Stick No Bills

The second half of the day is productive.

To the cynic within: You are obsessed with finding flaws. You question the goodness and value of everything. This is skepticism with no turning back. Cynicism is contagious. You are overly sarcastic, pessimistic. You think nothing is possible. ANTIDOTE: Have faith in the ability to improve. Don’t focus on your imperfections. Challenge the cynic within by being accomplishment-oriented, speak in present tense, and be concrete in your self-talk. You’ll feel a surge of strength against the side of you that is a cynic.

The negativism within: When focusing on the positives in life, you immediately bring about what’s negative. Negative people, environment, all of it, you bring it. Whatever you tell yourself, your subconscious believes. You, man, create the attitude and behavior by what you tell yourself. ANTIDOTE: Believe that your attitude (and Grace) is what determines your success. The cup is half full if you believe it to be.

The child of cynicism and negativism: Defeatism. The defeatist within will convince you that the problem lies in you personally. The defeatist will look at your shortcomings and use them against you. What is used is an amalgamation of feelings of insecurity, low self-esteem, and failures. ANTIDOTE: Believe in yourself. Believe in your ability to profit from knowledge.

Escapism: To get self-discipline, you need self-knowledge. Self-knowledge requires self-examination. This can provoke anxiety depending on how deep you’ve buried those emotional stones. These are uncomfortable, and the escapist retreats to want to do something that is easier, rather than completing what is necessary at hand. The escapist is always deterring you from your goals. ANTIDOTE: Think of the cause-and-effect principle. Your actions (cause) result in the consequences (effect). Some effects may produce discomfort, but it will transform into a feeling of accomplishment when you see the rewards.

The final poison: Delayism. Simply put, this is procrastination. ANTIDOTE: Recognize whether a given delay is legitimate. Is it working for you or against you? This tactic of delayism has to be neutralized. Things can be completed if you need them to be. Tell yourself that. Eventually you will get around to the point of enjoying doing things on time, rather than delaying them.

These are things that aren’t evil, but just should be controlled. These can work according to the way you want them to work. Consciously talk to yourself about the positives when these forms of self-talk seem to take over. Use positive self talk.

Galatians 2:11-21 (Peter being corrected by Paul. Grace leads to freedom from sin’s slavery and leads to obedience to God. We should speak the truth together in love, by walking in the power of the Holy Spirit.

Thanos and Shawarma. Good night.

simplyorthodox:

I think there is no greater labor than that of prayer to God. For every time a man wants to pray, his enemies, the demons, want to prevent him, for they know that it is only by turning him from prayer that they can hinder his journey. Whatever good work a man undertakes, if he perseveres in it, he will attain rest. But prayer is warfare to the last breath.

- Abba Agathon

WINNERS ON WWTBAM?

The Houston Rockets are a type of drug I like to take from the months of November to around May. I’ve never been able to say June since I was 3. There’s something about that team that keeps me coming back and rooting for RED. The team is incredibly resilient, and keeps fighting. We come up short sometimes, but there’s something that drives each player on the team more and more the next time. I like seeing that. We had our glory days. Back in the 80s with Moses to when we had The Dream and Ralph. Clyde the Glide and Hakeem in the 90s. T-Mac and Yao in the better part of the past decade. To now. A cohort of completely young talent looking to make something big. I do like this team. It’s a humble team. Humble beginnings. A part of me thinks we’ll get that 14th pick 3 years in a row, but there’s something that’s driven in Lowry, Dragic, Parsons, Bud, Scola, PPat, that keeps me coming back, keeps me entertained. I was born in Houston, and it’s very unlikely that I’ll die there, but I like to recognize the Rockets as a wonderful homage to the great city of Houston. I will always bleed red. That makes sense physiologically.

Anonymous asked: Do you live at 209 west?

Nope. Where is that?

Regarding my last post, 500 children die each day due to measles. The severity of measles increases when there is an increased deficiency of vitamin A. The deficiency of vitamin along with the disease increases related infections such as pneumonia and diarrhea. Wouldn’t it be sensible to provide some source of vitamin A to these children? A few milligrams could replenish vitamin A stores and reduce the incidence of blinding in children. It’s definitely marvelous that such a small supplement can have such profound effects.

Vitamin A: A deficiency warrants an early disease. Night blindness. The cornea becomes dry and results in xerosis. Then, this progresses to keratomalacia. This results in the softening of the cornea, which leads to permanent blindness. Collectively, this is known as xerophtalmia.

All because of a ring+chain+nature’s functional groups.