I've noticed that the main thing that seems to increase with age is not my wrinkles, it's my gratitude. When I look at the world today, I can't help but realize how lucky I have been. I feel sorry for some of the kids today. It seems to me as if parenting isn't at the top of many parents' lists of important things. (For many it seems it's not even on the first page.)
And the positive aspect of it is that it gives me greater appreciation for everything I had when I was growing up. I am so grateful for my loving family who took me in and made me feel right at home. I can never say that I haven't been loved, and isn't love all we need anyhow?
I grew up in a small Southern town in a spacious house on a hill. And as far as I am concerned, if anything has ever been "perfect" in my life, it was my childhood. I have grown to appreciate my family a great deal over the past few years. Dad worked day in and day out to put food on our table and clothes on our backs. And Mom truly deserves an award for the endless devotion she is made of -- we always had a 3-course meal for dinner, unwrinkled clothes, a clean house, Easter baskets, Christmas presents, and a reminder to "wear a coat" or "chew your food" or "have a good day at school"
I was lucky to have parents who cared enough to teach me things like:
honesty, loyalty, manners, and determination.
And I give all the credit to them for my academic achievements, my down-to-earth humor, self-confidence, and the courage to make it on my own.
Of course, just like any family, we had our share of tough times. But those were the times when we became stronger and better. And I wouldn't change a single thing -- except leaving so soon. Thanks Mom and Dad! You rock!
Thursday, April 14, 2005
Wednesday, April 13, 2005
Think about this..
People keep getting smarter, but the world seems to keep getting dumber.
If you don't give your body the nutrition it needs, it cannot function properly.
Balance Begins With Nutrition.
If you don't give your body the nutrition and care it needs, it cannot function properly!!
If you never changed the oil in your car, would you expect it to last years and years?
If you didn't put gas in it, would you expect it to take you anywhere?
If you don't give your body the nutrition it was built for, what do you expect will happen?
It will start to malfunction. Your organs are starved for minerals. Your liver is worn out from breaking down all the synthetic garbage intake. Your glands are confused and out of sync. Your enzymes are in complete chaos. Your hormones are imbalanced. You're tired. You're overweight. You're depressed. Your hair is falling out. Your skin is shriveling up overnight. You can't remember the last time you had a good night's sleep, probably because your memory's failing because your brain is starved for nutrients and oxygen, but your heart can barely keep your kidneys satisfied, the brain's lucky to get a mere glance at anything beneficial -- because there's nothing left. You starved your body for so long, that eventually, it became unable to utilize what little nutrition you did manage to give it. You just "can't figure out" what's wrong with you? Better make a doctor's appointment.
The doctor reads a chart. He knows your symptoms. He treats your symptoms with a couple of prescriptions. You go home feeling satisfied that your problems are over, right?
Wrong! Your symptoms do seem to disappear, although you feel jittery, or your appetite changes, maybe your vision's getting a little blurry, or you can't stop pee-ing all over yourself. You go back to the doctor with new symptoms. New symptoms? Yeah, well those little pills you've been taking that were cooked up in a laboratory (and may as well be crack), they are derived from plants. Oh no, not plants! Plants are dangerous, right? No! But, the truth is that these drugs are made by extracting certain components from the plants, adding a few crockpot chemicals, and then a little glue to hold them together , and what you've got is: a very tiny leech that enters the body and begins to fall apart, molecules floating every which way. So, like any form of matter, it tries to replenish and repair itself. With what? Whatever it can find.
It takes a little zinc here, and a little magnesium and calcium over here, tosses aside a bunch of dead-weight stuff like the pill binders and fillers. Your lucky kidneys get to have a hay-day with that crap for the next 15 years! This miserable little leech makes its way through your body and has the buffet of a lifetime doing it! Meanwhile, your body's becoming seriously unbalanced and mineral deficient. Billions of free radicals are building countries in there. Your body gives you every distress signal it knows how - indigestion, you take a pill; headache, you take another pill - allergies, you take another pill - skin rash, ah, what the heck! Your body is exhausted and frustrated! You just don't feel like doing much of anything anymore. Which is okay, because you can't do anything, you had a heart attack, and died on the way to the hospital. It's over.
Wouldn't it have been a lot easier to simply give your body the nutrition it needs? You could've lived a much more fulfilling life. You could've lived a lot longer. You neglected your body and now you're dead.
CAN WE PLEASE STOP THE INSANITY???
It's not rocket science, folks! It's just innate common sense.
Without proper nutrition, we are nothing.
Do the math, do some research, do something.
Take control of your life. Teach your children the importance of nutrition so their lives don't go down the same tubes yours did.
YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT!! (Seriously.)
If you don't give your body the nutrition it needs, it cannot function properly.
Balance Begins With Nutrition.
If you don't give your body the nutrition and care it needs, it cannot function properly!!
If you never changed the oil in your car, would you expect it to last years and years?
If you didn't put gas in it, would you expect it to take you anywhere?
If you don't give your body the nutrition it was built for, what do you expect will happen?
It will start to malfunction. Your organs are starved for minerals. Your liver is worn out from breaking down all the synthetic garbage intake. Your glands are confused and out of sync. Your enzymes are in complete chaos. Your hormones are imbalanced. You're tired. You're overweight. You're depressed. Your hair is falling out. Your skin is shriveling up overnight. You can't remember the last time you had a good night's sleep, probably because your memory's failing because your brain is starved for nutrients and oxygen, but your heart can barely keep your kidneys satisfied, the brain's lucky to get a mere glance at anything beneficial -- because there's nothing left. You starved your body for so long, that eventually, it became unable to utilize what little nutrition you did manage to give it. You just "can't figure out" what's wrong with you? Better make a doctor's appointment.
The doctor reads a chart. He knows your symptoms. He treats your symptoms with a couple of prescriptions. You go home feeling satisfied that your problems are over, right?
Wrong! Your symptoms do seem to disappear, although you feel jittery, or your appetite changes, maybe your vision's getting a little blurry, or you can't stop pee-ing all over yourself. You go back to the doctor with new symptoms. New symptoms? Yeah, well those little pills you've been taking that were cooked up in a laboratory (and may as well be crack), they are derived from plants. Oh no, not plants! Plants are dangerous, right? No! But, the truth is that these drugs are made by extracting certain components from the plants, adding a few crockpot chemicals, and then a little glue to hold them together , and what you've got is: a very tiny leech that enters the body and begins to fall apart, molecules floating every which way. So, like any form of matter, it tries to replenish and repair itself. With what? Whatever it can find.
It takes a little zinc here, and a little magnesium and calcium over here, tosses aside a bunch of dead-weight stuff like the pill binders and fillers. Your lucky kidneys get to have a hay-day with that crap for the next 15 years! This miserable little leech makes its way through your body and has the buffet of a lifetime doing it! Meanwhile, your body's becoming seriously unbalanced and mineral deficient. Billions of free radicals are building countries in there. Your body gives you every distress signal it knows how - indigestion, you take a pill; headache, you take another pill - allergies, you take another pill - skin rash, ah, what the heck! Your body is exhausted and frustrated! You just don't feel like doing much of anything anymore. Which is okay, because you can't do anything, you had a heart attack, and died on the way to the hospital. It's over.
Wouldn't it have been a lot easier to simply give your body the nutrition it needs? You could've lived a much more fulfilling life. You could've lived a lot longer. You neglected your body and now you're dead.
CAN WE PLEASE STOP THE INSANITY???
It's not rocket science, folks! It's just innate common sense.
Without proper nutrition, we are nothing.
Do the math, do some research, do something.
Take control of your life. Teach your children the importance of nutrition so their lives don't go down the same tubes yours did.
YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT!! (Seriously.)
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