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Friday, November 5, 2010. Today I am grateful we can change our attitude, or learn to change our attitude, and thus shift our outlook from dismal and dismay to hope and happiness.

Bird of Happiness; image from:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bird_of_Happiness_(toy)

Rod Campbell, in his book entitled Healing from Love: Healing through Love, Kindness and Respect for All Living Things, tells of his own experience with a huge change of attitude when  he was sick:

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“This day I was feeling terrible and was down milking the cows before going to hospital. It had been raining for weeks and everything was wet, coats and boots never dried properly and there was mud everywhere. The cow bail was leaking and there was a cold wind blowing. I was thinking to myself, what a terrible place this was for an old man of my age to be living.”

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Rod became so sick he almost did not make it to the hospital. He might have died if he hadn’t made it there. He did make it and then returned home.

“The next morning it was still raining when I went out to milk the cows. I first breathed in some beautiful fresh air and thought how wonderful it was, then saw all the beautiful lights sparkling on every drop of water dripping off every leaf, flower and blade of grass.

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“Then there were the lights and shadows shining in the mist and clouds rolling down over the hills. On walking through wet grass with sparkling little streams running everywhere, there were two fantails keeping me company as I was driving the cows to be milked.

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The air was so fresh and everything so bright and clean I thought this must be the cleanest and healthiest place for an old man to have the privilege to live, enjoy and appreciate nature and be part of it all.”

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Thank you Rod!

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Here’s to all of us who can shift, or learn to shift, our attitude!

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Doc Meek, Friday, November 5, 2010, at Nose Hill Public Library, Calgary, Alberta, CANADA

J. Collins Meek, Ph.D. (Doc Meek)
“What if you are smarter than you think?”
Learning Specialist https://docmeek.com

For brain health, ensure heart health (short video):
http://www.amiraclemolecule.com/themeekteam
More on heart health http://www.themeekteam.info
Ph (801) 971-1812 (Jeannette); Fax [801] 282-6026

THE LEARNING CLINIC WORLDWIDE, INC.
CANADA: P.O. Box 3105, Sherwood Park, AB T8H 2T1
TONGA: Mele Taumoepeau, P.O. Box 60, Nuku’alofa
USA: 3688 W 9800 S, #138, South Jordan, UT 84095

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Thursday, November 4, 2010. Today I am grateful for “summer in November” here in Calgary, Alberta, CANADA. It’s 21 degrees Celsius (that’s Canadian for US 70 degrees Fahrenheit)! We had “winter in August” so I guess this is a nice “makeup.” 😮

See full size image; image may be subject to copyright; image from:  www.wallpaperbase.com/landscape-autumnscene-2… Here’s to soul-warming autumn colors! Doc Meek, Thursday, November 4, 2020, at Nose Hill Public Library, Calgary, Alberta, CANADA P.S. I went outside in my bare feet, just to make a point: “Barefoot in November.” 😮

J. Collins Meek, Ph.D. (Doc Meek)
“What if you are smarter than you think?”
Learning Specialist https://docmeek.com

For brain health, ensure heart health (short video):
http://www.amiraclemolecule.com/themeekteam
More on heart health http://www.themeekteam.info
Ph (801) 971-1812 (Jeannette); Fax [801] 282-6026

THE LEARNING CLINIC WORLDWIDE, INC.
CANADA: P.O. Box 3105, Sherwood Park, AB T8H 2T1
TONGA: Mele Taumoepeau, P.O. Box 60, Nuku’alofa
USA: 3688 W 9800 S, #138, South Jordan, UT 84095

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Wednesday, November 3, 2010. Today I am grateful for Rod Campbell, of Warkworth, New Zealand, an old horseman from whom we all can learn much. Even little birds love Rod Campbell!

Image from:  commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_little_bird… 

In his book entitled Healing from Love: Healing through Love, Kindness and Respect for all Living Things, we see a man clearly who “talks his walk” and “walks his talk.”

Rod says, “I wish to help others to see the benefit of living with love and respect for all living things and to see that this is not just a matter of words–it is a way of life.”

And so it is for Rod. We can learn much from this humble man.

Rod goes on to say, “Although this book provides guidance and help for people who want to help others it must also be realized people can help others even if they themselves are very sick, not educated or cannot read or see very well.” [Emphasis added.]

Again, Rod walks his talk. He has several times been very sick, he did not receive much formal education and now cannot see very well. Still he has continued to help others through it all.

And he is aware that not all help comes from talk:

“Love, kindness and respect can be given freely without speaking one word. This is greatly appreciated and can change the lives of all living things.”

Here’s to a man that lives his values and beliefs completely! Just to be in his presence is to know kindness.

Doc Meek, Wednesday, November 3, 2010, at Nose Hill Public Library, Calgary, Alberta, CANADA

J. Collins Meek, Ph.D. (Doc Meek)
“What if you are smarter than you think?”
Learning Specialist https://docmeek.com

For brain health, ensure heart health (short video):
http://www.amiraclemolecule.com/themeekteam
More on heart health http://www.themeekteam.info
Ph (801) 971-1812 (Jeannette); Fax [801] 282-6026

THE LEARNING CLINIC WORLDWIDE, INC.
CANADA: P.O. Box 3105, Sherwood Park, AB T8H 2T1
TONGA: Mele Taumoepeau, P.O. Box 60, Nuku’alofa
USA: 3688 W 9800 S, #138, South Jordan, UT 84095

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Tuesday, November 2, 2010. Today I am grateful for people such as Jeff Bell who choose to share their private embarrassing agony and show the way out.

Image from:  http://www.definitions.net/definition/agony

In Jeff Bell’s book entitled When in Doubt, Make Belief: An OCD-Inspired Approach to Living with Uncertainty [not a religious book; field-tested and re-tested and re-re-tested strategies for confronting fear and worry], he gives us 10 certain steps out of our personal quagmires.

Everyone can learn these steps; they just take time and stick-to-it-iveness:

Step 1: Choose to see the universe as friendly

Step 2: Embrace the possibility in every moment

Step 3: Affirm your universal potential

Step 4: Put your commitments ahead of your comfort

Step 5: Keep sight of the big picture and the greater good

Step 6: Claim and exercise your freedom to choose

Step 7: Picture possibility and “direct” your attention

Step 8: Act from abundance in ways that empower

Step 9: Accept and let go of what you cannot control

Step 10: Allow for bigger plans than your own to unfold

Here’s to 10 steps out!

Doc Meek, Tuesday, November 2, 2010, at Nose Hill Public Library, Calgary, Alberta, CANADA

J. Collins Meek, Ph.D. (Doc Meek)
“What if you are smarter than you think?”
Learning Specialist https://docmeek.com

For brain health, ensure heart health (short video):
http://www.amiraclemolecule.com/themeekteam
More on heart health http://www.themeekteam.info
Ph (801) 971-1812 (Jeannette); Fax [801] 282-6026

THE LEARNING CLINIC WORLDWIDE, INC.
CANADA: P.O. Box 3105, Sherwood Park, AB T8H 2T1
TONGA: Mele Taumoepeau, P.O. Box 60, Nuku’alofa
USA: 3688 W 9800 S, #138, South Jordan, UT 84095

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Monday, November 1, 2010. Today I am grateful to the Lord, who helped me last Saturday to go on working, doing house renovations, even though I was so sick I thought I  could not go on. Everything seemed to take “forever.” Not enough time in the day!

Image from:  http://www.simpleanddelicious.com/meal-ideas/simple-quick/good-food-fast-dinner-10-minutes.jsp

Reminded me of over-scheduled Moms who often have to press on, with inadequate rest, etc., because they often have no choice. Gave me great mepathy for over-worked Moms everywhere!

I felt I had to get the outside painting done while the good weather lasted and that this was my “last chance.” Had to lie down and rest frequently. I thought I would never get finished! So exhausted I could hardly lift the paint brush. Thank God I finished. Literally, thank God. 😮

J. Collins Meek, Ph.D. (Doc Meek)
“What if you are smarter than you think?”
Learning Specialist https://docmeek.com

For brain health, ensure heart health (short video):
http://www.amiraclemolecule.com/themeekteam
More on heart health http://www.themeekteam.info
Ph (801) 971-1812 (Jeannette); Fax [801] 282-6026

THE LEARNING CLINIC WORLDWIDE, INC.
CANADA: P.O. Box 3105, Sherwood Park, AB T8H 2T1
TONGA: Mele Taumoepeau, P.O. Box 60, Nuku’alofa
USA: 3688 W 9800 S, #138, South Jordan, UT 84095

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Thursday, October 28, 2010. Today I am grateful I have no time to do this delightful blog task fully right now. Later I can fill this in with some more gratitudes?

I am trying to learn to live in the present. Not easy for me! 😮

For a man who has lived his life primarily in the past and in the future, it is not a light thing to switch to the present, eh? 😮

My wife Jeannette lives in the present every day. Needless to say, she is much happier than I am. 😮

Here’s to those who learn from the past, plan for the future, and live in the present!!!

Doc Meek, Thursday, October 28. 2010, at Nose Hill Public Library, Calgary, Alberta, CANADA

J. Collins Meek, Ph.D. (Doc Meek)
“What if you are smarter than you think?”
Learning Specialist https://docmeek.com

For brain health, ensure heart health (short video):
http://www.amiraclemolecule.com/themeekteam
More on heart health http://www.themeekteam.info
Ph (801) 971-1812 (Jeannette); Fax [801] 282-6026

THE LEARNING CLINIC WORLDWIDE, INC.
CANADA: P.O. Box 3105, Sherwood Park, AB T8H 2T1
TONGA: Mele Taumoepeau, P.O. Box 60, Nuku’alofa
USA: 3688 W 9800 S, #138, South Jordan, UT 84095

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Wednesday, October 27, 2010. Today I am grateful for a friend who is stalwart and true to what he believes. Great to see steadiness, persistence and dignity in a man, or woman or child.

See full size image; image may be subject to copyright; image from:  www.womeninthebible.net/1.13.Ruth.htm

One classic story of character is Ruth in the Book of Ruth in the Old Testament (Ruth is short for “retut,” meaning “lovely friend”).

Some quotations on character from: http://josephsoninstitute.org/quotes/character.html

Character is what you are in the dark.
— Unknown

Most people say that it is the intellect which makes a great scientist. They are wrong: it is character.
— Albert Einstein, Swiss-American mathematician, physicist and public philosopher (1879-1955)

Character, in the long run, is the decisive factor in the life of an individual and of nations alike.
— Theodore Roosevelt, American adventurer and 26th president (1858-1919)

What lies behind us and what lies before us are small matters compared to what lies within us.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson, American essayist, philosopher and poet (1803-1882)

If you will think about what you ought to do for other people, your character will take care of itself. Character is a by-product, and any man who devotes himself to its cultivation in his own case will become a selfish prig.
— Woodrow Wilson, 28th American president (1856-1924)

If you don’t have enemies, you don’t have character.
— Paul Newman, American actor (b. 1925)

Why are we surprised when fig trees bear figs?
— Margaret Titzel

Character is like a tree and reputation like its shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.
— Abraham Lincoln, 16th U.S. president (1809-1865)

Many a man’s reputation would not know his character if they met on the street.
— Elbert Hubbard, 19th/20th-century American entrepreneur and philosopher (founder of Roycroft)

A person’s character is what it is. It’s a little like a marriage – only without the option of divorce. You can work on it and try to make it better, but basically you have to take the bitter with the sweet.
— Henrik Hertzberg, 20th-century American editor and journalist

What a man’s mind can create, man’s character can control.
— Attributed to Thomas Edison, American inventor (1847-1931)

The true test of civilization is not the census, nor the size of cities, nor the crops – no, but the kind of man the country turns out.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson, American essayist, philosopher and poet (1803-1882)

Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired, and success achieved.
— Helen Keller, American social activist, public speaker and author (1880-1968)

The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically… Intelligence plus character – that is the goal of true education.
— Martin Luther King Jr., American civil rights leader (1929-1968)

The best index to a person’s character is (a) how he treats people who can’t do him any good, and (b) how he treats people who can’t fight back. 
— Abigail van Buren (Pauline Esther Friedman), American newspaper advice columnist (1918-2002)

The measure of a man’s character is what he would do if he knew he never would be found out.
— Baron Thomas Babington Macauley, English historian and statesman (1800-1859)

Fame is a vapor, popularity an accident, riches take wing, and only character endures.
— Horace Greeley, American journalist and educator (1811-1872)

The proper time to influence the character of a child is about a hundred years before he’s born.
— William R. Inge, American playwright (1913-1973)

The formation of character in young people is educationally a different task from and a prior task to, the discussion of the great, difficult ethical controversies of the day.
— William J. Bennett, author and former U.S. Secretary of Education (b. 1943)

One can acquire everything in solitude — except character. 
— Henri Stendahl, French novelist (1783-1842)

If a man has any greatness in him, it comes to light, not in one flamboyant hour, but in the ledger of his daily work.
— Beryl Markham, English adventurer and author (1902-1986)

You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.
— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German poet, novelist, playwright, scientist and philosopher (1749-1832)

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I salute those who speak of the value of character, and especially those who exhibit this golden trait in their daily living.

Doc Meek, Wednesday, October 27, 2010, at Main Downtown Public Library, Calgary, Alberta, CANADA

J. Collins Meek, Ph.D. (Doc Meek)
“What if you are smarter than you think?”
Learning Specialist https://docmeek.com

For brain health, ensure heart health (short video):
http://www.amiraclemolecule.com/themeekteam
More on heart health http://www.themeekteam.info
Ph (801) 971-1812 (Jeannette); Fax [801] 282-6026

THE LEARNING CLINIC WORLDWIDE, INC.
CANADA: P.O. Box 3105, Sherwood Park, AB T8H 2T1
TONGA: Mele Taumoepeau, P.O. Box 60, Nuku’alofa
USA: 3688 W 9800 S, #138, South Jordan, UT 84095

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Tuesday, October 26, 2010. Today I am grateful for friends who came and helped my spouse Jeannette and I to renovate our home. In the Bible, the phrase, “the laborer is worthy of his hire,” refers to those who labor in the ministry.

However, it is true of all laborers I think.

 Name: Joseph Marshall Location: Columbus, Ohio, United States; Profession: Writer, Cabinetmaker

Image from: http://shotofpolitics.blogspot.com/2005/02/laborer-is-worthy-of-his-hire.html

Some people think that academic enterprises are superior to manual labor. I don’t think so. Without humble laborers, we wouldn’t have buildings in which to carry on schooling and we wouldn’t have homes to live in.

Here’s to all laborers, big and small!

And a special salute today to Craig, Val, Madi, Jody and Rick, who helped renew our humble older home. Thank you, one and all!

Doc Meek, Tuesday, October 26, 2010, at Nose Hill Public Library, Calgary, Alberta, CANADA

J. Collins Meek, Ph.D. (Doc Meek)
“What if you are smarter than you think?”
Learning Specialist https://docmeek.com

For brain health, ensure heart health (short video):
http://www.amiraclemolecule.com/themeekteam
More on heart health http://www.themeekteam.info
Ph (801) 971-1812 (Jeannette); Fax [801] 282-6026

THE LEARNING CLINIC WORLDWIDE, INC.
CANADA: P.O. Box 3105, Sherwood Park, AB T8H 2T1
TONGA: Mele Taumoepeau, P.O. Box 60, Nuku’alofa
USA: 3688 W 9800 S, #138, South Jordan, UT 84095

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Monday, October 25, 2010. Today I am grateful for my vertigo attack on Sunday. Grateful? Yes, I can learn even from sickness.

The nausea accompanying my vertigo gives me greater empathy for pregnant women who have “morning sickeness,” especially when it lasts all day and into the night. I carried my “barf bucket” with me everywhere just as my daughter Tanya did when she was pregnant. 

Sickness also gives me greater empathy for anyone with any kind of affliction.

Jesus heals the sick; image from:  http://freechristimages.org/biblestories/jesus_heals_the_sick.htm

Likewise, my brothers Craig and Conrad came and ministered unto me. I am so grateful for them! I feel so much better today!

And Val brought me some chicken and potatoes for later, when my stomach stopped rebelling against perfectly good food. 😮

Thank you Val!

Nothing like potatoes to warm an Irishman’s heart, eh? 😮

Here’s to angels, from on high, and in our neighborhood!

Doc Meek, Monday, October 25, 2010, at Nose Hill Library, Calgary, Alberta, CANADA

P.S. My beloved spouse Jeannette writes to me:

Happy Birthday to you! Happy Birthday to you! Happy Birthday dear Collins, Happy Birthday to you!

May God bless you today! May God bless you today! May God bless you and keep you! May God bless you today!

Thank you, Jeannette!

J. Collins Meek, Ph.D. (Doc Meek)
“What if you are smarter than you think?”
Learning Specialist https://docmeek.com

For brain health, ensure heart health (short video):
http://www.amiraclemolecule.com/themeekteam
More on heart health http://www.themeekteam.info
Ph (801) 971-1812 (Jeannette); Fax [801] 282-6026

THE LEARNING CLINIC WORLDWIDE, INC.
CANADA: P.O. Box 3105, Sherwood Park, AB T8H 2T1
TONGA: Mele Taumoepeau, P.O. Box 60, Nuku’alofa
USA: 3688 W 9800 S, #138, South Jordan, UT 84095

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Thursday, October 21, 2010. Today I am grateful for my marriage with Jeannette. We are learning to get along, lo these many years. Still learning. 😮

For her recent birthday, I sent her a cake made totally out of flowers. Definitely a low-calorie cake. 😮

 Image from:  http://ww30.1800flowers.com/collection.do?dataset=11307

Our birthdays are close, hers in September and mine about 3 weeks later in October. So the other evening we went out to celebrate both our birthdays.

We had a quiet time at the Cheesecake Restaurant in Northwest Calary, enjoyed butternut squash soup, mushroom and cheese melt soup in a bread-loaf bowel, fish and chips, and yes, for dessert, a shared piece of cheesecake, smothered in red raspberries. 😮

Next moring, at the crack of dawn, Jeannette had to drive from here in Calgary to Edmonton, Alberta (nearly 4 hours north) and catch a flight to Utah for the Synergy Worldwide Summit Meeting.

Great business she’s in! She helps high-risk heart and diabetic patients and enjoys the work!

http://www.amiraclemolecule.com/themeekteam

Thank you, Jeannette, for being a great spouse!

Doc Meek, Thursday, October 21, 2010, at Nose Hill Public Library, Calgary, Alberta, CANADA

J. Collins Meek, Ph.D. (Doc Meek)
“What if you are smarter than you think?”
Learning Specialist https://docmeek.com

For brain health, ensure heart health (short video):
http://www.amiraclemolecule.com/themeekteam
More on heart health http://www.themeekteam.info
Ph (801) 971-1812 (Jeannette); Fax [801] 282-6026

THE LEARNING CLINIC WORLDWIDE, INC.
CANADA: P.O. Box 3105, Sherwood Park, AB T8H 2T1
TONGA: Mele Taumoepeau, P.O. Box 60, Nuku’alofa
USA: 3688 W 9800 S, #138, South Jordan, UT 84095

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