OCTOBER 7, 2000
National
Train Your Brain Day!
Friday, October 13, 2000
Can you believe it? Yes,
Friday the thirteenth is also National Train Your Brain Day. This is the
day you're encouraged to challenge your brain to a little exercise. Like
other parts of the body, your brain will remain healthier and stronger if
you pump it up with some form of regular exercise. So Friday is the day to
begin a new routine of mental calisthenics.
While simply doing a crossword
puzzle or reading a book is a good start, there are also holistic
approaches to exercising your brain. Any cardiovascular program will get
the blood flowing through the brain (declining cognitive skills and memory
loss can be associated with a low blood supply to the brain), and
breathwork will help increase the oxygen flow. Next, study up on some
herbal brain nutrition such as ginkgo biloba, rosemary, lecithin and even
cayenne. But talk to your herbalist, nutritionist or naturologist to
design an herbal program that's just right for you.
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Thank You, Ruth Harper,
And Goodbye
A Message About Opening Up To Love
by Bob Olson
A recent newspaper article featured a story
about a woman who was hit by a car and died. It was a hit-and-run accident
that occurred just up the street from my home. Although we didn’t know
the seventy-five-year-old woman, my wife, Melissa, and I could not help
but to feel deeply disturbed by the news of her death. Let me explain
why...
A couple years ago while I was driving down
my street, I saw this same woman walking her dog. Her back was to me, but
as soon as she heard my car, she turned and waved "hello."
Hesitantly, I waved back—I was afraid she would realize I was someone
she did not know and think I was strange waving back at her. But in the
time I thought about it, she was far behind me.
The next time I saw this woman walking her
dog, she again turned at the sound of my car and began waving to me. Not
so surprised this time, I waved back with enthusiasm. It felt good to have
a new friend in the world to wave "hello" to.
This went on for some time. I was excited
for Melissa to witness this kind woman’s greeting, so one day when I
spotted the woman down the road, I forewarned Melissa that she was in for
a treat by exclaiming, "Oh, there’s my new friend..." As I
drove by waving, Melissa waved along too with a curious look on her face.
As my schedule changed, I didn’t see the
nice woman anymore. Melissa would often comment, "I wonder where our
friend is today." As silly as it may sound, we felt a sadness
whenever we drove down the street without seeing her.
The newspaper interviewed the man who found
the woman’s body. The man said he didn’t know the woman, but he
normally saw her on his way to breakfast—she always waved to him as he
drove by. This particular morning he didn’t see her. On his return from
breakfast, he noticed her body on the side of the snow-covered road.
Although he phoned the police immediately from his cellular phone, her
injuries were fatal. She was pronounced dead at the hospital a couple
hours later.
Click Here To Read The
Remainder Of This Article Titled "Thank You, Ruth Harper, and
Goodbye."
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The Whole Pet: Nutritional Pet Foods
by Nancy Crowley, DVM
Good nutrition is crucial to your pet's
good health and feeding your pet a quality diet is one of the best things
you can do for him or her. Unfortunately, many of the larger pet food
companies put more money into marketing than into producing a quality
food. There are virtually no regulations on pet food and it is not
uncommon for supermarket brands to be made from cancerous tissue, meat
from diseased animals, rancid or moldy meat, hooves, sawdust from the
slaughterhouse floor and so on. This is what is meant by meat-
by-products. Further, the food is processed at such high temperatures that
whatever nutrients it may have contained are killed. Chemical additives
make the food more palatable — or in some cases, addictive — to your
pet.
But, take heart. While a homemade diet is
still the best opinion, a number of high quality packaged foods do exist
The trick lies in learning what the labels mean. A general rule of thumb
is to look for ingredients that are as close to being whole as possible.
For instance, instead of meat by-products, look for food that contains
meat. Other examples include: brown rice, barley, oats and wheat as
opposed to brewers rice or wheat middlings; soybean as opposed to soybean
meal or flour; and corn as opposed to ground yellow corn.
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Here To Read The Remainder Of This Article On Nutritional Pet Foods.
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Quote Of The Week
Last year on Spanish television I heard a story about this gentleman
who knocks on his son's door. "Jaime," he says, "wake up!"
Jaime answers, "I don't want to get up, Papa." The father
shouts, "Get up, you have to go to school." Jaime says, "I
don't want to go to school." "Why not?" asks the father.
"Three reasons," says Jaime. "First, because it's so dull;
second, the kids tease me; and third, I hate school." And the father
says, "Well, I am going to give you three reasons why you must
go to school. First, because it is your duty; second, because you are
forty-five years old; and third, because you are the headmaster."
~ Anthony
deMello
Awareness: The Perils & Opportunities of Reality
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