http://freedomontoast.com/blog Sharing My Passion for Freedom With You Wed, 21 Apr 2010 11:59:45 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en "Treat the Earth well. It was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children." Kenyan proverb Earth Day is tomorrow.  Unless you live under a rock, you have probably heard at least some of the negative effects our behavior is having on the environment.  Whether ... http://freedomontoast.com/blog/?p=750 Bonjour Messieursdames!  Comment ca va?  Moi?  Ca va bien merci! I took French for several years in Jr. High and High School.  The problem is, I never went to France (or Quebec) and High School was about a hundred years ago.  So, needless to say, the few words I do recall are ... http://freedomontoast.com/blog/?p=747 This was news to me.  Maybe I am just slow.  But I had this idyllic vision of the ocean being a beautiful body of water that has the power to be perfectly tranquil or violently tumultuous.  Either way, beautiful.  Then I heard about the Pacific Gyre or the Great Garbage Patch. Frankly, ... http://freedomontoast.com/blog/?p=744 “In a land which is fully settled, most men must accept their local environment or try to change it by political means; only the exceptionally gifted or adventurous can leave to seek his fortune elsewhere. In America, on the other hand, to move on and make a fresh start somewhere ... http://freedomontoast.com/blog/?p=741 So, last night I went to see Big Al and heard his presentation - which included how to effectively communicate - and how to manipulate (doesn't that sound awful?) with a few simple words. Now, I am not a particularly manipulative person and wasn't sure I could really use the techniques ... http://freedomontoast.com/blog/?p=737 Our daughter who is 16 was recently asked to write a paper in school describing something in detail.  She choose to describe her dreams.  How cool is that? She has been exposed to many personal development masters, including Michael Clouse whom she had the honor to meet.  It was shortly after this ... http://freedomontoast.com/blog/?p=733 My next Toastmasters Speech...     Life is Like a Circus     Some Moms are soccer Moms. Some Moms are hockey Moms. Me, I am a circus Mom. I spend about 10 hours a week at the circus. The real circus. My 16 year old daughter has been going to a program in St. Paul ... http://freedomontoast.com/blog/?p=721 Meet Derrion Albert.  Not your typical 16 year old teenager.  Honor student.  High School football player.  Walking home from school like thousands of other children.  Killed.  Caught in the middle of two rival gangs at the wrong time.  He was beaten with wooden planks and kicked in the head.  Four ... http://freedomontoast.com/blog/?p=719 So unless you live under a rock, you have probably heard at least some of the debate about what we are going to do about our health care system.  Certainly change comes with a cost - sometimes to our benefit...sometimes not.  But failing to change comes with a cost as ... http://freedomontoast.com/blog/?p=716 Fact:  Everything starts with your mindset. So it is always very interesting to me when I am speaking with a "possibility thinker" about starting a new home based business when they say, "But it's going to cost me money." This is where I bite my tongue.  I WANT to say, "Did you ... http://freedomontoast.com/blog/?p=713