A Change IS Gonna Come!

Sometimes we get encouragement during less-than-expected circumstances. I say take it wherever you can get it. For example I read my October horoscope forecast - DON'T LAUGH - at Susan Miller's Astrology Zone where it stated (excerpted):

There is more good news! Saturn has been a big part of the problem in your chart...Saturn constricts and shrinks all that it touches...It seemed hopeless, but all that is about to be over! Your Mars period will be the perfect time for you to launch a new endeavor on almost any front. Mars will make you courageous, energetic, and very determined to overcome obstacles. You will have impressive staying power and an aura of confidence and authority - all the right ingredients for success. Astrologic wisdom says that any endeavor or relationship started when Mars is in one's own sign is likely to succeed.

You have no idea how much reading that helped boost my mood yesterday. I had a very productive day as a result. I take astrology with a grain of salt but I do believe our personality traits, zodiac signs and other things have just as much validity as birth order or any means of evaluating ourselves. I think there's much insight that can be learned from understanding the psyche - it's what makes us tick.

Yes, that would make me a believer of Carl Jung's theories on psychological archetypes. I found a rare interview on Youtube.

If you'd like to view the rest, here's Part 2, Part 3 and Part 4.

So go out there today and GET YOURS!

RU Smarter Than A 5th Grader?

Finally some good news! The very talented budding journalist Damon Weaver has not only had his skills noticed, but the 10 year old has landed a full college scholarship as well. Isn't it nice to see the pursuit of excellence and what happens when a child is encouraged and allowed to soar? He is so darn cute! 

On a serious note though: Weaver stands out as more of an exception when he should be more of the norm. This is of course in stark contrast to another bright light that was destroyed when Carl Joseph Walker Hoover was driven past his point of no return. We have an example of two young Black males. One thrives while the other one dies. Adults really need to stop and evaluate their values, priorities and review what messages some of us are sending to children. 

Here is Weaver with a request to the President to grant him an interview: