A sobering thought.....

[pilotwin7]

Poet Lemn Sissay was raised by the state. He talks about the empty space where his family should have been.
About Lemn Sissay http://lemnsissay.com/writing-2/books-2/
https://twitter.com/lemnsissay

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Literature has long been fascinated with fostered, adopted and orphaned children, from Moses to Cinderella to Oliver Twist to Harry Potter. So why do many parentless children feel compelled to hide their pasts? Poet and playwright Lemn Sissay tells his own moving story.

[Hawkeye07]

"Literature has long been fascinated with fostered, adopted and orphaned children, from Moses to Cinderella to Oliver Twist to Harry Potter. So why do many parentless children feel compelled to hide their pasts? Poet and playwright Lemn Sissay tells his own moving story."

The truth is, as in my sister's-in-law case. they don't know it. If you were abandoned as an infant or toddler and raised in an orphanage or foster home who you are, your roots and heritage, very likely are a large void in your life. My sister-in-law does not know who her real parents are, nor her ancestry. Is she Jewish? Maybe Italian or German? This can have grave complications in a persons life. Does my family have a history of breast cancer, alcoholism or schizophrenia? Are birth defects a subject of concern? What about average life expectancy?

It wasn't too many years ago that adopted people couldn't even legally obtain the records of their adoption. It was all under state lock and key.
They were basically locked out of their own life's story.

Try this..The next time you go to the doctor's office and the receptionist asks you to fill out the usual bazillion question health history form think for a moment that you're adopted and have no idea who your parents, grandparents or other relatives are. Now answer the health history questions?

[Fozzer]

Good one Hawk!..... ...!

You have suddenly made me realise how lucky I am, that all my forebears made and kept a fully documented history of themselves, with full details of every generation in my family, at present dating from 1714.

Further search will reveal more details dating back even further.

I have a wealth of hand-written letters, letters, certificates, photographs, family paintings, etc, with the family list getting longer every day!

A British family dating back to Iron Age times!

My own family tree is the size of a football field....(approximately)... ...!

http://www.fosbery.com/

Paul Fosbery...(Related to the Flintstones).... ....!

P.S I am always interested/fascinated in the origins of my American Flight Sim Chums....>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigrati ... ted_States

[pilotwin7]

Great talk and well done!. I admire his passion..?

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Jacob Barnett is an American mathematician and child prodigy. At 8 years old, Jacob began sneaking into the back of college lectures at IUPUI. After being diagnosed with autism since the age of two and placed in his school's special ed. program, Jacob's teachers and doctors were astonished to learn he was able to teach calculus to college students.

At age nine, while playing with shapes, Jacob built a series of mathematical models that expanded Einstein's field of relativity. A professor at Princeton reviewed his work and confirmed that it was groundbreaking and could someday result in a Nobel Prize. At age 10, Jacob was formally accepted to the University as a full-time college student and went straight into a paid research position in the field of condensed matter physics. For his original work in this field, Jacob set a record, becoming the world's youngest astrophysics researcher. His paper was subsequently accepted for publication by Physical Review A, a scientific journal shared on sites such as NASA, the Smithsonian, and Harvard's webpage. Jacob's work aims to help improve the way light travels in technology.

Jacob is also CEO and founder of Wheel LLC, a business he started in his mom's garage, and is in the process of writing a book to help end "math phobia" in his generation.

[pilotwin7]

Well said. Mr. David Chalmers

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Our consciousness is a fundamental aspect of our existence, says philosopher David Chalmers: "There's nothing we know about more directly....
but at the same time it's the most mysterious phenomenon in the universe." He shares some ways to think about the movie playing in our heads.

[pilotwin7]

75 year long study .... having a good relationship to have a good life?

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What keeps us happy and healthy as we go through life? If you think it's fame and money, you're not alone – but, according to psychiatrist Robert Waldinger, you're mistaken. As the director of 75-year-old study on adult development, Waldinger has unprecedented access to data on true happiness and satisfaction. In this talk, he shares three important lessons learned from the study as well as some practical, old-as-the-hills wisdom on how to build a fulfilling, long life.

[pilotwin7]

Dr. Jee Hyun Kim She is very authentic and passionate . Such a good speech,..

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Dr Jee Hyun Kim currently leads a research team working on memory aspects of early-onset anxiety disorders and drug addiction in the Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, University of Melbourne.

[pilotwin7]

Dianna David, Thank You for the inspiration.? Hardworking lady..... Amazing story and awesome talent.

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After four years of working behind a desk, she started to get that uncomfortable feeling in the pit of her stomach, the kind you get when you know you're not supposed to be where you are.
She wondered, "Is this what I'm going to do for the rest of my life?" On her journey to answer one of life's biggest questions, she comes across a red ball, and from then on her life was never the same.

[pilotwin7]

Amazing !!! Wisdom... Mindfulness Dr. Geller. You are inspirational!?

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Scott Geller is Alumni Distinguished Professor at Virginia Tech and Director of the Center for Applied Behavior Systems in the Department of Psychology.

[Roypcox]

I truly enjoyed all of your post on this subject. We are so blessed to have this caliber of people to bring this to the for front. Foss and Jean a wonder job in relating your thought to us. Many thanks to all.

[pilotwin7]

Let me thank Mr. Fozzer post topic and the forum members for replies to the topic and sharing their stories.

I truly enjoyed all of your post on this subject. We are so blessed to have this caliber of people to bring this to the for front. Foss and Jean a wonder job in relating your thought to us. Many thanks to all.

Thanks Mr. Roypcox for kind comment
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Life's not perfect, and Life's Hard. 'Cause Everyone has to go through struggle (The Unknown) either now or later. As long we still alive.

Life's like a season, constantly changing, never know what the future will hold. Still "We are so blessed"

All Life is matters. Only a small drop in the ocean for what we do to reach out and save or change the mind of a person just one more day, "Choose Life".... "Hope and faith"

We as Human can bring people together to share the experience cultivate the courage, compassion, motivation and understanding connection that we need to embrace our imperfections.




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[pilotwin7]

Great talk, informative as well. Fantastic!! self talk Thank you, Dr. Joseph

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As the Athletic Director and head coach of the Varsity Soccer team at Ryerson University, Dr. Joseph is often asked what skills he is searching for as a recruiter: is it speed?
Strength? Agility? In Dr. Joseph's TEDx Talk, he explores self confidence and how it is not just the most important skill in athletics, but in our lives.

[pilotwin7]

Absolutely amazing. "We all face challenges and we all face the dark unknown".. Incredibly inspiring talk. Mr. Daniel Kish, Thank you.?

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Daniel Kish has been blind since he was 13 months old, but has learned to “see” using a form of echolocation. He clicks his tongue and sends out flashes of sound that bounce off surfaces in the environment and return to him, helping him to construct an understanding of the space around him. In a rousing talk, Kish demonstrates how this works and asks us to let go of our fear of the “dark unknown.”

[pilotwin7]

OOOPS!!!.. Operator error ..... Yet again. ... Sorry

My Life As A One-Man Band viewtopic.php?f=25&t=176254

Mr. Tommy Emmanuel created a life for himself as a one-man band and has become one of Australia's most respected musicians.
With light vim and pure talent, he demonstrates his unique playing style, which is notably a development of the Travis picking technique and blending of rhythm and melody.

[Fozzer]

...and then we have the many others, who fall by the wayside...>>>>

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/video_and_aud ... 9/37992809

...and for them all, there is little hope.

A society built upon guns, drugs, and criminality.

I really cannot understand it all.

Something which is not apparent to me, in my local British community.

Sad stories.

Paul.

P.S What are the opinions of my Flight Sim Chums? Are you, and yours, affected by it?