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Tuesday, August 2, 2011

Hina Rabbani Khar

1:51 AM

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Hina Rabbani Khar is Pakistan’s State Minister for Economic Affairs. The State Ministers report directly to the Prime Minister and hold specific portfolios. In Hina’s case, she is responsible for international (multilateral and bilateral) grants and loans. Her Ministry is the official signatory for any project that is launched in Pakistan with foreign financial assistance. Her father, Ghulam Rabbani Khar, drove Hina’s entry into politics, setting her on a different path from the hotel management career she had been pursuing with great zeal. A graduate from the Lahore University of Management Sciences, Hina also holds a Masters from the University of Massachusetts. She is also one of the owners of the Polo Lounge, an upscale, popular restaurant located on the Lahore Polo Grounds.

Meeting Hina was a refreshing experience on many levels: she is articulate, brilliant, enterprising, and very far-sighted for her age (not even 30 yet!). Moreover, she is humble, approachable, professional, and knows her job very well. We were able to call her on her cell phone and set up a meeting directly without having to go through her administrative staff, and she was there before we reached our meeting venue. At the end of the day, if we have more people like her in our government, perhaps Pakistan’s positive image won’t need any marketing beyond simply introducing them to the world!

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Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Thank You Amy Winehouse

4:28 PM

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The recent death of Amy Winehouse brings the consequence of addiction into the public eye once again. Many movie and music stars have brought this to our attention over the years - Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Anna Nicole Smith and many others. Amy is only another in this long line of Beings who have given their lives to assist humanity in learning to love ourselves

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Too many of us do not love ourselves. We do not treat ourselves in loving ways. We abuse our bodies through drugs, alcohol, food and relationships. We don't love ourselves enough to treat our body's as the temples that they are.

Instead, we prefer to see ourselves as victims, as Beings who have no choice. We give our power away to people and substances that make us feel better, that help us for a moment to forget that we don't love ourselves.

How can we love ourselves when we forget that we are perfect? How can we love ourselves when we forget that we chose this life? How can we love ourselves when we have given our power away

Amy Winehouse Dead

Our Soul is perfect in every way. It chose to experience this life on Earth because it wanted to have experiences that can only be experienced on this planet. It wanted to be here to assist other souls to learn lessons as it learned it's own lessons.

We are all in this life together. We see ourselves as being separate, but in reality we are all one, we are all part of the whole. We are all here to help each other to learn lessons and to grow.

But, once we get here, we forget this perfection. We forget why we are here. We begin to see ourselves as less than perfect. We begin to see ourselves as victims, our lives controlled by others with no choices of our own. We feel unloved and unlovable. We feel we are less than others. We see no point to it all.

Amy Winehouse Dead

The beautiful Soul that was Amy Winehouse had a beautiful, angelic voice. She came into this life to share that gift with the world. Somewhere along the way, she forgot how perfect she was, how special she was. As a result, she got lost in addiction in an attempt to kill the pain of separation that she felt. Because of the pain and addiction, this beautiful voice has been stilled.

Amy gave her life to help us see what happens when we don't love ourselves, when we forget how perfect we are. Don't let her sacrifice be in vain. Accept her gift to humanity and learn to love yourself, learn to love your body and treat yourself with love.

Stop being a victim and take control of your life.