Celebrate Our Differences - Don't Make Us Comform

The following is a passage taken from Derek Lin's book,Tao of Joy Every Day. I really wish all of those people who insist we all fit into the same esthetic mold read it. Then again, that would be contrary to what the passage is saying. :)


August 27
Day 239

Differences

Have you ever noticed that people have an irrational need for others to be just like them? They want people to think and do things the way they do. They show a definite preference for those who have attitudes and perspectives similar to their own.

Friction occurs when this need is not met. All too often, people encounter others who have different ideas and opinions. Sometimes, the differences are in terms of beliefs, values and political ideologies. The feeling of irritation sets in. They feel discomfort, and after a while discomfort becomes resentment.

This is not in accordance with the Tao. The teachings of the Tao celebrate the diversity of the myriad of things. It is the differences you see everywhere that make life interesting. Imagine a world with only one kind of flower or one kind of fruit, and feel how grateful you are to not live in such a world.

 

The Tao Today
Out of the same spirit of gratitude, affirm the truth that others cannot, and should not, all be the same as you. After all, out of all the countless humans who have walked the Earth, there has never been anyone quite like you. You are absolutely unique, and the many differences between you and others are there for you to explore, embrace and enjoy. We should celebrate our differences.




The Tao of Joy Every Day
365 Days of Tao Living
Derek Lin
2011
Tarcher/Penguin Press
ISBN: 978-1-58542-918-9
http://sites.dereklin.com/author/the-tao-of-joy-every-day
Look inside the book at its Amazon page.

Menopause Mambo

This is the dance being used for the Menopause Mambo Flash Mobs that will be taking place to commemorate Menopause Awareness Month. You can also go to this site for more information on the Menopause Mambo flash mobs to find one near you.

Thanks to Jeanette De Pattie, the Fat Chick, for the instructions.

Bayonne Bridge Work

THIS Is Supposed to be Funny??

Jersey City gym's chalkboard signs create 'laughing fit' thanks to comic's sayings

Published: Monday, June 18, 2012, 3:00 AM

  By M.G. De Guzman / The Jersey Journal 

For a small gym in Downtown Jersey City, Synergy Fitness on Newark Avenue gathers an unexpected amount of attention thanks to their comical chalkboard signs.

“Shed pounds faster than John Boehner sheds tears” and “We’ll ruin your sumo career” are only a few examples of Joe D’Allegro attempts at comical marketing.

Often topical in nature, D’Allegro’s humorous tags have even gathered the attention of CBS, AdWeek, and various blogs.

“It’s snarky, but I try not to be overtly mean or cruel,” said D’Allegro, a former Synergy employee. “I have to be careful not to offend anyone.”

A journalist by trade, D’Allegro works as a freelance writer for a financial publishing company but pursues comedy as a hobby.

He’s taken comedy writing classes and created a comic strip for the Hudson Current.
“I don’t have the gumption to do standup, but advertising is a way to make people laugh and to make a living, and I like to do both,” he says.

Though it’s hard to tell the effect his signs have on Synergy membership sales, it is clear that the signs are popular with locals. Some people even come in to make comments.
D’Allegro started making the signs after noticing people taking pictures with the celebratory tag written for Barack Obama’s win during the 2008 presidential election.

“You get no feedback online, but seeing people laugh it’s great,” D’Allegro said.
“Anything that brightens someone’s day is just great, and seeing the reaction is lovely.”

Currently, D’Allegro produces comedy shows at Lamp Post Bar & Grille in Jersey City and Hell’s Kitchen Lounge in Newark.

 

 

Memorial Day 2012

Bruce Tinsley and his creation, Mallard Filmore, best express the thought for today.

Oh, joy. Another redesign of Blogger.

We've been suffering with the flu in this house since late April, and even though hubby is back at work he's still coughing, and my cough has now triggered the asthma so it's coughing AND wheezing. It's hot in the apartment because nobody has the strength to put the air conditioners in the windows so the bedroom hovers in the low to mid-90's. It doesn't matter much - I stay awake half the night coughing, anyway.

I guess I should be grateful the weather has been so weird, with a warmer than usual winter, milder and longer than usual spring, only because we can survive without the AC's for this long, at least during the day.

But it's this weird weather that's most likely the reason I've been sick for 12 (and counting) out of the 22 weeks of 2012.

And I HAD my flu shot last fall! Imagine how sick I would have been if I DIDN'T have the inoculation!

Miss Fat and Beautiful Contest

This video is for all those people who claim there were no fatties prior to the 1980's.

Now THESE are the sized women I remember from my youth in the 1950's and '60's. THESE women could come to a reunion of either side of my family and fit right in.