Emotionally beating our own self up is not helping our self or the world; it does not change the past, nor does it change the future; it only makes the present miserable.
Peace & Blessings, Journey to Balance …
…In the Photo: My sons….
The more you are able to honor what another one “sees” in and out of life.. the less likely you are to judge it.
Peace & Blessings, Journey to Balance
(In the Photo: My daughter, Kayla)
Let us be translators; of what we see and what we hear! Let us be negotiators; seasoned artists! Let us combine creativity with the love of mystery - Let us find the energy behind the form of things … Blessings, Maritza *(jtb)
Above: My daughter, Kristina <3
There is no
power, only conflict, in
trying to be someone or something
you’re not. Instead of fighting
against yourself, use your energy
to more fully be and express
yourself.
Peace and Blessings, Maritza
ON LAUGHTER …. and why it is the best medicine …
Scientists have found that laughter is a form of internal “jogging” that exercises the body and stimulates the release of beneficial brain neurotransmitters and hormones. Positive outlook and laughter is actually good for our health!
Adults laugh approximately 15 times per day, while children laugh about 400 times a day! When we grew up, somehow we lost a few hundred laughs a day. By learning to smile and laugh again, more easily and often, we could have a profound and positive effect on our health and well being.
The new science of psychoneuroimmunology is the study of how our state of mind affects our health. More then ever, scientific evidence suggests that laughter really is one of the best medicines.
At California’s Loma Linda University Medical Center, Lee Berk, assistant research professor; Stanley Tan, Endocrinologist; and their colleagues are in the lead in understanding the physiology of merriment. We now know that there are two types of stress: “good” stress and “bad” stress. Laughter is a form of good stress, or stress in reverse.
Research on stress has shown that bad stress suppresses your immune system. Dr’s. Tan and Berk wanted to find out if a form of “good” stress or laughter would improve the immune system.
They studied groups of average adults and found that both “arms” of the immune system got a boost out of laughter. Subjects faced a solid hour of induced merriment from videos of comedians, while a control group sat quietly out of earshot. These doctors took blood samples at 10-minute intervals before, during and after the laughter workout.
They found that humor and exercise trigger similar physiological processes. Like conditioned athletes, the laughter group showed increases in the good hormones—such as endorphins and neurotransmitters—and decreased levels of the stress hormones—cortisol and adrenaline. Laughter is one of the body’s safety valves, a counter balance to tension. When we release that tension, the elevated levels of the body’s stress hormones drop back to normal, thereby allowing our immune systems to work more effectively.
The “messages” these hormones deliver when we are in good spirits is: strengthen the immune system.
Cells, which produce anti-bodies increase in number, T-cells, which combat viruses, are activated and ready for battle. Our natural “killer cells” increase in number and activity. All this occurs as a direct result of laughter!
Dr. Tan states it all quite eloquently: “All these neuro hormones act like an orchestra, each instrument makes a particular note. Laughter makes the entire orchestra more melodious or balanced. In other words, laughter brings a balance to all the components of the immune system.”
In some clinics, scattered here and there throughout the world, laughter is beginning to take the place of anti-depressant drugs and reduces the need for painkillers.
On an interesting note: “Faking” laughter will also cause the body to respond as though the laughter is real. The physiological changes we discussed that occur with real laughter will also take effect even when we just “pretend” to laugh.
Psychiatrist Robert Holden, who runs laughter clinics for England’s National Health Service, says, “Smiling and laughing produce happy chemicals called endorphins which work in the brain to give an overall feeling of well-being.”
Being unhappy or very sad can seriously damage your health. So don’t worry, be happy!
Peace & Blessings, Maritza
We didn’t come here to fit in. Right? We came here to be who we are. We didn’t come here merely to work, but to live our dreams. We certainly didn’t come into this life for ‘the stuff’ … We came here to love each other…And we most definitely didn’t come here by accident. No … We came into this planet with a purpose that is ultimately and uniquely our own … So just Be … Dream … Love … Thrive … Now and Always … Maritza
Congratulations to my daughter Kayla - Class of 2011 - Middle School Graduation - We Love You
Pay constant attention and you can win over your weaknesses.
Think of any weakness that you had tried to work on. Check if you have worked on it with the same intensity and if you had kept constant attention to know the extent to which the weakness was working. Also check the loss that the weakness caused you. Pick out any weakness that you want to work on and see that you work on it constantly, till you get over it. When you see the loss that you are experiencing you’ll be eager to overcome and win over your weakness.
Good Morning, Maritza *Smile … It’s a new day ….
Real Richness is when YOU are so expensive that NO ONE can buy YOUR CHARACTER …
Good Morning Friends … This I believe … Maritza …
Let me take up one thing that I have not been able to fulfill and today I need to take up this thought that I will do it. With this sincerity when I tell myself that I have the power within, it makes my words and actions equal.
Good Wednesday Morning - Maritza
The Window
A young couple moves into a new neighborhood. The next morning, while they are eating breakfast, the young wife sees her neighbor hang the wash outside.
“That laundry is not very clean,” she said to her husband. “The neighbor doesn’t know how to wash correctly. Perhaps she needs better laundry soap.”
…
Her husband looked on, but remained silent.
Every time her neighbor hung her wash to dry, the young woman would make the same comments.
About one month later, the young woman was surprised to see a nice clean wash on her neighbor’s line and said to her husband, “Look! She has learned how to wash correctly. I wonder who taught her this?”
The husband said, “I got up early this morning and cleaned our windows!”
Can you see how it might be a good idea to check first, to see if your windows are clean? What we see when watching others depends on the purity of the windows through which we look.
Before we give any criticism, it might be a good idea to check our state of mind and ask ourselves if we are ready to see the good rather than just look for something wrong in the people we encounter.
One evening a little girl and her parents were sitting around the table eating supper. The little girl said, “Daddy, you’re the boss, aren’t you?” Her Daddy smiled, pleased, and said yes. The little girl continued “That’s because Mummy put you in charge, right?”
Leave to a child to speak the truth …Maritza
PS: This is my 13 year old Kayla …:-D
On The Cost of Raising a Child - Another Perspective … A Fresh Positive Perspective - If you are a Parent …Please Read…I would appreciate it -Maritza
This is just too good not to pass on to all. Something absolutely positive for a change. I have repeatedly seen the breakdown of the cost of raising a child, but this is the first time I have seen the rewards listed this way. It’s nice, The government recently calculated the cost of raising a child from birth to 18 and came up with $160,140 for a middle income family. Talk about sticker shock! That doesn’t even touch college tuition. But $160,140 isn’t so bad if you break it down. It translates into:
· $8,896.66 a year,
· $741.3 month, or * $171.08 a week.
· That’s a mere $24.24 a day!
· Just over a dollar an hour.
Still, you might think the best financial advice is don’t have children if you want to be “rich.” Actually, it is just the opposite.
What do you get for your $160,140?
Naming rights. First, middle, and last!
Glimpses of God every day.
Giggles under the covers every night.
More love than your heart can hold.
Butterfly kisses and Velcro hugs.
Endless wonder over rocks, ants, clouds, and warm cookies.
A hand to hold, usually covered with jelly or chocolate.
A partner for blowing bubbles, flying kites
Someone to laugh yourself silly with, no matter what the boss said or how your stocks performed that day.
For $160,140, you never have to grow up. You get to:
finger-paint,
carve pumpkins,
play hide-and-seek,
catch lightning bugs, and
never stop believing in Santa Claus. You have an excuse to:
keep reading the Adventures of Piglet and Pooh,
watching Saturday morning cartoons,
going to Disney movies, and
wishing on stars.
You get to frame rainbows, hearts, and flowers under refrigerator magnets and collect spray painted noodle wreaths for Christmas, hand prints set in clay for Mother’s Day, and cards with backward letters for Father’s Day.
For $160,140, there is no greater bang for your buck. You get to be a hero just for:
retrieving a Frisbee off the garage roof,
taking the training wheels off a bike,
removing a splinter,
filling a wading pool,
coaxing a wad of gum out of bangs, and coaching a baseball team that never wins but always gets treated to ice cream regardless.
You get a front row seat to history to witness the:
· first step,
· first word,
· first bra,
· first date, and
· first time behind the wheel.
You get to be immortal. You get another branch added to your family tree, and if you’re lucky, a long list of limbs in your obituary called grandchildren and great grandchildren. You get an education in psychology, nursing, criminal justice, communications, and human sexuality that no college can match.
In the eyes of a child, you rank right up there under God. You have all the power to heal a boo-boo, scare away the monsters under the bed, patch a broken heart, police a slumber party, ground them forever, and love them without limits.
So . . one day they will like you, love without counting the cost. That is quite a deal for the price!!!!!!!
Good Morning …
Do you know why dogs live a much shorter life than us humans? … Because humans come to this Earth in order to embark on a journey - to learn kindness, compassion, etc …
A dog comes to this Earth already knowing how to show and give these things - so they don’t need to stay as long - This is what my uncle told me the day my German Shepard died - I am forty now, have a family and a Golden Retriever - I treasure our dog - he has taught me many lessons - Peace & Blessings to you, friend …Maritza
