"Unless!" Your John: October 2015

Hand of God is an American drama series created by Ben Watkins. Along with Hysteria, the premiere episode is one of two drama pilotsAmazon streamed online in August 2014. Viewers were allowed to offer their opinions about the pilot before the studio decided whether or not to place an order for the entire series.^[1] In October 2014, Hand of God was ordered to full series by Amazon Studios.^[2] The series officially premiered on September 4, 2015
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hand_of_God_(TV_series)

I say...great series. What are they going to do for a second? This one gets wrapped up with a bow.

The real source of “stress” is actually internal; it is not external, as people would like to believe.”
David R. Hawkins

Sometimes I remind myself that I almost skipped the party, that I almost went to a different college, that the whim of a minute could have changed everything and everyone. Our lives, so settled, so specific, are built on happenstance."

— Anna Quindlen,

I’ve come to trust not that events will always unfold exactly as I want, but that I will be fine either way. The challenges we face in life are always lessons that serve our soul’s growth."

— Marianne Williamson

In other words...
A wrong turn lead me to a field of flowers and suddenly I’m second guessing every wrong turn in my life.

Every wrong turn has lead me to where I am currently, and I am happy as hell, so were they really wrong turns?

sensitive people could benefit from being in one another’s presence. She sends me an agenda explaining that we’ll be sleeping in rooms designated for “napping, journaling, puttering, meditating, organizing, writing, and reflecting.”

The book Quite

They have difficulty when being observed (at work, say, or performing at a music recital) or judged for general worthiness (dating, job interviews).

...Quite

"The truth is that the ego is not a snarling monster; it is more like a frightened child who has taken on more responsibilities than it is capable of managing. The path out of this dilemma is not eliminating the ego, but loving it enough to liberate it from the inappropriate load of work that it’s assumed."

— Rabbi Alan Lurie

The way to change others’ minds is with affection, and not anger.
- Dalai Lama

Let be whatever will be. Give up trying to manipulate. This is freedom."
Mooji

I say...take a gift when it’s offered. I have a unique opportunity….ohh, I AM unique.

"Either accept your life or change it. Any other position is insane."
Eckhart Tolle

"I postpone death by living, by suffering, by error, by risking, by giving, by losing."
Anaïs Nin, The Diary of Anaïs Nin
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"I felt both wildly, piercingly glad to be alive and also like I did not know what to do with the life I now held in my hands. It was as if someone had handed me the moon, and what does one do with the moon? What does one do with a life when one had expected to be dead?"
Marya Hornbacher, Waiting

I say...this was from today. Goes with my acceptance of the present, to thrive with theis great situation. I will not calll it an oppertunity becsue that makes it seem like a trial or test of sorts. We move from situation to situaion an dthe important thing is how we take it.l How we use our time. How we choose to think of what is happenign around us.

"Dangerous consequences will follow when politicians and rulers forget moral principles. Whether we believe in God or karma, ethics is the foundation of every religion."
Dalai Lama

"Let be whatever will be. Give up trying to manipulate. This is freedom."
Mooji

So much hatred and aversion–even that within myself–comes from an ignorance or unwillingness to stop and think about things as complex and varied rather than monolithic.
It’s easier and more immediately satisfying to judge and condemn based on quick and general assumptions.
Harder to stop yourself from scratching that itching wound, and to ask, would it be wiser if I withheld a judgmental reaction and just went on with my life?

-original Thzilla

We often will say in times of trial that God is testing us. Or the Universe is guiding us toward something better, perhaps uncovering our Buddha Nature. We must allow these tribulations to burn away our iniquities so that we may one day be pure before God.
Maybe there’s something to this. But I catch myself (somewhat jokingly) saying this when something uncomfortable happens to me, and I wonder if I do this to make my suffering seem less boring.
You suffer so much better if you imagine the end result is celestial in nature, don’t you? But what a long fall you will have if you realize that perhaps your suffering is not so magical, so holy. Maybe it’s best to just not think anything of your suffering at all, and to just let it happen to you in the same sort of way you breathe.

-more Thzilla

Truly powerful people have great humility. They do not try to impress, they do not try to be influential. They simply are. People are magnetically drawn to them. They are most often very silent and focused, aware of their core selves. … They never persuade, nor do they use manipulation or aggressiveness to get their way. They listen. If there is anything they can offer to assist you, they offer it; if not, they are silent."
Sanaya Roman, Living with Joy: Keys to Personal Power and Spiritual Transformation
i say...thsi hits home. Especially my constant pushing and pulling of Dean. Let the fucker alone. Not out of spite, but use that as a reason if you must. He needs to do his thing. He needs to meet hte person he’s become. We all do. We alre all changeing. Reintroducign ourselfs and rediscoverign ourselves and others.

I say…So I have gotten into the Inspector Morse series. Which includes the original followed by prequel called endeavor. Inspector Morse is a young man. That series I have finished. The series and a movie. I am watching the Inspector Morse series and the follow-up, spinoff of his assistant inspector Lewis. I'm watching that one as well.

Inspector Morse is a British detective drama television series based on a series of novels by Colin Dexter. It starred John Thaw as ChiefInspector Morse and Kevin Whately as Sergeant Lewis. The series comprises 33 two-hour episodes (100 minutes excluding commercials) — 20 more episodes than there are novels – produced between 1987 and 2000. Dexter made uncredited cameo appearances in all but three of the episodes.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inspector_Morse_(TV_series)

Endeavour is a British television detective drama series. It is a prequel to the long-running Inspector Morse and—like that series—is set primarily in Oxford. Shaun Evans portrays a young Endeavour Morse beginning his career as a Detective Constable with the Oxford City PoliceCID. The series is produced for ITV by Mammoth Screen and Masterpiece. Following a pilot episode in 2012, the first series was broadcast in 2013 and the second in 2014. A third series has been ordered by ITV; no broadcast date has been announced
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endeavour_(TV_series)

Lewis is a British television detective drama produced for ITV. A spin-off from Inspector Morse, like that series it is set in Oxford. Kevin Whatelyreprises his character Robert "Robbie" Lewis, who was Morse's sergeant in the original series. Lewis has now been promoted to detective inspector and is assisted by DS James Hathaway, portrayed by Laurence Fox, who is also promoted to Inspector in the eighth series airing in 2014. The series also stars Clare Holman as forensic pathologist Dr Laura Hobson, and Angela Griffin as DS Lizzie Maddox.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_(TV_series)

I say… Don't believe all the hype with the page 8 series. I wasted my time on to and refused waste another hour or two on the third and final. I'm done with it.

Page Eight is a 2011 British political thriller/action drama, written and directed for the BBC by the British writer David Hare, his first film as director since the 1989 film Strapless.^[1] The cast includes Bill Nighy, Rachel Weisz, Michael Gambon, Tom Hughes, Ralph Fiennes, and Judy Davis. The film was followed by Turks & Caicos (2014) and Salting the Battlefield (2014), which were broadcast on BBC Two in March 2014. The three films are collectively known as The Worricker Trilogy.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Page_Eight

I say… That keeping a food journal. It's depressing to see how far I have backslidden. It just takes time. It is no secret to it. Making good choices over and over and over again.