Helping People grow!
When you learn what other people learn, and you follow them down the tried and true path chosen by those well before you, you learned what they learned, and yes, you may become good at it, be well liked, even adored for being what those before you were because you can do what they did, and that makes you very likable, but really it makes you a duplicate, a copy, unoriginal, uninventive, and just another of the others who were the same.
The game-changers, the ones who really make a difference, the ones who truly stand out, are those who vary from the path of others and like pioneers they choose their own path, a path that others have not gone on, a path that others may laugh at and think is foolish, until of course you show them that you did a wonderful thing, and then they finally see that not all great moves and great people go on the same paths as others – some make their own path, go their own ways, and they forge the ways for the people to take in the future, a better way.
People Can Create Imaginary Versions of You
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Watching Batman vs Superman – Dawn of Justice.
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Some people just can’t lose weight.
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If you see the videos and such on weight and they say if you walk every day, run or whatever, or do or don’t eat this or that, you will lose tons of weight, it may work for some but for others it doesn’t.
There are various types of FASTS, and back in around 2006 I Fasted for various body cleanings, and I had finished a Fast where all I ate was soup. I didn’t eat meat because of being a vegetarian. So for two weeks I only had soup and then I decided to do a proper Fast of only water, and I Fasted for 40 days.
At the end of the 40 days I had lost weight on my shoulders, waist, legs, arms, but I still had a pot belly after 40 days of not eating any solid foods. No fat for 40 days and so on.
And that just goes to show that some people are always going to be chubby regardless of the sports that they do, how much they eat and their lifestyle.
Nowadays I recognise that regardless of how much I try I will never lose weight so I don’t try, and I still do what I have always done, walk a lot (especially on Security Patrol around the local schools), cycle, weight training/exercise and martial arts.
Fasting can be a wonderful way to find out how strong mentally you are.
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If you are sure that you are not addicted to coffee, Fast from coffee for two weeks and find out, you may be surprised with the results or cravings.
Do the same for anything you are curious that you may be addicted to. If you want a cup of coffee while Fasting from coffee, be stubborn and refuse to partake, instead do something else and prove to yourself that you are not controlled by what you eat, drink, and so on.
Animal fat is known to store in the body because it can have trouble being passed. On about the 35 or so day of a 40 day Fast people take prune juice and such to do the final cleansing and they pass a solid hard (basically a rock) of stuff that has been stored in the human body for decades that cannot pass normal thus it simply just sticks in there.
It is so hard that it can be thrown against a wall and won’t break.
A 40 Day Fast is highly recommended to clean the body to ward off cancers, such a bowel cancer, clean the food system within us, and clean out the body to make it healthy, after eating processed and fatty junk for decades.
Fasting is also well known to help with preserving youthful looking skin and people who Fast often state that they have few wrinkles. I get comments all the time about my age. Recently at a chemist to get a prescription the woman asked my age, and kept looking at me as if I was not a man of that age before her. People recently who I told my age to were shocked to find out how old I was due to having very few wrinkles and good skin.
I wanted to Fast because I was having a lot of trouble giving up smoking, and Fasting gave me the confidence to give up because I was denying my body solid food, and that requires personal inner strength.
I read a story by a man who planned to do a 40 day Fast. He was proud and very sure of himself even through he had never Fasted before.
His wife, at lunchtime, had made a nice cake and brought it in and offered it to him, he felt that he should not disappoint her and he gave in and had some cake.
After he left he became very angry at themself for not even lasting until lunchtime on the first day of his planned Fast. Very angry at his mental and body weakness, he vowed not to eat solids for the next 40 days, and that is exactly what he did.
I always found that when I Fasted people would offer me something nice, especially my food weaknesses, so I would simply learn to control myself and refuse all offerings. Its about human will power, about saying something and doing it even if it is very uncomfortable and hard to do.
When you Fast after the 3rd day your stomach shuts down and Fasting becomes much easier – then its just your mind that you need to take control over and refuse to let yourself weaken.
I always found the first day a struggle, especially the first evening, but the third day was really hard, because the stomach protests most of the day demanding its usual treats and food.
Commercialism (because they want you to buy buy buy, gives off a myth that we can’t survive if we stop eating after a few days, and its totally false.
Check with your doctor, but if you are healthy there is no issue with a 40 day Fast. After 40 days the body tends to eat your muscle and that is why starving people are so thin. Therefore 40 days should be safe and a very good decent body cleanse.
After the 3rd day Fasting becomes much easier and your enemy is only your mind and your food weaknesses. Of course you can’t partake in alcohol and such because of the high sugar and since you are on a Fast the alcohol will really mess up your mind you drinking on a very empty stomach.
My teeth hurt when I Fast, so I ended up chewing chewing gum or something (not food) and then not swallowing. It seems that for some of us the gums ache because they are so used to being moved or the teeth being moved in the gums when we eat/chew, thus the gums ache when we don’t eat. Once I chewed gum the aching went away.
For some people being only on water can cause headaches and they have to take painkillers like panadol or the like a few times.
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Please know your worth and don’t allow those who taught you how to be dysfunctional to try to tell you that there is something wrong with you when you change from being as they are. They are just trying to keep you like them. Be brave, move on, no one needs that kind of toxic negativity in their lives, no one.
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All the best from
James M Sandbrook.
“Living with integrity means: Not settling for less than what you know you deserve in your relationships. Asking for what you want and need from others. Speaking your truth, even though it might create conflict or tension. Behaving in ways that are in harmony with your personal values. Making choices based on what you believe, and not what others believe.” – Barbara De Angelis.
It is obvious that gossip is lies and gossip when the stories doing the rounds about someone don’t match up with what you see that person doing and and what you know about that person’s life, vision, achievements and efforts.
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When the discovery is made that the stories we once believed in are not true, the next step is to look at the storyteller and ask that person, “Why the lies?”
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All the best from
James M Sandbrook.
July 31, 2017.
Choose wisely, but please don’t be afraid of change, having a go, and experiencing a new life direction. While the “same old thing” may seem comforting, “something new” will bring out the best in you and give you a chance to create a new future more suited for your values, ideas and dreams, and how you want your future family to be. Change is everywhere, embrace it and grow!
All the best from
James M Sandbrook.
24 August 2016.
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Some people will not tolerate emotional honesty in communication. They would rather defend their dishonesty on the grounds that it might hurt others. Therefore, having rationalized their phoniness into nobility, they settle for superficial relationships. – Unknown Author.
Loving someone doesn’t need a reason. If you can explain why you love someone, it’s called “LIKE” and if you cannot explain, its simply called “LOVE”.
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“The task ahead of you is never as great as the Power behind you!”
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Psalm 55, verse 22: Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved.
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The only doubts are “Are we following God’s will?” Doing as He asks. Are we submitting? For what we ask we must do ourselves for that is the law as well. Are you righteous?
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1 Peter Chapter 5, verse 6-7: Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time: 1 Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.
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Romans Chapter 12, verse 2: And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
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The past is not your guide, and the past is not your future. It can be learnt from, but after we change our ways and regret the negatives of the past we don’t need to use the past to react to anymore – this is when we put our faith in a new Belief-System. The past is full of mistakes, confusions and continued lostness that took us away from Real-Life. Real-Life is reality and that is living as God designed us to live. God’s power is the greatest and we can have trust in that love.
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Romans Chapter 12, verse 21: …overcome evil with good.
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God can teach you to love. To have new friends. To learn of new possibilities. Will give you an entirely new life with worthy people. God knows your fears, and has seen and felt your innocent and not so innocent tears. He knows your grief. He knows your heart. God knows you. Follow and grow into a better person and your world will change (this is for Christians as well) for the better. God only knows and God is love. And that is the power behind us.
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2 Corinthians Chapter 5, verse 17: Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
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The task ahead of you is never as great as the Power behind you! Because the power behind you that is supporting you as you grow is the greatest power of all, and that great Power is God and God Loves you. So lets have faith in God and His power of love to protect us, help us, guide us and make life happen for us. Let’s make an effort to get closer to that power and have all of it behind us, supporting us in all that we do.
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Romans Chapter 8, verse 31: What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?
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With that power of God behind you really have nothing to worry about.
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Philippians Chapter 4, verse 13: I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
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All the best from
James M Sandbrook.
24 August 2012.
Some people won’t understand you because they simply refuse to, they can’t, or they think that you are not capable of thinking for yourself or taking control of your life.
Responsibilities are the maker of strong inner strength – take them on, grow with them. Never cast your responsibilities away as this is another tool to make your inner-you stronger.
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Walk away from responsibilities and we cast aside an opportunity to grow and be the person that we’re meant to be.
Want respect? Be reliable, responsible, and never walk from your duties. This is God’s way. Be counted for your worth.
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People must cease attributing their problems to their environment and learn to exercise their will-their personal responsibility in the realm of faith and morals – Albert Schweitzer.
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If you want children to keep their feet on the ground, put… some responsibility on their shoulders – Abigail Van Buren
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The willingness to accept responsibility for one’s own life is the source from which self-respect springs – Joan Didion
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The most important thought I ever had was that of my individual responsibility to God – Daniel Webster.
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All the best from
James M Sandbrook.
August 22, 2012 at 10:22 PM .
Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing.” – Helen Keller.
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