Friday, May 27, 2011
Sunday, May 15, 2011
To Let Go...
To let go does not mean to stop caring, it means I can’t do it for someone else.
To let go is not to cut myself off, it’s the realization that I can’t control another.
To let go is not to enable, but to allow learning from natural consequences.
To let go is to admit powerlessness, which means the outcome is not in my hands.
To let go is not to try to change or blame another, it’s to make the most of myself.
To let go is not to care for, but to care about.
To let go is not to fix, but to be supportive.
To let go is not to judge, but to allow another to be a human being.
To let go is not to be in the middle arranging all the outcomes, but to allow others to affect their own destinies.
To let go is not to be protective, it’s to permit another to face reality.
To let go is not to criticize, or regulate anyone, but to try to become what I dream I can do.
To let go is to fear less, and to love more.
To let go is not to cut myself off, it’s the realization that I can’t control another.
To let go is not to enable, but to allow learning from natural consequences.
To let go is to admit powerlessness, which means the outcome is not in my hands.
To let go is not to try to change or blame another, it’s to make the most of myself.
To let go is not to care for, but to care about.
To let go is not to fix, but to be supportive.
To let go is not to judge, but to allow another to be a human being.
To let go is not to be in the middle arranging all the outcomes, but to allow others to affect their own destinies.
To let go is not to be protective, it’s to permit another to face reality.
To let go is not to criticize, or regulate anyone, but to try to become what I dream I can do.
To let go is to fear less, and to love more.
Saturday, May 14, 2011
Inspiring story- Morvilliers
Morvilliers, keeper of the seals to Charles the Ninth of France, was one day ordered by his sovereign to put the seals to the pardon of a nobleman who had committed murder.
He refused.
The king then took the seals out of his hands, and having put them himself to the instrument of remission, returned them immediately to Morvilliers, who refused to take them again, saying, “The seals have twice put me in a situation of great honor: once when I received them, and again when I resigned them.”
Is There Such a Thing as SEX ADDICTION??
Check out the series of photographs along with labels here:
http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/fotostrecke-67921.html
WARNING: You may find some photos HOT...!!!;)
http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/fotostrecke-67921.html
WARNING: You may find some photos HOT...!!!;)
Friday, May 13, 2011
Rise of the Rupee, Real and Renminbi
The historical first simply couldn't end without the usual mantra. At the first-ever press conference in the 98-year history of the US Federal Reserve, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke announced last Wednesday what everyone was expecting, and wanting, to hear. Flanked by the Stars and Stripes as well as the flag of the US central bank, he said: "The Fed believes that a strong dollar is both in American interests and in the interest of the global economy."
This familiar litany is actually a worrying sign, however. The statement is always made when things are not looking good for the dollar. In one sense, currencies are just like people: Anyone who is genuinely strong doesn't feel the need to emphasize that fact over and over.Since the beginning of the year, the dollar has lost 13 percent against the euro. The currencies of emerging nations like China, India and Brazil will likely play a larger role in the near future, both in global trade and in the investment practices of central banks.
This familiar litany is actually a worrying sign, however. The statement is always made when things are not looking good for the dollar. In one sense, currencies are just like people: Anyone who is genuinely strong doesn't feel the need to emphasize that fact over and over.Since the beginning of the year, the dollar has lost 13 percent against the euro. The currencies of emerging nations like China, India and Brazil will likely play a larger role in the near future, both in global trade and in the investment practices of central banks.
The fiscal policies of US President Barack Obama and his predecessors cast doubt over whether the US will ever be able to repay its debts. The rating agency Standard & Poor's has already threatened to downgrade the credit rating of the only remaining superpower.
To make matters worse, the low interest rate policy pursued by Bernanke's Fed will further erode the value of the dollar. The central bank is printing money virtually without limit to finance the US federal budget.
Last year, the world's central banks kept 61 percent of their holdings in dollars. In 2000, this figure was nearly 10 percent higher.In mid 2009, 54 countries had tied their currencies to the dollar, and already half as many had been pegged to the euro.
Chinese yuan, also known as the renminbi, has the best chances of establishing itself as an international key currency, trailed at some distance by the Indian rupee and the Brazilian real.
These are currencies from countries with highly dynamic economies and, in contrast to Europe, steadily growing populations. These mediums of exchange could serve as key currencies for adjacent regions, just as the euro already does today, and thus continue to push back the dollar.
But these countries would first have to fulfill a number of conditions. They would have to ensure that their currencies could be easily exchanged into any other currency, at any time. Furthermore, they would have to develop strong financial markets. Currently, both of these conditions are only fulfilled to a very limited extent.
At last, we have to remember that just as the dollar is not about to lose its importance overnight, the yuan's importance is not suddenly going to massively increase.
(Source: Der Spiegel)
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