May the forces of evil become confused on the way to your house. -George Carlin

This is my favorite cartoon!!! I don't watch it ever or as much anymore with work and school...but it's not that bad to have a favorite when you have small moments like this in it:

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What are the three i:power principals that we can apply in the real world as well as on this site?

1. being open minded

2. active thinking

3. putting your vision into practice

Why do I ask this? It's just on the site in the top right hand side...we hear it all the time or see it when we log on. We are constantly reminded by the efforts everyone is making towards the forums, groups, blogs.... I mainly bring this up again because I felt compelled to write about perspectives...in relation to ba… Continue

Well, she took the words right out of my mouth. I have nothing left to say...

The Invitation
By:Oriah Mountain Dreamer

It doesn't interest me what you do for a living
I want to know what you ache for
and if you dare to dream of meeting your heart's longing.

It doesn't interest me how old you are
I want to know if you will risk looking like a fool
for love
for your dreams
for the adventure of being alive.

It doesn't interest me what planets are squaring your moon...
I want to know if you have… Continue

Humm...a while ago when I visited the utilities office in town I stopped to speak with the guy at the coffee shop. I know him and his brother as aquantances, his younger brother knew britt...an old friend of mine, and we had similar backgrounds/interests so we always chatted a bit when I had time. He has been going to one of churches I used to go to when I was younger and more devout to Christianity. More recently he told me he decided that he is going to become a Christian...then asked me what… Continue

I feel somewhat low on the totem pole and a little removed...rubbing sticks together to make a spark and bottling up a lot of emotion for only the special few who I know can handle it at the time. Maybe if I'm lucky someone will help upgrade me to making a wheel too...then eventually I'll be ready in the right direction to be beyond that but a successful woman (the kind I want to be independently and always holding my own, always reliable, always resourceful through my own means)...making flying… Continue

This has to be one of my most favorite poems in the entire world. I love it! What I love about poetry is that sometimes it is literally the only thing you can use to describe something so deep and close at the tip of your tongue when it is hardly describable at all. Margret Atwood is amazing at doing so I think.

Variation On The Word Sleep
By :Margret Atwood

I would like to watch you sleeping,
which may not happen.
I would like to watch you,
sleeping. I would like to sleep
with you, to enter
y… Continue

I don't know who wrote this but I like it...it was once in a wonderful book I read...a collection of multiple poems

To Ask For a Woman's Heart

Do you know you have asked for the costliest thing
ever made by the hand above?
A woman's heart, and a woman's life...
And a woman's wonderful love.
Do you know you have asked for the priceless thing
As a child might ask for a toy?
Demanding what others have died to win,
With the reckless dash of a boy.
You have written my lesson of duty
Manlike, you ha… Continue

Ok, so I completely suck at writing in MLA format so I would like to mention my credits for information here…I read all of these books:

Toxic Psychiatry, by: Dr. Peter Breggin

Emotional Intelligence, by: Daniel Goleman

A Mind at a Time, by: Mel Livine

What the Bleep Do we Know, by: by William Arntz, Chasse, and Mark Vicente

Last but not least the websites for the Food and Drug Administration, Human Resources, Google, Encyclopedia,

On A Personal Note:
I actually originally wrote this essay… Continue

Part 3: Psychiatric Medication

Today, there are a variety of treatments and chemical correction substances prescribed for the dysfunctions of the mind. "Psychiatric medications…as do all drugs...carry risks as well as benefits. But there can be very serious consequences to not taking them too."-Dr. Levy

Scientists have seen the chemical differences between a healthy brain and a brain in need of medication to restore its neuron formation and chemical composition health.

"Psychiatric medication… Continue