I had misplaced an item that I was in turn asked for and when I could not provide it I realized the entire exercise was a lost cause. The whole thing hung on the missing item, a receipt of proof that I could not lay my hands on and so I had to admit defeat or try all over again.

Doing it over meant more monetary outlay, another long delay and no guarantee even if it all went according to the rules. So I had to ask myself if it was all worth it, a repeat performance of time and effort and for what?

Then it hit me that this was the way of the universe when something shakes you enough to make you stand and pause. The idea is to make you rethink what has happened and in so doing, guide you to another path that will ultimately yield the better destiny.

My path in life is following my ability to write, to observe the world we live in and formulate words that help to explain it to others and myself. Sometimes I get hung up on one of the end results and so fail to enjoy the process which is when I get sidetracked. That is when the universe gives me a nudge, a wakeup call to get back on track.

I know this because in the wake of the issue I explained above, a solution came into my mind that would utilize my talent. There was a direct place to go and an idea to pursue. I have learned when this happens, just follow it and I can hardly wait to see what happens.

The message is clear to me. Keep on your life path, follow your talents and don’t let circumstances make you waiver and deter your resolve. One of the main purposes for our very existence on earth is to pursue those gifts. Follow your destiny and your heart. I’m rooting for you!!

A friend of mine had Cancer issues and went about systematically trying to eat better and to dig into healthy eating habits and supplements. He too heard about Asparagus and is now growing it in his garden to ensure enough of it. He swears he is now healthy again.

Richard R. Vensal, D.D.S. is a man who proved this theory several years ago and began collecting case histories. In 1739, experiments to dissolve kidney stones involved Asparagus and in 1854, a Pennsylvania University Professor

referred to this method to remove kidney stones.

I understand the method is to cook and puree the Asparagus and then keep it in the fridge to use twice a day, morning and night with 4 tablespoons each time.

We all know the vegetable is good for us in general but what makes it so effective is that it contains Histones or proteins that specialize in regulating the growth of cells. It also contains Glutathione, highly recommended by Dr. Oz for its antioxidant content. It also fights carcinogens so how can you lose?

As always, I am happy to bring news of anything to help us make a healthier journey through life.

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He is among the many who have decided to let people know how they can help themselves to follow the best life path they wish to follow. If this sounds like something you know nothing about, then perhaps you would indulge me for a moment and listen to what I have to say.

Religion is something I was brought up with and I believe it gave comfort and guidance during my growing years. This is not the spiritual connection I am speaking of above. In fact, the word spiritual has been bandied about to mean many things and so I want to make myself clear.

Our spiritual path is different for each of us. As a spirit or soul, we each have a destiny and live our lives based on the life lesson we choose to follow. Our connection with our higher spirit allows us to make this trip as a more enlightened being. Those who do not follow the principles set out tend to lead lives troubled and full of pain. This is done by choice.

We all have choice, free will if you prefer. Those like Dr. Dyer who have discovered the enlightened path spend their lives trying to help others to see this alternate path. Some refer to our higher connection as the Source. Others call it God. It is not a man-made image as dictated in religion but an energy source that circulates in all living things.

When we connect to it, we know peace and the ultimate form of energy, love. The knowledge that as a divine being, I have the power to alter my life brings me ultimate joy. It does so because we can all have it since the access is there of all life.

I pass this knowledge along for you to ponder and hopefully to benefit from since part of being an enlightened soul is to be of service. I wish you love and light and the ultimate experience of joy each and every day.

He has that sparkle in the eyes when I ask him if he wants to go for a walk or go chase the “critter” down the hall. His critter is a stuffed toy, his favorite and resembles a ferret. I have lost count of the hours where I threw the critter and he retrieved it. He always knew just how to ask by sitting up and handing me his paw and I never let him down.

I think that is part of trust. A habit that results in something is reliable and it showed him he had some control over the process of play. He also feels that he is my second in command since he takes it upon himself to dispatch a correction to my 18 year old cat when she yowls for attention and starts misbehaving to get it. He does not hurt her but chases her and that is just what she wants.

My cat has gotten to this ripe old age by being smart and of course, she thinks she is in charge. There is an inherent understanding between the cat and my dog that is truly remarkable. Sometimes they play what I call the train game where he is the caboose and she is the engine. With his nose in her behind, they travel from room to room till she tires of the game.

They both know that they can rely on me to play with them and to provide routines so they know what to expect. Take meal time for instance. Both are fed early morning even before I consider my own breakfast and they eat in two different rooms to cut down on any friction. My dog gets cooked liver along with the usual dried kibble and she gets some canned food for seniors, just a little since her innards are sensitive.

They look forward to it. Also, I go to bed at the same time every night. I start turning out lights and the cat moves into the living room where I was sitting to get the warm spot while my dog and I head for the bedroom. He cuddles up to me on the covers and another day is done. I always feel grateful for this since my animals sense my moods and give love so freely.

If you ever have lost a pet, you know how hard that is and what a hold they leave in your life. A few years back, my dog got a horrible and mysterious infection internally that almost killed him. I was without him for three days and it made me see how close we truly are. I guess the only message from this is to appreciate your pets while you have them. They teach us so much about living in the moment and loving life. I hope you too feel as blessed about your pets as I do about mine.

In my day, learning the lesson was considered more important than anything else and even the teachers got caught up in that directive. Somehow, those who forgot what it is like to be curious and spontaneous, got lost in the power of controlling a mass hostage audience.

Later years when my time and interests could be directed at my own discretion, I found subjects of all kinds that interested me. It was a definite attitude shift and a few years of maturity did not hurt either. But more than that, I saw potential of information. There is more than one thing that can be done with it and there is always a solution. I just had to find it.

Now that made looking for facts interesting. Now I was on a quest to do something with the learned details that would benefit me in a particular way. My own interests became enhanced and the scope increased dramatically. Life became fascinating and full of promise.

Dull, no not in the least. In hindsight, I suspect those same teachers who had difficulty making a subject interesting, also had a life that reflected this fact. What you see, how you see it is who you are. Change that and everything else changes too. Now that is just marvelous.

Be open to possibilities and always alert to the solutions being offered every minute of the day. Don’t let the word dull enter your vocabulary. Make your life a credit to who you are inside. Make you yourself a subject of wonder and joy!

The point in this lovely movie is that we all need someone to believe in and that we are all just as important as the next guy. John Doe represents all of us in our struggles to survive and be heard. On the flip side, those that control the purse strings and all the trappings we know so well, seem to be lording over us, telling us what to do, where to live, even what to eat and they have yet to truly hear us.

We are told we have to work hard to get what we want, we have to sink into the 9-5 mentality and settle for jobs that do not satisfy. Who says? We all can have the life we aspire to simply by believing in it. We now know that and more of us being spiritual do not feed into the mentality of 1941.

There is a residue that hangs on those of us who are baby boomers and who remember the late 1940′s. But it is a fact that we all want to matter. To that end, I found myself very intrigued with the film that offered hope to those struggling just to survive. So to them whoever they may be, I want you to know I care and you all matter to me. We are all special and have something to offer humanity.

This time of year we act like people who are more caring and loving. It seems to go with the season. Linger a while this year and remember those in your heart who might have slipped through the cracks of every day life. Make somebody smile all year long. As Tiny Tim observed, “God bless us everyone”!

We need to be able to remove ourselves from others in order to truly appreciate them. Otherwise, what we share with our friends and contacts is really material that is not beneficial for deepening the attachment. Who cares if many people have called you that day. It doesn’t mean you are popular. It means you are caught up in the fascination we have in filling time because of ever present boredom.

In my day (yes, I am aging myself), it was encouraged to follow creative pursuits, interests, hobbies, etc. The idea you are learning something new, a little self-education is a good thing for many reasons. It builds confidence, it relaxes you and brings out the abilities that might otherwise never see the light of day.

Actually reading a book and following it through over a period from beginning to the end is also very satisfying. It feeds our imaginations. No not an e-book where you only have a few pages to absorb and then go on to something else. A real book. Savour the beautiful cover, enjoy the true craft of writing and let it take you away into romance, adventure, intrigue and let it introduce you to people you might never meet. Immerse yourself in the fascination of it all.

I am not saying to throw away all the new technology. But remember, new is not necessarily better and you owe it to yourself to take time with whatever interests you. Life cannot be enjoyed at break neck speed. Slow down and smell the flowers. Find out who you are and always keep that all important “me time” so you have so much more to offer to those you care about.

It will make you a better mother or father, it will add depth to love relationships and it will make you appreciate others more. Turn that ringer off, take a break and re-think those constant tweets. Do it for you and do it for them!

Life is too short they say. Well it is so true. If I had it to do over, I would embrace more of my life, even the bad moments. Life is about living it to the fullest, seizing the now and savoring it for the memories that I know will make me smile.

I didn’t know life was supposed to be fun. I thought it was all about working hard, making a name for myself and being a good person. When I realized I wasn’t smiling so much any more, I questioned the meaning of my existence. What about the rest of the people? Were they happy I wonder?

Judging from the faces I saw around me, I figured they too were caught up in the doing and not in the being. Why is that? I think it is because we can’t see our way out of the net we find ourselves in. The trap we walked right into is our own belief system.

So what has my life got to do with love? Everything!! The only thing that makes any sense, that gives me pure joy and that I give back in abundance is love. It is the only universal vibration that creates without taking away from anything else.

It is the top of the heap, what everybody is secretly looking for and finds so hard to get. That is because what you give is what you get back. I finally understand that. It applies to everything living. When I love a plant, it gives back by growing and flourishing. The same thing applies to people. All life responds to this.

So why am I sharing this? I want you to be as happy as I feel when I see a glorious sunset, a blooming flower spreading wide open to the sun, bread rising in the oven, two lovers holding hands and children playing with gay abandon. That pure joy is love. I wish you much love. I hope you too find it in everything.

I am made aware of all those not lucky enough to have a small plot of land to grow food on and I have to emphasize just how important this really is. Ask you neighbour to share a plot, start a neighbourhood or community garden, get involved with school gardening programs and anything else you can think of to give you access to fresh food.

Since the products in our fresh food aisles in grocery stores is already days old, you are not getting all the goodness you should be out of the plant. The only way to assure yourself of this is to get to a farmer’s market and buy there, have your own plot and harvest it or resort to frozen food which is still the best bet as a last resort since it is frozen quickly after it reaches maturity.

Having control over what you eat is still the only way to assure yourself you are eating healthy. This Thanksgiving which is all about bounty and gratitude, think seriously about obtaining a small piece of land for our next spring season.

I recommend going as natural as you can in having your own garden, picking your own fruit, hunting and gathering herbs for teas, etc. If more people took the time to do this, we could live the way we were meant to with little disease and natural solutions to living issues.

Happy Thanksgiving and bless you all!!!

• Take a few minutes to write down in point form, the stressful things of the day. Take that paper, crumple it up and put it into the waste basket. Now you should be able to sleep without mulling over every little thing that worries you since you have psychologically thrown them away.
• You can be overly energized by triggers like tea or coffee and even your multi vitamin so keep those activities for the morning when you want to be awake.
• Maybe you have a secret passionate desire to travel somewhere or to build a dream house or some such thing. Get right into it where you can visualize yourself enjoying the beach or looking at the view from your new home patio. Pleasurable activities like this keep out stressful emotions and so allow you to relax.
• Eliminate any sources of noise or light from the room and be sure to keep the air circulating if it is a warmer night.
• Prevent the phone from ringing by disconnecting the cord and turn off your cell phone away from you and your bed. Anything electrical has a magnetic field around it so eliminate anything of that nature away from your sleeping area.
• Two proven natural remedies if all fails are taking 1 mg of Melatonin or 100 mg of Valerian about an hour before bedtime.
• Create your own acupressure routine before bed by freezing two plastic bottles of water and rolling them under your feet for about 10 minutes. Since the pressure is relatively the same on the entire foot, you are effecting all of your organs and body parts to relax normally.

Both are the light of my life since they have been with me for quite a while. The cat is now 17 and Cody is 11 years young. Just like family members, they interact and maintain their own idea of dominance and playfulness.

Cody was a rescue and was mistreated at a very young age before I got him. But he reached out to me to help him and he has taught me a lot. Grey was really my husbands cat and when we split up, he left her behind, something she has never really gotten over since she did not choose me to be her master.

So they have their own history and needs, quite separate from each other. By spending a little quality time with each of them doing what they enjoy the most, I manage to maintain a sense of equality and lessen any of that green-eyed jealousy.

For example, when Grey awakens from a solid sleep, she talks a lot to me telling me about her dream. I always respond by interacting which she loves. She also tells me when her litter box is in need of a change by sniffing the air and when she needs a brushing, I notice she starts scratching her back against furniture.

Cody sits up when he wants me to throw his stuffed “critter” to play fetch. Other times he finds his ball and starts rolling all over it with his back to tell me it is time to play catch. He also has a way of intensely looking at me when he needs to go out. Most dogs scratch at the door but not my Cody. He figures I can read his mind.

On that note, give a try to envisioning what you want your cat or dog to do. Strangely enough, they catch that mind transfer and do just that. I have had several people try this and report it does work. But it takes you a bit of doing to actually see them in your head. Give it a try, what have you got to lose?

Also Cody and the cat respond well to my speaking in soft tones, higher pitched and excited when I want to praise them and play and low and gentle for when I am trying to persuade them. A firm, sharp and low toned “No” works for stopping Cody and Grey from bad behaviour. The main thing when they are misbehaving is for you to remain calm as it is infectious.

Well those are a few things I can pass on from personal experience. I am sure you have a few too. Feel free to pass them along to me.

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I recently read an article about Resveratrol and the debate that continues regarding the benefits including losing weight. In fact, only animals have been tested with this product and so it leaves a considerable area for doubt.

It stands to reason that if we can exercise for a longer period of time and do so without showing the usual signs of fatigue, we will go longer with our regime. That alone should bring about some weight loss but we could get that anyway by pushing through and not using the pill.

Since this is an antioxidant, why not take more of those healthy products that contain it like grapes and berries. Red wine in moderation is also on that list but I would not recommend it since there is a tendency to take too much of it and lose any benefit we could get.

The effect comes from the extra Oxygen we are able to store which in turn fires up our muscles and slows the heart when doing exercise. Thus the sensation that we can do more without tiring.

So if it is Oxygen we need, why not take in more with proper deep breathing exercises before our work out? That combined with eating the right foods will help us to exercise longer and more effectively and give us the result we are seeking.

Also, combine that with already established weight loss helpers like eating much more fiber found in whole foods. Till we get some long term answers re this pill, I would not be a guinea pig!!

Number 1 – In our stores, you will find this frequently as a soda bottle or a
water bottle. It is clear and although reasonably safe does allow bacteria and
outside flavours to get in through the surface. It is suggested this is not reused.

Number 2 – is usually cloudy or coloured and used for familiar items like: juice
bottles, detergent bottles, milk bottles, butter or margarine containers, etc.
It is relatively safe with little or no leaching due to the opaque surface.

Number 3 – is common for plastic wraps and is also used in cooling oil bottles and
even plumber pipes called PVC. This is not a safe plastic since it does contain
phthalates which interrupts hormonal creation. So keep it away from anything
edible and never use in a microwave to cover food.

Number 4 – is everywhere in grocery bags, bottles we squeeze, bags for bread and
even some food wrappings. Although safe, there is room for some doubt since not
all recycling programs consider it a possible addition.

Number 5 – These have a cloudy exterior and can be used in yogurt or other wider-
mouthed items. But it is also used for ketchup, syrup and medicine bottles and
even straws. It has a safe rating.

Number 6 – is something we find at picnics as throw-away plastic in cups, plates
and even the packaging to wrap it up. Unfortunately, this type of plastic is
known for absorbing chemicals when warmed up. So, I would try to avoid
buying and using this at all costs.

Number 7 – This is a “fits all” category for anything that is not easy to configure
like the others listed above. This means you are getting a mix of potentially
harmful containers like older baby bottles, newer radios, computers and other
plastics in every day use.

Use caution, numbers 2, 4 and 5 can be around food but even then, no heating of
containers and use a little common sense.