Destiny brings us experience. Free Will determines what use we make of the experience in shaping our lives. Destiny knocks at our door; we have the choice to open it, or keep it closed. As Dryden says:
?Fortune at some hour to all is kind;
the lucky have whole days, which still they [...]
Historically, tea’s origins date back to around 2700 BC. It is thought to have first been discovered in the mountainous areas of China’s far western Sichuan and Yunnan provinces. It was originally taken as a detoxifying medicine though it grew to great social prominence during the Tang (620-907 AD) and Sung (960-1279 AD) Dynasties. Since [...]
Aw those where the days, you could go outside you?re door and breathe in to your hearts content and it wouldn?t cost a penny! O.K? I know I?m being a bit over the top here, but can I ask you? would you pay for fresh air?
A couple of years ago you?d never have thought of [...]
Every care giver who lives with a person suffering from Alzheimer’s disease faces the same dilemma.
How much risk should their loved one be exposed to?
While their first reaction may be to wrap them up in cotton wool as soon as symptoms start to appear it could be the wrong thing to do as it is [...]
I was ten years old and at that moment, I felt like I wouldn?t live to be eleven.
I couldn?t breathe. I was in the middle of a full-blown asthma attack. My chest felt as dark and heavy as the night surrounding my grandparents? cottage in the woods in northern Michigan. The usual [...]
Green tea has been enjoyed by people in China and Japan for thousands of years. Over the time it has become widely known in the West.
A lot of people nowadays have heard that green tea benefits the overall health, but not a lot know why exactly. And believe me after I’ve learned all the health [...]
We all know cigarette, coffee and ephedra give people energy. Unfortunately, cigarette (neural energy) causes cancer and other illnesses, caffeine (physical energy) is an expensive and unhealthy addiction, ephedra was banned by FDA.
We can not take any of these without health risks, but it doesn’t mean we do not need energy.
Many holistic people believe the [...]
I’ve never had gout and I hope you haven’t either but I do know that gout is one of the most painful conditions known in medicine.
What?s the cause of gout?
Our blood contains a salt called uric acid.
Uric acid is there all the time in everyone?s blood but is normally fully dissolved in the way that [...]
LET’S START WITH THE BODY . . .
H E A L T H
It is said that the first thing a man does when he wakes in the morning is to look out of the window to see how the weather has changed overnight, and the first thing a women does on waking is to look [...]
Move, move, and keep moving. In fact while you are able bodied, I recommend everyone keeps moving as often as they can, as it is lack of movement that causes folks to cease up.
My poor old grandmother was well known for being a lazy so and so throughout her life, usually getting away with [...]
