Daily Thoughts & Issues

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FEBRUARY 26

Days left until the next millennium 01.01.3001
 

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Achieve Your Dreams

February 26 - Written by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels on the eve of the revolutions of 1848, the Communist Manifesto provided ideas for socialist and communist movements (1848). * Grand Canyon National Park was established by an act of Congress (1919) * World Trade Center was bombed by a 1,210 lb bomb packed in a van and exploded in an underground parking garage of the World Trade Center in New York City willing six people and injuring more than 1,000 (mostly from smoke inhalation. The powerful blast left a crater 200 wide and several stories deep. Cost of the damage was over $591 million. * In 1993, a bomb explodes in the parking garage of the World Trade Center in New York City. * Birthdays:  Michael Bolton, Fats Domino, Victor Hugo, William Frederic Cody, Honore Daumier, Jackie Gleason, Levi Strauss, Jean Vercors, Mason Adams, Johnny Cash, Fats Domino (Antoine Domino) Marshall Faulk, Tony Randall (Leonard Roseberg).

DAILY THOUGHTS

Honoring Your Parents. He who mistreats his father and chases away his mother Is a son who causes shame and brings reproach. - Prov. 19:26. It is important for men to recognize the importance of their role as son in the family. Some men may have every logical right to never unite with their parents again because of abuse or other issues, but all men are sons and need to be accountable for their decisions as sons. God’s Word instructs men to honor their parents. The story of Cain in the Bible is the first example of a son bringing shame to his family. Cain was so jealous of his brother that he killed him. What you do with your life today affects other people. God can help you best understand how to honor and respect your parents even if they are not honorable or respectable. Honoring your parents brings freedom to your life from the bondage of bitterness. Sons also must be careful not to become overly dependent on their parents as a source of approval. Codependency on parents is not honoring them. If your parents are still living, make a point of calling or writing them today to let them know you love and care for them. Help me to live a life that honors my parents. The Man Within

Only a relative and fortunate few continue until the moment of death exploring the mystery of reality, ever enlarging and refining and redefining their understanding of the world and what is true. The Road Less Traveled

Sometimes children don’t know they’re misbehaving when they act up. Instead of verbally telling your child to behave differently every time, try using a secret hand signal. Prearrange a signal - just between the two of you. You might tug on your ear, for example, scratch your head, or wave. Your action speaks clearly without the use of words, yet lets your child know that you would like a particular behavior stopped. Dr. Buff's 365 Day Parenting Calendar

Being a friend to yourself is no mere metaphor or purely sentimental idea. It is the basis of all relationship, because it is a fundamental recognition of soul. Soul Mates

Never give or take advice. - Florence Nightingale Achieve Your Dreams

Things to Be Happy About:  No worries on the weekends. Appreciation well-deserved. La Femme Nikita reruns. 14,000 Things to Be Happy About

Go barefoot. Really Important Stuff My Kids Have Taught Me

Humor and laughter are tremendously important in relationships. Sharing a good laugh with someone does wonders. A friend of mine told me that once when she and her husband were having a disagreement he made a face that struck her as so comical, she burst out laughing. They both realized how silly they were being and were able to share a laugh and resolve their conflict with a new perspective. If Life is a Game, These are the Rules

The more authentic you become - the more genuine in your expressions, particularly regarding personal experiences and even self-doubts - the more people can relate to your expression, and the safe it makes them feel to express themselves. That expression, in turn, feeds back on the other person's spirit, and genuine creative empathy takes place, producing new insights and learning and a sense of excitement and adventure that keeps the process going. Seven Habits of Highly Effective People

Rainer Werner Fassbinder was the first German movie director to make gay themes a main part of his work. Best known for his film Querelle, starring Brad Davis, his other gay-themed films include The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant (1972), Fox (1975) and In a Year of Thirteen Moons (1978).  Gay & Lesbian Calendar

For many people buying is nothing more than a habit. The way to break any habit is to replace the offending activity with another activity. Draw up a list of things you can do instead of shopping so that next time you get the urge to spend money on things you don't need, you'll have something else to do instead. Simplify Your Life

"Whether you think you can or you can't, you're probably right." - Henry Ford. Your thoughts can either help or hurt you, so be careful what you say to yourself!  Stress Busters

Pop pals' balloons to win!  Each girl ties a balloon loosely to her ankle with string. Try to pop each other's balloons by stepping on them - but protect your own! The last one with an unpopped balloon wins. What out for toes! To Do Today

Get your children involved in Scouting. Life's Little Instruction Calendar

Silencing stair squeaks. Screws make a more lasting repair for a squeak caused by a tread rubbing against the top of a riser. With nails, drill pilot holes in the tread and drive rink-shank flooring nails down into the riser at opposing angles. Drive screws straight down. Countersink both and fill the holes with putty. Stanley do-it-yourself Handyman Hints

Connection:  Caught up in the challenges of daily life, it's so easy to feel distant from each other. You didn't get that special call during lunch. You couldn't meet at your kid's call game, where you love to shout and cheer together. It's late when you get home, you're both tired and connecting seems like the last thing you have energy for. The truth is, despite all the missed opportunities, you've never been separated. You live in each other's minds and hearts. Call upon your deep coupling, and, when you do, it will be there. By knowing that your lover dwells in your consciousness, you are connected in soul. Yes, it's important and critical to express that connection through words and actions - but what you have between you need never wither. It is the bridge that spans any distance that arises during your day. Rely upon it. It is always already there!  Trust that connection. Then you will be together - forever everywhere. "When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it connected to the rest of the universe." John Muir Opening to Love 365 Days a Year

Calentarse (kahlehnTAHRseh) To get warm. Dejame entrar a calendtarme!  Let me come in to get warm! Living Language

TODAY'S ISSUE: WILDERNESS

The wolf's howl is a rich, captivating sound, a seductive echo that can moan on eerily and raise the hair on your head. - Barry Lopez

Wolves howl to assemble their pack, especially before and after a hunt; to sound an alarm, especially at the den site; to locate each other in a crisis; and to communicate across long distances. Wolves sometimes howl out of restlessness and anxiety. When wolves howl in groups, they tend to wag their tails and frisk about, perhaps joyous for breaking loneliness. A wolf's howl is so powerful that it may carry six or more miles.

Animal behavior, as well as children's behavior, can be instructive to men. Howling can be great fun. It can be done alone or with a group of men. Dogs may join in. We can howl at the moon or with no concrete object in mind. Howling can open a special place in the male body. Howling can bring a group of men together. Making animal sounds can help men relate to other creatures. Bringing animal sounds into our voice can expand it. The sound is very ancient and primordial; it can resonate deeply.

When was the last time you howled? If you have not done it recently (because you probably did as a boy), go out and howl. If you need the cover of night, then wait until this evening. If you need a private place, then find one. A Quiet Strength: Meditations on the Masculine Soul

Hey Man: Did you make a difference yesterday? Let us know at Contact Us. Set reasonable expectations for your time by not biting off more than you can chew. What Every Man Needs to Know Want to make a difference but you don't know where to start?

BOOK OF THE WEEK

Manhood: The pleasures and regrets of a husband, father and son by Michael Chabon. A shy manifesto, an impractical handbook, the true story of a fabulist, an entire life in parts and pieces, this book is the first sustained work of personal writing from the author. In these insightful, provocative, slyly interlinked essays, one of our most brilliant and humane writers presents his autobiography and his vision of life in the way so many of us experience our own lives: as a series of reflections, regrets and reexaminations, each sparked by an encounter, in the present, that holds some legacy of the past. HarperCollins, www.harpercollings.com, 2009 ISBN 978-0-06-149018-7

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MENSTUFF COLUMNS BY AUTHOR

  • The Advice Diva - The Advice Diva - relationship and sexuality issues discussed - www.menstuff.org/columns/advicediva/archive.html
  • Peter Alsop - Song of the Month - www.menstuff.org/columns/alsop/archive.html
  • Reid Baer - A Man Overboard - Interview of the Month - www.menstuff.org/columns/overboard/archive.html
  • Reid Baer - Poetry - poetry read on YouTube - www.menstuff.org/columns/baer/archive.html
  • Molly Barrow - Shrink About This - www.menstuff.org/columns/barrow/archive.html
  • Peter Baylies - At Home Dads - on at-home-dad issues that impact fathers who stay at home to raise their kids - www.menstuff.org/columns/baylies/archive.html
  • Tom Blake - Middle-Age Relationships - from an expert on dating after 50. www.menstuff.org/columns/blake/archive.html
  • Mark Brandenburg - Great Fathers - on fathering issues - www.menstuff.org/columns/greatfathers/archive.html
  • Ted Braude - BoysWork - a columnist in the The Detroit Free Press "Body and Mind" section www.menstuff.org/columns/braude/archive.html
  • Armin Brott - A Father's Guide - hosts "Positive Parenting" on radio www.menstuff.org/columns/brott/archive.html
  • Dan Bulf - Get Real - weekly pod cast on men's issues - www.menstuff.org/columns/bulf/archive.html
  • Ken Byers - Transition - on men's life transitions - www.menstuff.org/columns/byers/archive.html
  • Sandra L. Caron - Sex Talk - college students get answers to their questions - www.menstuff.org/columns/sextalk/archive.html
  • Neil Chethik - Relationships - www.menstuff.org/columns/chethik/archive.html
  • Otto & Susie Collins - Susie and Otto - relationship issues discussed - www.menstuff.org/columns/susie&otto/archive.html
  • David Copeland - How to Succeed with Women - www.menstuff.org/columns/howtosucceed/archive.html
  • Forrest Craver - Spirituality & Social Change - www.menstuff.org/columns/craver/archive.html
  • Layne & Paul Cutright - Powerful Partnerships - relationship issues - www.menstuff.org/columns/cutright/archive.html
  • Ron DesMarais - Cavemen in the Kitchen - great recipes for men - www.menstuff.org/columns/desmarais/archive.html
  • Jed Diamond - Irritable Male Syndrome - www.menstuff.org/columns/diamond/archive.html
  • Doc Love - Women Don't Lie, Man Don't Listen - answers to relationship issues - www.menstuff.org/columns/doclov/archive.html
  • Barry Durdant-Hollamby - Creating Change - creating change in your life - www.menstuff.org/columns/durdant/archive.html
  • Irv Engel - The Real Deal - www.menstuff.org/columns/engel/archive.html
  • Nancy Fagan - Expert Dating Advice - with Nancy Fagan - www.menstuf.org/columns/fagan/archive.html
  • Warren Farrell - Men's Issues: Facts and Perspectives www.menstuff.org/columns/farrell/archive.html
  • Leonard Felder - Wake Up or Break Up - www.menstuff.org/columns/felder/archive.html
  • Marty Friedman - Strong Men, Strong Marriage - www.menstuff.org/columns/friedman/archive.html
  • Kim Garretson - Mansgland - using humor to encourage prostate exams - www.menstuff.org/columns/mansgland/archive.html
  • Lion Goodman - How to get Women to Love You - www.menstuff.org/columns/goodman/archive.html
  • Liz Halliday - In a Man's World - www.menstuff.org/columns/halliday/archive.html
  • Rick Hanson - Just One Thing - www.menstuff.org/columns/hanson/archive.html
  • Tim Hartnett - Daddyman Speaks - being a father www.menstuff.org/columns/daddyman/archive.html
  • John Hershey - Blood, Phlegm & Bile: Parenting with Humor - He writes a syndicated biweekly humor column about parenting and family life. www.menstuff.org/columns/hershey/archive.html
  • Gary Hoeber - Psychotherapy as Soul Work, www.menstuff.org/columns/hoeber/archive.html
  • Patrick Houser - Fathers Make a World of Difference, www.menstuff.org/columns/houser/archive.html
  • Paul Joannides - The Guide to Getting It On - on sex - www.menstuff.org/columns/getiton/archive.html
  • Jack Kahn - NOMAS Boston - www.menstuff.org/columns/kahn/archive.html
  • Patrick Kennedy - Seniors - www.menstuff.org/columns/kennedy/archive.html
  • Joe Kort - Gaydar - to increase understanding between gay and het men - www.menstuff.org/columns/kort/archive.html
  • David Kundtz - David Kundtz - presents seminars, workshops, retreats, and conference presentations in the areas of men's emotional health, stress management, and spirituality. www.menstuff.org/columns/kundtz/archive.html
  • Bruce Linton - Dr. Dad - on fathering - www.menstuff.org/columns/drdad/archive.html
  • Ron Louis - How to Succeed with Women - www.menstuff.org/columns/howtosucceed/archive.html
  • 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
  • Marty Nemko - Worklife - general questions about men and work - www.menstuff.org/columns/nemko/archive.html
  • Eli Newberger - Eli Newberger - general information on men's lives - www.menstuff.org/columns/newberger/archive.html
  • Linda Nielsen - Embracing the Father - working with the father/daughter relationship. www.menstuff.org/columns/nielsen/archive.html
  • Kathy Noll - Bullies and Youth Violence - working with schools, teachers and parents to end school violence - www.menstuff.org/columns/noll/archive.html
  • Mark Phillips - Stay-at-Home-Dads - helping men maintain that which makes us men, instead of becoming hairy Mom-substitutes - www.menstuff.org/columns/phillips/archive.html
  • Carey Roberts - Socialism & Feminism - is a social commentator on political correctness. www.menstuff.org/columns/roberts/archive.html
  • Perry Rose - Dating, Relationship, Sex
  • Glenn Sacks - His Side - on fathering - www.menstuff.org/columns/sacks/archive.html
  • Trudy Schuett - Domestic Violence - serving the under-represented www.menstuff.org/columns/schuett/archive.html
  • Carl J. Schutt - Circumcision - social commentator on circumcision - www.menstuff.org/columns/schutt/archive.html
  • Hugo Schwyzer - A Pro-feminist's Response - www.menstuff.org/columns/schwyzer/archive.html
  • Michael Shaffran - Men's Issues - www.menstuff.org/columns/shaffran/archive.html
  • 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
  • George Simons - Bellicose Veins - is a US specialist in intercultural and gender communication who hangs out in Mandelieu - la Napoule, France, as well as in Santa Cruz, CA. www.menstuff.org/columns/simons/archive.html
  • Andy Smith - Hard Hat Brotherhood - www.menstuff.org/columns/hardhat/archive.html
  • David B. Smith - Fighting Father Dave - www.menstuff.org/columns/smith/archive.html
  • Jim Sniechowski - Judith & Jim - discussion and answers regarding relationship issues - www.menstuff.org/columns/judith&jim/archive.html
  • Jim Sniechowski - The New Intimacy - www.menstuff.org/columns/newintimacy/archive.html
  • Reena Sommer - Custody - is an internationally recognized relationship and divorce consultant. www.menstuff.org/columns/sommer/archive.html
  • R. Don Steele - Don Steele - relationship questions answered -
    www.menstuff.org/columns/steele/archive.html
  • David Steinberg - Comes Naturally - on sexuality - www.menstuff.org/columns/steinberg/archive.html
  • Mary Lou St Lucas - A Mother's Love - www.menstuf.org/columns/stlucas/archive.html
  • Surprise - Surprise Author - From a new columnist every month - www.menstuff.org/columns/surprise/archive.html
  • Steven Svoboda - Fatherhood, Activism and the Law www.menstuff.org/columns/svoboda/archive.html
  • Michael Taylor - A New Conversation with Men - www.menstuff.org/columns/taylor/archive.html
  • Bruce Van Horn - Yoga for Men - issues around the health benefits of yoga for men - www.menstuff.org/yoga/archive.html
  • Michael Webb - Secrets of Blissful Relationships - on relationship - www.menstuff.org/columns/bliss/archive.html
  • Stuart Wilde - Spirituality - www.menstuff.org/columns/wilde/archive.html
  • Dr.Williams - Sex Health - on sexual health - Dr. Williams, www.menstuff.org/columns/sexhealth/archive.html
  • KC Wilson - On Gender Politics is a social commentator and author. www.menstuff.org/columns/wilson/archive.html

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  • Independent Means - resources for raising financially fit kids - www.menstuff.org/columns/independentmeans/archive.html
  • Numbers - www.menstuff.org/columns/numbers/archive.html
  • Questions - www.menstuff.org/columns/q&a/archive.html
  • Surprise - from a new columnist every month - www.menstuff.org/columns/surprise/archive.html
  • Words Can Heal - helping children grow up healthy - www.menstuff.org/columns/wordscanheal/archive.html
  • Wuzup?! - National or international events happening this month - www.menstuff.org/columns/whassup/archive.html

AWARENESS EVENTS THIS MONTH

February is Heart Disease Prevention (Healthy Heart), National Children's Dental Health, Ethnic Equality and *National African-American History Month - a time to honor all peoples and their positive traditions; time to meditate on the equality of all peoples, on the respect due to them and God-Goddess manifesting as African, Asian, European, Latin, Middle Eastern, Native American and Oceanic. The Mystic's Wheel of the Year 2000, AMD/Low Vision Awareness; *American Heart; A Day of Hearts: Child Awareness; International Boost Self-Esteem; International Expect Success; Library Lovers', Marfan Syndrome Awareness; National Children's Dental Health; National Sign Up for Summer Camp; National Weddings; National Wild Bird Feeding; and Plant the Seeds of Greatness Month.

Jan 29-Feb 4: *National Consumer Protection Week. Jan 30-Feb 3: Mid-Winter/Candlemas. Feb 2-9: I Hate Financial Planning Awareness Week. Feb 3-9: Cardiac Rehabilitation Week. Feb 4-10: International Personal and Business Coaching: National School Counseling Week. Feb 6-13: Art of Communication Week. Feb 10-16: Celebration of Love; Enabled Entrepreneurs; Freelance Writers Appreciation; Heart Failure Awareness; Home for Birds; Materials Testing; National Child Passenger Safety Awareness; National Family, Career and Community Leaders of America; National Resurrect Romance Week. Feb 1-17: International Flirting Week. Feb 12-19: National Condom Week. Feb 16-23: National FFA Week. Feb 17-23: International Friendship Week. Feb 18-22: Brotherhood-Sisterhood Week. Feb 19-26: Eating Disorders Awareness Week. Feb 22-24: Second Honeymoon Weekend. Feb 25-Mar 1: Read Me Week. Feb 25-Mar 3: Telecommuter Appreciation Week. Feb 1: Candlemas; Ground Hog Day. Feb 2: National Men's Grooming Day. Feb 3: Torture Abolition Day. Feb 4:  Weathermen's Day. Feb. 5: Dump Your "Significant Jerk"; Pay-a-Compliment Day. Feb 6: National Girls and Women in Sports; Wave All Your Fingers at Your Neighbors Day. Feb 7: Laugh and Grow Rich Day. Feb 8: National "DAV" Day. Feb 10: Be Electrific; Motivation; Satisfied Staying Single Day. Feb 11: Lost Penny Day. Feb 12: Black Love; Get a Different Name Day. Feb 13: Race Relations; Read to Your Child Day. Feb 14: Congenital Heart Defect Awareness; National Have-A-Heart; Heart 2 Heart; St.Valentine's Day. Feb 15: Remember the Maine Day. Feb 16: Who Shall I Be Day. Feb 17: National PTA Founders' Day.. Feb 18: President's Day. Feb 19: Student Volunteer Day. Feb 24: Children's Day. Feb 25: For Pete's Sake Day. Feb 27: Spay USA; Paczki Day. Feb 29: Bachelors' Day

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