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Direction
in Life
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In the story, Alice in
Wonderland, there’s a wonderful scene where Alice approaches the
Cheshire Cat and asks, “Would you tell me please which way I ought to
go from here?”
The Cheshire Cat replies, “That depends on where you want to go.”
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Though it sounds like a simple question, where we want to go in life is
what we all should ask ourselves. We
can’t really move on until we believe we can and have a clear
direction. When we realize
our goals, we are then on the correct path and can use our energy to
move in that direction.
There’s an old saying: “If you want to understand the past, look at
what you did. If you want to
know the future, look at what you are doing right now.”
Where we choose to place our energy in every moment is what we
are creating. All our
thoughts and actions have brought us to our current circumstance.
To change the direction of our lives, we simply change our
current focus and believe we will succeed.
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"Follow
what you love and it will
take
you where you want to go.”
Zachary Scott
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Wild
Geese Story
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During the autumn months, look
for the familiar “V” in the sky when the wild geese fly south for
the winter. By flying in a
“V” formation, the whole flock adds at least 71 percent greater
flying range than if each bird flew on its own.
When the lead goose gets tired, not having the same advantage as
the flock, he rotates back into the “V” and another goose flies in
the point position.
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What about all that honking? Unlike
irate drivers in a traffic jam, wild geese honk from behind to encourage
those up front to keep up their air speed.
Working together and encouraging each other helps the group as a
whole. If a goose gets sick
or wounded and falls out of formation, two geese follow him down to help
and protect him, staying with the injured goose until he is able to fly
again. Together they will
launch out and fly with another formation on their southward journey.
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In
the beginning of November, watch for the full moon which officially
occurs on November 2.
The next night, the full moon crosses in front of the Pleiades
star cluster (The Seven Sisters) in the east-northeastern skies. On
November 5, the moon rises about 3 hours after sunset and is this
year’s most northern moonrise!
The annual Leonid meteor shower peaks on November 17 and radiates from
the constellation of Leo the Lion. If
the weather cooperates, viewing conditions should be near perfect with
dark skies thanks to November’s New Moon on November 16 that coincides
with the shower’s peak. Astronomers
predict enhanced rates this year with showers peaking at more than 100
meteors per hour after midnight. The
higher rates arise because the earth is passing through heavy debris
trails left by Comet Temple-Tuttle.
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