Self-Actualization

Opportunity Of A Lifetime

January 9, 2012
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Opportunity Of A Lifetime

Surroundings make a difference. As I write this I am not at the usual Starbuck’s location. I ran into someone who once again has seriously been offering me the opportunity to sell for him on commission only, of course.   I realize that people have this stereo-type image of who a salesman is, from what he looks like to how he dresses, and the speed at which he talks. I realize there are sort of images that people have, and fully detailed images about what succes really looks likes, so here it is folks, this is the absolute best that I can do. My screen went blank about three times in a row. Despite what all the well meaning folks at Apple have told me, I am pretty concerned about his computer crashing with all its info and files. Also, people in general do not typically share even a small part of my dream, so therefore I use images, when words fail, and quote authors, or movies, when images fail, and when all else fails, I do what anyone else would eventually do.             I have talked to dozens of people, I have shared enough

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My Black Friday.

November 25, 2011
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NYC WTC Area Through A Bus Shelter

On writing; to become an author, one needs to actually develop the voice which already resides inside, yet needs to have some sort of external shell, coating  or covering, removed in order to become who or what you already are. We Are What We Are About To Become. Stephen C. Sanders- Black Friday November 25, 2011 8:38am 881 words.     While the rest of the world is obsessed on getting some “great deals on all kinds of merchandise, I am really overly concerned with all my virtual property.-Stephen C. Sanders, My Black Friday.   First I need to apologize to my regular readers. This website is still my “oldest modern website”, and I suppose will always occupy a special place, at least on the internet. I was about to say this website will always occupy a special place in my heart however that phrase sounded to common and far to sentimental. Now why do I say that, I don’t really know, maybe it has something to do with black friday. I sometimes find it hard to be sentimental about something, that at least on some level represents this huge effort, to keep things moving in the proper direction. Let me

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Hoshana Rabbah- Were all in this together!

October 18, 2011
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Arovos, represents the Jew who neither good deeds nor keeps religious rituals.

Stephen C. Sanders-”Were All In This Together” orig 647 words at 7:02pm now 1,182 Words 8:27pm-EST- revision- Hoshanah Rabbah 2011 has begun! Aharon Moshe Sanders, October 18, 2011 (with video explanation courtesy of becomingjewish.org) I have been doing quite a bit of restyling lately. The restyling of my websites I suppose is obvious to anyone who has been visiting them. Additionally while parnasa (the income that we all somehow need to obtain, to pay for the essentials in life) has not been the cornerstone of my existence over the last four to five years, I could honestly state that it has been become an major focus at least since November of last year. That being the case the article I am writing “live” at the present moment takes on even a greater significance. Self-actualization is one of those ongoing pieces of work which people are naturally driven to. So the fact that I have identified a major life re-focus over the last year, it should be no surprise to me, that this article did not actually develop into an assessment of what I have hoped to accomplish. The current holiday period which we are now in the midst in the original

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Intelligent Design-Holy Torah.

September 13, 2011
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Woodstock Just In Love

This probably will be one of the shortest posts I will be writing on this website. The truth is when I there is a certain amount of pressure to conform to deadlines, start dates, and appointments, things get done. On one of my BlogSpot blogs I recently posted a comment that at one time I had actually taught a full program at a public high and then afterwards taught no less than four additional preps (4 different classes in different subjects) at a Yeshiva which required a significant commute. Ebbs and flows are natural cycles that are build into every aspect of the world in which we live. While I have been significantly involved in developing dozens of new websites (mostly for my own purposes) I also am faced with the results of imperfect planning. Sometimes we can become significantly sidetracked even by our own work. The amazing thing is how the offers for work fly in, when I am required to do my most effective thinking and planning on my own part. Getting caught up in the thinking and planning stages of any given project, is an extremely significant important thing to understand with all of its subtle implications.

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The Calm Before The Storm

August 26, 2011
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The Calm Before The Storm

With this post I am finally taking this website into a new direction. Now that I have revealed a little bit about how I name this website, I thought a little more information about the writer, the dreamer, the poet who’s thoughts get written here. They say the darkest the hour, is always before the dawn. Its a saying who’s original author may have simply been pushed aside by pop culture. Certainly in my circles everyone associates that idea with the song by Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young.   Additionally there is no doubt that people’s minds over here on the east coast must certainly be on, the recent and upcoming events. What could i possibly be speaking of on this website of mine (one amongst perhaps a dozen or so) yet this is the one site where my where my strongest readership is in the New York City area. Statistics Summary for thewriterscafe.org Thewriterscafe.org has a three-month global Alexa traffic rank of 980,759. We estimate that 87% of its visitors are in the US, where it has attained a traffic rank of 124,284. Visitors to the site view an average of 11.0 unique pages per day. The site is relatively

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A Story of A Name

August 16, 2011
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A Story of A Name

The story behind the name, and the website, how it all began-By Stephen C. Sanders- August 16, 2011 3:25pm EST This web site has come a long way, only with a a very constant and varied level of effort over time.   Perhaps a brief digression regarding the initial thought behind this website might be in order. My previous web production was a very analytic yet deeply philosophical analysis regarding a play that I had seen produced in the Shakespeare in the Park series in Central Park, New York City. The play. The Seagull, was written by Anton Chekhov, and Natalie Portman, and Meryl Streep (amongst others) appeared in this production. I mentioned the play above in context to tell how the plan for this website “fell into place”. -S. Sanders-   If one were forced to either critique for better or worse my particular writing style, I believe it could summed up as, a series of digressions from digressions.

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Foundtion of the Fast- Tisha B’Av.

August 7, 2011
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Publisher’s Note: If one is trying to upload original Videos using YouTube, the amount of time it takes is incredibly slow. Unfortunately this problem has slowed down this series almost to standstill. There has got to be a better way! There are perhaps half a dozen of these videos left and there simply has to be a better way to upload these large files! Rabbi Singer shlita of Passaic Torah Institute in rare form using established mussar text translates the original Hebrew and explains as he goes. The foundation of a fast, what the fast is supposed to accomplish. Rabbi Shlomo Singer of Passaic Torah Institute using established mussar text translates the original Hebrew and explains as he goes. The foundation of a fast, what the fast is supposed to accomplish.

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New Direction Writing For A Purpose

August 7, 2011
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New Direction Writing For A Purpose

Self-Expression was and continues to be a major feature and author defined goal for this website. However like so many things in life, the author’s plans and goals continue to change as this website moves forward. Adapting to the new plans which the author is embracing is a necessary component keeping the followers of this website informed of what this website is, and what it hopes to become. We are what we are about to become, has been a repeated theme of this website. As in fusing old theory and new paradigms together. As the author’s understanding of topics discussed on this website changes (or matures) so does the overall focus of this website change. Additionally even the author’s basis of understanding of the various issues and matters discussed on this website has been expanded. Some of the author’s opinions have likewise moved in a new direction. As it becomes increasingly more difficult to definitively categorize what this website may indeed be all about, please do not be surprised if content once long associated with this website has found its way to a different website of this publisher.   In conclusion an individual who might be new to the world of website

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Multi Video Series: Mussar- Tisha B’Av August 2, 2011

August 5, 2011
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Rabbi Shlomo Singer Shliat- Introduction of Multi-Part, Multi Days explanation of the spiritual values of a Fast and application in Tish B’Av. August 2, 2011.

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Getting Ready To Mourn-

July 31, 2011
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Getting Ready To Mourn-

Stop putting life on hold, take your one shot now, life is not a dress rehearsal.-AhMbDvd Rosh Chodesh (Aleph) Av 5771-Stephen C. Sanders, August 1, 2011 4:10pm EST (complete) Novel approach to the old rules. – Or Everything I have always wanted to say about the period known as the “nine days” but was too worried about what everyone might think about me as Torah Observant Jew, to say them on a public website. When I decided to take on the orthodox or Torah Observant lifestyle I new from the beginning that there was going to be a fair amount of things “expected of me” which I would not always be so terribly enthusiastic about doing.   Now I could go on to tell you a whole bunch of humorous stories like when I was at my cousins in Israel on a thursday night and had no plans or even an idea where or with whom my daughter and I would spend Shabbos with, or I could just launch into what I really came here to say…… Okay, so I didn’t have something planned so I called someone who according to this Rabbi I knew in Passaic lived either in or close to

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