The Portal in the Park

by Cricket Casey

Inner National Bank of Worth

  Deposits

  A – Activity: The quality of being active, of exerting energy and using normal mental or bodily power. Being lively. Do you take time to think and act and play physical games rather than just sit at the computer playing games?

  B – Bio fitness: This type of exercising will help ensure that the body distributes inhaled oxygen to muscle tissue during the increased physical effort. You need to strengthen your core muscles. Even if you do only four or five shapes a day it will help. Do you make time every day to do your Biofitness exercises?

  C – Cooperation: Working or acting together for a common purpose or benefit. People working with others willingly and agreeably. Do you help around the house and in school without having to be asked?

  D – Devotion: Earnest dedication to a cause. Have faith and trust in what you believe. Are you devoted or dedicated to good causes?

  E – Effort: Exertion of your physical or mental powers. You do something by hard work, or extra effort. There are two types of effort; 1) Physical effort – take out the trash, clean your room, and give your parents or your sister or brother a hug. 2) Emotional effort – say nice things to your sister or brother or friends in school. Spend some time with, or just compliment someone who is bullied in school. After awhile your effort will become effortless. Do you make the effort?

  F – Fearlessness: Without fear; bold; spirited; brave; heroic; gallant. Developing the courage to stand by your positive qualities, and thinking about good things are two ways to combat your fears. Fears hold you back from being you. Are you being courageous in your life?

  G – Goodness: Being kind to others plus being moral and virtuous. Do you have an attitude of always wanting to be kind and helpful?

  H – Honesty: The quality of being truthful, sincere, and fair. Are you fair to others and do you command the same respect back?

  I – Imagination: The ability to form mental images or concepts of things not actually present to the senses. Expand your talents and be creative: invent, fantasize, mold, shape, conceptualize, think up, dream up, and be productive. Are you being original and being all you can be?

  J – Joyfulness: Showing or causing happiness and delight. Do you try to make others happy? Are you kind and friendly?

  K – Kindness: The quality of being nice and being friendly to others. Kindness lets others know that you care about them. How kind are you being?

  L – Listen: The ability to pay attention and understand what another is saying. You should hear, focus, and learn. Do you listen attentively?

  M – Modesty: The quality of being free from vanity and boastfulness, and having a regard for decency of behavior and speech. Are you being a good person without needing to brag about how good you are?

  N – Nutrition: Learning the best things to eat and drink to help you to grow and be healthy. You will compromise your energy and your power levels if you eat an unhealthy diet. Do you eat and drink the proper things?

  O – Openmindedness: Being receptive to new ideas; unprejudiced; unbiased; impartial. Is your mind open to new ideas?

  P – Positive Attitude: Emphasizing what is hopeful, good, or constructive. Are you happy and hopeful in your outlook?

  Q – Quietude: The state of staying calm and still. Working on self-control. It is a true art to be able to rest, relax, and restore yourself. Do you take time to simply think?

  R – Respect: The art of showing consideration, appreciation, courtesy, thoughtfulness, high regard, and high opinion to others. How much do you respect others?

  S – Self-esteem: Having a realistic or favorable impression of yourself; self-respect. You maintain pride and self-reliance. Self-confidence, self-respect, and independence form the powerful shield against anyone breaking you down or abusing you. How high is your self-esteem?

  T – Think: To employ one’s mind remembering experiences and making rational decisions. Do you step back and think before you act?

  U – Understanding: Trying to grasp ideas and the true meaning of things. Do you think things out before you decide what they mean? Do you try to understand others?

  V ‒ Veritas: The Latin word for truth; reality; the real world. Do you try to grasp the truth about things, and the reality of situations?

  W – Wisdom: Knowing what is true or right coupled with good judgment as to action; intelligence; insight. Do you try to make wise decisions?

  X – X-cellence: Excellence, the state of doing extremely well. Being all that you can be. Do you work hard to succeed?

  Y – Yielding: Inclined to be objective under pressure. Being flexible and not always demanding your own way. Are you able to go with the flow?

  Z – Zippy: To be lively and peppy. Do you often smile and try to spread a happy, positive attitude?

  Withdrawals

  a – anger: Strong feelings of displeasure and belligerence. Do you become angry easily? Are you in a constant state of irritation, annoyance, or even rage? There are two types of anger.

  1) Provoked anger – When you lose your cool, become irritated or annoyed, and take something that does not belong to you, or say something mean to your sister or brother, schoolmates, or parents. Sometimes really losing it and getting out of control or enraged, escalating your anger to the point of physical violence (hitting, pushing, and fighting).

  2) Reactive anger – This is when somebody else (your sister, brother, friends, and yes, even your parents exhibit reactive anger) loses his or her cool and takes your things, or says something mean to you, and you respond back with anger or rage – now, everybody is angry. This is the worst and is the most difficult to control. It forms a chain reaction of anger that keeps spreading. Do you find it difficult to step back, gain your composure, and change your reaction to a positive action – thus gaining control, and changing the situation?

  b – bullying: A bully is habitually cruel to others who are weaker; whether it is on a physical level – punching and fighting – or an emotional level – name calling and degrading someone’s differences (skin color, religion, culture, personal looks or deformities). You must know that the real weakness is in the attitude of the bully not the victim. So step back and think before you badger your sister or brother, pester your parents, fight your foes, tease your friends, annoy your teacher, torment, bother or harass anyone. Do you have trouble staying in control and trying to keep the peace?

  c – critical: Inclined to find fault or to judge with severity, often too readily. Do you constantly find things to complain about? If you are disapproving and faultfinding you might end up with no friends. Is it hard for you to stop and think before you complain about someone?

  d – dishonesty: One who is disposed to lie, cheat, or steal; not worthy of trust or belief. Are you not a person who can be believed and counted on to do the correct thing?

  e – envy: You become resentful or mad at the happiness or joy of someone else. For example, if your friend wins a race and you do not, can you still be gracious and genuinely happy for him or her? Can you compete with yourself, not with others?

  f – fighting: You should avoid all possible forms of physical attack. Fighting usually starts verbally, so it’s best to control yourself. Can you stop and think how to reverse the situation?

  g – greed/selfishness: You have a strong desire, a piggishness for things. You are never satisfied because you want more toys, more food, more money, and more clothes. This can be more serious when it leads to envy and stealing. In the case of food it can lead to obesity. Is it difficult for you to set limits and boundaries for yourself?

  h – horrible: Being extremely unpleasant. Do you ever try to frighten anyone? Do you behave in a manner that makes others afraid of you?

  i – impatience: Not accepting delay, opposition, or pain with calmness. Being intolerant. Do you ever become angry because you have to wait for something? Do you ever cry when you are hurt even though the pain isn’t really that bad?

  j – jealousy: Resentmen
t against another’s success or advantage. Do you ever get angry when someone gets something and you don’t?

  k – kicking: To strike with your foot or feet. Do you ever kick or punch others in anger?

  l – lying: Providing false information. Being untruthful when you know better. Do you ever say that you did not do something when you really did do it?

  m – mad: To become enraged, greatly provoked, or irritated. Do you ever become angry just to get your way, or to show displeasure?

  n – nagging: To find fault or complain in an irritating or relentless manner. Do you ever whine and complain to annoy your parents until you get your way?

  o – offensive: Causing displeasure. Being irritating and annoying; attacking. Have you ever hit someone or been mean to try and prove something?

  p – passivity: The state or condition of not reacting visibly to something that should produce signs of emotions or feelings. Do you just ignore some things that you feel bad about? Do you act as if important things don’t matter?

  q – quitter: A person who gives up too easily, especially in the face of some difficulty. For example, have you ever stayed home from school just because it was raining?

  r – revenge: To exact punishment for a perceived wrong. To retaliate to gain satisfaction for something wrong you felt was done to you. Do you ever try to get back at people you feel have offended you?

  s – swearing: To use profane or bad language. Do you ever use bad language – either because you’re irritated or to show off?

  t – temper: Heat of mind or passion shown in outbursts of anger or resentment. Do you “lose it” and make a big fuss when something gets you angry?

  u – uncaring: Unkempt; neglect; disheveled; messy. Do you allow yourself and your room to look messy and neglected? Is your homework sloppy?

  v – violent: Swift and intense use of physical force. Do you often fight or yell to get what you want?

  w – worry: To suffer from disturbing thoughts. Do you become anxious, and sit fretting instead of playing and exercising?

  x – x-aggeration: Exaggeration. To overstate and magnify things beyond the limits of truth. This is another form of lying. Do you ever blow things out of proportion to make yourself look better?

  y – yelling: To cry out or speak with a strong, loud voice; to shout. Do you ever yell just to get attention when it is not necessary?

  z – zombie: A person whose behavior or responses are wooden, listless, or seemingly rote. Do you ever act as if you just don’t care about anything or anyone?

  In order to become a member of the Cortex Club, which is a branch of the Biorhythm Academy, you must start now to accumulate lots of cents, which indicate you are growing in maturity (sense). You must eliminate the chips which make you bloated with negative attitude and STINK’N THINK’N.

  It is simple to start. Just make copies of the blank transaction sheet and follow the directions.

  Make copies of this sheet and fill in your name, the month, the year and your account number. Put the date at the top of each column for each day of the week. Use Scott’s transaction sheet as an example. Then go to the glossary and jot down the first letter of the action you performed, and how many times you repeated it. Total these daily and then weekly. You must end up with more deposits than withdrawals to achieve a positive result.

  If you get those chips off your shoulder and develop a positive attitude, you will mature and grow in sense as your account grows in cents. You must end up with more deposits than withdrawals to achieve a positive result.

  Grandmaster Melle Mel grew up in the Bronx utilizing his creative musical talents and lyrical genius to become successful. Melle Mel, a three-time Grammy winner and one of the pioneers of hip-hop is most noted for his all-time classic song “The Message,” to which Rolling Stone magazine gave a rare five-star review.

  Melle’s original style changed music and laid the foundation for what has become an exploding musical culture. He was a contributing author for Q: The Autobiography of Quincy Jones. An article in the BBC News listed Melle Mel as the single greatest rapper of all time.

  He has been nominated to be inducted into the Rock ’n’ Roll Hall of Fame. He has a physique to match his verbal firepower, a world-class bodybuilder and competes regularly. He now has a new “Message” to all the children of the world.

  You can read ’n’ rap along with Grandmaster Melle Mel and the characters as they speak and sing the complete text and seven original inspirational songs of hip-hop and pop. Melle brings lyrical dexterity and his trade-mark delivery elevating children’s records way above the standard, into something with more substance and a positive message. The Portal in the Park is in a league of its own.

  Cricket Casey is a motivator and educator in the field of mind-body fitness.

  She is a graduate of New York University, with a degree in physical therapy, and she holds a degree in biopsychology from William Paterson University.

  In private practice, she has worked as a physical therapist, personal trainer, and, life coach. For many years she served as a therapist in the New York City public schools and various private preschools. Casey has produced four fitness videos and a children’s book which have been distributed nationally and cited in numerous newspapers and magazines including the National Physical Therapy Bulletin and the Wall Street Journal.

  She also developed a Biofitness Training program for kids to stretch and strengthen proximal core muscles sprouting beautiful posture. She is presently working on a wellness training program and developing an ergonomic design to create a more productive setting in the classroom. Manhattan is her office and the subway is her car. Casey is always seeking out the next opportunity.

  Everyone associated with this book she encountered on the street, in the subway or in a café. She is a firm believer in team effort and together, Melle and Casey make slam dunk talent. The Portal in the Park is the first in a multimedia book series for the multitasking generation.

  For more information, visit our website and check out video of teachers using the book in the classroom theportalinthepark.com

  Oprah Radio Show, Dr. Oz interviews Cricket M. Casey and Grandmaster Melle Mel on “The Portal in the Park”. https://www.oprah.com/oprahradio/The-Portal-in-the-Park_1