LATE SPRING BANK HOLIDAY MONDAY 27th MAY 2013 07:05 BST

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1. THIS DAY IN WORLD WAR 2 (27th May 1943)
On the Russian Front...
German forces repel Soviet attacks in the Kuban.

In France...
Jean Moulin conducts first meeting of representatives from eight Resistance movements, the Comite National de la Resistance.

In the Atlantic...
US vessel John Worthington sunk by U-154

In Washington DC...
Winston Churchill and General George C.Marshall depart for conferences in North Africa

In the Pacific...
On Attu Island, US 7th Infantry Division secures Fish Hook Ridge.
Japanese vessel Kochi Maru sunk by USN submarine Finback
USN submarine Runner departs Midway Island and vanishes, cause unknown

In China...
Battle of Western Hupei (South Yangtze Operation): Japanese 11th Army captures large amounts of Chinese river shipping on the Yangtze and moves it down the river.

Today's Air Raids...
Jena and Essen, Germany by RAF Bomber Command
Frisian Islands minelaying offshore by RAF Bomber Command
Belgium Fighter patrols by RAF and US 8th Air Force
St. Nazaire, France by US 8th Air Force
Sardinia military targets by USAAF
Pantelleria Island on the Italian garrison by USAAF
Lae, New Guinea by RAAF and US 5th Air Force
New Guinea military targets by US 5th Air Force

2. TODAY IN MY LIFE
Blogging
Bathtime
The Milk Run
Ironing
Intuitively thereafter.

3. TODAY'S SELF-OBSERVATION
A return to the Discipline of Surrender has greatly helped in the Discipline of Grounding as I pursue my ultimate spiritual objective - to be continually superconscious without interruption.

In a day with few distractions, yesterday was fairly easy to keep focused on, and it's important to make the most of such days in preparation for more distracting ones. A delicious 2.5 hour meditation was particularly enjoyable.

The Discipline of Surrender, when you are not being distracted, is also highly pleasurable. It is an act of faith in which the ego and the intellect surrender control and submit to the intuition. What most people consider themselves is in reality simply a point of awareness in space. Once you accept that "You" is actually everything you experience, that there is nothing outside of you, then fear evaporates and intellect can happily allow intuition to control it. The sensation is very similar to hypnosis, where your consciousness relaxes and opens itself to suggestion. There's a profound sense of relief as something beyond your consciousness takes over, but rather than being a hypnotist, it's your own intuition. The resultant feeling of peace is utterly delicious!

4. TODAY'S QUESTION FOR YOU
What is controlling you mind?

5. TODAY'S WEATHER IN BRADFORD
Dry and sunny start.
Cloud will build from mid-morning but it will remain dry until early next morning.
A moderate southerly wind will blow throughout.
Max Temp = 12 degC
Min Temp = 7 degC
Sunrise at 04:48
Sunset at 21:20

6. TODAY'S ONELINER
Losing a husband can be hard - sometimes they refuse to leave! : D

7. NOW THAT'S FUNNY!
Jimmy Carr encounters a sexually liberated member of his audience

8. TRIVIA

Women are more likely to develop osteoporosis because they typically have less bone mass to start with than men do. Women undergoing menopause also experience a sudden loss of oestrogen, a sex hormone that helps build and maintain healthy bones.

 

9. THE WISDOM I'VE LEARNED FROM OTHERS

"When you come to the end of all the light you know, and it’s time to step into the darkness of the unknown, faith is knowing that one of two things shall happen: Either you will be given something solid to stand on or you will be taught to fly." - Edward Teller

SUNDAY 26th MAY 2013 08:12 BST

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1. THIS DAY IN WORLD WAR 2 (26th May 1943)
In the Baltic...
Soviet submarine SC-408 sunk by Kriegsmarine warships

In Yugoslavia...
A major battle between Axis troops and encircled partisans in Montenegro

In the Atlantic...
U-436 sunk by Allied warships

In Canada...
Meat rationing is introduced

In the Pacific...
On Attu Island, with heavy air and offshore naval gunfire in support, US 7th Infantry Division begins clearing Fish Hook Ridge.
IJN submarines begin the evacuation of the Japanese garrison on Kiska Island.
Japanese vessel Tainan Maru sunk by USN submarine Pogy
IJN gunboat Shoei Maru sunk by USN submarine Whale
USN submarine Trout lands men, equipment, and money on Basilan Island in the Philippines for intelligence operations

Today's Air Raids...
Netherlands Fighter patrols by US 8th Air Force
Northern France RAF Fighter Patrols
Golfo Aranci, Italy by USAAF
Sardinia Military targets by USAAF
Sicily military targets by USAAF
Pantelleria Island on the Italian garrison by USAAF
Kiska Island by US 11th Air Force

2. TODAY IN MY LIFE
Blogging
The Milk Run
Missus Time
Lunch
Meditation
Me Time
Missus Time

Twitter Followers = 1,674 (up 1)
Nonfollowed eliminated = 0
Unfollowers eliminated = 0

3. TODAY'S SELF-OBSERVATION
How wonderful to be sat in the early morning on the client couch with a mugful of coffee gazing out at my cherry tree and the blue sky! This is the life! What a sad waste of this precious and temporary life experience if all one thought about was the job you had to do next! Most days at home are currently paradise, with abundant love, warmth and comfort, and the added bonus of Missus' nails being dragged down my hairy back every night before sleep, truly the most blissful ecstatic physical pleasure ever.

I rate the nails experience far superior to sex because I don't have to do anything - just lie there and absorb pleasure. Sex however remains important. It is, besides being physically good for you, an important psychological affirmation of a relationship. From a personal viewpoint, satisfying Missus' libido and making her cum is important to my ego. Though I have erectile dysfunction, I am fortunately not impotent, and get round the former by medication when I can afford it, regular doses of peanuts for the L-argenine (a protein essential to getting erections) and taking the time neccessary to "warm myself up" before sex.

Though I could quite happily be celibate these days, even if there was no partner to satisfy, I would still have an orgasm a day for all the many health benefits, particularly in reducing the risk of Prostate Cancer. To increase your odds of a long quality life, it's important to keep everything moving and flowing.

On the spiritual level I am still fine-tuning the Discipline of Mindfulness. It occurred to me yesterday to put more focus on the Reiki principle of "connection to the Source". As a human being you are the Universe experiencing itself from a single point. In most cases, that experience is so total that the experience is that of an individual IN the Universe. In some human beings however, the consciousness recognises itself - this is called Enlightenment. But that is only a beginning - the human experience is so intense and involving, that awareness can fade in and out. The challenge once Enlightenment has occurred is to strengthen that awareness so it is continuous and uninterrupted.

The individual point of awareness that a human being is does not have the strength to keep up continual focus in the face of continual distraction. However it does have the capacity to be a portal through which the Universe can move. To do this, that point of awareness needs to simply relax and submit, and allow the Universe to flow through it. This is like a finger with a will of its own realizing that it is part of the body and better off letting the brain command it. The finger then simply relaxes and allows the nerve impulses from the brain to move it.

In a similar way, in affirming its connection to the Universal Source, the human mind relaxes and submits to its guiding impulses, which you experience as intuition. The analogy is limited in scope however. The human body is essentially harmonious and subject to the brain. The majority of the elements of the Universe are ignorant of the whole and frequently and in every sense "collide". An individual element must therefore, whether Enlightened or not, defend itself to maintain itself against others.

Consequently, any life experience, Enlightened or not, will involve both love and aggression, both destruction and creation, positive and negative, for light can only be known if there is darkness. The only way a single entity such as the Universe can develop form is to polarise itself, to heap the energy at opposite values.

In this human experience, the awareness is dissociated from the power, as if all your awareness was of a being single finger. This does not mean the rest of you isn't there - in fact you are being maintained by the rest. When you relax and submit to your intuition, the guidance of your True Self, you will enjoy the best possible experience. Like body from the viewpoint of a finger, so the Universe can marvel at itself from the viewpoint of a single human being.

4. TODAY'S QUESTION FOR YOU
Who or what would you submit to?

5. TODAY'S WEATHER IN BRADFORD
Dry and sunny all day and evening, and clear overnight.
A moderate north-westerly wind will gradually ease and veer south-westerly overnight.
Max Temp = 15 degC
Min Temp = 7 degC
Sunrise at 04:50
Sunset at 21:19

6. TODAY'S ONELINER
Never wear a hearing aid as you get older - if you do, people will expect you to listen to them. : D

7. NOW THAT'S FUNNY!
Iliza Shlesinger on annoying people at parties

8. TRIVIA

Quakers, such as George Cadbury, amassed a great fortune producing drinking chocolate as an alternative to alcohol.

 

9. THE WISDOM I'VE LEARNED FROM OTHERS

"Expecting the world to treat you fairly because you are a good person is like expecting the bull not to charge you because you are a vegetarian." - Rabbi Harold Kushner

 

SATURDAY 25th MAY 2013 08:27 BST

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1. THIS DAY IN WORLD WAR 2 (25th May 1943)
In Bulgaria...
Jews are ordered out of the city and into the countryside

In the Mediterranean...
U-414 sunk by RN corvette HMS Vetch

In the Atlantic...
U-467 sunk by USN aircraft south of Iceland

In the Pacific...
US 7th Infantry Division, with heavy air support, attack Fish Hook Ridge on Attu Island.

Today's Air Raids...
Dusseldorf, Germany by RAF Bomber Command
Belgium Fighter patrols by US 8th Air Force
Northern France Fighter patrols by RAF Fighter Command
Abbeville Airfield, France by RAF Bomber Command
Brighton and Folkestone, England by the Luftwaffe
Calabria and Messina, Sicily by USAAF
Pantelleria Island on the Italian garrison by USAAF
Kiska Island by US 11th Air Support
Madang and military targets, New Guinea by US 5th Air Force
Cape Gloucester, New Britain by US 5th Air Force
Buthidaung, Burma by the RAF

2. TODAY IN MY LIFE
Blogging
Missus Time
Shift 2 of the Weekend Job
Missus Time

Twitter Followers = 1,673 (down 1)
Nonfollowed eliminated = 0
Unfollowers eliminated = 2
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3. TODAY'S SELF-OBSERVATION
Managing my strong emotions is a daily struggle , but I have got increasingly better at it. I have long-since accepted that the emotional reactions I experience are internal chemistry not of my choosing, so I have no sense of guilt about them. That still leaves me with the responsibility of managing them.

An emotional reaction is an automatic response to a trigger. Since I cannot eliminate neither the trigger nor the response, the only solution is a counter-response. A negative emotional reaction is a trigger to launch a grounding technique. It's taken me some time to find an effective grounding technique that's potent enough to counteract raging emotion.

The technique I use right now is the visualization of a comfy couch next to a lake. The lake represents my subconscious, out of which thoughts, feelings and impulses leap in the form of fish. Some of these fish are small and inconsequential. Some, set off by raw nerves trod on, are monstrous barracudas.

If my awareness floating is in the lake itself, I can be possessed by these fish and become them. If however I say the command SIT, my awareness can transport itself to the couch, from where I am simply the observer, sissociated from my thoughts and feelings, so becoming still. The lake, without me in the water, ceases to attract fish to the surface and becomes calm.

The technique is effective but requires mental effort and practice, which I'm still working at. Physically sitting and being aware of being sat helps trigger the visualization, and the ultimate aim is to be permanently sat on the couch, not entering the lake at all - continual "superconsciousness".

4. TODAY'S QUESTION FOR YOU
Are you fully in control of yourself?

5. TODAY'S WEATHER IN BRADFORD
Dry, bright and sunny all day and evening.
Cloudy with clear spells all evening.
Wind will be negligible during the day
A moderate north-westerly will pick up in the evening.
Max Temp = 15 degC
Min Temp = 7 degC
Sunrise at 04:51
Sunset at 21:18

6. TODAY'S ONELINER
I should really stop confusing sign language for kung-fu : D

7. NOW THAT'S FUNNY!
Jimmy Carr on fear of spiders

8. TRIVIA
Every 7 seconds, a teenager in the USA gets infected with an STD

9. THE WISDOM I'VE LEARNED FROM OTHERS
"Here is a test to find whether your mission on earth is finished: If you're alive, it isn't." - Richard Bach

 

FRIDAY 24th MAY 2013 09:13 BST

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1. THIS DAY IN WORLD WAR 2 (24th May 1943)
On the Russian Front...
Soviet North Caucasus Front attacking in the Kuban

From Berlin...
Admiral Doenitz suspends U-boat operations against Allied convoys in the North Atlantic due to dwindling success and heavy losses, marking the turning point in the Battle of the Atlantic.

The Kriegsmarine objective had been to sink ships faster than the Allies could build them, causing the British to starve. In fact, the reverse was now happening - submarines were being sunk faster than they could be replaced.

As well as the Americans now producing ships in vast numbers, the Allies had introduced better tactics and technology against which the Kriegsmarine had no answer. The Kriegsmarine was now powerless to prevent the massive build-up of men and materials in Europe that would be used against the German army.

On the US West Coast...
Carrier USS Bunker Hill is commissioned for service.

In the Pacific...
On Attu Island, despite heavy air support, US 7th Infantry Division are still held at Fish Hook Ridge

In China...
Battle of Western Hupei (South Yangtze Operation): Japanese 11th Army breaks through 10th Army Group of Chinese 6th War Area, captures Changyang, and pursues to the northwest, destroying defensive positions west of Ichang

Today's Air Raids...
Reggio di Calabria and Villa San Giovanni, Italy by USAAF
Sardinia military targets by USAAF
Pantelleria Island on the Italian garrison by USAAF
Lae, New Guinea by RAAF Bostons
Rabaul and Gasmata, New Britain by US 5th Air Force
Penfoei, Timor Island by US 5th Air Force

2. TODAY IN MY LIFE
Blogging
Bathtime
Meditation/Me Time
Shift 1 of the Weekend Job
Missus Time

Twitter Followers = 1,674 (up 3)
Nonfollowed eliminated = 0
Unfollowers eliminated = 0
  @ MatthewCoast

3. TODAY'S SELF-OBSERVATION
Thursday was one of those blissful days where everything went to plan and as I sat surrounded by all the creature comforts I have accumulated, I was overwhelmed by gratitude - there was simply nothing left to want! In my life experience I intend to use this abundance to make a positive difference, for that is the purpose I have chosen for myself.

I have learned to be selective. Since my character is limited in time and space, so is what can be achieved, so I will target my energies to where they will make the most difference, and defend myself against people and forces that would undermine my effectiveness.

Having known what it's like to be lost, lonely, confused and frightened, I am profoundly and gratefully relieved to know what I'm doing and why I'm doing it. All I need to do know is to keep my attention on my intention.

It's also important to frequently withdraw from the character I play and simply be what I really am. My spiritual objective is to no longer be distracted from that awareness - for it to be uninterrupted and continual.

Because at least some of the characters are simply expressions of the real "me", no evangelism is necessary, but part of the fulfilment comes from this character being a source of knowledge to which others can access. How many characters become enlightened is, in the overall scheme of things, unimportant, so long as the opportunity is always there while self-conscious characters exist.

If you reach the state of enlightenment, you experience what can only be described as a subtle ecstacy, where consciousness itself is experienced in the form of a very pleasant "hum", the noise of which is most often described as the syllable OM in Sanskrit. It is not an experience you can grip and hold - in fact the reverse is true - you let go of everything and simply pay it attention. You then experience life's ultimate prize - peace of mind.

4. TODAY'S QUESTION FOR YOU
What do you think will bring you peace of mind?

5. TODAY'S WEATHER IN BRADFORD
Showers all day, evening and overnight, some heavy and/or prolonged.
A consistent strong cool north-easterly will ease overnight
Max Temp = 8 degC
Min Temp = 6 degC
Sunrise at 04:52
Sunset at 21:16

6. TODAY'S ONELINER
If at first you don't succeed, retrieve the instructions from the bin. : D

7. NOW THAT'S FUNNY!
Did David Mitchell write horoscopes for a womens' magazine? - very good!

8. TRIVIA
Wolves were once abundant, large and fierce in Britain, a constant menace to both people and livestock. As people grew more numerous, more organized and developed better weapons, wolf populations began to decline.

King Edward I (1272 - 1307) ordered the extermination of all Wolves in England and Wales. Though there were successful wolf-hunts, the majority of wolves were killed by traps. The policy was continued by his successors and by the end of the 15th Century had completely succeeded.

The last documented sighting - and killing of a wolf in England was at Humphrey Head, Kent, during the rein of Henry VII (1485-1509)

Wolves continued to live in the more rugged and less populated terrain of the Highlands of Scotland. Here too however, as human population expanded, Wolves continued to decline. By the end of the 17th Century, Wolves were probably extinct in Britain. The last documented killing of a wolf was in 1680 by Sir Ewan Cameron in Killiecrankie (Perthshire). Reported sightings however continued until 1888.

Since 1999 there has been a campaign to reintroduce Wolves into Scotland to control the deer population and boost tourism, but it has been fiercely opposed by local crofters and to date no such introduction has occurred.

9. THE WISDOM I'VE LEARNED FROM OTHERS
"The whole worth of a kind deed is in the love that inspires it." - The Talmud

THURSDAY 23rd MAY 2013 06:52 BST

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1. THIS DAY IN WORLD WAR 2 (23rd May 1943)
In the English Channel...
Kriegsmarine S-boats lay mines overnight

In the Atlantic...
U-752 heavily damaged and scuttled in attack by rocket-firing Fleet Air Arm Swordfish from RN carrier HMS Archer

In Washington DC...
Churchill makes clear that there will be no independence granted to India due to the ethnic strife that would result.

On the US East Coast...
USN battleship USS New Jersey is commissioned.

In the Pacific...
On Attu Island, US 7th Infantry Division attack around Fish Hook Ridge.
US vessel Stanvac Manila with PT 165 and PT 173 aboard sunk by IJN submarine I-17

In China...
Battle of Western Hupei (South Yangtze Operation): Japanese 11th Army attacking 10th Army Group of Chinese 6th War Area around Changyang.

Today's Air Raids...
Dortmund, Germany by RAF Bomber Command
Netherlands RAF Fighter patrols
Zeebrugge, Belgium by RAF Bomber Command
Hastings, Bournemouth and Sunderland, England by the Luftwaffe
Italy Military targets by USAAF
Pantelleria Island on the Italian garrison by USAAF
Solomon Islands military targets by USAirSols
Gasmata, New Britain by US 5th Air Force
Kavieng, New Ireland by US 5th Air Force

2. TODAY IN MY LIFE
Blogging
Shopping
Mow lawn
Meditation
Me Time
Missus Time

Twitter Followers = 1,671 (down 2)
Nonfollowed eliminated = 2
Unfollowers eliminated = 0

3. TODAY'S SELF-OBSERVATION
A somewhat fragmented yet fulfilling day yesterday, indulging myself, spending quality time with Son and Missus, and making some headway on Son's band website.

My experience and observation of others have caused me to reject utterly the Work Ethic - this philosophy asserts that when you're not at work you should be doing your house or garden up. I have observed those who pursue this philosophy and found them to be a bunch of miserable sods with empty meaningless lives that don't add up to much.

I am instead convinced of the philosophy as life as a mission to fulfil, which doesn't start and end with bricks and mortar. Yes my house and garden are consequently scruffy but my life and mind are not.

And after all, I know that life is only a temporary experience, to be participated in but not clung to, for it is not ultimately what we are. Through meditation and other practices, it's good to withdraw from the role and simply be that Universal Consciousness that everything ultimately is.

4. TODAY'S QUESTION FOR YOU
Are you curious to find out how it really is and who you really are?

5. TODAY'S WEATHER IN BRADFORD
Cloudy with scattered showers in the morning.
Showers will become more frequent in the afternoon
Showers will be mainly clear by evening but it will remain heavily overcast.
A consistently moderate and distinctly cold north-westerly will blow throughout.
Max Temp = 8 degC
Min Temp = 4 degC
Sunrise at 04:53
Sunset at 21:15

6. TODAY'S ONELINER
How can I miss you if you won't go away? : D

7. NOW THAT'S FUNNY!
Eddy Izzard on American and British English

8. TRIVIA

People with extreme anorexia will develop downy body hair that grows on the back, arms, legs, face and neck. This is called lanugo and is the body’s attempt to maintain a normal temperature after losing so much fat. This type of hair requires fewer calories to produce than normal hair.

 

9. THE WISDOM I'VE LEARNED FROM OTHERS

"Always hold your head up, but be careful to keep your nose at a friendly level." - Max L. Forman

WEDNESDAY 22nd MAY 2013 07:00 BST

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1. THIS DAY IN WORLD WAR 2 (22nd May 1943)
In the Black Sea...
Soviet patrol cutter SKA-041 sunk by Luftwaffe aircraft

In Germany...
Adolf Galland pilots a test flight of Me-262 jet fighter, reporting it can allow Germany to regain air superiority

In the Atlantic...
British vessel Alpera sunk by Luftwaffe aircraft off Cape St Vincent
U-569 sunk by aircraft from USN escort carrier Bogue

In the Pacific...
On Attu Island, US 7th Infantry Division attack into the Chichagof Valley. A Japanese airstrike on supporting warships is driven off.

In China...
Battle of Western Hupei (South Yangtze Operation): 39th Infantry Division of Japanese 11th Army joins offensive and 87th Army of Chinese 6th War Area withdraws from Yuyuangkuan area

Today's Air Raids...
Kursk, Russia by the Luftwaffe
Kaimana, New Guinea by Japanese aircraft
Chittagong, India by Japanese aircraft

2. TODAY IN MY LIFE
Blogging
Bathtime
Online marketing/website construction
Meditation
Lad's Time
Missus Time

3. TODAY'S SELF-OBSERVATION
I finally got the housework done but then got involved in researching a new cable/satellite deal. After all that and after several days huffing and puffing, ranting and raging against Virgin Media for poor service, after a family discussion, we actually ended up upgrading our package with them!

Recent large bills, it transpires, were due to Missus calls to Daughter's mobile, so we went for a flat-rate all inclusive package to solve the problem, rather than take the chance of upheaval by switching to Sky. We will give it a few months and review the situation again.

In my temporal life I am in the blissful situation of almost zero stress, with no one on my back - potential antagonists have all been cast out, cut off, or at the Weekend Job, cowered to a comfortable distance. Missus, unlike most wives, almost never nags for stuff. My relationship with Son is my pride and joy, and Daughter, the biggest fly in the ointment, bothers me only in the form of traumatic memory.

Liberated from "firefighting" all day, There is time aplenty to live life and enjoy my little bubble of paradise. My training teaches me not to cling to it, but simply be grateful for the experience, for all things must pass. The only thing that will remain so long as consciousness remains is the joy of having made a difference.

4. TODAY'S QUESTION FOR YOU
How will you get the best out of the good things in your life?

5. TODAY'S WEATHER IN BRADFORD
Dry and cloudy all day, with sunny intervals
Sky will clear in the evening to yield bright sunshine
Mainly dry and clear after dark.
A consistent cool north-westerly wind will strengthen up to early evening.
Max Temp =  12 degC
Min Temp = 7 degC
Sunrise at 04:55
Sunset at 21:13

6. TODAY'S ONELINER
As hearing-aid prices rise, users say "how much?" : D

7. NOW THAT'S FUNNY!
Is it a lie? David Mitchell's pen policy - seriously funny!

8. TRIVIA
Bubonic Plague, the catastrophic "Black Death" of medieval times, is a bacterial infection passed on from the bites of infected rat fleas. The bacteria migrate to the Lymph nodes and multiply rapidly, forming painful black growths called buboes.

In modern civilisation it is almost impossible for such a plague to occur. However plagues themselves remain a threat, particularly from any newly-evolved aggressive airbourne virus.

Viruses and bacteria, no matter how virulent, almost never eradicate an entire species because there are always a few individuals with a natural resistance. These individuals will survive and multiply, restoring the species fairly rapidly.

Evolution tends to favour viruses and bacteria that cause only mild or no symptoms, because since they don't kill their host, they are much more easily spread. A notable exception was the Spanish Flu outbreak of 1918. Highly virulent, it spread rapidly because of the First World War, where large numbers of people were gathered together and on the move. It killed many more people than the war itself.

9. THE WISDOM I'VE LEARNED FROM OTHERS
"Those who want much are always much in need." - Horace

TUESDAY 21st MAY 2013 08:05 BST

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1. THIS DAY IN WORLD WAR 2 (21st May 1943)
In Germany...
Hitler flies from the Wolfsschanze to Berchtesgaden

In the Mediterranean...
U-303 sunk by RN submarine HMS Sickle
Italian vessel Bologna sunk by RN submarine HMS Unbroken
Italian submarine Gorgo sunk by USN destroyer Nields off Algeria

In Alexandria, Egypt...
An interned French naval squadron is recomissioned as a Free French force and joins the Allies

In the Pacific...
On Attu Island, US 7th Infantry Division attack around Clevesy Pass and Fish Hook Ridge .

In Tokyo...
IJN battleship Musashi arrives with the body of Admiral Yamamoto.

Today's Air Raids...
Wilhelmshafen and Emden, Germany by US 8th Air Force
Belgium US 8th Air Force Fighter patrols
North Sea Minelaying by RAF Bomber Command
Reggio di Calabria and Villa San Giovanni, Italy by USAAF
Sardinia Military targets by USAAF
Pantelleria Island by USAAF on the Italian garrison
Wau, New Guinea by Japanese aircraft
Naibre, New Guinea by US 5th Air Force
Rabaul and Gasmata, New Britain by US 5th Air Force
Saumlakki, Molucca Islands by 5th Air Force aircraft
Cox's Bazaar, India by Japanese Aircraft

2. TODAY IN MY LIFE
Blogging
Housework/Garden
Promotional/Marketing work
Meditation
Me Time
Missus Time

Twitter Followers = 1,673 (up 2)
Nonfollowed eliminated = 0
Unfollowers eliminated = 0

3. TODAY'S SELF-OBSERVATION
As a therapist I often teach clients that to move on from a relationship, they must declare it dead. There is a great personal liberation that comes from this. In my case, I've been tempted, and last night seriously tempted, to declare my relationship with Daughter dead.

I guess what stopped me is another important truth I teach - to forgive your child everything between the ages of 12 and 25. At 20, she is still a "work in progress". So, whilst keeping a safe distance, we'll see what happens in the next five years. That said, if there is any further aggression of any kind, it will be an excuse to bring that "cut-off" forward. For now the relationship is "in a coma"

After an ironing marathon yesterday, I am behind schedule in what I wanted to achieve this week, but with more time today, and tomorrow's "lad's time" rescheduled for the evening, I have the opportunity to clear the housework backlog and start on the promotional work I wanted to do.

I am fortunate in that missus puts almost no pressure on me regarding schedules, so I could for example proritise meditation over the housework. Meditation is essential to my personal wellbeing and with the exception of a crisis, I know it's important to do your maintenance on the "machine" before running it.

At a spiritual level, spiritual practices, of which meditation is the most important, keep my consciousness at higher levels, so I can see what I truly am, so preventing needless suffering.

4. TODAY'S QUESTION FOR YOU
Are you looking after yourself so you can look after others?

5. TODAY'S WEATHER IN BRADFORD
Dry but heavily overcast in the morning and afternoon.
Heavy rain arriving in the evening will lighten to showers then drizzle by the following morning.
Wind will be light and northerly
Max Temp = 12 degC
Min Temp = 9 degC
Sunrise at 04:56
Sunset at 21:12

6. TODAY'S ONELINER
I'd like to go into the Body Shop and shout out really loud "I've already got one!" : D

7. NOW THAT'S FUNNY!
Christina Davis on being on an Australian in America

8.TRIVIA
Researchers report that the vast majority of sexually abused children do not grow up to be offenders. However, paedophiles and psychopaths were almost always neglected or abused as children.

9. THE WISDOM I'VE LEARNED FROM OTHERS
"Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition of benevolence, confidence, justice." - Baruch Spinoza