I attended a wonderful lecture on Friday that discussed the cycles of history.
Check out http://thestarforum.wordpress.com for more details.
The presentation touched upon how history repeats itself and gave some specific examples in United States history of how the Cycle of History ahs displayed itself.
I took some notes. Some good flyers that were handed out, that displayed past specific cycles of history. I have not presented here but I hope the star web site will have them.

Surviving the 4th Turning
1. Embrace the new and now
2. Write new goals
3. Spend evenings and Sundays with family
4. Self-culture
– do what you need to do
– decide what you want to be
5. Create individuals for your life
6. Raise you children as adults.
– They need to be responsible early in their lives.
– stop coddling your kids and grandkids
7. find meaning for the challenges in your life
-story of prisoners’ who were able to read their bible without the interruption of guards.
fleas in room was what prevented guards into coming into the room.
8. service. we not the government are responsible to helping others.
9. A good marriage means attention first to your partner and then your kids.
10. Initiative education = you can learn without having to go back to school.
11. entrepreneurships & Intrpreenturship
– create a community business by yourself
– support new ideas to a local business.
12. Produce wealth = wealth will be needed to rebuild society
13.Be creative and inventive
– check out book the Tightwad Guzett (talks about ways to save money)
14. Ambition:
– you naturally want good to win.
– story of Abraham Clark and his wife Sarah.
Abraham is a signer of the constitution
if you counter your signature of the constitution you two sons will live
he offered his wealth or his life. British said no.