Vol.2 No. 7 Copyright Harvey Cohen ~ Published by AaaHa! Dynamics Press

 

If you do not believe you can have it all,

then you get to choose

how much less than all you will have !

INVESTIGATE THIS! - PART II 

"Circumstance does not make the man.
Circumstance reveals man to himself."
...........Ralph Waldo Emerson

Circumstances in life are a series of indisputable facts.

Like;

When it's raining.

When the Yankees lose 5-3.

When the tire is flat.

When you are fired.

When your script is turned down.

When you are stuck in traffic at 6:15 pm 

When you get married.

When you are 82 years old.

When your significant relationship forgot your birthday.

When 36 inches equals a yard.

When it's 110 in the shade.

When someone you want to say 'Yes', says  'No'.

When your sister had a face lift.

Facts have no meaning other than the meaning you give the facts. The facts alone are neutral. Circumstances are neutral.

neu·tral -Not aligned with, supporting, or favoring either side in a  dispute or situation.

 

Facts/circumstances are neither good or bad, right or wrong, ugly nor beautiful. Circumstances have no meaning other than the meaning you give the circumstances.

 

So What?

Here's 'So what'. It's what you do with the facts of circumstances that tells you more about you then it tells you about the circumstances. 

 

Circumstances have no power. That's why there are those that prosper and thrive even in the worst of circumstances, and there are those that struggle even in the best of circumstances. Circumstances are neutral.

 

It's not a fact that you had a 'lousy' day'. The fact is, you had a day, twenty-four hours long, totally neutral. A day is just a day. It doesn't do anything to you. Why you make a neutral day to be 'lousy' is worthy of serious investigation.

The more you treat your interpretation of the facts......as reality, rather than as YOUR interpretation of the facts, the more your mis-understanding about what is obvious limits your options in life.

All circumstances in your life are 'NEUTRAL', waiting for you to give them meaning. And the meaning you give circumstances you tend to call 'reality', when it is really your perception of the facts. Big diff. Think about it.

Happy trails,

Harvey

 

Next issue:

INVESTIGATE THIS! - PART III - THE MOTHER OF ALL ILLUSIONS

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The shortest distance between two points

is usually under construction.

------Zach Mann

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Reasonable people adapt themselves to the world.

Unreasonable people attempt to adapt the world to

themselves. All progress, therefore, depends on

unreasonable people."
- --George Bernard Shaw

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Space and time are not conditions in which we live,

they are modes in which we think.
---Albert Einstein 

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An adventure is an inconvenience rightly considered.

An inconvenience is an adventure wrongly considered.

--G. K. Chesterton

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Desert snails may doze for three or four years.

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"Youth is not a time of life; it is a state of mind;

it is not a matter of rosy cheeks, red lips and supple knees;

it is a matter of the will, a quality of the imagination,

a vigor of the emotions; it is the

freshness of the deep springs of life."

 ----Samuel Ullman

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The guest bathrobes and towels at

the Ritz Hotel in Paris are Apricot in color.

 

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THE OPTIMISM HOTLINE

 

A husband accompanies his wife to the neighborhood butcher shop where she always purchases a roast for their Sunday dinners. It is a first for the husband. Before the roast was wrapped, the wife had the butcher cut and remove about two inches from both ends of the roast. 

 

Curious husband:   How is it that you have the butcher cut and remove about two inches of perfectly good meat from both ends of the roast?

 

Wife:   I always have the butcher cut and remove about two inches from both ends of the roasts I buy.

 

Curious husband:   Yes, but........why?

 

Wife: Because my mother always has the butcher cut and remove about two inches from each end of the roasts she buys.

 

Curious husband:   Why?

 

Wife:   I really don't know. I assume she had a very good reason.

 

Curious husband:   Do you know the reason?

 

Wife:   No.

 

Curious husband:   Are you curious as to why your mother always has the butcher cut and remove about two inches from each end of the roasts she buys?

Wife:   I am now. Let's call mother. Hello mother...... I'm curious as why you have the butcher cut and remove about two inches from both ends of the roasts you buy.

 

Mother:   I always have the butcher cut and remove about two inches from both ends of the roasts I buy.

 

Curious wife:   Yes, I know. But........why?

 

Mother:   Why? I do it because my mother always has the butcher cut and remove about two inches from both ends of the roasts she buys, that's why.

 

Curious wife:   Hmmmmm. I think I'll call grandma. Hello grandma........I'm curious. Why do you have the butcher cut and remove about two inches from both ends of the roasts you buy?

 

Grandma:   Because I have a very small baking pan.

Here is your assignment:

With a ball point or felt tip pen draw a happy face on your thumb. Two dots for the eyes and a smile for the mouth. Look at your thumb, and with as much conviction you can muster, affirm the following:

Today I Will Remember

My Limitations Are Not Real,

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But Are Hand-me-downs From Others,

And No Longer A Big Deal.

Glance at your thumb during the course of the day. It will remind you that any limiting notion that crosses your mind is but an illogical idea picked up from 'whomever', freeing your mind to explore more creative options and opportunities.

Should you decide to accept this assignment, don't be surprised to find yourself exercising dominion over habits that limit you in any way, causing you to see greater opportunities that you were previously blocking. As a matter of fact, you can expect it. Wanna bet?

Reaffirm the above affirmation when replacing a fading happy face.

This assignment is to continue until your next mission.    

 

The secret of health for both mind and body

is not to mourn for the past, worry about the

future, or anticipate troubles but to live in the

present moment wisely and earnestly.  

--Buddha

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History will be kind to me, for I intend to write it.

-Winston Churchill

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All roads lead to Rome.
  --Roman Proverb

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All roads do not lead to Rome.
   --Slovenian Proverb

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Greetings

oh magnificent one~

Have a wish? No sweat!

But,

don't look at me!

Get real. I'm a fable.

Grant it yourself!

 

That's a wrap!