Stephen Ray

@JediYoda (1646)

Samoa • Age 39

Joined myLot 7 years ago

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Are You Doing A Mid-Year Goals And Plans Review?

Stephen Ray @JediYoda (1646) • Samoa 1 Jun 17

It's another month of June and we are almost in the middle of 2017. What are your plans and goals for the rest of the year? Where you able to achieved all your plans and goals for the past six months of the year? What are the...

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Why Is There Evil In The World?

Stephen Ray @JediYoda (1646) • Samoa 29 May 17

With what's going on around us everyday and in almost every part of the world, one could but ask the perennial question as to why there is the presence of evil in this world in the first place? There are so many faces and...

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Counsel Of The Years...Things Of Youth...

Stephen Ray @JediYoda (1646) • Samoa 28 May 17

"Take kindly the counsel of the years, gracefully surrendering the things of youth." according to the poem "Desiderata". No one can stop the hands of time...time passes by and we grow old...we cannot remain forever young...we...

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Be Yourself...

Stephen Ray @JediYoda (1646) • Samoa 28 May 17

We are told by popular psychology that everyone has a unique personality. That we have our own individuality. "Be yourself. Especially do not feign affection. Neither be cynical about love; for in the face of all aridity and...

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Do You Have A Sense Of Balance In Your Life?

Stephen Ray @JediYoda (1646) • Samoa 26 May 17

In our modern fast pace world some people find it hard to find the right balance for Family, Work/Career, Financial, Health, Personal Growth, Recreation, and the Spiritual Side of Life. How do you achieve a Sense of Balance in...

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Our Thoughts And Prayers For The Manchester Arena Victims And Survivors...

Stephen Ray @JediYoda (1646) • Samoa 23 May 17

Let us pause for a moment of silence dear fellow myLotters for the eternal rest of the soul of those who perished in the Manchester Arena explosion...we also pray for the safe and fast recovery of those injured...also our thoughts...

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Do You Have A Sound Mind?

Stephen Ray @JediYoda (1646) • Samoa 21 May 17

In today's world all of us need to observe mental health in the same way that we need to maintain our physical health. A sound mind in a sound body comes into mind. Mental Hygiene is simply the process of maintaining our...

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Virtue, High Ideals And Heroism...

Stephen Ray @JediYoda (1646) • Samoa 20 May 17

"But let this not blind you to what virtue there is; many persons strives for high ideals; and everywhere life is full of heroism", says the poem "Desiderata". Despite the existence of trickery in the world we are reminded about...

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The World Is Full Of Trickery

Stephen Ray @JediYoda (1646) • Samoa 17 May 17

"Exercise caution in your business affairs; for the world is full of trickery", says the poem "Desiderata". People indeed are the same wherever you go...there's always the good and the bad. It's human nature. We are reminded by...

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Are You Interested In Your Career?

Stephen Ray @JediYoda (1646) • Samoa 14 May 17

What is your career and are you still interested in your career? Are you proud of your career no matter how humble it is? One's career is your posession or property in a sense. Everything is in constant change, sunrise and...

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Are You Enjoying Your Achievements And Your Plans?

Stephen Ray @JediYoda (1646) • Samoa 12 May 17

"Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans" says the poem "Desiderata". What are your achievements in life? What are your plans in life? Are you enjoying both your achievements as well as your plans? Many people has already...

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Nothing Compares To You...

Stephen Ray @JediYoda (1646) • Samoa 10 May 17

One of the things I don't like is comparing myself to others. Comparing oneself to other person is not fair to yourself. All persons are unique individual in his or her way. Everybody has its own personality. I am who I am...I...

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~~~Another Day~~~

Stephen Ray @JediYoda (1646) • Samoa 10 May 17

Good morning everyone or good afternoon or good evening wherever you are fellow myLotters. Another morning has broken...another brand new day in Samoa. Its almost 7:35 a.m. here, Thursday, and we are having rain this morning. I'll...

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Do You Avoid Loud And Agressive Persons?

Stephen Ray @JediYoda (1646) • Samoa 9 May 17

"Avoid loud and agressive persons; they are vexatious to the spirit", says the line in the poem "Desiderata". There are lots of loud and agressive persons whom we meet in the road of life. Their loudness and agressiveness is...

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Vanity of Vanities

Stephen Ray @JediYoda (1646) • Samoa 7 May 17

It doesn't makes sense at all reading the opening Chapter of "The Book of Ecclesiastes" (Ecclesiates 1:2) when King Solomon says, "Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher; all is vanity".(NKJV) So strange for King Solomon to have...

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President Emmanuel Macron of France

Stephen Ray @JediYoda (1646) • Samoa 7 May 17

As I wacth the CNN and BBC News and read online the other news and from all indication Emmanuel Macron is the most likely winner in the French Election over his contender Marine Le Pen. Emmanuel Macron's presidency will have big...

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Do You Listen To The Story Of The Dull And The Ignorant?

Stephen Ray @JediYoda (1646) • Samoa 6 May 17

We love to listen only to the things that our ears wants to hear. But the 4th line of the poem "Desiderata" clearly says, "...and listen to others, even the dull and the ignorant; they too have their story." Everyone loves a...

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Are You Speaking Your Truth Quietly And Clearly?

Stephen Ray @JediYoda (1646) • Samoa 5 May 17

"Speak your truth quietly and clearly..." says the 4th line of the poem "Desiderata" by Max Ehrmann. Are you speaking the truth? Are you speaking the truth quietly and clearly? Why there is a need to speak out the truth quitely...

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Are You In Good Terms With All Persons?

Stephen Ray @JediYoda (1646) • Samoa 3 May 17

"As far as possible without surrender be on good terms with all persons", is the second line of the poem "Desiderata" by Max Ehrmann. Being in good terms simply means being friendly with someone or being able to be friends with...

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Go Placidly Amid The Noise And Haste...

Stephen Ray @JediYoda (1646) • Samoa 1 May 17

The first line of the poem "Desiderata" recognizes the "noise" and "haste" in our life. However, despite the noise and haste we are reminded to "go placidly". Placidly comes from the latin word "placidus", meaning peaceful. While...

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