My Goodness Sex

stumbled upon this article.  hmmmm makes me think now....but let me think of ways why staying single can also be this good and let's weigh things after ;_)

 

Paulo Coelho’s book titled “Eleven Minutes” suggests that the “act of coming together” just takes about 2-3 minutes, while the remaining 9 minutes are no more than an attempt to reach the “crescendo” when a hormonal discharge provides ecstasy like none other!

Scientists have often debated that sex is extremely beneficial for our health, but the lack of sex in good measures can have negative effects. On the other hand, too much sex can also be harmful; if you indulge in sex for more than 3 times a week, you are exposing yourself to the risk of a weaker immune system as well as vulnerability to infections…

1. The balance of your mental and emotional health is definitely influenced by sex. While abstinence often leads to anxiety or paranoia and even depression…having sex can cure cases of light depressions. After having exercised sex, the brain releases endorphins that decrease stress and induce a wonderful state of euphoria.

2. For all you women, having regular sex means freedom from expensive salon treatments. An excellent beauty treatment, having sex actually doubles the level of estrogen in women and makes their hair shine with brilliance while making their skin supple and softer.

3. And if you want to love longer, then look no further than your own bedroom. According to a research carried out at Queens University in Belfast, Ireland, having regular sex increases the lifespan in humans. It was found that out of the people of the same age and health, those who had more frequent orgasms faced 50% less death rate than who people who didn’t have frequent orgasms.

4. Sex is an excellent deep-cleansing treatment as well. Since sex is a strenuous but enjoyable exercise, when you have sex the pores of your skin are cleansed leaving a brighter and glowing skin as well as decreasing the risk of developing dermatitis.

5. An inexpensive and pleasurable exercise, sex can make you lose weight. When you have sex after a candlelight romantic dinner, not only do you burn all the fat and carbohydrates you consumed, but you also stay healthy at no extra cost! Consider this: A single session of passionate, mind-blowing sex (even regular sex) can burn about 200 calories. This is equivalent to running for 15 minutes on a treadmill!

6. Ladies, if you like you man to have bulging biceps then have sex more often. Sex is a great way to strengthen muscles. Imagine the effort made by your man through those difficult pushes and flexions! Of course, it all depends on the stunts in your bed…but it’s definitely better than running for miles on miles.

7. Did you know that the more active your sex life, the more attractive and irresistible you become for the opposite sex? Really! An active sex life means that your body gets into the habit of releasing more pheromones, chemicals that attract all those gorgeous, luscious women! No wonder Casanova was so popular!

8. Sex can sharpen your senses; especially enhance your sense of smell. After sex, prolactin is released that activates the stem cells in the brain to form new neurons in the olfactory bulb. This helps to improve your sense of smell.

9. A pain reliever, sex is TEN times more effective than painkillers such as Valium. Just before orgasm, the hormone oxytocin’s level rises almost 5 times, leading to release of large amount of endorphins. Endorphins are natural painkillers and relieve you of pain, minor headaches, and migraines without any after effects. Next time your lady has a headache, treat her with a vigorous session of lovemaking rather than a Valium.

10. We all know that dentists’ bills can blow you off, but nothing can blow you like a good, deep French kiss! The act of Kissing stimulates salivation, which helps clean food particles stuck between the teeth and lowers the acidity level in your mouth. This is the primary cause of tooth decay. So kiss all you want, after all it’s a great excuse!

So my dear friends, sex is not just good for the mind, the body, but the wallet as well!

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Beauty Tips from the Kitchen

tumbled on this very good, practical, and easy to prepare simple beauty tips.  Read on and be beautiful... ;_)

Your kitchen contains the most amazing products that when put together can deliver the beauty promise of soft skin, shiny hair, and smooth face.  To get you started on your long overdue pampering, here are some homemade beauty recipes that you can use. So relax and let the pampering begin!
 

FACE IT!
COOLING CUCUMBER FACIAL MASK
Beauty Fact:
Cucumbers contain Silica, which is an important substance for good health and skin. Silica enhances skin tone and texture. Moreover, cucumbers possess high fluid content, which can help keep the skin hydrated and radiant.

Recipe:
Mix one small cucumber and one cup of oatmeal to make a paste.
For oily skin: combine one teaspoon of yogurt with one teaspoon of the paste.
For dry skin: combine one teaspoon of milk with one teaspoon of the paste

Leave for 30 minutes, then rinse.

EXFOLIATING OATMEAL FACIAL MASK
Beauty Fact:
Your skin adores oatmeal because it contains skin-soothing properties that fight dryness. Oats are also filled with natural cleansers that gently remove dirt and oil from pores. It helps exfoliate dry and dead skin cells to bring out a smoother skin.

Recipe:
Grind 2 tablespoons of old-fashioned oats.
Pour into a small bowl and stir in 2 tablespoons of hot water and ½ tablespoon of honey. Let it stand for 5 minutes.
Wash face with warm water. While skin is still damp, massage paste onto face, circling around eyes and mouth. Leave on for 10 minutes. Then rinse.

HAIR POWER!
HAIR MASK FOR SHINY, BOUNCY LOCKS
Beauty Fact:
Vinegar is slightly acidic in nature. And this property helps restore the scalp’s ph balance, detoxifying it from dirt and shampoo build-up.

Recipe:
After hair is shampooed, pour 1 cup of vinegar through hair. Massage hair and scalp. Then rinse.
Apply usual conditioner; after which, wash with water.

EGG-CITING HAIR CONDITIONER
Beauty Fact:
Raw eggs contain significant concentration of essential proteins and nutrients that help strengthen hair follicles. These nutrients also contribute to hair’s volume, shine and texture.

Recipe:
Beat egg then massage it into hair and scalp. For longer hair, use a brush to sufficiently cover the hair and scalp.
Leave it for 15 minutes.
Rinse the hair using cool or lukewarm water. Avoid the use of hot water.
Proceed to washing of hair with shampoo.

BODY TREATS!
YUMMY CHOCOLATE SCRUB
Beauty Fact:
Chocolate contains anti-oxidant properties that help smoothen out wrinkles. It also helps rejuvenate the skin, leaving it smooth and radiant. 

Recipe:
Mix the following together: 3 tablespoon of cocoa powder, 1 cup of brown sugar and 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract.
Add oil gradually until mixture looks like a paste. Add water if needed.
Apply this scrub to moist skin after washing.
Use circular motions, massage gently. Then rinse.

SWEET SUGAR SCRUB
Beauty Fact:
Sugar is a good exfoliating agent as it deeply cleans the skin without clogging the pores. Sugar scrubs promote the growth of a healthier; more uniformly colored and textured skin.

Recipe:
Mix 11/2 cup of white sugar with ¼ cup of light vegetable oil.
Rub it all over the body before turning on the water. Then rinse.

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all about life

The adventure of life is to learn.
The purpose of life is to grow.
The nature of life is to change.
The challenge of life is to overcome.
The essence of life is to care.
The opportunity of life is to serve.
The secret of life is to dare.
The spice of life is to befriend.
The beauty of life is to give.
The joy of life is to love.

William Arthur Ward, 1921-1994

American Author and Poet

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The Blind Side

 i was invited to go to a mountain resort yesterday but i begged off as i only wanted to be with me and myself.  had time to go ukay-ukay in the afternoon and found great cheap deals. ;_) then decided to rent some cds from video city and found sandra bullock's 'the blind side'. after feasting with crabs and 'pitik' over dinner i watched it. hay.....shed so many tears. one of the great movies i've ever seen and for sure will make it to my top 20 list or something.  

we should not really be judgmental with people on the streets.  they too have their own story to tell.  and yes if you have extra room in your house you can invite one of them maybe. hahaha. in fact adoption came to my mind after watching the whole story. funny. i wish i could be sandra too. i wish i am a billionaire too or kahit na millionaire lang. i would adopt a few of them and stay in my palace.  but then again, in the little things that i do i can be sandra one way or the other.  bottomline is treat every one like you would want to be treated by others.

i only pass this way once let me do the best i can whenever a chance comes up...

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edukasyon at ang panukalang dagdag na 2 taon

lately maraming tanong pumapasok sa utak ko. katulad halimbawa ng bakit kailangan dagdagan ng 2 taon ang pag-aaral eh kung sa kasalukuyan ngang panahon halos di makagradweyt ang mga tao dahil kapos na kapos sa pera tapos dadagdagan mo pa? kaloka di ba? ito ang nakita kong latest statistics pagdating sa edukasyon:

One out of every three Filipinos aged between six and 24 has never been to school or has dropped out of the education system, according to a government survey.

Some 11.6 million Filipinos, or 34% of the country's 6 to 24 year-olds, quit school prematurely or never received any formal education.

One in five of these "stated that they cannot afford the high cost of education," the National Statistics Office 2003 survey found.

Enrolment levels were lowest in the poverty-stricken Muslim region of the south, where only about half of children and youth are in school or college.

18% children are not enrolled in primary school, a figure that rises to 40% for secondary school and 66% at college level.

The survey also found that one in 10 Filipinos aged between 10 and 64 cannot read or write at all. Females have a higher literacy rate of 90.4 percent compared to males at 86.8 percent.

Two in 10 Filipinos are "functionally illiterate", or lack numerical skills and cannot perform addition, subtraction, multiplication or division.

Functional illiteracy is worst among the Filipino poor, where three in 10 cannot compute or lack numerical skills.

The Manila-based Asian Development Bank estimates that 41.7 percent of the Philippine population live on two dollars a day

o san ka pa nyan? di nga maayos-ayos ang ratio ng aklat vs estudyante, guro vs mag-aaral, estudyante vs classrooms, isama mo pa ang di matinong classrooms sa liblib na mga lugar, na kung saan karamihan ay gumagamit na ng kompyuter sa mga assignments at projects, sila ni hindi nakahawak ng keyboards man lamang o kaya nakakita ng computer.

si korina sanchez nga di ko maintindihan sa sinasabi nyang: "darating ang panahon na wala ng estudyanteng nakapaa na pupunta sa paaralan" as if naman akala nya bakal ang tsinelas na pinamimigay na di masisira forever. kaloka!

ang sa akin lang naman solusyunan muna itong mga concerns na ito bago magmungkahi ng dagdag taon sa pag-aaral. nakausap ko ang isa naming short term volunteer galing Germany at napag-usapan namin ang edukasyon sa kanilang bansa. alam mo bang libre ang pag-aaral doon hanggang kolehiyo? gusto ko na nga agad lumipat dun e. ;_) tapos most of the days half day lang ang klase nila. the rest of the time is spent on sports that they like doing. ang iba naman nagpapart time work para pambayad sa dorm nila at para sa pagkain o di ba bata pa marunong na sa buhay. bago magcollege proper may OJT sila sa kung ano'ng course ang napupusuan so may experience agad bago pa ituloy ang kurso. o di ba panalo ito? kadalasan kasi sa atin OJT sa final year na saka pa lang nag sink in sa iyo na hindi pala ito ang kind of work na gusto mo. kaloka!!

ang sa akin lang naman....tutukan ang panukalang ito at alamin kung nararapat ba talaga para sa atin. looking back at my school years, sobrang saya naman sya pero ang akin lang masyadong matagal ang panahon na ginugugol natin sa paaralan. ngayon ang 2 taon na bata naka enroll na sa day care imbes na nageenjoy sa buhay. daming mga ina na gustong-gusto nasa paaralan na anak nila sa batang edad pa lang. alam mo bang ang maagang exposure sa school ang kadalasan na rason kung bakit nawawala ang interes ng kabataan na mag-aral? feeling nila they had enough of it. kasi nga naman kakamulat lang sa mundo school setting na agad. imagine mo naman ang mga prep at kinder lalo na sa private schools ang klase nila 7am! gigisingin mo ang bata ng 6am o kaya 5am lalo na at traffic papuntang school tapos pipilitin mong maligo kahit nilalamig parusa yun! dios mio! kadalasan ang mga bag nila mabigat pa sa bag na dala-dala mo pag nagtrabaho ka na. eh kahit ako nakagraduate sa kolehiyo di ko matandaan na nagdala ako ng ganyan kabibigat na bag at ang laman halos lahat libro! hay naku.

ang sa akin lang naman.....mahalaga ang edukasyon.  sabi nila school is meant to be fun but it ain't fun at all (at least most of the time) at ang sabi ko rin "life is meant to be fun".  saka kailangan ayusin na curriculum. wag puro english, math, science, at history. practical house chores idagdag mo na pati kung paano mag-alaga ng baby para mabawasan ang teenage mothers natin at marealized nila na hindi pala masaya mag-alaga ng bata sa murang edad nila.

ang sa akin lang naman....mahaba haba na ito. kailangan ko na bumalik sa trabaho. ;_)

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Looking Back @ your life....what really matters?

 stumbled upon this great read. gotta work on my own dwindling relationships =(

Brian Tracy said...
"Eighty percent of life's satisfaction comes from meaningful relationships."

Think about it...when you look back at the end of your life what will really matter? Five words...the quality of your relationships.

So here's the question: If your relationships are the most important part of your life, what are you doing to make them all they can be?


Here's a brief excerpt from The 100/0 Principle. Enjoy!

Excerpt from The 100/0 Principle, by Al Ritter

What is the most effective way to create and sustain great relationships with others? It's The 100/0 Principle: You take full responsibility (the 100) for the relationship, expecting nothing (the 0) in return.

Implementing The 100/0 Principle is not natural for most of us. It takes real commitment to the relationship and a good dose of self-discipline to think, act and give 100 percent.

The 100/0 Principle applies to those people in your life where the relationships are too important to react automatically or judgmentally. Each of us must determine the relationships to which this principle should apply. For most of us, it applies to work associates, customers, suppliers, family and friends.

STEP 1 - Determine what you can do to make the relationship work...then do it. Demonstrate respect and kindness to the other person, whether he/she deserves it or not.

STEP 2 - Do not expect anything in return. Zero, zip, nada.

STEP 3 - Do not allow anything the other person says or does (no matter how annoying!) to affect you. In other words, don't take the bait.

STEP 4 - Be persistent with your graciousness and kindness. Often we give up too soon, especially when others don't respond in kind. Remember to expect nothing in return.

At times (usually few), the relationship can remain challenging, even toxic, despite your 100 percent commitment and self-discipline. When this occurs, you need to avoid being the "Knower" and shift to being the "Learner." Avoid Knower statements/ thoughts like "that won't work," "I'm right, you are wrong," "I know it and you don't," "I'll teach you," "that's just the way it is," "I need to tell you what I know," etc.

Instead use Learner statements/thoughts like "Let me find out what is going on and try to understand the situation," "I could be wrong," "I wonder if there is anything of value here," "I wonder if..." etc. In other words, as a Learner, be curious!

 Principle Paradox

This may strike you as strange, but here's the paradox: When you take authentic responsibility for a relationship, more often than not the other person quickly chooses to take responsibility as well. Consequently, the 100/0 relationship quickly transforms into something approaching 100/100. When that occurs, true breakthroughs happen for the individuals involved, their teams, their organizations and their families.

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Ako'y isang mabuting Pilipino

i was there!!! ;_) i'm sure years from now i would be so proud to recall and share that i was part of the historic inauguration yesterday. cheers to the new president, cheers to the new Philippines, cheers to pagbabago! maraming agam-agam at lahat ay nagbabantay kung ito na nga ba ang hinihintay ng lahat na pagbabago. 2 bagay ang nag-iwan ng tatak sa aking puso kahapon habang nakikinig sa talumpati ni PNoy sa ilalim ng init ng araw at basang basa sa pawis: 

1) walang aalis ng bansa (OFW) na walang tamang dahilan 

2) panahon na para tayo magkawanggawa.

ako bilang pinoy, gagawin ang nararapat at tutulong para sa pagbabago at para makamit ang magandang pangarap na ito. naniniwala akong makakamit natin ito kung ang bawat isa gagawin ang kanyang makakaya at ibibigay ang lahat ng pwede nyang maibigay. isa itong challenge para sa lahat at hindi lamang para sa bagong pangulo at ang kanyang kabinete. 

isa si noel cabangon sa mga hinahangaan kong singers ng bansang ito. kahapon habang kinakanta nya ito, pinakinggan ko bawat salita ng kanta at ako'y muli na namang pinahanga ng aking idolo sa galing ng paggawa ng kanta at pagsalin ng musika. panigurado madadagdag na naman ito sa aking koleksyon. ;_) namnamin ang bawat linya ng kanta at gawin sa pang araw-araw na buhay. mabuhay ang Pilipinas! mabuhay tayong lahat!

Ako’y isang mabuting Pilipino
Minamahal ko ang bayan ko
Tinutupad ko ang aking mga tungkulin
Sinusunod ko ang kanyang mga alituntunin

Tumatawid ako sa tamang tawiran
Sumasakay ako sa tamang sakayan
Pumipila at ‘di nakikipag-unahan
At ‘di ako pasiga-siga sa lansangan

Bumababa’t nagsasakay ako sa tamang sakayan (Nagbababa ako sa tamang babaan)
‘di nakahambalang parang walang pakiaalam
Pinagbibigyan kong mga tumatawid sa kalsada
Humihinto ako ‘pag ang ilaw ay pula

[chorus]
‘pagkat ako’y isang mabuting Pilipino
Minamahal ko ang bayan ko
Tinutupad ko ang aking mga tungkulin
Sinusunod ko ang kanyang mga alituntunin

‘Di ako nagongotong o nagbibigay ng lagay
Ticket lamang ang tinatanggap kong ibinibigay
Ako’y nakatayo doon mismo sa kanto
At ‘di nagtatago sa ilalim ng puno

‘Di ako nagkakalat ng basura sa lansangan
‘Di bumubuga ng usok ang aking sasakyan
Inaayos ko ang mga kalat sa basurahan
Inaalagaan ko ang ating kapaligiran

[repeat chorus]

Lagi akong nakikinig sa aking mga magulang
Kaya’t pag-aaral ay aking pinagbubutihan
‘di ako gumagamit ng bawal na gamot
O kaya’y tumatambay at sa eskwela’y ‘di pumapasok

Ipinagtatanggol ko ang aking karangalan
‘pagkat ito lamang ang tangi kong kayamanan
‘di ko ibinebenta ang aking kinabukasan
Ang boto ko’y aking pinahahalagahan

[repeat chorus]

Ako’y isang tapat at totoong lingkod ng bayan
Pabor o lagay ay ‘di ko pinapayagan
Tapat ang serbisyo ko sa mamamayan
‘Di ko ibinubulsa ang pera ng bayan

Ipinagtatanggol ko ang mamamayang Pilipino
Mga karapatan nila’y kinikilala ko
Iginagalang ko ang aking kapwa tao
Ipinaglalaban ko ang dangal ng bayan ko.

[repeat chorus twice]

Pagkat ako’y isang mabuting Pilipino

Pagkat ako’y isang mabuting Pilipino

Pagkat ako’y isang mabuting Pilipino

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The LXD: In the Internet age, dance evolves ... | Video on TED.com

a friend of mine shared this video. galing! i suppose we'll be seeing much of this in the near future, like tomorrow. ;_)

The LXD: In the Internet age, dance evolves ... | Video on TED.com

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Sex Education

Sex Education is a big and hot issue lately whether or not DepEd will go for it or not.  With parents and others  filing a case against DepEd by pursuing it, it makes steamy arguments.  My personal opinion, I am for sex education starting as early as less than 1 year old. I never learned about sex from family or from school and where did i get it from?  Had to read from magazines, comics, tabloids, pocket books, and watch movies.  Now, i'm wondering why my mother didn't teach me about it or even talk about it?  and why is it that when it comes to this topic, everyone in the family is mute? (at least i'm talking about my own family ;_) )

So can you just imagine when i came across this Conversations with God book and read about this (below) ? i was like free! freedom at last!  ;_)  Thank you Neale for writing great books and for emancipating me. =)

The following excerpt is from "Conversations with God",
Book 1, pp.205-208, By Neale Donald Walsch
Copyright ©1997-2000 by N.D. Walsch, all rights reserved.

Question by Neale: Is sex okay? C'mon--what is the real story behind this human experience. Is sex purely for procreation, as some religions say? Is true holiness and enlightenment achieved through denial--or transmutation--of the sexual energy. Is it okay to have sex without love. Is just the physical sensation of it okay enough as a reason?

God: Of course it's "okay." Again, if I didn't want you to play certain games, I wouldn't have given you the toys. Do you give your children things you don't want them to play with?

Play with sex. play with it! It's wonderful fun. Why, it's just about the most fun you can have with your body, if you're talking of strictly physical experiences alone.

But for goodness sake, don't destroy sexual innocence and pleasure and the purity of the fun, the joy, by misusing sex. Don't use it for power, or hidden purpose; for ego gratification or domination; for any purpose other than the purest joy and the highest ecstasy, given and shared--which is love, and love recreated -- which is new life! Have I not chosen a delicious way to make more of you?

With regard to denial, I have dealt with this before. Nothing holy has ever been achieved through denial. Your desires change as even larger realities are glimpsed. It is not unusual, therefore, for people to simply desire less, or even, no sexual activity--or for that matter, any of a number of activities of the body. For some, the activities of the soul become foremost--and by far the most pleasurable.

Each to his own, without judgment--that is the motto. The end of your question is answered this way: You don't need to have a reason for anything. Just be cause.

Be the cause of your experience.

Remember, experience produces concept of Self, conception produces creation, creation produces experience.

You want to experience yourself as a person who has sex without love? Go ahead! You'll do that until you don't want to anymore. And the only thing that will--could ever--cause you to stop this, or any, behavior, is your newly emerging thought about Who You Are.

It's as simple--and as complex--as that.

Neale: Why did you make sex so good, so spectacular, so powerful a human experience if all we are to do is stay away from it as much as we can? What gives? For that matter, why are all fun things either "immoral, illegal or fattening"?

God: I've answered the end of this question too, with what I've just said. All fun things are not immoral, illegal, or fattening. Your life is, however, an interesting exercise in defining what fun is.

To some, "fun" means sensations of the body. To others, "fun" may be something entirely different. It all depends on who you think you are, and what you are doing here.

There is much more to be said about sex than is being said here--but nothing more essential than this: sex is joy, and many of you have made sex everything but.

Sex is sacred, too--yes. But joy and sacredness do mix (they are in fact the same thing), and many of you think they do not.

Your attitudes about sex form a microcosm of your attitudes of life. Life should be a joy, a celebration, and it has become an experience of fear, anxiety, "not enough-ness," rage, and tragedy. The same can be said about sex.

You have repressed sex, even as you have repressed life, rather than fully Self expressing, with abandon and joy.

You have shamed sex as you have shamed life, calling it evil and wicked, rather than the highest gift and the greatest pleasure.

Before you protest that you have not shamed life, look at your collective attitudes about it. Four-fifths of the world's people consider life a trial, a tribulation, a time of testing, a karmic debt that must be paid, a school with harsh lessons that must be learned, and, in general, an experience to be endured while awaiting the real joy, which is after death.

It is a shame that so many of you think this way. Small wonder you have applied shame to the very act which creates life.

The energy which underscores sex is the energy which underscores life; which is life! The feeling of attraction and the intense and often urgent desires to move toward each other, to become one, is the essential dynamic of all that lives. I have built it into everything. It is inbred, inherent, inside All That Is.

The moral codes, religious restrictions, social taboos, and emotional conventions you have placed around sex (and, by the way, around love--and all of life) have made it virtually impossible for you to celebrate your being.

From the beginning of time all man has ever wanted is to love and be loved. And from the beginning of time man has done everything in his power to make it impossible to do that. Sex is an extraordinary expression of love--love of another, love of self, love of life. You ought to therefore love it (And you do-you just can't tell anyone you do; you don't dare show how much you love it, or you'll be called a pervert. Yet this is the idea that is perverted.)

In our next book, we shall look at sex much more closely; explore its dynamics in greater detail, for this is an experience and an issue of sweeping implications on a global scale.

For now--and for you, personally--simply know this: I have given you nothing shameful, least of all your very body, and its functions. There is no need to hide your body or its functions--nor your love of them, and of each other.

Your television programs think nothing of showing naked violence, but shrink from showing naked love. Your whole society reflects that priority."

Slow Down!

got from Bo's blog:

Get rid of hurry from your life.

John Ortberg said, “Hurry isn’t just a disordered schedule but a disordered heart.” I agree. Because of this, he says that our society is rich in things but extremely poor in time.

We don’t have time for family, for people, for relationships.

We don’t have time for ourselves—to reflect, to pray, to breathe, to rest, to enjoy God’s blessings now.

       The solution? Learn to slow down.

       Here are tips (some from me and some from John Ortberg) on how to remove hurry from our lives.

1. Deliberately drive in the slow lane on the expressway. 

If you do this, you’ll arrive home perhaps ten minutes later. But you’ll be less angry, less stressed, and less tired. Here’s what you can do: Pray for all the cars that go ahead of you. Sing a song to God. Imagine God seated beside you. 

2. Deliberately park at the farthest spot available in the parking lot. 

Result? You won’t have to fight over the nearest parking spots; You won’t have to circle around for hours; and you’re giving your body exercise by the extra walk.

3. Deliberately choose the longest line in the grocery.

We usually look for the shortest. Do the opposite. Look for the longest line. You can be sure no one will fight you over it. Enjoy. Pray. Smile. Bless the people around you. 

4. Deliberately chew your food slowly. 

As my friend says, “Food is God’s love made edible.” So enjoy your food. Relish it. Savor the taste. It’ll help your digestion. More importantly, it’ll calm you.  You’ll appreciate your food more. You’ll be more grateful to God for your food.

5. Deliberately put people before things. 

“Waste” time with your loved ones. Laugh, play, and do nothing together. Learn the “art of being” as a group. Last week, I brought all the top leaders of Light of Jesus to the beach for three days. We played charades together. We looked pretty insane. It was wonderful. People ask me why Light of Jesus has remained strong after 30 years. One reason: We play a lot. We have 4 vacations a year!

6. Deliberately take time to enjoy God’s Presence alone.

Each day, spend ten, fifteen, or thirty minutes hanging out with God. Just simply be with Him. Just rest in Him. You can sit before the Blessed Sacrament. Or go under a tree or take a walk. God says, “Be still and know that I am God.”

7. Deliberately stop watching TV. 

People watch an average of 4 hours of TV everyday. That means when you reach 65 years old, you would have spent 9 years of your life watching TV. You wake up one day and ask yourself, “Where did my life go?” Remember that failure is not an act but a habit. Instead of watching TV, read a book instead. Or hold an entertainment night as a family. Or sing together. Or take up a hobby. Or play a musical instrument. Or volunteer and serve God in a ministry.

8. Deliberately take lots of vacations.  

People work non-stop all their life, retire at age 65, and take a long vacation. Usually, they drop dead after a few years. Because they lose their purpose. I’ll teach you a better way, and I’ve been practicing this for some years now: Take lots of mini-vacations now and never retire! I take about 10 small vacations a year, usually with family and friends. And I can’t retire because I’m not working. Both my ministry and business is just so much fun.

Calculating your BMI (body mass index)

i am curious after my 7day diet if i have achieved my healthy weight so i searched on how to get your BMI. you can click or copy and paste this link:http://www.nhs.uk/Tools/Pages/Healthyweightcalculator.aspx

since it requires height in centimeters i found this conversion table helpful.

Feet Inches	Centimeters
4 feet 0 inches	121.92
4 feet 1 inches	124.46
4 feet 2 inches	127.00
4 feet 3 inches	129.54
4 feet 4 inches	132.08
4 feet 5 inches	134.62
4 feet 6 inches	137.16
4 feet 7 inches	139.70
4 feet 8 inches	142.24
4 feet 9 inches	144.78
4 feet 10 inches	147.32
4 feet 11 inches	149.86
5 feet 0 inches	152.40
5 feet 1 inches	154.94
5 feet 2 inches	157.48
5 feet 3 inches	160.02
5 feet 4 inches	162.56
5 feet 5 inches	165.10
5 feet 6 inches	167.64
5 feet 7 inches	170.18
5 feet 8 inches	172.72
5 feet 9 inches	175.26
5 feet 10 inches	177.80
5 feet 11 inches	180.34
6 feet 0 inches	182.88
6 feet 1 inches	185.42
6 feet 2 inches	187.96
6 feet 3 inches	190.50
6 feet 4 inches	193.04
6 feet 5 inches	195.58
6 feet 6 inches	198.12
6 feet 7 inches	200.66
6 feet 8 inches	203.20

in my result which i cannot copy paste here, i am a little overweight. need to do again my 7day diet i guess. maybe 2 more times. =)