Although I normally save Veterans' Day or a similar occasion to talk about our nation's vets, it is on my mind this morning as I prepare for my day. Yesterday I helped a friend clean out her father's house after his passing, and today I will drive again to help in this daunting task. As I was a appalled by the mess and the amount of "stuff," it occurred to me that our nation is partly responsible. Her father was a Vietnam vet. I couldn't help but think maybe it explained the way he lived after all it was probably much better than the way he lived on his tour of duty. Driving home I felt sick not because of the filth. I felt ill because we have more vets that are coming back from Iraq with similar issues of the Vietnam vets, and our government seems to do little to help these men and women. Maybe a little history lesson would have kept us out of this war and/or helped the troops as they came home (and for those who continue to come home).
Today I went back to the interweb to find out what I could post about that would relate to sankalpa . "...Sankalpa has the potential to release tremendous power by clearly defining and focusing on a chosen goal." My chosen goal since May has truly been on being physically active. Since it's cold and miserable out, I've been being active inside instead of outside. December 6th (or something like that) was the last time I ventured outside for physical activity. I, however, have still been going to they gym and focusing on being physically fit (or at least burning enough calories to eat more food). Yesterday I received an early morning text from a friend in God's Country . President Obama was talking about "The President's Challenge" . Today (I tried yesterday and decided to put it off until today... forget out it... let it happen... put it aside... clear my mind of it... all probably sankalpa) I formed a group. The...
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