Defining Belief vs. Faith while Driving to Eau Claire, Wisconsin
The clicking sound in this video is the heavy rain pouring down while I recorded this with my handy Palm Pre camera. Driving with minimal at best visibility, I started contemplating the fine differences between belief and faith and concluded that belief is about our perspective, how we see things, whereas faith is more having belief in what we can’t see. In my case, it was the road. Looking to crank up my vLogs in about a week for RHT (Rapid Human Transformation) project.
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Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement
I’d probably go head to head with other Jews if I were to make some statement about my blog postings not being considered ‘work’ as its a labor of love, or that I don’t really feel that using my computer during the Sabbath for religious research or knowledge pursuits isn’t symbolic of starting a prohibited fire. Instead I’m going to disconnect today and return after fasting (which I plan to break over an incredible sushi spread!).
Please do check out my personal blog about Yom Kippur Observance here.
Life is Often about Restartings…
The best part of awareness is the capacity for change. I often look at my life with the opportunity to rewrite and reshape to align better towards goals. With Yom Kippur around the corner and just being at a different place in life than I was a year ago I’m focused on realigning my capabilities and goals better as always. The road sign on the left is to represent the 87 days left in 2011 and help me stay focused on goals as there’s really no time to screw around. The 100 days is here and now!
For 25 years I’ve made a point to “write the next chapter” of my book of life as so many people seem to follow the cards they’ve been dealt without playing them as well as they could. I’ve learned that goals shift and our focus must follow as well. This video shares a lot of thoughts on this important topic and I hope it helps you to focus as well.
Happy New Year (Rosh Hashanah!)
Rosh Hashanah is the Jewish New Year and is considered to be one of the most important Jewish holidays. All over the world Jewish followers celebrate Rosh Hashanah, the celebration of creation of life on Earth.
The celebration of Rosh Hashanah is celebrated with many sweet foods, like honey cakes and apples dipped in honey. Jews do this in hopes that it will bring a “sweet year”. Other symbolic foods that are often found on Rosh Hashanah are pomegranates, carrots and sometimes the head of a fish.
A. The head of a fish symbolizes being on the top instead of on the bottom.
B.Pomegranates symbolize plenty, due to the incredible amount of seeds inside.
C. Carrots symbolize two very different things:
1. For Ashkenazi Jews, carrots symbolize the Jewish word “merren”. Merren means more. For the New Year, Jews eat carrots in hopes of more of the good things that can be found in life: more health, more happiness, and more success.
2. For Sephardic Jews, carrots symbolize the phrase “Yikaretu Oyveychem”. This means “may your enemies be cut down”. These Jews wish that those who are not friendly towards them do not succeed and get their wish.
D. Challot, which is made with honey and raisins, is another sweet treat on the holiday. Again, it symbolizes a happy and sweet year. Decorations on the Challot, like birds, can represent doves of peace.
Rosh Hashanah lasts for two days, beginning on the first day of Tishrei. It is also the beginning of the ten days of atonement called Yamim Noraim, which ends on Yom Kippur. On Rosh Hashanah, mankind is judged. However, the judgment at that time can be changed. In the days between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, Jews can repent, ask for atonement, and make up for their sins, which can change the Rosh Hashanah judgment. Only after Yom Kippur has ended has the judgment been finalized.
Power of Collective Consciousness
I was honored to be the speaker last weekend at Tom’s Highland Park Baha’i fireside get together. I’ve not yet edited up the actual speech but I’ve put together a fun video to share some of the awesome energy from that night. Please see the video below:
The ramblings of a crazy man? Possibly...
This is Darren Williger and I am taking a look at what I can accomplish in the next 100 days, both personally and professionally.
September 2010 I had this thought - WOW there\'s just over 100 days left this year. Then I realized all my annual goals, professionally and personally - and said \"Darren, it is time\". A GoDaddy coupon code encouraged me to pull the trigger on this new domain and had the site up in minutes.
December 2011 seemed like an awesome time to do this exercise again! Over the next 100 days I will be taking a more serious look at my health and wealth, learning to focus more on what\'s important, and scheduling everything in my life for maximum productivity. I\'ll share details here, mostly to hold myself accountable and track my results on achieving greatness!
I\'m totally immersed in my new career and focused on learning more daily. It\'s been an incredible shift these past few months. On the side I\'m going to be exercising, writing, making more videos, photographing meals, tweeting, speaking and eating. Looking to minimize unproductive time sucking activities.
I\'m limiting my side business focus to weekends as I ramp up my new career. New blog coming soon, appropriately named Saturday Night Marketing. I\'m very excited!
It has been one helluva year so far - many challenges, and some frustration sweat and tears along the way - additionally, many net new opportunities have unfolded as several old ones fall by the wayside. Seems this pattern has repeated in life relationships as well.
I am so excited and grateful for all the incredible opportunities I\'ve been afforded and ones I will continue to create for myself. I\'m not going to allow anyone or anything (including myself) get in the way of the success and greatness I deserve!
Thanks for joining me on this journey!