Life’s Essential Truths
Each blog which we publish deals with some important life truth. Our Natural Reflections Journey series of (dvds, downloads) video-books and soothing graphics cover over 800 of these misplaced or forgotten necessities. Happiness is much more elusive today because we have too many expectations and lack the virtues of patience and compartmentalization. One of our kids innocently said while looking for a job after high school ‘ “it shouldn’t matter how I look, it should only matter who I am”. He was correct, that is what should matter. He was also naive. What he envisioned, is what God alone sees, while people on the other hand are seasoned with history, mistakes, prejudices, impatience and self interests which have warped our essential perspectives. It’s tough finding any type of safe haven in a world filled with judges because we are imperfect and in practice are each guilty to varying degrees of the same imperfect and biased judgements. Because of these worldly givens, we at 4NR have sought out the plain truth about ourselves and life and to our astonishment we’ve found so many of these lessons imbedded in the natural world around us, that it became the foundation of Common Sense 4 Uncommon People and our 4NR video-books.
Human kind is inherently smart, willing and focused, and the keys to happiness are in learning what to focus on. The world is a huge marketplace and communication (generally through advertising, hype, public relations and media) is aimed at getting people to think of a life that appears to afford a variety of pleasures including popularity, entertainment, accumulated stuff, good looks, exotic locations, fame and fortune (with the latter providing even more of the former). We acknowledge these desires but we also know that satisfying desires does not in any way guarantee or even intend to offer true and lasting happiness. This can be found only in reality and only with a selfless teacher.
Our video-books offer a relaxing roadmap to these elusive feelings. We don’t scream them out, or illuminate them with neon and lasers and we certainly don’t place them out of the reach of anyone who is ready to invest in their own future. But we do allow you to experience them in standard or BluRay HD, on your computer or at your convenience on selected smart phones, and now we’ve added the iPad viewing format for a memorable time and again viewing/learning experience like no other. If you’re tired of the same old mind numbing, propaganda focused on the masses for unrelenting let downs, and are ready to think for yourself, just spend an hour with one or more of our video-books, a perfectly soothing safe haven, to help thinkers cope with this challenging world.
JC Calkins with COMMON SENSE 4 UNCOMMON PEOPLE
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