Well well well, another year is upon me

It is 2013, year 6 for the math and numerology lovers and my personal year 8.. Whatever is in store for me this year, will be tackled with grace, and tenacity.  I want to relocate this year and bring into my life relationships that are inspiring, supportive, and joyful.

Another Mass Shooting

This latest mass shooting should be taken as a wake up call, to remind us that we are in this world together. Today, a woman was killed by her one of her sons who then went on to kill the kids  she taught. As the nation focus on gun control and people hug their kids tighter, we must not forget the kids or adults  that are struggling and lost. We must get to them before they hurt others and themselves.

Regarding: The Half Sky documentary

 The PBS program Independence Lens' documentary "The Half Sky" has me thinking again that  the problems facing girls that is being  highlighted stem from the worldwide view of girls and women as "second class citizen";  the view that holds that we are  less than boys and men, properties to do with whatever one pleases and here on this earth only to serve men.

For rape, human trafficking, lack of education for girls, and lack of opportunity for woman to end, society's mentally about a woman's role must change.  We must all watch how we treat both sexes, and what role we expect each to play in society.  We must start seeing each person as human being, each with his or her own gifts to contribute to society in whatever capacity they chose.

It is great that there are many organizations working to bring these problems to light and to combat it, and I hope laws will be create to help make those committing rape and human trafficking accountable. If you want to help find out more here at PBS.org

But there is another way we can all help, we must hold each other accountable by speaking up against and discouraging one another for making comments and doing things that downgrade women and girl to second class citizen.

What to consider as we reach our higher self

Pat Monahan asks  "As you move towards reaching your higher self, are you sure that you considered EVERYthing?" He mentioned ignore and hurting others as he touches others positively doing what he loves. 

I do believe everything that should work out will but the catch is, how do we know what will and what will not, or maybe we are not to know.  As we move towards our higher selves, we will have to let go of things, people and behaviors that stands in our way and that will create some problems for those in our lives. I think to create harmony it will all comes down to balance,compromise and setting rules we and the people in our life must adhere to. In the end we are all here to fulfill our soul's purpose and the way others reaction to our life plans is part of what they as well as we are here to experience. We will never be able to avoid causing pain to ourselves or others as we are humans. So everything that should will work out, the rest will be saved for another lifetime.
Also, what happens when we reach our higher self, is it the end, or the beginning? or do we continue and experience life but on a different spiritual plan.

Favorite new thing

My favorite new site is PatBlogahan.com, go there and you will find the musings of Train's lead singer Pat Monahan. He is a great writer and he is great with the emotional stuff. He is honesty. I love that. I am in my head a lot and I think he is the same way, glad to know I am not alone. Also check out Train's Albums, they are awesome. Pat singing range is huge and you will definitely find something for you among their songs. Anytime I think I have a favorite train songs, another will pop in my head. Also go to their show if you can, you will not regret it.

I restarted my healthcare blog, I figure I could work on enhancing my writing skills as wait for work. Also, there is so much going on in the health care industry at the moment and I am very excited for the opportunity to be part of it in any capacity. Please check it out here.

What to do now?

Hope’s up, hope’s down, longing, not longing, give up, not given up- These words sum up my year of job hunting and networking. One of the most important lessons I learned at an early age from observing people is to take words with a grain of salt and that action does trump words. I am grateful for that life lesson as it was keeping me from living in the pit of depression and forgoing my career and life plans. Recently I have been wondering if networking actually works, especially for those just starting out and for the other unemployed. Last week I overheard someone saying that they have been an active member of a professional organization for two years, they volunteer at the organization’s events and they haven't gotten any job leads. Most books and seminars on networking give the same advice- go out, mingle, send emails and make calls, but none tells you, how to get the person on the receiving end to respond,as this is a world where reciprocity is the law of the land, no one tells you what to do when you have nothing to offer. I have been somewhat lucky, though none of the leads I’ve received panned out, some of the people who had allowed me to send them my resume did take a look at it and send it out as promised. Wait and see, is not working for me as I have bills and student loans to pay. – so now what? I don't even have lemons for lemonade.