Successful people are the LUCKIEST people in the world. It doesn't matter that they work real hard or use their brains efficiently or tap into their ability to think clearly. The fact that these lucky devils have good habits and are not afraid to take action and are persistent in the face of ADVERSITY has nothhhhthin to do with it. --- They're just very, very lucky---If you don't believe me just GO ASK a FAILURE.

There are a couple of ways to have the tallest building in town. One way is to go around knocking down everyone else's buildings. The other is to build your own to the sky. The 2nd approach is more rewarding. There are too many putting their time and energy into envying others' success and getting nothing but misery for their feeble attempts. Meanwhile their buildings are tiny.

 " If you advance confidently in the direction of your own dreams and endeavor to live the life which you've imagined you will meet with a success unimagined in common hours. "  Henry David Thoreau

 " As you think so shall you be. "  James Allen

You become what you think about. If you think in terms of scarcity you will act that way. The world is incredibly abundant. If you want love in your life send love out. Be loving.

Many people feel that relationships are outside themselves but they are really inside. If you construe a relationship as bad you then act upon it as though it is. What then can you expect to get?

You can only get out of something what is already inside. It doesn't matter what you use to SQUEEZE an orange or where or what time of the day it is or what the circumstances are; You only get orange JUICE. If you extend that metaphor to yourself.

It doesn't matter who acted upon you or when. If anger or bitterness, frustration and resentment comes then it came from inside you. Realizing what is inside you and taking responsibility helps you to evolve (solve problems).

Recently, I had a psychic "friend" become extremely vindictive with me because she challenged my principles and I refused to back down. Next thing I know, I'm in "The Twilight Zone". She became very vicious and purposely misinterpreted everything I said then really went out of her way to trash me in the name of her own -- uh -- SPIRITUALITY-- It got really crazy.

She told a friend of ours that she absolutely forbade her to have contact with me again and made all kinds of threats if she did. After the friend refused to adhere to her wishes, this "saintly "woman became guilty and paranoid that we were conspiring against her. She then wrote a long rambling letter to KEEN to try to get us both fired --- Ooooooohwooooo!

Many people asked me what I was going to do about this "JOAN OF ARC" character. My answer was "nothing". It's none of my business what somebody else thinks of me. My reputation is in the hands of others. All I can control is my character. I fully expect there are some who won't like me -- whataryagonnadoo?

So my answer was: "She's jess a Gift from God. She is doing the best she can with the resources she has. Besides, look at all the great laughs we're getting out of this." The Buddha once said, "if someone offers you a gift and you don't accept that gift to whom does the gift then belong?"

When you understand people you UNDERSTAND that they are RIGHT IN THEIR OWN EYES. When you understand, you ACCEPT. How can I give spiritual advice to callers or help them on their true path if I write or talk badly about my "friend?"

There's the ego and the spirit. My ego is big enough already without getting into a pissing contest with someone who was put there for me to learn from. Anyways, thas what you get when you squeeze Eli Casey -- at least this time!

 " Forgiveness is the fragrance left by a violet on the heel that
has crushed it."  Mark Twain

The message here is you can be successful and happy without giving in to someone you think is unreasonable. If they freak out all the more reason to UNDERSTAND to CARE and to FORGIVE. If you do what you feel is right you'll be amazed at how well things go when you follow your own heart.

It's not the bite of the snake that is so troublesome but the VENOM that continually flows through that causes bitterness and hatred. Ultimately, that's what destroys one's peace of mind.

The only answer is forgiveness which really is not so difficult. People find it difficult to forgive when someone hurts them but it's actually joyful and easy. JUST LET GO! It's really very freeing. In fact if you hold on to anger you might want to consider that the person who trashed you may have been right. Make sense? If what they say isn't true it really won't bother you. At least not for long.

Of course there is another lesson here as well -- when someone tries to emphasize how spiritual an' virtuous they are -- RUN, HONUH! RUN!!!

PEACE!