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20 Thursday Dec 2012

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acts of kindness, False friend, genuine enemies, happiness, love, Mother Teresa, Paradoxical Commandments, personal well-being, succeed, understanding, unfaithful friends

DO IT ANYWAY

By Mother Teresa

 

Mother Teresa of Calcutta (26.8.1919-5.9.1997)...

Mother Teresa of Calcutta (26.8.1919-5.9.1997); at a pro-life meeting in 1986 in Bonn, Germany (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

 

~~Reportedly written on a wall in her home for children in Calcutta, India.~~

 

 

 

 




People are often unreasonable, irrational, and self-centered.

FORGIVE THEM ANYWAY


If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives.

BE KIND ANYWAY


If you are successful, you will win some unfaithful friends and some genuine enemies.

SUCCEED ANYWAY


If you are honest and sincere people may deceive you.

BE HONEST AND SINCERE ANYWAY


What you spent years creating, others could destroy overnight.

CREATE ANYWAY


If you find serenity and happiness, some may be jealous.

BE HAPPY ANYWAY


The good you do today, will often be forgotten.

DO GOOD ANYWAY


Give the best you have, and it will never be enough.

GIVE YOUR BEST ANYWAY


In the final analysis, it is between you and God.

IT WAS NEVER BETWEEN YOU AND THEM ANYWAY

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Also see the Original Version of:

THE PARADOXICAL COMMANDMENTS

by Dr. Kent M. Keith

Kent M. Keith - 1969

Kent M. Keith – 1969

Dr. Kent M. Keith - Author

Dr. Kent M. Keith – Author

 

written for student leaders when he was 19 and a Sophomore at Harvard College

 

Thanks for Reading

~ XXXX ~

♥♥

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Learn to Fish ~ Teach Your Family

18 Thursday Oct 2012

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Education, Family, Financial literacy, Home, Reinventing the wheel, United States

Think your own thoughts

Speak for yourself

Make your own mistakes

Learn to fish

And

Teach your family

 Earn your own money

Incorporate good advice

Learn your own lessons

But

 Don’t reinvent the wheel!

Be Kind

Just because you can

♥♥

 

Hey America – Don’t Forget to Vote

 

Thanks for Reading

~ XXXX

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Be Kind ~ Be Better ~ Be Engaged ~ We CAN do this World!

07 Sunday Oct 2012

Posted by theladytea in Community, Kindness and Other Acts

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Broadmoor, Chicago, educational inequality, helping others, humanity, justice, Martin Luther King, Miami, MLK Jr. Way, Seattle, South Florida, twitter

While looking for a particular MLK quote for my Twitter page –

“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.”

by Martin Luther King Jr.,

I happened upon the following article and decided to share  (a little sideways of this blog but hey, it’s Sunday!) –

Streets and dreams: Martin Luther King Jr. roadways
By Jerry Large
Seattle Times Staff Columnist

I was driving through South Florida a couple of years ago, headed toward a resort island where I planned to meet my family. I’d just spent a week in a seminar and I wanted to do some laundry before I got to the island, but I was unfamiliar with the cities through which the highway passed.

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A Reason~ A Season~ A Lifetime

01 Monday Oct 2012

Posted by theladytea in Kindness and Other Acts, Success, Survival, Well-Being

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acts of kindness, Faith, Family, Friends, Help, iyanla vanzant, love, personal well-being, Relationships, spirituality, Thanks, understanding

From the book “Acts of Faith” by Iyanla Vanzant.

While the entire book is really great, (I’ve read it many times now as well as gifted it to friends).

I’d like to share with you my three favorite passages (there is one for every day of the year).

Hope you enjoy them too:

July 16th

A reason. . . .

When someone is in your life for a reason, it is usually to meet a need you have expressed outwardly or inwardly. They have come to assist you through a difficulty, to provide you with guidance and support, to aid you physically, emotionally, or spiritually. They may seem like a godsend, and they are. They are there for the reason you need them to be. Then, without any wrongdoing on your part or at an inconvenient time, this person will say or do something to bring the relationship to an end. Sometimes they die. Sometimes they walk away. Sometimes they act up or out and force you to take a stand. What we must realize is that our need has been met, our desire fulfilled; their work is done. The prayer you sent up has been answered and it is now time to move on. Next!

When a prayer is answered, there is no need to cry.

July 17th

A Season . . .

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To Succeed, Forget Self-Esteem

20 Thursday Sep 2012

Posted by theladytea in Health, Kindness and Other Acts, Success, Survival, Well-Being

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affirmations, Awesomeness, Berkeley, ego, give yourself a break, greatness, happiness, Harvard Business Review, Heidi Grant Halvorson, Juliana Breines, kindness, optimism, personal well-being, potential, realistic, self compassion, self-esteem, Serena Chen, succeed, success, successful people, superior performance, understanding

To Succeed, Forget Self-Esteem

Self-Esteem vs. Self-Compassion?  Hope you enjoy this article by Heidi Grant Halvorson!

Thanks for Reading

~ XXXX

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Going to Cali ?

01 Saturday Sep 2012

Posted by theladytea in Kindness and Other Acts, Survival, Travel

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transportation, travel, west coast cities

As lovely as Vegas is, and it is lovely, it looks more and more every day that I’ll be forced to move on.  Now since I am a Midwest / East Coast girl, when it comes to picking a place to live,  rather than just a vacation spot, it turns out I know very little about west coast cities.

That acknowledged, I got out my trusty, dusty, paper map of the United States of America.  Yes, I have a GPS and yes I’m fairly up-to-speed with the latest technology and I love tech gadgets.  I actually window shop at technology stores and sites as often as I can, just for fun.  I may be the only woman I know who loves fashion but doesn’t like to window shop – fashion great, window shopping, not-so-much, it’s like a tease.

So, as I was saying, I got out my old paper map of the US-OF-A  so I could properly see just where the heck I am in the world and where I might be able to get to from here (Vegas). (With very little money, I should note.)

Well, there’s Utah, an entire state I suddenly feel I don’t know nearly enough about to go venturing blindly into it.  Then there’s Colorado, (I actually have friends there but it’s too far away and very hilly, oh and let us not forget,

VERY COLD.

That took me to Arizona (Phoenix), I have a friend there too, at least I think we’re still friends.  What do you think? When someone sits you down to have “the talk”, fills you in on their itinerary for the next few months, sets the next date, but then … poof, nothing, gone in 60 seconds. Okay, well not really 60 but there was a vanishing act involved.  So, I just moved on with life. Now we’ve had a couple of brief and friendly conversations since then but am I good for a favor?  Who knows, but all things considered, it can’t hurt to ask.

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The Bike

28 Tuesday Aug 2012

Posted by theladytea in Kindness and Other Acts, Survival

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cardio, century ride, communication, transportation

A few years ago, when life was still relatively normal, I wanted to do a century ride to raise money for cystic fibrosis. It was going to take place at Lake Tahoe. I had wanted to buy a new bike anyway and this was a great opportunity to do just that.

Me & My Lovely Bike

Well, when you train for a century ride (100 miles), your training hours quickly turn to training days. I was enjoying the training but my work schedule, at the time, did not afford me whole days or even half days, on a regular basis, to train.

So before too long it became obvious that I would not be able to participant in that year’s event.

I’ve always been a bit of a gym rat, normally I try to be there two to four times a week.   I like free weights, am very found of the Body Pump program, was once a fitness instructor and indoor cycling is my favorite cardio program.

Therefore, since the century ride, I’ve continued with my indoor cycling and every now and then I’ve been able to get out to a park or a trail for a real spin but not as often as I would have liked.

Fast forward to today – there’s no two ways to put it, things are very, very tough. So much so that I’ve had to sell things to eat.  A big problem with that is, I no longer have access to most of my things and the truth is, anyway, I’ve never spent a lot of my money on great things.

I do try to buy nice things (on Sale) when I buy but I then keep them as long as possible.  It has been a way to stretch funds.  ~Buy the good stuff on Sale!~  Cheap stuff doesn’t keep, usually, and you wind up spending more money when all is said and done.

Inexpensive, I love, Cheap, not so much.

It was more important to make sure my son had, a proper education, a safe environment, was properly clothed and fed, participated in extracurricular activities, ect. I use to say, “I always know where I am year round on Saturday morning – I’m on a court or a field.” And at night, I was watching him play in the band, play in the orchestra, act in the play…

The point being, I always thought the new sofa, for example, could wait. People first, most especially children first. So I don’t have a lot of really great things to sell but I do have my bike and it’s nice and in practically new condition. So I put it up for sale recently.

First, I spoke with one of the local bike shops, the guy at the shop said that they did not buy used bikes and no shops here (locally) did AND no they don’t have a board where I could post the sale. Umm. I know there’s a board, I’ve seen it and they seem to be pretty standard in bike shops to share happenings and to connect the biking community. But… Okay.  I leave.

While traveling recently (looking for a new home), another bike shop, out of the area, liked it and made me an offer but it was too low. I do understand that they need to make a profit on the re-sale but at this time I just can’t afford to give it away.

So, I do the obvious in order to get the best price, I list it online, but it is taking too long.  So I continue looking for other avenues as well. I hear there is a swap meet (flea market) on the other side of town but I have no way to get myself there. The travel expense is prohibitive and the fee to set up a booth most likely is also.

I’ve gotten a few bytes from my ad, however, I’ve listed a few other things recently and I know now that, for whatever reason, these ads attract the strange ones who have no intent of buying anything. (bad emails – pigsty@somemail.com, bad phone numbers – does anyone actually issue (NNN) 666-NNNN, the string you along emails – just looking for a pen pal, maybe??)

However, my favorite one, so far  this time, has been the first one I received demanding that I sell the bike for a stated bottom basement low price. If it wasn’t meant to be a demand, it sure read that way.  ‘Sell it for $xxx.00.’  That was all.

So, while looking for online organizations within the biking community to list my bike,  I run across another bike shop in my local area.  Not only are they local but they are an authorized dealer for the bike I own.  Cool!

Now before I tell you about that, I do want to say that another, a 3rd shop, in the  local area let me post my sale on their board and have been very nice, helpful and always welcome me back. I was there just the other day flushing out an answer for a potential buyer. So, much thanks to them.

Now, the dealer. The shop is apparently privately owned and the owner has his contact information out on the website.

So I wrote at 2:55 PM

Hello,

Do you buy used bikes and if not what is your best suggestion for selling a barely used bike quickly for a fair price?

I have a XXXXXX XXXXXX XXXXX Hybrid (purchased for a century ride, which I was unable to train for due to scheduling conflicts.) It has mostly been sitting / hanging up. I  love the bike, intended to keep it a while longer then move to a road bike. However, personal matters dictate that I sell some assets now. I am also willing to sell the carry rack,  either separately or packaged together.

It does not serve any current purpose to give it away or practically give it away, need a fair price.

Any suggestions / thoughts you have to offer will be greatly appreciated.

Thank you for your time and consideration.

initials

HE wrote at 3:01 PM (from his iPad)

Are you the original owner, and do you have the bill of Sale?

I wrote at 4:15 PM

I am the original owner and I’m sure I could put my hands on the bill of sale, if really necessary. Why is that important?

HE wrote at 4:44 PM

It’s important to make sure it is not stolen.

I wrote at 5:14 PM

Okay. Well, definitely NOT STOLEN.

Your suggestions are greatly appreciated.

Thanks for all your help.

=========================================

Well, I don’t know about you guys, but I definitely did not see that coming!

I don’t know what the shop owner had in mind, other than to offend me, certainly, he wasn’t grooming a potential customer and frankly, I felt offended.

Maybe he would need those documents for a purchase but he never communicated that.  He led by implying I might be a thief!

I wonder just how many bicycle owners actually have their original documents. (yes I really did keep them.)

thanks for listening ~ xxxx

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Hello LAS VEGAS Area!

18 Saturday Aug 2012

Posted by theladytea in First Blog, Kindness and Other Acts, Survival

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Accountant, Broadcast, Family, Help, Home, Las Vegas, Lost, Newspaper, Real Estate, Recession, Relocate, Room & Board, Science

~Accountant, Controller, Director of Finance, Tax Associate, CFO, Forms Designer… ~

Like so many, I lost my home during the Great Recession (after carrying myself for a year without work – overly prepared, or so I thought).

The good news – my family was in a position to invite me here to Nevada while I tried to recover.  The bad news, things have also changed for them and I am now faced with moving on again, to ???

While I would very much like to get back to ‘normal’, to get back to work with a livable income and my own residence, the current job market continues to be a challenge.

I believe my skills and experience transfer nicely to areas outside of accounting, if need be, and I am also highly proficient in Microsoft Excel and love to work with it as well as financial software packages.

I have worked as an accountant in the commercial Real Estate (both equity and construction), Bio-Science manufacturing / costing, national Newspaper and national Broadcasting industries.

At this time, I am interested in regular or temporary, part-time or full-time work, projects, audit preparation, reconciliations, general ledger setup, or whatever is needed.

Additionally, I could also be very interested in working for room and board, and a smaller salary, say a small hotel suite.  (This would be ideal, in fact.)

Please consider my skills and experience then contact me if you should have use for my services or know someone who does.

For a solid work ethic and an excellent work product, look no further.

Thank you Nevada!

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