WEDNESDAY 2nd JULY 2014 06:48 BST

NEW BOOK AVAILABLE NOW!! - ENLIGHTENMENT FOR ORDINARY FOLK

FOR MORE BITE-SIZED WISDOM, CHECK OUT MY TUMBLR PAGE

FOR PERSONAL ISSUES, OR TO FIND OUT WHAT I DO, WHY NOT CHECK OUT MY WEBSITE

1. THIS DAY IN WORLD WAR 2 (2nd July 1944)
On the Russian Front...
Soviet Leningrad Front attacks Finnish defenses around Tali-Ihantala in the Karelian isthmus

Operation Bagration:
Soviet 3rd Byelorussian Front and 1st Byelorussian Front advance toward Minsk to encircle German 4th Army
Hitler belatedly allows a withdrawal from Minsk

In Normandy, France...
Von Rundstedt is relieved of command of German forces in the west
Hausser replaces Dollmann in command of German 7th Army
US 1st Army reorganizes front line with V Corps, XIX Corps, VII Corps, and VIII Corps

In the English Channel...
British vessel Empire Broadsword and USN minesweeper YMS-350 are sunk by mines off Normandy 

In Italy...
British 8th Army captures Foiano
US 5th Army attacking Casole d'Elsa and advances toward Siena 

In the Atlantic...
U-543 is sunk by aircraft from USN escort carrier Wake Island 
Dutch vessel Bodegraven is sunk by U-547
First contingent of Brazilian Expeditionary Force departs Rio de Janeiro for Italy aboard US vessel General W.A. Mann

In the Pacific...
US V Amphibious Corps continues the northward assault on Saipan, capturing Garapan, and Japanese troops retire to their last line of defence overnight

USN Task Force 77 lands US Task Force Cyclone -- 158th Infantry Regiment -- on Noemfoor Island without opposition and Kamiri airfield is quickly captured

In China...
Operation To-Go (Hengyang Operation): Japanese 11th Army, unable to capture the city, suspends attacks on Hengyang until more artillery and other reinforcements arrive

Operation To-Go (Hunan-Kwangsi Operation): Chinese forces counterattack Japanese 11th Army around Yu Hsien and Kuantien

On the Salween Front:
Chinese forces attack Tengchung in monsoon weather 

In India...
Mountbatten and General Slim meet to plan the offensive into Burma 
remnants of Japanese 15th Infantry Division and 33rd Infantry Division are under attack around Ukhrul
Japanese Imperial General Headquarters grants permission for 15th Army to withdraw from the Imphal-Kohima area

In the Indian Ocean...
US vessel Jean Nicolet is torpedoed by IJN submarine I-8, the crew of which then captures and kills some of the survivors 

Today's Air Raids...
V-weapons sites, Northern France by RAF Bomber Command and US 8th Air Force
Budapest, Hungary by US 15th Air Force
Brod and Vinkovci rail yards, Yugoslavia by US 15th Air Force
Tinian Island, Rota Island and Truk Atoll by US 7th Air Force
Manokwari, New Guinea by US FEAF
Tungting Lake area, Hengshan, and military targets in China by US 14th Air Force

2. TODAY IN MY LIFE
Blogging
Shopping
Online promotional work
Meditation
Missus Time


Twitter Followers = 1,759 (no change)
Nonfollowed eliminated = 1
@Dayadasr
Unfollowers eliminated = 0
New followers = 1
@ClassicRockVids

3. TODAY'S SELF -OBSERVATION
It was a pleasant change yesterday having the day entirely to myself. My online promotional work was somewhat hampered by a slow internet but I did some and was generally happy.

My inward intention to live by faith in my Higher Self is not happening quickly, but I made that worse by focusing on the very fact I was focusing on frustration. I have re-aligned focus onto what my objective feels like.

A sign of ageing has been the decreasing reliability of automated tasks - the tasks I do without having to think about them. What used to be "routine" now requires conscious thought! This is part of a general synchronicity about frustration - having my immediate intentions thwarted, and how I respond to it. 

I now fully realize that the effectiveness and fulfilment of my life depends on how I respond to everything. I am beginning to shift my attention away from the immediate circumstances to my own responses - and focusing on responding well.

4. TODAY'S QUESTION FOR YOU
Are you responding well to the unwanted and unexpected.

5. TODAY'S WEATHER IN BRADFORD
Dry, sunny and windless start.
Cloud will build and a moderate south-westerly wind will pick up over the morning.
Staying dry but cloudy and windy from noon
Max Temp = 19 degC
Min Temp = 12 degC
Sunrise at 04:41
Sunset at: 21:41

Jetstream: Running north to south over Western Ireland
Weathertrack: High pressure over Britain will drift south. A deep depression over Iceland will remain static. A depression over the Bay of Biscay is drifting south-east and filling.
Air Pressure: 995 millibars and falling slightly

6. TODAY'S ONELINER
You’re only young once. If you act like a fool after that, you’re gonna need a new excuse.  :D

7. NOW THAT'S FUNNY!  
The Graham Norton Show - Keira Knightley on Sex Faces 

8. TRIVIA
Laika, a Russian stray, was the first living mammal to orbit the Earth, in the Soviet Sputnik spacecraft in 1957. Though she died in space, her daughter Pushnika had four puppies with President John F. Kennedy’s terrier, Charlie.

9. ZEN WISDOM 
Sincere efforts to brighten our surroundings and the lives of others return to illuminate our own final years with dignity. A genuinely happy person is one who has made others happy.