Daily Archives: May 18, 2013

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Wonderful Team Member Award


Thank you so much to TersiaBurger for nominating me for the Wonderful Team Member Award.

This award is dedicated to special readers, and I am touched that TersiaBurger would think of me for it.  I humbly accept this honor, with much gratitude

1. Display the logo on your page.
2. Finish the sentence: A great reader is…
A great reader is…a person who takes the time to read what I have posted, and to comment, and who is willing to look at the various points of view that I and my readers present with an open mind.  A great reader is a person who is willing to look at all aspects of the message, the beautiful, the spiritual, the artistic and the unpleasant realities that are sometimes there.  A great reader is a person who is kind enough to keep coming back.

3. Nominate 14 readers I appreciate.

  1. Juiseppi B
  2. Papazilla
  3. Crowing Crone Joss
  4. CravesAdventure
  5. Carol Carlisle
  6. Petchary
  7. CapricornRising
  8. Siggiofmaine
  9. Pujakins
  10. Izaakmak
  11. Ganesh
  12. Shianwrites
  13. Clanmother
  14. Alex Jones
  15. Alastair
  16. Lightbearer
  17. godtisx

4. Inform the readers with either comments or pingbacks.

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Nate Silver Debunks Peggy Noonan’s Claim IRS Also Went After Individuals Opposing Obama


kstreet607's avatarThe Fifth Column

Mediaite

2012 electoral polling star, the New York Times’s Nate Silver, who was lauded for being right on all things 2012 election, is back crunching the numbers, this time on the IRS political targeting scandal, specifically firing back at WSJ columnist Peggy Noonan’s claim that the Obama IRS went after wealthy Republican individuals in addition to Tea Party groups in his FiveThirtyEight blog Friday.

Noonan had wrote, “The second part of the scandal is the auditing of political activists who have opposed the administration,” espousing the IRS scandal as the “worst Washington scandal since Watergate.” She went on to point out specific wealthy individuals in Idaho and Georgia that had never been audited until going against President Obama.

After conceding that some conservative Romney supporters were targeted, Silver explains those high income earners supporting President Obama were also targeted based on simple math. Silver displays a chart…

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Walking on the Path of Peace


Let the creativity flow

Let the creativity flow

There have been many spiritual teachers who have advocated the path of peace. In this path people walk without regard to race, religion or ethnicity.I believe that these people are very enlightened souls who carry the responsibility of lighting the path of peace for others to follow. It takes a special heart and an open, accepting soul to do all that is required for peace.

Let your light shine on the path of peace

Let your light shine on the path of peace

It is not how much we do that is important; it is the love that enables us to walk on the path of peace. Peace is part of our journey if we accept it. It is one of the choices we make on our journey through this world. The smallest action done with love takes us further down the path of peace.

The beginning of the path of peace is within ourselves, in contemplation and prayer. Silent prayer within your own home where no one is watching you is the most sincere. Then what you are performing is not for the people to witness, but for yourself and God/Goddess. Many spiritual people recommend beginning and ending the day with prayer. Whereever your journey takes you, the desire for peace comes from the Divinity within.

Fear is an emotion which can destroy peace or prevent it from taking root in people. Fear of being humiliated, of being despised,  of being rebuked, of being forgotten or wronged and the fear of being ridiculed can destroy a person as they walk upon their journey.  There are curves and turns in the road, and not being able to see around the next bend can cause fear. We are all capable of good and evil. No one is all good or all evil .Divinity is always stronger than the evil in the world.

Look into a baby’s eyes if you want to see Divinity. It is all that they know. They learn to hate and hurt and to destroy only as they grow. So your heart being filled with Divinity and daily choosing paths that will allow you to walk in peace is the way to begin this journey. Once you have begun, life will carry you along until you are a shining light for others.

Be the light, be the inspiration, be the reason someone is living in a state of well-being.

Sunset over water. Photograph taken and copyrighted by Barbara Mattio 2013

Sunset over water. Photograph taken and copyrighted by Barbara Mattio 2013