Lifestyle
Sleeping pills and the elderly
by Dr Norman Swan Sleeping pills are commonly prescribed for older people, but any benefit is outweighed by the side effects – unsteadiness, falls and memory problems, researchers say. Despite the bad press about sleeping pills and despite the fact that you naturally tend to sleep less as you age, sleeping pills are still prescribed […]
Today
“You can hold on to today while today is still here, but if you hold onto today when tomorrow comes, you have nothing to look forward to.” Aaron Kelly
Worry
Is there a magic cutoff period when Offspring become accountable for their own actions? Is there a wonderful moment when parents can become detached spectators in The lives of their children and shrug, ‘It’s their life,’ and feel nothing? When I was in my twenties, I stood in a hospital corridor waiting for doctors to […]
The 8th Habit
From Stephen Covey’s book The 8th Habit: From Effectiveness to Greatness (New York: Free Press, 2004). Its theme is to find your [vocational] voice and to help others find their voice. Here are his ‘four assumptions to help live a holistic and balanced life’ (p.58): 1. For the body – assume you’ve had a heart […]
The Dangers Of Heating Liquids In Microwave Ovens – More…
First – read this: http://jmm.org.au/articles/22334.htm Responses from various Facebook friends: * “This is indeed true, and my mother has burned her face in this way many years ago, when I was a baby and she heated something for me in the microwave oven.” * “I do not drink coffee but do brew tea every day, […]
Perseverance
Quote for the Day “The heroes are not the ones advocating for the poor and helping the homeless. We are not the heroes. We are just doing what should be done. We are just taking care of what needs to be taken care of. The real heroes are those who by all reason, should have […]
Microwaving Water – Dangerous
Is this true? (March 2009) From a friend: This is true – I checked with Snopes. Safety Warning Microwaving Water! A 26-year old man decided to have a cup of coffee. He took a cup of water and put it in the microwave to heat it up (something that he had done numerous times before). […]
Quotes on Freedom and Truth
(From a Facebook friend): “Modern culture is a mighty force. It is either subservient to the Gospel or else it is the deadliest enemy of the Gospel. For making it subservient, religious emotion is not enough; intellectual labor is also necessary. And that labor is being neglected. The Church has turned to easier tasks. And […]
Two Good Quotes
“Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And when you look long into an abyss, the abyss also looks into you.” — Friedrich Nietzsche “Waking up this morning, I smile, Twenty four brand new hours are before me I vow to live fully in each […]
The Gold and Ivory Tablecloth
by. Howard C. Schade At Christmas time men and women everywhere gather in their churches to wonder anew at the greatest miracle the world has ever known. But the story I like best to recall was not a miracle — not exactly. It happened to a pastor who was very young. His church was very […]
Categories
Articles may be reproduced in any medium, without applying for permission
(provided they are unedited, and retain the original author/copyright information - and a reference to this website :-)!
26,756 articles online.
Protected by Akismet, Digital Ninjas and an Ion Cannon. Really.
Blog with WordPress