Brummet's Conscious Blog

   -- Quote of the Day --    “ Presence is a noun, not a verb;  it is a state of being, not doing.  States of being are not highly valued in a culture  that places a high priority on doing.  Yet, true presence, or ‘being with’ another person  carries with it a silent power – to bear witness to a passage,  to help carry an emotional burden,  or to begin a healing process. ”    ~ Debbie Hall     -- Conscious Discussions Talk Radio --  * Airs live @ 10-11 AM (Pacifc)  - all episodes are archived indefinitely within moments after they air live, and are available for you to listen to later on at any time of day.   Sign up via itunes for the Conscious Discussions Radio show: http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/id262138144   ...

-- Announcement --   New email ...  Unfortunately my Yahoo email address was hacked, after following Yahoo's suggestions in their help page I found that the pro blem wasn't clearing up and so I went online to learn more about the issue . That is w hen I found out that y ahoo email addresses were commonly hacked and they have a security problem... it was suggested to me to move my email over to Gmail. So I have done this and am in the process of setting up the changes for this. If you email the old address you should receive a message with the new address. My website also has updated contact information. I'll send out messages to our contacts as soon as I can - Hopefully I won't miss any of you during this transition.    -- Conscious Living event -- Green Teacher Webinar info : Cbeen.org Tuesday Feb 26 6:30-8:30 PM (Eastern)  http://waterthinkinggloballyactinglocally.eventbrite.com/#   --  Solar Power --...

   -- Quote of the Day --    “There is no beautifier of complexion or form or behavior  like the wish to scatter joy and not pain around us” ~Ralph Emerson     -- Conscious Discussions Talk Radio --  * Airs live @ 10-11 AM (Pacifc)  - all episodes are archived indefinitely within moments after they air live, and are available for you to listen to later on at any time of day.   Sign up via itunes for the Conscious Discussions Radio show: http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/id262138144   There is no “One Size Fits All” when it comes to today’s families but we can definitely have goals and visions in place to help us build stronger families. Too often step-parents and grandparents just are not prepared for the struggles they ...

Today's post comes to us from Hank Kellner - a veteran of the Korean War and retired educator who has served as an English Department chairperson at the high school level and an adjunct Associate Professor of English at the community college level. Hank is the creator of many photographs and articles that appeared in publications nationwide; the author of extensive reading comprehension materials for a publisher of educational materials, and a former contributing editor to Darkroom Photography magazine. He is the author of   Write What You See: 99 Photos To Inspire Writing and, with Elizabeth Guy,   the co-author of Reflect and Write: 300 Poems and Photographs to Inspire Writing. Born in New York City, Kellner now lives in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Visit his blog at hank-englisheducation.blogspot.com . Inspiration from Photos and Paintings Show a photograph to a child and the youngster will point to it, trace its image, and respond wi...

 -- Quote of the Day --      “Life is constantly providing us with new funds, new resources -  even when we are reduced to mobility.  In life’s ledger there is no such thing as frozen assets.” ~ Henry Miller     -- Conscious Discussions Talk Radio --  * Airs live @ 10-11 AM (Pacifc)  - all episodes are archived indefinitely within moments after they air live, and are available for you to listen to later on at any time of day.   Sign up via itunes for the Conscious Discussions Radio show: http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/id262138144   As you are probably already aware, the Positive News segments air every 2-3 weeks or so and started a few years ago as our little way of celebrating the posi...

-- Quote of the Day --    “{Re: positive living} Just be conscious of how much negativity has been allowed in our lives. Erase those negative thoughts and speech and actions - and replace them with something positive. And smile – the default is to frown and even if we are not in a bad mood it looks that way and people respond to that - so simply smiling can have a huge result. Negativity is simply a bad habit that we’ve allowed to manifest in our lives. The average person has between 40-60,000 thoughts a day – 95% of those are negative… but the good news is that we can all make a dent in this by making these easy steps to turn things around to a more optimistic, happy lifestyle.” ~ Sally Marks Today’s quote originates from the Conscious Discussions Talk Radio episode that aired back on Dec 4 … titled: Erase Negativity From Your Life  (*Click on the title to access the full discussion) ...