My Concern
Should my concern be real?
Something else to worry about …..
I’m not really concerned about swine flu.
Here’s my concern:
- 3 years ago, Chinese calendar Year of the Cow . . . Mad Cow disease.
- 2 years ago, Chinese calendar Year of the Bird . . . Avian flu.
- This year, Chinese calendar Year of the Pig . . . Swine flu.
Next year is the Year of the Cock; Anybody else worried?
Is my concern justified?
Time Gets Better With Age
Have you ever wondered if Time Gets Better With Age?
Read it through to the end, it gets better as you go!
I’ve learned that I like my teacher because she cries when we sings “Silent Night”.
Age 5
I’ve learned that our dog doesn’t want to eat my broccoli either.
Age 7
I’ve learned that when I wave to people in the country, they stop what they are doing and wave back.
Age 9
I’ve learned that just when I get my room the way I like it, Mom makes me clean it up again.
Age 12
I’ve learned that if you want to cheer yourself up, you should try cheering someone else up.
Age 14
I’ve learned that although it’s hard to admit it, I’m secretly glad my parents are strict with me.
Age 15
I’ve learned that silent company is often more healing than words of advice.
Age 24
I’ve learned that brushing my child’s hair is one of life’s great pleasures.
Age 26
I’ve learned that wherever I go, the world’s worst drivers have followed me there.
Age 29
I’ve learned that if someone says something unkind about me, I must live so that no one will believe it.
Age 30
I’ve learned that there are people who love you dearly but just don’t know how to show it.
Age 42
I’ve learned that you can make some one’s day by simply sending them a little note.
Age 44
I’ve learned that the greater a person’s sense of guilt, the greater his or her need to cast blame on others.
Age 46
I’ve learned that children and grandparents are natural allies.
Age 47
I’ve learned that no matter what happens, or how bad it seems today, life does go on, and it will be better tomorrow.
Age 48
I’ve learned that singing “Amazing Grace” can lift my spirits for hours.
Age 49
I’ve learned that motel mattresses are better on the side away from the phone.
Age 50
I’ve learned that you can tell a lot about a man by the way he handles these three things: a rainy day, lost luggage, and
tangled Christmas tree lights.
Age 51
I’ve learned that keeping a vegetable garden is worth a medicine cabinet full of pills.
Age 52
I’ve learned that regardless of your relationship with your parents, you miss them terribly after they die.
Age 53
I’ve learned that making a living is not the same thing as making a life.
Age 58
I’ve learned that if you want to do something positive for your children, work to improve your marriage.
Age 61
I’ve learned that life sometimes gives you a second chance.
Age 62
I’ve learned that you shouldn’t go through life with a catchers mitt on both hands. You need to be able to throw something back.
Age 64
I’ve learned that if you pursue happiness, it will elude you. But if you focus on your family, the needs of others, your
work, meeting new people, and doing the very best you can, happiness will find you.
Age 65
I’ve learned that whenever I decide something with kindness, I usually make the right decision.
Age 66
I’ve learned that everyone can use a prayer.
Age 72
I’ve learned that even when I have pains, I don’t have to be one.
Age 82
I’ve learned that every day you should reach out and touch someone. People love that human touch-holding hands, a warm
hug, or just a friendly pat on the back.
Age 90
I’ve learned that I still have a lot to learn.
Age 92
Time Gets Better With Age
I’ve learned that you should pass this one on to someone you care about. Sometimes they just need a little something to
make them smile.
More great information about your health.
Test Your Reaction Time
Why don’t you have some fun and Test Your Reaction Time.
The driving manual says the average driver’s reaction time is: .75 seconds……. or 1 car length for every 10 mph…..
Test your average reaction time.
Be very careful this can be addictive. Click on the blue link below and good luck.
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The $20 Bill is ALWAYS Worth $20
The $20 Bill is ALWAYS Worth $20
A well-known speaker started off his seminar by holding up a $20.00 bill.
In the room of 200, he asked, who would like this $20 bill?
Hands started going up. He said, I am going to give this $20 to one of you but first, let me do this.
He proceeded to crumple up the $20 dollar bill.
He then asked, who still wants it? Still the hands were up in the air.
Well, he replied, What if I do this? And he dropped it on the ground and started to grind it into the floor with his shoe.
He picked it up, now crumpled and dirty. Now who still wants it? Still the hands went into the air.
My friends, we have all learned a very valuable lesson. No matter what I did to the money, you still wanted it because it did not decrease in value. It was still worth $20.
Many times in our lives, we are dropped, crumpled, and ground into the dirt by the decisions we make and the circumstances that come our way. We feel as though we are worthless. But no matter what has happened or what will happen, you will never lose your value; dirty or clean rumpled or finely creased, you are still priceless to those who love you.
The worth of our lives comes not in what we do or who we know, but by WHO WE ARE. You are special – Don’t EVER forget it.
Count your blessings, not your problems. Never be afraid to try something new. Remember that amateurs built the ark.
Professionals built the Titanic.
If you do not pass this on, you may never know the lives it touches; the hurting hearts it speaks to, or the hope that it can bring.
Banana’s and Your Health
Banana’s and Your Health
After Reading this, you will NEVER look at a banana in the same way again!
Bananas Contain three natural sugars – sucrose, fructose and glucose combined with fiber, a banana gives an instant, sustained and substantial boost of energy. Research has proven that just two bananas provide enough energy for a strenuous 90-minute workout. No wonder the banana is the number one fruit with the world’s leading athletes. But energy isn’t the only way a banana can help us keep fit. It can also help overcome or prevent a substantial number of illnesses and conditions, making it a must to add to our daily diet.
Depression:
According to a recent survey undertaken by MIND amongst people suffering from depression, many felt much better after eating a banana. This is because bananas contain tryptophan, a type of protein that the body converts into serotonin, known to make you relax, improve your mood and generally make you feel better.
PMS:
Forget the pills — eat a banana. The vitamin B6 it contains regulates blood glucose levels, which can affect your mood.
Anemia:
High in iron, bananas can stimulate the production of hemoglobin in the blood and so helps in cases of anemia.
Blood Pressure:
This unique tropical fruit is extremely high in potassium yet low in salt, making it the perfect way to beat blood pressure. So much so, the US Food and Drug Administration has just allowed the banana industry to make official claims for the fruit’s ability to reduce the risk of blood pressure and stroke.
Brain Power:
200 students at a Twickenham (Middlesex England ) school were helped through their exams this year by eating bananas at breakfast, break, and lunch in a bid to boost their brain power Research has shown that the potassium-packed fruit can assist learning by making pupils more alert.
Read the complete article here
Banana’s and Your Health
The Importance of Walking
The Importance of Walking
Walking can add minutes to your life.
This enables you at 85 “seasoned” years to spend an additional 5 months in a nursing home at $7000 per month.
My grandpa started walking five miles a day when he was 60.
Now he’s “seasoned” at 97 years and we don’t know where he is.
I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy me.
The only reason I would take up walking is so that I could hear heavy breathing again.
I have to walk early in the morning, before my brain figures out what I’m doing.
I joined a health club last year, spent about 400 bucks.
Haven’t lost a pound.
Apparently you have to go there.
Every time I hear the dirty word ‘exercise’, I wash my mouth out with chocolate.
I do have flabby thighs, but fortunately my stomach covers them.
The advantage of exercising every day is so when you die, they’ll say, ‘Well, she looks good doesn’t she.’
If you are going to try cross-country skiing, start with a small country.
I know I got a lot of exercise the last few years,……
just getting over the hill.
We all get heavier as we get more “seasoned”, because there’s a lot more information in our heads.
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Health Care Solution
Finding a real health care solution can be a lot easier then congress is making it out to be. If our congress members and senators will refrain from their own need for power and keep the well being of people of the United States as their main priority, a health care solution can be easily formulated, implemented and attained.
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics the U.S. labor force for August is about 155,000,000 with about 15,000,000 of us being unemployed (9.7%).
With the exception of the health care industry, all job sectors are either declining or indicating little change:
- Health care added 28,000 jobs
- Construction is down 65,000 jobs
- Manufacturing is down 63,000 jobs
- Finance is down 28,000 jobs
- Wholesale Trade is down 17,000 jobs
- Retail indicates little change
- Transportation indicates little change
- Warehousing indicates little change
With health care being the only industry adding jobs on a regular basis, why is our government wanting to put their dirty figures into it? The answer is simple…Power.
Now we all know that our current health care system is riddled with fraud, inefficiencies, poor management, waste and inflated prices. It also does not insure all Americans who want to be insured.
Let’s look at how many Americans are actually uninsured. According to the U.S. Census Bureau 46,000,000 people in America are without health care insurance. This is the number that you will hear about in the media and it is 18% of the population under age 65. There is a strong opposition to these numbers that make a good case for their inflation.
According to Julia A. Seymour at the Business Media Institute the actual number of uninsured may be as low as 8.2 mil. If this argument is valid, then why are we looking to change an entire industry and implement a universal health care program?
Health Care Solution
According to President Obama, he wants to insure every American, lower the cost of health care and increase competition by health care providers.
Let’s take a look at some reasonable and easy to implement solutions that can provide insurance to everyone who wants it, lower the overall costs of health insurance premiums and increase competition.
- Any uninsured American who wants health care can be enrolled into the existing Medicaid program at minimal cost. This can happen immediately!
- The cost of health care insurance can be reduced by providing a tax deduction for all heal care insurance premiums. The savings will be about 30% per tax payer and can be implemented immediately.
- Competition between health care insurance companies is only limited by current laws that prohibit these insurance companies from selling policies outside of the jurisdiction of each state. Wouldn’t it be a lot easier to change this law then revamp the entire health care industry?
I am not a lawyer or employed by the heath care or insurance industry. I am simply a concerned U.S. citizen who is witnessing a government take over of the fastest growing industry in the country. Everybody knows that the opposite of Progress is Congress so for anyone looking to take a massive step backward and wants out government to take over something of this magnitude will need to rethink their support.
Don’t believe everything you hear on TV and read in newspapers and magazines. Do your own research as I did, listen to both sides and make an educated decision. We are Americans and are proud of our country and do not want it to move one inch closer to becoming a socialist society.
Here is the TRUE health care question.
Are You A Psychopath?
How can you tell if you are a Psychopath?
Just read this question, come up with an answer and then scroll down to the bottom for the result.
This is not a trick question.
It is as it reads.
No one I know has gotten it right. Few people do.
Are you a psychopath?
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Inner Peace
Inner Peace
Inner peace is not always easy to attain. We can strive for it and hope for the best or we can take this advice and live happily ever after.
Here is the advice for attaining Inner Peace…
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Life Lessons
Life Lessons
From a 90 Year Old
Written By Regina Brett, 90 years old, of The Plain Dealer, Cleveland , Ohio
“To celebrate growing older, I once wrote the 45 lessons life taught me. It is the most-requested column I’ve ever written. My odometer rolled over to 90 in August, so here is the column once more:
1. Life isn’t fair, but it’s still good.
2. When in doubt, just take the next small step.
3. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.
4. Your job won’t take care of you when you are sick. Your friends and parents will. Stay in touch.
5. Pay off your credit cards every month.
6. You don’t have to win every argument . Agree to disagree.
7. Cry with someone. It’s more healing than crying alone.
8. It’s OK to get angry
9. Save for retirement starting with your first paycheck.
10. When it comes to chocolate, resistance is futile.
Read all 45 life lessons here…
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