Thursday, October 14, 2010

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/10/14/aols-yahoo-bid-aol-firms-_n_762193.html

As consumers of the internet we need to pay attention to the corporate battles for competitive advantage and dominance in the market place between AOL, YAHOO & MICROSOFT.

This impacts consumers. Watch the quarterly losses or gains for each company, stock price, how low it falls and the purchase price. Who is leading the various companies - The Board of Directors, The Stockholders, CEO, consumers or employees?

When the dust settles perhaps the competition will be between Google and the winning organization.

What does this mean for consumers?

Tuesday, October 12, 2010

4 FACTS FOR EACH DECADE

I share with you my outlook at this stage of my life being in my 40s. I see the older I get; the more I know I don’t know. Perfection no longer controls me. We live today with the coldness of perfection. We are challenged by the consequences of the actions of people being right. Our focus on perfection has caused us as humans to harm and kill countless precious souls throughout time on this planet. In keeping with the universal fact that as one matures you learn AND that less is more.

Here are my top 4 – One for each decade of my life

• My vision as a child I was the way things should be.
• I was critical and judgmental in my youth, because life is not the way I envisioned it to be.
• I fight against the reality of life and struggle to learn to endure the pain, disappointment, hurt and betrayals because life is not the way I envisioned.
• In my actions and thoughts I choose to live by seeing, appreciating and valuing the beauty and preciousness of life’s imperfections and pains to manifest Blessings and Miracles.

To explain my fourth bullet:
• In embracing that I am the co-creator of my life, I am totally responsible for my thoughts, words, deeds and actions with each breathe I take.

• I am responsible as a Human Being, to always pray to choose wisely and hear My Creator’s voice in all that I do and don’t do. (Wise is different from being right)

• The Time is Now for all of us to give Thanks with our daily actions for being Human.

• Endure the pain of being right. (Yes at this stage in life there is little joy in being right)

• Living the reality that freedom is not free.

• It is ok to not know.

Fear is an illusion.

There are times I am so comfortable in my solitude. I need that time to maintain my balance and sanity in the midst of an insane world. I remember a time when I hated being alone. I had to always be on the phone talking to my friends, going out, partying, and going over my friend’s house. I hated being alone.

Yet there comes a time in everyone’s life, you have to become comfortable with spending time with yourself. It has taken a very long time for me to live in this place with myself. Now my first inclination is to spend quiet time with me, I have to balance my life to make sure to have people around.

I remember a time when I became overwhelmed interacting with so many people. I began to lose myself. Then I went to the other extreme in order to regain my balance. I did not find it comforting just better than being around a lot of people. It took years before solitude became a joyful, fun time for me. It is a joyful time when I connect with others too. I don’t get overwhelmed by other people’s negativity. I understand we all have our respective lessons to learn along the way. That is life.

How we each deal with perceived conflict, hurt feelings, betrayal, and fear determines everything. When we continue to choose fear we limit ourselves. My Godmother constantly told me fear is an illusion. I am still learning what that means. Fear is an illusion. Fear feels so real. Our reaction to fear is real. Fear is used to control. Fear is used to dominate. One dominates another based on fear. What happens when fear is the foundation of a relationship? What happens when fear is the foundation of a society? What happens when fear dictates your actions?

I can only come to understand by dealing with my fears. In my solitude I gain understanding of myself, allowing me to gain understanding of others. My thoughts today are about this time of Pluto in Capricorn is an awesome time for transformation. Individual transformation creates the transformation in society. We really are the change we seek. That is a Universal truth. Beyond our differences we are all human beings. Life on this planet has existed for millions of years. Why do we think we have all the answers?

Our current time is proof we do not. Did I allow fear to guide me today? Did you allow fear to guide you today?