Change and chase your dreams

All of us experience change in our lives. Change is the one constant in our lives. There are changes that we look forward to and change that we fear. However, one thing is for sure. Things will not stay the same no matter how much we would like them too. When a life change occurs, we have two choices in how to respond. We can despair that a change has come and assume that things will be worse, or we can look with excitement at the new possibilities that the change presents.

Life is filled with Dreams, Dreams which give our life meaning and inspire us to change. We dream about change and improvement, we set goals, seemingly impossible goals, goals which challenge us, and we dream about the future, when we will reach our goals, when our lives will change for the better. Without our dreams, Life and humanity would be hopelessly dull.

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Friendship in Life

The friendship we have is so rare to find,
We hate to see each other in a bind.
We have made each other laugh so hard we've cried,
We feel each other's pain if we are hurt inside.
We always can find the right words to say,
To help us get through any dreadful day.
We have told our darkest secrets, with feeling no shame,
We will tell each other the truth even if we are to blame.
Thinking of you not being here makes me feel so sad,
We will have to look back on our crazy memories to make us glad.
The Miles between us can't keep us apart,
Because we will keep each other close at heart.

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We ourselves are responsible for our own happiness and misery. We create our own Heaven. We create our own Hell. We are the architects of our own fate

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the IEA weighs in How many oil industry authorities does it take to call the top of the market? Three, so far. Ali Naimi, Saudi Arabia’s oil minister, thinks oil at $120 is “unjustified” because supply fears are overdone. Opec says supply constraints are easing. And, weighing in yesterday, the International Energy Agency says that oil market fundamentals are turning as supply moves ahead of demand – though the shift has yet to translate into the price. Of course, one false move from Iran and this emerging consensus is moot. But what if the pundits are right? The oil price hit a peak of $128 a barrel this year, and is up about 13 per cent so far in 2012. That is mainly attributed to worries about Iran’s conduct in the Strait of Hormuz, through which a fifth of global oil supplies travel. Others blame quantitative easing – either via economic stimulus or by fuelling demand for speculative assets. The latter is hard to prove, although the oil price has come off recently as talk of further QE has receded. Trouble is, a further retreat may not be the boon many hope for. A high and rising oil price affects economic growth, but not by much. Goldman Sachs estimates that a 10 per cent rise in the price of crude slows gross US domestic product growth by between a quarter and half a percentage point. But with the American economy set to expand by 2-2.5 per cent this year, that is within the margin of error. And a falling oil price is unlikely to do much for economies such as the eurozone, which have even more powerful reasons for lack of growth besides the cost of oil. That said, falling oil prices should technically help stocks and bonds. As well as lower input costs, subdued energy prices help to keep interest rates lower for longer, boosting equity valuations. And if bonds rally, too, then it will be time to take the pundits seriously.

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