Posted on Mar 14th, 2006
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Mike
I'm here to change the world. I know that much destruction has came from that intention. I know that I influence things rather I want to or not. I need to pray and sit still for a while so I have the steadiness of heart to do what needs to be done.
This is a Grave job indeed. It is the ultimate execution of Commitment, Discipline, and Responsiblity. (Those are my values, by the way.) That means that I'm saddled up and on board.
GOOD HUNTING!
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Posted on Mar 15th, 2006
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Today, I'm changing the world through connecting with people around subjects that they have tried for 35 years to forget about. And now the time is ripe for them to talk about what happened to them in the Vietnam War and how that still affects them today.
Basic Friendliness for oneself is so important for the world to change. War can be a subtle thing. It's not aways machine guns and napalm. Usually, the first rifle crack is using the word "SHOULD" on oneself.
It is powerful work.
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Posted on Mar 16th, 2006
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I woke up thinking about how I'm going to change the world today. I think that I will spend some time taking care of my life by working on my resume. I want to get a job that does group work with organizational teams around conflict or change or maybe even death.
I have some, okay a lot, of anxiety around getting meaningful work after I'm done with school. Maybe working on my resume today will channel that anxiety in a healthy direction.
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Posted on Mar 17th, 2006
by Mike
I going to a talk tonight at Naropa that a Vietnam Vet turned Buddhist monk is giving. He's changing the world. I can learn from him.
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Posted on Mar 19th, 2006
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The Vietnam Vet's talk was inspiring. His instructions are to just flat out stop violence that we do with ourselves and onto others. It's a tough request.
I talked with him afterward about something that I did while in the military. He told me that I have to remember the details and talk about it or it will eat my lunch. I don't want to remember what I've done. I wish the world was a place that things like that didn't happen.
And both of those actions that I just took are acts of aggression. The world is how it is and, my experience is how it is also. Being at war with both my experience and the world doesn't change anything. It just keeps the cycle spinning.
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Posted on Mar 20th, 2006
by Mike
I have created a Living Wealth Plan for myself, with money being only one section of it. It is my legacy project. It is how I'm going to defeat the powers of poverty mentality. It is how I'm going to change the world, at least for my family.
I have several wealth streams:
1. Financial Wealth
2. Time/Energy Wealth
3. Spiritual Wealth
4. Relational Wealth
5. Intellectual Wealth
6. Emotional Wealth
7. Physcial Wealth
These Wealth Streams are then broken down into projects, which can become next actions.
That means that my legacy project is very doable and digestable--not to leave out practical.
Good Hunting!
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Posted on Mar 23rd, 2006
by Mike
I am liking this blog. I think about what I'm going to do today to change the world and then write that down here for me and myself to see online.
Today, I'm going to seek clarity around something that has been bothering me. That is the most direct way I know to change the world. From the information I will find, I will be able to make better decisions that impact my life and my future family's.
That is important, and important is what I'm focusing on.
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Posted on Mar 25th, 2006
by Mike
I leave today for a week-long retreat up at Shambhala Mountain Center. I will be doing sitting meditation and Mairti Space Awareness practices.
I feel mixed about going. First, I don't like that place because of negative past experiences. Second, I don't want to be away from my wife for a week right now. Third, I need to find active income sources as a start to my career.
But I want to go anyway. I have some things to think about while sitting that are important in all sectors of my life. I feel like I can't fully move forward until I get some things straightened out and readjusted.
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