A Universal Language / The Power of Kindness / School Calendar.

There is something
that brings people
together,
even with little understanding
of each other.

There is a Universal Language
that speaks to our Hearts.
.
It is
a Language we
can all
feel,
even without words.

It is
our way of understanding Life, 
our way of communicating our
sensitivity,
and the Pathway
to being Grateful
for all we are,
all we will ever
be.

My Dear Friends,
the whole is greater
than the sum of its parts.
The Language of 
Loving actions,
is so much more
than mere words
to describe them.
.
Kindness is
therapy
for the Giver.
One benefit of Kindness,
is that the Love
spreads both ways.

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A little piece of each of us
dies
with the passing of those
who have shaped who we are.

Be
Eternally Grateful for the Treasure
of all of those moments.
Be Grateful
for what God has done
for all of us.
.
 He
has made our Lives
to Sing.

We can
experience True Happiness
in Life.
.
Life
can become so surreal
again.
.
To be Truly Happy,
remember
that you are
Loved and Cherished.

Having a good
Heart
is a better choice.

Treat others in Life,
with the Compassion
you desire.
Even small acts of Kindness
can become Life changing
for others.
.
So
spread Happiness,
even when you feel
unhappy.

The more we give,
the more we receive,
and the more God will give
to us.
“It is More Blessed to Give
than to Receive.”
– Acts 20:35
.
The more we give,
the more we become a part of
another person.

Love
will eventually flow
to the recipient of our giving.
When we give,
we will see ourselves in them,
and be able to Love them
as ourselves.
.
Kindness is the
Key.
.
.Your Compassion
speaks to the Hearts
of others
in ways that words
never could.

Rays of Hope
are deeply felt
when your Heart is shinning
and reaching
out.
.
 We are Truly
all
Brothers and Sisters,
seeds from the same
Tree of Life.
And,
we are going to wake
from this Dream
of Living.

Let us add
Poetry
to our Beautiful Nature.

Our World 
is a perfect Portrait
of Heavenly Nature,
with blooming Flowers,
flying Birds,
picturesque views of enchanting Beauty,
which cradle the
Heart.

Life
can be restored
from darkness to Light
and start bearing Fruit.
.
There is a meaning
in this moment,
if
we Trust in
the Lord.

There is
in every moment,
traces of dark in the Light,
traces of the Light in the dark,
pushing into a Time of termination,
and unfolding towards
the inner, center Circle
of Life.

Sometimes
the weight of Life
is placed on the wings
of a Song.

PEACE makes all things possible.
HOPE makes all things work.
LOVE makes all things Beautiful.

Listen
to your Divine Voice.
Feel
the Euphoria in the depths
of your Heart.

Your Life,
your Love,
is needed, valued, wanted
and cherished.

Healing
is like the Song
the Soul sings.
You
are transported
to distant Dimensions,
as your Soul dances
with the Energy of the Divine.

 Love
causes one to become
in tune with the Heart
and to let the Harmony
flow to all levels
and connect the mind, body 
and Soul.
.
In coming to know
that
God is Love,
your Heart
speaks to this moment,
and all the good
that is to come.

You
feel connected Spiritually
to the Creator
and to yourself,
deeper
than you have ever
been.

Love
lets the Song
in your Soul
sing.
Love is absolutely
Beautiful.
.
  It lets the Heart
overflow
with Joy, Peace and Serenity.

Love
is always listening
to a Heavenly Melody.
It is mesmerizing,
calming and gentle
and at the same time,
so very Beautiful.

Humanity
is awakening to the power
of Prayer
in Healing.

Life is hectic,
with little Time
to breathe deeply.
Few are the moments
when we can Truly
rest.
.
The stressful pace of the World
disappears,
and tranquil moments begin
when we immerse ourselves
in reflection and 
Prayer.

The melody
of each moment
is very enchanting, very serene,
when we feel at Home.

Thank God
for creating a moment
where you can rest
and take a breath,
and find comfort as well.

Pray,
and wash away
your worries and your fears.
Calm your mind.
Tomorrow is a new
and another Day.

Sleep is rest for the body,
meditation is rest for the Soul..
.
Sleep like a Baby.
You
are God’s Child.

Goodnight.

The power of kindness:
why being nice benefits us all

by Calvin Holbrook

From boosting your mood to lowering stress, the power of Kindness is real. In fact, science shows the benefits of being kind are greater for the giver than the receiver. So, as Calvin Holbrook suggests, help others and help yourself, too.

 Can you remember the last time a stranger was kind to you? Maybe someone held a door open or offered you help with directions in the street? Or, perhaps you can recall the last time you helped somebody. After recently carrying out a few altruistic acts myself, I wanted to find out more about the power and benefits of Kindness. 

Just before Christmas I passed a homeless man sitting outside a London Tube station. Coming out of a nearby coffee shop after paying almost £3 for a flat white, I couldn’t justify spending that on a hot drink while he was sat with nothing. I started a conversation to find out how he was doing and he was thankful when I offered him some change and a banana. However, he seemed most grateful when I simply asked him what his name was. When I got up to leave, he looked directly into my eyes and gave me a genuine ‘Thank you.’

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Later that week, I spotted an elderly lady hauling a huge suitcase down some stairs – she was clearly struggling. Her face lit up with joy when I offered a hand. She was clearly touched someone had made the effort to assist, and I too walked away with a spring in my step and smile on my face. 

The power of kindness: a ripple effect

In these examples the power of kindness is obvious for the recipient: they were in a moment of need and received assistance. But the power of altruism also extended to me – in fact, one major benefit of kindness is that the love spreads both ways; it’s a win-win situation.

A positive sign: showing kindness is easy and free.

After connecting with these people I felt a sense of Happiness and pride to know I’d made a small but meaningful impact on their day. In fact, this feel-good sensation stayed with me for hours afterwards. Experiencing this feeling has also made it more likely that I’ll carry out more random acts of kindness in the future. 

Likewise, I like to think that the power of kindness can potentially rub off on the people I’ll help out in the future, that they, in turn, will be more likely to assist others. In fact, it turns out that science backs up this kindness ‘ripple effect’. 

“One major benefit of kindness is that the love spreads both ways; it’s a win-win situation.”

A 2018 study focused on employees at a Spanish company. Workers were asked to either a) perform acts of kindness for colleagues, or b) count the number of kind acts they received from coworkers. The results showed that those who received acts of kindness became happier, demonstrating the value of benevolence for the receiver.

However, those who delivered the acts of kindness benefited even more than the receivers. That’s because not only did they show a similar trend towards increased happiness, but they also had an boost in life and job satisfaction, as well as a decrease in depression.

Furthermore, the effects of altruism were contagious. Those colleagues on the receiving end of the acts of kindness ended up spontaneously paying it forward, themselves doing nice things for other colleagues. This study suggests the ripple effect really is one of the benefits of being nice.

Kindness and psychological flourishing

Further studies back up the power of kindness. In another, researchers asked members of the public to either perform acts of kindness – such as opening doors for strangers – for one month, or to perform kind acts for themselves, such as treating themselves to a new purchase. 

The researchers measured the participants’ level of so-called ‘psychological flourishing’ – their emotional, psychological, and social well-being at the start and end of the experiment. By the end, those who had carried out kind acts for others had higher levels of psychological flourishing compared to those who acted kindly towards themselves. Kindly acts also led to higher levels of positive emotions.

Good to give: kindness benefits both the giver and receiver

Meanwhile, another study incorporated cold hard cash to test the powers of altruism. Researchers gave participants either $5 or $20 which they had to spend either on themselves or others before the end of the day. They measured the participants’ happiness levels before giving them the money and then called them on the phone in the evening. The results? Those who had spent the money were happier than those who used the money for their own needs.

The physical effects of kindness

So, science and studies show that being kind and helpful clearly has a positive and uplifting effect on those carrying out the act. But what exactly is happening in the body when you help someone out? Here are four ways keys in which the physical benefits of kindness can be felt.

1. Kindness releases feel-good hormones

When you do kinds acts for other people, so-called happiness hormones are released, boosting your serotonin, the neurotransmitter responsible for feelings of well-being and satisfaction. Endorphin levels also rise, leading to a phenomenon known as a ‘helper’s high‘ (just like what I experienced). 

2. Kindness can reduce anxiety

Another physical benefit of kindness is that it can help to lower anxiety. Social anxiety is associated with low positive affect (PA), which relates to an individual’s experience of positive moods such as joy, interest, and alertness. A four-week study on Happiness from the University of British Columbia found that participants who engaged in kind acts displayed major increases in their PA levels that were maintained during the study duration. 

3. Kindness may help alleviate certain illness

Inflammation in the body is linked to numerous health problems including chronic pain, diabetes, obesity and migraines. For older generations at least, volunteering as an act of kindness may be of benefit to reduce inflammation. In fact, according to one study of older adults aged 57-85, “volunteering manifested the strongest association with lower levels of inflammation.” 

RELATED: Why is volunteering important? These 7 reasons show the benefits

Additionally, oxytocin, also released with acts of kindness, reduces inflammation, and it can directly affect the chemical balance of your heart. According to Dr. David Hamilton, “oxytocin causes the release of a chemical called nitric oxide in blood vessels, which dilates the blood vessels. This reduces blood pressure and therefore oxytocin is known as a ‘cardioprotective’ hormone because it protects the heart (by lowering blood pressure).”

4. Kindness can reduce your stress levels

Helping others takes you out of your own mind and can potentially help to build relationships with other people. Anything that helps you to build bonds with other people is known as ‘affiliative behavior‘.

And, according to one study on the effects of pro-social behavior — action intended to help others  on stress, “affiliative behavior may be an important component of coping with stress and indicate that engaging in pro-social behavior might be an effective strategy for reducing the impact of stress on emotional functioning.”

“Science and studies show that being kind and helpful clearly has a positive and uplifting effect on those carrying out the act.”

Furthermore, once we establish an ‘affiliative connection’ with someone — a relationship of friendship, Love, or other positive bonding — we feel emotions that can boost our immune system. So, it seems continued altruism can boost your happiness and improve relationships and connections, in turn indirectly boosting your health.

Shifting to kindness

So, knowing this, why aren’t people benefiting from the power of kindness? Why aren’t more people making a conscious effort to change the lives of others? 

RELATED: Kindness – a peak inside the power of this simple action

For one, in our fast-paced world, benevolence and compassion often end up taking a back seat to self-interest – and selfies. People don’t seem to take the time to stop and help others or even notice what’s going on as we’re often wrapped up in our own lives.
Helping hand: the power of kindness is proven.
 Also, some people believe that showing kindness and compassion is a weakness and will only lead to being taken advantage of. But, the Truth is, it’s in our Human DNA to show Kindness. In fact, we’re the only mammals with an extended gestation period, and while other animals rely on support for a short period before becoming self-reliant, we depend on the care of our caregivers to provide our needs. Indeed, kindness is fundamental to the human existence – we’re literally wired for it. 

Kindness is not something that demands hard work or huge amounts of time. It’s something all of us can strive to achieve every day. And, knowing that the power of kindness and its benefits are immense for ourselves and not just the receiver, why wouldn’t you want to help others more?  ●

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Written by Calvin Holbrook

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Dr. David J. Welsh / A Heavenly Melody / NATURAL CANCER CURE / School Calendar.

Dedicated With Love To
Dr. David J. Welsh

Dedicated with all our Love
to Dr. David J. Welsh,
for all the Hope and Love and Beauty
he gives to this World.
How much we need this Gentle and Kind Soul.
In a World filled with doubt
 and turmoil and lack of Wisdom,
Dr. Welsh always remains one Beautiful Soul,
with a precious Heart that touches so very many,
too numerous to count.
.
Thank you
for being you.
.
And
THANK YOU
for being here for so many fragile Children
and their precious Parents.
You will forever Live
in our Hearts.

“Whoever saves one Life,
saves the World
entire.”
– The Talmud

You enter the precious Lives
  of the needful, the confused, the conflicted,
and you give the Treasured Guidance
and Compassion and Love
we Truly need.
.
God Bless You.

Only a few Wonderful Friends
of Human Kind
can bring such Wonder and Hope and Beauty
back into Life
again.

Our very fragile younger generations
do not understand
this needlessly stressful and dangerous World
that we have created,
in which so very many Truly
struggle just to survive.
And
many do not.
.
Nearly one million people
die by suicide Worldwide
each year.
.
They had a need to be more aware
of the hidden place inside
of all of us,
the Sacred Human Heart,
that many could not see,
could not feel.
.
Through your Blessed Guidance,
Dr. Welsh,
Children find Hope,
and they learn to feel Love
in their young Lives,
as we did.

Many Children
are in need of Heartfelt advice
that they can relate to.
And your Beautiful words 
become their Songs of Salvation
that remain in so many Hearts
forever.

Through the Beautiful lessons of Life
you have shared with so many,
the most important thing in this Life
becomes learning how to give Love,
and to let Love come in
to our Hearts.
.
Love
is the only thing capable
of transforming our thoughts
and our deeds
into the Positive power
of Life.
.
You,
Dr. Welsh,
are sharing the Divine Beauty
of Love.
.
Love
is gleaming from your Soul
and from your powerful Spirit.

Dr. Welsh,
you are one of the most meaningful
and most Beautiful People
this World has ever been Blessed with.

In the opinion
of myself and Mrs. Anderson,
and very, very many others
your precious Life has deeply touched,
you have no equal.

You are,
and will always be,
very Special
to all of us.
.
We thank God
for the Blessing
of your Life.

“Ask the Man
whose been around
to a hundred towns and byways,
or a thousand hills and highways
for he knows,
if the Eiffel Tower falls
or if the Bank of England closes,
your still left
with the Importance
of the Rose.”
– Rod McKuen

Your Life,
Dr. Welsh,
is the Flower of Life,
the Rose,
that provides
the deep Spiritual meaning
of Hope and Salvation
for so many Children.

Thank you.

Yes.
Thank You.

 Today
we are free,
to be in Love
with God
for Eternity.

Our Lord
Speaks to the Inner Spirit
and Touches us on a Deeper level.

The illusions
we cling to,
in our desperate desire to Love
and be Loved.
Thank God
our glasses are Rose-Colored.
.
The Truth
is colored by fragrant Roses
and laced
with the Love
of God.

“If you enjoy the fragrance of a
Rose,
you must accept the thorns
which it bears.”
– Isaac Hayes

I am amazed 
by the simplicity and the Beauty
of God’s Love.
.
Life
can be simple
and yet, so Beautiful.
Everything
dwells in the interpretation,
the rhythm, the focus
 and how each day
is played.
.
Life
comes with such a simple
and such a Beautiful
Theme.
.
All we need do
is accept
God’s Love.

The deep feelings
of the Heart
can transport you
to a Place you cannot
describe.
.
Our Loving Lord
always
provides a way
out of the illusions of reality,
a way to heal the brokenness of Life
and give Hope and Peace
and Clarity.
.
His Love
you may have
all
your Life.

The Love of 
God,
is what True Love
is.

It is
deeply moving.
His Love
is a Heavenly Melody,
Absolutely Enchanting
  and Filled
with Mercy and Grace.

The Love of God
is everything your Heart needs
to be Happy.
.
Allow yourself
to be Guided and encouraged
by the Sacred Words
of the Holy Bible.
Let your Heart, mind, and body
be put at ease 
with the Truth.
Yes,
the Truth
shall set you Free.
.
The Lord is with
YOU.

You are not
alone.

There are so many
caring, Beautiful people
in this World.
.
.The sounds
of their caring voices
are gentle and soothing. 
They help us dispel our hardships,
and refresh the Spirit
and mind.

Reduce
the noise of the telephone,
the TV, and the World.
It helps to get quiet,
and be Lifted up
by your Heart,
to the Lord.

If
you are trying to find
something to bring about Peace
and Serenity,
 know what a Beautiful Gift
you
are giving to others
in their brief moments of Life,
with your caring and compassion.
.
Your Life
will be the best moments
some will ever
know.

I wish you
good health, Love
and Happiness.
.
Goodnight.

NATURAL CANCER CURE

                    By Dr. Jerry Lee Hoover N.D.
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Cancer is a uniquely western problem. One out of three Americans die of cancer, it used to be one out of four.

                                  WHY?
          FAULTY DIET IS A MAJOR CAUSE
In 1979 a special report was issued by the U.S. Surgeon General, citing more than 2,000 scientific studies from around the world, and compiled with the advice of more than 2,000 doctors, nutritionist and biochemists, who concluded that the normal American diet is dangerous. Of the 2.1 million Americans who died that year, the report said that 1.5 million died from diseases associated with diet. The report stressed that most people should reduce the consumption of fat, especially saturated fats, such as from eggs, butter, or untrimmed red meats.

Researchers at the University of Victoria in British Columbia did a careful follow up on 200 persons who underwent a “spontaneous remission of cancer”. They found that 87% of those persons had switched diets, usually to a vegetarian diet.

Recently a link between excessive meat eating and cancer has been explained by Dr. Williard J. Visek a research scientist at Cornell University. The problem, according to Dr. Visek, is ammonia the carcinogenic by-product of meat digestion.

Although cancer is increasing at an alarming rate and it can be prevented, by keeping our body’s immune system up. Much poisoning of the body has been caused by the use of improper foods, such as meat, dairy products, white sugar, white flour, white rice, along with the use of liquor, tobacco, coffee, soda and all other denatured foods. Good wholesome food builds good blood, where as unwholesome foods builds a poor quality of blood. Cancer will not develop where there is a pure blood stream and the body’s immune system is functioning at its optimum.

For years the National Cancer Institute held fast to the principal that diet had nothing to do with cancer. Recent overwhelming evidence has forced them to change their mind. They now even recommend that one consume certain fruits and vegetables in order to prevent cancer. “Fruits, such as oranges and bananas, and leafy green and yellow vegetables, including carrots and broccoli, all contain cancer preventing vitamins and fiber, and should be a part of everyone’s daily diet”, says the National Cancer Institute.
To prevent and cure cancer we must keep our body’s immune system high. This is done by following eight simple rules that I will briefly cover here. Lots of fresh air, using lots of pure water, eating lots of wholesome natural foods, getting sufficient rest, moderate daily exercise, getting outside in the sun everyday, being temperate in all we eat and do and having faith in God.

Every one of us has cancer cells within us. Cancer has to be treated by building the body’s immune system then the body’s white blood cells, etc. will attack and destroy the cancer from within. Cancer cells are weaker than normal cells and will not get out of control if our immune system is high.

HOW DO WE FIGHT CANCER
There is no one drug, herb, or treatment that will kill cancer. Cancer has to be treated by building the body’s immune system. Listed here are some natural ways to help build the immune system.

ELIMINATE SUGAR AND JUNK FOODS
Eating white sugar will paralyze and hinder your white blood cells from fighting off an infection. Eating 25 teaspoons of sugar will paralyze 92% of your white blood cells for approximately five hours. The average American eats over 42 teaspoons of sugar per day. For example: A banana split has 24 teaspoons of sugar. A 12 oz coke has approx. 8-10 teaspoons, a piece of white bread 2 teaspoons. It must be remembered that sugar or empty calories and junk foods interfere with the working of the body’s immune system.

ELIMINATE HIGH FAT DIET
Diets high in refined fats have long been associated with increased cancer risk. Breast cancer is more frequent in women on diets high in both saturated fats, (whole milk), and in animal fat. (2) A low fat diet not only prevents breast cancer but increases the survival of women who already have breast cancer. (3)

EAT A TOTALLY RAW DIET
This is or will be the hardest single thing to follow, but it is very important. Only raw fruits, vegetables, nuts and sprouted grains are what you will be eating until your cancer is in remission. Nothing cooked, no cooked beans, bread, potatoes, etc. Sounds tough, but let me tell you this is much easier then taking chemotherapy and having your hair fall out, vomiting, being weak, etc. And , of course chemotherapy will not build up your immune system. Instead it will tear it down. Raw food is live food and possesses the highest nutritive value. It is full of vitamins, mineral, enzymes, phytochemicals, etc. Cooked food is dead food, plant any seed and it will grow. Cook the seed and then plant it and it will not grow, because it’s life principle has been destroyed. Place cancer cells in a cooked media and they will proliferate. Now place the cancer cells in a raw matter and they will disappear! This astounding fact is known to the Cancer society, but the public was never informed. (4)

HERE ARE SOME RAW FOOD RECIPES

I have asked Mirko to put together some raw food recipes for those who need to be on a raw food diet. Here are just a few of his recipes.

Raw Foods Recipes can be Tasty and Delicious
By Creator for Functional Food, Mirko Albrecht, Dipl.-qualified NC.

The base of preparation to “Functional Food” is very simple.
A recipe must be tasty, but for me a recipe is more than that. Functional Food are recipes
with some “healing” effects but tasty and delicious as well.

The possible benefits of natural Functional Food can be:

– Natural immune support to help fight cancer.
– Stress-Relief, esp. chronic stress
– Detoxification-support
– Improve the liver function
– Provide the body with vitamins, minerals, enzymes etc.
– Supporting to natural acid-alkaline balance

Our world has many “Healthy Foods” we must just only discover them and with a bit of
fantasy we can prepare delicious meals such as dips for vegetables or fruits sticks, sweet
desserts.

Here are a few simple raw food recipes that one can try.

RAW SOUP

2 cups of water
2 or 3 tomatoes
salt
1 onion
6 teaspoons parsley
2 to 4 teaspoons celery
Bend all the ingredients together

ALMOND MILK

Soak raw unroasted almonds overnight in water
Blend in the morning just before you use it.
Ratio of almond to water depends upon how
concentrated you like your almond milk.

SALAD DRESSING

1/4 avaocado
1/2 cup water
salt
1 teaspoon fine chopped onion
4 to 6 teaspoons chopped parsley
1/2 fine chopped tomatoe
Mix avocado, water, salt and parsley together
then add fine chopped tomatoe and onion.

FRUIT SMOOTHIE

Put in blender fresh or frozen strawberries
or fresh fruit of your choice
1/4 teaspoon of vanilla
Raw Almond Milk
Option (3 tablespoons of raw honey)
Blend and enjoy

SPROUTING GRAINS OR SEEDS

You can get all the information on sprouting by going to http://www.google.com and write in sprouting foods. Sprouted foods are the freshest and most nutritious of all. They are full of enzymes, and a higher percentage of vitamins and minerals and they are raw.

WHEAT GRASS JUICE

Wheat Grass juice is the very best for cancer. You take some soil put it on a flat pan and plant wheat on it, keep it watered and in a few days you will have wheat grass.  Then cut the grass put it in the blender with some water and blend it all up then strain it and drink it, it will be sweet.  You can let the grass grow again and give it a second cutting, after that you need to start all over again with new wheat.  Many people think you need to buy a special juicer which causes the juice to be to concentrated and hard to drink, all you need is a blender.

DO NOT EAT BETWEEN MEALS
A Swedish study indicated the frequency of snack eating may be related to the risk of colon cancer. Earlier, largely ignored studies have suggested that each eating episode over the course of the day increases colon cancer risk. Regular meal intake did not seem to produce the same risk as did snack consumption. (Cancer Causes and Control3: 77-81,1992)

DRINK ONE TO THREE GLASSES OF CARROT JUICE DAILY
Carrots are a very good source of Vitamin A, and the juice should be taken 15-30 minutes before your vegetable meal. A recent study done by Dr. Raymond J. Shamberger, Professor of the Dept. of Biochemistry, the Cleveland Clinic, Ohio, showed that Vitamin A is one of the most important aids

to the body’s defense system fighting and preventing cancer. When subjected to carcinogens, this vitamin has a remarkable ability to inhibit the introduction and or retard the growth of both malignant and non-malignant tumors.

DRINK PLENTY OF PURE SOFT WATER
How much is plenty? It depends upon how much you weigh, you take your weight, divide it in half and that is how many ounces of water you need in a 24 hour period. Of course if you are working out in the hot sun and perspiring a lot you would need more. For example: you weigh 160 lbs. Half of that is 80 so you need 80 ounces, which would be 10 eight ounce glasses. The type of water we need to drink is soft water, that is water that has no minerals, as the minerals in water are inorganic and are harmful to our health. Where as the minerals in food are organic and our body needs this type of minerals. Two types of water that have no minerals are distilled water and reverse-osmosis water.

TAKE DAILY SUNBATHS
Expose as much of the body to the sun. If you have a light complexion start with ten minutes and gradually increase it to a minimum of one hour a day. While sun bathing use no lotions, sunscreens (they can cause cancer), or oils. Do not wear glasses while sun bathing as it is important for the ultraviolet light to get into the eyes, and glass of any kind will keep the rays out. Interferon is effective against several different kinds of cancer including carcinoma, sarcoma and leukemia. This fact spurred the American Cancer Society; to purchase interferon from Finland for experimental use. Dr. Hans Strander of Finland discovered that he could give interferon to terminal bone cancer patients and double the number of long-term disease free survivors. White blood cells in our bodies manufacture this wonderful interferon that can help so dramatically in cancer. Sunlight is a great stimulus for increased white blood cell production and thereby increases the production of interferon.

BARE FEET ON THE SOIL EVERY DAY
Everything on this earth has an electrical frequency, the earth, the seeds, the plants animals, and the human body. Cancer cells have a different electrical frequency than normal cells. Our bodies can easily get off the electrical frequency that they are supposed to be on. How can we get it back on track? Very simply, by standing or walking bare foot in the soil. Wearing shoes is not a natural thing, although we need to protect our feet, as shoes insulate our body from the earth so it would be good to spend at least 10 minutes a day outside barefoot in the soil.

GET PLENTY OF FRESH AIR
Deep breathing of fresh outside negatively charged air, (the good kind), helps cleanse the lungs and increase circulation. Fresh air from the ocean, near a river or waterfall or after a rainstorm is not only negatively charged but is high in oxygen which is very beneficial for cancer. Be sure to have plenty of fresh air in your bedroom as you sleep, keep a window open, even in the winter the window should be partially open. A fact worth knowing is that cancer cells cannot live in the presence of oxygen. (6)

EXERCISE OUT OF DOORS
Brisk Walking  is a good form of exercise, but not jogging, as the impact of jogging is harmful to all the joints of the body.  Bicycling and swimming are two other good exercises.  Exercising in a gym is not ideal as there is no fresh air, its like exercising in a dirty shoe.  One of my favorite authors stated that exercise outside in the fresh air and sunshine is ten times more beneficial then indoor exercise.       I believe the best piece of exercise equipment one can use is a regular or mini trampoline. By jumping on a trampoline you are exercising everyone of the trillions of cells in your body. Use it from one to three times daily for  a minimum of 3 minutes or longer each time. This exercise is especially good for anyone who has cancer of the lymphatic system.

GET 7-8 HOURS SLEEP EVERY NIGHT
The earlier you go to bed the better. Every hour of sleep before midnight is worth two hours, every hour after midnight is worth one.

USE HERBS
There are many herbs for cancer, but the one I highly recommend is Red Clover. You use only the flower, not the stem or roots. Red clover contains the following chemicals: biotin, choline, copper, coumarins, glycosides, inositol, magnesium, manganese, and selenium. It also contains vitamins: A, B1, B3, B5, B6, B9, B12, B17, C, P and the mineral Zinc. This is quite an assortment of minerals and vitamins for one herb. And possibly in the future we will discover it contains other important ingredients. Red Clover has been used in America for over 100 years to treat and prevent cancer. It is good for cancer on any part of the body. I have personally used it for many years at my clinic and have seen many individuals recover from cancer.

Use only the bulk red clover flowers, not the stem or roots, use no red clover capsules. Make a tea by bringing the water to a boil, removing from the heat and adding the herb. Let it steep for 20 minutes or longer. Use one to two teaspoons of herb per cup of tea. The best time to take the tea is at night before bed on an empty stomach. If you take it twice a day then also first thing in the morning when you first get up on an empty stomach.

You can order the herb Red Clover from Frontier Herbs on line at www.frontierherbs.com

Red Clover is now being studied for anti-aids and anti-diabetic activity. (7)

Many of you who have contacted me have mentioned that you were unable to purchase the herb Red Clover as it does not grow in your country.  If that case I suggest you go to a reliable herbalist in your country and find out what herb he uses for cancer and use it.  As there are many herbs for cancer as God in His wisdom made many different herbs for the many different countries He created.

INFORMATION FOR THOSE WHO HAVE BREAST CANCER
When one has breast cancer they need to improve the circulation of the blood flowing through the breast. Two ways to do this is daily massaging the breasts and the other way is through hydro therapy. You fill two pans with water one with very hot water the other with very cold water containing ice cubes. You start by wringing out a wash cloth in the hot water and applying it to the breast and than covering it with a dry towel, leave it on the breast for 3 minutes. Than remove the wash cloth and apply a wash cloth that has been taken out of the ice water, apply it to the breast for only ONE minute and cover with a dry towel. You need to do this three times in a row. First hot than cold than hot than cold than hot than the last application is cold. What this does is that when you apply the hot water it draws the blood to the breast, when you apply the cold water it chases the blood from the breast. This is a very efficient way to improve the circulation in the breast, this improved circulation helps to carry away the toxins in the breast and will also start breaking down the cancer and carrying it away.

You should use no deodorants, as they are one of the causes of breast cancer, most breast cancers are located in the area of the breast near the armpit. Under your arm you have major lymph glands, and when you use deodorants, which contain aluminum and other toxic ingredients, they can enter the lymph system. The antiperspirant deodorants are the most harmful as they block the skin pores from sweating out the impurities in the body, so they are re absorbed into the body and breast area.

Also using any type of milk, eggs or dairy products are another cause of breast cancer, as these are high in artificially added hormones that can increase cancer of the breast and female organs. Also birth control pills are another cause of cancer of the breast and female organs.

COLON CANCER
Colon cancer is one of the most common cancers in the U.S. It is the third leading cause of cancer death for both men and women in the U.S.  Health experts estimate that about 70% of colon cancers could be prevented by changes in diet and nutrition. People who regularly eat red meat and processed meat have a greater chance of developing colon cancer.

There is an inheritance risk of approx. 50% for both males and females. When a parent carries a genetic predisposition, each child has a 50% chance of inheriting the predisposition.  If you have been diagnosed with colon cancer and someone in your immediate family has had colon cancer then my recommendation is for you to have the surgery to remove the cancer, since it is genetic and many times the body’s immune system will not try to destroy the cancer because the body believes it belongs there. But under no circumstances do I recommend chemo or radiation before or after the surgery. On the other hand if no one in your immediate family has had colon cancer then I would first follow the diet, etc. I recommend and see if it reduces and disappears.

           LEARN TO DEAL WITH STRESS
Almost everyone I have personally known, who has come down with cancer, has been under a lot of stress prior to getting cancer. We must learn to take the problems we cannot handle to God, (The Greatest Healer Of All Time). We cannot hold anger, hate, selfishness, etc. inside ourselves or we will not recover. The mind greatly affects the body. I believe that 90% of all sickness starts in the mind. King Solomon, the wisest man who ever lived said, “A merry heart doeth good like a medicine”, Proverbs 17:22

WHAT CANCER CAN’T DO
It cannot cripple Love,
It cannot shatter hope,
It cannot corrode faith,
It cannot eat away at peace,
It cannot destroy confidence,
It cannot kill friendship,
It cannot shut out memories,
It cannot silence courage,
It cannot evade the soul.
It cannot reduce eternal life,

IN CONCLUSION
If a person who has cancer follows the simple things I have outlined in this article they will notice improvement within less then two weeks, the closer you follow this program the faster you will improve. JUST THINK, it is possible for you to heal yourself, you do not always need surgery or expensive dangerous drugs. All you need to do is follow what I have outlined here.

Yours For Better Health,
Dr. Jerry Lee Hoover N.D.
drjerryleehoovernd(at)yahoo.com

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Foot Notes:

(1) Surgeon General (1979), Report on Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Washington, D.C.: U.S. Gov. Printing office
(2) Tufts University Diet and Nutrition Newsletter, Vol. 7, No 4, June 1989
(3) Tufts University Diet and Nutrition Newsletter, Vol. 7, No 11, Jan. 1970
(4) Banik, Allen, The Choice Is Clear, pg. 24, 1989
(5) Shamberger, Dr. Raymond A. Study on role Vitamin A plays in building the Body’s Defense system. Dept. of Biochemistry, the Cleveland Clinic, Ohio
(6) Airola, Dr. Paavo, Ph.D. How to Get Well, Health Plus Publications, pg. 59
(7) Foster, S.& Duke, J.A., “ Medicinal Plants” Houghton-0Mufflin Company, Boston pg. 158, 1990

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closes a prison.“
– Victor Hugo

I wish you all
 Peace.

Hang on
to your Faith.
You will get there.

The most Precious Gift
is Life.

I will always Love
you.

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Written With The Heart / On the Shortness of Life / School Calendar

“Remember
that the Happiest people
are not those getting more,
but those Giving more.”
– H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

We have
always
had a close and Caring
Connection
to our Loving Creator.
.
And such awareness,
unlocks something
within
that allows us to express
what dwells deep
in our Human Heart.

 Written with the Heart,
the Story
of your precious Life
has an immense amount of Beauty
within it.

 Allow the True you
to come out,
and show the World
what is on the
inside. 
.
It is
Beautiful.

 Enjoy
your Morning coffee
with the Birds in the Trees,
singing the Songs
of their Hearts.
.
Just you
and the Birds,
and the Lord that Created
Everything
you hear and feel
and see,
Everything
that is
or will be.

If the precious People
of our Beautiful World
could really comprehend
how amazing it is,
 we would really
Thank our Lord
for this Life.

The Beautiful Expression
of His Love,
is a Natural Balm
that soothes the ragged edges
of our tattered
Humanity.

There is something so Powerful
about the Love of God
you have known
all your Life.

 His Love
is absolutely Perfect,
and so Gracious.

And,
it is Simply
Beautiful.

His Love
captures the Essence
and the Genius
of who we are.

You
are a Masterpiece
of His Elegance
and Love.
.
You
are brought to the limits
of Perfection
by our God,
who IS
Love.

Love
gives us a glimpse
into our reason for
Being. 
.
We can see the Leaves
of the Trees,
blowing in the wind
of a soft, subtle breeze,
and no sadness.

Their Seasons come
and they go,
so quickly,
and so slow. 
.
And they do not wonder,
what will the Future
bring.

As you wait
for answers to Prayer,
remember,
it is not for us
to know how or when
the answer will deliver us
from the bondage
of our thoughts,
 but to wait in Faith,
and Trust,
and Thank the Lord
for His never ending
Love.

Thank the LORD
for all the challenges
of Life.
.
Everything
that we have endured,
all that we have been through,
 has made us stronger,
so that we may weather
whatever comes.

Start the day
and Pray.
You touch so many 
precious Lives,
and will continue to touch them.

Continue
to Bless
everyone.

You deserve
to be told
how Beautiful you are,
again and again.

Silence
is very powerful.

You always share,
the most Beautiful messages,
through your Loving Eyes,
and your
silent way.

There is
a New Birth
of Sincerity,
in the simplicity
of a Smile,
and in a
Sacred Moment
of Silence.

While listening
to the soft, echoing sounds
of Nature,
close your eyes,
feel the Peace,
the calm,
and relax.

What a Blessing
to bestow upon yourself,
to just listen
and go far away in the mind,
to a Time when Children
were we,
exploring a Wilderness of want and need,
in Happiness and Joy
with friends and Family.
Say Prayers
for everyone Living,
and Beyond.

Your Family,
the Family of Man,
is Blessed by our Lord
with success, health , Love and
Happiness,
Wisdom and awareness and Miracles,
in every Day of Life.

.The Lord’s Wish
for you,
is Peace
with Oneself,
Peace with all others, 
and Peace with the
Universe.

There are Miracles
in every stage
of Life,
in every Day of Living.

Awareness
of the Miraculous Love
of God
touches the Soul,
and brings you back
to Childhood.
 As we Truly grow up,
we grow younger,
in Love
and in our Hearts.
.
As we are transported
back to Childhood,
in our Love
and our Longing to be,
we discover
that this is our Home.
.
Young in Heart
and young in Love.
We are Children
of God.

THANK YOU
FOR WHO YOU ARE
IN YOUR HEART.
..
Goodnight.

It is not that we have a short time to live,
but that we waste most of it –
a classic reading from Seneca’s
‘On the Shortness of Life’

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Lennox Johnson February 28, 2019 reading

On the Shortness of Life is an essay written by Seneca, a roman statesman and Stoic philosopher, to his father-in-law Paulinus. In this passage Seneca responds to the common complaint that life is too short. He argues that life is long if one manages their time well, and that most people waste the majority of their time on pointless pursuits.

On the Shortness of Life

The following reading is from chapters 1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 11, 14, and 18 of Seneca’s On the Shortness of Life translated by John W. Basore.

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The majority of mortals, Paulinus, complain bitterly of the spitefulness of Nature, because we are born for a brief span of life, because even this space that has been granted to us rushes by so speedily and so swiftly that all save a very few find life at an end just when they are getting ready to live.

It is not that we have a short space of time, but that we waste much of it. Life is long enough, and it has been given in sufficiently generous measure to allow the accomplishment of the very greatest things if the whole of it is well invested. But when it is squandered in luxury and carelessness, when it is devoted to no good end, forced at last by the ultimate necessity we perceive that it has passed away before we were aware that it was passing. So it is – the Life we receive is not short, but we make it so, nor do we have any lack of it, but are wasteful of it.

Just as great and princely wealth is scattered in a moment when it comes into the hands of a bad owner, while wealth however limited, if it is entrusted to a good guardian, increases by use, so our Life is amply long for him who orders it properly.

Why do we complain of Nature? She has shown herself kindly; Life, if you know how to use it, is long. But one man is possessed by an avarice that is insatiable, another by a toilsome devotion to tasks that are useless; one man is besotted with wine, another is paralyzed by sloth; one man is exhausted by an ambition that always hangs upon the decision of others, another, driven on by the greed of the trader, is led over all lands and all seas by the hope of gain; some are tormented by a passion for war and are always either bent upon inflicting danger upon others or concerned about their own; some there are who are worn out by voluntary servitude in a thankless attendance upon the great; many are kept busy either in the pursuit of other men’s fortune or in complaining of their own; many, following no fixed aim, shifting and inconstant and dissatisfied, are plunged by their fickleness into plans that are ever new; some have no fixed principle by which to direct their course, but Fate takes them unawares while they loll and yawn – so surely does it happen that I cannot doubt the truth of that utterance which the greatest of poets delivered with all the seeming of an oracle:

“The part of Life we really Live is small.”
For all the rest of existence is not Life,
but merely Time.

Though all the brilliant intellects of the ages were to concentrate upon this one theme, never could they adequately express their wonder at this dense darkness of the Human mind.
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Men do not suffer anyone to seize their estates, and they rush to stones and arms if there is even the slightest dispute about the limit of their lands, yet they allow others to trespass upon their life – nay, they themselves even lead in those who will eventually possess it. No one is to be found who is willing to distribute his money, yet among how many does each one of us distribute his Life! In guarding their fortune men are often closefisted, yet, when it comes to the matter of wasting time, in the case of the one thing in which it is right to be miserly, they show themselves most prodigal.

And so I should like to lay hold upon someone from the company of older men and say: “I see that you have reached the farthest limit of human life, you are pressing hard upon your hundredth year, or are even beyond it; come now, recall your Life and make a reckoning. Consider how much of your time was taken up with a moneylender, how much with a patron, how much with a client, how much in wrangling with your wife, how much in punishing your slaves, how much in rushing about the city on social duties. Add the diseases which we have caused by our own acts, add, too, the time that has lain idle and unused; you will see that you have fewer years to your credit than you count. Look back in memory and consider when you ever had a fixed plan, how few days have passed as you had intended, when you were ever at your own disposal, when your face ever wore its natural expression, when your mind was ever unperturbed, what work you have achieved in so long a Life, how many have robbed you of Life when you were not aware of what you were losing, how much was taken up in useless sorrow, in foolish joy, in greedy desire, in the allurements of society, how little of yourself was left to you; you will perceive that you are dying before your season!”

What, then, is the reason of this? You Live as if you were destined to Live forever, no thought of your frailty ever enters your head, of how much time has already gone by you take no heed. You squander time as if you drew from a full and abundant supply, though all the while that day which you bestow on some person or thing is perhaps your last.

You have all the fears of mortals and all the desires of immortals.

You will hear many men saying: “After my fiftieth year I shall retire into leisure, my sixtieth year shall release me from public duties.” And what guarantee, Pray, have you that your Life will last longer? Who will suffer your course to be just as you plan it?
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Are you not ashamed to reserve for yourself only the remnant of Life, and to set apart for Wisdom only that time which cannot be devoted to any business? How late it is to begin to Live just when we must cease to Live! What foolish forgetfulness of mortality to postpone wholesome plans to the fiftieth and sixtieth year, and to intend to begin life at a point to which few have attained!

It takes the whole of Life to learn how to Live, and – what will perhaps make you wonder more – it takes the whole of Life to learn how to die.

Many very great men, having laid aside all their encumbrances, having renounced riches, business, and pleasures, have made it their one aim up to the very end of life to know how to live; yet the greater number of them have departed from life confessing that they did not yet know – still less do those others know. Believe me, it takes a great man and one who has risen far above human weaknesses not to allow any of his time to be filched from him, and it follows that the Life of such a man is very long because he has devoted wholly to himself whatever time he has had. None of it lay neglected and idle; none of it was under the control of another, for, guarding it most grudgingly, he found nothing that was worthy to be taken in exchange for his time. And so that man had time enough, but those who have been robbed of much of their Life by the public, have necessarily had too little of it.
And so there is no reason for you to think that any man has lived long because he has grey hairs or wrinkles; he has not lived long – he has existed long.

For what if you should think that that man had had a long voyage who had been caught by a fierce storm as soon as he left harbour, and, swept hither and thither by a succession of winds that raged from different quarters, had been driven in a circle around the same course? Not much voyaging did he have, but much tossing about.

I am often filled with wonder when I see some men demanding the time of others and those from whom they ask it most indulgent. Both of them fix their eyes on the object of the request for time, neither of them on the time itself; just as if what is asked were nothing, what is given, nothing.

Men trifle with the most precious thing in the world; but they are blind to it because it is an incorporeal thing, because it does not come beneath the sight of the eyes, and for this reason it is counted a very cheap thing – nay, of almost no value at all. Men set very great store by pensions and doles, and for these they hire out their labor or service or effort.

But no one sets a value on Time; all use it lavishly as if it cost nothing. But see how these same people clasp the knees of physicians if they fall ill and the danger of death draws nearer, see how ready they are, if threatened with capital punishment, to spend all their possessions in order to Live!

So great is the inconsistency of their feelings. But if each one could have the number of his future years set before him as is possible in the case of the years that have passed, how alarmed those would be who saw only a few remaining, how sparing of them would they be! And yet it is easy to dispense an amount that is assured, no matter how small it may be; but that must be guarded more carefully which will fail you know not when.
Decrepit old men beg in their Prayers for the addition of a few more years; they pretend that they are younger than they are; they comfort themselves with a falsehood, and are as pleased to deceive themselves as if they deceived Fate at the same time. But when at last some infirmity has reminded them of their mortality, in what terror do they die, feeling that they are being dragged out of life, and not merely leaving it. They cry out that they have been fools, because they have not really lived, and that they will live henceforth in leisure if only they escape from this illness; then at last they reflect how uselessly they have striven for things which they did not enjoy, and how all their toil has gone for nothing. But for those whose life is passed remote from all business, why should it not be ample? None of it is assigned to another, none of it is scattered in this direction and that, none of it is committed to Fortune, none of it perishes from neglect, none is subtracted by wasteful giving, none of it is unused; the whole of it, so to speak, yields income. And so, however small the amount of it, it is abundantly sufficient, and therefore, whenever his last day shall come, the wise man will not hesitate to go to meet death with steady step.

Of all men they alone are at leisure who take time for Philosophy, they alone really Live; for they are not content to be good guardians of their own lifetime only. They annex every age to their own; all the years that have gone before them are an addition to their store. Unless we are most ungrateful, all those men, glorious fashioners of holy thoughts, were born for us; for us they have prepared a way of life.

By other men’s labors we are led to the sight of things most Beautiful that have been wrested from darkness and brought into Light; from no age are we shut out, we have access to all ages, and if it is our wish, by greatness of mind, to pass beyond the narrow limits of Human weakness, there is a great stretch of Time through which we may roam.
We may argue with Socrates, we may doubt with Carneades, find peace with Epicurus, overcome Human nature with the Stoics, exceed it with the Cynics. The Life of the philosopher, therefore, has wide range, and he is not confined by the same bounds that shut others in. He alone is freed from the limitations of the Human race; all ages serve him as if a god.

Has some time passed by? This he embraces by recollection. Is time present? This he uses. Is it still to come? This he anticipates. He makes his Life long by combining all times into one.

And so, my dearest Paulinus, tear yourself away from the crowd, and, too much storm-tossed for the time you have lived, at length withdraw into a peaceful harbor. Think of how many waves you have encountered, how many storms, on the one hand, you have sustained in private life, how many, on the other, you have brought upon yourself in public life; long enough has your virtue been displayed in laborious and unceasing proofs – try how it will behave in leisure. The greater part of your life, certainly the better part of it, has been given to the state; take now some part of your time for yourself as well. And I do not summon you to slothful or idle inaction, or to drown all your native energy in slumbers and the pleasures that are dear to the crowd. That is not to rest; you will find far greater works than all those you have hitherto performed so energetically, to occupy you in the midst of your release and retirement.

 

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“He who opens a school door,
closes a prison.“
– Victor Hugo

I wish you all
 Peace.

Hang on
to your Faith.
You will get there.

.The most Precious Gift
is Life.

You
are Forever in my
Heart.

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There are Many Delicate Layers of Love / The Mystery of Life / School Calendar

Life
can become stunningly
Beautiful,
and touch the Soul.
.
There are many
delicate layers of Love,
 not unlike layers of Colors
in a Masterpiece of a Divinely Beautiful
Sunrise or Sunset
or
Living Creation.

.We owe our Lord
a debt
of immeasurable proportions.

The Natural Colors
of our surroundings
are relaxing and rejuvenating
for the whole body.

The amazing Artwork in Nature
is Beautiful in every season.
Everything is colorful
and so soothing.
.
We
become Truly inspired by Nature,
Love and the Spirit.

Our Lord provides
such a Beautiful, Soothing and Peaceful
World.
Open your Heart
and enjoy the moment.
This Time
is for
you.

The Beauty 
found in God’s Natural World
is such a great way to transport yourself
to this time,
to this moment.

God’s Love
is the Path
upon which you Travel
away
from yourself,
as you enter a World
of Soft and Gentle
Energy.

The Sacred Words
of our Precious Lord,
will be Engraved into the
Conscious mind
of your Heart,
and guide you in the direction
of a rewarding and positive Life
every day.
.
Put aside
all the things that happened
in the past.
.
Forgive
and return your Heart
to Innocence and Peace.

Our Lord
Speaks to the Peace
in our Soul. 

Every Leaf
of every Tree,
is from the Heart of One
who Truly Loves you
and me.

Such Love
Blooms in copper green,
and brownish gleam,
and colors yellow
and mellow,
to the mind,
to at last perish with the wind
and be reborn
again,
in our Heart,
in our Time.

.Life itself
branches out in our Dreams,
destined to the Stars
as the Light
of Life
is bright and beams
Love
to every thing.

Thank you Dear Lord
for your Precious
Love.

Discovering
how much you Love
everyone and everything,
has an amazing effect on Life
and Living.

Like a tiny drop of Precious rain
landing on a smooth surface of water,
Love
brings Beautiful waves of ever – enlarging rings,
flowing across the surface of Time,
and spreading out to
Infinity.

I Pray
that you find Joy
in all that you do,
and that you find your purpose,
and your way,
and why.

Your Love
helps you become a better Person,
and,
helps the World to be
a better Place.

 Our Loving Thoughts
for others
are comforting and have
Wings.
.
They fly in your Dreams,
 until they land in Life
and form meaning,
and find lost ones
that God will Bless
with your Life.

The older we get,
the more memories
we have.
And our memories
will blend softly into the air, 
and at times,
 fall with a rain of tears,
and soak into the Sacred ground
as they continue to Live.

They will drift 
into the Hearts
of many others.

Memories
Live long after,
to Create new feelings
of Joy
and Happiness.

Loving acts,
Create
Loving memories.

Kindness
is one of the Wonderful Gifts
that enrich our Spiritual Life.
There are times
when we are immersed
in the Melody of the Moment.

Our caring for others,
makes our mind relax,
gives us a sense of Peace
and the desire
to be the best
we can.

And we can.

A Kind Thought
is like a gentle Hug
that soothes the mind
and envelops the body,
in Tranquility.

Each
Act of Kindness
is like a Caress,
that transports us to a state of
Inner Peace,
a True Work of Art
that invites relaxation and contemplation.

In our Quest
to discover our own
Innate Higher Intelligence,
we are being called
to see the Light
within.

Goodnight.

The Mystery of Life

by Paul F. Taylor and Simon Terry; last featured December 6, 2020

Featured in Answers Magazine

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One of Creation’s wonders is so commonplace that we don’t notice it. Yet it’s more marvelous than all the others . . . Life. What mysterious quality makes a creature alive at one moment but is absent the instant the creature dies? What is this mystery of Life?

No matter how much scientists learn about the complexities of organisms, they have not touched the more difficult questions – what is Life itself, and where did it come from?

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Have you ever thought about what Life actually is? What mysterious quality makes a creature alive at one moment but is absent the instant the creature dies?    A baby’s body, no longer breathing after it has just died, contains the same DNA, the same Heart and body, and the same mass as it did only moments earlier. So what is missing?

An entry in Wikipedia admits, “There is no Universal definition of Life; there are a variety of definitions proposed by different scientists.”

The latest Encyclopedia Britannica agrees. “Although the scientists, technicians, and others who participate in studies of Life easily distinguish living matter from inert or dead matter, none can give a completely inclusive, concise definition of Life itself.” Nevertheless, the encyclopedia’s online version attempts a clunky definition with lots of complex scientific terms:

A biochemical or molecular biological definition sees living organisms as systems that contain reproducible hereditary information coded in nucleic acid molecules and that metabolize by controlling the rate of chemical reactions using proteinaceous catalysts known as enzymes.

Such definitions don’t actually state what Life is, merely what we see in living things. For instance, the biologist and philosopher Harold J. Morowitz comments that living things have one thing in common – cells: “The only Life we know for certain is cellular.”

The teaching guidelines for British textbooks suggest that students ages 11 to 14 learn that life is anything that displays seven qualities, summarized in the cute mnemonic MRS. GREN. That is, living objects have Movement, Respiration, Sensitivity, Growth, Reproduction, Excretion, and Nutrition. These properties are typical of cellular life, but they still don’t say what Life actually is.

Advanced as computer technology may become, a living thing is still leaps beyond.

To help us understand the problem with defining Life,  a cell can be compared to a powerful computer – a highly sophisticated system that stores and processes information. There is more to a working computer than its physical parts – it needs a designer, a programmer, and an engineer to build its parts. Then it needs a source of power and an operator to turn it on.

Advanced as computer technology may become, a living thing is still leaps beyond. Despite its complexity, the computer is not alive. Consider a house fly buzzing about an office on a blistering day. If the power shuts down, the computer “dies,” but it can be rebooted after the power is restored. Not so with the fly.

No Definition in Scripture

Plants Are Not Alive?

The Bible assigns “Life” to animals, not to plants. Plants are merely described as “green things” (Job 39:8). Most scientists would agree that any life in plants is of a different order than that in animals. If we saw a dead tree in a forest, we wouldn’t be repulsed – we might even sit on the stump! Most of us, however, would not consider sitting on a dead animal. Similarly, we are happy to place dead flowers in a vase, but most homes would not display dead mice.

While the Bible makes a big deal about the wonders of life, it never actually defines it. God introduced this special thing on Day Five of creation: “And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath Life” (Genesis 1:20, KJV).

The Hebrew word used for the quality of having Life is nephesh. Leviticus 17:11 shows us that this Life is related to having blood: “For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you upon the altar to make atonement for your souls; for it is the blood that makes atonement for the soul.”

The word nephesh is translated in this particular verse as Life, but also as Soul. Yet, although the Life is in the blood, this verse does not tell us what Life actually is.

The sort of Life described in the Bible is not physical. While Life clearly produces physical results that we can observe, that quality called “Life” is something intangible.

Life, by God’s Command

No matter how much scientists discover about the physical systems in organisms and their possible origin, they still have no clue about the infinitely more difficult question of where Life came from. If you could make a baby from scratch, with all its physical parts in place, you still would not have a living Human.

The Bible gives us the answer.

Life is a Gift from God, a Blessing from the Creator Himself. By God’s command, not physical accident, it is granted or removed.

“And [Job] said, Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return there; the Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord” (Job 1:21).

Even if we do not understand what Life is, all Humans can “see” it all around them. They also know in their Hearts that the Life-Giver makes all this Life possible. God uses even the mysteries of His creation to make Himself known!

“I Am . . . the Life”

In fact, Human Life encompasses more than the “Life” of animals. After Adam and Eve rebelled against their Creator, Humans forfeited their right to Life in this higher sense. While our bodies may be full of vigor and outward vitality, the Bible says we are dead. The world is one big Spiritual graveyard, with zombies that appear to be living but are missing another quality that is infinitely more significant than breath or physical mobility.

To restore this life – everlasting Life – the Life-giver Jesus Christ stepped into our world. The Creator made this Life available to all, but we find it in only one place: “He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life”          (1 John 5:12).

God’s hand is at the switch, and He asks only that we look to Him in faith, trusting in the merits of His Son, who was the sacrifice for our sin, that we might obtain Life everlasting.

“He who believes in the Son has everlasting Life; and he who does not believe the Son shall not see Life, but the wrath of God abides on him” (John 3:36).

Love
is Life.

Knowledge is power
and LIFE.

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2022-23
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First Semester
Sept. 6 – December 16   2022

Sept. 6 (TUESDAY)               First Day of First Semester
Oct. 10 (Monday)                   Columbus Day Holiday
Nov. 21 – 25                           Fall Break (and Thanksgiving)
Dec. 16                                   Last Day of Fall Semester

Second Semester

Jan. 3 (TUESDAY)                 Second Semester Begins
Jan. 16  (Monday)                  Dr. Martin L. King Holiday
Feb. 20  (Monday)                  Presidents’ Day Holiday
Mar. 13 – 17                           Spring Break Holiday
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“He who opens a school door,
closes a prison.“
– Victor Hugo

I wish you all
 Peace.

Hang on
to your Faith.
You will get there.

The most Precious Gift
is Life.

You
are Forever in my
Heart.

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Every Grain of Sand / God Gave Us Proof of His Existence and Love / School Calendar.

With Prayer,
God will tenderly Lift you up,
and Guide you through
exquisite Harmonies
and into the Radiance of the
Divine.

Communion
with God,
offers us a glimpse
into Another World,
far
from our troubled reality.

.P Prayer
stirs the Soul
and tugs at the Heart.
It awakens us,
and gives us a depth of awareness,
to envision our Ancestors
singing softly across the Centuries.
.
Someday,
 you can visit the place
where your Life
was Lived,
by those who came
before you.

The tragic circumstances
of our fragile Lives,
gives cause for such a wide range
  of emotions
Created within us.

And we
destroy so much,
yet are capable of such
unbelievable Beauty.

Trust your Heart.
Trust the Beauty
that God Bestows.
.
Trust in Love.
.
Think of all the things
that make you Happy
in Life.
Think
of all those who Believe
in you.
.
Yes,
there are many
Blessings in Life,
and you are one.

The narration
of Life and Living,
can make us feel
alone and helpless.

But Love
plays the most important role
in the Poetry of Existence,
because it shows us
the deeper meaning
of our Lives.

The Love
of God
gives us renewal,
and rebirth.

The Holy Spirit
dwells within us
by Divine Will.
.
As you stand with your arms outstretched,
looking up into the Face
of God,
His Love will be Showering Down
upon you,
like warm rain,
Refreshing and Soothing,
Cleansing and Healing.

Without words,
our Lord will Speak to you
through the Heart.

As we Pray,
the Veil is parted between
Earth and Paradise,
and we come to realize
how much we are
Loved.

Let
the Holy Spirit
enter your mind
and awaken His Gifts
within you.
The Will of God
will permeate your precious Being
and Reside within you.

A tiny glimpse
of what Heaven will be like,
will be yours.

Love
 enables us to reflect
upon the True Meaning of Life.

My Dear Friend,
Unconditional Love
is rare and pure.
It is full of Kindness, Tenderness
and is totally without
condition.
.
Such Love
makes a far better World
for everyone,
emulating the Love
of the Incredible
Creation
that you are.

 I Pray
the Day comes
when you feel that you are
at Peace with yourself.
May your precious Life
be filled with
Love.

Goodnight.

from Sparrow L

God gave us proof of his existence – and His Love – in the Bible. Yes, Faith is required, but He helps anyone who asks with that, and gives us his Living Word, besides.

 

A little proof:

 

1. Job 38:7 references the fact that the stars “sing,” which was unknown at the time the Bible was written. Scientists now know that the stars sing at a frequency that the Human ear cannot pick up.

 

2. Job 38:31-32 In these verses God is telling Job the things he can, and does, do, by providing examples:    – “Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades…” Scientists now know that Pleiades is a group of 250 stars bound together by by mutual gravitational attraction, traveling together in the same direction. -“…or loose the bands of Orion?…” Modern instruments showed scientists and astronomers that the 3 star “belt” of *Orion is, over the course of thousands of years, drifting slowly apart, and will one day no longer be aligned. “Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season?” Mazzaroth is the hebrew word for “constellations,” which were made by God for “signs” and “seasons,” because God knew that Humans would use the accuracy of the night sky to measure time and distance.“

 

“Or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons?” Scientists discovered that Arcturus, which appears to the unaided eye to be a single star, is actually one star with 52 additional stars (or sons) connected directionally, and traveling as if a hand guided them through the Heavens. This group travels so fast, breaking all the rules of physics, that scientists call them a “law unto themselves.”

3. Job 38:30  “The waters are hid as with a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.” Did you know that 3 quarters of earth’s water is locked underground in a layer of ice and rock? Because scientists only discovered that recently, in spite of the Bible recording this fact thousands of years ago.

 

4. In Revelation 21:19 The 12 foundation stones, or gems, of New Jerusalem are listed, and every one is anisotropic. That means they produce a rainbow-colored array when scientists hit them with polarized (pure) light. Isotropic gems (like diamonds), however, only look black under the same light. Out of the 28 stones generally regarded as gems, only 16 of them are anistropic – the chance of randomly selecting those 12 gems in Revelation are 1 in a 1000. “…and there was a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like unto an emerald.” Rev. 4:3 5.

5. Genesis 2:7 says God formed men from the dust of the ground. Researchers at NASA’s Ames research center confirmed that every element in man can be found in the soil.

 

6. Genesis 17:12 commands specifically that male babies be circumcised on the 8th day. Doctors now know that for the first 7 days of life, an infant’s blood will not clot properly, but on the 8th day their prothrombin levels are elevated above one hundred percent of normal, and is the ONLY day in a male’s life that this will be the case. It is literally the ideal day to heal from the procedure.

7. Numerous verses in the Bible direct God’s people to wash their hands in RUNNING water, to quarantine sick individuals and have them wear a face covering (mask), and disinfect their clothing. He directed his people to bury their bodily wastes away from camp, throw away clay pots that touched dead things (clay pots can absorb pathogens), avoid unclean animals (the eating of which caused diseases. Ex. monkeys caused AIDS, rodents the plague, pigs the flu and tapeworms, and bats the covid virus), and never to eat animals that died of natural causes. This is all before the existence of germs was even heard of! During the time it was written, Human and animal feces were used as a common cure-all for diseases, and lizard blood and dead mice were used in healing ointments. Yet the Bible was teaching practices far ahead of its time and contrary to the popular “medicine” in use.

8. Amos 9:6 details how God calls forth the waters of the sea and pours them out again on the earth. Yet the water cycle of evaporation, vapor rising and becoming clouds, falling, and making its way back to the ocean wasn’t discovered until 300 years ago by Galileo.

 

9. Job 26:7 says the earth is hung upon nothing, and Isaiah 40:22 calls the earth a circle. This was written centuries before these facts were proven, and in fact most of the earth at that time believed that the World was a flat disc that sat upon a turtle’s back, or the shoulders of the God Atlas.

10. The “Father of oceanography” Matthew Maury read the expression “paths of the sea” in Psalms and went out to look for them, leading to the discovery of cold and warm continental currents. The Bible also talks about the existence of deep channels and fountains in the seas, which scientists were only able to discover in the past few hundred years with modern technology.

 

11. Names, places, peoples, and events that were recorded ONLY in the Bible, and speculated by some to be made up, have slowly been corroborated by archeological evidence, especially in the last few hundred years. Read “A Christian’s Guide to Evidence for the Bible” by J. Daniel Hays for 101 instances in which show how extremely historically accurate the Bible really is.

12. Ezekiel 26:4 foretold that the city of Tyre would be destroyed and scraped flat, and made into a desolate place where fishermen would spread their nets on, and that her timber and stones and dust would be laid in the midst of the water. Nebuchadnezzar did conquer the city, and when the inhabitants fled to a nearby island, he destroyed the city in a rage. 250 years later Alexander the Great scraped those same ruins flat, using them to build a causeway in the middle of the sea in order to reach the new island city of Tyre who resisted his attempts to conquer them. This is only one of many detailed prophecies fulfilled in the Bible.

13. There’s a reason “Light” is mentioned so many times in the Bible.

 

Life and Light are often correlated in the Bible, like in Ephesians 5:14 “Wherefore He saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee LIGHT.” Scientists recently discovered that a flash of light sparks at the very moment a Human sperm cell makes contact with an egg. Just like the passage above says, the moment Life comes into existence is marked by Light!

 

What’s even more incredible is the fact that some eggs burn brighter than others, which is a direct indication of their ability to develop into a healthy embryo, a team from Northwestern University found. The brighter the light, the stronger the health. Isaiah 58:8 “Then shall thy LIGHT break forth as the morning, and thine HEALTH shall spring forth speedily: and thy righteousness shall go before thee; the Glory of the Lord shall be thy reward.”

Ever wonder why so many Bible verses talk about Godly people’s faces/countenances shining, as in Exodus 34:30 “So when Aaron and all the sons of Israel saw Moses, behold, the skin of his FACE SHONE, and they were afraid to come near him.” It has been known for many years that all living creatures produce a small amount of light as a result of chemical reactions within their cells, but Japanese scientists captured the first ever images of Human “bioluminescence.” The Light is a thousand times weaker than the Human eye can perceive. In the online journal PLoS ONE, researchers describe how they imaged volunteers’ upper bodies using ultra-sensitive cameras over a period of several days. Their results show that the amount of light emitted follows a 24-hour cycle, at its highest in late afternoon and lowest late at night, and that the brightest light is emitted from the CHEEKS, FOREHEAD and NECK. Strangely, the areas that produced the brightest light did not correspond with the brightest areas on thermal images of the volunteers’ bodies. 

Genesis 1:2-3 “And the Earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.” Physicists in England claim they’ve discovered how to create matter from light
(Steven Rose and Oliver Pike), by smashing
together individual massless photons – a feat
that was theorized in 1934, and has been
considered practically impossible until now.

 

In 1934 physicists Breit and Wheeler proposed that two photons could be smashed together to produce an electron and positron – in other words, that Light can be converted into matter, and vice versa. It’s believed that the Big Bang itself – during the first 100 seconds of the creation of the Universe – would’ve played host to these photon-photon collisons. After reading this, doesn’t it seem possible that when God said “Let there be Light,” he made more than just Light, but matter also? He gave form to the massless void with a burst of Light, in mere seconds creating the building blocks of Life.

A proper study of the Bible will reveal so much more proof. Open your KJV Bible, and utilize youtube vids like Walter Veith‘s Total Onslaught Series and The Genesis Conflict, and Imad Awde or Nader Mansour‘s studies. Ellen White‘s The Conflict of the Ages books can be read online for free, as well as Uriah Smith‘s Daniel and the Revelation.

“The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched –
they must be felt with the Heart.”
– Helen Keller

Knowledge is power
and LIFE.

School Calendar

2022-23
Please check back regularly
for any amendments that may occur.

First Semester
Sept. 6 – December 16   2022

Sept. 6 (TUESDAY)               First Day of First Semester
Oct. 10 (Monday)                   Columbus Day Holiday
Nov. 21 – 25                           Fall Break (and Thanksgiving)
Dec. 16                                   Last Day of Fall Semester

Second Semester

Jan. 3 (TUESDAY)                 Second Semester Begins
Jan. 16  (Monday)                  Dr. Martin L. King Holiday
Feb. 20  (Monday)                  Presidents’ Day Holiday
Mar. 13 – 17                           Spring Break Holiday
April 7 & 10                           Good Friday and Easter Monday Holidays
May 26                                    Last Day of Spring Semester

Lyrics/songs texts/paintings/articles

are property and copyright of their owners
and provided for educational purposes.

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– Section 107 – Copyright Act 1976,
allowance is made for “fair use”
for purposes such as criticism, comment,
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Fair use is permitted by copyright statute.

Non-profit, educational or personal use
tips the balance in favor of “fair use”.

© Copyright 1995-2023
The Anderson Private School.

“He who opens a school door,
closes a prison.“
– Victor Hugo

I wish you all
 Peace.

Hang on
to your Faith.
You will get there.

The most Precious Gift
is Life.

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You Can Be Happy / 7 Steps to Becoming a Happier Person / School Calendar

Happiness 
is a state of
mind.
You can be Happy.
Be a Friend,
to yourself.
.
Only you
Truly
know yourself.

We
are capable of anything
our mind can think of.
If it is there,
it is possible.

You
are  the center
of your Universe.

“Reality is created by the mind.
We can change our reality
by changing our mind.”
–  Plato
Your brain
predicts
what any something
should be like,
then it generates a
vision,
based on the prediction.
It is this vision
that is experienced as the
real World.

.The mental reconstruction
of reality
is vivid, substantial and perceived
to be located in external objective space.
It becomes the brain’s
“model”
of the World.

Yes,
you are strong. 
You can do anything
you want.
.
Trust
in yourself.
And set your goal
to be Happy.
.
Do whatever it takes
to achieve Happiness.
Believe
in yourself,
and Love yourself.

 We 
can be Happy,
anywhere we are.
We do not need anyone’s
approval.

Let other people
be part of Life ‘s Journey,
but not the
destination.

Happiness
is always in your Hands.
It is
a state of mind.
Be a Friend,
a Best Friend,
to yourself.

 Let
no one
make you believe
otherwise.

We 
are capable of anything
our mind can think of.

You are
the possible.

So,
be Happy.
Become
your Dreams.
Believe
in Love,
and you will
Love,
Life.

Open the Door
to another Dimension. 
Life
is full of Light and Joy.
.
Brighten the darkness
all around.
With Smiles that
abound,
and many a cheerful
sound,
you will Light up
the Day.

Goodnight.

Choosing To Be Happy

Strategies for Happiness: 7 Steps to Becoming a Happier Person

Written by Tom Valeo

Medically Reviewed by Louise Chang, MD on March 04, 2010

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A popular greeting card attributes this quote to Henry David Thoreau: “Happiness is like a butterfly: the more you chase it, the more it will elude you, but if you turn your attention to other things, it will come and sit softly on your shoulder.”

With all due respect to the author of Walden, that just isn’t so, according to a growing number of psychologists. You can choose to be happy, they say. You can chase down that elusive butterfly and get it to sit on your shoulder. How? In part, by simply making the effort to monitor the workings of your mind.

Research has shown that your talent for happiness is, to a large degree, determined by your genes. Psychology professor David T. Lykken, author of Happiness: Its Nature and Nurture, says that “trying to be happier is like trying to be taller.” We each have a “happiness set point,” he argues, and move away from it only slightly.

And yet, psychologists who study happiness — including Lykken — believe we can pursue happiness. We can do this by thwarting negative emotions such as pessimism, resentment, and anger. And we can foster positive emotions, such as empathy, serenity, and especially gratitude.

Happiness Strategy # 1: Don’t Worry, Choose Happy

The first step, however, is to make a conscious choice to boost your happiness. In his book, The Conquest of Happiness, published in 1930, the philosopher Bertrand Russell had this to say: “Happiness is not, except in very rare cases, something that drops into the mouth, like a ripe fruit. … Happiness must be, for most men and women, an achievement rather than a gift of the gods, and in this achievement, effort, both inward and outward, must play a great part.”

Today, psychologists who study happiness heartily agree. The intention to be happy is the first of The 9 Choices of Happy People listed by authors Rick Foster and Greg Hicks in their book of the same name.

“Intention is the active desire and commitment to be happy,” they write. “It’s the decision to consciously choose attitudes and behaviors that lead to happiness over unhappiness.”

Tom G. Stevens, PhD, titled his book with the bold assertion, You Can Choose to Be Happy. “Choose to make happiness a top goal,” Stevens tells WebMD. “Choose to take advantage of opportunities to learn how to be happy. For example, reprogram your beliefs and values. Learn good self-management skills, good interpersonal skills, and good career-related skills. Choose to be in environments and around people that increase your probability of happiness. The persons who become the happiest and grow the most are those who also make truth and their own personal growth primary values.”

In short, we may be born with a happiness “set point,” as Lykken calls it, but we are not stuck there. Happiness also depends on how we manage our emotions and our relationships with others.

Jon Haidt, author of The Happiness Hypothesis, teaches positive psychology. He actually assigns his students to make themselves happier during the semester.

“They have to say exactly what technique they will use,” says Haidt, a professor at the University of Virginia, in Charlottesville. “They may choose to be more forgiving or more grateful. They may learn to identify negative thoughts so they can challenge them. For example, when someone crosses you, in your mind you build a case against that person, but that’s very damaging to relationships. So they may learn to shut up their inner lawyer and stop building these cases against people.”

Once you’ve decided to be happier, you can choose strategies for achieving happiness. Psychologists who study happiness tend to agree on ones like these.

Happiness Strategy #2: Cultivate Gratitude

In his book, Authentic Happiness, University of Pennsylvania psychologist Martin Seligman encourages readers to perform a daily “gratitude exercise.” It involves listing a few things that make them grateful. This shifts people away from bitterness and despair, he says, and promotes happiness.

Happiness Strategy #3: Foster Forgiveness

Holding a grudge and nursing grievances can affect physical as well as mental health, according to a rapidly growing body of research. One way to curtail these kinds of feelings is to foster forgiveness. This reduces the power of bad events to create bitterness and resentment, say Michael McCullough and Robert Emmons, happiness researchers who edited The Psychology of Happiness.

In his book, Five Steps to Forgiveness, clinical psychologist Everett Worthington Jr. offers a 5-step process he calls REACH. First, recall the hurt. Then empathize and try to understand the act from the perpetrator’s point of view. Be altruistic by recalling a time in your life when you were forgiven. Commit to putting your forgiveness into words. You can do this either in a letter to the person you’re forgiving or in your journal. Finally, try to hold on to the forgiveness. Don’t dwell on your anger, hurt, and desire for vengeance.

The alternative to forgiveness is mulling over a transgression. This is a form of chronic stress, says Worthington.

“Rumination is the mental health bad boy,” Worthington tells WebMD. “It’s associated with almost everything bad in the mental health field — obsessive-compulsive disorder, depression, anxiety — probably hives, too.”

Happiness Strategy #4: Counteract Negative Thoughts and Feelings

As Jon Haidt puts it, improve your mental hygiene. In The Happiness Hypothesis, Haidt compares the mind to a man riding an elephant. The elephant represents the powerful thoughts and feelings — mostly unconscious — that drive your behavior. The man, although much weaker, can exert control over the elephant, just as you can exert control over negative thoughts and feelings.

“The key is a commitment to doing the things necessary to retrain the elephant,” Haidt says. “And the evidence suggests there’s a lot you can do. It just takes work.”

For example, you can practice meditation, rhythmic breathing, yoga, or relaxation techniques to quell anxiety and promote serenity. You can learn to recognize and challenge thoughts you have about being inadequate and helpless.

“If you learn techniques for identifying negative thoughts, then it’s easier to challenge them,” Haidt said. “Sometimes just reading David Burns‘ book, Feeling Good, can have a positive effect.”

Happiness Strategy #5: Remember, Money Can’t Buy Happiness

Research shows that once income climbs above the poverty level, more money brings very little extra happiness. Yet, “we keep assuming that because things aren’t bringing us happiness, they’re the wrong things, rather than recognizing that the pursuit itself is futile,” writes Daniel Gilbert in his book, Stumbling on Happiness. “Regardless of what we achieve in the pursuit of stuff, it’s never going to bring about an enduring state of happiness.”

Happiness Strategy #6: Foster Friendship

There are few better antidotes to unhappiness than close friendships with people who care about you, says David G. Myers, author of The Pursuit of Happiness. One Australian study found that people over 70 who had the strongest network of friends lived much longer.

“Sadly, our increasingly individualistic society suffers from impoverished social connections, which some psychologists believe is a cause of today’s epidemic levels of depression,” Myers writes. “The social ties that bind also provide support in difficult times.”

Happiness Strategy #7: Engage in Meaningful Activities

People are seldom happier, says psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, than when they’re in the “flow.” This is a state in which your mind becomes thoroughly absorbed in a meaningful task that challenges your abilities. Yet, he has found that the most common leisure time activity — watching TV — produces some of the lowest levels of happiness.

To get more out of life, we need to put more into it, says Csikszentmihalyi. “Active leisure that helps a person grow does not come easily,” he writes in Finding Flow. “Each of the flow-producing activities requires an initial investment of attention before it begins to be enjoyable.”

So it turns out that happiness can be a matter of choice — not just luck. Some people are lucky enough to possess genes that foster happiness. However, certain thought patterns and interpersonal skills definitely help people become an “epicure of experience,” says David Lykken, whose name, in Norwegian, means “the happiness.”

“The foolish man
seeks happiness in the distance,
the wise grows it under his feet.”
– James Oppenheim

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Sept. 6 (TUESDAY)               First Day of First Semester
Oct. 10 (Monday)                   Columbus Day Holiday
Nov. 21 – 25                           Fall Break (and Thanksgiving)
Dec. 16                                   Last Day of Fall Semester

Second Semester

Jan. 3 (TUESDAY)                 Second Semester Begins
Jan. 16  (Monday)                  Dr. Martin L. King Holiday
Feb. 20  (Monday)                  Presidents’ Day Holiday
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 Peace.

Hang on
to your Faith.
You will get there.

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Purity, Kindness and Love / The Simplicity of Happiness / School Calendar .

The Beauty
of this Earth
tugs at the Strings
of our Heart,
and lifts up the Soul
to Love God.

It is moments
of Sacred Awareness
 that make us strong,
and make us want to be
the better person
that deep inside
we Truly are.

When we consider
the Beautiful Things
God has Created for our World,
let us not forget
the Beautiful Treasure
of your precious
Life.

If you want to get closer
to the Love of our Lord,
 let the Beauty of this World
into your Heart.
These Treasures
have been given to
you,
by our Sacred Lord.

They are
an Expression
of His Divine Love
to you.
.
“He clothes the Lilies of the field.
He feeds the birds in the sky,
And He will feed those who Trust Him,
And Guide them with His Eye.“
– Roger Hoffman

We
can do no better,
than to let them
into our Heart,
and into our
Soul.

The Beautiful
and Enchanting World
of God’s Natural Gifts,
lifts us up and brings us down,
gently and slowly.

It is most inspiring
for self Healing.
As you walk
in His Nature,
look to the Light,
and there you are.
You
are so Beautiful.
.
It is
your Love
that is so Beautiful.
It is
your Light
that shines in the Hearts
of others.

They see you.
.
They
are listening to the Treasures
of your deep feelings,
your Love
for them,
and others.

You are not
alone.
You are deeply
Loved.
  We
are all Blessed
by the Love of God,
found in every leaf
of every Tree,
in every blade of grass,
and every Flower
that is
or ever will be.
.
Live your Life
to the fullest,
by
sharing your Love
with everyone.
Not everyone
had the opportunity
to wake from their sleep
this morning.
The mere fact
that you can witness this Beautiful day
is a Sacred Sign,
that you have been abundantly
Blessed.

 Pray
and give Thanks,
that regardless of the circumstances
of Life,
or what the rest of Life
will be,
God has expressed His Love
so Beautifully.

Our deepest Love,
and our Generosity in giving
our purest Love and our Blessings
to all others in our World,
whomever they may be,
will lead us
to a Truly Happy
Life.
.
How wonderful
our exquisitely Beautiful planet
would be,
if all persons here
achieved a level of Purity,
Kindness and Love
that our Lord
wants us to achieve.

Goodnight.

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The Simplicity of Happiness
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 Amid our quest for Happiness, our busy schedules can leave us going through the motions and not really enjoying daily life. Happiness, however, does not have to be a complicated or difficult state to achieve or feel. Finding pleasure in simple things every day while taking in our surroundings can help us find moments of simplicity and, ultimately, moments of Happiness. Below are ways to enjoy the simplicity of Happiness.

Smile more

Even though you may not feel like showing your pearly whites, a Smile instantly makes you feel better. Turning up the corners of your lips, even when you don’t feel like smiling, will brighten your mood and remind you of what Happiness is supposed to feel like. Not only will you feel better, but giving someone a smile will make them feel better too, and this smile becomes infectious.

Spend some time alone

Being caught up in work and family commitments can leave you drained and bored. Spending time alone, therefore, is important to your overall mental health. “Me time” gives you time to de-stress, time to re-evaluate your goals and priorities in life and time to regain a zest for Life. Finding simple pleasures while being alone can be as simple as sipping your favorite cup of tea while reading a good book, sketching or taking a walk.

Do something nice for someone

If you’ve ever heard of the concept “pay it forward,” you’ll know that if you were on the receiving end of a good deed, then repaying a good deed by doing a good deed for someone else is a great idea. Whether it’s paying for a stranger’s cup of coffee in the morning lineup or volunteering to help a friend or family member with something they’ve needed help with, doing something nice for someone else may not be completely selfless, but it’s a simple way to feel better. Feeling productive and helpful will make your day as well as someone else’s. So go ahead, pay it forward and hopefully these kind acts will also become infectious.

Keep a happy list

One week, I recorded everything that made me Happy. These things were as simple as good coffee and a good conversation, peanut butter and someone playing with my hair. What I realized is that everything that made me happy was so simple and not materialistic. Try keeping a “Happy list” by recording things that make you Happy throughout your day for a week or two. Aim to record at least two or three things a day, and see what you come up with. Keeping this Happy list handy will remind you of simple ways to be Happy, even on your bad days.

Live in the moment

Corita Kent once wrote, “Life is a succession of moments. To Live each one is to succeed.” This is definitely true when it comes to Happiness. We all worry about the future or are stuck on relationships or problems from the past, but Living in the present moments and fully taking in these moments allow us to enjoy each day as much as possible.

We can find Happiness during whatever overwhelming situations we may be facing by simply taking a deep breath and refocusing our minds on what’s happening around us in a specific moment. This allows us to really feel and sense pleasant things that we may have missed in our busy daily lives.

More about health & wellness

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and LIFE.

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Sept. 6 (TUESDAY)               First Day of First Semester
Oct. 10 (Monday)                   Columbus Day Holiday
Nov. 21 – 25                           Fall Break (and Thanksgiving)
Dec. 16                                   Last Day of Fall Semester

Second Semester

Jan. 3 (TUESDAY)                 Second Semester Begins
Jan. 16  (Monday)                  Dr. Martin L. King Holiday
Feb. 20  (Monday)                  Presidents’ Day Holiday
Mar. 13 – 17                           Spring Break Holiday
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– Victor Hugo

I wish you all
 Peace.

Hang on
to your Faith.
You will get there.

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Ever You Dreamed Of / A New Dimension to a Meaningful Life / School Calendar

Prayers
  really are magical.
I Pray
that you are receiving that magic,
and that your Life
is in a place of
contentment.

Prayer
will relax the mind,
and provide more insight,
more compassion
and more positive intentions.

 To find answers
for the unending problems in Life,
look in the Bible. 
The Holy Word of God
uses thoughtful stories and illustrations
from people in History,
to show our need
for Faith.
.
It guides us
through the essential questions
in Life,
and leads to reasonable and compelling
conclusions.

 You 
can Live your Life
a changed Person,
and Live a Truly
Great experience.

Your Precious Life
can
become the most Beautiful and moving 
ever you Dreamed of.

Spend a few moments
touring
around the Beautiful and Creative
Mind
you have been so Blessed with.

Feel
the Beat
of your own Sacred Heart,
as your eyes
walk around the ruins
of the physical World
inherited
by greed, and hatred
and sin.

Prayer
will transport you
to another Time
and place.

Love,
and Love alone,
will move you
to a Sacred Place
in your Heart.
.
Your Love
will play the most integral part
in Life.

Giving Love,
is as critical
as receiving it
in our quest for Happiness.

Your Love
will lift your Spirit
above all things
ever found.
.
Love
is the Masterpiece 
of God’s Creation,
in an ageless place
of Peace and reflection.
.
The Love in your
Heart,
is what Mankind
is capable of doing 
for others.
And it is
beyond description.

Prayer
is an astonishing Place,
that touches the Heart,
where your Dreams
are Real
and you discover
the Reality of
Love.

There is a Dream,
that is you.
And you
can Dream it.
.
The material World
can make it vanish.
It is so fragile,
that it may not
survive.

“What we do in Life,
echoes in Eternity.”
– Maximus Meridius

With chaos happening
all around,
we need relaxing, meditative 
Prayer.
Giving the Spiritual Dimension
in our Time,
makes Life even more special
and relevant.

Our moment with God
brings the feeling of warmth,
Love
and Peace.

As we reminisce
about the Happy moments
we have had,
and Thank God for having them,
 we bring them Alive
again.

Our childhood memories
were the Happiest time
of Life.

Go back
to these days.

Become
a Child again.
.
Nothing compares
to the Joy of being
a Child
of God.

Goodnight.

A New Dimension to a Meaningful Life

Studies suggest that appreciating beauty in the everyday may be just as powerful as a sense of overarching purpose.

• By Joshua Hicks, Frank Martela on April 15, 2022
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When we think about lives filled with meaning, we often focus on people whose grand contributions benefited humanity. Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Nelson Mandela surely felt they had a worthwhile Life. But how about us ordinary people, toiling away in a typical existence?

Many scholars agree that a subjectively meaningful existence often boils down to three factors: the feeling that one’s life is coherent and “makes sense,” the possession of clear and satisfying long-term goals and the belief that one’s Life matters in the grand scheme of things. Psychologists call these three things coherence, purpose and existential mattering.

But we believe there is another element to consider. Think about the first butterfly you stop to admire after a long winter or imagine the scenery atop a hill after a fresh hike. Sometimes existence delivers us small moments of beauty. When people are open to appreciating such experiences, these moments may enhance how they view their life. We call this element experiential appreciation. The phenomenon reflects the feeling of a deep connection to events as they transpire and the ability to extract value from that link. It represents the detection of and admiration for Life’s inherent Beauty.

We recently set out to better understand this form of appreciation in a series of studies, published in Nature Human Behaviour, that involved more than 3,000 participants. Across these studies, we were interested in whether experiential appreciation was related to a person’s sense of meaning even when we accounted for the effects of the classic trio of coherence, purpose and existential mattering. If so, experiential appreciation could be a unique contributor to meaningfulness and not simply a product of these other variables.

As an initial test of our idea, during the early stages of the COVID pandemic, we had participants rate their endorsement of different coping strategies to relieve their stress. We found that people who managed stress by focusing on their appreciation for Life’s Beauty also reported experiencing Life as highly meaningful.

In the next study, we asked participants to rate the extent to which they agreed with various statements, such as “I have a great appreciation for the beauty of life” and “I appreciate a wide variety of experiences,” as well as other statements that related to coherence, purpose, existential mattering and a general sense of meaning in life.

Our results showed that the more people indicated that they were “appreciating life” and its many experiences, the more they felt their existence was valuable. In fact, these two elements related strongly to each other even when we controlled for other aspects of a meaningful life. In subsequent studies, we further explored the connection between these concepts. For example, we found that participants asked to recall the most meaningful event of the past week generally reported high experiential appreciation in those moments.

Finally, we conducted a series of experiments in which we gave people specific tasks and, once more, asked them to report how strongly they identified with statements linked to purpose, mattering, et cetera.

In one case, we found that participants who watched an awe-inspiring video, such as the opening sequence of the BBC documentary Planet Earth, reported having a greater sense of experiential appreciation and meaning in life, compared with participants who watched more neutral videos, such as an instructional woodworking video.

Similarly, participants who wrote about a recent experience for which they were grateful had a greater sense of meaning and experiential appreciation afterward when compared with participants who simply wrote about a common place they had visited in the past week.

The results confirmed our original theory: appreciating small things can make Life feel more meaningful. But applying that insight can be difficult. Our modern, fast-paced, project-oriented lifestyles fill the day with targets and goals. We are on the go, and we attempt to maximize output both at work and at leisure. This focus on future outcomes makes it all too easy to miss what is happening right now. Yet Life happens in the present moment. We should slow down, let Life surprise us and embrace the significance in the everyday.

As former Indian prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru wrote in 1950, “We live in a wonderful world…. There is no end to the adventures that we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open.”

Are you a scientist who specializes in neuroscience, cognitive science or psychology? And have you read a recent peer-reviewed paper that you would like to write about for Mind Matters? Please send suggestions to Scientific American’s Mind Matters editor Daisy Yuhas at pitchmindmatters@gmail.com.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR(S)

Joshua Hicks studies the experience of meaning in life, authenticity and the true self. He is currently a professor in the department of psychological and brain sciences at Texas A&M University. He received his Ph.D. in personality and social psychology at the University of Missouri.

Frank Martela is a researcher specializing in both the psychology and philosophy of well-being and meaning in life. He is currently a university lecturer at Aalto University in Finland. He is the author of A Wonderful Life: Insights on Finding a Meaningful Existence (Harper Design, 2020). He received a Ph.D. in philosophy at the University of Helsinki in Finland and a Ph.D. in organizational research at Aalto University.

Recent Articles by Frank Martela

• Be Yourself–Everyone Else Is Taken
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Sept. 6 (TUESDAY)               First Day of First Semester
Oct. 10 (Monday)                   Columbus Day Holiday
Nov. 21 – 25                           Fall Break (and Thanksgiving)
Dec. 16                                   Last Day of Fall Semester

Second Semester

Jan. 3 (TUESDAY)                 Second Semester Begins
Jan. 16  (Monday)                  Dr. Martin L. King Holiday
Feb. 20  (Monday)                  Presidents’ Day Holiday
Mar. 13 – 17                           Spring Break Holiday
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Hang on
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You will get there.

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Your Divine Light / Processed Meat Linked to Breast Cancer / School Calendar

To find
the place you are searching for,
Pray,
and even the darkest place
within you,
will be filled with Light
and Love.

Your Divine Light
will shine out in the World.
And you will discover
yourself,
and remember who you are –
a Child of God,
a Divine Being.

The most fruitful and fertilizing rains
come with the darkest clouds.

Be grateful 
for the pain that you are feeling,
for it is the best Teacher 
you can have in this Life.
.
You
overcome obstacles
and find strength that resides in you,
through Prayer.

.Live your Life
in fullness.
You are a Child
of the Universe,
of God.
.
You are Love,
and you are Loved.
You
are His Love.
.
Send Eternal Gratitude
and Love,
through Prayer.
.
God is Listening,
and Loving
every Word.

Reconnect
with the Eternally Knowing
and Peaceful Space
within
your Precious
Heart.

Remember,
success is not the key to Happiness.
Happiness is the key
to success.

Open
your Heart,
connect to the Source
of Love.
.
We
are so much more
than we have ever realized.

. Let the Love
within you
awaken,
and spread Healing
on our Beautiful Mother
Earth.
.
We are all
Beautiful Children
of God.

Transform
 the World around you,
into real Peace.
Listen
to your Inner Voice.

 Find the Way
to LOVE.

Inner Healing
comes 
when we realize the need
to close our eyes
from the worlds of distraction,
and Listen
to the Sacred Silence.

“A Sacred quietness
ushers you into God’s
very Presence and Power.
The Holy Spirit Himself is often very quiet.
You must learn to get still before the Lord
and Worship Him quietly.
Only then can you understand the anointing
that often comes in silence.
This is why God Himself tells us,
“Be still, and know that I am God.”
– www.bennyhinn.org 

The Gift of Life
is precious,
and it has been Given
to you.
.
Live it
with Gratitude in your
Heart. 
Become aware.

Cherish Life
for the amazing Blessing
that it is.
.
As we Pray,
we promote positive and Heartwarming
energy.
.
Prayer
Heals, Energizes and Rejuvenates
Life.

The Beautiful Creation
that you are,
comes from True Love,
the Love of God.
.
 Tears
of Thanksgiving and Joy
need to be released.
Let us Pray
with as full an open Heart
as we can.
.
Prayer
will resonate Harmonically
with the Real World
of the Spirit
of God.

The Bible States
that the things we see
were made from a World
we cannot see.

To deny the Existence of God
is to be as blind as those
who asserted that the Earth
is flat,
or that the Earth is the center
of the solar system.
To insist there is no God
 becomes destructive of intellectual
Freedom.

 Let us all
dedicate Today
to doing something fun.
.
Nurture the Inner Child
within you,
and remember that you have
only one Life to Live.
.
Every Life
tells a different Story.
Live yours
for all it is worth.
Live Life
to the fullest.
Become aware
of what God
wants for you.
.
What God wants for your Life
is beyond comprehension.
.
Ephesians 3:20‑21, tells us,
“God can do anything, you know —
far more than you could ever imagine
or guess or request
in your wildest dreams.”

Our Spirit soars
with Peace and Prayer.
The Love 
you express to others
is beyond Beautiful.

Say
good Morning
to all of God’s Beautiful
Creations.

 The incredible Beauty
of His Nature
and His Breathtaking Living Creations
are truly Healing
in our Lives.

Our World is
phenomenal.
.
It is
very relaxing, soothing, visually so Beautiful
to see all the things He Created
in this World
for us.

Do not get so caught up
in the ways and things
of want and worry
to have perfect vision,
but be blind to the Beautiful things
that GOD has Created
for us all to experience.

Goodnight.

Processed meat ‘linked to breast cancer’

 

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By Alex Therrien

Health reporter, BBC News

Regularly eating foods like bacon and sausages may raise the risk of breast cancer, according to researchers.

A review of studies found women who ate high levels of processed meat had a 9% increased risk of the cancer compared with those who ate little of it.

The study backs up previous findings of the World Health Organization, which says processed meats cause cancer.

Experts recommend caution about the findings and say the actual risk for individual women is “very small”.

• Processed meats do cause cancer – WHO
• How much of a cancer risk are processed meats?
• Ultra-processed foods ‘linked to cancer’

How reliable are the findings?

This review, which included data on more than a million women, shows a link between processed meat consumption and breast cancer risk, but it’s not clear if the food is actually causing this.

There are also other pitfalls to consider.

The 15 studies used in the analysis had different definitions of the highest consumptions.

For example, one of the UK studies in the review classed high consumption as more than 9g a day – the equivalent of just two or three rashers a week – while in others it was much higher.

The researchers in the majority of these studies noted what people said they ate and followed them up to see which of them developed breast cancer.

But the problem with this is that people who eat different amounts of processed meat may also have other behaviors that might explain the differences in breast cancer risk, such as being more or less healthy in other ways.

What is the risk?

In the UK about 14 out of every 100 women will get breast cancer at some point in their lives.

That means a 9% increase in risk in this population would be expected to translate into roughly one extra case of cancer in every 100 women.

Cancer Research UK estimates that about 23% of breast cancers are preventable.

It estimates that about 8% of cases are caused by being overweight and obese and another 8% by alcohol.

Authors of this study, published in the International Journal of Cancer, say the link they found is only for processed meat, not red meat.

The WHO lists processed meat as carcinogenic, primarily because of evidence linking it to a raised risk of bowel cancer, while it says red meat is “probably carcinogenic”.

What is processed meat?

Processed meat has been modified to either extend its shelf life or change the taste, usually by smoking, curing, or adding salt or preservatives to meat.

This includes bacon, sausages, hot dogs, salami, corned beef, beef jerky and ham.

There are different theories for why it may raise the risk of cancer, including that curing salt may react with protein in the meat to make it carcinogenic.

So should we cut out processed meat?

Lead author Dr Maryam Farvid, of the Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health in the US, recommends cutting down on the meat rather than eliminating it.

Currently, the NHS recommends eating no more than 70g of red and processed meat a day.

Dr Gunter Kuhnle, associate professor in nutrition and health at the University of Reading, who was not involved in the study, said it was “questionable” whether people should lower their red and processed meat consumption on the back of this study.

He said the actual risk posed by processed meats was “very small” for the individual and more relevant on a population-wide level.

However, he said the study’s findings should be followed up to investigate the links between processed meat and cancer and see whether the associated risk could be reduced, for example through new food production methods.

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When the Sun Rises in Your Heart / When Left Alone, We Will Not Survive / School Calendar

When the Sun
rises in your
Heart,
it
is the Light
that will Bless Life,
and bring Happiness and Joy
to you and others,
and elevate your emotions
with Love and Life.

Prayer
 will bring new Life
and Joy
to all that is.

My Dear Friends,
when Flowers bloom,
HOPE blossoms,
and Faith reaches out
a Loving hand
with a Promise of the arrival
of God’s Spring
of Beautiful Love.

His Blessing
will come,
and so will Happiness.
.
Your Heart
is awakening in the morning Dawn,
as your Faith Blossoms,
to make your Heart
Sing.

The Fragrance of Life
is the very Breath 
of Creation.
.
Awareness
of God’s Love
is awakening the Sunlit Call,
like the Flowers that Paint
our World,
breathing the fragrance
of Hope
into the gentle
wind.

What Divine Music
is Gifted to us,
by the singing Birds
on high.
.
Thank you,
to our Creator,
for this Music
that is the Beauty of Life,
the World in which we find
so much Love.

Such Magic in the Music
of this moment
in our Natural World
expresses that which cannot be said,
and on which it is impossible
to be silent.

The Love of God,
like our Love
for each other,
has such Depth and Feeling.
.
My Dear Friends,
some of the sweetest memories
can be the ones
that are the most painful
to remember.
.
As we lose those
we deeply Love,
we wish we could go back in
Time.

Our tears
become like Prayers,
like showers for Flowers
of the Soul.
They are Prayers
most sincere
of all.
.
The greater the pain
felt deep within,
the greater was the Love
we felt.
A Heart that Loves so deeply,
is a Heart that Loved
so completely.

“The pain I feel now
is the Happiness I had
before.”
–  C. S. Lewis

 God’s Love
could not be more Perfect
and Comforting.

The way we were
as a Child,
says it all.
.
And,
we are still Children,
of God.
And we shall
always be.

Peacefully
and gently,
listen 
to every precious Bird
sing a Song.
It is like listening
to a Prayer
being sung.

“The deepest pain I ever felt
was denying my own feelings
to make everyone else comfortable.”
– Nicole Lyons

Without Knowledge,
action becomes useless,
and knowledge without action
is futile.
Wisdom
is the right use of
Knowledge.

Love
has the most precious value
in Life.
.
Our Love
for our Family,
enables us to give
our values to our Children.
Such real Love
 lived through the years,
can never be forgotten.

Just like
when we were Children 
dreaming the night away,
let us Pray
and then in our Dreams,
Play.
.
The Light
of the Sun
is still shining in our eyes.
  And Love
shines in our Hearts.

Let your
Heart
take you where you
want.

Goodnight.

Our Need for Love

When left alone, we will not survive.

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by Dalai Lama

Ultimately, the reason why love and compassion bring us the greatest happiness is simply that our nature cherishes them above all else. The need for love lies at the very foundation of Human existence. It results from the profound interdependence we all share with one another. However capable and skillful an individual may be, left alone he or she will not survive. However vigorous and independent one may feel during the most prosperous periods of life, when one is sick or very young or very old, one must depend on the support of others.

Interdependence, of course, is a fundamental law of nature. Not only higher forms of life, but also many of the smallest insects are social beings who, without any religion, law, or education, survive by mutual cooperation based on an innate recognition of their interconnectedness. The most subtle level of material phenomena is also governed by interdependence. In fact, all phenomena – be they from the oceans, the clouds, or the forests that surround us – arise in dependence upon subtle patterns of energy. Without their proper interaction, they dissolve and decay.

It is because our own human existence is so dependent on the help of others that our need for love lies at the very foundation of our existence. Therefore, we need a genuine sense of responsibility and a sincere concern for the welfare of others.

We have to consider what we human beings really are. We are not like machine – made objects. If we were merely mechanical entities, then machines themselves could alleviate all of our suffering and fulfill our needs. However, since we are not solely material creatures, it is a mistake to place all our hopes for happiness on external development alone. Instead, we should consider our origins and nature to discover who we are and what it is we require.

The expression of Love is also very important at the time of birth. Since the very first thing we do is suck milk from our mothers’ breast, we naturally feel close to her, and she must feel love for us in order to feed us properly; if she feels anger or resentment, her milk may not flow freely. Then there is the critical period of brain development from the time of birth up to at least the age of three or four, during which time loving physical contact is the single most important factor for the normal growth of the child. If the child is not held, hugged, cuddled, or loved, its development will be impaired and its brain will not mature properly.

As children grow older and enter school, their need for support must be met by their teachers. If a teacher not only imparts academic education, but also assumes responsibility for preparing students for life, his or her pupils will feel trust and respect, and what has been taught will leave an indelible impression on their minds. On the other hand, that which is taught by a teacher who does not show true concern for his or her students’ overall well-being will not be retained for long.

Nowadays, many children grow up in unhappy homes. If they do not receive proper affection, in later life they will rarely love their parents and, not infrequently, will find it hard to love others. This is very sad.

In the end, since a child cannot survive without the care of others, love is its most important nourishment.

The happiness of childhood, the allaying of the child’s many fears, and the healthy development of its self-confidence all depend directly upon Love.

Even when we engage in ordinary conversation in everyday life, if someone speaks with human feeling, we enjoy listening and respond accordingly; the whole conversation becomes interesting, however unimportant the topic may be. On the other hand, if a person speaks coldly or harshly, we feel uneasy and wish for a quick end to the interaction. From the least to the most important event, the affection and respect of others are vital for our Happiness.

Recently I met a group of scientists in America who said that the rate of mental illness in their country was quite high – around 12 percent of the population. It became clear during our discussion that the main cause of depression was not a lack of material necessities, but a deprivation of the affection of others. So, as you can see from everything I have written so far, whether or not we are consciously aware of it, from the day we are born the need for human affection is in our very blood. Even if the affection comes from an animal or someone we would normally consider an enemy, both children and adults will naturally gravitate toward it.

I believe that no one is born free of the need for Love. And this demonstrates that, although some modern schools of thought seek to do so, human beings cannot be defined as solely physical. No material object – however beautiful or valuable – can make us feel Loved, because our deeper identity and true character lie in the subjective nature of the mind.

Knowledge is power
and LIFE.

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