How many people believe in psychic energy and the law of attraction or positive thinking? The premise of course is that we are capable of determining what we have and how we live. Some people have spent their lives trying to figure out the secret and how to use the power of the mind. I certainly believe in affirmation and visualization because I know it works.

Many people believe in the law of attraction and of course there are many courses out there to help us obtain our wants and desires. They say that Einstein only used a 10th of his brain power and that the rest of us use around 6% can you imagine what we could accomplish if we knew how to harness the power of the mind?

Does the world we live in effect us or is it the opposite way around, do we effect the world around us? We know that if we concentrate hard enough and think positive thoughts that we can indeed reach our goals and desires, but of course they aren’t just going to appear out of thin air we have to actively do something to make it happen.

Do your actions make you think or are your actions caused by your thoughts? Are you in control of your fate? Most people think before they act, but not all, some are very impulsive and take action before they have thought about what the consequences might be for that action. I certainly believe in positive thought and that the results of our actions are determined by our thoughts.

Whether they’re conscious or not, our thoughts do determine what and who we are. I have always heard that if you can think it then you can achieve it and If our thoughts cause us to act and not the other way around then that action results in helping us to obtain our goal and not some disastrous result that we hadn’t even considered by acting first and then thinking.

Okay I’m giving myself a headache from thinking and I’m starting to confuse even me so I’ll leave this post at this point for the time being and thank Ann of Snap Edit Scrap for passing the following award to me. Update: I am now adding Cute As A Buggy today November 10th because she gave me the same award and I’m grateful to both bloggers for the honor.

Social Networking is here to stay and there are hundreds that you can join, but who in the world has time? I belong to a few of the major ones, but I really don’t participate much anymore because of people spamming me. The main reason people join of course is to make new friends, but they really started booming when marketers realized this was a great medium for meeting potential new clients and to expand their business.

One of the biggest and most popular business networking site is of course Linkedin and they have somewhere around 12.5 million members. This social networking site is designed to give registered users a way to maintain contact with people they know so those within the connection can use it to find business opportunities, find jobs and new contacts as well as review or recruit potential candidates and they’ve been around since 2003.

The most socializing I do these days is through Entrecard because it serves my purposes best. When I first started online I got involved in a small chatroom and it became like a small family and many of us actually met up in real life. I would say we were very lucky because there are a lot of psychopaths out there that use that medium to prey on unsuspecting people. Of course now that I’m older I would never choose to meet anyone offline, but that’s just me.

I guess I’m just not as ambitious or as social as I use to be. Many online businesses have events each year where all the posters get together and have a great time. They get to know each other by posting in the forums and commenting on the various blogs so they already feel like they know these people and I think that’s great and it always sounds like they have a wonderful time. Conventions and other huge events held in a public place are much safer than planning private meetings, just keep that in mind.

Social Networking has really come a long way from the days of chatrooms, instant messaging, and just e-mail. You should always be very careful about the information you put on your personal profile when you join these social sites. I know everyone knows the dangers of ever posting their social security number, address, phone number or where they go to school or work.

I actually had a big shock once when I told someone that I considered a friend online where I actually worked and they showed up unannounced. Now that was a creepy experience and I realized how stupid I had been later. Of course I felt like I had a stalker and I learned a very valuable lesson about giving too much information. Some people haven’t been so lucky especially young people that have problems and end up being someones prey.

I have met up with many old friends through MySpace, Facebook,  and Classmates and it’s always fun catching up on everyone’s life and what they are doing now, but I detest reunions so I’m quite sure I wont be going to any. Many people enjoy these social networking sites and make use of them because they’re usually free and more marketers are utilizing this free form of advertising for their businesses.

I personally find that too much involvement in all these social networking websites tend to lessen real interaction between people, but they have their uses, but use them wisely. I know people really love networking because most of us are very social beings, but many can’t interact in real life, so online becomes a way to be the social people we really want to be. Online people can write and say what they please with out looking anyone in the eye.

This is my last word on social networking because I’m certainly not good at it online or in my real world, apparently I am not a social being.

Last year I posted on my blog “What Does It Take To Produce All Our Stuff”  an gave a link to an excellent source that explains why we are partly in the global crisis we face now.

I wholeheartedly recommend that everyone watch the 20 minute video if you have a chance. It’s called “The Story Of Stuff“ believe me it will totally blow you away.

I know we all want to do our part to help make the world we live in a better place for everyone and you’ll find many resources on the website above to help us do just that.

I know you’ll enjoy the interactive video as much as I did and it may give you a new perspective on our consumer consumption habits.

If you haven’t watched it before I wholeheartedly recommend you do so now.It’s been around since 2007 so if you have never seen it I’m sure maybe your children have because they are using it in schools now.

Talk with them and see what they know, I’m sure you may be surprised. We really can make a better world for ourselves and our children if we work together.