Brummet's Conscious Blog

 -- Quote of the Day -- "The three hardest tasks in the world are neither physical feats nor intellectual achievements, but moral acts: to return love for hate, to include the excluded, and to say - 'I was wrong'." ~ Sydney Harris  -- Advancements in Solar Technologies -- Some fantastic news about paint came from a recent program on the CBC radio station which discussed a new solar cell that can be painted on roadways, rooftops, building siding and more – this is a new technology that is, like most alternative energy sources, needing some way of storing the captured energy. But the idea of using the surface area of the road infrastructure on this planet (said to equal the surface area of the US) to produce at least 20% of the world’s energy needs is a pretty cool prospect. Speaking of pretty cool – I was watching an environmental DVD and learned that part of the issue with Urban Greenhouse Effect is that we have so many dark roofs,...

-- Quote of the Day -- “…I love my work; I’m a physician and I integrate meditation in my work. Almost a third of the population (suffers from chronic pain) and most situations of chronic pain are learned pathways – which can cause insomnia and other things. …Chronic pain will ruin your life, it takes it over – it is a serious issue because it takes over your identity, your personality, the things that you can and cannot do, your relationships – and because of this the search for a cure is frantic. Our medical model is: if you have this pain; try these drugs. But in fact this model can create more fear, more frustration because people are not getting better.”  Today's quote was excerpted from the July 7th episode of the Conscious Discussions Talk Radio show with – Howard Schubiner – Topic: Unlearn Your Pain *Click on show title to access the full interview. -- Referral Corner -- This section of the blog is where we offer some recommended resources f...

 -- Quote of the Day -- " To laugh often and love much; to win the respect of intelligent persons, and the affection of children; to earn the approbation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends, to appreciate beauty; to find the best in others; to give of one's self; to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; to have played and laughed with enthusiasm and sung with exultation; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived - this is to have succeeded "  ~ Ralph Emerson -- Recommended Resources -- Water is on everyone's mind this time of year - getting it, mostly. The search for good clean water, water that is not poisoned or tainted in some way, for our children and families to drink. Here in North America we are fairly rich in water, as are some areas in Europe, but places like Africa and Australia are really suffering. Water conservation is fina...

-- Brummets in the Media -- Apologies to everyone expecting me to appear on the Grand Haven Talk Radio - we had some intermittent power issues here that kept me from calling in to the show. I'm hoping the hosts will understand and reschedule us for some future date... and I do apologize, once again, for any inconvenience this may have caused you. I hope you enjoy the interesting discussion below: -- World of Writing --   As many of our readers are aware, we enjoy featuring World of Writing interviews quite regularly. ...Here's today's installment... Oh, First - I’d like to start with a shout out to Kat Sanborn, Editorial Associate with Cleis Press and Viva Editions  (VivaEditions.com) for sending a query our way for today’s featured guest. Dr. John Duffy is a clinical psychologist and the author of: The Available Parent: Radical Optimism for Raising Teens and Tweens. He has been working with families in a very busy practice for about 15 years....

-- Quote of the Day --   "Failure is the opportunity to begin again, more intelligently." ~ Moshe Arens -- Conscious Discussions Talk Radio --  Today - Aug 18th - Wendy Kay is our featured guest of the day! She dropped in to the Conscious Discussions Talk Radio show to help us master the art of feeling good, starting with learning how to recognize our own worth. When we realize our own worth we discover some other things too such as personal accountability, the power making choices, discover new passions. In doing so we are filled with the knowledge of the incredible power we have as an individual and the fact that we can have a positive impact on the world with small, moment to moment choices.   Drop by and access this discussion at your convenience via the link below: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/consciousdiscussions/2011/08/18/recognizing-your-worth Find Dave and Lillian Brummet, excerpts from their books, inf...

-- Quote of the Day -- “… If you stay on your shore, you will never discover other shores. …Why is it that you want to go into business? ...It is during these times of times of economic changes that we see an increase of self-employed businesses. …You might need to test the waters while you work full or part time. …Don’t wait until everything is just right; it will never be perfect - there will always be challenges and cycles. …You just have to take the step and let go of the fear .”   ~ Victor Kwegyir Today's quote comes from an interview that aired back on June 9:  From Dream to Self-Employment *Click on Show Title to access the full interview and while there, scroll down to the "comment" section for this episode to find related business advice discussions. -- Referral Corner -- In keeping with the topic of "business advice", I'd like to pass on to you a resource that may come in handy one day, especially if your offi...

-- Quote of the Day -- " Writing ought either to be the manufacture of stories for which there is a market demand – a business as safe and commendable as making soap – or it should be an art, which is always a search for something for which there is no market demand… something new and untried, where the values are intrinsic and have nothing to do with standardized values. "  ~ Willa Cather Lately I've found that I have this real need to write this last year - not for publication or promotion or for sharing on this blog - but just for me. It has been an amazing experience. Those stolen moments with the pen gives me a yearning for more, and more time and head space for this process.  33 pages of journaling later, and only a half dozen poems have been written this year - but it is more then I've done in quite a while. Dealing with the chronic illness, and end of life planning of my parents, the grief of their passing really wiped me out and it t...