<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"><channel><title>AK Dojo de Levittown</title><link>http://aikidojodelevittown.blog-city.com/</link><description></description><copyright>Copyright 2009 aikidojodelevittown.blog-city.com</copyright><generator></generator><lastBuildDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:01:00 GMT</lastBuildDate><image><title>AK Dojo de Levittown</title><url>http://server1.blog-city.com/images/bc_v5_logo_small.gif</url><link>http://aikidojodelevittown.blog-city.com/</link></image><ttl>360</ttl><docs>http://backend.userland.com/rss</docs><item><title>What is it about...?</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://aikidojodelevittown.blog-city.com/what_is_it_about.htm</guid><link>http://aikidojodelevittown.blog-city.com/what_is_it_about.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://aikidojodelevittown.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=what%5Fis%5Fit%5Fabout</comments><dc:creator>Myriam Cedres</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[&nbsp;&quot;It is not about what you do...but, about what you are.&quot; -mcr]]></description></item><item><title>What to say....</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://aikidojodelevittown.blog-city.com/what_to_say.htm</guid><link>http://aikidojodelevittown.blog-city.com/what_to_say.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://aikidojodelevittown.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=what%5Fto%5Fsay</comments><dc:creator>Myriam Cedres</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[&nbsp;&quot; If you must speak.... ask a question.&quot; -Denis Waitley]]></description></item><item><title>A stroke of luck...?</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://aikidojodelevittown.blog-city.com/a_stroke_of_luck.htm</guid><link>http://aikidojodelevittown.blog-city.com/a_stroke_of_luck.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:29:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://aikidojodelevittown.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=a%5Fstroke%5Fof%5Fluck</comments><dc:creator>Myriam Cedres</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[&nbsp;&quot;In the 1920, when Ernest Hemingway was working hard to perfect his craft, he lost a suitcase containing all his manuscripts.&nbsp; The devastated Hemingway couldn&#39;t conceive of redoing his work. He could think only of the months he&#3]]></description></item><item><title>A bad place to be....</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://aikidojodelevittown.blog-city.com/a_bad_place_to_be.htm</guid><link>http://aikidojodelevittown.blog-city.com/a_bad_place_to_be.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://aikidojodelevittown.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=a%5Fbad%5Fplace%5Fto%5Fbe</comments><dc:creator>Myriam Cedres</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[&nbsp;&quot; When you see yourself doing something badly and nobody&#39;s bothering to tell you anymore, that&#39;s a bad place to be. You may not want to hear it, but your critics are often the ones telling you they still love you and care about you]]></description></item><item><title>Basics....</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://aikidojodelevittown.blog-city.com/basics.htm</guid><link>http://aikidojodelevittown.blog-city.com/basics.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:48:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://aikidojodelevittown.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=basics</comments><dc:creator>Myriam Cedres</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[&nbsp;&quot;Fundamentals, fundamentals, fundamentals.You&#39;ve got to get the fundamentals down because otherwise the fancy stuff isn&#39;t going to work.&quot;-Randy Pausch This is another way to say,Basics, basics, basics. You&#39;ve got to get th]]></description></item><item><title>The way of the sword.....</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://aikidojodelevittown.blog-city.com/the_way_of_the_sword.htm</guid><link>http://aikidojodelevittown.blog-city.com/the_way_of_the_sword.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://aikidojodelevittown.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=the%5Fway%5Fof%5Fthe%5Fsword</comments><dc:creator>Myriam Cedres</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[&nbsp;What is it today?. For what use is it today in the presence of firepower and guns all around us?. Let&#39;s see some words from the book The Art of Japanese Swordsmanship,&nbsp; A Manual of Eishin-Ryu Iaido:&quot; Iai does not enable one to kil]]></description></item><item><title>A world that no longer exists....</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://aikidojodelevittown.blog-city.com/a_world_that_no_longer_exists.htm</guid><link>http://aikidojodelevittown.blog-city.com/a_world_that_no_longer_exists.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://aikidojodelevittown.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=a%5Fworld%5Fthat%5Fno%5Flonger%5Fexists</comments><dc:creator>Myriam Cedres</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[&nbsp;&quot;In times of change learners inherit the earth,while the learned find themselves beautifullyequipped to deal&nbsp; with a world that no longer exists.&quot;-Eric Hoffer]]></description><category>change</category></item><item><title>Waste?....</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://aikidojodelevittown.blog-city.com/waste.htm</guid><link>http://aikidojodelevittown.blog-city.com/waste.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 11:06:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://aikidojodelevittown.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=waste</comments><dc:creator>Myriam Cedres</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[&nbsp;&quot; Nothing is a waste of time if you use your experience wisely.&quot; - Auguste Rodin &nbsp;Simple truth. Isn&#39;t it?. So hard to grasp and make it real sometimes. Everything.... EVERYTHING, is useful.&nbsp; There&#39;s no waste of time,]]></description></item><item><title>Less...</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://aikidojodelevittown.blog-city.com/less.htm</guid><link>http://aikidojodelevittown.blog-city.com/less.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:48:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://aikidojodelevittown.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=less</comments><dc:creator>Myriam Cedres</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[&nbsp;Sometimes it&#39;s not what we have what completes or makes us whole, but what we do not have. And now I find myself with less and less and the mystery has space to walk up forth. &quot; A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when ther]]></description></item><item><title>Who are we when....</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://aikidojodelevittown.blog-city.com/who_are_we_when.htm</guid><link>http://aikidojodelevittown.blog-city.com/who_are_we_when.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:47:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://aikidojodelevittown.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=who%5Fare%5Fwe%5Fwhen</comments><dc:creator>Myriam Cedres</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[&nbsp;Who are we when what we do it&#39;s taken from us?. When what we have is there no more?. When we look around and there&#39;s no one there?.&nbsp; Sensei Myriam]]></description></item><item><title>Hunger.....</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://aikidojodelevittown.blog-city.com/hunger.htm</guid><link>http://aikidojodelevittown.blog-city.com/hunger.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:01:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://aikidojodelevittown.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=hunger</comments><dc:creator>Myriam Cedres</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[&nbsp;&quot;Wanting something is not enough.You must hunger for it.&quot;-Les Brown]]></description></item><item><title>This light that we are....</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://aikidojodelevittown.blog-city.com/this_light_that_we_are.htm</guid><link>http://aikidojodelevittown.blog-city.com/this_light_that_we_are.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://aikidojodelevittown.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=this%5Flight%5Fthat%5Fwe%5Fare</comments><dc:creator>Myriam Cedres</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[But we are also darkness.... and our light shines brighterbecause of the darkness we hold within.]]></description></item><item><title>Boldness...</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://aikidojodelevittown.blog-city.com/boldness.htm</guid><link>http://aikidojodelevittown.blog-city.com/boldness.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:56:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://aikidojodelevittown.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=boldness</comments><dc:creator>Myriam Cedres</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[&nbsp;&quot;Freedom lies in being bold.&quot; -Robert Frost, poet &nbsp;And then, what is boldness?.&nbsp;]]></description></item><item><title>What goes around comes around....</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://aikidojodelevittown.blog-city.com/what_goes_around_comes_around_1.htm</guid><link>http://aikidojodelevittown.blog-city.com/what_goes_around_comes_around_1.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:31:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://aikidojodelevittown.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=what%5Fgoes%5Faround%5Fcomes%5Faround%5F1</comments><dc:creator>Myriam Cedres</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[&nbsp;I&#39;ve lived this so many times. And I&#39;ve been on the positive as well as at the negative side of it. And from both sides I&#39;ve learn a lot. Sensei Myriam]]></description></item><item><title>What is it that we make of our teachers....</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://aikidojodelevittown.blog-city.com/what_is_it_that_we_make_of_our_teachers.htm</guid><link>http://aikidojodelevittown.blog-city.com/what_is_it_that_we_make_of_our_teachers.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 16:14:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://aikidojodelevittown.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=what%5Fis%5Fit%5Fthat%5Fwe%5Fmake%5Fof%5Four%5Fteachers</comments><dc:creator>Myriam Cedres</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[&nbsp;]]></description></item><item><title>No holding back...</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://aikidojodelevittown.blog-city.com/no_holding_back.htm</guid><link>http://aikidojodelevittown.blog-city.com/no_holding_back.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 15:28:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://aikidojodelevittown.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=no%5Fholding%5Fback</comments><dc:creator>Myriam Cedres</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[&nbsp;&quot; No great performance ever came from holding back.&quot;-Donn Green, Performance coach]]></description></item><item><title>A leader....</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://aikidojodelevittown.blog-city.com/a_leader_1.htm</guid><link>http://aikidojodelevittown.blog-city.com/a_leader_1.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 19:24:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://aikidojodelevittown.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=a%5Fleader%5F1</comments><dc:creator>Myriam Cedres</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[&nbsp;Strong, but not rude. Kind, but not weak.Bold, but not a bully.Humble, but not timid.&nbsp;Proud, but not arrogant.Has humor without folly.Deals in realities. Deal in truths.&nbsp;These words are taken from Jim Rohn Weekly Ezine.]]></description></item><item><title>For those who believe....</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://aikidojodelevittown.blog-city.com/for_those_who_believe.htm</guid><link>http://aikidojodelevittown.blog-city.com/for_those_who_believe.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:07:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://aikidojodelevittown.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=for%5Fthose%5Fwho%5Fbelieve</comments><dc:creator>Myriam Cedres</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[&nbsp;And I&#39;m not talking about wishful thinking. A thought first,&quot; Nothing great has ever been achieved except by those who dared believe that something inside&nbsp; them was superior to circumstances.&quot; - Bruce Barton, advertising exec]]></description></item><item><title>How we play the hand.....</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://aikidojodelevittown.blog-city.com/how_we_play_the_hand.htm</guid><link>http://aikidojodelevittown.blog-city.com/how_we_play_the_hand.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 11:47:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://aikidojodelevittown.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=how%5Fwe%5Fplay%5Fthe%5Fhand</comments><dc:creator>Myriam Cedres</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[&nbsp;&quot; We cannot change the cards we are dealt;just how we play the hand.&quot;. - Randy Pausch]]></description></item><item><title>Gazing back...!</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://aikidojodelevittown.blog-city.com/gazing_back.htm</guid><link>http://aikidojodelevittown.blog-city.com/gazing_back.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 11:53:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://aikidojodelevittown.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=gazing%5Fback</comments><dc:creator>Myriam Cedres</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[&nbsp;&quot; Battle not with monsters, lest ye become a monster, and if you gaze into the abyss, the abyss gazes also into you.&quot; - Friedrich Nietzsche]]></description></item><item><title>The unexpected challenge.....</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://aikidojodelevittown.blog-city.com/the_unexpected_challenge.htm</guid><link>http://aikidojodelevittown.blog-city.com/the_unexpected_challenge.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 11:16:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://aikidojodelevittown.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=the%5Funexpected%5Fchallenge</comments><dc:creator>Myriam Cedres</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[&nbsp;&quot;&nbsp; When we least expect it, life sets up a challenge to test our courage and willingness to change;]]></description></item><item><title>To receive....</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://aikidojodelevittown.blog-city.com/to_receive.htm</guid><link>http://aikidojodelevittown.blog-city.com/to_receive.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 19:13:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://aikidojodelevittown.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=to%5Freceive</comments><dc:creator>Myriam Cedres</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;The &quot;good&quot; and the &quot;bad&quot; ?. What is it?. Only what we like?. Or what we dislike at well?. What do I mean?. Simple. Are we willing to receive the &quot;yes&quot; and not the &quot;no&quot;. This is what I mean.&n]]></description></item><item><title>To act....</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://aikidojodelevittown.blog-city.com/to_act.htm</guid><link>http://aikidojodelevittown.blog-city.com/to_act.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 13:56:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://aikidojodelevittown.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=to%5Fact</comments><dc:creator>Myriam Cedres</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[&nbsp;This is the question. Once we set aside our fears there&#39;s but one choice and it&#39;s to do, to move, to act.&nbsp; &quot; The most difficult thing is the decision to act; the rest is merely tenacity. The fears are paper tigers. You can do]]></description></item><item><title>Seventh rule....a long one indeed!</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://aikidojodelevittown.blog-city.com/seventh_rulea_long_one_indeed.htm</guid><link>http://aikidojodelevittown.blog-city.com/seventh_rulea_long_one_indeed.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 17:27:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://aikidojodelevittown.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=seventh%5Frulea%5Flong%5Fone%5Findeed</comments><dc:creator>Myriam Cedres</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[&nbsp;&quot;&nbsp; Promise yourself:&nbsp;&nbsp; To be so strong that nothing can disturb your peace of mind.To talk health, happiness, and prosperity to every person you meet.To make all your friends feel that there is something in them.To look at t]]></description></item><item><title>Fear not seniors of the Way</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://aikidojodelevittown.blog-city.com/fear_not_seniors.htm</guid><link>http://aikidojodelevittown.blog-city.com/fear_not_seniors.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:32:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://aikidojodelevittown.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=fear%5Fnot%5Fseniors</comments><dc:creator>Myriam Cedres</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[&nbsp;Oh.... I received this and want to share it with you all those seniors aikido practitioners who read my blog.&nbsp; &quot;Fear not, you in the over 30 range (I am well over 30....ejem). Plenty of older adults have made tremendous contributions]]></description></item></channel></rss>