Monday, March 23, 2009
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Integrity
This is a reminder to folks:
Integrity is important - get it, get back to it & live it, learn it!
Integrity is consistency of actions, values, methods, measures, principles, expectations and outcome.
As a holistic concept, it judges the quality of a system in terms of its ability to achieve its own goals. A value system's abstraction depth and range of applicable interaction may also function as significant factors in identifying integrity due to their congruence or lack of congruence with empirical observation.
A value system may evolve over time while retaining integrity if those who espouse the values account for and resolve inconsistencies.
Integrity may be seen as the quality of having a sense of honesty and truthfulness in regard to the motivations for one's actions. The term "hypocrisy" is used in contrast to integrity for asserting that one part of a value system demonstrably conflicts with another, and to demand that the parties holding apparently conflicting values account for the discrepancy or change their beliefs to improve internal consistency.
Integrity is important - get it, get back to it & live it, learn it!
Integrity is consistency of actions, values, methods, measures, principles, expectations and outcome.
As a holistic concept, it judges the quality of a system in terms of its ability to achieve its own goals. A value system's abstraction depth and range of applicable interaction may also function as significant factors in identifying integrity due to their congruence or lack of congruence with empirical observation.
A value system may evolve over time while retaining integrity if those who espouse the values account for and resolve inconsistencies.
Integrity may be seen as the quality of having a sense of honesty and truthfulness in regard to the motivations for one's actions. The term "hypocrisy" is used in contrast to integrity for asserting that one part of a value system demonstrably conflicts with another, and to demand that the parties holding apparently conflicting values account for the discrepancy or change their beliefs to improve internal consistency.
Thursday, March 12, 2009
85%
I am at 85% with just about everything - and, I don't like it. I'm not just good - I'm great. So, for me to be at 85% that means I am doing too much. BUT, how do I reduce the load when I'm doing everything I like!
OR, is 85% ok? Do I have to always be 100%?
This is something I have to figure out - I have to feel good about my "good" work and it not being "excellent"!
I did our taxes for 2008 and I wonder how we even survived 2008 financially! Seriously, things were tough but on paper - they were much tougher than I thought.
WOW.
BUT, I am taking our taxes to get a nearly free membership to the YMCA for the entire family! I am going to put Cleshawn and Alize on there - so, that we can all go to the pool and do activities.
We are doing the landmark forum seminar this weekend. I'm sure I'll have some posts about the forum. It is Fri, Sat, Sun 9 am to 10 pm each day. It is essentially a self help seminar about living authentically and honestly with self and those around you.
I need this. We need this. I am happy we are doing this together.
This is what I'm nervous about - discovering things in my concious that I'm unaware of.
OR, is 85% ok? Do I have to always be 100%?
This is something I have to figure out - I have to feel good about my "good" work and it not being "excellent"!
I did our taxes for 2008 and I wonder how we even survived 2008 financially! Seriously, things were tough but on paper - they were much tougher than I thought.
WOW.
BUT, I am taking our taxes to get a nearly free membership to the YMCA for the entire family! I am going to put Cleshawn and Alize on there - so, that we can all go to the pool and do activities.
We are doing the landmark forum seminar this weekend. I'm sure I'll have some posts about the forum. It is Fri, Sat, Sun 9 am to 10 pm each day. It is essentially a self help seminar about living authentically and honestly with self and those around you.
I need this. We need this. I am happy we are doing this together.
This is what I'm nervous about - discovering things in my concious that I'm unaware of.
Sunday, March 8, 2009
Change
Change is coming! I can feel it - I am nervous for possibilities.
The mind is a powerful "thing" and to control it is a bit scary; mind control to get to truth and authenticity! PURPOSE, Leadership, Community, Family - what matters? Ridding of those folks and things that don't matter; and then making sure that those folks and things that do matter aren't rid of.
My world was turned upside down the second half of last year, just after I had already been turned the first half of last year. I suppose that's would be called a 360, yeah? Yeah, I'd say.
2008 was a year of learning some hard truths; fighting for what was good and letting go of what was bad. I still have some fine tuning to do ... but this is the change I see coming.
Change is surely coming - I am nervous for the possiblities - but, I am opening up to them and preparing.
I see some folks, left behind, still just living in the drama and still living in their past drama ... I am so happy that I fully feel and understand forgiveness so that my life isn't around prooving and outdoing.
I am thankful for the reminder to forgive, forget, and move forward.
Friday, March 6, 2009
Really nothing ....
- Reading Journal
- Women of Color disproporionatly incarcerated ... meeting, planning, mapping, writing, reading ...
- NOMI ... meeting, planning, seminar planning, forming, making it happen
- list after list of tracking ... this and or that ... to show and tell then I suppose proove
- myspace
- driving
- shity diapers
- reheat frozen pizza
- diet coke rather than diet cherry coke
- inhaler
- prednizone
- diet coke
- shitty attitude
- raise my voice
- feel bad about raising my voice
- writing
- journaling my readings
- youtubing angela davis ... bad ass angela davis ... rocks my world angela davis
- youtubing landmark forum
- paying 800 bucks for landmark forum
- thinking of the future ... planning the future
- cridentials commitee for dflers tomorrow
- delegate for ward and city dfl endorsement ... go don ... go rt!
- writing group paper ... draft 2 of paper 2
- messy car
- clean room
- why doesn't she care about his shitty diaper. does she not care?
- unhappy around me
- miss mecca miss mici miss azja
- didn't talk to my mom all week ... what?
- mom's b day sunday ... what to do?
- taxes
- back taxes
- can i get some wic
- mortgage modification ... on purpose? yeah.
- annotation
- public speaking
- bills that are unpaid
- money coming in slow ... draining account quick
- visions of graduation ... enjoying what i am learning
- lazy at work for weeks
- grateful for good work ... getting a commission check
- wishing i was a realtor still ... wondering how i can get license off ice from department of commerce ... pay a fee? 80 bucks.
- tabs ticket
- cliffs new speed ticket
- child support court ... missin the cali kid
- busy saturday ....
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Caucus 3/2/2009
"Hi, my name is Nicole Doran, I am Precinct Captain for Don Samuels City Council reelection. I hope you'll support Don Samuels."
Just practicing! This is an easy conversation for me to have and I am super proud to be Precinct Captain for my precinct. Don is one of the most savvy down to earth from the bottom up kinda leader in the political world. He knows how to build bridges and bring money to the community and work to get that money on the communities terms.
This work inspires me. In fact, we are spending 30k on my masters degree education at Humphrey Institute - Master Public Affairs: Community Economic Developmet! So, I suppose this has to be important to spend that kind of money ... or let's be real ... get those kind of student loans (and additional debt)!! Anyway, Don has brought the spotlight on my community and my community has pulled me in such a way that I feel absolutely drawn to living in north Minneapolis!
Don performed the marriage of my husband and I! He did our pre-marriage counseling ... we might have needed a few more sessions :) but non the less, I am proud that he was the person who married us!
Just practicing! This is an easy conversation for me to have and I am super proud to be Precinct Captain for my precinct. Don is one of the most savvy down to earth from the bottom up kinda leader in the political world. He knows how to build bridges and bring money to the community and work to get that money on the communities terms.
This work inspires me. In fact, we are spending 30k on my masters degree education at Humphrey Institute - Master Public Affairs: Community Economic Developmet! So, I suppose this has to be important to spend that kind of money ... or let's be real ... get those kind of student loans (and additional debt)!! Anyway, Don has brought the spotlight on my community and my community has pulled me in such a way that I feel absolutely drawn to living in north Minneapolis!
Don performed the marriage of my husband and I! He did our pre-marriage counseling ... we might have needed a few more sessions :) but non the less, I am proud that he was the person who married us!
Monday, March 2, 2009
Funny Photo - Wedding
I think this photo is so funny! Nique took this while I was on the stool in my wedding dress. I LOVE IT! She is having a baby very soon!
PHOTO = TOO FUH-NEE!
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