Welcome to Newsletter Number 14

1. Inspirational Quotes

"Sincerity."

I wish I were big enough honestly to admit all my shortcomings;

Brilliant enough to accept praise without it making me arrogant;

Tall enough to tower above deceit;

Strong enough to welcome criticism;

Compassionate enough to understand human frailties;

Wise enough to recognize my mistakes;

Humble enough to appreciate greatness;

Staunch enough to stand by my friends;

Human enough to be thoughtful of my neighbor;

and righteous enough to be devoted to the love of God.

I may never be that strong, that compassionate, that wise or that loyal. But I can be genuine. And somehow, I know that will be enough.

From Steve Goodier's Touching Moments

An Irish Blessing

May those who love us,

Love us.

And those who don't love us,

May God turn their hearts.

And if he doesn't turn their hearts,

May he turn their ankles?

So we'll know them by their limping."

2. Find of the week

Things to say when an unwanted Telemarketer calls...

*If they start out with, "How are you today?" say, "I'm so glad you asked, because no one these days seems to care, and I have all these problems; my arthritis is acting up, my eyelashes are sore, my car won't start..."

*Cry out in surprise, "Judy! Is that you? Oh my God! Judy, how have you been?"

*Tell the telemarketer you are busy at the moment and ask them if they will give you their HOME phone number, you will call them back.

*Ask them to repeat everything they say, several times.

*If they call you during dinner put them on speaker and continue your dinner conversation.

*Tell them you are hard of hearing and that they need to speak up... louder...louder...louder...

Four Thieves Vinegar for Bioterrorism May Provide More Protection than Duct Tape and Plastic Sheeting by Chet Day

Connie Chung and other talking heads in the media and government may be urging you to buy duct tape and plastic sheeting to prepare for a chemical or biological attack, but natural options exist that make more sense.

How about a garlic-based, anti-plague, anti-smallpox concoction known throughout history as Four Thieves Vinegar?

According to herbalist Elizabeth Kastner, "During the height of the plague in France in 1721, it was discovered that the homes of disease victims were being ransacked. At first, no effort was made to find the criminals, since all knew they were fools, soon to die of the plague themselves. As time went on, it became apparent that the thieves were continuing in their raids and quite inexplicably, avoiding falling victim to the disease. Soon, they became highly sought - not due to their crimes, but in an effort to learn their secret.

"When they were finally captured, they refused to speak, until a bargain was offered: remain silent and hang. Divulge the secret to their resistance to the deadly plague and walk away. It seems that the mother of several of the boys was a midwife, and had a recipe which used plants which were easily wild crafted yet, she knew that this would change immediately if anyone learned the formula, so she swore her children to secrecy. Her sons saved their necks and shared the recipe for the disinfectant, which is still used in France to this day."

Given the simple ingredients of Four Thieves Vinegar and with all the yammering about smallpox and other Bioterrorism diseases in the news these days, it seems prudent to me to prepare a home stock of this historical preventative for dread diseases.

According to Kastner, the traditional recipe for Four Thieves Vinegar "makes a lot of sense, medicinally speaking." You can make your own "Four Thieves Vinegar" by following the simple recipe below.

Four Thieves Vinegar

Use equal parts of the following herbs:

Lavender

Sage

Rosemary

Thyme

Melissa (lemon balm)

Hyssop

Peppermint

A handful of garlic cloves

Blend ingredients in a glass jar and cover completely with organic, unpasteurized apple cider vinegar, which is available in most health food stores. Cold infuse (let sit at room temperature in a cool place) for six weeks and then strain off herbs and garlic.

You can take Four Thieves Vinegar by the teaspoonful, use it as a salad dressing, or even add a spoonful to your bath water for personal protection.

You can also use it as a topical spray to disinfect surfaces, including skin and/or you can take it as a tincture. All of the ingredients in Four Thieves Vinegar are either potent antibacterial or antiviral!

If you want to purchase this stuff already made, you'll find quite a few online sources by using the keywords "four thieves’ vinegar" at http://google.com

Given the herd instinct of human beings, I predict most people in the event of a bioterror attack people will do everything but trample each other getting in line for a government-recommended prescription drug or vaccination, even when current vaccines lack proper testing and licensing.

In closing, Four Thieves Vinegar may not be a definitive protection from dread diseases, though many people throughout history believed that to be true but it sure beats the tar out of duct tape and plastic sheeting.

About the Author: Chet Day is a professional writer and natural health gadfly who can usually be found at http://chetday.com Permission is granted to email this article exactly as written to friends or discussion groups. If you're a webmaster and want to know how to use this article to sell my bioterrorism report as one of my affiliates, mailto:chet@chetday.com?Subject=SellBioReportInfo

3. Gratitude Exercise

Exercise While You Wait

By Mark Davis

The other night, while waiting in a long line at the pharmacy, I learned a small lesson in patience.

A woman stood at the register while the cashier rang up the customers ahead of me. I could tell from her stance she had been waiting for a while and was quietly fuming.

At one point, another cashier appeared and told the woman, "Ma'am, the assistant down at the last window will be able to help you with the information you've requested."

"Can't you tell me what she has to say?" the woman snapped back. "Ma'am, I'm sorry, but she's better qualified to give you the information than I am."

"Well, I'm sorry if I've taken up YOUR time," she sniped and stalked off.

The cashier looked up at me, embarrassed, and asked, "Did you think I was being too rude? I didn't mean to make her mad."

I shook my head reassuringly and said, "No, you did just fine. Waiting in line tends to bring out the worst in people."

A woman behind me piped up, "You know what I do?" We both looked at her. "I count my blessings while I wait in line."

"I think you need to tell your secret to that woman who just walked off," I joked.

They laughed. She continued, "You know, I've had my share of troubles like everyone else. I've lost a husband to cancer, I've lost a baby at birth, and I've just found out that I have glaucoma."

"My goodness, you've been through the grinder," I said.

"But I'm not going to take this lying down," she said with a cheerleader smile. "Life is full of waiting in lines. Why not make the most of it? Count your blessings. Pretty soon you'll relax and smile and wonder where the time's gone. It's like exercising the positive and exorcising the negative. Get it? E-x-o-r-c-i-s-i-n-g?"

"Hey, that's pretty clever," I said, laughing. "I can already think of one blessing."

"And what's that?"

"Meeting you."

"Now, you're just a big flirt trying to make an old lady feel good!" she said, chuckling and waving me off. I looked at my kids, who jumped up when I finished paying for their medicine. That's three more blessings.

I logged onto the computer after dinner and e-mailed my sister. That's another blessing. And you know what? I didn't stop counting until I went to sleep that night.

Mark Davis ruidosodavis@hotmail.com

4. Wild Trivia

Green tea is best documented for its antioxidant powers. Antioxidants help prevent or block free radicals from forming in the body. Free radicals combine with oxygen in healthy cells and eventually damage them...they are equivalent to rust in the human body. They have been isolated as causes of cancer, premature aging, and heart disease.

In a 1998 study, Harvard scientists found that drinking one cup of tea daily lowers the risk of heart attack by 44 percent and reduces the risk of esophageal, stomach and kidney cancers. And a study in Japan suggests that female patients who drank more than 10 cups a day lived 6.5 years longer, and male patients 4.5 years longer.

* Vitamins A, C, and E are well- researched antioxidants, but green tea surpasses all three in its exceptional antioxidant powers.

Vitamin E is about half as strong as green tea.

Resveratrol, the antioxidant compound found in red wine, is also half as effective as green tea.

Along with fighting aging and cancer, green tea may help lower overall cholesterol levels, reduce blood pressure, reduce the risk of heart attacks, and lessen the likelihood of death from heart attack, decrease the risk of stroke, enhance immune function, and aid digestion.

Research in Japan has shown that the customary practice of drinking a little green tea after each meal also inhibits the growth of the bacteria associated with plaque. After meal consumption may also help reduce tooth decay and gingivitis.

In China, green tea is more than just a drink. These are some of the common uses:

Gargle with green tea all our lives to keep from getting colds.
Its mild astringent properties make it an excellent face wash.
And a batch of very strong green tea used as a hair rinse is said to leave one's hair shiny and soft.
Irritated, tired eyes may be soothed with a mild blend of tea, and minor skin abrasions, insect bites, and rashes may be relieved by applying green tea salves.
Instead of tossing spent tea leaves, Chinese gardeners spread them around flowering plants - especially rosebushes - as mulch.
Dried leaves are burned to keep mosquitoes at bay.

The differences among the teas are due to the degree of oxidation, or exposure to air, which intensifies flavor: green has no oxidation; oolong has 15 percent to 60 percent oxidation, and black is 100 percent oxidized.

The degree to which the leaves of this one plant are dried, inexactly called fermentation, determines the differences in classification. Unfermented tea is considered green and yields a green or slightly yellow-brown brew. Semi fermented is called oolong and produces a reddish- brownish tea.

Completely dried tea is black, producing a dark color when brewed.

Brewing Green Tea

Water should ideally be 170 to 175 degrees.

Brew tea in a glass or ceramic teapot. A metal teapot adversely affects the flavor of the tea. Measure the proper amount of tea into the teapot. Use one teaspoon of tea for every six-ounce cup of tea desired - and none for the pot.

You get only a small increase in antioxidants beyond 5 minutes of brewing. What you will get is bitter flavor.

Get yourself some loose leaf green tea and be all the healthier for it. Join me in a daily pot. I want you to be around for a good long time, good friends!

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Now that I'm 'older' God grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked anyway, the good fortune to run into the ones I do, and the eyesight to tell the difference. Now that I'm 'older' (but refuse to grow up), here's what I've discovered:

I. started out with nothing, and I still have most of it.

2. My wild oats have turned into prunes and All Bran.

3. I finally got my head together; now my body is falling apart.

4. Funny, I don't remember being absent minded...

5. All reports are in; life is now officially unfair.

6. If all is not lost, where is it?

7. It is easier to get older than it is to get wiser.

8. Some days you're the dog; some days you're the hydrant.

9. I wish the buck stopped here; I sure could use a few...

10. Kids in the back seat cause accidents.

11. Accidents in the back seat cause kids.

12. It's hard to make a comeback when you haven't been anywhere.

13. The only time the world beats a path to your door is when you're in the bathroom.

14. If God wanted me to touch my toes, he would have put them on my knees.

15. When I'm finally holding all the cards, why does everyone decide to play chess?

16. It's not hard to meet expenses, they're everywhere.

17. The only difference between a rut and a grave is the depth.

18. These days, I spend a lot of time thinking about the hereafter. I go somewhere to get something and then wonder what I'm here after.

19. Funny, I don't remember being, . . . absent minded...

5. Metaphor

Weakness or Strength?

Sometimes your biggest weakness can become your biggest strength. Take, for example, the story of one 10-year-old boy who decided to study judo despite the fact that he had lost his left arm in a devastating car accident.

The boy began lessons with an old Japanese judo master. The boy was doing well, so he couldn't understand why, after three months of training the master had taught him only one move.

"Sensei," the boy finally said, "Shouldn't I be learning more moves?"

"This is the only move you know, but this is the only move you'll ever need to know," the sensei replied.

Not quite understanding, but believing in his teacher, the boy kept training.

Several months later, the sensei took the boy to his first tournament. Surprising himself, the boy easily won his first two matches. The third match proved to be more difficult, but after some time, his opponent became impatient and charged; the boy deftly used his one move to win the match. Still amazed by his success, the boy was now in the finals.

This time, his opponent was bigger, stronger, and more experienced. For a while, the boy appeared to be overmatched. Concerned that the boy might get hurt, the referee called a time-out. He was about to stop the match when the sensei intervened.

"No," the sensei insisted, "Let him continue."

Soon after the match resumed, his opponent made a critical mistake: he dropped his guard. Instantly, the boy used his move to pin him. The boy had won the match and the tournament. He was the champion.

On the way home, the boy and sensei reviewed every move in each and every match. Then the boy summoned the courage to ask what was really on his mind.

"Sensei, how did I win the tournament with only one move?"

"You won for two reasons," the sensei answered. "First, you've almost mastered one of the most difficult throws in all of judo. And second, the only known defence for that move is for your opponent to grab your left arm."

The boy's biggest weakness had become his biggest strength

6. JOYFUL LIVING

KEEP THE ENERGY IN YOUR DAY

Lacking energy in your day? Well, maybe you are doing things in your day that actually add to your fatigue. Poor lifestyle, diet and exercise habits are usually responsible for draining our energy. Just by making a few small changes every day can make you feel good. Here’s how.

* Keep Hydrated. Lack of water can lead to dehydration. Even slight dehydration can sap your energy and make you feel lethargic. About 6-8 glasses of water a day is considered optimal. A good tip is to kick a glass or bottle of water on your desk, and take sips throughout the day.

* Eat Right. Food is your energy source and your body needs fuel every four or so hours. Consuming food also stimulates your metabolism. Always start the day with a healthy breakfast, and stick with balanced meals and eat lots of fruits, veggies and whole grains! Don’t skip meals. Skipping meals or not eating all day will suppress you metabolism and can make you more fatigued.

* Exercise. Make exercise a priority in your life. Schedule exercise in like it is an appointment-you can’t miss. Being physically fit will go a long way to enhancing your daily energy levels.

* Keep Active. Move around. Staying active will keep you mentally alert and help reduce stress. Why not take the stairs when possible, go for a quick walk around the office each hour, and take a short stretch break at your desk, fit in a 20 minute power walk or swim at lunch?

* Sleep Up. You need a solid 7 to 8 hours of sleep a night Try to stick to similar bed time, and wake up times. This helps to reduce fatigue in your day, and ensures you are ready for a full proactive day.

* Relax. Take some time out each day and relax a little. Read a book, have a bath or massage, listen to some soft music or go for a walk along the beach. Doing things you enjoy can help energize your mind after a long hard working day.

* Have Some Fun. Whatever happened to fun? Fun is something you used to have back when you were a kid, remember? It's time to re-visit your childhood and spend some time doing something utterly pointless. Play. Finding time throughout the day to do something pointless is just the thing for a tired mind.

* Avoid alcohol. Sure the occasional drink is fine, but alcohol makes you tired and it can impede a good night's sleep.

* Avoid sugar. When that afternoon energy craving hits, try some fruit or yoghurt to avoid that dreaded sugar crash.

Rocket Rob WelEdit@Laughmeister.com

7. Jokes

If toast always lands butter-side down, and cats always land on their feet, what happens if you strap toast on the back of a cat and drop it? -Steven Wright

A bear walks into a bar in Butte, Montana and sits down. He bangs on the bar with his paw and demands a beer. The bartender approaches and says, "We don't serve beer to bears in bars in Butte," The bear, becoming angry, demands again that he be served a beer. The bartender tells him again, more forcefully, "We don't serve beer to belligerent bar bears in Butte," The bear, very angry now, says, "If you don't serve me a beer, I'm going to eat that lady sitting at the end of the bar."

The bartender says, "Sorry, we don't serve beer to belligerent, bully bears in bars in Butte,"

The bear goes to the end of the bar, and as promised, eats the woman. He comes back to his seat and again demands a beer. The bartender states, "Sorry, we don't serve beer to belligerent, bully bears in bars in Butte that are on drugs!"

The bear says, "I'm not on drugs!"

The bartender says, "You are now. That was a barbitchyouate."

Thanks Margot Cuthbert

MUM - Job Description - Thanks Elizabeth Bullock

POSITION: Mother, Mum, Mama

JOB DESCRIPTION: Long term, team players needed, for challenging permanent work in an often chaotic environment. Candidates must possess excellent communication and organizational skills and be willing to work variable hours, which will include evenings and weekends and frequent 24 hour shifts on call. Some overnight travel required, including trips to primitive camping sites on rainy weekends and endless sports tournaments in far away cities. Travel expenses not reimbursed. Extensive courier duties also required.

RESPONSIBILITIES: The rest of your life. Must be willing to be hated, at least temporarily, until someone needs $5. Must be willing to bite tongue repeatedly. Also, must possess the physical stamina of a pack mule and be able to go from zero to 60 mph in three seconds flat in case, this time, the screams from the backyard are not someone just crying wolf. Must be willing to face stimulating technical challenges, such as small gadget repair, mysteriously sluggish toilets and stuck zippers. Must screen phone calls, maintain calendars and coordinate production of multiple homework projects.

Must have ability to plan and organize social gatherings for clients of all ages and mental outlooks. Must be willing to be indispensable one minute, an embarrassment the next. Must handle assembly and product safety testing of a half million cheap, plastic toys, and battery operated devices. Must always hope for the best but be prepared for the worst. Must assume final, complete accountability for the quality of the end product. Responsibilities also include floor maintenance and janitorial work throughout the facility.

POSSIBILITY FOR ADVANCEMENT PROMOTION: Virtually none. Your job is to remain in the same position for years, without complaining, constantly retraining and updating your skills, so that those in your charge can ultimately surpass you.

PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE: None required unfortunately. On-the-job training offered on a continually exhausting basis.

WAGES AND COMPENSATION: Get this! You pay them! Offering frequent raises and bonuses. A balloon payment is due when they turn 18 because of the assumption that tertiary education will help them become financially independent. When you die, you give them whatever is left. The oddest thing about this reverse-salary scheme is that you actually enjoy it and wish you could only do more.

BENEFITS: While no health or dental insurance, no pension, no tuition reimbursement, no paid holidays and no stock options are offered; this job supplies limitless opportunities for personal growth and free hugs for life if you play your cards right.

7. Motivational

Below are items that over the years my clients have taught me about making life a wonderful adventure. I hope you find them challenging and useful.

1. Take time to dream - it hitches your soul to the stars.

2. Take time to work - it is the price of success.

3. Take time to think - it is the source of power.

4. Take time to play - it is the secret of youth.

5. Take time to read - it is the foundation of knowledge.

6. Take time to worship - it is the highway of reverence and washes the dust of earth from your eyes.

7. Take time to laugh - it helps with life's loads.

8. Take time for health - it is the true treasure of life.

9. Take time for friends - they are the source of happiness.

10. Take time to love - it is the source of joy.

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