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#207 Of 365 Forward Steps Notes Wisdom On The Web Our capacity and our experience of appreciation is a profound gift. I’m sure trees and flowers, in their way, appreciate sun and rain. Each species shares its special reality. The experience of being human is truly one of the rarest in the living universe and if we appreciated that, our unity and diversity each day, what a wonderful world it would be. (Link is below) https://www.forwardstepsblog.com/appreciation/ Life Power Tip Leave the world in a better condition than when you came into it. This does not always need to be with large projects that involve thousands of other people. You can do this step by step in your daily activities. Start where you are. Be the change you want to see in the world. If you complain about other people’s driving habits, what could you change about how you drive your vehicle? After leaving a public facility, rather than complaining about the mess left by others, what could you do that creates a better environment for the next person who visits? Action Set your alarm earlier and enjoy some quiet morning time. Challenge Never postpone any task that can be completed in less than one minute. Quote Successful people aren’t supermen and women. They fail, but fail forward. Success is not about perfection, it is about progression. -Simon Reynolds Clearing Use a notebook to record phone calls rather than post-its or paper scraps. Question What do you know to do now, to not live with regret in your future? Affirmation I choose to feel increasingly valuable. Uplifting Extra Stephen Covey likes to quote Lincoln who said, “If I had 8 hours to chop down a tree, I’d spend 7 sharpening my saw”. Getting congruent is having a sharp saw. Most people get lost hacking their way through the jungle in pursuit of their goals. When you’re congruent, you fly confidently over the jungle and land next to your objective to claim what you have so clearly envisioned. Use the many exercises taught in the pages of this free PDF download to build your congruency, from the book One Minute Millionaire by Mark Victor Hansen & Robert G. Allen. (Link is below) https://www.selfimprovementgift.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/24-Ahas.pdf Enjoy today’s video too! https://youtu.be/EiWvNVSqy6k To see all Forward Steps Notes to date, just search my posts using "Of 365 Forward Steps Notes”.

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https://youtu.be/YROVfKt4xb4 There is a root that doubles the harvest of potatoes. It lives forever. Plant it once, harvest for decades. It survives cold that kills wheat, drought that turns corn to dust. And for thousands of years, it fed entire civilizations without replanting. Then we erased it. Not because it failed. But because a crop that refuses to die, that feeds without permission, that spreads across any soil without control, cannot be owned. And what cannot be owned cannot be sold. This is the sunchoke, also known as Jerusalem artichoke. The perennial sunflower root that Native Americans called kaishucpenauk, sun root. THE ANCIENT FOUNDATION Long before European contact, tribes across North America knew its power. Plant once, harvest forever. Lewis and Clark nearly starved crossing the Dakotas in 1805. Sacagawea saved them by digging sunchokes from mouse caches and roasting them over fire. Studies in the 1980s proved what indigenous farmers always knew. Sunchoke yields: 64,000 pounds per acre without irrigation. Potatoes in ideal conditions: 53,000 pounds per acre with irrigation. In calories per acre, sunchokes rivaled corn, the world's most important grain. THE EUROPEAN ADOPTION When French explorer Samuel de Champlain brought sunchokes to France in 1605, Europe was starving. The potato was feared, believed to cause leprosy. But the sunchoke spread like salvation. The French called it topinambour. No fertilizer, no care. Plant in spring, harvest in fall. Leave fragments in the ground and next year a full crop appears on its own. THE WARS Then World War II brought famine. In occupied France, Nazi forces seized 80 percent of food. For nine years, millions survived on topinambour. They despised it, but it kept children alive. In the Netherlands, the Hunger Winter of 1944 to 1945 killed 22,000. Families dug frozen ground with bare hands looking for tubers. After liberation, survivors refused to eat them. An entire generation associated the vegetable with occupation and death. It disappeared from markets and memory. THE NUTRITIONAL POWER War could not change what sunchokes are. High potassium, more than bananas. Iron, copper, magnesium, B vitamins. The real treasure is inulin, 50 to 60 percent by weight. Inulin is a prebiotic that feeds beneficial gut bacteria, produces short chain fatty acids, blocks pathogens. Studies show it reduces constipation, boosts immunity, may stop certain cancers. Unlike potatoes which spike blood sugar, sunchokes have a low glycemic index. Diabetics in the 1980s reported insulin needs dropped by half. As a perennial, sunchokes require no tilling, prevent erosion, tolerate drought and cold to minus 30 Celsius. THE REVIVAL In the 1960s, California produce wholesaler Frieda Caplan rebranded Jerusalem artichoke as Sunchoke. She trademarked it in 1980. Sales jumped 600 percent. By the 2000s, sunchokes appeared in farmers markets. Permaculture advocates called them the holy grail of perennial crops. WHY IT REMAINS NICHE Industrial agriculture demands uniformity. Sunchokes mature at different times, spoil quickly. Potato harvesters lose half the tubers. The inulin causes gas in people whose gut bacteria need time to adapt. But the real problem? You cannot kill sunchokes without poison. Any fragment sprouts. Europe calls them invasive. The word we use for plants that succeed without permission. THE FUTURE Climate change threatens crops bred for stability. The sunchoke was born in chaos. It stores energy where drought cannot reach, survives cold that kills potatoes, out produces corn on less water. French families survived Nazi occupation eating it. Dutch mothers dug frozen ground for it. Native Americans called it kaishucpenauk, gift from Earth Woman. The knowledge lives in soil. Every wild patch, every escaped tuber, every gardener who plants three and harvests thirty. It is not impossible. It is perennial.

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#206 Of 365 Forward Steps Notes Wisdom On The Web See this free video about 9 Manifesting Secrets and tools for your success. Christopher’s free video tells how you can… mold universal intelligent substance, harness the power of the unseen, crystalize your vision with details, maintain powerful positive emotions, convert things into events and more. (Link is below) https://www.forwardstepsblog.com/maintain-powerful-positive-emotions/ Life Power Tip Leave some things undone. Being everything to everyone and being everywhere yet getting nowhere? Get real with yourself and make some decisions about the actions that are truly worth your time. Action Set up a regular meditation time each day, and do that every day. Challenge Mistakes are a natural part of being human. Do one thing today, beyond your fear of making a mistake. Quote Success in life consists of going from one mistake to the next without losing your enthusiasm. -Winston Churchill Clearing Keep a calendar of when the bills are due and send them out weekly. Question What do you have in place each day, as a habit that keeps you motivated? Affirmation I choose to always give value. Uplifting Extra ​​​I have a treasure for you! The Gift of Gratitude (Recovery Edition) is the product of iAwake’s creative team, in this case, Dr. Bob Weathers and Leigh Spusta. For those who are struggling with or on the journey of recovery, I believe you will find this a tremendous help on your journey and in your daily recovery practice. If you haven’t started a daily recovery practice, this is a wonderful way to get going. As it says on the cover of The Gift of Gratitude album, “When you get to ‘thank you’ on your journey of recovery, you have found your way home“. (Link is below) https://www.selfimprovementgift.com/forwardsteps/gift-of-gratitude-recovery/ Enjoy today’s video too! https://youtu.be/H-KEd-20Kv0 To see all Forward Steps Notes to date, just search my posts using "Of 365 Forward Steps Notes”.

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#205 Of 365 Forward Steps Notes Wisdom On The Web Read this inspiring story of Lena and her experience with the 49 Questions To Inspire Change. She’s a lady in her mid-fifties, and has a very common story. This happy sounding lady had not been asleep since Friday as she worked through the questions one by one. She felt so empowered! (Link is below) https://www.forwardstepsblog.com/inspiring-story-of-lena/ Life Power Tip Learn to say, “I do not know”. Not knowing keeps life interesting and keeps you looking. One of my favorite quotes, related to living life this way, is: “The more the years go by, the less I know. But if you give explanations and understand everything, then nothing can happen. What helps me go forward is that I stay receptive, I feel that anything can happen”, by Anouk Aimee. Action Set up a coffee meet with friends. Challenge Minimize your news consumption. Quote Striving for perfection is the greatest stopper there is. It is your excuse to yourself for not doing anything. Instead, strive for excellence, doing your best. -Sir Laurence Olivier Clearing Just for today, if it takes less than 2 minutes, do it now. Question What do you feel good about in your life? Affirmation I choose to feel that I am allowed high quality. Uplifting Extra Today Is Your Day To Win by Mike Brescia started out in 2000 as a simple, short newsletter meant to give a little daily boost. It’s turned into a worldwide phenomenon. (Link is below) https://www.selfimprovementgift.com/forwardsteps/your-day-to-win/ Enjoy today’s video too! https://youtu.be/iSCZu1qzRog To see all Forward Steps Notes to date, just search my posts using "Of 365 Forward Steps Notes”.