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My Life’s Treasure Box Is Full of Gems That Make Us Feel Happy And Fulfilled

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A Very Warm Welcome 

We have a society right now that is in strong need of nourishment of the soul. I want to do my part to help strengthen and nourish your soul, and the soul of your family, the soul of society, and the soul of government.

Notice the pages listed on the header. Each page describes the catagories I post.

Voices of Angels

A Beautiful Spiritual Message

Thanks for your support

I just wanted to report to those of you who loyally drop in occassionally to know that I appreciate you. I am not working on this site at a regular basis because I have others I’m doing on the same theme of families. Go check out the others if you haven’t already. They are http://myhummingbirdcafe.com, http://familybasics.wordpress.com, and http://mytreasureboxseries.wordpress.com.

I also have a political site http://OurdaysReports.wordpress.com that I use to vent my frustrations on what is going on in the news politically. Someone needs to say something.  Along those lines, I have http://DemiseofAmerica.wordpress.com and http://FaceofAmerica.wordpress.com.

Now one last word I would like to report on and that is HR 875 and Senate bill 425 that have to do with controlling our ability to grow our own food. It is unbelievable. In fact, if you are as concerned as I am you need to check those political sites I mentioned because there are some very informative information there and plenty of good videos to explain it all.

Once again, thanks for stopping by and for your loyalty.

Judith Sherman

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You Can Create What You Want

We all have the ability to create something beautiful and worthwhile when we have a desire to do so. A disability is not a reason to think we cannot have what we have the desire to create.

Haven’t we seen people with a disability learn to paint with their teeth or toes? Haven’t we seen people walk who have no feet or legs? Haven’t seen people play the piano who have disabilities? Have we not seen miracles because people did what seemed impossible because they would not accept that they could not?

What makes you think you are less capable than these people? What makes you think that you cannot do what you have a god-given ability to do? I suppose you think you cannot do something for a good reason or your disability, when even the most unlikely have been able to accomplish the same thing? You just have to accept that you CAN do it!

It is true, “You can do what your heart desires”  when you believe in your ability and in the ability of your creator to help you! You remember that this is true and believe it is possible.

Please watch this beautiful video about your ability to create.

An Easter Message To You From Me

I hope this message is as special to you as it is to me. With the atmosphere around us these days, it helps to know someone has paid the ultimate price for your redemption. Knowing we can rely on Him and His love helps us through the hard times we face in life. But try to remember that we live on a volatile planet. We will have storms rage about us, mudslides, fires, and all sorts of chaos around us.

The Lord gave us a lovely planet to live on, but we have to accept the good with the bad. Tornadoes and fires are a fact of life and it’s not God’s fault if you suffer from them. He is there to comfort you, so take advantage of that gift, but don’t blame Him for your misfortune of living on this earth. See the gift of life (however long that is) as a blessing and enjoy the time you have with your loved-ones and give thanks for each day that you wake up.

That is the way I see this life on earth and I hope you feel the same.

How A Sense of Entitlement Costs Us

 

http://judystreasurebox.wordpress.com/2008/11/24/sense-of-entitlement/

Having a “sense of entitlement” means we expect the government to solve many of the problems that we personally should take care of ourselves?

The problem is that this ailment is causing major problems in society. The Democratic Party, when in power, and the government have trained us to believe that we have to depend on them to fill our needs instead of depending on ourselves and God.  The more we depend on government, the less self-reliant we become. 

Now we have a society that has elected a party and President that tells us we cannot get out of the crisis we are in without the government. President Obama actually said that the situation is so bad that only government can fix it . . .never mind that government caused the problem in the first place because Congress did not take care of the problems as they began to emerge.

We have a runaway Congress and President who have no problem spending money that we cannot afford, money that does not even exist.  They took $13 Trillion dollars out of the treasury to fund all the programs and bailouts to stimulate the economy but borrowing never does anything good, it just delays the inevitable. Do you understand what this all means to us as citizens? It means government made the money when there is nothing to back it. It’s virtual money!

As I heard it explained on Glenn Beck the other day, a healthy economy will be a straight line without dips of deflation or rises in inflation.

When money deflates, the economy’s stability drops down and we have a recession or depression.  That means we need inflation to bring the stability of the economy back up. Now the trick is to catch it just before it starts back up, but if the Feds wait a bit too long and they catch it on the other side of the rise in inflation, then we have hyper-inflation. . .where the cost of things goes sky high. The way Glenn Beck explained it, it would be like having a barrel full of money but all you can buy with it  is bread.

I suggest you follow the links below and read the reports I’ve done on this situation. If  we cannot stop what’s happening, which it appears now that we can’t, then the dollar will CRASH and be worthless. Not only that, but the USA, France, Germany, Japan, England and other countries will crash as well and we will have a global economic crisis.

So how did all this begin? It started with too much debit, people relying on credit and unable to repay. This continued in governments as well. The USA started borrowing from China and other governments that would make you hot under the collar to know we are indebted to them, and so now we have a huge problem with no solution in sight.

http://demiseofamerica.wordpress.com/2009/03/22/hello-world/

http://demiseofamerica.wordpress.com/2009/03/23/demise-of-america-truth-or-fiction/

Now they are messing with our food and farms. It’s unbelievable. 

http://demiseofamerica.wordpress.com/2009/03/23/now-government-controlled-farming/

All of this started with the narcissistic needs of people to take care of themselves without concern for others. This attitude not only exists in individuals, in families, and in society, but now it is the cause for the downfall in the United States of America and other nations. Please read these reports because you will have no peace of mind, peace in society, joy, and happiness if we lose our freedom and be turned upside down in a global financial crisis.

You will need to understand what we face RIGHT NOW before you can make a plan to respond appropriately to the crisis. So take the time to understand the situation and then do something now. I suggest taking what money you have and buy food, staples, and whatever your family decides is prudent; but do not delay, time is of the essence.

 

Being at Peace Is Not an Accident

Have you noticed that when we say “peace” and “happiness” in the same breath, the word “peace” usually comes first? I did, and I wondered why that is so.

How does the word “peace” used first affect the meaning of a sentence, or does it? I suppose, in this case, it could be the subconscious mind reminding us that without peace existing around us and without it permeating our souls as it should on a consistent basis, nothing else we do first will provide the happiness that we desire.

To experience joy and happiness in the heart we need peace to be in the soul. This is the payoff for making correct choices and wise decisions. Peace is not achieved by accident; we need to create an environment for peace to exist. How to do that is the focus of this post.

First, we must become a peaceful person on the inside by being in harmony with the human system. Next, we establish healthy habits that help us control our impulses and reactions, and then we do what it takes to protect the peace around us.

The Treasure Box Series is designed to help you fill the empty places in your soul with the type of gems that provide more of what you want out of life. These gems reflect the many facets of peace, joy, and happiness that fill your treasure box with a rich sense of fulfillment and a warm feeling of contentment in your soul.

From this point forward, you can create a life with purpose that you and the family will feel good about for years, even benefit from for decades to come. What is more satisfying than that?  What will make your life more creditable, meaningful, and more peaceful than it is right now?  

Learning to respond appropriately is vital for keeping the peace and being happy. The The Treasure Box book series “Peace, Joy, and Happiness” explains how you can accomplish this goal. You will feel more confident about your ability to weather life’s storms that threaten your peace when you understand how to respond to the situation.

Developing a better understanding of what to do in the storm helps you prevent even the slightest wind from becoming a tempest when adversity comes your way. When the winds blow, as illustrated in the “Three Little Pigs” story, your house of peace will not be blown over, it will remain standing firm.

Being at peace requires our full commitment, discipline, resolve, and a willingness to change the way we respond to stressful situations. This likely means we need to learn new skills that help us avoid or alter inappropriate responses. Until now, those responses might have been destroying an ability to feel real peace, joy, and happiness in your soul. I found this was certainly true in my case.

Perhaps the way you currently respond isn’t giving you the results you want either, so I hope you will find answers to some of your problems by reading this blog. I welcome your comments and questions as well.

Worm Attack Warning

Reposting

As Facebook works to make itself more relevant and timely for its growing member base with a profile page makeover, attackers seem to be working overtime to steal the identities of the friends, fans and brands that connect though the social-networking site.

Indeed, Facebook has seen five different security threats in the past week. According to Trend Micro, four new hoax applications are attempting to trick members into divulging their usernames and passwords. And a new variant of theKoobface worm is running wild on the site, installing malware on the computers of victims who click on a link to a fake YouTube video.

The Koobface worm is dangerous. It can be dropped by other malware and downloaded unknowingly by a user when visiting malicious Web sites, Trend Micro reports. When attackers execute the malware, it searches for cookies created by online social networks. The latest variant is targeting Facebook, but earlier variants have also plagued MySpace.

Koobface’s Wicked Agenda

Once Koobface finds the social-networking cookies, it makes a DNS query to check IP addresses that correspond to remote domains. Trend Micro explains that those servers can send and receive information about the affected machine. Once connected, the malicious user can remotely perform commands on the victim’s machine.

“Once cookies related to the monitored social-networking Web sites are located, it connects to these Web sites using the user log-in session stored in the cookies. It then navigates through pages to search for the user’s friends. If a friend has been located, it sends an HTTP POST request to the server,” Trend Micro reports.

Ultimately, the worm’s agenda is to transform the victim’s computer into a zombie and form botnets for malicious purposes. Koobface attempts to do this by composing a message and sending it to the user’s friends. The message contains a link to a Web site where a copy of the worm can be downloaded by unsuspecting friends. And the cycle repeats itself.

An Attractive Face(book)

Malware authors are investing more energy in Facebook and other social-networking sites because that effort pays off, according to Michael Argast, a security analyst at Sophos. Facebook alone has more than 175 million users, which makes it an attractive target.

“Many computer users have been conditioned not to open an attachment from an e-mail or click a link found within, but won’t think twice about checking out a hot new video linked to by a trusted friend on Facebook,” Argast said.

Argast called the Koobface worm a mix of something old and something new. The new is using social networks as a method to spread malware. The old is using fake codec Trojans linked to a saucy video to induce the user to install the malware.

Argast said people can protect themselves by running up-to-date antivirus software, restricting which Facebook applications they install, thinking twice before clicking on links from friends and never, never installing a codec from some random Web site in the hopes of catching some celebrity in a compromised situation.

“I would expect to see more attacks on Facebook,” Argast said. “As long as this is a successful propagation method, the bad guys will double down and invest more. They are entirely motivated by financial gain. If it pays, they’ll continue to romp in your social playgrounds.”

The Call Of Story Telling

The Family

 

 

I just watched a program on the BYU Inspirational Channel on cable about the call of story telling. They had six of the best story tellers on the program that, very entertainingly, told their stories of situations when they were growing up. Many of those stories I was able to connect with and that reminded me of when I was growing up.

The point of this program is that we all have stories that we should pass on to our families, but, for some unknown reason, we don’t. The idea was to help us understand how important our stories are to our children and grandchildren. These stories need to be passed on so that families understand their heritage and develop a closer relationship to those who have passed on.

I know my grandma used to make comments about “old Indian Squaw and Sitting Bull” whenever we showed pictures of her and grandpa sitting on the couch. When cousins tried to find their connection to Indians, they found none. I don’t know where that story of grandpa being Indian came from, but it was entertaining to hear grandma’s comments.

Another story is that we are related to Jessie James, the bank robber, train robber, and outlaw. I’m pretty sure that story is true. Knowing we had a colorful past makes me feel a sense of belonging to the history of the “Old Wild West”.

There was a story written in a journal about one of my family members moving so much that, when it was time to load up the chickens, they would bring out the bags to put the chickens in so they would be calm in transport. Well the story is that when the chickens say the bags, they would lay down and put up their legs so they could be put into bags. I don’t know how true that far-fetched story is, probably as true as grandpa being Indian, but it was entertaining to read the story.

Think about what stories you can start telling your own children that will give them a sense of belonging, and even joy when they retell the story or think about it in their minds.

If you get a chance to watch the BYU channel on cable, look for the Call To Story.

Call of Story

Call of Story

Stories and storytelling lie at the heart of human experience. This program explores the unique power and pervasiveness of stories and storytelling in family and community life. Storytelling’s renaissance is exemplified in part by the ever-growing wave of storytelling festivals in more than forty states across the country. The Call of Story examines the power of storytelling through six of America’s finest storytellers who share powerful family tales. Each story is framed by a short testimonial explaining the narrator’s impressions and feelings about the significance of story in their family lives.

http://callofstory.org

BYU Television Schedule of “Call Of Story”

 March 13 @ 4:00 PM
BYU Television International (Español/Português)

Next Showing is shown below:

March 2 @ 2:30 AM

March 2 @ 11:00 AM

March 8 @ 4:30 AM

March 8 @ 9:30 PM

March 14 @ 2:00 AM

March 14 @ 6:00 PM

March 20 @ 4:30 AM

March 20 @ 7:00 AM

March 20 @ 8:30 PM

March 26 @ 1:30 AM

One of the stories is about young brothers playing on the swing that was not cemented in so it would move (or walk down the hill) as the boys swang higher and higher. Then the swing toppled over onto one of the brothers. The comedy reminds me so much of how brothers tell stories to their parents. This will make you laugh so hard, your tummy will ache.

Another heartfelt story is about an older man who did not get along well with his son because the son always wanted something from his father. Then, after a serious surgery the father had, the son put his arm around his father and asked, “No, how are you really?” Suddenly. the father realized the circle was complete. Now the son was looking after him. This story will bring tears to your eyes as you see the relationship change between father and son.

Another story is told about the first time a father takes his young daughter to a dance and she is the belle of the ball. His thoughts bring up feelings most fathers of daughters have in this situation.

Anyway, you can see the great stories told by story tellers. One is about a young black boy who witness violence, where guns were pulled out of the vehicle. Another is told of an Indian women who tells about her mother named Dove. An Italian women tells about how her mother used to embarrass her, and then she realized how important those memories of her mother is. The story is so comical, and typical of mother and daughter conflict.

I hope you will watch this program. You will see the treasure that fond memories are of loved ones, and that these are the gems we need to put in our treasure boxes.

An Example Of The Savior’s Love

What better way can one show the Savior’s love to those around him or her?  This video is so inspiring that I had to share it. Tell me how you feel about this video. I’ll tell you that it affected me all the way to my soul.