Moving the Line to Repulsive

  When people are attempting to get us to accept a behavior or culture we are not willing to embrace, they implement a strategy I call "moving the line". Moving the line is a stratgy to take us into repulsive behavior that we would not allow by taking one giant step. So we are led in that direction by small baby steps through new regulations, covert good intentions and reluctant abdication of our personal choices.
  For anyone who is suspicious of this theory I will elaborate. Allow me to remind you of what was not allowed on a television show forty-five years ago, is now a part of commercials during prime time television our children are watching. In addition, those foods that we considered a part of America are now being labeled addictive and even deadly.
  Finally, beware of anyone who tells you that what you are eating and doing is unacceptable behavior. Not unacceptable enough to ban, just unacceptable enough to be regulated and taxed for the benefit of the children.

Move It to Lose It

  A gentleman once told me, "Logic will not change an emotion, but action will". For any doubters out there allow me to give you a few examples to why this is true, as I found out.
  First of all, anyone who runs or exercises as a workout for physical wellness can attest to these words of  wisdom. Ask anyone who works out, if they have days when they do not feel like it. However hard they try to convince themselves, it does not cause them to want to begin the rigorous activity. But once they begin the workout they find themselves in the zone with fulfillment.
  Secondly, anyone who suffers with a mild case of depression, loneliness or anxiety many times they are unable to talk themselves free of these distorted thought processes. They are encouraged to go out and help someone or some organization that would be greatly appreciative of their services. Once they see value in what they are doing, they feel value in who they are.
  In conclusion, all their reasoning or logic attempted in both these examples did not change how they felt. It was not until they acted on what they sought, that they got an answer to their dilemma.

The Mystique of Attitude

  Webster defines at`ti`tude as a matter of acting, feeling or thinking that shows one's disposition or opinion. Notice attitude is a thought process that follows a predetermined mind set of one's own choosing. An attitude also becomes revealing of someone's belief system, of either hope or hopelessness. What is most surprising is the experiences of life do not affect one's attitude nearly as much, as their reponse or reaction to that experience in their past.
  An attitude is a filter placed upon our eyes and ears which will determine our answer long before the request or question is asked. This filter is a two-way mechanism, which can be used to keep out bad for protection or diffuse the good causing distortion. The filter is always there. How it is used will be determined by the choice of its master.
  In summary, it is a just filter. It hands out its reward to everyone fairly and consistantly-depending on your ATTITUDE!