It's My Life

I need a pep-talk

I need to be inspired and motivated. Rachel and I were talking about the relationship between inspiration and motivation on the way to lunch.

dinner's ready. More in a bit.

Where? How? What drives inspiration?

Where do we find inspiration? How do you rekindle it when it is dampened by time or disinterest or by the damaging actions of others?

Link: www.LifeCoachingGroup.com: Life's Little Lessons.

When we feel inspired, we are driven, automatically motivated to move forward and take action. We don't need reminders.

More about Oaths and Promises

I'm not ready to suggest to anyone that the way to join my house is to swear some sort of loyalty oath to the community. Cause it's a group of people that are learning to be friends, testing each other for friendliness, there is going to be some give and take for awhile as even the three of us acting as organizers. The Three Furies, I called us once and got a laugh.

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Link: Podfitness: Custom Audio Workouts: How It Works.

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Stupid, stupid....

Woke up at 6:23 am and had to be here by 7:30. It's a 30 minute drive; I was four minutes late. But stupid not to have the alarm clock on...I was in bed by 9:30 last night, too. I need to get the good vitamins back, I'm thinking.

Vows and swearing of fealty in the SCA

From this page I found this statement: "Now let's look at another period form of fealty that is not quite so well-known: COMMUNIO JURATA. This is fealty that has been sworn by a group of people to themselves; a bonding together. This is what the Dark Horde is, and some of the other SCA "households" too. They are in fealty -with each other,- not with any titular head, and act together as a "corporate body," The three basic forms of fealty enumerated above can fit with varying degrees of ease within this. The KaKhan of the Dark Horde, for example, is a "primus inter paris" sort of figure; a "first among equals" as opposed to an absolute ruler. "

While my household will not be asking for fealty nor for promises but more like firm handshakes, I am still again thinking about this. I have spoken at length to people who are squired about their views and their knights' views on fealty. COMMUNIO JURATA with its "community of people who have pledged their fealty to themselves and their community" is a bit much, I think.

Vows, loyalty, and promises we make

I am still tired, even after two naps today. We also went to see Forbidden Kingdom, Van and I, and I unloaded the car of the stuff that is garaged. Mostly tonight I've been IMing and working on SCA paperwork and just chilling here, talking to Van. I don't feel like I've had a four day vacation, though. The sinus stuffiness did seem to turn into a cold, a cold the whole world shares, I think.

I was reading in a fictional book about a Knight Templar who survived the killings of his brothers on the Pope's order, and who came back home to rebuild his life. He fell in love and chose to marry, even though he had given a vow of chastity. He is really struggling with this, even though the Pope proved faithless to him. His order was declared null and void by the Pope, but this character still feels as if his vow should hold. So it has me thinking about loyalty and vows. Promises. And formal promises versus impulsive ones that are driven from the belly, without conscious choice. Are vows and promises the same thing at the root level?

I will not make a promise I cannot see a way to keep. I do not take my wedding vows lightly, never have to the point I just don't even seem to notice when men flirt, usually. Well, some of the SCAdian men are v good at flirting...lol. I do notice. I ignore it, mostly. Gets in the way of friendships, makes me feel sort of objectified instead of an equal. I know, I know...sex is never too far away from some part of our brains. But it does me no good to dwell on it out in the world so I don't. Your milege may vary, lol. But I digress...Ah. Got distracted and now it's bedtime. Maybe more on this later. There are other vows I've taken, just went off on this tagent about the wedding vows. They are the foundation of my adult life, though.

Military History Days report

I'm sitting here watching the news, listening to Van talk about his week. He's watching telejournalism and I'm waiting for a slice of pizza to heat up, drinking coffee like there is going to be a shortage. I got 6.5 hours of sleep, but could not sleep past 7am. Weird.

i'm so excited!!

Or I'm sure I will be after the coffee hits the brain completely. First camping event, and it's not an event but a demo, and it's more about 1700 school kids tomorrow than hanging out with my friends and making new ones. But really, it's exciting. LOL.

http://www.ccmhd.org/home.aspx  is a link to what we are doing. Educating people, sharing what I know about the middle ages and what I love about this time period, that is part of our charter, why we exist. Sharing so as to perhaps spark an interest in someone else's head, maybe affirming to someone that you can be in control of your own learning, you can read and study and no, there isn't any tests but life-long learning is a good habit to get into anyway. Does that make sense? I love demos. I will never know who I have influenced in whatever tiny way to pick up a book, actually watch and learn from that Discovery Channel program, or for those 1700 school kids, who might pay a bit more attention in class. Just cause I shared my enthusiasm for life long learning in a venue that is way cooler than sitting in a class room. Sorry, teachers, but I think it is.

Gross National Happiness - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I just watched the author of a new book out on this subject, GNH. I like it. Maybe I should read this book. But the book isn't on CNN News yet. Ah. Barnes and Nobles has it.

Here is some more background info: Link: Gross National Happiness - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

The four pillars of GNH are the promotion of equitable and sustainable socio-economic development, preservation and promotion of cultural values, conservation of the natural environment, and establishment of good governance.