You are the Gold

"Recent fluctuations in the stock market have driven the price of gold way up. Many people believe that when currency weakens, gold is a standard that you can depend on.
 
 I’m not an economist, so I cannot say if this approach is correct. Yet whenever I hear about people flocking to buy gold, I remember the advice I once heard a spiritual teacher give a student who could not seem to get a handle on prosperity. “You are the gold,” he told her.
   
We all like the idea of what money can do for us, but few of us recognize what we can do for ourselves. Spiritual guide Bashar predicts that, at some point, our economy will shift from a standard based on commodities such as gold or oil, to a standard based on the value of people and the skills and talents we have to offer. We will cease to trust in stuff and begin to trust in spirit.
   
This makes a lot of sense to me. There is much strife in the world as people fight over commodities with limited resources. Meanwhile, human beings are the ultimate renewable resource. The most successful people are those with good ideas, which are infinite and eternal. Stephen Jobs, for example, has commandeered ideas that have revolutionized the computer, audio, and PDA industry. He is wealthy, not because of what he gathered from outside himself, but because of what he brought forth from inside himself.
   
 Buy gold if you want to, but don’t overlook the gold inside you. You are precious and powerful beyond measure and not at all subject to fluctuations around you. Bashar suggests, 'Take stock in yourself.'" - Alan Cohen


All The Best!


Bob


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Breeding for the Future

“Breeding is a way to brainstorm fast and loose; engineering is a way to fine tune and control”

-Kevin Kelly

Health related practices tend to focus on fine tuning what is - design a new form, save a minute, reassign a task, comply with a new rule, refine a technique, teach an old protocol.

You know the routine...

But what if the future will be different from the past? 

1. What if we had 6+  billion people on earth rather than the 2 billion that were here when I was born? Hint - we do!
2. What if they all want what we have? Hint - They do!
3. What if the earth lacked the resources to achieve that? Hint - It does!
4. What if health was more impacted by lifestyles than disease? Hint - It is!
5. What if government funds were inadequate to meet financial obligations? Hint - They are! 
6. What if  healthcare spending couldn't keep up with healthcare expectations? Hint - It can't!
7. What if new health legislation were to slash entitlement healthcare spending? Hint - It will!
8. What if all of this were not far off into the future but just around the corner? Hint - It is!

Then, fine tuning what we do will not be enough. 

It's time for breeding not engineering. It's time for innovation, experimentation, and iteration.

It's time to get real! It's time to see ourselves differently. It's time to think differently. It's time to seek new solutions. It's time to embrace new opportunity.  It's time to reinvest in our future.

Is your practice breeding or engineering? 

What are you investing toward thriving not just surviving tomorrow?

Tomorrow is today!

All the Best!

Bob

(C) copyright 2011

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On reflection

Well as you may have noticed, I've been away for a time... It's been a busy couple of months with travel to Ghana East Africa and Honduras in Central America on safe water projects with International Aid Inc. / HydrAid.

It's been a real privilege this past year to provide leadership for IA's global initiative to bring safe water to the billion + people who lack it. People who have no choice but to work hard every day to obtain the only water available to them with the knowledge that it brings disease, disability and death to their children. A child dies every 15 seconds due to unsafe water and over half of the world's hospital beds are occupied by people with water borne disease.

Remember that trip you took out of the country when you were told not to drink the water? Well, more than a billion people have no choice but to drink it every day ...and they pay a terrible price for doing so. For a contribution of about $50 a HydrAid BioSand Safe Water Filter can provide an entire family all the safe water they need for drinking, cooking, and bathing for a lifetime.

Join me - Get involved... www.HydrAid.org/actnow. HydrAid is great cause for Practices, Service Clubs, Teams, Churches, and families. Make a difference!

Share the safe water story with this award winning video Thank you!

May you and yours have a blessed Christmas and a prosperous 2009!

All The Best
Bob

(c) 2008
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