Category Archives: Breaking Away

This memorable account of lives connecting in important ways appeared on Indigo Insights. It reminds me to live in a manner that creates the most positive effect on everyone whose life I touch, Thanks to Ron Bailey for directing me … Continue reading →

If you would really like to achieve your dreams sooner, be a little bit happier, and feel better about yourself, I’d like you to consider something quite counter-intuitive. Try doing what you are doing, without doing anything else.

If you are writing, write. If you are carrying on a conversation, talk and listen. Turn off the TV, the radio, the CD player, etc. Put down the book, newspaper, whatever. Put all of your attention on what you are doing.

If you do what you are doing without being distracted or letting your mind wander, you will discover something interesting. You will be more productive and your morale will improve, no matter what task you are doing. It sounds simple, but some people cannot do this at all.

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Omnivorous bloggers like galstaff, often uncover nuggets of seemingly Far Side information.

It appears that a number of Chinese women are undergoing extreme surgery, “distraction osteogenesis,” to become taller and more beautiful. These efforts are based on a perception that being taller, paler, and slender will make them more popular, successful and rich.

This is just the latest step in an age old tradition of people trying to level the playing field of life or at least get on the playing field.

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There is that song by Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young which contains these prophetic words:

Teach your children well…
And feed them on your dreams,
The one they picks, the one you’ll know by.

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