The Parable of The Talents

 Matthew 25:14-30King James Version (KJV)

Now the talents in the parable are referring to money. The lord was leaving and expected his servants to go and trade up his talents and earn interest on the principal. The servant who did not earn any interest was given the money but the story did not tell us that he was given the tools or teaching to go and earn. However, the only fair assumption is that all servants were taught how to gain on an investment. That to me is the only way the lord leaving for a far country could be vexed with the servant who got 1 talent.

But the story explicitly stated that all the servants were not equal in ability hence the lord gave them money accordingly. Therefore, the servant with 1 talent was called unprofitable because the lord was sure that with his ability, he could earn at least 50% on his investment.

To add insult to injury, the unprofitable servant showed the lord that he was actually learning from the lord but chose not to act on what he was learning. Can you blame the lord for wanting interest on his money while he was going on vacation ( well, just saying); I think the reason he would be so vexed is because he could have taken the money and multiplied it instead of giving the unprofitable servant. One can only be disappointed when an expectation is not met.

This parable showed me that the magic of the financial system is even older than i thought, perhaps ancient. I now say that each of us should be using this magic to our advantage. Making money even in our sleep. Just like how the lord of the servants wanted to be making money while he was away in a far country (on vacation).

For the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling into a far country, who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods.

15 And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one; to every man according to his several ability; and straightway took his journey.

16 Then he that had received the five talents went and traded with the same, and made them other five talents.

17 And likewise he that had received two, he also gained other two.

18 But he that had received one went and digged in the earth, and hid his lord's money.

19 After a long time the lord of those servants cometh, and reckoneth with them.

20 And so he that had received five talents came and brought other five talents, saying, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me five talents: behold, I have gained beside them five talents more.

21 His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.

22 He also that had received two talents came and said, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me two talents: behold, I have gained two other talents beside them.

23 His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant; thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.

24 Then he which had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art an hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou hast not strawed:

25 And I was afraid, and went and hid thy talent in the earth: lo, there thou hast that is thine.

26 His lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not strawed:

27 Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers, and then at my coming I should have received mine own with usury.

28 Take therefore the talent from him, and give it unto him which hath ten talents.

29 For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath.

30 And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

King James Version (KJV)

by Public Domain

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Jamaican Engineering in Business and the Costumer's Experience

Jamaica may not be a country you think about when you say engineering but it has its fair share of engineering feats. Jamaica boasts being the first Caribbean country to have electricity and running water. I can a bit further by saying that Jamaica even had light and water before United Sates of America. St. Elizabeth was the first parish in Jamaica to get Electricity, in 1893. St. Elizabeth, my parents' home parish, even had telephones 10 years after it was invented by Alexander G. Bell. Implementation of these mentioned infrastructure was to satisfy a need and solve a problem people faced, hence an engineer or group of engineers solved a problem. The engineers in 17th -19th century Jamaica, were predominantly English. The colonizers of Jamaica managed the Jamaican resource to their benefit but left a legacy of engineering development for Jamaica and Jamaicans to learn from. In my opinion the greatest engineering legacy in Jamaica was the railroading network the English established. A legacy it is indeed. So much that it seems to be a legend to most of those in my age group. Many don't even know that Jamaica had a railroading network opened to transport before U.S.A, dating from 1845.

Engineering in Jamaica has never gotten the highlight it truly deserved. For example, if a road is being built here, its not advertised via 'word o' mouth' as an engineering construction. Its just, 'dem a build a road'. The intricacies in some of our civil works are rarely eye catching due to the numerous shabby work done by cheap and greedy so called engineers. The Portmore leg of the Toll Road, for example, I assume many Portmore residence have forgotten the special construction this road got. When the road material was being laid they saw foam being placed in the ground, may be the first many was seeing this being done. And so the reason eluded them. This was because the area by the cause way is a wet land, (was a  swamp- now dumped up land). Heavy compaction of aggregate or regular construction material would prevent the regular flow of water in and out the coast. So after a short while all that expensive work would need to be repeated or wasted. Because after the land gets waterlogged the water would have to find some way out. The nice, pretty road would deteriorate fast.

With this article, I want to present what engineering looks like in Jamaica today with the examples of three well-known Jamaican companies involved in engineering. These companies manage a resource vital to Jamaicans and have been around for more than a decade. I want to focus on the efficacy of their respective managers in improving the organization. The companies will be assessed on their technological improvement, improvement in customer service and customers' perception of the company. Improvement in the companies technology and infrastructure is directly link to engineering skills but the effectiveness of its managers can only be measured by how beneficial these advances are to the customers.

So the three companies are:

1. Jamaica Public Service (JPS)
2. Lime/ Flow
3. National Water Commission

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Free Help for Smart IBO's and Network Marketers

For those interested in building any business online or who just want to make some extra cash while using the internet, there are some essential tools for your business. It is very likely that if you don't have these tools you are going to struggle in your business or worst, starve your clients and followers of the value you could be adding to them. Some of these tools have a cost and some due to the good will of others who have struggled in online businesses themselves, are FREE. With this post I want to share one of those free business changing tools.

It was a bit hard to find a good free auto responder, especially when you don't know what to look for at the beginning. First I was discouraged by only seeing the paid one's but I continued and soon I found some not so good ones. Then something I could work with. Had to watch a few videos on other network marketers' squeeze page to get to where I wanted to be, but it was worth it. In recent times of network marketing and affiliate marketing, 'squeeze pages' have become more available to its users. I don't think there is anyone using the internet who has never landed on a squeeze/ capture page/ landing page. Capture pages attract persons to your business and/ or opportunity and allows them to leave their contact with you if they are interested. I say that, to say that the tools you need for your business are for the purposes of attracting persons to you then allowing you to give them value effectively.

The tools for your business are:

1. Email System (your best professional email)
2. Contact Management System
3. Website/ blog
4. Auto-responder System

I want to highlight Auto-responders. But before I do so I must say that a contact management system may have all the other tools in a well organized package that may even allow you with ways to monitor and track the efficiency of your maketing strategies. Hence you can select your most effective.

Auto Responders

Well auto-responders or email auto responder is a program that automatically answers emails sent to the computer using it. An auto responder is apart of email marketing. Today, some provide this service through a web account, so you do not need a software installed on your computer to take advantage of it. So the free one I am using as of the date of the post is listwire. The banner below says it all about listwire.


The introduction video on their web page will give more insight. But all in all this auto responder from listwire is worth its 'freeness'.  Feel free to follow the banner link above to view website.

Its a Nice Package 

List wire offers a bit more than the auto responder. I can track my lead's subscription and delivery success of messages. Its contact management has simple database features but easily managed user interface. Many more features available, but i'll leave you to discover them on your own for now.

If you are serious about your business but a bit strapped for cash in the early stages of your 'Biz', listwire is the way to go and grow.

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How to Change a Corrupt Government

Here in Jamaica we are back in election season-once again. I do not vote because I don't believe in 'giving away my rights and power to those who don't care about me.' Jamaica's successive governments and its leaders have achieved some good for the country but for the most part, in my opinion (facts unearthed might sway my decision) governments have failed the people's expectations time and time again. There has been some good work done in Education, Transportation, Construction and Mining and Agriculture. But Security and Justice is very hard to manage; it would seem. Unlike the minister of security, I see this crime problem Jamaica faces not as something that grossly needs divine intervention but an opportunity to prove to the divine that with His help we can solve the scourge of crime and violence.

GET OUT OF JAIL FREE CARD?

Solving Crime Pays but not as much as crime itself. Bribery is many persons get out of 'jail free card.' It's Not Really Free though. No one gets out jail free. A price is paid for every decision. Whether in time or money; whether in emotions or deferred favour; something is paid; a transaction occurs. Hence, corruption is bred at the end of a crime cycle. By the crime cycle, I mean how an activity seen as breaking the law is started and finished. This cycle is started most times by a selfish greed but also by a genuine want or need. Then the crime cycle is ended by the reward or punishment of the activity. Is corruption providing that opportunity to reward criminals? Is corruption preventing the punishment of criminals?


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Why do homosexuals get such a hard time? What's wrong with being 'Gay'?

So watching TV for a little bit one Monday evening I saw a rebroadcast of CVM's Onstage with a clip of 'Barbee' being interviewed in which she said she did a song that did not speak about her but of another person who found love in a same sex relationship. The only thing that came to my mind at that time was bull... You know the rest.

But who cares right? She thinks its okay.

Not considering any other social media, Facebook has been teeming with homosexual right vs wrong commentary, in light of the US supreme court ruling on gay marriage. The Sunday before that Monday evening I saw where persons called TD Jakes a sell out because he spoke about the issue and sounded pro LGBT. Then the following Tuesday morning I felt like buying small fire in Cashpot, after seeing 2 females; kill me dead they were lesbians and if both weren't, one was. (experience has trained me over the years to have a special skill in pin pointing lesbians).

Why so Fussy?

So after hearing the hullabaloo about TD Jakes on FB I decided  to hear the comments straight from the horse's mouth. And I must say that I agree with what he says. I don't have time be worried about what gays are doing to try to be equals and normalize their behaviour. He didn't sell out he just didn't say gays should be burned at the stake like most of us would all want to see. I personally think if there should be a whopping of a church pastor though, Joel Osteen should get that. This man skirted around some very straight forward questions and then clumsily explained his stance.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQ4PncKMTEw

Unlike these pastors I can categorically say that I am 100% against same sex sexual unions (same sex marriages). I don't see the sense in these types of relationships. But as well thinking human beings we should be careful of what we fight against and how we fight against it. I'll just quote Newton's third law of motion, 
"For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction." 
You pick out your sense out of that. That is what I would add to Mr. Jakes' sermon.

Lettuce Gays Bacon and Tomatoes

Again I ask, what is wrong with being LGBT? But you guys don't have to answer, I know what's wrong with them. And no its not wrong because God said its wrong or the bible reads thou shall not be gay ( just paraphrasing). Instead homosexuality is wrong because mankind has made it wrong. We do not want it.



 
Now that is answered let's see how I assess wrong or right in phenomena, events or situations.- I weigh the pro's and the cons. Then I maximize the pro's or the cons and visualize the effects of these maximized benefits/ disadvantages to the best of my experience and practical imagination.  And finally I check the majority view on the subject.-
Therefore, homosexuality is dangerous, not only wrong. Because if everyone was gay and truly gay, civilization would end. Mankind would cease to exist after a good amount of years. As much as it is said that persons are selfish, each person generally does what is best for their survival and the survival of those they have grown to build a relationship with. Simply put, each person looks out for them self and their loved ones. 

I believe children are a result of actions to extend the life of its parents' ideologies. From my perception of a social group of the human species, at its basic 'animalistic' level, procreation serves as a protection of the aging parents in the group. So it is safe to say we are born with good intentions- Protect the family. May be only the bi-sexual could escape the charge of being an enemy of the society; enemy by reducing our 'defenses'. Based on sociological evidence, Psalm 51:5, I was born in sin..., is not applicable. A matter of fact Christians pro porting this scripture as literal are definitely not aware of the levels of credence they are giving the LGBT community. For further clarity, (using mathematical substitution)

• being a lesbian, gay, bi-sexual or transgender = SIN, 
• then born in sin and perhaps shapen in iniquity (although perhaps the iniquity part could mean what you learn as you grow older) = man is born a sinner = mankind are born to be gay (just choosing this sin out of the other sins to bring home the point)
• Therefore, many persons agree that lesbians and gays were born that way and don't even know that they are agreeing to such a lie they fight against.
• Then assuming gays were born that way, how can God now punish them for something he put them on this earth to do? And, how can others, like myself, question their purpose?

So I repeat, from a person is born their instinct is to protect the social group and hence 'fitting in' with the basic values and core beliefs of the society is the key duplication. Hence, be fruitful and multiply is our natural way of progressing and bettering mankind. Even how we learn at the baby stage is evidence of how we are looking towards the continuation of life. At the early stages of life we learn mainly by replication, copy cat, monkey see monkey do. So with homosexuality there will be no natural multiplication of the races.

Homosexuality is simply the destruction of the human race. It is as dangerous as cancer and devastating as that nuclear bomb in hiroshima. Certainly it won't kill us now; but over time its effects compound like the interest on my savings and investment.-The principle of compound interest affects both good and bad actions. The idea of a non-reproductive union between 2 humans is not good for the race. The less persons on the planet = less money. Hence economically homosexuality is wrong.

Selfish People

I think the ideals of gay people are selfish. And by now you must know I am not talking about happy people. May be gays and lesbians are happy but I sure know they are mean. And they don't mean well for the survival of the human race. They may be in the richer bracket of our presently modern society, but their wealth in friendship has been drastically hampered by investing in ideals that are counter to the success of the greater population. Therefore no matter how much the LGBT community grows
because we the normal people grow way faster than them, they are always lonely. All of us subconsciously know homosexuality can hamper the progress of the human race; yes homosexuality can easily be seen as a
population control tool, spread by the evil ones in power. But if those power controllers are spreading the LGBT agenda to control the world population they are definitely hurting their earning power and the number of those they have power over. Unlike them I know that real wealth is also in the #of friends you have.

Conclusion

Homosexuality awareness has been growing in the society for the last 2 decades because of many factors. But The Media has been the main driving force. I Don't believe this is a new phenomena but the hype in the media and its explosion in appearances in different TV shows has sure made it seem new. I think I can do a research on the media influence on homosexuality in the society. But for now I can say that even the blind would have seen the change in morals and norms on cable TV. A quick scan of the article, Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Content on Television: A Quantitative Analysis Across Two Seasons, revealed the following excerpt.

Despite the overwhelming heterosexuality of mainstream media representations, portrayals of gay and lesbian individuals on television have become somewhat more common since 1997 when Ellen became the first television show to have a gay leading character. This increase can be seen in the introduction of gay characters on many shows such as Spin City, ER, Dawson's Creek, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer, as well as shows that focus on gay characters in leading roles such as Will and Grace and It's All Relative. In addition, cable stations have included shows such as Queer as Folk, Six Feet Under, and Oz that depict gay characters in more complex plot lines and with more explicit sexual behaviors.

The Inspiration

Go tidy the Sink

It's when I do the chore that I hate the most that some of my greatest inspirations reach me. I sincerely hate washing the dishes. But each time I go through this experience. I learn something new as well as come up with a new or better plan.


As I hear my mother say the plates should be washed its like the weight of those forks, spoons, dishes, cups and pots drop on my shoulder. However, the weight only sinks me for a short while. I just muster the courage and strength to make the work lighter and lighter with each rinse. So again every mickle mek a muckle- the Jamaican slight edge chips in. This is the same principle that can be applied to conquering any daunting task. So for those young adults who live with their parents and teenagers doing chores don't get discouraged when you see the mountain of pots and plates dangerously sharp utensils scattered along the journey. Do not ask if it will it be done but

• when will it be done?
• how will it be done?
• why will it be done?

When 

In this case we have when as a adverb describing your action of 'doing the dishes'. Unlike 'IF' it removes all doubt from your mother's mind and yours for even a second (unless you are a liar). Unlike 'IF', 'WHEN' tells the mind that there is a task to be completed. And a goal has been set. This when may be the time the task may be started or the completion time of the task. Whichever, it will be done.

How

This is by the 'slight edge' of course. Every mickle will finally clean and clear the kitchen sink. For every item completed the weight gets lighter and lighter. For every pot, utensil, plate and cup the work gets easier to be completed. For every scrub with the scouring pad draws you closer to the end. So now you ask me; How will it be done? My answer: get an initial plan, split the task into smaller events and establish a reward system for completing the events.

So I take the contents of the sink and organize them according to their type. Then start washing. I group all the :

• cups
• plates and bowls
• pots
• utensils

Then for example I soap and scrub the utensils first; wash them  off and take a break from standing at the sink. My break is my reward. Build momentum on starting-finishing-rewarding and then very soon you will be finished with that huge mountain of a task.

Why

When you are approaching that big problem in life I think it is very important for you to know 'Why' you are removing this problem. What is the reason you want to complete the task? The reason is that voice that keeps you motivated util completion. The reason gives purpose for seeking your satisfaction.

Your Tools

I didn't bother with what will be done because we already knew the what. But it is key to understand the nature of your problem it helps to formulate a good initial plan to start the task. knowing the nature of the problem also helps in selecting the right tools for the job. My father always says 'the right tool makes the job easier.'

I thought that buying a dish washing liquid from my own business would make 'washing the dishes' more fun but not so. I wash with the guarantee that the organic cleaner I am using is safer for the environment but I still dislike 'washing plates'. The Legacy of Clean Dish Washing Liquid really gets the job done but I could have done the same job with a Pals Dish Washing Liquid (although the quality of finish may be less).

Scotch Brite pad with sponge

The tool affects how and when the job is done. Therefore, my tools include:

• Scotch Brite Scrub Sponge- scouring pad for the plates, utensils and cups
• Legacy of Clean Scouring Pad- for pots and covers



Scouring Pads- http://www.amway.com/Shop/Search/SearchResults.aspx?searchkeyword=scouring%20pads&includeLMS=false&pwsID=HowellKhaliel

• Legacy of Clean Dish Washing Liquid

My favourite dish washing liquid- http://www.amway.com/Shop/Search/SearchResults.aspx?searchkeyword=dish%20washing%20liquid&includeLMS=false&pwsID=HowellKhaliel

Every time I wash I try to finish faster and faster. Using better quality products from my business does not make the job more fun, but these tools have way less of a negative effect on the environment and does the job better.

However the mindset behind the tools is very important. Even with the worst tools on the market, your 'how' and 'why' will get you to the finish line- may be not in record time.

Learning by The Sink

So the process I use to clear my dirty sink brings on touches of insanity and creativity to produce some good works. When I was an active bass-guitarist ideas for some good rhythms and even mastering new skills came from my kitchen sink (although that time I was living at a different location with a different inspiring sink). Some of my topics for blogging are found after some of those plates are cleaned. Almost all the business ideas I am yet to release were birthed by the kitchen sink. Some designs I have drawn came from the sink.

So it's by the sink again I went to question the reason the sink is so inspirational. Then it came to. Its not so much the physical space but the psychological space that spurs my 'think-tank'. It's how the process of washing activates my brain to think that causes me to come up with ideas. So I went through my process of washing, as explained earlier and allowed my thoughts to roam. 

I also think its because of how I have trained myself to deal with doing things I don't want to do. I kind of clear my mind of the lameness of the activity and/ or substitute the boring thoughts of the chore with a game (most times a game I would make up). I remembered doing this for the first time around age 9 when I was asked to sweep up the front yard before going outside to ride my bicycle. So like a good son I started sweeping but sulking and mumbling. But as an even better son I decided to just do it. I started looking at cleaning as a time challenge and racing against the clock I swept like crazy. Up to this day, my 2nd favourite chore is sweeping. So by the time I started washing dishes in grade 5, around age 11, I mastered the Ninja Technique I coined as"Activity Affection Redirection".

I think how I started washing washing was also special in providing me with the environment to repeatedly formulate new ideas. Its the reason why I 'wash the dishes' that move my mind to find solutions for those around me and my self. When you can complete a task for a reason outside your self gratification it gives a special feeling of satisfaction. Happiness if you may. I started washing dishes (and doing more chores on a whole) to please my mom; help make her load lighter. And since that was a reason outside my self and considered greater than myself it gave me a healthy feeling of happiness to see her shocked the first time she came home from work and caught me red handed- clearing up the dirty sink. I thank Mr. Jarrett, my Grade 5 teacher at Naggo's Head Primary for planting that thought of doing things to show maturity and helping out around the house. The same day that Mr. Jarrett gave the class that lesson on maturity, speech on responsibility I went home and was able to make my mom proud. Even its in a small way I made her proud. Yup. Mr. Jarrett inspired me to wash dishes and now even 14yrs later washing dishes can still inspire me towards greater.

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What Is Happiness? - An Extremely Advanced Definition Of Happiness

HAPPINESS

Are persons today really seeking happiness? Are you living happy right now? Do you want to live happily? If you could name that one thing that once you get it, you would be happy, what would that be? If you were to ask me these same questions I would be able to give positive answers to all of them. It is apart of my business to constantly question why am I doing what I am doing. What is the main reason I am in business for myself when it is easier:

• to live from paycheck paycheck for someone else who is always telling me what to do?
• to work and wait for my pension
• to worry about the economy
• to complain about what the government is doing with economy

In the video Leo separates excitement from happiness. Happiness as I have learned is on many levels but the basic definition is fulfillment. And I believe he is most definitely correct that the happiness that most persons feel is just peaks of a short term form of happiness called excitement.

'True happiness', from the get go of his explanation I got it. What I want persons to do is to understand that the excitement they call happiness is not wrong if you call it happiness. Simply because it is an emotion, a feeling, part of our human psychology. As with all emotions we can define them and then someone will come along and add a new level of feeling to that definition. For example happy-enjoyment-happier-bliss-true happiness.

We generally express emotions differently because we are all different with different experiences. So to help you understand what Leo is talking about I say true happiness is the absolute form or may be better described as the greatest form of happiness.

HAPPINESS DEFINITION

So the most important thing to do when discussing psychology or better yet feelings is to define the words we use for these emotions so that we can all be on the same level of understanding. Now I must say, if I had not said it already, I do not have a degree of any sort in psychology, psychiatry, philosophy and/ or sociology (or any other related field) but I try to share my thoughts as frankly as possible with logic, what some may term common sense.

Well, the following are some definitions pulled from internet and dictionary sources:

• happy: fortunate, having, expressing, or enjoying pleasure or contentment; pleased; appropriate , felicitous; happiness: state of being happy-Queens English Dictionary and Thesaurus
• happy: glad, content; lucky, fortunate-Webster's New Dictionary & Thesaurus
• Happiness is a mental or emotional state of well-being defined by positive or pleasant emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy.- Wikipedia
• The state of being happy:the state of feeling or showing pleasure, the state of being satisfied that something is good or right.- Oxford Dictionaries
• pleasure, joy, exhilaration, bliss, contentedness, delight, enjoyment, satisfaction.-  Dictionary.com
• Happiness, bliss, contentment, felicity imply an active or passive state of pleasure or pleasurable satisfaction. Happiness results from the possession or attainment of what one considers good: the happiness of visiting one's family. Bliss is unalloyed happiness or supreme delight: the bliss of perfect companionship. Contentment is a peaceful kind of happiness in which one rests without desires, even though every wish may not have been gratified: contentment in one's surroundings. Felicity is a formal word for happiness of an especially fortunate or intense kind: to wish a young couple felicity in life.- Dictionary.com
• Happiness is thought of as the good life, freedom from suffering, flourishing, well-being, joy, prosperity, and pleasure

Here are some more synonyms: 

• Satisfaction- Pride- Contentment- Fulfilment

• These are all words for the good feeling that you have when you are happy or when you have achieved something.

• Satisfaction- the good feeling that you have when you have achieved something or when something that you wanted to happen does happen:He derived great satisfaction from knowing that his son was happy.

• Happiness- the good feeling that you have when you are happy:Money can’t buy you happiness.

• Pride- a feeling of pleasure or satisfaction that you get when you or people who are connected with you have done something well or own something that other people admire:The sight of her son graduating filled her with pride.

• Contentment- (rather formal) a feeling of happiness or satisfaction with what you have:They found contentment in living a simple life.

• Fulfillment- a feeling of happiness or satisfaction with what you do or have done:her search for personal fulfillment

What I liked about Leo putting forward his view is that he said that his view and definition may not be the right one but he wants persons to understand what happiness should be. Well I am doing the same thing but i am not worried about your ego. I believe this is a concept you should work out in your mind whether you are new to personal development or experienced in it. Simply because we are human beings and the understanding of happiness on all levels is necessary to truly developing yourself. Whether you like it or not the concept of True Happiness will change your life. It's enlightening; Enlightenment is for all. So I don't care at which stage in your life u start trying to understand 'true happiness'.

What Leo calls true happiness is not sustained excitement but the feeling of satisfaction, even after you have done something exciting. So it is fair to say that happiness does not have to be achieved by one object or activity but also by multiple activities over a period of time. What is also fair is that happiness can be obtained by not achieving anything at all. Persons can be fulfilled by not having fulfillment from external sources. This concept leads to another, contentment- Another word for happiness. Therefore, the 'True Happiness' being spoken about can be obtained by simply having nothing to achieve as a state in which you feel good. And feeling good is that warm or 'tingly' feeling felt inside. When I think about it this 'greatest happiness' is independent of what happens to you or happened to you. From what I understand its that peace you would feel no matter what. As he said in the video the ego will fight this concept.  But for the understanding of absolute happiness it will help if I say its like when persons say 'accept yourself for who you are'. Accepting and living in 'True Happiness' has to do with the law of attraction- "like attracts like".

So its not that you are going to feel content with having poor living conditions, being broke, a drunkard, extremely overweight, lazy, etc. But if you want more happiness from those things that give you that feel good feeling (no mater what level of happiness) you must start visualizing yourself being happy; start feeling happy from the get go so that you can get happiness. However, If you feel contented/ happy with being overweight (fat), poor or lazy that is okay, as long as you are not damaging yourself or those around you. With fairness in mind that is how I see it.

The reason I take the stance of "enlightenment is for all" is because many persons chase happiness, and some think they can never get it. I want all to have happiness whether it's on the level Leo speaks of in the video above or just plain excitement. What I don't want is happiness from things that damage the body. However accepting the enlightenment will let you start seeing happiness in the abundance it has always been around you; You just failed to see it.

Well, now I can say what I think happiness is. And as university students love to define everything with 'Basically'; basically, happiness is feeling good. If you can sustain that good feeling or make it independent of the outer body experience or feel it entirely from your spiritual well being is up to you and dependent on your psychological mastery. Hope no one is startled by the fact that I said so much things to then have my definition as a poor summary of all of what was said before. Sorry but I like to keep it simple. When you look at all the definitions and synonyms of happiness they all portray positive feelings, good feelings. Not until I thought of good vs evil did I understand how simple the definition happiness should be. You must realize though that my definition does not stop each and every individual from having varying degrees/ levels of happiness because that is how life is; endless possibilities.

So I let my mind stray from emotions to states; comparing opposite extremes of emotions; If not totally good its 100% bad. Then the totally opposite of  'True Happiness' is Misery. Constant misery to be exact. It was the thought of the negative that allowed me to resist the temptation to add to the definition by saying- happiness is feeling good by doing or after doing something good. That's right, this statement would be biased. It would have to be formulated by someone who grew up in a perfect world with no miserable person and evil persons who enjoy making others live in misery. I had to account for this possibility so I left the definition in its simple state. I even draw reference to happiness from seeing others suffer from a happiness defintion posted on Urban dictionary.

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Another Way OUT

Hello Again. My Name is Khaliel Howell. I am serious about finding ways to beat the economic squeeze we face in today's society. I live in Jamaica, and the IMF conditions are not only annoying but strangling. The Government's strategy does not have the future of the people in mind. But I have the solution to your main problem.

I was tired of having no money and relying on my meager paycheck. I worked hard in school to get good grades and I did get them. For that I am proud. But I thought that was enough to prove to the working world and the countless employers that interviewed me that I can do the job and deserve a job with their company. I finally, landed a job though. But I learned no job is secure; no matter how hard you worked. Or how punctual you were everyday; not even if you stayed late everyday without overtime pay. I learned relying only on your job to pay for your expenses is 'WORKING FOR MONEY'. So I spent valuable time to learn how to make 'MONEY WORK FOR ME'.

Let's talk about learning because that is what has lead me to the true answers about the IMF situation Jamaica and other third world countries face. I have learned about money and the financial sector through my business ventures and hours of Youtube videos and books and simply talking to bankers and self made entrepreneurs. So I want to make that learning process EASIER for you.

The truth is EDUCATION IS THE KEY. To EARN in this economy YOU have to LEARN in this economy. I am offering you a chance of a lifetime to work with me to achieve your dreams. Having health and wealth is my dream. But the true way to achieving my dream is to help you with your dreams so we all get our dreams

What are your dreams?
Where do you see yourself in the next 5yrs?
What are you going to do now to fight the forces that want to take your dreams away?

These are some questions persons willing to learn how to lift themselves from the rat race of society ask themselves. Are You Ready to Learn how to earn your way to economic FREEDOM.

Click the introduction video link
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I am here to help, and you can contact me at k.roy.howell@gmail.com or (876) 562-9783. I have numerous solutions that I use for myself to reduce expenses and generate income and I am happy and willing to help you think up some solutions for yourself. I prefer to teach a 'man to fish' than have him waiting for a fish from me or anyone else.
P.S. I hate begging.

To learn more you can use 30- 60mins to watch the video below.


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Let us move toward the future,