Dear Folks,
We focus on those things that support our reality. — Morgan Leigh
There are many aspects of a balanced personality. If one is naturally (or temporarily) High-spirited, a grounding element would be advisable. Being Matter-of-fact would do nicely.
Peace,
Jim
            HIGH‑SPIRITED
Definition: full of natural fire; vivacious; boldly courageous; noble; mettlesome
            MATTER-OF-FACT

Definitions: (1) true to the unembellished facts; literal; straightforward; (2) real
Balancing Qualities: honest, tactful
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Dear Folks,
He who has a why to live can bear with almost any how. — Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1844-1900) Philosopher
Do not get caught in the normal meanings of the qualities. With a Nimble mind you can move from one idea to another easily. This is one of the Mirthful joys of life.
Peace,
Jim
            MIRTHFUL
Definition: jovial; festive; full of merriment
Synonyms: Mirth implies general lightness of heart and love of gaiety; glee stresses exultation shown in laughter, cries of joy or delight; hilarity suggests loud or irrepressible laughter or high‑spirited boisterousness; jollity suggests exuberance or exultant playfulness.
            NIMBLE
Definitions: (1) light and quick in motion; moving with ease and celerity; lively; swift; (2) clever conception, comprehension, or resourcefulness; (3) sensitive; responsive <a nimble listener>
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If you are a vegan or vegetarian with a secret stash of candy, jelly beans or dark chocolate, join the club. A constant craving for carbs with occasional headaches, muscle or joint pain may be due to a slight deficiency of protein.

The symptoms of a severe protein deficiency include:

• Edema (swelling)
• Thinning brittle hair and/or hair loss
• Ridges in finger and toe nails
• Skin rashes; dry skin
• Weakness
• Constant Fatigue
• Muscle soreness and cramps
• Slow healing
• Skin ulcers
• Sleep issues
• Frequent headache
• Nausea
• Fainting
• Depression/anxiety

Sooo, what can we do to reverse this condition? Carnivores and omnivores simply chow down on anything that moves. Vegans and vegetarians have a slightly more complicated problem, but one that’s nonetheless manageable. Here’s a list of protein sources found in Kingdom Plantae:

• Seeds, sprouted
• Nuts
• Beans
• Lentils
• Whole grains (in order from highest to lowest protein content): Wheat, amaranth, oats, rye, triticale, teff, spelt, wild rice, barley, buckwheat, quinoa, millet, sorghum, corn, rice.
• Soy
• Peas
• Peanuts
• Spinach
• Potato
• Sweet potato
• Algae
• Seaweed

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URBEE is a return to fundamentals, a rethink of traditional automotive design and manufacturing. As a species endangered by our own actions, we must quickly learn to stop burning fossil fuels. Surely, the ultimate goal of Design is to serve the ‘public good’. Therefore, corporations and individual designers have a responsibility to offer products that are not only useful, but in balance with the environment.

URBEE is now crowd-funded to create the greenest car on Earth. A first prototype was completed in 2013. It became the first car to have its body 3D printed. The team recently initiated a second prototype, called URBEE 2. They are embracing Digital Manufacturing as essential to the design of an environmental car. Engineered to safely mingle with traffic, the two passenger vehicle will have its entire exterior and interior 3D printed.

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To work with the light itself, to create experiences for visitors is probably the greatest thing anyone who works with light can do.
The exhibit opens with a bang. This treatment of Guggenheim’s iconic atrium is nothing short of stunning. By re-imagining the atrium as a volume on which to paint with light, Turrell makes a simple statement of overwhelming power.
The shot to the right shows the atrium in green but over the course of minutes it will change colors very slowly crossfading through simple pastels and vibrant punches of red and purple and blue. You are invited to sit back and tilt your head up and just experience this expanse as your ears are filled with the conversations and murmurs of other visitors. It’s the light itself and it’s relationship to space that Turrell works with and in this case to stunning overall effect.
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Dear Folks,

The reward of a thing well done, is to have done it. — Ralph Waldo Emerson  (1803-1882) Essayist

Some people Provoke a response with their looks, others with their talent, and yet others with the power of their personalities. We all touch others with our presence in some small or large way. It behooves us to be Scrupulous and understand our possible and positive impact.
Peace,
Jim
            PROVOCATIVE
Definition: tending to awaken or incite appetite or passion; stimulating
Synonyms: arouse, induce, move, stir up
Balancing Qualities: appropriate, discretion
Note: This is a quality with some negative connotations, but we are using it here in its best possible sense. Yet one does have to watch for the sensitivities of others when provoking interest. Keep your motives pure, your intent honorable, and your words tactful.
            SCRUPULOUS
Definitions: (1) acting in strict regard for what is considered right or proper; having moral integrity; conscientiously honest; (2) punctiliously exact; careful with details; precise, accurate, and correct
 
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Dear Folks,
What most you admire, that shall you become. — One, Richard David Bach (1936-) Author
Think not only of how you can live the qualities but also who you Admire who has lived them or who is living them. Think also of other ways to consider the qualities. We automatically think of someone who is good with their hands as Dexterous. But how about a person who can manage all of the complexity of a household? Or the mathematician who can hold several ideas in mind at once?
Peace,
Jim
            ADMIRABLE
Definition: deserving the highest esteem; a person who inspires approval or respect
Synonyms: choice, excellent, pleasing, wonderful, worthy
Derivation: Latin, “to wonder”
            DEXTEROUS
Definitions: (1) ready and expert in the use of the body or hands; skillful and active in manual activity; adroit; (2) mental cleverness; quick at inventing
Synonyms: apt, artful, clever
Symbol: a juggler
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Dear Folks,
Each week the top quote is one from those in-the-know expressing this idea: The concept of focusing on your desire in order to attain it is an ancient and primal element of human understanding. People have always realized learning comes from experience. Whatever you pay attention to, you not only acquire expertise in but also absorb the nature of. You are becoming what you emulate.
What we plant in the soil of contemplation, we shall reap in the harvest of action. — Meister Eckhart (1260?-1327?) Mystic
The combination of qualities we possess – physical, mental, and spiritual – jammed together in a cohesive ball, are the sum of our soul. If this ball is large, it is recognizable and thus considered to be Terrific. We cannot expand our soul without consideration of others. Empathy is crucial.
Peace,
Jim
            TERRIFIC
Definition: awesome; excellent; extraordinary; great; magnificent; unusually good; wonderful
            EMPATHETIC
Definitions: (1) characterized by insightful understanding; the ability to know how another is feeling; possessing a mutual knowingness arising from sameness of experience; (2) vicariously being aware of, or being sensitive to the feelings, thoughts, or experiences of another without personally participating with the other at the time these feelings, thoughts, or experiences took place; (3) being able to grasp what is happening without the situation being fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner; (4) an emotion of sympathetic pity or compassion
Quotes:

Being able to feel the pain of others is a strength. It gives us incentive to avoid causing pain.— Morgan Llywelyn (1937 – ) BARD, The Odyssey of the Irish

Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. — Jesus of Nazareth (7 bc-30 ad) The Bible, Matthew 7:12

Regard your neighbor’s gain as your own gain and your neighbor’s loss as your own loss. Relate yourself to every man as if you were in his place. Recompense injury with kindness. — Lao-Tse (6^th Century bc) T’ai Shang Kan Ying P’ien (The Treatise of the Exalted One on Response and Retribution) Taoism
Note: The last two quotes represent the Golden Rule. We cannot adhere to this principal of reciprocity if we do not empathize with our fellows.
Experience:
The Five Stages of Grief
1. Denial and isolation
2. Anger
3. Bargaining
4. Depression
5. Acceptance
Note: You may not be able to bypass the stages of grief, but you can move through them efficiently if you do not allow yourself to wallow in defeat or sorrow. After living through the difficulty you will be a more mature person, thus better able to empathize with others in similar pain.
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Dear Folks,
Transformation is being the answer. Be now … even if “you” think you can’t! — Transformers, Jacquelyn Small, Author
This could be a wild combination. Both of these qualities are on the energetic side. Too much of anything needs to be balanced with some of it’s counterpart. A person with a naturally Electrifying personality will want to be grounded with practicality, sincerity, and a good sense of humor; therefore Zany may be a good complement as a directing force.
Peace,
Jim
          ELECTRIFYING
Definitions: (1) sudden and intense excitement; (2) arousing to intense activity; (3) startling or surprising <especially by doing something very inspiring or intensely interesting>; thrilling
Quote:
Thunder is good. Thunder is impressive. But it is lightning that does the work.
— mark twain [born Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (1835-1910) American Humorist
Symbol: a lightning bolt.
Note: Lightning flashes can travel upward at 87,000 miles per second and generate 30,000° C (nine times the temperature of the surface of the sun).
            ZANY
Definition: whimsically comical; clownishly crazy; wildly absurd
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