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Straits Times Oct 10, 2007
Richard Seet Eng Tiong, PHD

Surely, there is a problem with young people today. At 35 they think of slowing down, complain about stress and question “the purpose of their lives and careers”.

I am 58 and still studying all sorts of interesting things – bio-robotics, medical diagnostic imaging systems, telecommunications, electrical power, medical advances and poetry, to name a few and enjoying classical music.

When I was 35, I was being trained in Japan in machine tools. I was also mugging for a first degree, followed by a second and a third, . Even now, I attend conferences all over the world ( from New York to London to Pisa) to keep up with the latest that technology has to offer.

Young people should be showing great interest in emerging events, relishing the surge in available knowledge and developing their scientific curiosity. Slowing down would be disastrous for the global economy, because young people are the driving force with their enthusiasm and youthful strength.

Exercise, both physical and mental, is needed for health. What those in their 30s should enjoy is a healthy lifestyle.

They should think of taking up a hobby, if they have lots of spare time. In this way, they have their minds occupied. If not, idle minds make the heart weary. They soon get weary of their jobs, whereas in their earlier years, their aim was to maximize their chances in the hope of making it good in their careers.

What young people lack is the realization that they still have a long way to go before they can relax

They should not be self-satisfied with their achievements and consider slowing down at age 35, or retire early, resigned to a sedentary lifestyle. That is unhealthy and is the result of seeing laziness being lauded as the trend of the new age.

Instead, there are over more challenges. The young should take up these challenges to enrich their lives. Not only will struggle improve their performance at work, but they will also reap the rewards from year to year with a typical “learn, unlearn, relearn” mindset.

1. Clean work desk

A Clean and paper free desk will help you a lot to be focus on what you are doing. Work will finish faster cause the view is not disturbed by all the papers on desk.

2. Work with Priority

Yes, every task is important to be finished as quickly as possible. But we have to be able to differentiate which is more urgent and which that can be postponed. Work with Priority! And the mind burden will be lots lighter.

3. Make a Decision!

The faster you make decision , the faster your problems will be solved. And guess what? You don’t have to be drown and thinking over the problems again and again.

4. Delegate the work

No one in this world that can do everything without other people’s help. So, get used to start dividing workloads to others in your team. Your stress is reduced and you will have much more times to do other activities.

Still Stress ?? Maybe because you don’t have the choice and feel forced to do something that doesn’t interest you? Or worse, you are treated like a COW that only produce profits for your BOSS ?

Then it is time for you to move on and free yourself from stress. How ? Find a business that can give extra income. With more income you’ll have more options and automatically stress will go away from your mind.

This has not been broken since 9/11/01, so please keep it going…
This has been kept alive and moving since 9/11 in memory of all those
who perished this morning; the passengers and the pilots on the United
Air and AA flights, the workers in the World Trade Center and the
Pentagon, and all the innocent bystanders. Our prayers go out to the
friends and families of the deceased.

IF I KNEW

If I knew it would be the last time
That I’d see you fall asleep,
I would tuck you in more tightly
and pray the Lord, your soul to keep.

If I knew it would be the last time
that I see you walk out the door,
I would give you a hug and kiss
and call you back for one more.

If I knew it would be the last time
I’d hear your voice lifted up in praise,
I would video tape each action and word,
so I could play them back day after day.

If I knew it would be the last time,
I would spare an extra minute
to stop and say “I love you,”
instead of assuming you would KNOW I do.

If I knew it would be the last time
I would be there to share your day–
Well I was sure you’ll have so many more,
so I can let just this one slip away.

For surely there’s always tomorrow
to make up for an oversight,
and we always get a second chance
to make everything just right.

There will always be another day
to say “I love you,”
And certainly there’s another chance
to say our “Anything I can do?”

But just in case I might be wrong,
and today is all I get,
I’d like to say how much I love you
and I hope we never forget.

Tomorrow is not promised to anyone,
young or old alike,
And today may be the last chance
you get to hold your loved one tight.

So if you’re waiting for tomorrow,
why not do it today?
For if tomorrow never comes,
you’ll surely regret the day,

That you didn’t take that extra time
for a smile, a hug, or a kiss,
and you were too busy to grant someone
what turned out to be their one last wish.

So hold your loved ones close today,
and whisper in their ear,
Tell them how much you love them
and that you’ll always hold them dear.

Take time to say “I’m sorry,”
“Please forgive me,” “Thank you,” or “It’s okay.”
And if tomorrow never comes,
you’ll have no regrets about today.

Water is an important structural component of skin cartilage, tissues and organs. For human beings, every part of the body is dependent on water. Our body comprises about 75% water: the brain has 85%, blood is 90%, muscles are 75%, kidney is 82% and bones are 22% water. The functions of our glands and organs will eventually deteriorate if they are not nourished with good, clean water.

The average adult loses about 2.5 litres water daily through perspiration, breathing and elimination. Symptoms of the body’s deterioration begins to appear when the body loses 5% of its total water volume. In a healthy adult, this is seen as fatigue and general discomfort, whereas for an infant, it can be dehydrating. In an elderly person, a 5% water loss causes the body chemistry to become abnormal, especially if the percentage of electrolytes is overbalanced with sodium.One can usually see symptoms of aging, such as wrinkles, lethargy and even disorientation. Continuous water loss over time will speed up aging as well as increase risks of diseases.

If your body is not sufficiently hydrated, the cells will draw water from your bloodstream, which will make your heart work harder. At the same time, the kidneys cannot purify blood effectively. When this happens, some of the kidney’s workload is passed on to the liver and other organs, which may cause them to be severely stressed. Additionally, you may develop a number of minor health conditions such as constipation, dry and itchy skin, acne, nosebleeds, urinary tract infection, coughs, sneezing, sinus pressure, and headaches.

So, how much water is enough for you? The minimum amount of water you need depends on your body weight. A more accurate calculation, is to drink an ounce of water for every two pounds of body weight.

Everything Happen for a Reason…

Sometimes people come into your life and you know right away that they are meant to be there. They serve some sort of purpose like teaching you a lesson or helping you figure out what you want to become. These people can be your roommate, neighbor, professor, long lost friend, lover, or even a complete stranger who, when you lock your eyes with his, you know that he will affect your life in some profound way. Sometimes things happen to you and they may seem horrible, painful, and unfair. But in reflection, you realize that without overcoming those ob­stacles you will never have realized your potential, strength, will power or heart.

Everything happens for a reason. Nothing happens by chance or by means of good or bad luck. Illness, injury, love, great loss and sheer stupidity, occur to test the limits of your soul. Without these small tests-events, illnesses or relationships, life would be like a smoothly paved, straight, flat road to nowhere. A safe and comfort­able but dull life does not give you anything. Your experiences create who you are. You can learn a lot from them.

If someone hurts, betrays or breaks your heart, forgive them, for they have helped you learn about trust and the importance of being cautious to whom you open your heart. If someone loves you, love them back unconditionally, not because they love you, but because they teach you to love and open your heart and eyes to things you would have never seen or felt before. Make every day count. Appreciate every moment and take from it everything that you possibly can, for you may never be able to’ experience it again. Talk to people you have never talked to before, and listen to them. Let yourself fall in love. Break free and set your sights high. Hold your head up because you have every right to do so. Tell yourself that you are a great individual and believe in yourself, for if you don’t, no one else will believe in you. You can make of your life anything you wish. Create your own life and then go out and live it.

Anonymous

Sweet words are easy to say,
Sweet things are easy 2 buy,
But sweet people are difficult to find.

Life ends when U stop dreaming,
Hope ends when U stop believing,
Love ends when U stop caring,

Friendship ends when U stops sharing.
So share this with whom ever U considers a friend.

To love without condition,
To talk without intention,
To give without reason,
And to care without expectation is the heart of a true friend…

By Naomi Barr

Practitioners tout yoga for its mind-body benefits—flexibility, toned muscles, reduced stress, among others. More recently, scientists have begun to test yoga’s effect on serious medical conditions. The results have been impressive enough that investigators expect yoga will soon become part of the standard treatment for a number of disorders.

Five reasons yoga could change your life!

Depression

Low brain levels of the neurotransmitter GABA are often found in people with depression; SSRIs, electroconvulsive therapy, and now yoga, it seems, can boost GABA. Preliminary research out of the Boston University School of Medicine and Harvard’s McLean Hospital found that healthy subjects who practiced yoga for one hour had a 27 percent increase in levels of GABA compared with a control group that simply sat and read for an hour. This supports a growing body of research that’s proving yoga can significantly improve mood and reduce the symptoms of depression and anxiety.

Heart Disease

Several trials have found that yoga can lower blood pressure, cholesterol, and resting heart rates, and help slow the progression of atherosclerosis—all risk factors for heart disease, says Erin Olivo, PhD, director of Columbia University’s Integrative Medicine Program.

While almost any exercise is good for the heart, experts speculate yoga’s meditative component may give it an extra boost by helping to stabilize the endothelium, the lining of the blood vessels that, when irritated, contributes to cardiovascular disease. Since the lining is reactive to stress, and meditation can lower stress hormones, yoga may be causing a cascade of events that could reduce your risk of a heart attack or stroke.

Breast Cancer

Research is becoming clear on this: Women who do yoga during and after treatment experience less physical discomfort and stress. Earlier this year Duke University scientists reported results of a pilot study in which women with metastatic breast cancer attended eight weekly yoga sessions. The doctors found that the women had much less pain and felt more energetic and relaxed.

Menopause

A preliminary study at the University of California, San Francisco, found that menopausal women who took two months of a weekly restorative yoga class, which uses props to support the postures, reported a 30 percent decrease in hot flashes. A four-month study at the University of Illinois found that many women who took a 90-minute Iyengar class twice a week boosted both their energy and mood; plus they reported less physical and sexual discomfort, and reduced stress and anxiety.

Chronic Back Pain

When doctors at the HMO Group Health Cooperative in Seattle pitted 12 weekly sessions of yoga against therapeutic exercises and a handbook on self-care, they discovered the yoga group not only showed greater improvement but experienced benefits lasting 14 weeks longer. A note of caution: “While many poses are helpful, seated postures or extreme movement in one direction can make back pain worse,” says Gary Kraftsow, author of Yoga for Wellness, who designed the program for the study.
From Stay Flexible, Stay Well in the October 2007 issue of O, The Oprah Magazine. Subscribe now!

Original Air Date: October 17, 2006

Is it possible to live to be 100 with the vigor and vitality of a 20-something? Dr. Oz explores that question with longtime friend and alternative heath expert Dr. Andrew Weil. Drawing from Eastern medicine and alternative medical practices, Dr. Weil says you can stave-off sickness, improve your health and live longer.

Here are just a few of Dr. Weil’s tips to combat a cold:

- - Wash your hands frequently—it’s still one of the best ways to fight off colds, especially during the cold and flu season.

- Eat plenty of garlic for its natural antiviral and antibacterial properties.

- Add eucalyptus oil, which is naturally antibacterial, into a steam bath to soothe the respiratory passages and prevents secondary bacterial infections when you have a cold.

- Echinacea can be taken at the first sign of a cold to assist with symptoms. - Ginger is excellent for motion sickness, nausea and has beneficial anti-inflammatory effects.

Happiness from the Inside Out
By Loretta LaRoche

What truly has the power to make you feel good? Some advertisements show us how we can enhance our mood if we drink alcoholic beverages. We are not often shown the hell that many families, friends and the person themselves have felt instead of the haven of delight that was promised.Our culture strives to find happiness from the outside in rather than the inside out. But no product or substance can bring us true happiness. It comes in the opportunities in each moment we are given in every day. It is not an easy concept to embrace, but it needs no exotic packaging, nor false promises.

Link for Happiness Test:
http://www2.oprah.com/tows/pastshows/200704/tows_past_20070411_b.jhtml
Loretta LaRouche is an adjunct faculty member at the Mind/Body Medical Institute of Boston, affiliated with Beth Israel and Harvard Medical School. She is a part of Lluminari’s panel of physicians and experts. Learn more at www.LLuminari.com.

Instead of turning to pharmaceutically manufactured drugs when you have an ache or pain, herbalist Peeka Trenkle suggests turning to Mother Nature and one of her many herbal remedies. Dr. Oz talks with Peeka about readily available herbs that she says can cure common ailments:

Hawthorn: This herb is a member of the apple family and helps the body adapt to stress. It also helps regulate blood flow in and out of the heart, Peeka says. If you are on high blood pressure or hypertension medication, you should let your doctor know if you are taking hawthorn because Peeka says the herb can reduce your need for medication.

Milky Oat Seed: Milky oat seed is a small part of the oat plant that comes to flower before it turns into grain. It can be used in extract form or as a tea to help build energy and stamina over time, Peeka says.

Peppermint: One of the longest-used herbs, peppermint can be taken in oil or in capsule form to help cure lethargy and offer a pick-me-up that isn’t too stimulating or irritating to the digestive tract, Peeka says.

Ginger: Whether eaten raw, in tea, as an extract, as a syrup or in cooking, Peeka says ginger relaxes the digestive tract and can help calm acid reflux, an irritable bowel and stomach upsets.

Lavender: The buds of lavender flowers can be steeped into a tea and added to your bathwater as an herbal remedy to cure insomnia, Peeka says. “Lavender has an ability to sedate the nerves that is not drug-like in its effect,” she says.

Sage: This herb helps your body absorb oils better, and drinking sage tea could help people who are chronically dry, Peeka says.

If you are going to try an herbal remedy, Peeka suggests doing your own research and taking one herb at a time in the form of either a tea or oil instead of a capsule. “Using capsules makes your body need to break things down in a different way, so if you are going to use capsules try to use only the herbs that you would naturally eat,” she says.

Also, Peeka says herbs are not the end-all answer for your health problems. “If you’re not having a benefit from an herb used according to the directions for a period of maybe three weeks, stop it—don’t take any more of it,” she says.

Taken from: Dr. Oz

http://www2.oprah.com/xm/moz/200802/moz_20080211.jhtml?promocode=XMHP