Daily Corinthian • Tuesday, January 28, 2014 • 7
All people embark on personal inner journeys In order for things to be right in your world, things have to first be right inside you. Although having a positive attitude and perception is essential, there is an inner you that is the very core of your being. This is the place where unresolved pain, frustration, stress, and struggle get buried when not properly acknowledged and dealt with. Although you think they are safely hidden away, these emotions still impact who you are and how you feel. Using a strategy of pushing unresolved issues below the surface creates an ever increasing emotional pressure. As you persist in this process, you adjust to the gradually rising pressure as being normal. However, this
is a flawed strategy that inevitably causes the very turmoil you Bryan are anxGolden ious to avoid. Dare to Live As the Without Limits pressure builds, your sensitivity to those buried issues grows as well. You may appear to be a solidly grounded, centered person, but there is an emotional current running below the surface. You can be great at dealing with most of the challenges life throws at you, but when someone or something touches what is supposedly locked away, you become overwhelmed with the rush of
happens, your emotional state is linked to other people. You have thus made your well being someone else’s responsibility. If they do not provide the refuge you seek, your frustration level grows. Then, facing the exact opposite result desired, you bury these additional frustrations in an effort to just have some tranquility. When your peace and happiness comes from within, there is a profound positive impact on the way you experience your world. You free yourself to appreciate other people without becoming dependent on them for your well being or putting unreasonable expectations on them. The journey to inner peace requires constant
an emotional surge. The flare-up of these buried emotions shakes your world. They are the antithesis of how you see yourself. Although emotional outbursts subside, the pent up pressure does not diminish on its own. Any interspersed lulls are mistakenly interpreted as serenity when in fact they are only the troughs between waves. Not understanding this process, or the critical need to take immediate corrective action, relegates you to an endless cycle of agony. Frustration and conflicts are the alarms that something is wrong that needs to be corrected. Deep frustration is only exacerbated by depending on someone else to provide relief. When this
awareness and correction as needed. The process of looking inside for happiness is contrary to the way we have been conditioned. Virtually all of our examples growing up teach the external approach. Any dark emotions lurking below the surface must be identified and properly dealt with. Left alone, they accumulate without an expiration date. Although these emotions may lie dormant for extended periods, the feelings are all too ready to surface. The journey into your core is one of life’s biggest challenges. You come face to face with long avoided issues. You must make a commitment to yourself to break the cycle and move forward. When you make mis-
takes, you have to honestly acknowledge your failings and weaknesses before embarking on the rebuilding process. It is a difficult process but worth every ounce of effort required. As you progress, you will disperse these buried emotions that have been clouding your perception. One of the many benefits will be an enhanced appreciation of all the things you have to be thankful for. Your inner journey will be one of amazing positive transformation that immeasurably enhances your happiness. Bryan Golden is a management consultant, motivational speaker, author, and adjunct professor. E-mail him at bryan@columnist.com or write him c/o this paper.
Astronauts make Maryland mall reopens after shootings repeat spacewalk, face new problems The Associated Press
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originally planned. It was unclear what the next course of action would be regarding the incommunicado camera, but Kotov and Ryazanskiy were assured there would be no more spacewalks to deal with the problem. “Well, at least one of them is working,” one of them said. All the external camera connections are believed to be solid, Russian Mission Control told the astronauts, and it was suggested that some files might be to blame. The Canadian company that owns the two cameras, UrtheCast (pronounced EARTH-cast) Corp., has a business plan to distribute the images collected. The cameras were launched to the space station last November in a deal between the Vancouver-based UrtheCast and the Russian Space Agency. UrtheCast seeks to post near-real-time video on its website and sell images. The company envisions customers wanting video feeds for environmental, agricultural and humanitarian purposes. The company had expected the system to be fully operational by summer. Because of all the camera data trouble during the Dec. 27 spacewalk, which dragged on for eight hours, Kotov and Ryazanskiy had to put off other chores. Those tasks were completed Monday. The four other space station astronauts — two Americans, one Japanese and another Russian — kept tabs on the spacewalk from inside. Russian flight controllers outside Moscow directed Monday’s 260-mile-high excursion. Before going back inside, Kotov, the station’s commander, was told to check out the orbiting outpost “as the master of the house.” “Let’s take a picture for future generations,” one of the spacewalkers said. And so they did.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Two Russian space station astronauts took a spacewalk Monday to complete a camera job left undone last month, but ran into new trouble. Oleg Kotov and Sergey Ryazanskiy successfully installed one of two commercially provided cameras for Earth observations, a task requiring multiple power connections outside the International Space Station. Everything checked out well with this high-definition camera, unlike the postChristmas spacewalk where there was no data stream. But the second, medium-resolution camera did not provide good data to ground controllers after Monday’s hookup. Ryazanskiy redid the electrical connections — to no avail. He spotted no damage. “I put everything in place as it used to be, maybe even better,” Ryazanskiy radioed. “I think it’s much better.” But still, the data link was flawed. “Sergey, don’t overdo it there,” Russian Mission Control said, warning him not to damage the connectors. The spacewalkers worked so hard — determined to accomplish the job this time — that Russian Mission Control outside Moscow urged them early in the spacewalk to “get your breath.” “We’ll force ourselves to rest,” one of the spacewalkers replied in Russian. The astronauts had hooked up both Earthobserving cameras during a spacewalk right after Christmas. But ground controllers received no data from either camera, and the spacewalkers had to haul everything back in. The problem was traced to indoor cabling and thought to be fixed. Russian Mission Control ended Monday’s spacewalk right around the six-hour mark, as
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COLUMBIA, Md. — A Maryland mall reopened Monday with increased security, somber memorials and still unanswered questions about why a gunman killed two people and himself inside a store. Crowds of shoppers were sparse in the early minutes of business, though white flowers were already scattered in a memorial fountain. As the community tried to get back to some sort of normalcy, investigators worked to piece together a motive for the shooting. Police found a journal belonging to Darion Marcus Aguilar, 19, but they would only say that it “expressed general unhappiness.” The contents, however, were enough for an officer looking into the disappearance of Aguilar on the day of the shooting to worry about the teen’s safety. Aguilar was supposed to work at Dunkin’ Donuts on Saturday morning, but he never showed up. Police said Aguilar took a taxi to the Mall in Columbia in suburban Baltimore and entered the building near Zumiez, a shop that sells skateboarding gear. He went downstairs to a food court directly below the store, then returned less than an hour later, dumped the backpack in a dressing room and started shooting. Shoppers fled in a panic or barricaded themselves behind closed doors. When police arrived, they found three people dead — two store
employees and Aguilar. The shooting baffled investigators and acquaintances of Aguilar, a quiet, skinny teenager who graduated from high school last spring and had no previous run-ins with law enforcement. Aguilar, who had concealed the shotgun in a bag, fired six to nine times. One victim, Brianna Benlolo, a 21-year-old single mother, lived half a mile away from Aguilar in the same College Park neighborhood, but police said they were still trying to determine what, if any, relationship they had. The other employee, Tyler Johnson, did not know Aguilar and did not socialize with Benlolo outside of work, a relative said. Howard County Police Chief William McMahon said there has been speculation about a romantic relationship between the gunman and Benlolo, but investigators have not been able to establish that. He said Monday that if the shooting were “domestic-related” he thought investigators would know more about that by this point. But he also did not rule that out. The chief also said there was no evidence so far that Aguilar ever applied for a job at Zumiez or worked there. On Monday, the store was covered by white boards as if it was under construction. Messages written on the boards thanked first responders and let customers know the store was closed.
Mall visitors could sign memory books and float white flowers in the mall’s fountain in memory of Benlolo and Johnson. Outside, a banner read: “Forever in our hearts.” Howard County Executive Ken Ulman was there for the reopening and said he will eat lunch with his wife and shop. He invited other people to join him. “Send a message with your presence that you are standing with us,” he said. “Let’s get back to business.” Aguilar was accepted last February to Montgomery College, a community college in the Washington suburbs, but school spokesman Marcus Rosano said he never registered or attended. Tydryn Scott, 19, said she was Aguilar’s lab partner in science class at James Hubert Blake High School and said he hung out with other skaters. She said she was stung by the news. “It was really hurtful, like, wow — someone that I know, someone that I’ve been in the presence of more than short amounts of time. I’ve seen this guy in action before. Never upset, never sad, just quiet, just
chill,” Scott told The Associated Press. “If any other emotion, he was happy, laughing.” Aguilar worked at the Dunkin’ Donuts on Friday and was supposed to open the store Saturday morning. When he didn’t show, his mother filed a missing persons report with the Prince George’s County Police Department at about 1:40 p.m., more than two hours after the mall shooting. Officers went to Aguilar’s home to speak with his mother about 5 p.m. and saw Aguilar’s journal. The portion the officer read made him concerned for Aguilar, the department said. Police began tracking Aguilar’s phone and soon discovered it was at the mall. At his home where he lived with his mother, officers also recovered more ammunition, computers and documents, police said. No one answered the door there Sunday. A half-mile away, a roommate who answered the door at Benlolo’s home confirmed that she lived there but declined to comment further. Two police officers went into the home after he spoke briefly to a couple of reporters.
What Must I Do To Be Saved? Some Say that we only need to have faith in Jesus For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not of yourselves, it is the gift of God. Ephesians 2:8 But the Bible teaches faith alone does not save, James 2:24
Some say that we only need to believe For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. John 3:16 But the Bible teaches belief alone does not save, James 2:19
Some say we only need to pray and confess Christ
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Whoever confesses me before men, him will I also confess before my father who is in heaven. Matthew 10:32 But the Bible teaches confession alone does not save, Matthew 7:21
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Repent then and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out, that times of refreshing may come from the Lord. Acts 3:19 But the Bible teaches morality is not enough, 2 Corinthians 5:17
Some say that our loving God will save everyone God is love. 1 John 4:8 But the Bible teaches many will be lost on that day, 2 Peter 3:3-13
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