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Do I want the mind or body of a 30 year old for 60 years? The mental ability, because I would rather learn, write poetry, and be able to read. I watched my mother's mental ability deteriorate with Alzheimer's. That is a horrid way to go. Physical disabilities I can deal with; however, I don't think I would like to stop writing or reading poetry or, for that matter, any other mental activity.

Do I believe in ghosts or other supernatural entities? Not necessarily! In my 73 years of life, I've encountered some unusual, mysterious, and weird phenomena. Were any of these experience the results of an encounter with a ghost or some other supernatural entity? That depends on ones definition of supernatural. Since we live in a universe of expanding knowledge, I'm not sure that supernatural can be applied to anything in the know or unknown part of the universe. I will, of course, attempt to keep an open mind on these subjects; at least, to a point.

Selflessness, like selfishness, is part of the duality of human nature. Selflessness is a spiritual attribute, a characteristic of the soul, while selfishness is an attribute of the ego. From the time we are born until the time the physical body dies, we practice these two characteristics. When we practice selflessness strengthen this characteristic and our souls ability to overcome our egos' selfishness. We have many examples in our lives of people practicing selflessness. Some of these examples come from our parents, and some from first responders. We also have examples from the founders of religions such as Buddha, Christ, Muhammad, the Bab, and Baha'u'llah (to name just a few).

One of the most selfless act anyone can perform, is going into a burning or collapsing building to save the life of a stranger. A selfless act I witnessed in my own life, was my mother working nights and swing shift to feed four hungry and, sometimes, selfish children. All acts of selflessness bring some type of reward, which doesn't make the act less selfless. Indeed every act a human being performs on the material plane brings some type of reward. Sometimes we know what the reward is and sometimes we have to wait until the soul and body separate at the moment of physical death to find out the reward. For some human beings the selfless act is more important than the reward, and for others the reward is the most important part of the act. Each human being must look at their own motivations and be honest with themselves to determine whether the selfless act is more important or the reward.

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The fork in my road occurred when I declared my belief in Baha'u'llah. I made the decision to change my religion was based on two reasons. First, reading the scriptures revealed by Baha'u'llah. Second, two dreams--which have remained clear all my life, I had when I when I was younger. What would have happened if I had chosen another path? I would be a different person today.

I prefer to avoid photo opportunities. I seldom like the way I look in a photo, which is probably why I have very few photos of myself. I have photo of me with other people, but very few with me alone. I don't take selfies because I know I'm going to focus on one of two things either how dorky my hairstyle makes me look or how nerdy my clothes make me look. I don't mind looking like a nerd, but I don't like looking like a nerd with a dorky hair style. Therefore, I'm going to talk about the one photo that doesn't make me look like a nerd with a dorky hair style.

I've written about this subject before,
and I'm wondering what more
there is to say:
I use her bead every day,
when I intone “Alláh-u-Abhá!”5
95 times.

The Mt. Charleston blue butterfly, whose only known habitat is in the Spring Mountains, is endangered. The Center for Biological Diversity has threatened to sue several other agencies because of planned expansion in the Mt. Charleston and Lee Canyon areas (both located in the Spring Mountains). One of the threats to the butterfly is “implementation of recreational development projects.” It is felt that construction in these areas will threaten the butterfly.

I am a creative cook! Sometime I follows recipe and sometimes cooks freestyle. I can cook anything in a microwave! The microwave ability comes from the time Mom and I lived in the house on Bracken Ave. The regular oven stopped working and it cost too much to have it fixed, so I cooked everything that I had to bake in the microwave. The biggest problem I had with this, was cooking a 20 lb. turkey in the microwave. I had to plan this adventure carefully several days ahead.