Heaven on Earth

"Heaven on earth is a choice you must make, not a place we must find."
-Wayne Dyer

Some people will always make their source of true happiness something which needs to be found while it is really something that needs to be chosen. Once chosen, anywhere we are becomes a paradise.
- John Kanary

As we continue our search for our perfect paradise we tend to overlook a few things. Our happiness, health and wealth, our personal heaven, lives within us much like a paper doll to be dressed as we see fit; dressed as whatever we seem to believe will make our paradise.

Soul on Fire

"The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor."

-Vince Lombardi

Whatever your goal, it is never too small. Take time to use your short term victories, your 'minors', to fan your soul's fire into a brighter flame. Never relent from your course, as it is commitment that is the worthiest ideal. Others may question your non-negotiable commitment, but the more often this happens, the more you can be sure that your commitment is of admirable strength.

In this life, there is no scarcity, only a lack of resolve.

- John Kanary

Life vs Life Situation

"Forget about your life situation & pay attention to your life. Your life situation exists in time. Your life is now. Your life situation is mind-stuff. Your life is real."

- Eckhart Tolle

Transformers: Optimus Prime

Name: Optimus Prime
Affiliation: Autobot
Sub-Group:Deluxe Vehicles, Leaders, Micro Vehicles
Alternate Mode: Peterbilt Semi-truck
Function: Visionary & Leadership
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Motto: "Freedom is the right of all sentient beings"
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Character Description:
Optimus Prime, Optimus or Prime for short, is a fictional commander of the heroic Autobots & the main protagonist from the Transformers universes. He has become the most recognizable Transformer of the series. He is the powerful, wise leader of the Autobots, a faction of heroic robots from the planet Cybertron who wage their battles to destroy the evil forces of the Decepticons, for control of their homeworld, & by extension, peace in the universe. The immensely kind & compassionate Prime puts all his talent to use to improve the world around him, & has dedicated himself to the protection of all life, particularly the inhabitants of Earth; he will battle his foes with unyielding resolve to uphold this belief. In power & intelligence, Optimus Prime has no equal, known as one of the greatest heroes on both Cybertron & Earth.
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PS: I always leave my best hero for the last!

Independence

"Familiarize yourself with the chains of bondage & you prepare your own limbs to wear them. Accustomed to trample on the rights of others, you have lost the genius of your own independence & become the fit subjects of the first cunning tyrant who rises among you."

- Abraham Lincoln
1809-1865
16th US President

Transformers: Megatron

Name: Megatron
Affiliation: Decepticon
Sub-Group: Micro Vehicles, Leader
Alternate Mode: Cybertronian Jet
Function: Leadership thru fear
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Motto: "Peace through tyranny!"
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Character Description:
The missing Decepticon leader held frozen by Sector 7, Megatron desires power over the Allspark & hates organic lifeforms. Megatron is the primary fictional villain of the Transformers franchise throughout the various "Generation 1" series. Megatron is a Transformer robot, giving him the ability to modify his body's structure into other objects, the original "alternate mode" being a custom Walther P38. It is said that his name is derived from the Greek To Mega Therion (Τὸ Μέγα Θηρίον), which means "The Great Beast" and is a reference to the Book of Revelation. Furthermore Metatron is one of the archangels.

Slander

If slander be a snake, it is a winged one;
it flies as well as creeps.

- Douglas Jerrold,
Specimen's of Jerrold's Wit
in Slander