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August 25 Lessons from My Lab...Retriever that isClick Here To Unleash The Power Of Your Subconscious I found this on my computer this morning Dear Daddy, some lessons to assist you in this life Lesson number one: To assist you in changing your emotional state I'll teach you that motion creates emotion. This means I wake you up at 5 AM every morning to take a walk. This in turn forces you to act your way into right thinking. Lesson Number two: By taking these walks in the morning you can say "thank you" to the universe for all of the things that you are grateful for. Remember motion creates emotion, don't bother talking to me because I'm already living in the moment and there are far too many sniffies during the walk for me to pay attention to or really care what you have to say. Lesson number three: I give unconditional love and compassion to everything (maybe cats, I would never hurt one, they are just fun to chase) The past is the past. I still love the family that put me in the shelter, (remember the one you rescued me from) because I know they had their own challenges to faces. I am grateful because you wanted me even though I was about to be taken away from this world. There is peace in forgiveness. I forgive them Lesson number four: You will persist without exception. I don't give up when you don't want to get up and walk or go for a swim with me. I keep changing my approach until I get my desired result whether that is a walk, swim, belly scratch, potty, or a biscuit. Lesson number five: Today I choose to be happy just like I do every day. Yes happiness is a choice regardless of what anyone says. Besides it's no fun to be depressed and it doesn't feel good. Nothing has to happen in order for me to be happy. I noticed when you are grateful and happy more abundance comes into your life. Lesson Number six: There is beauty in everything, find it. Beauty, like success in all things is individual. I am the biggest Lab Retriever in the state and you overlooked that and took me home anyway. You saw the beauty in me. Thank you for that. We are both spiritual beings in a journey learning lessons inspiring others and ourselves. Oh, one last thing, Prosperity varies in proportion to generosity. I know it is not the best generosity but you gave me too many biscuits and there is a present in the front yard for you. I love you I am grateful to have you as my pet parent Molly Macdoogal Kendrick P.S. The things you fear do not exist except as thoughts in your own mind. This is why I make you laugh. When you laugh at your fears it is the best medicine. Mix that with love and fear is gone Retrain Your Brain with Timothy Kendrick July 16 Your Other SelfYour Other Self by Timothy Kendrick Your other self consist of those things and dreams that have been buried inside of you because of all the external input that we allow to come at us on a daily basis. The other self is the dreamer who has goals and a vivid imagination of how his or her future will be. The other self directs the subconscious by the words and physiology that we use to maximize our strengths and minimize our weaknesses. To know that the only limits we have are self imposed by us and our references.
February 26 Fight or Flight
Driving home yesterday I heard a song that would always before create emotional triggers for me. The song "The Rooster" by Alice in Chains, written about one of the band memebrs uncle talks about his experience in Vietnam and PTSD. The muisic is downright eerie and so empowering. It was a song we loved to listen to while I was in Somalia during Operation Restore Hope (and all those other Hopes after that). The dedications over armed Forces Radio were funny, absurd and incredible. The song for many years took me back to Mogadishu and Somalia. This time it affected me differently. Since begining my journey of self (and unself)discovery I have learned to re anchor my thoughts to visual, or audio images that before would affect my whole physical and emotional state. "the Rooster " for many years would always take me back. There is no "back" there is only now. Sounds odd but there is no past or future, just this exact moment. The past memories can anniahalite me or I can erase them for the most part from my memory. So is there really a fight or Flight situation ever.? Yes and no Be grateful to live in this moment and abundance, peace, and miracles beyond belief will flow to you effortlessly. Sit for a moment, be still and listen to, feel and appreciate everything that is in your life at this moment. Of course you can learn more from my books especially PTSD: Pathways through the Secret Door (Order from Amazon). Happiness, joy, laughter and prosperity to each and every one of you There Does Not have to be fight or flight, There can be just the "now"  February 13 Most vet suicides among Guard, Reserve troopsVA Studying Guard, Reserve Suicides
Associated Press | February 12, 2008 WASHINGTON - National Guard and Reserve troops who have fought in Iraq and Afghanistan make up more than half of veterans who committed suicide after returning home from those wars, according to new government data obtained by The Associated Press. A Department of Veterans Affairs analysis of ongoing research of deaths among veterans of both wars, obtained exclusively by The AP, found that Guard or Reserve members were 53 percent of the veteran suicides from 2001, when the war in Afghanistan began, through the end of 2005. The research, conducted by the agency's Office of Environmental Epidemiology, provides the first demographic look at suicides among Iraq and Afghanistan veterans who left the military - a situation that veterans and mental health advocates worry might worsen as the wars drag on. Military leaders have leaned heavily on Guard and Reserve troops in the wars. At certain times in 2005, members of the Guard and Reserve made up nearly half the troops fighting in Iraq. Overall, they were nearly 28 percent of all U.S. military forces deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan or in support of the operations, according to data from the Defense Department through the end of 2007. Many Guard members and Reservists have done multiple tours that kept them away from home for 18 months. When they returned home, some who live far away from a military installation or VA facility have encountered difficulty getting access to mental health counseling or treatment, activists have said. Paul Rieckhoff, executive director of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, said the study's findings reinforce the argument that Guard and Reserve troops need more help as they transition back into the civilian world. The military's effort to re-screen Guard and Reservists for mental and physical problems three months after they return home is a positive step, Rieckhoff said, but a more long-term comprehensive approach is needed to help these troops - particularly in their first six months home. "National Guardsman and Reservists are literally in Baghdad in one week and in Brooklyn the next, and that transition is incredibly tough," Rieckhoff said. The VA has said there does not appear to be an epidemic of suicide among returning veterans, and that suicide among the Iraq and Afghanistan veterans is comparable to the same demographic group in the general population. However, an escalating suicide rate in the Army, as well as high-profile suicides such as the death of Joshua Omvig, an Iowa Reservist who shot himself in front of his mother in December 2005 after an 11-month tour in Iraq, have alarmed some members of Congress and mental health advocates. In November, President Bush signed the Joshua Omvig suicide prevention bill, which directed the VA to improve its mental health training for staff and do a better job of screening and treating veterans. According to the VA's research, 144 veterans committed suicide from the start of the war in Afghanistan on Oct. 7, 2001, through the end of 2005. Of those, 35 veterans, or 24 percent, served in the Reserves and 41, or 29 percent, had served in the National Guard. Sixty-eight - or 47 percent - had been in the regular military. Statistics from 2006 and 2007 were not yet available, the VA said, because the study was based in part .. from the National Death Index, which is still being compiled. Among the total population of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans who have been discharged from the military, nearly half are formerly regular military and a little more than half were in the Guard and Reserves, according to the VA. Among those studied, more than half of the veterans who committed suicide were aged 20 to 29. Nearly three-quarters used a firearm to take their lives. Nearly 82 percent were white. About one in five was seen at least once at a VA facility. Last year, the VA started a suicide hotline. The VA and the military have also made other improvements in suicide prevention care, such as hiring more counselors and increasing mental health screening. "The challenge is getting people to come to us before they commit suicide, knowing they can come and get help and knowing they have access to those resources," said Alison Aikele, a VA spokeswoman. The VA study does not include those who committed suicide in the war zones or those who remained in the military after returning home from war. Last year, the Army said its suicide rate in 2006 rose to 17.3 per 100,000 troops, the highest level in 26 years of record-keeping. The Army said recently that as many as 121 Soldiers committed suicide last year. If all are confirmed, the number would be more than double the number reported in 2001. Some mental health advocates have complained that there is no comprehensive tracking in one place of suicide among those who served in the wars, whether they be still in the military or discharged. In October, the AP reported that preliminary research from the VA had found that from the start of the war in Afghanistan on Oct. 7, 2001, and the end of 2005, 283 troops who served in the wars who had been discharged from the military had committed suicide. The VA later said the number was reduced to 144 because some of the veterans counted were actually in the active military and not discharged when they committed suicide. --- The toll-free Veterans Affairs Department suicide hotline number is 1-800-273-TALK (8255). |
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