Portrait of a Friend

Saturday, May 31, 2008 0 comments

I can't give solutions to all of life's problems, doubts,
or fears. But I can listen to you, and together we will
search for answers.

I can't change your past with all it's heartache and pain,
nor the future with its untold stories.
But I can be there now when you need me to care.

I can't keep your feet from stumbling.
I can only offer my hand that you may grasp it and not fall.

Your joys, triumphs, successes, and happiness are not mine;
Yet I can share in your laughter.

Your decisions in life are not mine to make, nor to judge;
I can only support you, encourage you,
and help you when you ask.

I can't prevent you from falling away from friendship,
from your values, from me.
I can only pray for you, talk to you and wait for you.

I can't give you boundaries which I have determined for you,
But I can give you the room to change, room to grow,
room to be yourself.

I can't keep your heart from breaking and hurting,
But I can cry with you and help you pick up the pieces
and put them back in place.

I can't tell you who you are.
I can only love you and be your friend.

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Strange but true

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  • Your body is creating and killing 15 million red blood cells per second!
  • The king of hearts is the only king without a moustache on a standard playing card!
  • The Mona Lisa has no eyebrows.
  • The most popular first name in the world is Muhammad!
  • Tourists visiting Iceland should know that tipping at a restaurant is considered an insult!
  • Until the nineteenth century, solid blocks of tea were used as money in Siberia !
  • The Nobel Peace Prize medal depicts three naked men with their hands on each other's shoulders!

  • A violin contains about 70 separate pieces of wood!

  • Most lipstick contains fish scales!
  • The first product to have a bar code was Wrigleys gum!
  • No piece of square dry paper can be folded more than 7 times in half!
  • A crocodile always grows new teeth to replace the old teeth!

  • The sun is 330,330 times larger than the earth!
  • Clinophobia is the fear of beds!
  • A 'jiffy' is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second!
  • The longest recorded flight of a chicken is 13 seconds!

  • Dolphins sleep with one eye open!
  • The worlds oldest piece of chewing gum is over 9000 years old!
  • A sneeze travels out your mouth at over 100 m.p.h.!

  • In the White House, there are 13,092 knives, forks and spoons!
  • It was once against the law to slam your car door in a city in Switzerland

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The top five cancer-causing foods

Wednesday, May 21, 2008 0 comments

1. Hot dogs
Because they are high in nitrates, the Cancer Prevention Coalition advises that children eat no more than 12 hot dogs a month. If you can't live without hot dogs, buy those made without sodium nitrate.








2. Processed meats and bacon
Also high in the same sodium nitrates found in hot dogs, bacon, and other processed meats raise the risk of heart disease. The saturated fat in bacon also contributes to cancer.








3. Doughnuts
Doughnuts are cancer-causing double trouble. First, they are made with white flour, sugar, and hydrogenated oils, then fried at high temperatures. Doughnuts, says Adams , may be the worst food you can possibly eat to raise your risk of cancer.







4. French fries
Like doughnuts, French fries are made with hydrogenated oils and then fried at high temperatures. They also contain cancer- causing acryl amides which occur during the frying process. They should be called cancer fries, not French fries, said Adams ..





5. Chips, crackers, and cookies
All are usually made with white flour and sugar. Even the ones whose labels claim to be free of trans-fats generally contain small amounts of trans-fats.

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Reasons for sleeping and waking up early

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Evening at 9 - 11pm: is the time for eliminating unnecessary/toxic chemicals (detoxification) from the antibody system (lymph nodes). This time duration should be spent by relaxing or listening to music. If during this time a housewife is still in an unrelaxed state such as washing the dishes or monitoring children doing their homework, this will have a negative impact on health.

Evening at 11pm - 1am: is the detoxification process in the liver, and ideally should be done in a deep sleep state.

Early morning 1 - 3am: detoxification process in the gall, also ideally done in a deep sleep state.

Early morning 3 - 5am: detoxification in the lungs. Therefore there will sometimes be a severe cough for cough sufferers during this time. Since the detoxification process had reached the respiratory tract, there is no need to take cough medicine so as not to interfere with toxin removal process.

Morning 5 - 7am: detoxification in the colon, you should empty your bowel.

Morning 7 - 9am: absorption of nutrients in the small intestine, you should be having breakfast at this time. Breakfast should be earlier, before 6:30am, for those who are sick. Breakfast before 7:30am is very beneficial to those wanting to stay fit. Those who always skip breakfast, they should change their habits, and it is still better to eat breakfast late until 9 - 10am rather than no meal at all.

Sleeping so late and waking up too late will disrupt the process of removing unnecessary chemicals. Aside from that, midnight to 4:00 am is the time when the bone marrow produces blood. Therefore, have a good sleep and don't sleep late.

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