“For time and the world do not stand still. Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or the present are certain to miss the future.” John F. Kennedy via John F. Kennedy: Change is the law of life : All SWAGGA.com.
Vintage Weight Gain Ads II, 1908-1984
No need to worry about that any more now that we have plenty of high fructose corn syrup in our diets!
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Most Effective Exercises To Burn Fat That Are Easy On Joints
As folks age or put on extra weight, exercises that are easy on the joints become more important. Keeping your joints healthy ensures you can remain physically active and can continue to conduct your daily activities. Arthritis, a disease that means “joint inflammation,” is common among people age 65 and older. About one in five people in the United States have arthritis. Participating in a low-impact physical activity can help manage symptoms and burn fat.” Get the answer here: Most Effective Exercises To Burn Fat That Are Easy On Joints | LIVESTRONG.COM.
The Gift of Readiness
Melody Beattie writes:
“Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.” Step Six of Al-Anon.
We progress to the Sixth Step by working diligently, to the best of our ability, on the first five Steps. This work readies us for a change of heart, an openness to becoming changed by a Power greater than ourselves — God.
The path to this willingness can be long and hard. Many of us have to struggle with a behavior or feeling before we become ready to let it go. We need to see, over and over again, that the coping device that once protected us is no longer useful.
The defects of character referred to in Step Six are old survival behaviors that once helped us cope with people, life, and ourselves. But now they are getting in our way, and it is time to be willing to have them removed.
Trust in this time. Trust that you are being readied to let go of that which is no longer useful. Trust that a change of heart is being worked out in you.
God, help me become ready to let go of my defects of character. Help me know, in my mind and soul, that I am ready to let go of my self-defeating behaviors, the blocks and barriers to my life.” via June 28: The Gift of Readiness.
Sometimes and Sometimes Not; Honouring Who You Are and What You Need
Chela Davison writes:
Sometimes you need to think positive…
…and sometimes you need to sit your ass down in a dark corner with melancholy music on and bawl your effing eyes out for like four days.
Sometimes you need to sort out what’s happening inside yourself before you speak or act…
…and sometimes you need to splay the mess out there, all risky like, and allow the next step, insight or direction to show itself through real relating.
Sometimes you need to push yourself to ship or launch…
…and sometimes you need to relax and surrender into just how terrified you feel and flounder about a little longer and maybe even have a chuckle about the absurdity of the human experience.
Sometimes you need to be gentle and loving with yourself and others…
…and sometimes everyone needs a good swift kick in the ass, because what are we all doing here if not evolving in some way?
Sometimes you need to solve incredibly complex problems that are limiting your growth…
…and sometimes you just need a good night sleep.” Get more here: Sometimes and Sometimes Not…Honouring Who You Are and What You Need.
There is a time to every purpose under heaven…
Be The Architect Of Your Own Destiny
Kristina Pawliw writes:
I was fascinated by astrology – until I studied Macbeth in school. The fact that a king’s downfall resulted from his belief in a prophecy showed me the danger of believing our future as told by someone else.
When I discovered the metaphysical theory that we have many different possible futures depending on the choices we make, I wondered: can we predict our own future by deciding what we want to end up with? Can we, in effect, write our own horoscope? The answer to that question in short is, yes, I believe we can.” Get the answer here: Be The Architect Of Your Own Destiny | FinerMinds.
How to Forgive When You Don’t Really Want To
“Freedom is what you do with what’s been done to you.” ~Jean Paul Sartre. Get more here: How to Forgive When You Don’t Really Want To | Tiny Buddha.
Here Today, Gone Tomorrow: Live Life Now!
These three pictures really got my attention and made me pause and reflect…
Get the story behind the pictures here: Here Today, Gone Tomorrow: Live Life Now! « Positively Positive.
The Number One Key To Happiness
“Think thoughts that make you feel good, make choices that make you feel good, and take actions that make you feel good.” ~Louise L. Hay. Get more here: The Number One Key To Happiness « Positively Positive.
We are instruments of the Creator
“What could be greater than to be Wakan-Tanka’s mind, eyes, ears, nose, mouth, arms, hands, legs, and feet here on earth?” Fools Crow, LAKOTA
In order for the Creator to do His work on this earth, He needs the human being to do it. How He guides us is through our eyes, ears, hands, nose, mouth, arms legs and feet.
We are instruments of the Creator. We are His keepers of the earth. We are the keepers of our brothers. We are to teach His children. We are to respect the things He has made. We are to take care of ourselves and treat our bodies and our minds with respect.
We are to do respectful things. We are to walk the Sacred Path. We should have good thoughts. We should do only things that we think the Creator would have us do. What an honor to be a human being. What an honor that He would talk to us and guide us to perform His wonders.
Oh Great Spirit, let me appreciate the role you have given me. Let my sense be sharp to hear Your voice. Keep my mind clean so I can do the things You would have me do.” via Just For Today Meditations » Daily Recovery Readings – June 27, 2012.
Combating Shame
Melody Beattie writes:
“Shame can hold us back, hold us down, and keep us staring at our feet.” Beyond Codependency.
Watch out for shame.
Many systems and people reek of shame. They are controlled by shame and may want us to play their game with them. They may be hoping to hook us and control us through shame.
We don’t have to fall into their shame. Instead, well take the good feelings — self-acceptance, love, and nurturing.
Compulsive behaviors, sexually addictive behaviors, overeating, chemical abuse, and addictive gambling are shame-
based behaviors. If we participate in them, we will feel ashamed. It’s inevitable. We need to watch out for addictive and other compulsive behaviors because those will immerse us in shame.
Our past, and the brainwashing we may have had that imposed “original shame” upon us, may try to put shame on
us. This can happen when we’re all alone, walking through the grocery store or just quietly going about living our life. Don’t think . . Don’t feel…. Don’t grow or change… . Don’t be alive. . . . Don’t live life. . .. Be ashamed!
Be done with shame. Attack shame. Go to war with it. Learn to recognize it and avoid it like the plague.
Today, I will deliberately refuse to get caught up in the shame floating around in the world. If I cannot resist it, I will feel it, accept it, then be done with it as quickly as possible. God, help me know that it’s okay to love myself and help me to refuse to submit to shame. If I get off course, help me learn to change shame into guilt, correct the behavior, and move forward with my life in immediate self-love. via June 27: Combating Shame.
Take a moment…breathe…
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How Soda Is Making You Fat
Want one reason for your beer belly? How about 100 quintillion? That’s about how many bacteria live in your gut. And scientists now believe these bacteria can have a significant impact on your weight.
Consuming high amounts of fructose (a type of sugar), artificial sweeteners, and sugar alcohols (another type of low-calorie sweetener) cause your gut bacteria to adapt in a way that interferes with your satiety signals and metabolism, according to a new paper in Obesity Reviews. (If you’ve noticed you’ve been feeling tired all the time and gaining weight, your metabolism may be slowing. Check out this plan to rev up your body’s fat-burning machine in 8 weeks!)
“An evolution of the gut flora to this new sweetener-rich environment has a potential to negatively impact our health,” says Amanda Payne, Ph.D., lead author of the review.” via How Soda Is Making You Fat | Men’s Health News.
Glad I stopped drinking soda awhile ago — otherwise, I’d have to quit RIGHT NOW!!!
Social psycho
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Reddi-bacon, 1964
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Percussive guitar from the guy who invented it (and someone he inspired)
TEDGlobal Fellow Usman Riaz is an innovative musician who plays with vim and verve. He’s taken to the stage to enchant the assembled crowd with a virtuoso round of percussive guitar. But that’s not all. After one song, out comes the guy who invented percussive guitar playing– Riaz’s personal hero–Preston Reed. Um. His playing has the audience on the edge of their seats so as not to miss a note. Finally, the two come together onstage to perform a duet that’s, well, indescribable. Whoops, hollers, cheering and the most fervent standing ovation of the conference ensue, leading to insistence from TED curator Chris Anderson that the pair give us an impromptu encore. It’s pure, glorious improvisation, with Riaz even turning to the audience to shrug with a smile that he’s not quite sure what he’s doing. What a way to end the day.” via TED Blog | Percussive guitar from the guy who invented it (and someone he inspired): Preston Reed and Usman Riaz at TEDGlobal2012.
Is Your Spouse Really Your Best Friend?
A few weeks ago I curated an article from Michael Hyatt on ‘How to be your spouse’s best friend’. A few days ago, I found this article in Psychology Today by author Isadora Alman who has an interesting perspective and some good advice:
With any client’s first visit, usually presenting with some aspect of a relationship concern, I always review other aspects of their life – general health, the work he or she does and feelings about it, other people in their life (family, friends), what recreational activities are pursued, and if the person has enough time for him or herself. Almost always the answer to this last question is “no”. While all the other aspects of a life I ask about may have some bearing on a relationship issue, this last one always does.
Most of us these days lead frantic lives with demands for time coming at us from all directions. Priorities have to be assigned and almost always personal needs beyond the most basic of food and sleep are often swept aside. Even then, many people are not eating well or getting enough sleep so a half hour a day to simply take a deep breath of fresh air is just not there. Time to connect with a partner about how your day went or what’s on your mind in general is left, if it happens at all, to a few groggy moments before sleep takes over.
Let’s say, however, that one does manage to schedule a movie or a meal out. What if your partner prefers a different movie than the one you want to see, or a different type of restaurant food? What if he or she would prefer not to go to a movie at all but to a sports event or an art museum? Do you forego what you want for the sake of couple harmony? If so, no wonder you might be feeling lonely although coupled. You’re living your life via someone else’s choices rather than your own.
An oversimplification perhaps, but I strongly feel that you need to be your own best friend. Your own needs must be given some priority so that, as a fulfilled person, you can then be in a position to be more generous with your partner and others around you. If you’re feeling lonely and not getting the support, sympathy or help from your spouse that is the very definition of friendship, look elsewhere – for a friend, usually same sex, and not place that burden of such expectations entirely on your spouse. If you are feeling too much closeness within the coupled bonds, take what space you need for maximum enjoyment of life….and for maximum enjoyment of your partnership as well. Two people who each have their needs met, who take responsibility of fulfilling their own needs, will make much better and more interesting partners to each other.
Source: Is Your Spouse Really Your Best Friend? | Psychology Today
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