To be nobody but yourself -- in a world which is doing it's best, night and day, to make you like everybody else -- means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight, and never stop fighting.  ~E.E. Cummings

You have not converted a man because you have silenced him.  ~John Viscounty Morley

We shall require a substantially new manner of thinking if mankind is to survive.  ~Albert Einstein

Where is the Life we have lost in living?
Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge?
Where is the knowledge we have lost in information?
~T.S. Eliot, The Rock, 1934

Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe.
~H.G. Wells, The Outline of History

Civilization is what makes you sick.  ~Paul Gauguin

Civilization... wrecks the planet from seafloor to stratosphere.  ~Richard Bach

The end of the human race will be that it will eventually die of civilization.
~Ralph Waldo Emerson

Nothing will benefit human health and increase chances for survival of life on Earth as much as the evolution to a vegetarian diet.  ~Albert Einstein

Permanence, perserverance, and persistence in spite of all obstacles, discouragements, and impossibilities: It is this that in all things distinguishes the strong soul from the weak.  ~Francis Drake

Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself.  ~Unknown

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Think again.  There is so much debate and controversy about genetic engineering and it has been going on for far longer than most would think.  I really think it began innocently enough, but since the mid 1990s this field has saturated our food supplies, and it has never been "big" news, if they could help it.  I think problems really began as and became more in the headlines when they took genetic engineering from the "drawing board" and "test cages" to indiscriminately going "live" and using us, the general public, as their "test subjects", and now we are "living and dying" from it.  Their attitudes of big money, power, and greed have coerced other industries i.e. big pharma and insurance companies to be their "bedfellows" in the underbelly of our very lives.

Early history of GMOs
http://organic.lovetoknow.com/History_of_GMOs

Monsanto (and others like them) don't even try to "dumb us down" when it comes to our food supply and GMOs ... they just try to keep themselves out of the mainstream media (they all have their price), flying under the radar, continuing to be a harm to crops and animals.  It not only affects the field crops, but also animals they are using for "testing"; also a harm to the animals they "fatten up" ... for fast profit and, ultimately, doing harm to the entire food industry ... worldwide ... and all of us who are, often unknowingly, ingesting GMO foods.

National Geographic published the following:
http://science.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/food-how-altered.html

6 Reasons to Avoid GMOs
http://gmo-journal.com/2010/09/27/6-reasons-to-avoid-gmos/

GMO Free Idaho
http://www.gmofreeidaho.com/

More possible health risk information:
http://www.responsibletechnology.org/gmo-education

"Whatever follows 'I am' will come looking for you."

“You cannot expect victory and plan for defeat.” 

“You have to learn to follow your heart. You can’t let other people pressure you into being something that you’re not.  If you want God’s favor in your life, you must be the person He made you to be, not the person your boss wants you to be, not even the person your parents or your husband wants you to be.  You can’t let outside expectations keep you from following your own heart.” ~Your Best Life Now: 7 Steps to Living at Your Full Potential

“You must make a decision that you are going to move on.  It won't happen automatically.  You will have to rise up and say, ‘I don’t care how hard this is, I don’t care how disappointed I am, I’m not going to let this get the best of me. I’m moving on with my life.' ” 
~Your Best Life Now: 7 Steps to Living at Your Full Potential

“When you face adversity, you need to remind yourself that whatever is trying to defeat you could very well be what God will use to promote you.”
~Your Best Life Now: 7 Steps to Living at Your Full Potential

I love "light bulb", "ah ha" moments ... "Epiphany, energize me!"  ~nrl

epiphany:  a sudden, intuitive perception of or insight into the reality or essential meaning of something, usually initiated by some simple, homely, or commonplace occurrence or experience.

     It's been an interesting journey to see Oprah Winfrey's spiritual evolution over the years.  I like it that she shares her own "ah ha", "light bulb", and "I get it" moments (when she herself has an epiphany about something).  I was never one who had to see her show each day ... not an avid fan, but watched when the theme of her show interested me.
     I wish her well with the OWN channel.  I like the "Lifeclass" shows but am disappointed that I can't interact unless I am a member of FB or Twitter.  I don't do social websites so I get left out of the live part of "Lifeclass" ... I'm just sayin' ... *smile* 
     I am watching a repeat show of Super Soul Sunday, with Gary Zukav.  He is a very powerful man.  He has helped a lot of people, teaching people to "encounter the hurt, dig deeper, and feel the pain" ... "become more aware, live consciously".

TANSTAAFL
Ever heard that acronymn before?  (There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch)?

Science fiction author Robert Heinlein is usually credited for the acronymn TANSTASFL in his book "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress".

More in-depth research sheds a different light ... TINSTAAFL (“There Is No Such Thing ...”) can be traced back to 1952 - in the writings of Alvin Hansen (ethicist). TANSTAAFL may well have arisen from it, by mutation.

A little deeper research found this on www.wikitionary.com ...
TINSTAAFL
(idiomatic) There is no such thing as a free lunch; an alternative to TANSTAAFL 1952, Ethics magazine, cited in 2006, Ralph Keyes, The Quote Verifier: Who Said What, Where, and When, Macmillan, page 70, Professor Alvin Hansen's famous TINSTAAFL formula--"There is no such thing as a free lunch" [Keyes adds, "This acronym had already appeared in a 1949 newspaper column."]

Winter is not a season, it's an occupation.  ~Sinclair Lewis
For me, it is ... I have to scoop - at home and at work!

Winter either bites with its teeth or lashes with its tail.  ~Proverb
Ouch!  Where's the Bag Balm?!

One kind word can warm three winter months. ~Japanese Proverb
Oh, if only . . . tell me, what IS that word?!

I don't know what it is now, but when I got up this morning the wind velocity and the temperature were the same ... 35 ... brrrr, not ready!  But then, I'm never ready for the wintry season.  I love the change of seasons, but I don't like to endure so many months of inclement weather!  It's been trying to snow here, but maybe it's too cold.  There was a small amount of snow (or ice balls) and some kind of precip during the night as there was frost on the ground, ice balls (more than snow) on the front windshield and wetness on the roads (not slick, yet).  UGH ... this is the time of year I question my motives for relocating back into a place where I am unhappy for a third of the year (with the weather) ... UGH ...

Check it out.  It won't slick, nor easy to get through all this stuff ... http://www.snopes.com/politics/medical/hobbylobby.asp