How I Won and didn't get the Prize

In the late 1980's one of my daughters moved to Florida. On my first visit there I was introduced to the Florida lotto.  I promptly filled out a form and randomly selected my six numbers. 9-14-23-42-44-48.  On arriving home I asked my daughter to buy  weekly tickets. So for several years I would send her five dollars and she would buy one ticket a week with the numbers 9-14-23-42-44-48 for the next five weeks. At the end of five weeks we would repeat the process.  Sometimes she would send me tickets and sometimes not.  I would put the tickets on a shelf in my sewing room. Sometimes opening the envelope, sometimes not. And all the time I saw these numbers coming up on the lotto.  When Texas got the lottery in Nov 1991 I stopped buying Florida tickets.


A few years ago my daughter called and asked when we quit buying the 9-14-23-42-44-48 numbers. I told her I didn't know the date but it was when Texas got the lottery.  Seems she had looked up our numbers and in October 1991, 9-14-23-42-44-48 were the winning numbers.  OK, are you thinking I won.  No I did not win.  I may have purchased the ticket or maybe not. Regardless, I did not get the money.  I have wondered many times how it happened. I was convinced the numbers would win and I thought I was convinced I would have the winning ticket. Maybe I had the ticket and lost it. I don't know.  Now I understand why I did not really have the ticket, and even if I did the money wasn't going to land in my pocket because I would not allow it.  My feelings (beliefs) about money at the time would not allow it in my reality. 


I have just finished reading Ask and It Is Given  by Esther Hicks.  Abraham tells about someone wanting a new shiny car because the one she has is old and in need of repairs.  The person is manifesting the new shiny car, wants it and believes she will get it. But....she is seeing an old dust, dented car with  thread bare tires.  Just as my feelings about money prevented me from the lottery winnings, her feelings about her car will prevent her from getting her new shiny car. 


This book has given me answers to questions that I've had for a long time. I understand that I have to start from where I am and give attention to my feelings and thoughts if I want to change my beliefs which changes what will manifest in all areas of my life.


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Can one person really make a difference?

One Seed At A Time

A man in India single-handedly planted an entire forest, proving that one person really can make a large difference.

You always hear that one person can make a large difference in the world. Today, we've got a story that proves that saying.

When he was a teenager in Northern India's Assam region about 30 years ago, Jadav "Molai" Payeng began planting seeds in a sandbar near his birthplace. A few years later, he moved into the area and turned the seed-planting and tree-nurturing into his life's work, planting seeds and helping them grow over a wide area that was initially left for desolate.

In the past 30 years, his seed-planting endeavours have resulted in a massive, 1,360-acre jungle in Assam, a forest ecosystem that has left an incredible mark on the Indian landscape and stands as a testament to Payeng's dedication.

Initially, the forest department told Payeng that trees could not grow in that area. He was not dissuaded; instead he dedicated himself to the task of nurturing the forest, and his dedication has produced results. The Molai woods, in addition to being covered with lush greenery, is now home to a whole host of creatures big and small, including birds, deers, rhinos, tigers, and elephants.

Jadav "Molai" Payeng is a hero to those animals, to the ecosystem in the area, and to conservationists across India. But he is also a hero to us, people living oceans away who don't necessarily work in forestry or in the environment industry. Payeng is a hero because he has proven that with commitment, blood, sweat, knowledge, and dedication to making a difference, one person can truly make a difference, and a large difference, on the world.

It's easy to discount the impact that we can have on the people and places around us. It's easy to feel insignificant when faced with the enormity of the issues that surround us. But it's important to remember that our actions, no matter how small they may be, make a difference. Whether it's bringing a smile to someone's day or revitalizing a forest ecosystem, the little acts of kindness and good have enormous impact.

Our small actions may not necessarily lead to a forest and safe haven for animals, but they have the potential to grow and flourish all the same.

Sameer Vasta
Writer and Blogger

How Meditation changes the Brain

This Is Your Brain on Meditation — How and Why it Changes Mind and Brain by AscendingStarseed

 

 

Mind, Brain, Neurology

Guest article

Use Your Mind to Change Your Brain

The science explaining why you should meditate every day

by Rebecca Gladding, M.D.

 

I realized today that in all my posts regarding the brain and how to sculpt it with mindfulness, I’ve never actually explained how and why meditation works.  Specifically, the science behind how your brain changes the longer you meditate.  I think this is important for many reasons, but one of the most salient is that this information serves as a great motivator to keep up a daily practice (or start one).  

 

I’m sure you’ve heard people extol the virtues of meditation.  You may be skeptical of the claims that it helps with all aspects of life.  But, the truth is, it does.  Sitting every day, for at least 15-30 minutes, makes a huge difference in how you approach life, how personally you take things and how you interact with others.  It enhances compassion, allows you to see things more clearly (including yourself) and creates a sense of calm and centeredness that is indescribable.  There really is no substitute.  

For those of you who are curious as to how meditation changes the brain, this is for you.  Although this may be slightly technical, bear with me because it’s really interesting.  The brain, and how we are able to mold it, is fascinating and nothing short of amazing.  Here are the brain areas you need to know:  

 

 

• Lateral prefrontal cortex:  the part of the brain that allows you to look at things from a more rational, logical and balanced perspective.  In the book, we call it the Assessment Center.  It is involved in modulating emotional responses (originating from the fear center or other parts of the brain), overriding automatic behaviors/habits and decreasing the brain’s tendency to take things personally (by modulating the Me Center of the brain, see below).  

• Medial prefrontal cortex:  the part of the brain that constantly references back to you, your perspective and experiences.  Many people call this the “Me Center” of the brain because it processes information related to you, including when you are daydreaming, thinking about the future, reflecting on yourself, engaging in social interactions, inferring other people’s state of mind or feeling empathy for others.  We call it the Self-Referencing Center.  

• Ventromedial medial prefrontal cortex (vmPFC) – involved in processing information related to you and people that you view as similar to you.  This is the part of the brain that can cause you to end up taking things too personally, which is why we referred to it as the unhelpful aspect of the Self-Referencing Center in the book.  (In reality, this brain area has many important and helpful functions – since we were focusing on overcoming anxiety, depression and habits you want to change, we referred to it as unhelpful because it often causes increases in rumination/worry and exacerbates anxious or depressive thoughts/states/feelings.)  

• Dorsomedial Prefrontal Cortex (dmPFC) – involved in processing information related to people who you perceive as being dissimilar from you.  This very important part of the brain is involved in feeling empathy (especially for people who we perceive of as not being like us) and maintaining social connections.  

• Insula:  the part of the brain that monitors bodily sensations and is involved in experiencing “gut-level” feelings.  Along with other brain areas, it helps “guide” how strongly you will respond to what you sense in your body (i.e., is this sensation something dangerous or benign?).  It is also heavily involved in experiencing/feeling empathy.  

• Amygdala:  the alarm system of the brain, what most refer to as the “Fear Center.” It's a part of the brain that is responsible for many of our initial emotional responses and reactions, including the “fight-or-flight” response.  (Along with the Insula, this is what we referred to as the Uh Oh Center.)  

 

What’s interesting about the Medial PreFrontal Cortex (mPFC) is that it actually has two sections:  

The Brain Without Meditation – Stuck on Me

If you were to look at people’s brains before they began a meditation practice, you would likely see strong neural connections within the Me Center and between the Me Center and the bodily sensation/fear centers of the brain.  This means that whenever you feel anxious, scared or have a sensation in your body (e.g., a tingling, pain, itching, whatever), you are far more likely to assume that there is a problem (related to you or your safety).  This is precisely because the Me Center is processing the bulk of the information.  What's more, this over-reliance on the Me Center explains how it is that we often get stuck in repeating loops of thought about our life, mistakes we made, how people feel about us, our bodies (e.g., “I’ve had this pain before, does this mean something serious is going on?) and so on.  

 

Why is the Me Center allowed to process information this way, essentially unabated?  The reason this happens, in part, is because the Assessment Center’s connection to the Me Center is relatively weak.  If the Assessment Center was working at a higher capacity, it would modulate the excessive activity of the vmPFC (the part that takes things personally) and enhance the activity of the dmPFC (the part involved in understanding other’s thoughts and feelings).  This would lead us to take in all the relevant information, discard erroneous data (that the Me Center might want to focus on exclusively) and view whatever is happening from a more balanced perspective – essentially decreasing the overthinking, ruminating and worrying that the Me Center is famous for promulgating.  One helpful way to think of the Assessment Center is as a sort of “brake” for the unhelpful parts of the Me Center.  

 

The Brain on Meditation – I Can See Clearly Now

In contrast, if you meditate on a regular basis, several positive things happen.  First, the strong, tightly held connection between the Me Center (specifically the unhelpful vmPFC) and the bodily sensation/fear centers begins to break down.  As this connection withers, you will no longer assume that a bodily sensation or momentary feeling of fear means something is wrong with you or that you are the problem! This explains, in part, why anxiety decreases the more you meditate – it’s because the neural paths that link those upsetting sensations to the Me Center are decreasing.  Said another way, your ability to ignore sensations of anxiety is enhanced as you begin to break that connection between the unhelpful parts of the Me Center and the bodily sensation/fear centers.  As a result, you are more readily able to see those sensations for what they are and not respond as strongly to them (thanks to your strengthened Assessment Center).  

 

Second, a heftier, healthier connection forms between the Assessment Center and bodily sensation/fear centers.  This means that when you experience a bodily sensation or something potentially dangerous or upsetting, you are able to look at it from a more rational perspective (rather than automatically reacting and assuming it has something to do with you).  For example, when you experience pain, rather than becoming anxious and assuming it means something is wrong with you, you can watch the pain rise and fall without becoming ensnared in a story about what it might mean.  

 

Finally, an added bonus of meditating is that the connection between the helpful aspects of the Me Center (i.e. dorsomedial prefrontal cortex) – the part involved in processing information related to people we perceive as being not like us – and the bodily sensation center – involved in empathy – becomes stronger.  This healthy connection enhances your capacity to understand where another person is coming from, especially those who you cannot intuitively understand because you think or perceive things differently from them (i.e., dissimilar others).  This increased connection explains why meditation enhances empathy – it helps us use the part of the brain that infers other people’s states of mind, their motivations, desires, dreams and so on, while simultaneously activating the part of the brain involved in the actual experience of empathy (insula).  The end result is that we are more able to put ourselves in another person’s shoes (especially those not like us), thereby increasing our ability to feel empathy and compassion for everyone.  

 

Daily Practice is Important

Essentially, the science “proves” what we know to be true from the actual experience of meditating.  What the data demonstrate is that meditation facilitates strengthening the Assessment Center, weakening the unhelpful aspects of the Me Center (that can cause you to take things personally), strengthening the helpful parts of the Me Center (involved with empathy and understanding others) and changing the connections to/from the bodily sensation/fear centers such that you experience sensations in a less reactive, more balanced and holistic way.  In a very real way, you literally are changing your brain for the better when you meditate.  

 

In the end, this means that you are able to see yourself and everyone around you from a clearer perspective, while simultaneously being more present, compassionate and empathetic with people no matter the situation.  With time and practice, people do truly become calmer, have a greater capacity for empathy and find they tend to respond in a more balanced way to things, people or events in their lives.  

 

However, to maintain your gains, you have to keep meditating.  Why?  Because the brain can very easily revert back to its old ways if you are not vigilant (I’m referencing the idea of neuroplasticity here).  This means you have to keep meditating to ensure that the new neural pathways you worked so hard to form stay strong.  

 

To me, this amazing brain science and the very real rewards gained from meditation combine to form a compelling argument for developing and/or maintaining a daily practice.  It definitely motivates me on those days I don’t “feel” like sitting.  So, try to remind yourself that meditating every day, even if it’s only 15 minutes, will keep those newly formed connections strong and those unhelpful ones of the past at bay.  

 

Addendum:  For those wanting to start a meditation practice or who might be experiencing emotional issues, memories, etc. when meditating, please seek out an experienced medtiation teacher.  I have received some comments from people stating they do not believe meditation works (which is likely true for some people) or that it could be harmful if done incorrectly.  Obviously, meditation has been very positive for me, but I have always worked with a meditation teacher or mentor and I would suggest you do the same, as a teacher can help you figure out what is right for you and guide you through any difficulties you may be having.

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Sweet Sensation of the Divine

 By Jafree Ozwald
www.EnlightenedBeings.com

"There is no need to run towards the Ocean. Just slowly enjoy the trees, and the birds, and the people, having a trust in your heart that every river has always reached the Ocean so you cannot be the exception. Existence does not allow any exceptions. You will also reach the Ocean." ~Osho

One of the most important experiences we can allow ourselves to explore in this life is to feel the Divine presence that flows through us and everything around us. This awesome sacred energy is discovered through relaxing deeply into our body, and welcoming in the sweet flow of healing sensations that arise from within. By taking a relaxing mini-vacation from our lives, we receive a fresh clean perspective about our current circumstances. Our daily agendas, schedules, desires, and needs can open up into becoming powerful spiritual experiences.  We can be devoured by the bliss of this conscious sacred presence that is constantly breathing our very soul.

Opening the body to reach a profound state of relaxation begins with forming a new agreement with the mind. We must choose to let go of our tight grasp on how life should and shouldn't be, and fully accept everything exactly as it is.  We must treat the mind with reverence, yet be cautious not to get too close to get caught in it's stories. With this practicr, the seduction of the mind's drama will soon falls away, having an instant regenerative experience where we can recover the missing fragments of our soul.

It's good to remember that the Divine presence has no personal agenda with us. It has no resistance to us, opposing arguments, viewpoints, or unsupportive misguidance that it could give. It's soul purpose is simply to bring us into a state of completion, gratitude, reverence and inner peace. Any feelings of fear or contraction that arise from attempting to face it are merely egoic protection strategies, and can serve as gateways for opening into it more fully. 

“The wound is the place where the Light enters you.” ~ Rumi

The Divine is much more intelligent than the mind will ever be. It is here to pull us deeper and higher into our highest Self, until we dissolve and become an over flowing river of love, generosity and joy. Where there was tension, resistance and contraction before, the calming sensations of the Divine engulfs all our egos clinging controling energy, leaving only a gentle wholesome trail of healing feelings behind.

When we tap into the Divine, we discover a place of sacred refuge within our lives that is like nothing else. We find a true home within our heart that cannot be threatened by anything or anyone. It's like a permanent state of protection that radiates from the light of our soul. We are immediately shifted into a state of consciousness that is beyond all suffering. We discover how our deepest wounds can be easily healed by this loving infinite resource. Is there any better reason you can think of to venture out beyond the limiting perceptions of the ego?

 Surrendering to the Divine is the only way we can arrive at our soul's ultimate destination.  We receive the gift of true unconditional love and absolute safety, which is not something that can be manufactured in the outer world. To experience this awesome Divine connection within ourselves, we must practice inviting, surrendering, and merging with the greatest joy we can imagine. We must be willing to imagine what it'd be like to be inside the greatest source of love, healing and elation in the Universe.

As we perpetually relax into this infinite resource of love and connection, we start becoming more senstive to our feelings.  As we relax deeper inside, we open the channel for a juicer way of experiencing life.  Relationships become more healing and less traumatizing, and we discover that each day we choose this path of Divine discovery, we soften those hard parts of our selves that were burried beneath years of protection and unworthiness.

The more often we can focus our attention upon these expansive qualities of the Divine, we begin to manifest it into our everyday lives. By focusing upon these qualities, it welcomes the energy directly into our bodies and minds. The Divine can be found through anything and anyone.  As the old saying goes, if we cannot see God in all, we cannot see God at all.  So when we redirect our awareness towards that which opens our heart, expands our consciousness, and deeply relaxes our body, we experience the Divine in everything and lead a life beyond our typical tension zone.  We can find a security within our aloneness, as if we were being held in a deep loving embrace by the Universe.

Creating daily connection with the Divine begins with the awareness that it is always right here right now. The understanding that it is always here now, always present, always available, helps us trust it enough to surrender into it.  We humans were designed to trust in life, and we instantly find this trust when we're met with that which is permanent and unchanging.  The Divine presence is the only thing in the Universe that never ever changes.  It is like the infinite energy of the sun, always shining upon us yet stems from within us, supporting every pulsing heart beat and breath we are having.  It is the blackboard behind this Universal quantum field of energy around us, the artistic canvas of creation, and the spiritual foundation from which all life experiences are laid upon.

"In wondering, we shall reach the Kingdom." ~ Goethe

The only reason every moment of our lives is not spent in having a perpetual spiritual experience is because we are stuck in the dualistic perception of the mind.  We are hypnotized in the way, fixated on the good/bad themes of our inner movies, dreams, thoughts, and judgments we are having.  The truth is that our mind is simply laying a film of information on top of this ever loving Divine Reality, yet not actually changing the actual foundation of it. Our judgements have stopped us from wondering and wandering down the roads of clear seeing, forgetting that we are each infinite all powerful spiritual beings having a temporary experience of being human. 

When we stop and drop our ego's limiting ideas about who we are and who we are not, we create a space to feel that this highly intelligent conscious creative source of energy is inside everything and everyone. This idea liberates us on the deepest levels. Our lives naturally open like a flower to a spiritual sunshine, spreading our petals to receive the warm rays of healing Light from inside.  This element of surrender instantly pulls this sacred sensation into our body, streaming through every fiber of our being, welcoming the exquisite healing feeling into the mind, heart and soul.

The more often we realize that there is nothing untouched by this divine intelligence, that it permeates every conversation, every car, house and television we see, we can begin to feel it more clearly.  When we stop to remember throughout the day that it is the fabric of existence, we seem to drop into the sensation of it as it is the foundation of our very being. We find that the Divine energy is everywhere, like a billion threads of light that are constantly weaving itself through the tapestry of our lives. It's always finding new ways to enter our minds, sneaking through the emotional cracks, anxieties, and personality flaws of our ego.  These cracks and flaws are not by accident, for this is the only way the Divine can enter us, otherwise we will be on guard, protective and busy, continually ignoring it's expansive presence is here. 

To start being a totally free human being who is in constant contact with the Divine, it's vital to be aware of the robotic patterns of the mind. The more awareness we have of how the mind likes to remain separate, in control, distracted, and busy seeking ways to fulfill it's desires, the greater the chance we have at becoming free from it.  It's because we fan the perpetual flames of our burning desires that we forget the amazing spiritual discoveries we could be having along the way. It is a deep trap that we can be seduced into for lifetimes if we aren't aware of it. 

"There are only two ways to live your life. One, is as though there are no miracles. The other is as though everything is a miracle." ~Albert Einstein

One of our greatest responsibilities is to be vigilently aware when our desires around relationship, money, health and the material world can become more important than our connection to the Divine.  When we are unconsciously playing the game of being wrapped up in our all too important lives for too long, we may completely forget about our spiritual path.  To find freedom we must stop pushing ourselves and rushing through our lives to achieve our desires. We must be willing to surrender to something bigger than meeting our desires if we are to remember our original connection to this Divine spiritual presence that is always available here now. 

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A short exercise for releasing judgement

Notes from a seminar with Moria Sheperd

Stop being mean to yourself and others. Be good to yourself in meaningful ways. Let go of all resentment and grievances you hold against yourself and others.  Forgiveness is more about forgiving the person rather than the action. No body is at fault. Everyone is doing the best they can do.
Perceive the person (you or another person) doing the action as innocent. Be good to yourself when little annoyances happen such as over sleeping or fender benders. When you are blaming and condemning yourself, the other person, or even the clock or the car, your mind will start accumulating grievances and guilt.

Keep it simple.  Declare innocence to everyone and every thing involved in this incident. 

I am innocent ..................Breath to bottom of lungs
I am innocent................ ..Breathe to bottom of spine
I am innocent...................Breath to a little past the soles of your feet.

Picture in your mind any one or thing that is involved in the incident you are judging.  Repeat each three times as above or until the feeling starts to dissolve.

He/she is innocent

The car/clock etc is innocent,

This will work for feelings, justifications, excuses.


Do not believe you will never ever have these judgmental and negative thoughts. It is going to happen.  But this is a quick way to turn them around.  Understand no one or anything is at fault.
 
Be kind to yourself. Life will only treat you as well as you treat yourself. You set the measure. Be kind. Be gentle.

When a negative thought pops up, and it will, notice it and let it float away.  What matters is how much you hang onto it. Do not put emotional weight and energy in it. It is just a thought.  Good bye.

Entertain and encourage hopeful thoughts. Maybe I could forgive my self.....how could I do that.  What would I need to do, or see to just get on with this thing.
Every kind of abundance begins with a thought.  An idea you follow up on.  Give emotion and weight to the thoughts that excite you and feel good. 
Or just tell your brain...lets think about something more joyful now.  You are the boss.

Your relationship with yourself sets the tone for your relationship with others. The more generous you are to yourself the more generous others are to you. You set the tone.

How are you Perceiving the World from Heartmath

How are you Perceiving the World?

• Sara, from Institute of HeartMath
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Many people anticipate 2014 to be a momentous year – an opportunity for individuals collectively to co-create a new, better world, while others perceive doomsday scenarios. How are you perceiving the world?
Perception, in simple terms, is the understanding or awareness of something by means of one or more of the physiological senses – sight, hearing, touch, taste and smell. You might, for example, perceive another person’s presence in a room because you witnessed it with your own eyes, heard footsteps or a door opening, or sensed the vibration of someone walking across the floor. These are all basic perceptions of our physical world.
Beyond this traditional meaning, people generally agree on some level that there is much more to perception than meets the senses. Who among us hasn’t at some time felt the hair on the back of their neck stand up? Perhaps you’ve looked behind you knowing someone was looking your way? Ever thought, I’ve got a feeling it’s going to be a good day?

Our days are filled with perceptions. They govern how we conduct our lives.
Think of all the perceptions you might have while standing in an elevator as it takes you from the lobby to the seventh floor: It’s stuffy in here. I feel good today. That man with the briefcase and the umbrella sure seems stressed. What am I doing with my life? I wish … I think … I feel … I wonder … . And that could all happen before you reach the third floor!
Until very recently, it was generally accepted that our perceptions were limited to data collected by the five senses and processed by the conscious brain, but many researchers today, including those at the Institute of HeartMath, believe our entire psychopysiological systems are engaged in the formation of our perceptions. Studies related to intuitive processes are expanding around the world as scientists seek to learn more about the human ability to know, feel and understand certain things with no detectable prior knowledge.
IHM researchers have found that the human heart, which we now understand possesses a sophisticated level of intelligence discovered by scientists in the 1990s, is central to this nonbrain perception. Evidence of this has been measured through a range of emotions and physiological changes exhibited or detected throughout the body, according to the study Electrophysiological Evidence of Intuition – McCraty, Atkinson and Bradley, 2004.
Did you know, for instance, that when you calmly watch the pattern of your heart rhythm on a heart monitor, the wave running across the screen can suddenly turn erratic if you simply focus on something that makes you angry or recall some incident that affected you adversely?
This discovery and subsequent findings are proving highly beneficial to people in a multitude of ways. Whereas it has been widely believed that our perception of events and situations in our lives could cause stress, anxiety, depression, fatigue and a range of debilitating conditions, HeartMath researchers have learned it is not due to perception alone. After conducting many controlled studies involving hundreds of subjects, they have shown that in fact, it is our response to our perceptions that is the overriding factor and that we have choice in how we respond.
Think of it in terms of spotting storm clouds on the near horizon as you prepare to head off for a day at the beach. You can respond to your perception of an impending storm in several ways. You may choose to be agitated because your plans have been upset, in which case there would be a negative effect on your disposition and your body. Contrast that with choosing to view it as an opportunity – to read a book, go to the movies or engage in some other pleasing activity.
So, your perceptions of 2014 are not only about how you perceive the world when watching news, but how are you responding to the world you perceive when watching news. I do watch the news, but instead of letting it stress me out, I go to my heart and send compassion and care.
For more than twenty-two years the nonprofit Institute of HeartMath (IHM) has explored stress and human emotions. IHM’s findings about perception, heart intelligence and much more have led to the development of easy-to-learn tools and technology that empower people to choose their response to a perception or to expand their perception with new intuitive information. Visit the IHM web site (www.heartmath.org) for free resources, tools and techniques for all ages; it is our mission to educate the public worldwide on how to live healthier, happier lives. A change of heart can change your perceptions to a larger view.
Are you seeing and responding to the world through the qualities of the heart such as kindness, respect, non-judgment or compassion or through the lens of insecurity, worry, resignation, anger, fear or depression?
I would love to hear how are you responding to the world you perceive?

Read more: http://www.care2.com/greenliving/how-are-you-perceiving-the-world.html#ixzz2qfCUnnEz