To prepare to live in the real world, belonging to God,
Begins here and now, without thought or wonder
Whether we ought to accept or deny The Sacred Words of Our Father.

Let us make a Holy start to live life right on Earth
The same kind of Living practiced in Heaven.

Let us begin to carry only pure Love in our Hearts
With God and His Family - Jesus Christ and Our Precious Mary.

Let us take steps toward embracing Our Father in Heaven
In our spirits and minds, bodies and hearts
As we Live another blessed day gifted to us by Christ,
Because, the only real way to live Life is with Love
The unchanged kind belonging to the Principals above.

copyright - Rm2007

I wish for you peace and harmony each new day.

I wish for you bliss and ecstasy with every beat that your heart takes.

I wish for you, solace and joy, because you give these elements to the world throughout the year - to the elderly, the adults, to all the girls and boys.

I wish for you the very best because you give the best of yourself in all the things you do. You make Life larger than Life in the eyes of everyone around you, families and friends and even strangers.

I wish for you love, always from my heart to yours, because you know how to love from the Heart and Soul.

I wish for you a bright Christmas that will only reflect a sparkling light like the snowflakes and the silent, shimmering night stars, because you know its meaning and celebrate it with real reason.

I wish for you only goodness, because you know how to appreciate all the goods things Life has to offer.

I wish for you a Beautiful and Blessed New Year most of all.

copyright - Rm2007

I've often wondered, how can people just simply disappear? We all know that people can and do seem to just disappear, from Natalie Holloway on the beach in Aruba, or Tara Grinstead in a small town Georgia, and most recently the baffling disappearance of Madeline McCann during a vacation trip to Portugal. ( Her parents, the McCanns are from the United Kingdom)

It is even more disturbing when we realize that many people who have disappeared had a lot going on in their lives, thus making a sudden and voluntary exit from their normal routines and relationships seem so unlikely, and so bewildering.

Is it possible for people to simply vanish? (In the television drama, Without a Trace, they always find the missing person, either dead or alive and there is always a reason or motive as to why the missing person left everyone and everything behind.)

Every missing person leaves a trail of personal history. There is not only physical evidence, but a social history and a psychological history to be investigated. Every human relationship leaves a "tattoo" of sorts imprinted on those they have touched or interacted with. This is to be researched and analyzed, and where the "answers" often can be found. I don't think people simply disappear into thin air. It may appear as if they do, but in reality someone out there knows something. It's just a matter of getting them to open up and tell what they know and we all know how difficult that can be in some of these missing persons cases, sadly enough.

Good investigative techniques must be used here. Modern day technology often clarifies cases of disappearances. Credit card transactions leave a paper trail behind, dittos for computer or internet online activities such as e-mail, or web-surfing. Cellular telephone calls can be revealing to investigators who can often determine who last spoke with the missing person. Cellular telephones also have built-in GPS technology that can help pinpoint the exact location of the cellular telephone user (the missing person.)

There are some so called "social networks" that are often used by criminals to entrap unsophisticated or careless victims. The evildoer can easily hide by using phony names, bogus addresses, and fake photos. Sadly this new area of technology is one of the new frontiers of disappearances, murders, rapes, beatings, abductions et cetera. Some minds are like concrete throughly mixed up and permanently set.

A good investigator, can "connect the dots," if he or she has excellent psychological insights, is a good observer, and has a solid grasp of what motivates people. We know that in every crime or suicide there is a motive, whether rational or not. To me, it's not really possible for someone to just vanish. Once we remove the improbable or unlikely scenarios of a disappearance, we can get that much closer to the truth.

In this day and age, we know that to be hurt and betrayed is inevitable; so why not kick up your boots and deliver your revenge onto those who have deliberately caused you grief?

Let’s face it. Most of us have too much passion and smarts to sit back and forgive. For most, there is zero fun in forgiving.

Of course, some people feel uneasy about revenge. They feel that this sort of action would not only diminish them, but also spotlight the worst in them. Those people feel that revenge is wrong, no matter how you look at it, no matter what injustice or grievance was thrown at you. Okay, they are entitled to their opinion. But, what do they know, really?

(Is it possible that those who are anti-revenge may be guilty of deliberately hurting people and hence, expect the people they have injured to simply settle into a comfortable sitting position, swallow the grief imposed upon them and forgive the culprit? Is the worst in people who seek revenge come up to the surface because of the wrong that had been done to them?)

Many of us rarely feel comfortable about turning the other cheek when they have been emphatically wronged, particularly when the other cheek has been slapped emotionally, spiritually and/or mentally and sometimes, more than once, to wear it thin. Perhaps from experience, they feel much more comfortable getting even than getting mad. How many people will agree that revenge is more satisfying than to forgive, again and over again? Eventually, forgiving people are the ones who end up being stomped on more than a doormat.

Although revenge is not always good, it is not always bad. It’s a matter of knowing the difference between good and bad revenge, and the difference depends upon how far you go.

To be certain, there is a big difference between growth-promoting revenge and destructive revenge. Growth-promoting revenge strengthens our sense of self. We never demand respect we command it because we deserve to protect ourselves. Whenever we choose to act on growth-promoting revenge, we automatically let the culprit(s) know that under no circumstances is he or she allowed to hurt us without paying a price in the end. This is positive revenge.

However, destructive revenge can often backfire by turning its ugly head around and hurting you or innocent people. This kind of revenge is messy, uncontrollable and pointless. Whenever destructive revenge recoils on its maker, the intense level of hostility only escalates. At the end, the destructive revenge is not only a waste of time and energy, but it almost always ends badly. Whenever an injured or wronged person is consumed with desperately seeking revenge, it can only defeat the purpose. Where’s the fun in that?

When you seek revenge, it ought to make you feel better and, at minimum, relieved that the grief-and-pain rattlesnake did not escape punishment for his or her cruel behavior. It ought to make you feel good enough to want to tap-dance into the future with a better perspective. Self approval is, after all, the opportunity to allow us to express anger when we have been deliberately wronged. And the method is to match the punishment with the crime.

Closing -
Take your time and carefully mull over the injustice bestowed upon you. Consider growth-promoting revenge as your chosen method of payback. Proceed, as you wish, to make certain that much sooner than later you will feel better.

Most of the time, seeking revenge outweighs sitting around, moaning, groaning and relishing the idea that one day he or she will get what he or she deserves. It definitely beats waiting for what goes around to come around. Why sit and wait for later to arrive when you can get it over and done with sooner by taking action now?

Many of us will agree that revenge is far more rewarding than suffocating in the passive portrayal of a victim - a victim who is constantly self-blaming and forgiving others while the doormat is being worn-out. Only then, revenge could be as sweet as justice should be.

How sweet is revenge? It can be as sweet as you want it to be . . .