“In life all things are impermanent and everything will pass.”

http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21576384-cars-have-already-changed-way-we-live-they-are-likely-do-so-again-clean-safe-and-it

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=wFm98S5IAFU

Technical degree holders from [a] state’s community colleges often earn more their first year out than those who studied the same field at a four-year university.

Take graduates in health professions from Dyersburg State Community College. They not only finish two years earlier than their counterparts at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville, but they also earn $5,300 more, on average, in their first year after graduation.

In Virginia, graduates with technical degrees from community colleges make $20,000 more in the first year after college than do graduates in several fields who get bachelor’s degrees. Yet high-school seniors are regularly told that community colleges are for students who can’t hack it on a four-year campus.

…Colleges don’t like being measured by the earnings of their graduates. Defining value in such a narrow way, they argue, obscures the broader benefits of higher education. They point out that first-year salaries often have no bearing on earnings later in life. It’s true that those with bachelor’s degrees typically earn more over a lifetime than those with a two-year degree, but that’s little consolation to those who are discouraged from going to community colleges and end up dropping out of a four-year school without a degree.

… As the researchers themselves admit, the data would be more useful if they included more than the first-year salaries of those graduates who remain in state to work. But improving these tools has been slow going, largely because the higher-education lobby has fought federal efforts to create a “unit-record” system that could work across state lines to link students’ educational and employment histories.

From Jay Selingo writing at the WSJ, he has a book coming out, College Unbound, that looks promising.

Via Marginal Revolution

“If we were able to live at the level of the soul all the time, there would be no need for hindsight to appreciate the great truths of life.” ~ Deepak Chopra from The Spontaneous Fulfillment of Desire

You ever notice how when you look back on your life you can see the innate wisdom and flow and rightness to the path? You know—the job you lost or the relationship that ended that, although it felt horrible when it occurred, in hindsight was so clearly the exact right thing for you?!?

Funny how that works, eh?

Well… Deepak’s telling us that as we align with Source, we don’t need to wait to appreciate the perfection!!

Going through a “challenging” patch? Flow with it. KNOW it’ll reveal its divine perfection in time.

And it’s not just Deepak.

Ralph Waldo Emerson likes to say: “The voyage of the best ship is a zigzag line of a hundred tacks. See the line from a sufficient distance, and it straightens itself to the average tendency.”

And Tony Robbins has one of my favorites. He says: “Ten years from now you’ll laugh at whatever’s stressing you out today. So why not laugh now?” 

I love that.

What’s stressing you out right now?

You really think you’re still going to be stressed about it in 10 years? Probably not!

So, why wait?!? Laugh now. And enter the flow and live at the level of the soul!

Via Entheos.com

Quote of the Day: “Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.” ~Rumi

http://www.themorningnews.org/article/new-york-elsewhere

New Yorkers don’t fade away—they just move. But to where?

“Good morning,
This is God.
I will be handling
All of your
Problems today.
I will not need
Your help, so have
A miraculous day.””

~ Wayne Dyer from The Power of Intention

Earthing means walking barefoot on soil, grass or sand (meaning: any natural surface). So we’ll have to get off the sidewalk. Early studies are showing that the health benefits come from the relationship between our bodies and the electrons in the earth. The planet has its own natural charge, and we seem to do better when we’re in direct contact with it.

Here’s a post we wrote about earthing in Thailand.

Why should you walk barefoot? 

A review published in the Journal of Environmental and Public Health looked at a number of studies that highlight how drawing electrons from the earth improves health. In one, chronic pain patients using grounded carbon fiber mattresses slept better and experienced less pain.

Another study found that earthing changed the electrical activity in the brain, as measured by electroencephalograms. Still other research found that grounding benefited skin conductivity, moderated heart rate variability, improved glucose regulation, reduced stress and boosted immunity.

One particularly compelling investigation, published in The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, found that earthing increases the surface charge of red blood cells. As a result, the cells avoid clumping, which decreases blood viscosity. High viscosity is a significant factor in heart disease, which is why so many people take blood thinning aspirin each day to improve their heart health. Another study in the same journal found that earthing may help regulate both the endocrine and nervous systems.

This article on the Health Benefits of Earthing is courtesy of Dr. Isaac Eliaz and Mind Body Green. To read about our experience, here’s a post we wrote about earthing in Thailand.