Good Monday Morning all my friends.

Why? Why am I here? Why did I do that? Why did that happen? Why hasn’t that happened? Why did he or she do that? Why do we have wars? Why do we have peace?

We all ask ourselves a “Why” question or a dozen every day. Then we occupy the following moments trying to explain to ourselves why we asked why, and come up with a plausible explanation of why. “Why” is puzzle that demands solving, and in many cases the “Why” of something is beyond our ability to explain. That doesn’t stop us from answering every “Why” with something that fits our mind set at that moment. If we didn’t come up with a convincing answer for “Why”, would we get stuck? Is that why we create an answer that satisfies us whether it is correct or not?

Look up a Mobius Strip in a dictionary or on line. It is a one-sided loop of paper. The ultimate “Why”. We can never say exactly where we started drawing a “Why” line on a Mobius, only that with one of our first conscious thoughts we started a never ending “Why”. Circular logic completes a “Why” answer to a “Why” question. Our mental process demands connection and completeness. Is that “Why” we are irritated when we are incapable of answering someone else’s “Why” to their satisfaction? Is that “Why” the group mind is only partly happy with the consensus answer for “Why”?

Our lives seem consumed with discovery of the ultimate “Why” answer for an ultimate “Why” question that will universally satisfy every one’s perception of “Why”, immediately and forever. “Why” do we even think that is possible?

“Why” am I writing this? “Why” must you ask?

Why not have a great week.

Sincerely;

Steven L. Johnson

Good Monday Morning!!

“Beware the Ides of March”! Everyone knows this phrase and its ominous portend to Julius Caesar. Whether the events occurred as revealed in the plot of Shakespeare’s play or not we must decide for ourselves. The Ides of March will still come, and how it plays on the greatest stage of all, your life, is your decision. Is it a time to dread or rejoice? Excuse the pun, but time will “March” through the Ides of every month.

If we look at the overall play it is a tragedy, as many of his plays are. The tragedy is not that he was stabbed by friend and foe, but that Julius Caesar determined his goal, planned his course, committed assets toward his goal, then failed to reassess his path to insure his plan was still reasonable and the goal reachable. To me it seems a contradiction that so great a strategist and statesman as Caesar broke one of the most obvious rules for success, changing his plan to fit the circumstances. You could say the Seer that warned him was a Business Guru or associate intimate with the plan advising caution and reevaluation.

I think if we are honest and use our Twenty-Twenty hide sight vision we can see, in every failed endeavor, the obvious mistake we were blind to before it happened. We can see the associate or friend that was our seer warning us to take a moment before the “Ides” of our plan and make much needed adjustments. Look closely at your personal story’s, think how you can learn from each and every “tragedy”. Then rewrite your story, your plan, your goal, and be better aware and accepting of criticism and advice.

I read somewhere that Objective Thinking can only be achieved by combining the perspective or points of view from several different minds. How can you see the entire sphere of influences when you can only see a straight line to its core, that reveals but one point on that central idea? And, the core idea mutates because subjected to everything that influences the sphere? Even when your peripheral vision sees other things of consequence that affect the overall plan, you can still only see one point of the results.

It takes practice to be so flexible with a goal and plan that is your possession. Most often it stays just a possession, and never becomes a reality. I’ve found that success is most easily possessed when shared with others, and everyone’s line of sight to the ever-growing core idea is accepted as valid. Heed all the Seers, assess the value of their words, then adjust things accordingly.

Strategist, Statesman, Leader, Seer, or Caesar. What combination best fits your story? And how will you change the plot for achieving success?

Have a Prosperous and reflective week.

Sincerely;

Steven L. Johnson

Good Morning.

“Ask and it will be given”, “Seek and you will find”, “As you think so will it be to you”. These ideas are all Biblical and I use them because they are familiar to me. I’ve also found similar statements in the words of Philosophers, sages, and mystics. For these ideas to be so commonly asserted, by so many practitioners of every faith and discipline, confers upon them credibility.

These are significant concepts. Ask for good and the odds are you will get something good. Ask for bad and bad will come. Seek good and you will find good. Seek bad and you will find that too. If you think good, have a positive attitude, then the outcome of your situation will be viewed in a better way. How you approach a situation, your attitude toward it, dictates not only the outcome you will accept, but the way your participation engineers the expected results. You will actively pursue confirmation of what you thought. You will validate your attitude.

The essence of free will is our ability to use these principles for our benefit or detriment. They contain logical cause, reasonable expectations, and faith in a dynamic process. Constant positive, produces content positive. Constant negative, results in constant negative. A conscious effort is needed, thoughtful instead of emotional. Stability comes from thinking and planning, consciously utilizing free will guidelines for positive and successful purpose. Don’t be fooled into believing in instantaneous change when you have been manipulated for so long by your emotions. Replacing raw knee jerk sensitivity with mindful response takes time. Faith in the process is needed, just a mustard seed.

Have a great and prosperous week.

Sincerely;

American Motor Transportation Professionals Association

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Steven L. Johnson
Chief Operating Officer
AMTPA INC
Edinburg TX 78542

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Good Monday!

A friend of a friend of mine stated one on Facebook that everything is Politics. I disagree. Politics has its venue, but personal and most honest business relationships are not political.

Relationships are like an out of tune piano. You have a tool to adjust each individual string, there are dozens, but no tuning forks. You must tighten or loosen a string and test it by ear, then compare it to the adjacent strings to determine if the tune is true. As you can tell tuning a piano in this method will be a lot of work, particularly if you are hampered by choosing your own note as a starting point. A relationship between two people, or two companies can only begin when each is tuning their note and then working through adjacent strings one at a time, until a harmonious chord is struck. Even then you may be several strings apart, and attempts to draw closer are thwarted by discord.

Relationships are therefore, and of necessity, give and take, trial and error.  You may have your starting note, and want to hold that note through thick and thin, demanding that anyone wanting a relationship have the same note which often results in possession problems of whose note it is. While changing your tune, or moving to another string, may put you in a more compatible and practical position with others to benefit the music the piano can play.

Relationships are about a wiliness and ability to play well with others, because without them your just one note.  

Have a wonderful week.

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         American Motor Transportation Professionals Association

The Power Of E³                           Educate                   Enable                      Empower

Steven L. Johnson

Chief Operating Officer

AMTPA INC

Email: steven@amtpaus.com

WEB Site: www.amtpaus.com

Good Monday Morning!!!

I’ve been staring at the screen waiting for inspiration. So far the only inspiring thing I’ve come up with is that I not getting any inspiration. So, here I sit, wishing, and hoping. and …

How many of us do that. Wait for something, anything to be given to us. Serendipity might happen, but I’ve observed it occurs most frequently when we have a purpose for it. Therefore, it may only be serendipitous when applicable to our situation and goals. This also seems consistent with the saying “that we make our own luck”.  

When we have established a plan toward a specific accomplishment, all our thinking, actions, and impulses are directed by our desire to reach that goal. Our intent builds in us the fervent and consuming hope for success. All our mental faculties, conscious or unconscious, begin to attune to what is the hoped for. The conscious decisions made are directly related to the project. The unconscious plays in a different, more expansive arena, where by influence it manipulates the indirect relationships and events in the process. Things like a simple hello to someone on the street, who unbeknownst, is involved later in a professional capacity and more inclined to a positive view of your project. We’ve all seen the commercial on TV where a series of small considerate acts loops back to positively impact the originator of the chain. Can this be equated to predestined serendipity?

There are no research papers on self-willed Serendipity that I know of. Maybe it is called something else by esteemed researchers. The fact that your actions, thoughts, desires, hopes, impulses, and dreams all have a significant effect on your situations, guiding you in a direction where happenstance and luck can alter and shorten the path, is rarely part of a plan even when it can be the difference between success and failure.  

What if we planned for serendipity in every endeavor? Not as a means to avoid hard work, as a reward for working hard.

Have a rewarded week.  

  

Steven L. Johnson

Good Monday Morning.

Science has proven indisputably, that we are built of Molecules composed of a cooperation of Atoms. Billions of Molecules purposed for a specific function - liver, heart, skin, blood, brain, etc. I must wonder if the Atoms are purposed for that function too, or are they just conveniently in the neighborhood when a molecule is needed. Atoms are elements that are building blocks for molecules that are the building blocks for matter. Is it the composition of the Atom that dictates the molecules purpose?

It can be shown that Atoms are notorious transients always in motion. Atoms of every element float free through all matter in the same way planetoids pass through space little influenced by their surroundings. Galaxies can pass through one another without even a star colliding, if science is correct.  Because of this transient quality, Atoms pass from one thing to another.

Suppose Atoms carry with them the memory of their travels. Is it possible our memories fade because the Atoms containing memories leave? What if science found a way to read the memories in the Atoms of our DNA. Could they tell if we are so much of this mountain ground to dust, this ocean now dry as bone, a long extinct forest denizen, Isaac Newton or Einstein, or possibly the space dust from a distant star? What if all the memory in these Atoms are why you are the unique person you are?

We emit Atoms and absorb Atoms all the time from people and things. Compatible Atoms are used to replace the ones gone, the rest just hang around. Could it be that a person’s attraction or repulsion to you is less Anatomic response than an Atomic reaction? What if you contained large quantity of Atoms with similar memories, would that account for an immediate attraction, for the lightning strike of love at first sight? Is compassion really the Atoms sensing an imbalance in kindred Atoms?. People who live together for a long times begin to think, even look alike. Is this because they have shared so many Atoms with their memories? Is this confirmation?  

In my humble? opinion we carry within us more than Racial Memory (Human - shameful I must qualify this). We carry in our Atoms the memory of all history that ever has been. We imprint our Atoms with more memories that are carried away, even into the depths of space. In this way we create our immortality. I believe this is proof of our Supreme Being because so Supremely Elegant in its simplicity.

We are Creators just as Jesus said, “Ye are gods”.

Create something wonderful today worthy of being remembered.

Sincerely;

Steven L. Johnson

Good Monday Morning, Tuesday.

Sometimes, Success at an endeavor depends on molding yourself into the character of someone who is most successful at that endeavor, and doing so until you change the character for success into someone else. What drives someone to do that? I think having a Passion for something, either directly or because it is a step toward a goal, is the driving force.

Passion. What are you passionate about?

In Facebook I follow the Harp Twins. Two young women who play Harps. They don’t just play Harp music. They play Rock, Blues, Jazz, and More. They are Passionate about bringing the Harp into the mainstream as a serious instrument. Some are critical saying the Harp is wrong for certain music. I disagree. Music is a language written on Staff, punctuated with Clef, using letters called notes, with sentences, paragraphs, and pages. Those proficient in this language use instruments to translate it into sounds that everyone can understand, even individualize it into their own unique comprehension. Is the instrument used more important than the translation? Should we not accept their Passion to translate something wonderful for us because of the their instrument of choice?

Many of us have had a Passion for something, and even pursued it. Often, to reach our Passion we must use other tools along the way that help us move closer. Unfortunately, too often I think, we get lost in our tool box, and the tools replace the Passion. We slide the drawer closed and confine ourselves to an immediate reality that sustains us, but never fills us. The tragic story of a love lost.

What a depressing vein. But, all is not lost. It only takes opening the drawer and becoming Passionate about the tools you’ve acquired because they are the means to your Passion and your skills at using them need to be perfected. It does not guarantee you will achieve you Passion, but you print your near success into a character someone else can use and emulate.

Have a wonderful week. Your Passion calls.

Sincerely;