If we are to grow in all aspects of our lives we must be willing to alter our perspective in order to expand our narrow point of view. If we fail to do so things rarely ever seem to be urgent enough for us to actually change since we will rationalize away our problems as external and unavoidable.

Essentially we victimize ourselves and thereby remove all blame and responsibility for 'fixing' what is wrong. After all, nobody (least of all us) expects the victim to be anything other than victimized, powerless and helpless. I must remind myself on a daily basis that long before our personal lives become stuck in the mud our mind and spirit are already up to our necks in thick sucking muck. The less mindful we are of the world around us, and our place within it, the more paralyzed we allow ourselves to become.

Often an altered point of view comes about only by way of blunt force trauma and/or personal crisis, other (rarer) times by our willingness to pull back and seek the bigger picture point of view. After decades of hard knocks I've decided the softer easier way forward is always by personal choice and never by external force. With this in mind I try to remember that inspiration and perspective can always be found by honest (and earnest) inquiry.

Please keep this in mind as we examine old black and white photos that have been colorized, thereby providing a different perspective upon already existing points of view i.e. historic images many will remember as familiar.......but strangely different.

Please join me in viewing "Colorized Photos From The Past Will Blow You Away".

Cognitive Dissonance

With much secrecy and speculation surrounding the details of recent fast flying trade treaties, it's a stretch of the imagination to think they may ultimately be for the benefit of average people. One has to wonder how many events over the past months occurred to simply lay down cover to distract from what is being called a corporate coup d'etat of the entire world.

Once again, Jon Rappoport delivers timely insight to the matters at hand. Much like the TPP, you have to click on it to know what's in it. Please read: The Great TPP Deathtrap for India, China & 10 Other Member-Nations.