Category Archives: Social Relations

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The Fun Theory {Image via Rolighetsteorin.se}

The Fun Theory-encouraging health, safety, ecology

The Fun Theory ~ i love it!
people are making health & safety & eco-consciousness more FUN ~ snb
[via my Mom. thanks VW. WATCH video clips]

The Fun Theory {Image via Rolighetsteorin.se}

The Fun Theory-encouraging health, safety, ecology

The Fun Theory ~ i love it!
people are making health & safety & eco-consciousness more FUN ~ snb
[via my Mom. thanks VW. WATCH video clips]

Buddha The Conquerer - Estonian Roerich Society (Image via Wikipedia)

love requires elasticity

{being in} love requires *elasticity. love may conquer all, but don’t let it conquer then crush. one must be flexible and autonomous with oneself in order to be good with another. here are some excellent excerpts from a bittersweet and touching article by Kelly Reynolds from Tiny Buddha 2011/10/26 ~ snb

P.S. In physics, *elasticity (or stretchiness) is “the physical property of a material that returns to its original shape after the stress (e.g. external forces) that made it deform or distort is removed. The relative amount of deformation is called the strain.”

Tiny Buddha ARTICLE: Knowing When to Walk Away from Unrequited Love

Buddha The Conquerer - Estonian Roerich Society (Image via Wikipedia)

love requires elasticity

{being in} love requires *elasticity. love may conquer all, but don’t let it conquer then crush. one must be flexible and autonomous with oneself in order to be good with another. here are some excellent excerpts from a bittersweet and touching article by Kelly Reynolds from Tiny Buddha 2011/10/26 ~ snb

P.S. In physics, *elasticity (or stretchiness) is “the physical property of a material that returns to its original shape after the stress (e.g. external forces) that made it deform or distort is removed. The relative amount of deformation is called the strain.”

Tiny Buddha ARTICLE: Knowing When to Walk Away from Unrequited Love

"Still Life: Excess" by Albert Anker-Sitilleben (Wiki Image)

FOOD4THOUGHT_There Is No Biological Reason to Eat 3 Meals a Day

FOOD4THOUGHT_There Is No Biological Reason to Eat 3 Meals a Day–So Why Do We Do It?
IS IT: Cultural? Historical? Familial? Nutritional? Traditional? Habitual?
Writer Anneli Rufus brings up some excellent points of why we don’t need to eat 3 square meals a day.
i think we need to do what’s best & healthiest for us individually ~ sb

"Still Life: Excess" by Albert Anker-Sitilleben (Wiki Image)

FOOD4THOUGHT_There Is No Biological Reason to Eat 3 Meals a Day

FOOD4THOUGHT_There Is No Biological Reason to Eat 3 Meals a Day–So Why Do We Do It?
IS IT: Cultural? Historical? Familial? Nutritional? Traditional? Habitual?
Writer Anneli Rufus brings up some excellent points of why we don’t need to eat 3 square meals a day.
i think we need to do what’s best & healthiest for us individually ~ sb

Portrait of Virginia Woolf (January 25, 1882 – March 28, 1941), a British author and feminist. (Wiki Image)

p.o.w.~desensitizing & minimizing fears

i think i used a form of this cognitive therapy ~ Exposure & Response Prevention ~
{its inception probably introduced by my marriage/divorce counselor}
with my fears {financial, relationship, creative, social} to start desensitizing myself in 2007.
and to this day, i look these phantoms in the face,
i don’t avoid them or
run from them or
become anxious by them.
It is far harder to kill a phantom than a reality.~Virginia Woolf
READ MORE ~>

Portrait of Virginia Woolf (January 25, 1882 – March 28, 1941), a British author and feminist. (Wiki Image)

p.o.w.~desensitizing & minimizing fears

i think i used a form of this cognitive therapy ~ Exposure & Response Prevention ~
{its inception probably introduced by my marriage/divorce counselor}
with my fears {financial, relationship, creative, social} to start desensitizing myself in 2007.
and to this day, i look these phantoms in the face,
i don’t avoid them or
run from them or
become anxious by them.
It is far harder to kill a phantom than a reality.~Virginia Woolf
READ MORE ~>

"We can only in proportion to our capacity for independence" ~ Fred Rogers (Flickr Photo by Good Karma)

P.O.W.~true love is independent

yes ~ POW! what a great quote from Mister Rogers. i came across this today while researching an article. this plain advice and honest opinion resonated with me. when i read it, i thought how simple this truth really is. and i realized for some people the concept might not be so easy, it might be outright conflicting or incredibly foreign. because for some people who live & love in fear to have independence & love together might represent opposing and counteractive forces
and an impossibility for now or for ever. yet for me today, this concept of true love seems so easy, so essential, so intuitive, and so eternal ~ sb … {READ MORE} …

"We can only in proportion to our capacity for independence" ~ Fred Rogers (Flickr Photo by Good Karma)

P.O.W.~true love is independent

yes ~ POW! what a great quote from Mister Rogers. i came across this today while researching an article. this plain advice and honest opinion resonated with me. when i read it, i thought how simple this truth really is. and i realized for some people the concept might not be so easy, it might be outright conflicting or incredibly foreign. because for some people who live & love in fear to have independence & love together might represent opposing and counteractive forces
and an impossibility for now or for ever. yet for me today, this concept of true love seems so easy, so essential, so intuitive, and so eternal ~ sb … {READ MORE} …

In 1854, the "Great White Chief" in Washington made an offer for a large area of Indian land and promised a reservation for the Indian people - Chief Seattle replied (Wiki Image)

DÉJA VU_words of Chief Seattle 1854, Einstein 1950, Bohm 1980, still relevant 2010

at the end of each year, i often contemplate & write about how i see the world at this particular moment in time, where i am, where i have been and where i am going on my journey of becoming beauty and discovering beyond while living in urbia. 2010 has been an amazing year for me in so many ways – mind ~ body ~ spirit. again, i was thinking about our interconnectedness with each other and with the universe (big beyond) and with the earth (tiny beauty) and with our selves … READ MORE ~»

In 1854, the "Great White Chief" in Washington made an offer for a large area of Indian land and promised a reservation for the Indian people - Chief Seattle replied (Wiki Image)

DÉJA VU_words of Chief Seattle 1854, Einstein 1950, Bohm 1980, still relevant 2010

at the end of each year, i often contemplate & write about how i see the world at this particular moment in time, where i am, where i have been and where i am going on my journey of becoming beauty and discovering beyond while living in urbia. 2010 has been an amazing year for me in so many ways – mind ~ body ~ spirit. again, i was thinking about our interconnectedness with each other and with the universe (big beyond) and with the earth (tiny beauty) and with our selves … READ MORE ~»

Happy Days Farm with Lead Actress Marion Ross, Director John Putch, Writer Rex McGee and CoExProducer Sarah Nean Bruce (2004)

4EVERgreen_my film «Where There’s A Will» airs during holidays (again)

4EVERgrateful: the Hallmark film i Co-Ex-Produced “Where There’s a Will” aka “Love, Clyde” airs (yet again) during the holidays. Please check it out on the Hallmark Movie Channel: 12/20, 12/21 & 12/28/2010 – Thanks!

Happy Days Farm with Lead Actress Marion Ross, Director John Putch, Writer Rex McGee and CoExProducer Sarah Nean Bruce (2004)

4EVERgreen_my film «Where There’s A Will» airs during holidays (again)

4EVERgrateful: the Hallmark film i Co-Ex-Produced “Where There’s a Will” aka “Love, Clyde” airs (yet again) during the holidays. Please check it out on the Hallmark Movie Channel: 12/20, 12/21 & 12/28/2010 – Thanks!

the mighty pallet jack {WikiImage}

30 November: course correction

“… The path of my life now is one that I had dreamt about, but hadn’t the courage to embark upon before. Interesting & good how the “be careful what you (dream) wish for” comes about. I hoped for a change in my tumultuous & topsy-turvy personal life in 2004 – even tho my showbiz career was booming – and the universe obliged me. The disabling and painful foot/leg injury allowed me to slow down, evaluate, contemplate, reinvigorate and redirect myself personally and professionally. Now I am calmer – braver – happier to do what I want personally, professionally, spiritually” … SEE/READ MORE…

the mighty pallet jack {WikiImage}

30 November: course correction

“… The path of my life now is one that I had dreamt about, but hadn’t the courage to embark upon before. Interesting & good how the “be careful what you (dream) wish for” comes about. I hoped for a change in my tumultuous & topsy-turvy personal life in 2004 – even tho my showbiz career was booming – and the universe obliged me. The disabling and painful foot/leg injury allowed me to slow down, evaluate, contemplate, reinvigorate and redirect myself personally and professionally. Now I am calmer – braver – happier to do what I want personally, professionally, spiritually” … SEE/READ MORE…

sarah and eva 2009

BONUS P.O.V. on W.O.W.~5 stages of {letting go and} forgiving

a BONUS P.O.V. from a friend, eva la rue, that also affected me: “it’s not so much about somebody forgiving you or you going and saying ‘oh, i forgive them’ and ‘i forgive what they did to me,’ it’s about going in and actually saying to the other person, ‘how have i hurt you?’ even if you feel like you’re the one who’s been hurt, it’s letting go of your hurt for the moment and saying (or maybe letting go forever and saying): ‘how have i harmed you?’ because that makes the person, i’ve noticed, completely fall away. all the pretense all the anger all the resentment, it falls away. because we all really want somebody to say: ‘how have i hurt you?’ ‘what was it i did?” and ‘i’m sorry from the bottom of my heart.’” ~ SEE/HEAR/READ MORE ~

sarah and eva 2009

BONUS P.O.V. on W.O.W.~5 stages of {letting go and} forgiving

a BONUS P.O.V. from a friend, eva la rue, that also affected me: “it’s not so much about somebody forgiving you or you going and saying ‘oh, i forgive them’ and ‘i forgive what they did to me,’ it’s about going in and actually saying to the other person, ‘how have i hurt you?’ even if you feel like you’re the one who’s been hurt, it’s letting go of your hurt for the moment and saying (or maybe letting go forever and saying): ‘how have i harmed you?’ because that makes the person, i’ve noticed, completely fall away. all the pretense all the anger all the resentment, it falls away. because we all really want somebody to say: ‘how have i hurt you?’ ‘what was it i did?” and ‘i’m sorry from the bottom of my heart.’” ~ SEE/HEAR/READ MORE ~

Tympanum Puerta del Perdón, Cathedral of Toledo ~ Typananum Door of Forgiveness (Wiki Image

W.O.W.~5 stages of {letting go and} forgiving

I saw a video on youtube titled “Forgiveness and the Freedom of Letting Go” tonight and it reminded me of my journey to forgiveness. i began to sow those seeds in 2004 and it took me five years to really get it, to literally know it and to honestly feel it. now pretty much any time something adverse happens to me, i am able to forgive faster, move through the pain or disappointment exponentially quicker, and return to living in the calm and peaceful state of a quantum nowness i have created for myself.~sb
… READ/SEE/HEAR MORE …

Tympanum Puerta del Perdón, Cathedral of Toledo ~ Typananum Door of Forgiveness (Wiki Image

W.O.W.~5 stages of {letting go and} forgiving

I saw a video on youtube titled “Forgiveness and the Freedom of Letting Go” tonight and it reminded me of my journey to forgiveness. i began to sow those seeds in 2004 and it took me five years to really get it, to literally know it and to honestly feel it. now pretty much any time something adverse happens to me, i am able to forgive faster, move through the pain or disappointment exponentially quicker, and return to living in the calm and peaceful state of a quantum nowness i have created for myself.~sb
… READ/SEE/HEAR MORE …