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Today's Featured Biography
Jack C. Corn, II
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MY BIO IS SIMPLE...
I've been around the block a time or two, been to a couple of rodeo's, I've seen the moment of death and witnessed the beginning life. I've traveled the world as far West as China and as far East as Turkey and as far South as New Zealand and far North as Scott City. I've experienced moments of grandeur and times of loneliness. I've seen friends come and I've seen friends go. I've seen the love in the eye's of children and know what it's like to love unconditionally. I've loved myself and times I've despised myself. I've lived life, laughed often and loved well. I know what it's like to have a true friend. I know what it's like to lose a true friend through a miss understanding or something silly. I wonder about some things and ponder about others. So I guess my bio isn't much different than yours when you come to think about it.
True Knowledge Is The Revelation of Understanding!
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May 2, 2009 6:48 am
I feel like I should be writing - something is inside waiting and wanting to be released - I have been so emotional these past few
days - I believe it is a time when my soul is close to the other side and it feels the love that vibrates there, and because of that things I see, do and feel have a heightened emotion within me and thus I am being connected by an invisible yet powerful force
of love and harmony that is all around us so perhaps its not being close to the other side as much as understanding the other side is
always right there and all we have to do is quiet ourselves and listen and feel with our heart love with our soul and praise God
that we have been blessed with the Holy Spirit that floods our being with incredible love and emotions and that we were once the
center of the Universe and we choose to travel to journey - some say many lifetimes but does a soul really have more than once
life? I don't think so but rather our soul enjoys many chapters of experiences. We spend a lifetime (in soul years) looking for
our other half - our yin or our yang - we began as one yet separated as if it were a game to go out and find ourselves - our
true self - once we've been re-united that is true heaven - the completeness of God the Father - the embodiment of true love - for
no one can love you more than yourself or God and when you become whole - then you are of God and the completeness begins the higher
self becomes part of the Greater Self and that place the most incredible experiences are shared by all - love and harmony on
such a level that a mere fraction of it would make us illuminate here on earth - such purity abounds there - such love - so if we
can only imagine what we once felt because we were whole we were with God and of God our soul can never be allowed to forget. This
feeling this knowing is innate it dwells within us all and the secret is it welcomes us to search it out to touch the moments the
soul was once part of - is still part of - will always be part of. God is Good and the promise through Jesus makes sure we will
always be blessed and re-united with our other half and will always be re-united with God and the Greater Self - only to leave
again to journey elsewhere - perhaps in search of our other half once again - bringing love and joy along our path
- in all things
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WHAT I LEARNED TODAY... Week of September 22, 2008
I had a dream and at 5:30 am I woke myself up to write this down 'cause I knew I'd forget it if I didn't...
In a time long ago there lived a revered wise man who was kind, considerate, and loved by all.
Everywhere he went he carried his most treasured possessions 4 crystal cylinders with inscriptions on each.
The first read: Be Grateful
The Second read: Be Humble
The Third: Search for Knowledge
And the last perhaps the most important read: Thirst for Understanding
He would carefully unwrap each one of these before he’d speak to the people and carefully wrap each one once he was finished speaking.
Everyone that knew and listened to him believed his possessions were worth millions and everyone wished to possess what he had.
Then one night one of his own followers stole the crystals and was so excited to finally be rich that he set off to sell them. Only to find that the crystals were made out of glass and actually quite worthless…
He began to spread rumors that the wise man was a fake and could not be trusted… the people became alarmed and demanded the wise man explain why he had fooled them.
So during one of his addresses he told them he had never told them the crystals were of great value and
He went on to explain that in life it’s not the things we behold, the things we carry with us in our pockets or on our backs that has true value, but rather if you remember the message on each of the crystals the words and their meanings are what are worth a kings ransom! They in themselves are priceless.
· Be Grateful for the many blessings you have been given and will continue to be given
· let us be humble in those moments that it would easy to proclaim our own greatness
· help us in the search for Knowledge and
· Give us Understanding of the true treasures in our life’s.
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WHAT I LEARNED TODAY... Week of August 25th, 2008
May God Bless You - by allowing you to see the blessings in your life
and Experiencing THIS DAY thus allowing you to have no regrets TOMORROW...
in other words - GRAB LIFE... and hold on tight and give it a ride to remember baby...
These past several weeks while helping to care for my mom in the hospital have shown me while there is a lot of pain and sorrow in this world, there are so many people in a place they would rather not be... the hospital showed me that world... I learned a very valuable lesson - we can choose to dwell on the emptiness of which the events in our life's have caused us pain and we can remain in that dreadful place in our minds or we can CHOOSE to see the beauty that abounds by simply allowing God to Bless us by showing us the blessings in our life's. For every pain we endure we have twice as many blessings...
I have seen those with no legs beginning re-hap - If we can walk on two legs then we are blessed because we have two legs, I have seen too many people with oxygen around their noses so if we can breath without need of an oxygen aid then we are blessed because we can freely breath, I have seen people who can no longer see - if we are blind we are still blessed because we can still taste, touch, feel, hear and talk...
If I have a flat tire I am blessed because I have three tires that are not and because I only have one spare and that one spare and the other 3 tires will still get me on my journey...
If I am physically, and mentally exhausted to a point I have never been before due to being with and caring for a loved one then I am blessed because I can feel what it is like to love someone and willing to go to the mat for her...
We all have difficult situations - we all do, and if you don't then I feel sorry for you - because God has Blessed us with difficult situations so we can appreciate the times when we can smile and when we can laugh because there are times we yearn for the ability to smile and laugh again and truly wonder if we will ever be able to again.. In those moments simply ask God to Bless you - Bless you by allowing you to see the many blessings YOU DO have in your life. Something from a hymn last Sunday that stuck in my mind: "For every dark of night there is a dawn and every dawn turns into the brightness of the noon day light."
Be quiet and ask God to Bless you, open your eyes and look around to see the many blessings you have been blessed with - because you will find they outnumber your pain and sorrow 100 fold... for every sorrow you encounter stop and ask yourself what are 7 things I'm Grateful for. Then think of those 7 things, dwell on them and ask yourself what life would be like if you didn't have those 7 blessings to hold on to, to look forward to, to enjoy.
It only takes one blessing to save us from ourselves...
May God Bless You - by allowing you to see the blessings in your life
and Experiencing THIS DAY thus allowing you to have no regrets TOMORROW...
in otherwords - GRAB LIFE... and hold on tight and give it a ride to remember baby...
jcc
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WHAT I LEARNED TODAY... Week of July 7th, 2008
A couple of years ago my when oldest daughter Aimee was playing volleyball, one of the suggestions of her coach was to get her the book, Mind Gym by Gary Mack. So I rushed out and... Didn't get it.
Well a year or two passed and I can't remember what happened exactly but I was told to get Aimee a book called Mind Gym by Gary Mack, so on September 11, 2006 I went to the tattered book cover and not only did I find it but this time I actually bought it for her.
I'll never forget, when I got home I went out on my deck and started reading and the first thing I saw on page 58 towards the end of the page this is what I began reading:
It is said that extraordinary people live their lives backward. They create a future, and then they live into it. An exercise I teach said Gary is called A.C.T. backward. I want you to try it.
ï' The A stands for accept your present state. Understand your strengths and weaknesses, as we discussed in the last section.
ï' C stands for create your desired state. Dwight Smith had a dream. What's your dream? Close your eyes, and see yourself exactly the way you want to be. Write down what this desired state would look like.
ï' T stands for take action steps to get you there. Success is a journey of one step at a time. And the longest journey begins with the first step.
Believe in the power of your dream, then A.C.T. backward. Accept your present state, Create your desired state, and Take action through goal setting.
Like the movie Show me the money ï' he had me at A.C.T. And I couldn't put it down. I read it from cover to cover and then a chapter a day and I continue to read and re-read this incredible book and one day I promise I will actually give this to my daughter Aimee.
That was my Moment of discovery or M.O.D. Accepting who I was, no excuses... we all have heard that voice telling us we can't be that person in the future because look at who we are now ï' that voice like in Wayne's World You're not worthy.
No - my M.O.D. was - it doesn't matter who we are today because we're going to create a better person, a better image of who we are and that we can become that person regardless of what that little voice inside our heads is telling us.
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WHAT I LEARNED TODAY... Week of June 9th, 2008
The principle of the word BEST or I like to call it the Best Principle
Let me ask you a question, have you ever looked forward to doing something like going on a vacation but when you got there all it did was rain, it seemed like the experience was awful, and you wanted to feel sorry for yourself, complain out load about it and so on.
This happened to me once, I was getting ready to participate in a road rally in Santorini, Greece. As the group of us began to disembark the ship it was clear that the gods were not kind to us. For in Santorini, the beautiful Greek Isle it rarely rains but 2-3 times a year. The people around me began to get grumpy, and I could only imagine the cold and the wet we were about to encounter. Then as if from nowhere the Best Principle was revealed to me. I said to myself this is going to be the BEST ï' coldest, wettest day of my life The word Best had a nullifying effect on the negative words that came after.
So I began experiencing with the word BEST, this is the BEST shittiest day of my life, this is the BEST loneliest time of my life, this is the BEST.. you can fill in the blanks.
Try it sometime, it's like taking a pill for what ails you.
The words we use create images in our mind, it all starts with a thought, thoughts become words, words become actions, actions become habits, habits become our character and character defines our destiny. So use your mind wisely or the mind will use us.
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WHAT I LEARNED TODAY... Week of May 26th, 2008
Don't cry because its over, smile because it happened - Jimi Hendrix
As I watched my beautiful daughter Aimee cross the podium to receive her High School diploma the class of 08 these words echoed in my mind. As I gazed upon her classmates I flashed back 30 years to our graduation. However unlike ours I looked upon her class and realized this group of young men and women as a whole will make an incredible impact in our society. The feeling was overwhelming and yet soothing to know that a group of incredible kids will be tomorrows noble prize winners, writers, artists and professional athletes of whom we will grow to admire and respect.
And yet it was only a few years ago we were crying because it was their first day of kindergarten.
How time flies but it's really never over is it? It continues on and today is the memories of tomorrow and if we experience them today we will not need to cry because its over but we will indeed smile because we experienced it.
What I learned today was.
Lucky parents who have fine children usually have lucky children who have fine parents. James A. Brewer
I pray that is true...
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WHAT I LEARNED TODAY... Week of May 19th, 2008
My theory on life is this: We as humans live in 3 dimensions, Past - Present - Future. Unfortunately we tend to dwell in the past and future verses the present. Let me explain, If we live in the present or the NOW we can't have guilty feelings because guilt is only a product of the past, not the present or the future. Think about it - we can't have guilt, regrets for something that hasn't happened yet (future) only from MEMORIES from the past.
If we live in the present or NOW we can't have worries because worries are a product of the future, not the past or the present. Remember all the times you've worried about something and now that event has passed, you can not worry about it. Because worries are for the future and guilt and regret are for the past.
The key is this, if we start to have regrets or worries, recognize which dimension you're in. If you are having a negative thought (regret, guilt or worry) it's a memory or a vision of the future. Our subconscious can't separate these three dimensions, but, we can if we know what we are doing. If you can't see it, smell it or feel it- it's not the present. We need to live in the present, because there can't be guilt, regrets or worries in the present, it's impossible. If you concentrate on what is going on around you there is no time to be in the past or future. Once you start to concentrate on being in the present, sight, smells and feelings intensify and it's pretty incredible. This is something I've been working on for a couple of years. I've got a long way to go but if we know what direction to head in it's worth the journey.
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WHAT I LEARNED TODAY... Week of May 12th, 2008
There once was a beautiful white swan that came from the great ocean to the North. After being in the South for the winter, it was ready for the return journey home.
So it took off and with its big wing span and shining white feathers, it soared effortlessly through the blue sky. After a long while, and far along the journey, the swan began to tire and came down to land for a rest.
It landed right on the edge of a water well and let out a deep sigh.
In the bottom of this well there lived a frog. The frog said, Well, who are you and where do you come from?
I am a swan, and my home is on the water of the great northern ocean, answered the swan.
Ocean? How big is this ocean? asked the frog.
Very big, said the Swan.
Is it this big? Frog asked, taking two hops backward.
No, much bigger, said Swan.
So the frog took five hug hops backward, saying Is the ocean this big?
Swan said, No, it's much bigger than that.
And so the frog went around the entire well his whole reality, as he knew it and asked the swan, Now is the ocean as big as this? And the swan said, No, it's much, much bigger!
Thereupon the frog because he knew there could be nothing bigger that his world and his well., no one had ever told him of that possibility he had never read about it in the books he had been given and all of this was beginning to scare him that there might be something bigger so he replied in anger and said
Well, you're a fool and a liar!
The Swan simply smiled bowed his head and flew away never to be seen again by the frog.
WHAT I LEARNED... What the author of this story does not tell us is what happened the next day.
As the frog awoke he thought the events of the day before were all a dream, however he knew it wasn't. He began to ponder what the Swan had told him and at first he became angry again, but something came over him. He realized that before yesterday he had never seen or even heard of a Swan. So was there a possibility that there really did exist a great northern ocean. He wasn't sure but from that day on he became more and more open to what might be rather than what he knew to be.
Sometimes all it takes is to have a seed planted when the student is ready the teacher will come.
My question to you is: In your life have you been a Swan or do relate more to the Frog?
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WHAT I LEARNED TODAY... Week of May 5th, 2008
When was the last time you noticed the snow falling, did you look into the distance and see the snow somewhat in a blur because you were focused somewhere else?
Well today we had HUGE snow flakes falling, seriously they were the size of 50 cent pieces I learned something quite incredible.
As I gazed upon the back of our home, the trees the, flowers and the fox running across the yard I noticed the flakes as a mass of something falling from the sky.
That's when I realized how large the flakes were and I began to take an area of the flakes and watch them fall from the sky watched them until they hit the ground. Then I played with the experience I watched them fall and then glanced away and they became streaks of white then I watched them again as individual flakes. It was fun.
My new saying is EXPERIENCE the Day and you will have no regrets tomorrow
I couldn't believe how in that very moment I actually experienced how easy it is to gaze elsewhere and not see the beauty that's right in front of us the beauty of the moment, the beauty of the individual snow flake and not a mass of white streaks falling from the sky.
Today I learned the importance of taking time out from what you are doing perhaps hourly or at least sometime during the day - - - to stop and look around and see what is in front of you and not in the far off distance of fear and doubt but to experience the day... the moment at hand
As always, What Did You Learn Today...
Remember, Don't Be Good Be Great...
And Experience The Day And You'll Have No Regrets Tomorrow.
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WHAT I LEARNED TODAY... Week of April 28th, 2008
Recently during Church my minister and great friend Richard Hendry was talking about dying. Something struck me odd, when exactly does someone go from living to dying, what is the threshold that one minute we're living and the next we're dying?
I became frustrated with the notion of dying vs. living but I couldn't put my finger on why. I thought and thought about it, and then I started to understand. It came in a form of understanding how we run a race.
In a race the runner lines up at the starting line and looks to his/her left and to the right and sees people, other runners ready to run the same race. Then the gun goes off and they are off, running, racing each other trying to be the first one across the finish line or rather to become the WINNER.
A short distance into the race they are all on course, each having the same chance of crossing the finish line first, they are all WINNING. They are anxious, yet confident about their chances. Then there is one point in the race one begins to fall a bit behind the others and soon there is no hope of winning the race, no hope of crossing the line first, and then they begin to settle in on the idea that they are not going to WIN but rather they are going to LOSE. At this point, whether it's 10% into the race 50% or even 95% in they have become losers in their minds. There will be others crossing the finish line before they will. The feeling is one of disappointment, frustration, anger and sadness.
They have become LOSERS at some point in the race because they are not going to WIN, someone else will cross the finish line before them.
As I thought of this I saw the similarity to living and dying. The ones living are the ones WINNING and the ones LOSING are the ones dying. Okay I saw the parallel, but I didn't like the living/dying concept.
So I thought some more and THIS IS WHAT I LEARNED
If you're going to run a race and you've trained for it, worked hard on it, eaten well and you're ready for it, well, then run with all abandonment.
Only this time when you line up at the starting line and you look to your left and you look to your right you won't see anyone. The only one running the race is you. As you hear the starting gun you're off. A short distance into the race you're on course, and you are WINNING. You're anxious, yet confident about your chances. At several points in the race you look around and you see no one in front of you, so you are still WINNING. You are running the race at your pace, your speed and yet you're the one in the lead. You are not losing and the thing is you will not lose. You are winning the race and you will crossover victorious. There is no way anything could have happened but for you to WIN. There was never a time during the race that you felt you were losing, only the feeling of WINNING.
Our race is our life, we run it with no competition, each day we wake we are living, we are breathing, we are experiencing the race of life everyday, we are WINNING until we crossover the finish line.
Some of us run a marathon and live to enjoy a full life, others run a 10k, and yet there are others that only experience the race in a short sprint to the finish line.
Regardless of the race you are running, you will be the WINNER, you are the only contestant in your race, and you cannot compare your race with the person to your left or to your right. They have their own race to run, as do you.
So, my dear friends, whatever the length of your race run it with not competition, live each day with love in your heart with joy in the knowledge that you will not ever be dying, keep living up until the day you crossover the finish line of life.
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