Promise...

President Donald Trump took to Twitter Thursday with an extensive defense of his decision to withdraw U.S. forces from Syria, framing it as a campaign promise kept amid growing bipartisan backlash from lawmakers.

"Does the USA want to be the Policeman of the Middle East, getting NOTHING but spending precious lives and trillions of dollars protecting others who, in almost all cases, do not appreciate what we are doing?" Trump tweeted. "Do we want to be there forever?" 

The president also claimed in a separate tweet that "Russia, Iran, Syria & many others are not happy about the U.S. leaving." 

As the American leaves, the area will calm down dramatically.   Just a thought.

Consuming...

 

Raising the kids is so consuming that it can occupy all the oxygen of a marriage. As a result, It’s easy to ignore, gloss over or not deal with the dysfunction of your marriage.

Parents are preoccupied by the everyday life of their kids, including grappling with grades and school, transporting them to soccer practice and possibly helping them gain acceptance into a good college.

Kids leaving home is a major milestone in life,  and forces couples to reevaluate their life and their marriage.   What have I done with my life? Am I happy in my marriage? 

Furthermore, resentments often foment over the many years of a long-lasting marriage. Your spouse “feels as if he’s holding you back. You’re trapped in this unsatisfied situation.  

Many couples strive to patch things up and reinvigorate the marriage. “Both people have to be committed to wanting it; it won’t work if one is ambivalent.

Peace...

The latest talks between the Taliban and a U.S. peace envoy on the war in Afghanistan focused on the withdrawal of NATO troops, the release of prisoners and halting attacks on civilians by pro-government forces.

U.S. envoy Zalmay Khalilzad, tweeted that talks held this week in the United Arab Emirates were "productive."   The UAE talks also involved Saudi, Pakistani and Emirati representatives.

The insurgent group controls nearly half of Afghanistan, and are more powerful than at any time since a 2001 U.S.-led invasion. They carry out near-daily attacks, mainly targeting security forces and government officials.

The Taliban have refused to meet directly with the Afghan government, viewing it as a puppet of the U.S.

Pull...

The White House has ordered the Pentagon to pull U.S. troops from Syria immediately. 

President Trump, who has long wanted to withdraw troops from the war-torn region, said that the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) is defeated and therefore, there is no reason to be there. 

Mr. Trump has long expressed a desire to withdraw troops from the war-torn region, but had been urged against rapidly withdrawing U.S. armed forces. The president recently replaced his former Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Joseph Dunford, who opposed the immediate removal of troops, with Gen. Mark Milley.

Let whoever wants the war going stay.

Time...

Trickle...

Anger...

Being on the receiving end of somebody else's hostility can be stressful, so it's important to be assertive with these people to stop their stress from entering our emotional boundary.

• Remember the problem is them, not you.
• Don't try to fix them. ...
• Stay cool. ...
• Focus on their behavior rather than arguing.  ...
• Take a timeout. ...
• Put safety first. ...
• Don't try to intervene in a physical altercation.
• Let them discredit themselves by their foolishness. 

Dynasty...

Egypt announced the discovery of a private tomb belonging to a senior official from the 5th dynasty of the pharaohs, which ruled roughly 4,400 years ago.

Antiquities Minister  announced the find at the site of the tomb in Saqqara, just west of Cairo, which is also home to the famed Step Pyramid.

He said drawings on the tomb's walls were "exceptionally well-preserved." The drawings depicted the official and his family, he added.

The tomb also contained a total of 45 statues carved in rock. Again, they depict the official and his family.

In recent years, Egypt has heavily promoted new archaeological finds to international media and diplomats in the hope of attracting more tourists to the country. The vital tourism sector has suffered from the years of terrorists and extremists.

The Eyes...

You experience a positive situation when you see a friend you haven’t met in a long time.  The signal travel from the brain to the smiling muscles in your face.

And yet, that’s only where it starts. Once the smiling muscles in our face contract, there is a positive feedback loop that now goes back to the brain and reinforces our feeling of joy.

Smiling then, seems to give us the same happiness that exercising induces in terms of how our brain responds.  Our brain feels good and tells us to smile, we smile and tell our brain it feels good and so forth.

That’s why in a recent research scientists concluded “that smiling can be as stimulating as receiving up to 16,000 Pounds Sterling in cash.”

The muscle that show sincerity is the obicularis occuli and it encircles our eye socket.

The true smile is the-only smile that comes from the heart through the “eye socket”.  Try it.
Just a thought

Scrooge...