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I have made a decision to start looking for a more traditional job-one that requires me to go outside the home. I went to the EI office here in Lacombe yesterday to see what assistance I could get there. I booked an appointment with an employment councilor for today that had to be rescheduled to next Monday. So today I revamped my resumes on Monster.com and Workopolis.com.

I saw this headline today about the Canadian unemployment rate expected to increase into 2010. This was not a very inspiring headline to read today of all days. But it would seem that our Finance Minister Jim Flaherty expects the unemployment rate to rise into 2010. This increase comes in-spite of what he calls a stabilization of the economy. It would seem that although the economy is stabilizing our labour markets are not.

I am never sure how much weight to put on information the media is sending out. So for now I will hope this is not true and focus on what I can do to get myself back to work, at least part-time.

Have a great Fourth of July! Happy reading!

Do you have a hard time choosing a book to read? Do you know what the best ten novels of all time are? The answer to this question can be found here: http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1896940/best_ten_novels_of_all_time.html?cat=38

Some of you may have already read these books. If you have not read them recently it might be worth re-reading them. Maybe you will glean a deeper meaning now than you got during the first read.

Happy reading and have a great day!

Well here it is Monday again and another week has started. I am feeling quite tired today and am not very energetic so I am spending part of the day on the computer. I found a site called BetterMondays. This is a place to chat about employment. They have and interesting poll topic today. So if you are employed and have questions or there is something you feel you might want to chat about or you just want to check out today’s poll topic check out this site http://www.bettermondays.com/.

I have been doing some thinking since my last post. I now want to know if I use intuition at all. Maybe I have ignored my intuition for so long during different situations that I no longer have it. Is it possible to lose intuition? Can you regain it after losing it? Anyone have any answers to these questions please let me know.

I have also been thinking about being more aware of what is happening around me everyday. As I become more aware will I increase spiritual awareness. Is spiritual awareness linked to intuition? With intuition you need to be aware of how you are feeling at any given moment to make good decisions. Spiritual awareness needs to be nurtured through meditation. Through meditation you allow or empower your spirit to be. If your spirit is empowered to be than it seems only natural that it would guide you to making good decisions as well.

If you want to share your view point on intuition or spiritual awareness please do.

Is anyone familiar with the quote by Aristotle “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit.”? I was looking for some inspiration today as it seems I can’t get my act together to get anything accomplished lately.  I have been having some difficulty staying on a budget. For some reason I fall back into old habits of not saying no and it ends up costing me financially in the end. I think it is very interesting that this is the quote that popped up today.

If it is true that we are what we repeatedly do than it would seem that if things are not working you would need to change something. If we repeatedly do nothing but sit and fret and worry about our circumstances than that is what we are-worriers and freters-who are not capable of action.  If we take action, it is the wrong action taken by not listening to our intuition. To achieve excellence one would therefore need to take action, listen to our intuition, and repeatedly strive for excellence in order for it to become a habit.

This begs me to ask myself a couple of questions. Am I really looking for excellence in my life? Do I feel worthy of excellence? Well I will need to take the time today to ponder these questions and see what answers I come up with.

Happy reading and have a great day!

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Today I wanted to do something a little different and post upcoming events in Lacombe, Alberta. Here is what is happening:

June 24/09 Heavenly Hands Children Group is meeting between 6-7pm. This is a Christian based non-denominational group for children aged 2-6. Children will play games, read stories, engage in crafts plus other activities.

Lacombe Days coming up July 17-19/09.  Celebrate the town of Lacombe with many activities including a pancake breakfast, parade and a show and shine. These are just some of the fun events happening during Lacombe Days.

“Brunch at the Beach” will be held August 22/09 from 11am-1pm at the Gull Lake Centre. This features a brunch prepared with locally grown fresh food. There will be music and a mini mart.

In addition to these events Lacombe features a Sports and Leisure Complex and an Aquatic Centre. Lacombe also boasts 16 ball diamonds, 8 soccer pitches, tennis courts, and curling rink (just to name a few more activities).

So, it seems that there is a great deal happening around my small hometown of Lacombe, Alberta. It may be fun to take in some of these activities.

If an epiphany is a moment of sudden understanding or insight then that is what I have been experiencing today. I have been trying to figure out what I want to do with my life or what I want out of life. Today I suddenly realize what that is and how I can bring about the change necessary to bring this about. It has to do with my attitude but encompasses more than that. My whole way of thinking needs to change. I have been so focused on what will help me, myself and I that I have forgotten I also need to consider others in my life.

In trying to find something to do from home I have been focused on myself and what would help me. Today I realized that no matter what I do, it will not work if I don’t change the way I think and focus on others as well. I am not alone in this world and now I have come to the sudden realization that no matter what I do I will succeed if I am considerate of others needs as well.

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As today is Sunday I thought I would do something a little different with this post. I found a site offering inspiration and so I will post a link to it here. Enjoy reading and have a great Sunday.

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Part of my day yesterday was spent on a 90 day plan as well as a goal sheet for the next five years. I always find it difficult to put down on paper anything about where I want to be or what I want to be doing at some distant point in the future. I wondered about this and decided that part of the problem is that I never saw or heard of my parents setting goals. They just always seemed to know what they wanted and set about getting it.

Although we were not rich, more like middle class, money never seemed to be an issue either. If my parents decided that they wanted or needed something for the home or for the family they got it. If there was not enough money for it then they saved for two or three months and then got whatever it was they wanted.

The funny part here is that we always seemed to have what we needed. We don’t seem to do that today though. If we want something we get it, even if there is no money for it.

My parents did not set goals for the things they wanted because if the money was not there the item wanted or needed was deemed non-essential until the money became available.

I am not sure why but this struck me as very funny. So now at my age I sit and struggle with something that is very alien to me-90 day goal setting. I struggled with this eventhough it was in essence a goal for the next 3 months only.

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I was checking the news stories for today to see if I could come up with something interesting to post about today. I came across this article about police in NY leaving a stack of traffic tickets on a van while a dead body lay decomposing in it. The police claim that because the van had tinted windows they could not see inside.

According to the article the victims daughter claims that one window was cracked open. So, did they not smell anything either? If a body is decomposing there is usually a foul odour attached to it. Even if they didn’t smell anything, one would think that after leaving a couple of traffic tickets over a week or so one of the officers would have checked on the vehicle to find out why it was still sitting there.

The daughter also claims that her father had been missing since May and that she had called police to notify them of his disappearance. The police have no record of a missing persons report.

How busy must the police in NY be to ticket a vehicle, over the course of several weeks at the same spot, and not even take a minute or two to look inside the vehicle? Is it just me or is this a little scary?

Here is a link to the article I read today. http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/090605/koddities/oddity_dead_body_tickets