On Christmas Eve in 1914 during the bloody World War I, the Germans, French, and Scottish soldiers on the front-line called an informal and unauthorised truce. With the other men, who they tried to kill every day because they were ordered and told to shoot at them.
They peacefully met each other in No Man’s Land to share a moment to get to know the men who lived on the opposite side, even though they were aware that their superiors would not tolerate it, they did what they felt was right and acceptable.
It became a true lesson of humanity, a real and heartfelt message of brotherhood and goodwill to ALL mankind, that may have been forgotten by many.
Remember your fellow man today and every day as you go about your life and business and know that they are no different to you, with the same hopes and fears for a better life. Put down your weapons, do what is right and all will be well.
Not a very festive blog but read on if you want to know what the heck is happening in Europe and who’s next… Who let the PIGS Out?
The Global economy is a mess right now, Governments want it one way, Banks another and the People… well you just watch the News right now – they have the final say! There’s a lot of strange energy around right now, I’m sure you’ve noticed it even if you don’t know what I mean – it appears negative but it’s change for the best.
American and World Government and their Leaders have no need to manufacture Bad News anymore… it’s really here! We won’t discuss The illegal Wars, WikiLeaks Julian Assange or anything else – lets keep it European today!
Watch this great little video showing the background to The Crises of Capital then read on…
Never mind ‘Who Let the Dogs Out’, you should be asking ‘Who Bailed the PIGS Out?’ They used to talk about investing in the BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India & China) now it’s all about the Bankrupt PIGS (Portugal, Italy, Greece and Spain) aka PIIGGS (to include Ireland and Great Britain). Luckily the EU are making plans to bail them all out… Who has the printing press for all these Dollars and Euros being flooded onto the market? Unfortunately the money is only making it as far as the Fat Cats in Governments and Banks!
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Banks, Governments and Corporations do NOT have a conscience or spirit – they require human beings to animate them. When you ask their employees to tell the truth, be honest and do the RIGHT thing – they will not speak up and represent themselves but go to a Lawyer (pronounced liar) to re-represent them (all paid for by the corporation with your money). As when given the option to be honest, they choose not to! After all who would bite the hand that feeds them? Even if it was slapping the rest of their family and telling them to as well, before it put leftovers in their mouth – having had the main meal itself!?
You can’t bury or hide the truth, as it always comes out.
The Real Pigs are in Government and Banking! [My comments are in italic square brackets in the quotes below]
EU agrees on permanent eurozone rescue fund
“EU leaders have agreed to set up a permanent mechanism to bail out any member state whose debt problems threaten the 16-nation eurozone.
This year Greece and the Irish Republic have received emergency EU bail-outs.
The 27 leaders, meeting in Brussels on Thursday, agreed that in 2013 the permanent mechanism would succeed the eurozone’s 750bn-euro (£637bn; $1tn) temporary bail-out fund[how temporary and where does it come from? ONLY $1 TRILLION!], the European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF).
The summit comes amid continuing concern about stability in the eurozone, as national debts and deficits have soared above the EU’s targets.
Portugal and Spain have been under financial market scrutiny since the Irish Republic was forced to take an aid package of 85bn euros (£72bn; $113bn) last month. [Do you need to be forced to something if it was in your best interests? Short answer - NO!]
The European Central Bank (ECB) has been buying billions of euros of sovereign debt to ease the pressure on the countries seen as most vulnerable in the eurozone. It is to double the reserves it holds – to 10.8bn euros, from 5.8bn euros at present. [Yes, the ECB will own you too if your country accepts any money - oh, actually don't worry, you should be more concerned about your country milking you before the ECB!]
They used to write about ‘Blood on the Streets’ in the Great Depression – well it’s back!
(UK) Bank’s variable mortgage rate rise alert
“Two-thirds of the country’s 12m outstanding mortgages – held by eight million borrowers – are now on floating deals.
This means they risk seeing their monthly repayments jump if there is any change in the Bank’s base rate – which is currently held at 0.5%.
Combined with next month’s VAT increase from 17.5% to 20%, deep cuts to public spending, rising unemployment, and the soaring cost of everyday goods, household finances are facing an unprecedented squeeze. [You thought it was bad already, prepare to be bent over a barrel!]
‘A relatively small increase in interest rates could have a fairly sizeable impact on the housing market at a time when the market is already pretty weak,’ said Jonathan Loynes, chief economist at Capital Economics.
The forecaster said house prices were 20% overvalued and could fall by that amount in the next two to three years.
Among the worst hit by a rate hike would be those who stretched themselves to get on the housing ladder in the past two years.
The average tracker mortgage charges interest of 3.51% while a typical two-year fix has a rate of 3.54%.
Although this is seven times the Bank’s base rate, banks do not borrow the money they lend on to customers quite this cheaply. Typically they pay between 0.75% and 1.5%.” [That's right, nearly 500% mark-up (on your Govt. loaned money) - but only for those of you that can afford the large 25%+ deposits required to get on the housing ladder]
Once upon a time in China , a girl named Li-Li got married & went to live with her husband and mother-in-law.
In a very short time, Li-Li found that she couldn’t get along with her mother-in-law at all. Their personalities were very different, and Li-Li was angered by many of her mother-in-law’s habits. In addition, she criticized Li-Li constantly.
Days passed, and weeks passed. Li-Li and her mother-in-law never stopped arguing and fighting. But what made the situation even worse was that, according to ancient Chinese tradition, Li-Li had to bow to her mother-in-law and obey her every wish. All the anger and unhappiness in the house was causing Li-Li’s poor husband great distress.
Finally, Li-Li could not stand her mother-in-law’s bad temper and dictatorship any longer, and she decided to do something about it. Li-Li went to see her father’s good friend, Mr. Huang, who sold herbs. She told him the situation and asked if he would give her some poison so that she could solve the problem once and for all.
Mr. Huang thought for awhile, and finally said, “Li-iL, I will help you solve your problem, but you must listen to me and obey what I tell you.”
Li-Li said,”Yes, Mr. Huang, I will do whatever you tell me to do. “Mr. Huang went into the back room, and returned in a few minutes with a package of herbs. He told Li-Li, “You can’t use a quick-acting poison to get rid of your mother-in-law, because that would cause people to become suspicious. Therefore, I have given you a number of herbs that will slowly build up poison in her body. Every other day prepare some delicious meal and put a little of these herbs in her serving. Now, in order to make sure that nobody suspect you, when she dies, you must be very careful to act very friendly towards her. “Don’t argue with her, obey her every wish, and treat her like a queen.” Li-Li was so happy. She thanked Mr. Huang and hurried home to start her plot of murdering her mother-in-law.
Weeks went by, and months went by, and every other day, Li-Li served the specially treated food to her mother-in-law. She remembered what Mr. Huang had said about avoiding suspicion, so she controlled her temper, obeyed her mother-in-law, and treated her like her own mother.
After six months had passed, the whole household had changed. Li-Li had practiced controlling her temper so much that she found that she almost never got mad or upset. She hadn’t had an argument with her mother-in-law in six months because she now seemed much kinder and easier to get along with.
The mother-in-law’s attitude toward Li-Li changed, and she began to love Li-Li like her own daughter. She kept telling friends and relatives that Li-Li was the best daughter-in-law one could ever find. Li-Li and her mother-in-law were now treating each other like a real mother and daughter. Li-Li’s husband was very happy to see what was happening.
One day, Li-Li came to see Mr. Huang and asked for his help again She said, “Dear Mr. Huang, please help me to keep off the poison from killing my mother-in-law. She’s changed into such a nice woman, and I love her like my own mother. I do not want her to die because of the poison I gave her.”
Mr. Huang smiled and nodded his head. “Li-Li, there’s nothing to worry about. I never gave you any poison. The herbs I gave you were vitamins to improve her health. The only poison was in your mind and your attitude toward her, but that has been all washed away by the love which you gave to her.”
HAVE YOU REALIZED that how you treat others is exactly how they will treat you? There is a wise Chinese saying: “The person who loves others will also be loved in return.” God might be trying to work in another person’s life through you.
A candle loses nothing if it is used to light another one…
David Beckham has an injury and is potentially out of the World Cup but his career is far from over as some may speculate. He may not be playing but I’ll definitely be watching World Cup 2010 and having my regular games (real football fans know what a football feels like to kick too)
I played my usual game of football tonight and wasn’t sure if I wanted to go after last week’s events with the bank – but it’s the only exercise I get. Also I wanted to vent and expend some energy that had been pent up, so I said yes. After all it’s only a meaningless kick around with friends.
On the way there I’d decided this game would decide how much passion I still had left to be in business and life. As soon as I had that thought, I wished I could take it back. Once you think or say something (even to yourself) you can’t take it back, as the universe hears. I was in trouble now.
What if I got hurt? What if I lost? What would it mean if it was a bad game for my team? I could just flip a coin and if I didn’t like the result, we could do best of 3 or best of 5 or (Ad infinitum)… I told myself I’d have fun regardless and see how it went. Pretend it’s just a game.
When I arrived I was put on the side with 3 top strikers. Normally this wouldn’t be a problem but they’re the kind of guys you have to tackle to get the ball from if you want it, even if they’re on your side! I may as play against them if I have to fight for the ball so I asked to go on the opposing side but it was a firm no… time to play.
One of our main strikers got injured and substituted. I got laughed at for not having my regular football shirt but a crew shirt instead. “Millionaire Mind crew?” he said, “More like cabin crew!” Oh, the usual witty banter we have, I was getting some thrown back at me today. Later one of their best players ran around me in circles and I twisted my ankle and fell. Surely this was going to determine the rest of my game now. I felt silly at the injury and hobbled on knowing it would get better, as I often do. After all, someone has to play the part-time super hero.
I’d show them, talk is cheap. Then I got a goal in… and then another. Then a clearance from the half way line ended up in the back of the net! My team were as surprised as I was, since I’d not had this good a game for a while – I usually play defender as I have a powerful kick (toe poke it like Bobby) or mid-fielder and set up the other players as I believe there shooting is much more accurate.
Then something strange happened. My team started passing to me more frequently and as often as I set other players up for a shot, they did the same. These guys were looking for someone to play with that was in the zone and on top of their game. I stopped counting after scoring my second hat trick. As the final whistle blew one of the guys on the other team said “You’re going to go home happy tonight.” And it was true. Winning feels so much better than getting beaten, especially when the other team are also happy for your achievement.
Can a game of football determine the future and decide who goes home happy after that game? Most likely… if only wars were fought on the football pitch with a ball too.
Was it game over for me in business? Not at all, I was on fire and ready to carry on playing… Do your worst because whatever team you put me on, we will come together and aim to score every time AND win!
“These days are to be remembered; please don’t ever forget them. Hard days make those sunny days that much brighter even when it rains.” – Bobby
It’s been a long cold winter.
I had the receivers from the Bank of Scotland come in on Thursday and take over the running of my business. They didn’t call, give any warning and just walked in with a letter to say they can do whatever they want. Having ignored all my letters and proposals to them to deal with the matter fairly and request for a meeting, this is what they chose to do. The receiver said he was appointed by the bank on my behalf. He asked me to help him out and I thought if I did they would be fine with me, then he told me to get off the property! You can imagine the shock of the situation, as I wasn’t expecting to be helpful all day, then suddenly being dismissed and told to just pack up and leave without a thank you or anything.
Even though I should have expected this, it still felt like the bank had stabbed me. The banks and their associates are real Wolves in sheep’s clothing, I’ve now come to learn that even their smiles are fake and can’t be trusted.
That was when the reality of the situation hit me and I don’t wish this feeling on anyone.When it happens to someone else we’re the first to judge, rationalise and say that this is how we’d handle it – when it is you, in a split second, everything all of sudden changes, seeming so different and much more important.
I cannot even bring myself to telephone a dear friend that I owe money to without a tear coming to my eye, even though we had spoken the day before.
Regardless of all the Personal Development Dogma, we may not always be in charge of everything in life and our path may be picked for us. Even still we can only choose to make the best decisions we can and learn from all the lessons in life, whether we see them as good or bad.
Later, as I sat in the supermarket car park, not knowing why I was even there, I scribbled these thoughts that were racing through my head on paper. I cannot even put on paper all the emotions I felt ranging from sorrow, loss, anger, fear, pride, unhappiness, love and gratitude. What people would say and think.
It was a sunny day and I had tears running streaming down my face, when it started to rain…. which made me a little happier that we don’t live alone and the world shares our joys and sorrows. The more you open your heart, the more the love can flow in.
Don’t stop dreaming and hang on to them good luck charms, as you will need them soon enough.
And as I stepped out of the car the rain stopped… It really did – it was finally Spring.
If you need someone to talk to about anything at all, I am here for you. Maybe my journey and friends can provide some guidance and put you back on your path. Remember, a problem shared is a problem halved, so feel free to contact me anytime if there is something you want to get off your chest in confidence, as you will always have a friend in me.
Thank you to all my family, friends and business associates (yes, you’re friends too and stuck with me). Our combined hearts are so much bigger and real than the size of any fictional bank or the trillions of paper they print and are then allowed to legally steal by the imaginary government, at the expense of the people like you and me. Judgement day is coming for them…
Money isn’t bad, just what you could do with it and when it’s valued more than people.Your real wealth and value is measured in what you can accomplish for yourself and others, now it’s time for me to show for real that ‘Wealth is what you have left when the money is gone’ and do it all over again, bigger and better… come along for the ride.
My time has been freed up to possibly do more writing, support I never knew I had has appeared and a couple of business proposals have already come in to keep me moving forward. But it’s not over yet as the banks have not won – I’m not going to quit, as the universe works in mysterious ways and I’ve only discounted the options I know about, the unknown resources will appear soon enough. I’m ready and waiting to receive…
Thank you for reading and allowing me to share my thoughts and feelings… my dry with and humour will commence again shortly. I just need a little time to digest what’s happening and don’t fancy talking to anyone right now, so apologies if I’ve not returned any calls – I am here and will be back in touch soon.
