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Experiencing the Highs of Performance

      I’m saddened by Obama’s second place finish in New Hampshire. Well now we know for sure, if we weren’t convinced by the stats already, that he needs the age 35 and under voters to turn out in large numbers in order to win the party ticket.

“With 96 percent of the New Hampshire vote tabulated before counters shut down for the night, Clinton had 39 percent, Obama 36 percent and Edwards 17 percent. New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson trailed with 5 percent.

On the Republican side, McCain had 37 percent, Romney 32 percent, Huckabee 11 percent, Giuliani 9 percent and Rep. Ron Paul 8 percent. Thompson got 1 percent” (http://apnews.excite.com/article/20080109/D8U2ES381.html). 

      On to brighter news, I have a reading of Love and Life coming up on Friday, January 18th, starting promptly at 5pm since the library closes at 5:45pm. It will be in Atlanta at the College Park Library, which is located at 3647 Main Street, College Park, GA 30337. So if you’re in Atlanta and read this blog, please come by and support my work. Oh and I want to share a spur of the moment post with you that I did last night on Bestloverinparadise, my alternate blog:

      Wow, I feel great; I performed “Thank You,” “The Cure” and “Love” tonight at The 5 Spot’s open-mic show. It was a priceless experience. I am also now a feature writer for the Atlanta division of Not For Tourists. Things are going really well; perhaps best of all, it was great seeing and hanging out with Jeanne, Abby, and Julian. I got a really great, warm and uplifting hug from Jeanne before I left; she’s great. I love her. She’s also hella smart. My fellow musicians and poets were also excellent. Wow, life is great. It’s nights like these that make me want to keep loving and living in the best way that I can.

      Yeah, so I’m doing my best to keep this vibe going. Enjoy your time.

What is it going to take to have Peace?

  

     What is necessary for as many people as possible in this world to have peace of mind, peace in their homes, and an end to the violent ways of much of the so-called civilized world? I think that Jimi Hendrix steers us in the right direction with his quote: “When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace.”     

      I have to admit that I had a sad phase in my life in which I embraced Machiavellian ways. Fortunately, the terror, that the bad karma of trying to have power at any costs created in my life, convinced me that such ways are for sadio-masochists, a group that repulses me. Clearly, many of the people whom I have discussed in this blog, including Jeffrey Sachs, have an excellent track record in helping to produce a better world for as many people as possible. As Sachs says in The End of Poverty, “The Live 8 concerts, Bono’s ONE campaign, Angelina Jolie’s work for the United Nations, and many other acts of leadership and grace, are drawing millions of eager individuals into a new commitment to work for the end of poverty, and thereby for a world of peace and shared well-being.”     

      So will shunning a love of power, per Jimi Hendrix’s quote, lead “regular” people like me and you to be as saintly and admirable as Jeffrey Sachs and create “a world of peace and shared well-being”? Hopefully, it will produce such a positive and fecund result as soon as possible, including now, and as much as possible.

Joy, Love and Kaizen to the World

      I hope that you have a very merry Christmas and many consistent improvements in this New Year and those that follow that you have the blessing to be alive in. Enjoy your holidays!

Lifestyles of Health and Sustainability (LOHAS)

      I’m really intrigued by the great possibilities of LOHAS. LOHAS supplies some of the best solutions to the problems that the military-industrial complex has produced. I love Gaia, our Mother Earth; I am doing my best to improve her well-being, as she is our greatest and most important provider.

“LOHAS is an acronym for Lifestyles of Health and Sustainability, a market segment focused on health and fitness, the environment, personal development, sustainable living, and social justice.

LOHAS companies practice “responsible capitalism” by providing goods and services using economic and environmentally sustainable business practices. LOHAS business owners and industry leaders from around the world meet each year at the LOHAS Conference to discuss industry trends, share ideas and learn how to run a successful LOHAS business.

LOHAS consumers, sometimes referred to as Lohasians, are interested in products covering a range of market sectors and sub-sectors, including: Green building supplies, socially responsible investing and “green stocks”, alternative healthcare, organic clothing and food, personal development media, yoga and other fitness products, eco-tourism and more” (http://www.lohas.com/).

       Still it proves difficult to live up to the ideals of LOHAS in this horrendously repressive and terrible police-state-run society. I am doing my best to find and employ the best means of freeing myself from the unjust ways of America, much of the so-called civilized world, and wherever else injustice exists. In other words, I am not advocating a renunciation of technology or the positive aspects of our modern world. Rather I seek to maintain a happy balance, somewhat like Ibn Khaldun’s theory that things are best in locations that are free from the terrors of extremes. Thus far, I am finding the means to achieve these desires embodied in “The Cure,” which is documented in Love and Life.  

Love and Life finally published

      Today is truly a great day. I have finalized my contracts with my publisher and distributors and will have copies of Love and Life available for sale by Thursday, December 20, 2007. So in one week, you will be able to get your own paperback copy for $12.00 (USD). If you’re interested in purchasing a PDF version for $6.00 (USD), please email me at admin@thriveconstantly.com or fill out the contact us form at www.thriveconstantly.com. As I have said in a previous post Love and Life is a collection of poetry, prose and photos (some of my sketches and all original work). It deals with a variety of topics including Love, Money and Kaizen. Here are some excerpts; enjoy:     

      Deep within his being, Alexander felt the sum total of his instincts. Alexander’s ancestors had arrived at varying points over the course of fourteen centuries and settled on a lush, mystical, tropical Paradise in the middle of the ocean. The first ones were led by a scout named Arawon. They journeyed in long canoes made from the silk cotton tree from a valley filled with psychedelically colored toucans, howling monkeys that woke one up at dawn, clandestine jaguars that lapped at water as it shimmered in the moonlight, and jungles that climbed up to the heavens.        

Thank You

 Sinequanonology leads me back

To a sublimated attack

 On the minds of those who tried to enslave us.

If you listen carefully you get an A plus,

                                                                  A student of sages like Bob Marley and Vandana Shiva

Written with the fecund genius of a Jenifer Daley,

You classic Overachieva. 

The Atlanta Renaissance demands your attention.

This new age of Renegades; on your brain

We dance with new rhythms,

So learn this lesson.

We’re sick of the lies and our energy going down the drain,

Like Common and the Last Poets, this is our testimonial to

Freedom!

The youths look up to rappers and hoopers;

We need to raise the salaries of our teachers;

It’s time to elevate your mentality like a skater in the sky,

Ready to land with a boom!

            A FINAL REMARK            

      In order to grasp the motivation guiding my work, one must understand that, more than almost anything else, I am an absurdist. For those who are not familiar with the term, absurdism is a somewhat obscure but extremely, viable philosophy pioneered largely by Albert Camus. Absurdism also stems a great deal from the work of Søren Kierkegaard, the renowned nineteenth-century, Danish philosopher. Many philosophers consider absurdism as an offshoot of existentialism. Essentially absurdism states that the world that we live in proves absurd and thus we must embrace our own absurd condition and appreciate beauty in order to live truly fulfilling lives…[i]

The Meaning of the Best Life 

 

      In the midst of such a universal sense of dissatisfaction with most conventional modes of thought, philosophies, and practices, we must find a better way. For me, this better way emerges primarily via absurdism and kaizen.

[i] Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus, p. 6.

 

                Have a great day.

© 2007 Paul Ainsworth Delano Francis. All rights reserved.

Meditating

        [Meditation, creating intellectual levitation] I’m loving and appreciating the fecund genius of kaizen and Absurdism. Once I reread Camus’ The Myth of Sisyphus, I will give a succint analysis about it on this site in the best way.