This Guy Is An Inspiration

This Guy Is An Inspiration

By Oliver JR Cooper

In an article that I wrote a few months ago, I spoke about someone who I met whilst I was at a spiritual shop a few years ago. His name was Ian Baillie, and this was someone who was into past lives.

At the time, this was not something that I knew much about, but I was open-minded and keen to find out more. This started off with him talking about who he thought I was in one of my past lives.

A Few Connections

Firstly, he said that I was a confederate general in one life and, after a while, he said that I had a connection to Athens during the golden age. I thought this was all very interesting and I thought about how I hadn't come across anyone like this before.

In addition to this, he also went into some of the lives that he had had in the past. When it came to the life in Athens, I said that I had always enjoyed watching films like 'Gladiator and 'Troy'', and that there was something about Greek history that pulled me in.

A Powerful Experience

As an aside, at the beginning of this year when I was working with someone who did something called Life Activation, I had this vision of being an orator in Greece or somewhere similar. I was in a room and was walking towards a balcony.

This could be me tapping into a memory, or it could just be a creation of my own mind, who knows. It might not have any relevance, but this moment did have a big effect on me.

A Reading

A little while after we had first met, Ian said that I might enjoy going to see someone called, Grant Colyer. Grant was a psychic medium, which meant that he had the ability to tune into what someone had been through in other lives.

I had had readings in the past, but I hadn't experienced anything like this before. Even without going into the ability that he had to tune into my past lives, he was incredibly intuitive and tuned in.

A Team

It was during this time that it was said that I had a connection to Orville Wright. But with that aside, it is clear that Ian and Grant make a great team; with the former getting an idea of what someone has been through in the past, and the latter going deeper into what has been revealed.

Along with Ian's Interest in past lives, he also has a degree and a broad understanding of history. At a time when a lot of people at his age are winding down, he is more active that people who are half his age.

A Lifelong Pursuit

It is not common for someone to stop learning as they get older and for their mind to gradually close. Ian, on the other hand, is only too happy to learn new things and to do what he can to maintain an open mind.

If you would like to find out more about Ian and the work that he does on past lives, please go to http://www.ravenecho.com. And, if you would like to find out more about Grant Colyer, please go to http://www.grant-colyer.co.uk

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That Fresh New Start You're Hoping for

That Fresh New Start You're Hoping for

By Steve Wickham

EVERY New Year brings the opportunity for hopes that are dreamt of in nearly all people, whether they're purveyors of resolutions or not. Are there any resigned to a life that falls into the pit of despair?

But our hopes for an improved year (if 2017 in this case was a bad one) can be dashed through the experience of a bad New Year's Day.

Soon enough unconscious expectations make their move into the conscious realm. We can begin to crave release from the annus horribilus of the previous year. Such a craving steers our perception into a desperate sort of seeking. Any other eventuality than what we planned for seems like a continued failure, and the dreams of New Year, and a fresh new start, are quickly given up as unrealistic. Then deep disappointment sinks in.

We may even feel so foolish as to hide deep inside ourselves, withdrawing from the life that would certainly bring release.

New Year is an opportunity for a fresh new start, that is for sure. Yet, just because the first day or early days of New Year seem no different from the past year doesn't mean we should give our dreams up. If anything, we're counselled to press even more deeply into the wishes we have for change.

The early days of New Year are blessed most with perspective that persists if we desire change. No change occurs overnight. As we keep that in mind, a ruined New Year's Day and/or days following are not the defeat they seem to be at all. Change comes from a renewed and resolute mindset.

These doubt-filled days are simply a reminder that if change is to be brought about we need to persevere.

As nothing of worth was ever achieved in a day or two, we're best to take the pressure for success down a few notches. Success is not brilliance, it comes with diligence.

If you don't succeed immediately, don't give up. Real hope is impossible to disappoint.

There is one thing worse than the pain in the sacrifice required to achieve a new goal; it is continuing to believe you are on the right track without changing anything.

Steve Wickham holds Degrees in Science, Divinity, and Counselling. Steve writes at: http://epitemnein-epitomic.blogspot.com.au/ and http://tribework.blogspot.com.au/

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Trailer Uses

Trailer Uses

By Amanda J Hales

You may not give much thought to the lowly trailer. Sure, it sits on the back of a car or truck and then it is largely forgotten about, until of course you actually need to get an object from point A to point B. For some, trailers are just part of everyday life. If you are in the trades for example, or in landscaping, construction or anything else that requires odd shaped tools and supplies chances are you have a trailer.

That closed trailer is a great place to store all of your tools and supplies, it is convenient as you go to a job, you just hitch up the trailer and all that you need arrives with you. Things can be neatly stowed in there, out of the elements and locked up for safety and to deter thefts. Having everything in one place means that you know you have what you need to do the job and when it's done, you can pack up and head home knowing you are good to go the next day.

If you work at landscaping and have to take lawnmowers, edgers and big bulky bags of stone, sand and dirt around with you, using an open trailer makes a lot of sense. When you arrive you drive your lawnmower off the trailer and it's easy to get back on once you're done. The open trailer does allow for weather to get to your supplies, but who cuts grass in the rain anyway?

Simple trailers help anyone regardless of their job. Those weekend warriors who go to the local big box store and buy supplies for their yard, pond or DIY project have to have a way to get all of that stuff home. If you've ever tried piling paving stones into a trunk you'll know you really need a trailer to get the job done.

And then there are the toys: the ATV's, the racing cars, the skidoos that need to be transported from your garage to the great outdoors. Enter the trailer and you are one step closer to fun. With so many designs, sizes and shapes, trailers today can be custom made to your specifications. If you need removable sides they can do that, if you need it to be able to dump, you can have that too, and if you need salt or rock guards you guessed it, they are available too! http://www.oregontrailers.com is your one stop shop for trailers and accessories in Oregon. We carry a variety of trailers, generators and truck beds for every application. Check us out today!

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Motor Cars: Beauty and the Beast

Motor Cars: Beauty and the Beast

By John Powell

Over sixty years of active motoring, one has observed with interest the changing styles followed by manufacturers in search of popularity and volume sales. From a British perspective it was always Ford of England that initiated a radical departure from the established norm, risking the derision of critics but, more often than not, capturing the imagination of a public always eager to be seen in something radically new. This pattern of progress continued virtually unchanged for five decades until it was overwhelmed by the Asian dominance of the new millennium.

In the 1950s, the new look in motor cars was ushered in by the Ford Prefect and Anglia saloons. The innovation may have had antecedents in the USA, where the evolution of private vehicles had continued while suspended in Britain during World War II, but, if so, it was reproduced without the ostentation and glittering chrome so characteristic of American cars of that era. At any rate, it proved immediately popular in Britain, and other motor manufacturers rushed to follow the new style, hoping at the same time to add some distinctive feature of their own.

The three-box style had a long life. It was amenable to great variation in detail and was readily adapted to two boxes in estate car or station wagon varieties. The influence of wind tunnel testing led to more streamlined shapes reputed to reduce air resistance and improve performance and fuel economy. Streamlines proved to be as aesthetically pleasing on cars as they were on aircraft and Ford continued to lead the way in an evolution that culminated in the universally popular KA model of the 1990s.

From there, there was nowhere to go. As far as is humanly possible, perfection had been achieved. The Ford KA inspired numerous copies from other manufacturers but all, in striving for a unique feature, degraded the beauty of the original. Many people, tired of constant pressure to buy something new, might have liked the KA to become a standard product in perpetuity. But the industry had now passed through Japan to South Korea and China, countries eager to promote worldwide sales of newly manufactured products.

Making something different from perfection means making something less pleasing to the eye and the Asian manufacturers have certainly succeeded in that quest. Yet so dominant is their global stance that the residual industry in the West has felt compelled to copy the Eastern degradation. It is an old English saying that after the Lord Mayor's coach comes the corporation cart. In motor styling, the Lord Mayor's coach has passed, and we are still waiting for the corporation cart.

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Ten Words Or Expressions That Need To Disappear In The New Year

Ten Words Or Expressions That Need To Disappear In The New Year

By Doug Poe

During one of the half dozen court shows I watch on cold winter afternoons, one of the litigants made a remark I hope does not catch on as we approach a new year.
The male millennial said "I have plenty of meat in the freezer."

In that case,the guy was a plaintiff suing an ex girlfriend for money he had given her for cosmetic surgery. Her defense was that it had been a gift and he was only suing her because she left him for someone else.

It was after she described him as lonely that the plaintiff fired off that silly line about having meat in the freezer. When the judge asked him to elaborate, the plaintiff explained that it meant he had a lot of girls who were desirous of his company.

His honor admitted that it was the first time he had heard that expression, and let us all hope that it does not catch on. At its heart it can be insulting to both men and women, as well as those who despise the idea of eating animals.

While we are wishing for that analogy to disappear into oblivion in the new year, here are ten other trite expressions that we can only hope will fade as well.

Full Ride

Considering a mere .04 percent of high school athletes get four year scholarships to play in college, this phrase is used way too often. Besides that, the adjective is an awkward one to modify the noun Ride, which would more appropriately be described as free.

News Flash

An insurance ad has helped make this outdated remark even more annoying, as the actor follows it with the less than profound observation that "Accidents Happen."

Trump Country

Since he was elected as President in 2016, one should assume that the entire United States is the country of Donald Trump. Instead, political pundits use the divisive term to define rural citizens living mainly in the Midwest.

Viral

Look, a virus has always been a bad thing, whether it invades your body or your computer. Therefore, its adjective form should not be used to suggest a video that people enjoy watching.

Control Freak

In order for something to be defined as freak, it needs to be extremely out of the ordinary. Since nearly one half of all human beings feel the need to control some situations, this concept is an oxymoron.

Baggage

As a synonym for luggage this word works well, nearly to the point of rhyming. Using it as a metaphor for the troubles in someone's past, however, seems rather callous.

Sincere Apology

If you need to precede your regretful act with the word sincere, it is obviously not heart felt.

Journey

Homer's The Odyssey was the tale of a trip that took twenty years, which also witnessed the deaths of many men. Transitioning from one career or religion or hobby to another is much closer to a step than a journey, even if you and your old favorite go "Separate Ways."

Staycation

I admit that I am too poor and too lazy to leave town on my time off, so the rest of you who are like me need to stop glamorizing your faults by bragging about spending your holiday at home.

Hello as a reaction instead of a greeting

The host of a popular TV game show says "Hello" every time a contestant surprises him on the show. Sometimes he will say it repeatedly, so his resolution might be to limit the interjection to a greeting only.

Said No One Ever

Someone makes an unlikely remark such as "I love spending the winter in Buffalo" or "I would hate to win the lottery", only to follow up with this inverted quasi sentence.

Here's hoping that no one ever says it after the new year rolls in.

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