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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• Finland Is the Happiest Country in the World, and Finns Aren’t Happy about It

Your Childhood
lies through
your Memory,
attitude
and Imagination.

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

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closes a prison.“
– Victor Hugo

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 Peace.

Hang on
to your Faith.
You will get there.

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Simplicity is a Unique Tool and a Blessing / Superfoods / School Calendar

As you simplify your Life,
the Laws of the Universe will be simpler;
solitude will not be solitude,
poverty will not be poverty,
nor weakness weakness.
– Henry David Thoreau

Your Life
can be amazing.
Simplicity
is a unique tool
for achieving amazing inner Harmony
and Peace,
within yourself
and with others around you.

Humanity
is facing difficult times Today
and will confront even more
in the future.
In these moments 
it is important to reflect upon
the Truly Beautiful things
in Life.
And the most Beautiful
is YOU,
and the awareness that you
are deeply
Loved.

Love
is simple.
It is.
It simply is.

To Love
can have an immeasurable,
beneficial effect
upon our physiological functions.
Love
 will influence your Heart rate,
and lower blood pressure
and decrease levels of stress hormones.
Love is
a simple way
to Live
longer.

Living together,
brings us the Blessing
of our need
to care for one another.
Because
you are a Loving person,
your way of thinking and doing
and seeing things
becomes the best of qualities
others can find.
The real person
that God Created you to be,
can Live Peacefully
with all that is Beautiful
in His Nature.

There is something about
a River,
the sound of the water,
the ebb and flow and the rhythm
that puts the body and mind
into a state
of relaxation,
that is so soothing
to us.
It is really hard to believe
how amazing we are
 as Rivers of Life.
In utero,
our Human bodies are made up of
94% water.
As infants we are about 75% water.
Later in Life,
our water composition can drop to 50%.
 The organ of our lungs is about 83% water,
the muscles and kidneys 79% water,
the brain and the Heart 73% water,
the skin 64% water, 
 our bones 31% water.
That is why
staying hydrated is vital
for your organs to function.

We are
tall pillars of water
with a brain attached
to the top.
We are
simply
Rivers of water also flowing
to the Sea.

Words of encouragement
are provided by God.
They exist
to restore your Faith
in Humanity.

The Holy Word
of God
will Heal and make the World
a better place
for you,
and for all
His Children.

“Never
be in a hurry;
do everything quietly and in a calm spirit.
Do not lose your Inner Peace for anything whatsoever,
even if your whole World seems upset.”
– Saint Francis de Sales

When the whispering wind
caresses your face,
it is like
an Angel kisses your cheeks.
Sweet sounds of Nature
 whisper so softly to you.
As your eyes
see the Light
of God’s Glorious Day,
let go of your worries
and your fears.
God
will carry them far away
and give you His Blessing.
He Loves you.
You are Deeply
Loved.

Thank God
for the Wonder of Life,
for the Truth of His Love,
and for the Joy
of Being.
Accept His Love.
Be Grateful
to be here.
.
In the Graceful Name
of God,
Pray that He may protect us
from evil,
and help us to Live
fulfilled Lives.
His Precious Love
will bring a feeling like no other.
Treasure it.

Let the Sacred Word 
of God
be Engraved in your fragile mind
and Guide you
in the direction of a positive Life,
Lived for others,
every day.
It is Time
to put aside all the illusions,
all of the things that happen
Today
and every Day,
and return your Heart
to Love
and Peace.

To focus upon
the things in Life
that hurt,
  will cause you 
not to see many of the
Beautiful things in our World.

Our World
has so many Beautiful Gifts
from God.
God’s World
offers us Love,
laughter and Joy,
 and so many more things
that make Life worth Living.

Whatever you may be going through,
will get better
with a Prayer
for His Love.
Be Kind,
and Kindness will come back
to you. 

We have always Lived
in an Earthly Paradise
and did not realize it.

To Live Joyfully,
  find the Beauty,
and God’s Love
in everything you see.

He Loves us
every Day.

The Love of God
is at the Heart
of us all.

The answer
to every question
is Love.
Love
clears the Heart
and Heals the mind.
Forgiving
provides simplicity.
It eases our Lives.
It is a Gift
we can give
to ourselves.
.
You will find
a sense of Inner Peace
and feeling of Freedom
when you allow your mind
to simply Be,
and your body
to simply breath.
Thank God
for this wonderful experience
of simply
Being.

 I wish you all
an amazing Day,
a bountiful Year
and a Blessed Life.
.
Goodnight.

These Superfoods Can Provide Important Nutrients With a Single Bite

By

Andy Corbley

Feb 24, 2022

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What daily habits have you tried out in the name of good health?

Diana Rodgers, an author and registered dietician, is the host of the Sustainable Dish Podcast where she sometimes recounts her attempt to eat 100% of her daily values of all nutrients for a whole month, that is, to consume 100% without supplements. A nearly impossible task, Rodgers relied on eating liver, oysters, and other particular and sometimes expensive food sources every day to meet the demand.

Yet there are certain foods that are so rich in a particular nutrient that a mere bite can satisfy one’s daily requirements. Sometimes these foods are not advocated for by government agencies in particular, because they go against existing nationwide recommendations against eating too much meat, or fatty foods.

It bears repeating that RDAs, or recommended daily allowances, set by government agencies, have long been established at the bare-minimum for survival.

Harri Hemilä, a researcher at the Department of Public Health, University of Helsinki in Finland, details that even as late as 1990, the RDA recommendations for Vitamin C were “arbitrarily set at 60 mg/day to ‘provide an adequate margin of safety’ against scurvy,” even though the Nobel Prize-winning scientist who first discovered Vitamin C advocated for a gram per day, and that there were all kinds, (and there are) of problems that can arise from low C intake before the “pre-mortal” condition of scurvy.

MORE: Calorie Restriction is Key Factor in Enhancing Human Health, Say Yale Researchers

However if a single bite covers the bare minimum, it isn’t outlandish to imagine a second would serve as a realistic 100% dose, and here are some of those 1-3 bite doses.

Selenium — The Brazil Nut

Selenium is important for many processes. It is one of the principal resources for neurogenesis, and its dietary addition increases creation of new neuro stem cells even in mice aged the equivalent of 80 years in humans.

Also in the body it’s used to create antioxidants, while its effects preventing cancer are currently being investigated. Deficiency in selenium can lead to severely compromised intestinal function, and dysregulation in the use of zinc and copper in the body.

RELATED: Magnesium May Prime the Immune System to Fight Cancer and Infections

According to Nutrition Data one solitary Brazil nut, weighing 5 grams, contains 132% of the USDA’s RDA for a 2,000 calorie per day diet.

Vitamin C — Kiwi or Guava

Vitamin C is important for creating antioxidant defenses, synthesizing collagen, fighting off diseases, and much more. One medium kiwi will provide 273%, of the already discussed RDA of vitamin C.

Picking up a kiwi is much easier to eat, and is more familiar than a guava, but a guava fruit contains far more dehydroascorbic acid, a form a vitamin C, than a kiwi. Dehydroascorbic acid is used by two of the major glucose transporters, and therefore vital for metabolic health.

Vitamin B12 — Sardines

A cofactor in DNA synthesis, vitamin B12 is critical in both fatty acid and amino acid metabolism. It is important in the normal functioning of the nervous system via its role in the synthesis of myelin, and in the maturation of red blood cells in the bone marrow. It is a common deficiency in the diets of vegetarians and vegans, based on the fact that plants use other biological equipment to perform the functions which animals do with B12.

LOOK: Higher Olive Oil Intake Associated With Much Lower Risk of Death From Various Diseases

A single can of sardines in olive oil will provide 137% of one’s B12 needs.

Copper/Vitamin A — Beef Liver

Yes, beef liver isn’t commonly eaten in the United States, or most other places. Modern society has lost its custom for the metallic and slightly bitter flavor of organ meat. However if one can but fry beef liver in a pan and cut it into 1 ounce (28 gram) slices, and eat just one of those a day, they would be conferring upon themselves and their family, 208% of the RDA for copper, and 146% of their RDA for vitamin A.

Because of its role in facilitating iron uptake, copper deficiency can produce anemia-like symptoms, neutropenia, bone abnormalities, hypopigmentation, impaired growth, increased incidence of infections, osteoporosis, hyperthyroidism, and abnormalities in glucose and cholesterol metabolism.

Vitamin A on the other hand is a class of different compounds, some well-known of which are retinol and beta-carotene, which have a large variety of functions. It’s essential for embryo development and growth, for maintenance of the immune system, and for vision, where it combines with the protein opsin to form rhodopsin, the light-sensing molecules in our keys key for both high and low light environments, which also trigger hormonal responses to day and night cycles.

Vitamin K — Collards (greens)

Vitamin K is vital for blood health, in particular the function of blood coagulation is seriously impaired under low-K conditions. It allows the liver to create a secondary molecule that chelates calcium, and regulates the binding of calcium to bones.

Just one ounce of collard greens contains 154% of one’s RDA for vitamin K. K isn’t usually a common deficiency, but can be found within people with a particular aversion to green vegetables.

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and LIFE.

School Calendar

2021-22

First Semester
Sept. 7 – December 17   2021

Sept. 7 (TUESDAY)               First Day of First Semester
Oct. 11 (Monday)                   Columbus Day Holiday
Nov. 22 – 26                           Fall Break (and Thanksgiving)
Dec. 17                                   Last Day of Fall Semester

Second Semester

Jan. 4 (TUESDAY)                 Second Semester Begins
Jan. 17  (Monday)                  Dr. Martin L. King Holiday
Feb. 21  (Monday)                  Presidents’ Day Holiday
Mar. 14 – 18                           Spring Break Holiday
April 15 & 18                           Good Friday and Easter Monday Holidays
May 24 – 27                            Adventure Trip
May 27                                    Last Day of Spring Semester

Lyrics/songs texts/paintings/articles

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and provided for educational purposes.

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allowance is made for “fair use”
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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 1995-2022
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.