As ye sow, so shall ye reap 

George Bernard Shaw said, “People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don’t believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and if they can’t find them, they make them.” 

Well, it’s pretty apparent, isn’t it? And every person who discovered this believed (for a while) that he was the first one to work it out. We become what we think about.  

Conversely, the person who has no goal, who doesn’t know where he’s going, and whose thoughts must therefore be thoughts of confusion, anxiety and worry - his life becomes one of frustration, fear, anxiety and worry. And if he thinks about nothing… he becomes nothing. 

How does it work? Why do we become what we think about? Well, I’ll tell you how it works, as far as we know. To do this, I want to tell you about a situation that parallels the human mind. 

Suppose a farmer has some land, and it’s good, fertile land. The land gives the farmer a choice; he may plant in that land whatever he chooses. The land doesn’t care. It’s up to the farmer to make the decision. 

We’re comparing the human mind with the land because the mind, like the land, doesn’t care what you plant in it. It will return what you plant, but it doesn’t care what you plant. 

Now, let’s say that the farmer has two seeds in his hand- one is a seed of corn, the other is nightshade, a deadly poison. He digs two little holes in the earth and he plants both seeds-one corn, the other nightshade. He covers up the holes, waters and takes care of the land…and what will happen? Invariably, the land will return what was planted. 

As it’s written in the Bible, “As ye sow, so shall ye reap.” 

Remember the land doesn’t care. It will return poison in just as wonderful abundance as it will corn. So up come the two plants - one corn, one poison.  

The human mind is far more fertile, far more incredible and mysterious than the land, but it works the same way. It doesn’t care what we plant…success…or failure. A concrete, worthwhile goal…or confusion, misunderstanding, fear, anxiety and so on. But what we plant it must return to us. 

You see, the human mind is the last great unexplored continent on earth. It contains riches beyond our wildest dreams. It will return anything we want to plant.

5 Things You Never Knew Your Cell Phone Could Do 

There are a few things that can be done in times of grave emergencies. 

Your mobile phone can actually be a lifesaver or an emergency tool for survival. Check out the things that you can do with it: 

FIRST

Emergency 

The Emergency Number worldwide for Mobile is 112. If you find Yourself out of the coverage area of your mobile network and there is an Emergency, dial 112 and the mobile will search any existing network to Establish the emergency number for you, and interestingly, this number 112 can be dialed even if the keypad is locked. Try it out. 

SECOND

Have you locked your keys in the car? 

Does your car have remote keyless entry? This may come in handy someday. Good reason to own a cell phone: If you lock your keys In the car and the spare keys are at home, call someone at home on their cell phone from your cell phone. Hold your cell phone about a foot from your car door and have the person at your home press the unlock button, holding it near the mobile phone on their end. Your car will unlock. Saves someone from having to drive your keys to you. Distance is no object. You could be hundreds of miles away, and if you can reach someone who has the other ‘remote’ for your car, you can unlock the doors (or the trunk). 

Editor’s Note: It works fine! We tried it out and it unlocked our car over a cell phone!’ 

THIRD

Hidden Battery Power 

Imagine your cell battery is very low. To activate, press the keys *3370#. Your cell phone will restart with this reserve and the instrument will show a 50% increase in battery. This reserve will get charged when you charge your cell phone next time. 

FOURTH

How to disable a STOLEN mobile phone? 

To check your Mobile phone’s serial number, key in the following Digits on your phone: *#06#. A 15-digit code will appear on the screen. This number is unique to your handset. Write it down and keep it somewhere safe. 

When your phone gets stolen, you can phone your service provider and give them this code. They will then be able to block your handset so even if the thief changes the SIM card, your phone will be totally useless. You probably won’t get your phone back, but at least you know that whoever stole it can’t use/sell it either. If everybody does this, there would be no point in people stealing mobile phones. 

FIFTH

Free Directory Service for Cells 

Cell phone companies are charging us $1.00 to $1.75 or more for 411 information calls when they don’t have to. Most of us do not carry a telephone directory in our vehicle, which makes this situation even more of a problem. When you need to use the 411-information option, simply dial: (800) FREE411, or (800) 373-3411 without incurring any charge at all. Program this into your cell phone now.

You and the Olympics 

Conversations matter, in your life, as well as on the winner’s stand at the Olympics. At the Olympics, Jason Lezak helped win the men’s relay in swimming by turning in the fastest split in history, and kept Michael Phelp’s gold metal chase alive. According to Jason, as reported by Israel Gutierrez of McClatchy Newspapers, it all came down to a conversation he had with himself. In my view, it was much the same conversation we each have with ourselves, daily. 

Jason Lezak’s conversation 

Jason was well behind the famous French swimmer, Alain Bernard. He was on the verge of coming in second for his team in the Olympics. According to Lezak, he had a brief conversation with himself. It started, “There is no way….” Then the conversation changed to: “This is ridiculous, it’s the Olympics and I’m here for the United States of America. I don’t care how bad it hurts, I’m just going to go out there and give it.” 

After the race, Lezak reported: “Honestly, within five seconds I was thinking all of these things. I just got like a super charge and took it from there.” 

Your win and Jason’s win: one source 

Jason had a choice. So do you. That choice arises many times every day. We have conversations with ourselves that, in turn, drive our actions and our results. Jason had a conversation to give it his all, and he won. According to Jason, he had been at this juncture in the past, and he had different conversations that led to different results. 

Getting what you want 

I’d like to suggest to you that your dreams come true for you in many ways. One of those ways is through the types of conversations you have with yourself and your creator. I suspect your creator believes in you, otherwise, you might not be here. That leaves you and the kind of conversations you have with yourself. Do those conversations move you forward, or hold you back? 

Power in the pattern 

Jason Lezak has had a pattern of can-do conversations in his life that were sufficient to get him to the Olympics. The power for Jason is not in one conversation, but in the pattern: the sum total of his day-in-and-day-out conversations. That “I can do it” race conversation only mattered because it stood on the shoulders of a strong pattern of conversations. Every conversation matters. 

Your pattern 

Ask your spouse and your friends. They probably know as much about your pattern of conversations as you do. At first, you might not want to hear what your world has to say about your pattern. But, if you can tolerate hearing what is said, you can begin to make choices about the conversations you allow into your life, and about the results likely associated with those conversations. 

Your actions come from those conversations 

I’d like to suggest that, in my experience, it’s not what happens to you that matters so much. It’s how you react. Your reaction determines what your precious life will be like. Your reaction, in many cases, starts out with the conversation you have about life’s events. If your conversation is “poor me,” you are likely get one result. If your conversation is, “OK, what are my options,” you get another result. 

Painful reality and choice 

Many of us would suggest we don’t have a choice about how we react. “It’s just the way I am.” If that is your answer, then you know what your future is. I didn’t say it was easy or fast. I just said it was a choice. What are you going to do?

Why are some people more successful than others? 

Why do some people make more money, live happier lives and accomplish much more in the same number of years than the great majority? 

I started out in life with few advantages. I worked at menial jobs. I had limited education, limited skills and a limited future. 

And then I began asking, “Why are some people more successful than others?” This question changed my life. 

Over the years, I have read thousands of books and articles on the subjects of success and achievement. It seems that the reasons for these accomplishments have been discussed and written about for more than two thousand years, in every conceivable way. One quality that most philosophers, teachers and experts agree on is the importance of self-discipline. As Al Tomsik summarized it years ago, “Success is tons of discipline.” 

Some years ago, I attended a conference in Washington. It was the lunch break and I was eating at a nearby food fair. The area was crowded and I sat down at the last open table by myself, even though it was a table for four. 

A few minutes later, an older gentleman and a younger woman who was his assistant came along carrying trays of food, obviously looking for a place to sit. 

With plenty of room at my table, I immediately arose and invited the older gentleman to join me. He was hesitant, but I insisted. Finally, thanking me as he sat down, we began to chat over lunch. 

It turned out that his name was Kop Kopmeyer. As it happened, I immediately knew who he was. He was a legend in the field of success and achievement. Kop Kopmeyer had written four large books, each of which contained 250 success principles that he had derived from more than fifty years of research and study. I had read all four books from cover to cover, more than once. 

After we had chatted for awhile, I asked him the question that many people in this situation would ask, “Of all the one thousand success principles that you have discovered, which do you think is the most important?” 

He smiled at me with a twinkle in his eye, as if he had been asked this question many times, and replied, without hesitating, “The most important success principle of all was stated by Thomas Huxley many years ago. He said, ‘Do what you should do, when you should do it, whether you feel like it or not.’” 

He went on to say, “There are 999 other success principles that I have found in my reading and experience, but without self-discipline, none of them work.” 

Self-discipline is the key to personal greatness. It is the magic quality that opens all doors for you, and makes everything else possible. With self-discipline, the average person can rise as far and as fast as his talents and intelligence can take him. But without self-discipline, a person with every blessing of background, education and opportunity will seldom rise above mediocrity. 

There are seven areas of your life where the practice of self-discipline will be key to your success. These areas include goals, character, time management, personal health, money, courage and responsibility. It is my hope that you’ll find a few “nuggets” that will help make your dreams come true.

My Friend – Let me tell you of about a town, where the streets are paved with Gold. I am talking about a Town where Suckers will take you out to dinner after you screw them. I am talking about a place that when you run out of money they just print some more. And these people can bounce checks 900 times and they don’t have to go to Jail. It is Not Las Vegas – It is Washington D.C. Congressmen – when they get elected, they get a base salary of $130,000.00 per year. Then they get a staff allowance of $537,000.00 per year! Are you kidding me! They have these things called PAC’s – Political Action Committees. These are Lobbyists. How Do Congressmen Get Money for their Campaigns? Lobbyist’s whole point in life is to buy you off and it is Legal! Let’s take a look at this subject. “Limits on Malpractice Awards” – If You are For it, the lobbyists can get you money from the Doctors and Insurance Companies. If You are Against it you can get Money from Trail Lawyers. With Money coming in from both sides, how can you get anything done? This is the Problem People! Nothing ever gets done! That is the Genius for the System. There is Nothing Like Power! This is the Con of a Lifetime. This is the Best Job in the world! You get to go Hunting, Fishing, Skiing and Play Golf at the best resorts and call it Official Business. If you retire at the right time, you get to keep the extra money in Your Campaign Fund! It is called the Grandfather Loophole. I want to be a CONGRESSMAN!

Campaign Speeches that Get You Elected!

“We ran a positive campaign on the issues! The issues are Change, Change for the Future! The People have spoken! Ask Not What Your Country Can Do For You! You Have Nothing To Fear But Fear Itself! If You Can’t Stand The Heat, Get Out Of The Kitchen! Live Free or Die! And In Conclusion, Read My Lips!”

Look Hospitals are a bureaucracy.

Bureaucracies Screw People!

They Over Charge you if you have Health Insurance and Really Screw you if you don’t, because they can.

Why? Because you have 0% Leverage and No Alternative!

So you get screwed!

It’s like after a Hurricane and They Gas Gauge You.

The System Sucks!

How about Publicly Funded Free Clinics for the Uninsured and Try to Prevent Medical Emergencies.

Take the Weight Off Emergency Rooms.

Create Paperless Medical Records and Let the Patient Control Their Records Electronically and Let the Medical Field Compete for Patients.

Use the Free Clinics for Training Centers for our Bright Minds.

But by all means take Bureaucracy Out of the Equation.

How about No Patents on Publicly Funded Researched Medicine!

Look, We know there is a problem and I have suggestions.

They might not be the solution, but it is a starting point that will not cost that much!

So get with the program and suggest solutions, don’t just sit there and except what they tell you as the only way. Get involved! Don’t Be A Lump on a Log!

Then what shall we die for? 

You will all listen to me. LISTEN! 

The world will be looking here to us. And what will they see. Frightened People, Full of Spineless Words. 

NO! They will see Free Men and Freedom. And what the Enemy will see is the Flash of our cannons. They will hear the Ring of Our Swords. And they will know What We Can Do, by the Sweat of our Brows and the Strength of our Backs And the Courage of our Hearts. 

Gentlemen Hoist our Colors!