During this Thanksgiving holiday, we are reminded to reflect on the bounty in our lives. Most of us have jobs, family, a place we call home and food on the table, and for these things and our ability to obtain them we should be grateful. But what about those who are struggling with financial difficulties, bad relationships, or employment problems? Do they owe any thanks for their circumstances? Can failure really be a gift in disguise? FAILURES TEACH US ABOUT PROCESS Thomas Edison tried over 9,000 designs before he created a working light bulb. A young reporter asked him how he felt after having failed 9,000 times. Edison replied, “I didn’t fail - I just learned 9,000 ways how not to make a light bulb.” Failure is often a clue to redirect our efforts in a different direction, and to follow a different set of plans. How many times have we learned how not to sell a product, how not to get a new job, or how not to judge a future mate? If a series of failures leads us to open our minds to new knowledge or information, or gives us the willingness to try different behaviors, then we haven’t failed, we’ve learned how to create different results. FAILURES TEACH US ABOUT OURSELVES During the ’40s, a young Jewish boy chose to forego academia in order to pursue his dream of becoming another Benny Goodman. Against his parents’ wishes, he began playing in a jazz band. His musical talents were less than sterling, and soon he realized he was just another musician teetering on the brink of unemployment. Unlike many of his fellow musicians, he was able to manage the income he had, so those periods of unemployment weren’t nearly as devastating for him as they were for others. His musical colleagues recognized his talent for money management, and soon they had hired him to manage their finances - for a fee. This caused the young man to rethink his career goals, and changed the course of his life. This failure’s name is Alan Greenspan, Federal Reserve Chairman, who has been credited with performing an economic impossibility - sustaining long term economic growth without stimulating inflation. His failure taught him that money, rather than music, was his forté, and we have all benefitted from that epiphany. There is a saying that to teach a snake its shape, put it in a box. Our failures can be the box that teaches us our shape, and helps us to ascertain how our talents, personality, and learning ability coalesce to form the unique creation we are, and help us to fulfill our destiny and purpose. FAILURES CAN HELP PUT THINGS INTO PERSPECTIVE “Be careful what you ask for, because you just might get it.” How many times have we pursued a goal we thought was important, only to find it didn’t bring us the rewards we expected? Have we succeeded or failed in our attempt? Billionaire J. Paul Getty blew through five wives and is alienated from his children. Is he a success or a failure? Our failures highlight our values, and help us to define what is important in our lives. The man who puts family first will probably not have a skyrocketing career, but can certainly be a successful husband and father. The woman who thrives on a high-powered career requiring 80+ hour weeks will undoubtedly be a financial success, but may have to forego success in the relationship department. One truism in life is that we can have everything we want in life, just not all at the same time. Our failures may help us choose in what area we would like to have success so we can focus our time, effort and energy on that area, and we happily let the rest go to the sidelines. One of the greatest gifts of failure is the knowledge that failure is never final, unless we choose to give up. Discovering that we can turn our lives around, choose a different path, or embrace a new idea at any age or in any set of circumstances is liberating for the soul, can motivate us to seek the wisdom and experience of others who have had different experiences, and can provide the momentum we need to propel us to successes beyond our imaginings.

HOW TO SET LOOSE YOUR CREATIVE JUICE It can happen to anyone who creates anything. You sit down to do your thing and - nothing! Not a word. Not a note. Not a single line to draw or paint. Or even worse, you don’t sit down. You visit friends. You shop - if you have money. But if you’re a creative type who isn’t doing your thing, this one’s probably not an option. Or, you watch TV or movies - my personal favorite. I distract myself by renting ridiculous movies. I do this with money I should be spending on - maybe - ink cartridges for my printer so I can print what I’m not writing. I am a performing, singer/songwriter. I like to perform my original songs and arrangements. Soooo, when I’m stuck and I’ve got to get myself going, because I really do need to pay my landlord, and credit card bill(s) and car insurance, etc., etc., here’s what I do: (I should probably say that none of what follows is scientific in any way. Scientific types call it “anecdotal data”. But it works for me and could work for you too.) Honor Your Stuckness If I really cannot make myself go to my piano or computer to write, I indulge my inclination to watch movies (it being my favorite distraction). I tell myself that maybe my insides need something that I’ll find in the movies I choose. So I give my insides what they want hoping we can get on with my song writing career. Here’s the funny thing. I’ve found that I do hear or see things that either stimulate my creativity or answer questions that are blocking it. This could happen to you too. Other Things You Can Do… 1. Listen to great music 2. Visit creative buddies at home, their studios or their gigs. If they’re really rockin’ & rollin’ I get jealous and come home and get to work - sometimes. 3. Read trade magazines to learn what other creatives are doing. The library and the internet have bunches of jealousy-producing info available. 4. Read or watch biographies of creative types - and let me say they don’t have to do the same kind of creative work you do. Anybody creating something can be a source of inspiration. 5. Get out into nature. I live 10 minutes away from a wonderful beach. When I’m stuck I go there and soak up that energy. Find whatever you can - a park, a lake, a wood, a nature center, a scenic outlook, the roof of your apartment building - wherever you can go to change the way you feel will work. The places available to you are perfect for you. 6. Attend cultural events, dance performances, gallery openings, concerts, etc. You’ll find other things to do too. You may want to do different things at different times. You may want to do the same thing over and over. It doesn’t matter. Do what works for you and you’ll get those juices going! Copyright ©2006 Jan Spencer

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The Old Power Returns, Morven Westfield, Harvest Shadows Publications, 2007, ISBN 9780974174075 Reviewed by Paul Lappen Set in eastern Massachusetts, this takes place in the 1980s computer industry. Alicia is a young woman who recently fought a vampire named Wesley at a high-tech company. She had help from a modern-day witch named Matricaria (by day, she is a fellow computer named Meg). Wesley died in a major explosion at the company. Or did he? In this book, Alicia and Meg are at a new employer. Meg has become part of a coven, and both she and Alicia still feel that same ancient, evil hunger, like something, or someone, is coming for them. Perhaps Wesley is still alive, or it could be Frederick, a recently living person, now a vampire, now living in the same town. He patrols Route 9, the main thoroughfare through town, needing a constant supply of, preferably female, blood. His victims don’t turn into vampires, but they have no memory of their encounter with him. Because of their past dealings with Wesley, the coven doesn’t hesitate to take steps to prepare for whatever is coming. They prepare a number of spells and protections. Alicia is at the center of all this, and has become a sort of junior member of the coven, so she is taught some wiccan methods of protection. This is a rather “quiet” novel, but a really good novel. The author certainly knows her way around Wicca; this is almost more of a Wiccan novel than a vampire novel. For the squeamish, this is not a very bloody novel. It is very much worth reading. Please visit Dead Trees Review for many more book reviews on all subjects.

One of my favorite things to do is to talk to people who already have tattoos and learn about their experience. I also like to hear any funny stories they might have to share as well as some piece of information that I may not have known. Just yesterday I was talking to one of my sister’s friends that has a tattoo on her toe and I actually learned something. She told me that it took her a long time to actually find a tattoo parlor that would actually tattoo her toe. The reason being is the when you have a tattoo on your foot/toe it tends to fade super super quickand some tattoo artists feel that it is a waste to tattoo an area that will fade very quickly. I will say that her tat is extremely faded and that it doesn’t even look real. It looks like she took an ink pen and colored a daisy on her big toe. So my whole point of this post is to simple talk to people who have tats and of course talk to tattoo artists. You never know what you will learn from the conversation that you can take with you and can share with another person. Although I’m pretty sure if you get a tattoo on your foot and or toe in black ink it won’t fade as fast, but I could be wrong. I know two people who have tattoos on their feet both are in color and they both are pretty faded. Your Tattoo Friend Ashley

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