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Today's Message |
Embracing Change, Part 3:
Finding Recent Posts on the New Empower U Forums
Dr. Bruce Eichelberger
One thing many people are asking about using the
new forums is how to locate the most recent posts. With the
new forum software, this is easy to do. Today's article
shows you exactly how to do this.
First, however, there are some people who
are unfamiliar with the terms "Thread" and "Post". Let's
clear this up now. A tread is simply a topic on any forum.
If you click on a team number, you'll see a list of threads,
starting with the most recent one. Here's what those will
look like:
Each one of the topics in the "Thread"
column is a thread. You can think of a thread as a folder.
Within that folder are all the replies people have made to
the original topic. The replies are called posts. To see the
posts, simply click on the title of the thread. In the
example above, if you clicked on "Roll Call for Family 446"
you would see the following screen:
Notice that at the top of the screen is a listing of all the
posts (replies) people have made in the thread. Below that
all of the posts are shown, or you can click on a specific
one in the list and go directly to it. You
have two options if you want to see all the posts for the
current day: 1. If you are not logged in, you
will see the following screen on the opening page:
If you click on "Today's Posts" you'll see a listing of
posts for the last 24 hours.
If you are logged in, the screen is slightly
different. Instead of the above screen, you'll see one that
has the option, "New Posts" on it. It looks like this:
Clicking on "New Posts" will show you only the posts that
are new since the last time you logged in. If there are no
new posts since then, you'll see a screen telling you that
nothing was found.
In the next issue we will talk about how to get email notification when
someone posts. |
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Action Steps for Today |
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Whether you have been actively surfing the new forums or have
yet to visit, take the time right now to go there (http://www.empoweru.net/forum/index.php).
Surf around, click on a few links and see what happens.
Especially, check out the most recent posts by clicking on
"Today's Posts" (if you haven't logged in) or "New Posts" if
you have. Then take a moment to post on your Team's Forum.
They'd love to hear from you! |
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Making a
Difference - Steve Sims, Team 432 |
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Well tonight I fulfilled one of the commitments I made
when I graduated. It was great to accomplish the goal of
getting outside of myself and reaching out to those in
need.
Lincoln Manor is a place people go to spend he rest
of their lives, they check in but they leave only one
way. They are the forgotten in our society, and many
times even by their own families. My kids and I decided
that we would make a difference in the rest of their
lives.
We started a weekly exercise program for as many as
are fit to come or to watch. We made many new friends,
heard some interesting stories and got many hugs. As I
was saying "see you next week, it came to me that, I may
not be able to wait another week.
When I chose this as my homework I thought it would
be about them, making a difference in their lives.
Instead, I have come to believe this is about me, there
are so many miracles there, so many gifts as my good
friend Mr. Meurer always says.
It was to be about just getting my homework
done, meeting the expectation, good-nuff. And now,
well like I mentioned, it is a weekly gig because like
Ms. Colvin says, there is always more. I wonder how many
things in my life I just never took the time to notice
up until now! |
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In the world of the Internet, the words "Thread" and "Post" have
very specific meanings. No, they're not what you use to sew on a
button or hold up a street sign. They are, as might befit such a
communication-rich medium, just other words for communication.
For example, in our newly designed Team Forums (http://www.empoweru.net/forum/index.php)
these words are used to describe 2 different types of
communications. When someone starts a new communication within a
Team Forum, this is called a "Thread." When someone replies to a
previously started communication, this is called a "Post." You start
a new communication as a "Thread" and you reply to an ongoing
communication with a "Post." |
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"Tapped Out" by Hunter Jesse |
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The concept of being "tapped out" was offered to me today
(Thursday, October 20th). I must say that the idea lives in
the volumes of world-eaters. I have read these comical
essays on this style of living with much less success in
understanding up until today. Now I see clearly that a world
eater attempted to wrestle with me. Funny thing is... I have
no position to defend and no world to be consumed. I am
neither marred nor hurt by the statement and, quite frankly,
there is always more to give. I find the statement to be an
interesting mirror that was offered about the person who
shared the thought. I also see that this person is not
always a world-eater, but, for this instance where the words
were framed in a myriad of inconsistencies, the attempts to
suck life were great. I see the disease of past
self-identity, the disease of false agendas, and the disease
of under-statements or half-truths, being the style of
living that holds this person back from living fully. I see
the disease being reinforced by the lies previously told.
And, when advice is sought from the people who were part of
the lies, victims of the lies, or facilitators of the lies,
this advice can only be accepted as something falsely given
and falsely received. To then act upon the advice, as she
did, represents false living.
To the set the stage for you, she recently moved away
from Houston. She broke off her relationship with her
ex-husband and with many of her friends. She realized that
she made choices to be liked for the last 5 years, but,
realized that she must like herself before anyone else will.
While she has not had the EmpowerU Awakening, she realized
that she must shed all the previous baggage she built. Her
decisions included building new friendships, meditating, and
moving to a new city. These were all big steps in defining
her “new” self-confidence.
Over the last year, my wife and I developed a friendship
with her. In this friendship, she began to share her past
and let us in on some of the “secrets” that she carried as
baggage. The two weeks prior to sharing with me the concept
of “tapped-out”, she engaged her old friends in her life
decisions because of their presumed interest in her
progress. In this short period of time, she pushed the
conversations between us aside, pushed our relationship to
the back corner, and, truly, began to demonstrate by action
that she didn’t want our friendship. Thus, when the picture
became clear by the pieces I put together, I challenged her
on what she wanted by painting the picture that had emerged
so quickly. Her final statement became an attempted slap as
if to close the door.
Until the pattern changes, her choices will remain the
same. To seek comfort in the past will only confuse the
issue until it becomes apparent the comfort is gone. If the
current drama this person is living is not enough evidence
of this, what other "pain" is necessary for reality to seep
into the frame? What else will it take to realize that
certain friendships do not have an agenda while other
"friendships" are greater, but less-realized, world-eaters?
What else will it take to realize that certain friendships
offer freedom?
I am concerned for the person, but not for the
relationship. Personal choices will eventually hold that
person accountable. In the meantime, all I can continue to
do is hold out my hand to pick them up if they fall, cheer
them onward when they begin living passionately, and
continue to set an example of how honest living always has
more to give. In a common forum that we visit on-line, I
posted most of this information as a representation that her
rejection did not affect how much more my wife and I have to
give.
Update: She called last Monday (October 24th). She made
apologies for her actions. She recognized the hands being
offered. She recognized how the “disease” of the previous
relationship shaped her actions. My wife and I converse, via
phone and instant messenger, on a regular basis with her
now. She is doing well in her new city with a new attitude.
And, as she put it, she is “no longer looking backward at
those mistakes, but now looking to the future.” |
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