefer to do things, without judging the other family. Also, keep these differences in approach in context - if your child has sweets at a friend's house when you normally don't allow it, it is an exception and not the rule. Think of all the other hours and days you are contributing to and shaping your child's life. Parents Tips & Tricks The distance between our intentions and expectations of marriage on the one hand, an the reality it presents on the other, indicates how far removed from consciousness and reason marriage can be. Soul Mates Effort is only effort when it begins to hurt. - Ortega y Gasset Achieve Your Dreams Things to Be Happy About: Making a tough decision. Lowbrow stuff your secretly love. Receiving unconditional love. 14,000 Things to Be Happy About Stick up for your brother. Really Important Stuff My Kids Have Taught Me By continuously engaging a cycle of longing, you never actually allow yourself to be in the present. You end up living your life at some point just off in the future. You only have one moment - the one right here, right now. If you skip over "here" in your rush to get "there", you deny yourself the full range of feelings and sensations that can only be experienced in the present moment. If Life is a Game, These are the Rules Probably the greatest benefit you will experience from exercising will be the development of your muscles of proactively. As you act based on the value of physical well-being, instead of reacting to all the forces that keep you from exercising, your paradigm of yourself, your self-esteem, your self-confidence, and your integrity will be profoundly affected. Seven Habits of Highly Effective People Take a close look at the things you're surrounded with, both at home and in your workplace. Sometimes we can go for months or years without noticing, at least on a conscious level, some aspect of our environment that is less than pleasing. Take whatever steps are necessary to make the places you spend your time in as inspiring, beautiful, and liberating for your spirit as possible. Simplify Your Life Take a break from focusing on your own problems and volunteer some of your time and talents to a worthwhile cause. A bad hair day may not seem so bad when you're involved in helping chemotherapy patients who have no hair. Stress Busters Provide a craft time for your kids. Get a bunch of old magazine or catalogs and thin cardboard, like from the back of note pads and go to the hardware store and get a roll of magnetic strip and some glue. They can cut out pictures, glue them to the cardboard, and cut around the pictures. Then, have them glue magnets to the backs. They can give them to friends (or sell them) to put on their lockers. To Do Today If you keep thinking about what you want to do or what you hope will happen, you don't do it and it won't happen. - Joe DiMaggio. Win the Day! Hacer cosquillas (ahSEHRkohsKEEyas) To tickle. Deja de hacerme cosquillas! Stop tickling me! Living Language Living itself, (is) a task of such immediacy, variety, beauty and excitement that one is powerless to resist its wild embrace. - E. B. White Our First Step in this program introduces us to a racial idea - that accepting our powerlessness is beneficial. Yielding to life's embrace takes us in wonderful directions. The experience of meeting this still-unformed day, defining how we will live today, making contact with our Higher Power, accepting the variety and the beauty that is here for us - far exceeds our individual power. Yet in surrendering to life as it unfolds, we find ourselves on an adventure. This is like reading a good story or unraveling an exciting mystery. Anyone, whether he has our affliction or not, who tries to take control of what cannot be controlled, brings trouble to himself. Today let us engage with life. I will accept both the embrace and the insecurity of not being in charge today. Touchstones Hey Man: Did you make a difference yesterday? Let us know at mencare@menstuff.org. Occasionally buy yourself a gift for a job well done. What Every Man Needs to Know Want to make a difference but you don't know where to start?
Every Moment Matters: Savoring the stuff of
life by John St. Augustine. Life is filled with moments
that change us, teach us, make us catch our breath, and
sometimes make us happy just to be alive. But too often they
go unnoticed. In this book, popular radio personality offers
compelling stories from his own life that remind us all of
the importance of the ordinary moments in our lives. He
shows us the lessons and gifts hidden in the everyday
moments that make life more vibrant and worth living. This
book offers a prescription for a way out of the maze of our
rushed and hectic lives by pausing to pay attention to the
present. Hampton Roads, www.hrpub.com,
2009 ISBN 978-1-57174-589-7
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March is International Listening Awareness, International Mirth, *Irish-American Heritage, Mental Retardation Awareness, Music in Our Schools, National Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Awareness, National Collision Awareness, National Colorectal Cancer Awareness, Ethics Awareness; National Humane Education Awareness, National Kidney, National Nutrition, National On-Hold, National Professional Social Worker's, National Talk with Your Teen about Sex, Optimism, Play-the-Recorder, Poison Prevention Awareness, Red Cross, Rosacea Awareness, Workplace Eye Health and Safety; Youth Art; Humorists are Artists and Gender Equality Month: Time to honor both genders; time to meditate on the equality of women and men, on the respect due to both women and men, and on Goddess-God manifesting as woman and man. The Mystic's Wheel of the Year. In keeping with this, be sure to read our writing under "Newsbytes" called Mothers Aren't Essential in Raising Children. Also, check out our books on Feminism, Sexism, Sex Roles, and Social Theory in this regard. Month. Mar 12-Apr 14: Deaf History Month. Mar 1-5: No Name Calling Week. Mar 1-7 The day the production and use of land mines was outlawed world-wide. The Mystic's Wheel of the Year. National Write a Letter of Appreciation; Return the Borrowed Books; Universal Human Beings Week. Mar 1-10: Bike Week. Mar 2-9: Autograph Collecting, Conserve Water/Detect-a-Leak; National Professional Pet Sitters; *Save Your Vision Week. Mar 4-8: Human Resource ; National Procrastination; National School Breakfast; Newspaper in Education Week. Mar 10-16: Girl Scout; Pulmonary Rehabilitation Week. Mar 11-17: Camp Fire Boys and Girls Birthday Week. Mar 13-20: Education Advocacy; National Toad Hollow Week. Mar 17-23: Anonymous Giving; Jobs for Teens; National Agriculture; National Poison Prevention Week. Mar 18-24: National Bubble; National Clutter Awareness; National Secondhand Shopping; National Spring Fever Week. Mar 20-26: Week of Solidarity with the People's Struggle Against Racism and Racial Discrimination (UN). Mar 24-30: National Cleaning Week. Mar 29-Apr 2: National Youth Violence Prevention Campaign. Mar 1: National March to College; National Pig. National Salesperson's; "Read Across America Day" sponsored by the National Education Association in honor of the birthday of Dr. Seuss (Theordor Geisel). Mar 2: I Want You to Be Happy; National Anthem; What if Cats and Dogs had Opposable Thumbs Day. Mar 3: Hug a GI; Old Inauguration Day. Mar 6: Stop Bad Service Day. Mar 8: Panic Day. Mar 10: Dream 2002; Johnny Appleseed Day. Mar 11: National Organize Your Home Day. Mar 12: National Open an Umbrella Indoors Day. Mar 14: Absolutely Incredible Kid Day. Mar 15: Curlew; Freedom of Information Day. Mar 16: Save the Florida Panther Day. Mar 17: St. Patrick's Day. Mar 19: Great American Meatout; National Agriculture; Proposal Day. Mar 20: Flower; National Tree Planting, Memory; Single Parents; South Africa Human Rights Day; International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (UN). Mar 21: As Young as You Feel; New Year's Day (India). Mar 22: Near Miss; World Meteorological Day (UN). Mar 23: World Tuberculosis Day (UN). Mar 24: Mothering Day (ENG); National Family; Old New Year's; Pecan Day. Mar 25: Legal Assistants; Make Up Your Own Holiday Day. Mar 26: American Diabetes Alert. Mar 27: Qing Ming Festival (China). Mar 27: National Mom and Pop Business Owners; Youth Day (Taiwan); Texas Love the Children Day. Mar 29: I Am in Control; Doctor's Day. * Means a Presidential Proclamation has been made. Help find a missing child! 800.843.5678 24-Hour Hotline * * *
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