Benefits of Eating Petal...

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Little did you know ...... after reading THIS, you'll NEVER look at petai in the same way again!

Petai contains three natural sugars -sucrose, fructose and glucose. Combined with fiber, petai gives an instant, sustained and substantial boost of energy. Research has proved that just two servings of petai provide enough energy for a strenuous 90-minute workout. No wonder petai is the number one fruit with the world's leading athletes. But energy isn't the only way petai can help us keep fit. It can also help overcome or prevent a substantial number of illnesses and conditions, making it a must to add to our daily diet.

Depression:
According to a recent survey undertaken by MIND among people suffering from depression, many felt much better after eating petai. This is because petai contain tryptophan, a type of protein that the body converts into serotonin, known to make you relax, improve your mood and generally make you feel happier.

PMS (premenstrual syndrome):
Forget the pills - eat petai. The vitamin B6 it contains regulates blood glucose levels, which can affect your mood.

Anaemia:
High in iron, petai can stimulate the production of haemoglobin in the blood and so helps in cases of anaemia.

Blood Pressure:
This unique tropical fruit is extremely high in potassium yet low in salt, making it perfect to beat blood pressure. So much so, the US Food and Drug Administration has just allowed the petai industry to make official claims for the fruit's ability to reduce the risk of blood pressure and stroke.

Brain Power :
200 students at a Twickenham (Middlesex) school were helped through their exams this year by eating petai at breakfast, break, and lunch in a bid to boost their brain power. Research has shown that the potassium-packed fruit can assist learning by making pupils more alert.

Constipation:
High in fiber, including petai in the diet can help restore normal bowel action, helping to overcome the problem without resorting to laxatives.

Hangovers:
One of the quickest ways of curing a hangover is to make a petai milkshake, sweetened with honey. The petai calms the stomach and, with the help of the honey, builds up depleted blood sugar levels, while the milk soothes and re-hydrates your system.

Heartburn:
Petai has a natural antacid effect in the body, so if you suffer from heartburn, try eating petai for soothing relief.

Morning Sickness :
Snacking on petai between meals helps to keep blood sugar levels up and avoid morning sickness.

Mosquito bites :
Before reaching for the insect bite cream, try rubbing the affected area with the inside of the petai skin. Many people find it amazingly successful at reducing swelling and irritation.

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Nerves:
Petai is high in B vitamins that help calm the nervous system.

Overweight:
Studies at the Institute of Psychology in Austria found pressure at work leads to gorging on comfort food like chocolate and crisps. Looking at 5,000 hospital patients, researchers found the most obese were more likely to be in high-pressure jobs. The report concluded that, to avoid panic-induced food cravings, we need to control our blood sugar levels by snacking on high carbohydrate foods every two hours to keep levels steady.

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Ulcers:
Petai is used as the dietary food against intestinal disorders because of its soft texture and smoothness. It is the only raw fruit that can be eaten without distress in over-chronicler cases. It also neutralizes over-acidity and reduces irritation by coating the lining of the stomach.

Temperature control :
Many other cultures see petai as a "cooling" fruit that can lower both the physical and emotional temperature of expectant mothers. In hoiland, for example, pregnant women eat petai to ensure their baby is born with a cool temperature.

Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) :
Petai can help SAD sufferers because they contain the natural mood enhancer, tryptophan.

Smoking:
Petai can also help people trying to give up smoking. The B6, B12 they contain, as well as the potassium and magnesium found in them, help the body recover from the effects of nicotine withdrawal.

Stress:
Potassium is a vital mineral, which helps normalize the heartbeat, sends oxygen to the brain and regulates your body's water balance. When we are stressed, our metabolic rate rises, thereby reducing our potassium levels. These can be rebalanced with the help of a high-potassium petai snack.

Strokes:
According to research in "The New England Journal of Medicine, "eating petai as part of a regular diet can cut the risk of death by strokes by as much as 40%".

Warts:
Those keen on natural alternatives swear that if you want to kill off a wart, take a piece of petai and place it on the wart. Carefully hold the petai in place with a plaster or surgical tape!

So, as you can see, petai really is a natural remedy for many ills. When you compare it to an apple, it has four times the protein, twice the carbohydrates, three times the phosphorus, five times the vitamin A and iron, and twice the other vitamins and minerals. It is also rich in potassium and is one of the best value foods around. So maybe its time to change that well-known phrase so that we say, "A Petai a day keeps the doctor away".


PM Dr.Aminuddin AHK
Dept.of Physiology
Medical faculty of UKM Kuala Lumpur
Tel:6(03)40405157
fax:6(03)26939687

(We received this article via an e-mail from a fellow Kepong Practitioner.)

逆境是一種祝福

什麼時候您才會關心自己的健康？
可能就是當醫生對您說您的身體機能已經壞透了的時候。

什麼時候您才會分配很多時間給那剛踏入青少年期的子女？
可能就是在知道他們犯了事要受懲戒的時候。

什麼時候您才會真正關心您的伴侶，學會珍惜？
可能是他/她要向您提出分手的時候。

什麼時候您才會認真考慮顧客的需要？
可能是您的生意一落千丈的時候。

什麼時候您才會思考生命的可貴？
可能是一個親友去世，您參加他葬禮的時候。

您可能常常悲嘆：「天呀！為什麼要給我這種打擊？

也許，您應該用另一個角度來看，在逆景中，冷酷無情的不幸確實是帶來了無可彌補的損失，但悲劇的背後卻潛藏了偉大的治療力量，帶引出改變。

逆境是什麼？

「它看起來像是失敗，其實卻是一對看不見的智慧之手，強迫人們改變方向，向著另一個更有利的方向前進。」

當有以下的想法時，也許逆境都可以是一種祝福：

1、每一件事背後均隱藏著了正面的意義
當我們有這個信念，許多行為都變得善良了，而不會認為一個犯錯的行為就代表身處逆境。

2、沒有失敗，只有回饋
愛迪生是經過了9000多個方法都不能成功發明電燈，他的朋友勸他不如放棄吧，他對朋友說：「這不是失敗，而是成功地找到9000多個不能製造電燈泡的方法吧，我離成功又走多一步了！」

3、不要計算已失去的東西，數數還剩下的東西
如果不幸身上的一半金錢掉到深海中，別企圖跳下水中把它全數尋回，這會弄跨您的性命。
數數您還剩下的另一半，想想如何更好保護剩下的，認真檢視當中學會了什麼，再深思如何運用這些已有的來做得更好。

4、每一次經歷都是學習的機會
西洋諺語說：「不幸的事情總會不斷重演，直至有所領悟為止（A lesson is repeated until learned）」。

5.很多人總事後慨嘆：「為什麼受害的總是我？」答案可能就是因為您仍未能從中領悟學習得到，上天就會再鋪排更多「機會」，直到您真正學懂為止。

願我們一同在逆境中學會珍惜。

(We received this article via an e-mail.)

新年快乐，万事如意Happy & Prosperous Chinese New Year

甲洞鹤功辅导站祝全体功友：

新年快乐，

万事如意

以及

身体如仙鹤般健康

Kepong Station wishes all Practitioners a

Happy & Prosperous
Chinese New Year &
As Healthy as Soaring Cranes

Dengue Fever Remedy

Da nang, Vietnam

Dengue Fever Remedy (We received this info from an e-mail.)

I would like to share this interesting discovery from a classmate's son who has just recovered from dengue fever. Apparently, his son was in the critical stage at the ICU when his blood platelet counts drops to 15 after 15 liters of blood transfusion.

His father was so worried that he seeks another friend's recommendation and his son was saved. He confessed to me that he give his son raw juice of the papaya leaves. From a pallet count of 45 after 20 liters of blood transfusion, and after drinking the raw papaya leaf juice, his pallet count jumps instantly to 135. Even the doctors and nurses were surprised. After the second day he was discharged. So he asks me to pass this good news around.

Accordingly it is raw papaya leaves, 2pcs just cleaned and pound and squeeze with filter cloth. You will only get one tablespoon per leaf. So two tablespoon per serving once a day. Do not boil or cook or rinse with hot water, it will loose its strength. Only the leafy part and no stem or sap. It is very bitter and you have to swallow it like Won Low Kat. But it works.

*Papaya Juice - Cure for Dengue*

You may have heard this elsewhere but if not I am glad to inform you that papaya juice is a natural cure for dengue fever. As dengue fever is rampant now, I think it's good to share this with all.

A friend of mine had dengue last year. It was a very serious situation for her as her platelet count had dropped to 28,000 after 3 days in hospital and water has started to fill up her lung. She had difficulty in breathing. She was only 32-year old. Doctor says there's no cure for dengue. We just have to wait for her body immune system to build up resistance against dengue and fight its own battle. She already had 2 blood transfusion and all of us were praying very hard as her platelet continued to drop since the first day she was admitted.

Fortunately her mother-in-law heard that papaya leave juice would help to reduce the fever and got some papaya leaves, pounded them and squeeze the juice out for her. The next day, her platelet count started to increase, her fever subsided. We continued to feed her with papaya juice and she recovered after 3 days!!! Amazing but it's true. It's believed one's body would be overheated when one is down with dengue and that also caused the patient to have fever. Papaya juice has cooling effect. Thus, it helps to reduce the level of heat in one's body, thus the fever will go away. I found that it's also good when one is having sore throat or suffering from heat.

Please spread the news about this as lately there are many dengue cases. It's great if such natural cure could help to ease the sufferings of dengue patients. Furthermore it's so easily available. Blend them and squeeze the juice! It's simple and miraculously effective!!

老化從腿開始..腳是生命的根

原來走路有這麼多好處!! 要多走走啊..

健走可以減緩老化，因為鍛鍊的部位主要集中在下肢部位。

人體全身有近五百條肌肉，三分之二集中在下半身，肌肉的持續力會隨年齡增長日漸衰退，握力、臂力、背力等上半身肌力到了六十多歲仍可以有二十多歲時的七成左右能力，但下半身腿力卻只剩下約四成。

故美國總統艾森豪的心臟外科主治醫生保羅．懷特博士，首先提出「腳是第二心臟」的說法；常言也道：「老化從腿開始。」

下半身肌肉不夠強健，上下樓梯、跑步都會體力不支、氣喘如牛，因為運動全靠大腿、小腿的肌肉操作，一旦這些肌肉衰萎，人不僅無法維持正確姿勢，而且易有疲勞、膝痛、腰痛等現象。

鍛鍊雙腿肌肉是預防體力衰退的最佳方法，健走就是最理想、效果最大的運動。

健走時，配合緩而深的呼吸、雙臂擺動、大跨步快速前進等，更可獲得意想不到的效果。

健走的好處，可以歸納為塑身與健康兩方面。

【走出好身材】
肥胖是百病之源。即使輕鬆地走，也能消耗平常10倍以上的脂肪。
為了消除體內多餘的脂肪，在自然呼吸的情況下步行,讓心跳維持在最高心跳數的50∼60％之間，就能提升有氧運動的效能。

健走有效消耗身體熱量

時速(km/hr) 消耗300卡所需時間(min) 每分鐘消耗熱量(卡)
蹣跚走==>時速 3(km/hr) 300(min)消耗300卡 每分鐘消耗 2.7熱量(卡)
散步走==>時速 3.6(km/hr) 100(min)消耗300卡 每分鐘消耗 3.0熱量(卡)
自然走==>時速 4.5(km/hr) 90(min)消耗300卡 每分鐘消耗 3.3熱量(卡)
健步走==>時速 5.4(km/hr) 70(min)消耗300卡 每分鐘消耗 4.2熱量(卡)
全力走==>時速7.2(km/hr) 38(min)消耗300卡 每分鐘消耗 2.7熱量(卡)

提起健走，飛躍羚羊紀政就眉飛色舞：「走路的感覺真是太美妙了。」
前幾年由於事業壓力、婚姻亮紅燈、自己沒注意等因素，紀政不知不覺竟然發福，衣服從10號尺碼，改穿16號，腰粗腹大臀也寬，她意識到自己過胖，也感到體力、健康都變差，1997年末她下定決心減肥。 她找出以前朋友送的一台簡易跑步機，每天工作完後回到家，再累也要邊看電視邊雙手擺動、大步走跑步機，半年之內，她不花一毛錢瘦了20公斤，重新找回那充滿自信、高瘦苗條的標準身材，穿上胖的時候不敢穿的漂亮衣服、T恤可以塞進褲子裡，而且尿失禁的困擾不藥而癒，還能夠一口氣爬上大武山巔。

從此以後，紀政逢人就鼓吹健走的好，每天上班爬三層樓梯進辦公室，但為保護膝蓋，坐電梯下樓。下班後回家，她仍是先走走步機，走出一身大汗，沖過澡才簡單吃點稀飯，然後讀書入睡，「每天都要走，就像每天都要吃飯一樣，」她說。

　　假日她大多到野外如觀音山、水返腳（汐止）大尖山等，參加健走活動，
一邊運動一邊接近大自然，聽溪水淙淙，鳥鳴啾啾，「聽到生命之歌，聽到入神，一點也不累，」她說。

以健走減肥的秘訣在於每天至少走一萬步以上。 因為健走雖是有氧運動，一開始卻是以糖分為主要消耗能源，大約20分鐘後，才會正式燃燒脂肪，而且以成年男性平均每天攝取約2100大卡的熱量計算，人體基本新陳代謝與在職場中消耗的熱量共約1800大卡，意即有300大卡會堆積在體內，消耗1大卡約需走30步，才能消耗完300大卡。

【走出健康來】
桃樂絲是美國蒙大拿州一位退休護士，她的雙親都在五十多歲時死於癌症，
而她自己也一直為哮喘及肺病所苦，一年平均住院兩次。 即使服用抗生素，病情依然不見改善，桃樂絲覺得沮喪、失望，甚至感覺正一步步邁向死亡。

　　偶然一次，她參加一項健康講座，主講的運動生理學家提到，運動──尤其健走，有助於解決她的困境。 從來沒有運動習慣的桃樂絲，決定從散步開始嘗試，逐漸練習到快速的健走。 幾年後，不僅肺變得健康，與疾病、抗生素說再見，她還成為馬拉松選手。

　　「健走是我的生命，」有一次走在落磯山分水嶺的稜線上時，82歲的桃樂絲這樣對同伴說。 健走讓她感覺年輕25歲以上，可以擁有更多采的生活。

多走路，多用雙腳，腦力、體力都會更好。
身體下半身包括背、腰、臀、大腿、小腿等肌群，都與大腦、脊髓、神經互通訊息，且與腦幹有密切相關。

健走可以預防疾病
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
健走這「藥方」，如果每天服用，可以減少20％罹患乳癌、30％得心臟病、50％罹患糖尿病的機會，而且幫助你活得健康、活得長壽。

最平凡的作為，常常有最不凡的效果。
健走可以增加人體的心肺功能，增加骨頭、肌肉力量，解除緊張、控制體重，
最重要、最基本的是，健走讓人感覺很好。

【遠離乳癌威脅】
據美國和《護理健康研究》（Ｎurse's Health Study）一項長達20年的統計研究指出，一週運動7小時上，可以降低20％的乳癌罹患率，而最理想的運動就是健走。

【預防心臟病】
人人都害怕自己是下一個心臟病患，據《新英格蘭醫學期刊》報導，一週健走3小時以上，可降低35∼40％罹患心臟病的風險； 美國醫學學會也肯定，每天健走30分鐘，可維持心肺功能的健康狀況。即 使沒法每天空出一段時間健走，利用短時間走路累積也可有一定成效。

【走離老年痴呆】
美國《自然》雜誌報導，60歲以上銀髮族，一週有3天，每次45分鐘以上的健走運動，有助於維持較好的認知功能。人體中最耗費氧的部位就是腦神經細胞，深呼吸可以提供充分氧氣給腦部，促進腦神經細胞功能活化，一邊健走一邊配合呼吸，可以獲得全身血液活絡與腦循環順暢的雙重效果， 腦血管重返強韌，自然就能預防健忘與痴呆。

【健走能降血壓】
人入中年以後，血壓多半會上升，但步行可以減少荷爾蒙分泌（因荷爾蒙促使血壓上升），因而減少血壓上升的機會；其二是步行會增加牛膽酸的分泌，而牛膽酸具有降低血壓的作用。

為了安全起見，高血壓患者應先跟醫師溝通了解身體所能負荷的狀況，
從散步開始，逐步進展到健走，但每次還是要持續30分鐘以上。

【預防動脈硬化】
現代人不健康的飲食習慣，使得體內血液中的膽固醇與中性脂肪異常增高。

血液中膽固醇量過多，會逐漸滲入血管壁，動脈因此變硬變脆變狹窄，血液流通不良，容易誘發心肌梗塞、腦梗塞等病變。

膽固醇有好HDL、壞LDL之分，好的HDL會把多餘膽固醇送往肝臟，預防動脈硬化，持續20分鐘以上的健走，有助分解燃燒體內中性脂肪，增加HDL的量。

【預防治療糖尿病】
造成中老年人罹患糖尿病的原因多半是因飲食過量、運動不足和壓力，
而限制飲食量、減少積蓄在體內的糖分，再用運動把存在肌肉內當做能源使用的葡萄糖大量消耗掉，就可降低血糖值。 美國《護理健康研究》刊載，一天輕快健走1小時，對第二型糖尿病，有50％的預防效果。 糖尿病患者特別要注意配速，同時最好隨身攜帶點心，補充能量防止低血糖。

【健走避免脂肪肝】
研究人員發現，常走路的人血液循環較好，血可以流到聚集在肝臟的眾多微血管末端， 肝的代謝功能就好 。

【走出好骨質】
年紀愈長，骨質流失，骨頭裡面變乾變脆，就容易骨折或腰痛。
預防骨質疏鬆症其實不難，除了多攝取含鈣食物外，運動不可減，健走更理想。 需持續的走，朝每天一萬步的目標邁進。

【改善腰、肩、頭部疼痛】
平常行走坐臥你總是彎腰駝背？頭部重量約佔體重十分之一， 由頸椎與覆蓋頸部到背脊的僧帽肌所支撐，如果駝背或姿勢不良，僧帽肌的負擔過重，肩膀就容易僵硬痠痛。最有效治療的方式就是健走，因為健走必須抬頭挺胸、雙臂大幅擺動、大跨步前進，自然拉直背肌與僧帽肌。

Benefits of Bananas

A BANANA A DAY WILL KEEP YOUR HEALTH WORRIES AWAY.Never, put your banana in the refrigerator!!!
This is interesting.
After reading this, you'll never look at a banana in the same way again.

Bananas contain three natural sugars - sucrose, fructose and glucose combined with fiber. A banana gives an instant, sustained and substantial boost of energy.

Research has proven that just two bananas provide enough energy for a strenuous 90-minute workout. No wonder the banana is the number one fruit with the world's leading athletes.

But energy isn't the only way a banana can help us keep fit. It can also help overcome or prevent a substantial number of illnesses and conditions, making it a must to add to our daily diet.


Depression: According to a recent survey undertaken by MIND amongst people suffering from depression, many felt much better after eating a banana. This is because bananas contain tryptophan, a type of protein that the body converts into serotonin, known to make you relax, improve your mood and generally make you feel happier.

PMS: Forget the pills - eat a banana. The vitamin B6 it contains regulates blood glucose levels, which can affect your mood.

Anemia: High in iron, bananas can stimulate the production of hemoglobin in the blood and so helps in cases of anemia.

Blood Pressure: This unique tropical fruit is extremely high in potassium yet low in salt, making it perfect to beat blood pressure. So much so, the US Food and Drug Administration has just allowed the banana industry to make official claims for the fruit's ability to reduce the risk of blood pressure and stroke.

Brain Power: 200 students at a Twickenham (Middlesex) school were helped through their exams this year by eating bananas at breakfast, break, and lunch in a bid to boost their brain power. Research has shown that the potassium-packed fruit can assist learning by making pupils more alert.

Constipation: High in fiber, including bananas in the diet can help restore normal bowel action, helping to overcome the problem without resorting to laxatives.

Hangovers: One of the quickest ways of curing a hangover is to make a banana milkshake, sweetened with honey. The banana calms the stomach and, with the help of the honey, builds up depleted blood sugar levels, while the milk soothes and re-hydrates your system.

Heartburn: Bananas have a natural antacid effect in the body, so if you suffer from heartburn, try eating a banana for soothing relief.

Morning Sickness: Snacking on bananas between meals helps to keep blood sugar levels up and avoid morning sickness.


Mosquito bites: Before reaching for the insect bite cream, try rubbing the affected area with the inside of a banana skin. Many people find it amazingly successful at reducing swelling and irritation.

Nerves: Bananas are high in B vitamins that help calm the nervous system.

Overweight and at work? Studies at the Institute of Psychology in Austria found pressure at work leads to gorging on comfort food like chocolate and crisps. Looking at 5,000 hospital patients, researchers found the most obese were more likely to be in high-pressure jobs. The report concluded that, to avoid panic-induced food cravings, we need to control our blood sugar levels by snacking on high carbohydrate foods every two hours to keep levels steady.

Ulcers: The banana is used as the dietary food against intestinal disorders because of its soft texture and smoothness. It is the only raw fruit that can be eaten without distress in over-chronicler cases. It also neutralizes over-acidity and reduces irritation by coating the lining of the stomach.

Temperature control: Many other cultures see bananas as a "cooling" fruit that can lower both the physical and emotional temperature of expectant mothers. In Thailand , for example, pregnant women eat bananas to ensure their baby is born with a cool temperature.

Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD): Bananas can help SAD sufferers because they contain the natural mood enhancer tryptophan.

Smoking &Tobacco Use: Bananas can also help people trying to give up smoking. The B6, B12 they contain, as well as the potassium and magnesium found in them, help the body recover from the effects of nicotine withdrawal.

Stress: Potassium is a vital mineral, which helps normalize the heartbeat, sends oxygen to the brain and regulates your body's water balance. When we are stressed, our metabolic rate rises, thereby reducing our potassium levels. These can be rebalanced with the help of a high-potassium banana snack.

Strokes: According to research in The New England Journal of Medicine, eating bananas as part of a regular diet can cut the risk of death by strokes by as much as 40%!

Warts: Those keen on natural alternatives swear that if you want to kill off a wart, take a piece of banana skin and place it on the wart, with the yellow side out. Carefully hold the skin in place with a plaster or surgical tape!


So, a banana really is a natural remedy for many ills. When you compare it to an apple, it has four times the protein, twice the carbohydrate, three times the phosphorus, five times the vitamin A and iron, and twice the other vitamins and minerals. It is also rich in potassium and is one of the best value foods around So maybe its time to change that well-known phrase so that we say, "A banana a day keeps the doctor away!"

PS: Bananas must be the reason monkeys are so happy all the time! I will add one here; want a quick shine on our shoes?? Take the INSIDE of the banana skin, and rub directly on the shoe...polish with dry cloth. Amazing fruit !

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吹風機的妙用

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上星期日我大嫂的腰非常不舒服，甚至有點噁心，頭痛欲裂，甚至冒冷汗，因為我大嫂目前在我二姐介紹下，在看一家民俗醫療看診，本想前去看診，但當天休診，所以我二姐就打電話給醫生，並告知症狀，醫生就叫我二姐用吹風機吹我大嫂的整條脊椎。說也神奇，剛吹的時候我大嫂一點都不會覺得燙，大約吹了十幾分鐘才開始覺得燙，而此時也不冒冷汗，剛始冒汗了，頭痛也好多，後來讓我大嫂休息了半個小時後，我二姐再幫她吹一次，效果真是神奇，本來根本忘了跟大家分享，剛好看到附件中的剪報，才想起來。下次如果各位在沒有任何醫療資源下，或許可以試試這個土方法，當然能不用到是最好的啦！

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《黄帝内经》简介 - Video

NURSE'S HEART ATTACK EXPERIENCE

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I am an ER nurse and this is the best description of this event that I have ever heard. Please read, pay attention, and send it on!

Dear ER Nurse,
Is H.A. hereditary? T.Q.
From, ET.

FEMALE HEART ATTACKS

I was aware that female heart attacks are different, but this is the best description I've ever read.

Women and heart attacks (Myocardial infarction). Did you know that women rarely have the same dramatic symptoms that men have when experiencing heart attack ... you know, the sudden stabbing pain in the chest, the cold sweat, grabbing the chest & dropping to the floor that we see in the movies. Here is the story of one woman's experience with a heart attack.

'I had a heart attack at about 10 :30 PM with NO prior exertion, NO prior emotional trauma that one would suspect might've brought it on.

I was sitting all snugly & warm on a cold evening, with my purring cat in my lap, reading an interesting story my friend had sent me, and actually thinking, 'A-A-h, this is the life, all cozy and warm in my soft, cushy Lazy Boy with my feet propped up.

A moment later, I felt that awful sensation of indigestion, when you've been in a hurry and grabbed a bite of sandwich and washed it down with a dash of water, and that hurried bite seems to feel like you've swallowed a golf ball going down the esophagus in slow motion and it is most
uncomfortable. You realize you shouldn't have gulped it down so fast and needed to chew it more thoroughly and this time drink a glass of water to hasten its progress down to the stomach. This was my initial sensation---the only trouble was that I hadn't taken a bite of anything since about 5:00 p.m.

After it seemed to subside, the next sensation was like little squeezing motions that seemed to be racing up my SPINE (hind-sight, it was probably my aorta spasming), gaining speed as they continued racing up and under my sternum (breast bone, where one presses rhythmically when administering CPR).

This fascinating process continued on into my throat and branched out into both jaws. 'AHA!! NOW I stopped puzzling about what was happening -- we all have read and/or heard about pain in the jaws being one of the signals of an MI happening, haven't we? I said aloud to myself and the cat, Dear God, I think I'm having a heart attack!

I lowered the footrest dumping the cat from my lap, started to take a step and fell on the floor instead. I thought to myself, If this is a heart attack, I shouldn't be walking into the next room where the phone is or anywhere else ... but, on the other hand, if I don't, nobody will know that I need help, and if I wait any longer I may not be able to get up in moment...

I pulled myself up with the arms of the chair, walked slowly into the next room and dialed the Paramedics .. I told her I thought I was having a heart attack due to the pressure building under the sternum and radiating into my jaws. I didn't feel hysterical or afraid, just stating the facts. She said she was sending the Paramedics over immediately, asked if the front door was near to me, and if so, to unbolt the door and then lie down on the floor where they could see me when they came in.

I unlocked the door and then laid down on the floor as instructed and lost consciousness, as I don't remember the medics coming in, their examination, lifting me onto a gurney or getting me
into their ambulance, or hearing the call they made to St. Jude ER on the way, but I did briefly awaken when we arrived and saw that the Cardiologist was already there in his surgical blues and cap, helping the medics pull my stretcher out of the ambulance. He was bending over me asking questions (probably something like 'Have you taken any medications?') but I couldn't make my mind interpret what he was saying, or form an answer, and nodded off again, not waking up until the Cardiologist and partner had already threaded the teeny angiogram balloon up my femoral artery into the aorta and into my heart where they installed 2 side by side stents to hold open my right coronary artery.

'I know it sounds like all my thinking and actions at home must have taken at least 20-30 minutes before calling the Paramedics, but actually it took perhaps 4-5 minutes before the call, and both the fire station and St. Jude are only minutes away from my home, and my Cardiologist was already to go to the OR in his scrubs and get going on restarting my heart (which had stopped somewhere between my arrival and the procedure) and installing the stents.

'Why have I written all of this to you with so much detail? Because I want all of you who are so important in my life to know what I learned first hand.'

1. Be aware that something very different is happening in your body not the usual men's symptoms but inexplicable things happening (until my sternum and jaws got into the act). It is said that many more women than men die of their first (and last) MI because they didn't know they were having one and commonly mistake it as indigestion, take some Maalox or other anti-heartburn preparation and go to bed, hoping they'll feel better in the morning when they wake up .. which doesn't happen. My female friends, your symptoms might not be exactly like mine, so I advise you to call the Paramedics if ANYTHING is unpleasantly happening that you've not felt before. It is better to have a 'false alarm' visitation than to risk your life guessing what it might be!

2. Note that I said 'Call the Paramedics.' And if you can take an asprin. Ladies, TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE!

Do NOT try to drive yourself to the ER - you are a hazard to others on the road.

Do NOT have your panicked husband who will be speeding and looking anxiously at what's happening with you instead of the road.

Do NOT call your doctor -- he doesn't know where you live and if it's at night you won't reach him anyway, and if it's daytime, his assistants (or answering service) will tell you to call the Paramedics. He doesn't carry the equipment in his car that you need to be saved! The Paramedics do, principally OXYGEN that you need ASAP. Your Dr.will be notified later.

3. Don't assume it couldn't be a heart attack because you have a normal cholesterol count. Research has discovered that a cholesterol elevated reading is rarely the cause of an MI (unless it's unbelievably high and/or accompanied by high blood pressure). MIs are usually caused
by long-term stress and inflammation in the body, which dumps all sorts of deadly hormones
into your system to sludge things up in there. Pain in the jaw can wake you from a sound sleep. Let's be careful and be aware. The more we know, the better chance we could survive.

A cardiologist says if everyone who gets this mail sends it to 10 people, you can be sure that we'll save at least one life.

**Please be a true friend and send this article to all your friends (male & female) you care about!**

强大气血的捷径 - 打通胃经 （中里巴人）

（此文转载自求医不如求己 真心就是大智慧。谢谢。）

从治病到养生，仿佛是一个从温饱步入小康的过程。要治病，就要知道什么是病。“病”在中医里的含义是“心火”的意思，心里有火就生了病。而心火是从肝上来的，肝的不平之气就是心火的源头。所以，治病从调肝入手，才是治本之法。

养生是一个较高的层面，养生就是保养生命。而生命是身体和精神的统一体。因此，养生不但要养护身体，更要调适精神，也就是要修炼“精、气、神”。精气神正是养生的目标，也是养生的基本要素。而先天之本——肾脏的强壮，正是精气神充沛的源泉。简而言之，治病从调肝入手，养生以强肾为功。

肾为先天之本，是人体健康长寿的根基。很多人都知道肾脏功能的重要，想尽各种办法来补肾，以益寿延年、永葆青春。但是人们也发现，肾脏易衰而难补。于是，道家有打坐、意守丹田、还精补脑之法，中医有艾灸关元、肾俞、太溪之方，同时还有许多滋阴壮阳的药疗食补。这些方法使用得当，都会有不错的效果。只是一般人很难分清体质的寒热，把握不好养生方法的火候，所以通常不敢去尝试和坚持。那么，除此之外，有没有更简单安全的方法可以达到补肾强身的目的呢？

其实，所谓补肾，就是要增强肾的功能。简而言之，肾的功能有两个：一个是生殖的功能，一个是排毒的功能。其中，生殖的功能通常在40 岁以后就会渐渐减弱。但如果能将生殖的功能保持旺盛不衰，那么人就不容易衰老。如何保持这种精力呢？我们可以借助自身一条不易枯竭的经络——胃经来实现。

脾胃为人体的后天之本，后天的营养给人以气血持续地供应。我们每天都要吃饭，所以胃是人体最活跃的器官，也是人体气血最容易汇聚的地方。但气血总是随进随出，并没有真正地保存下来。如果您要想健壮，想长寿不衰，那就需要有足够的气血储备才能实现。

肾脏之所以为先天之本，是因为它能够调动激发出人体的原动力。其实，这种原动力就是生殖的力量。这种生殖力量，也是万物得以繁衍的动力。男性在青少年的时候，通常会有一种“精满自溢”的现象，这也是气血充足的表现。但是过了中年，尤其是在结婚生子以后，这种现象就会日益减少，渐渐地表现为精力不足。这时采用通常的健身方法，往往只是满足于维持身体不至于衰老过快，并不能让身体长久地保持活力。

其实，身体的潜能是无限的，就像大自然的神力，只是需要您去发现和挖掘。而保持肾精的充足，就是点燃天然神力大药库的火把。

肾精就像银行里的存款，生活在温饱水平的人都是随挣随花，没有多余的储备。而没有存款，日常生活也可以维持，只是无法进入小康。人的身体如果没有多余的能量储备，也可以活得很正常，只是不能达到强壮和长寿。如果只是活得长而不健康，也不是什么快乐的事情。所以想要强壮，就一定要培补肾精。肾精就是人体气血的储备。

《黄帝内经》中说，肾为“作强之官，伎巧出焉”。这就告诉人们，想要使身体强于常人，想要将体能转化为智慧，就要学会开发肾这个人体天然的能量库。道家有意守丹田，就是在积聚肾精，精足随后“还精补脑”，就是要把体能转化为智能。

但是积聚肾精谈何容易，因为肾精不是光靠集中意念于一点就可以生成的。而且，集中意念本身，很多人就无法做到。通常一打坐，就会杂念纷飞。这样何时才能补足肾精呢？

其实，我们可以循阶上梯，借假修真。那就是尽全力打通后天之本的胃经，来补足先天之本的“肾精”。《黄帝内经》中还有一句至关重要的话，也是在告诉我们这条胃经的重要性，那就是“痿症独取阳明”。阳明在这里正是指胃经。后人对“独取”多有歧义，有人认为应该泻胃火，有人认为应该补脾胃。实际上，只要打通胃经，补泻的事情身体自会处理得很完美，无须外力画蛇添足。那什么是“痿症”呢？就像花枯萎了一样，人的气血不足了，血液流不到它该流的地方，脏腑、肢体、肌肉、筋脉自然就萎缩了。所以，要想保持青春常驻，我们一定要在胃经上多费些工夫。

我以前写过一篇关于美容的文章，就是让女性朋友们每天敲打一下胃经，以保持气血对面部的供应。很多人对美容之道有误区，更认为胃经与己无关。其实，世上并没有单纯的美容方，美容的目的首先是要保持年轻，而要保持年轻必须身体健康，要身体健康自然气血要充足，要气血充足就非得让胃经通畅不可。


那如何让胃经通畅呢？知道了原理，方法完全可以自己创造，比如推按腹部胃经（尤其是腹直肌部分）、敲打大小腿上的胃经、在胃经路线上拔罐刮痧，以及练武术的基本动作——蹲档骑马式、跪膝后仰头着地等，都是打通胃经的方便之法。

当您不想只是凑合活着，还想追求精彩人生的话，别忘了还有一条捷径，那就是打通您的胃经。

Tips for Better Life from ISHA

(www.ishafoundation.org)

1. Take a 10-30 minutes walk every day. And while you walk, smile.
2. Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes each day.
3. Sleep for 7 hours.
4. Live with the 3 E's -- Energy, Enthusiasm, and Empathy.
5. Play more games.
6. Read more books than you did in 2007.
7. Make time to practice meditation, yoga, and prayer. They provide us with daily fuel for our busy lives.
8. Spend time with people over the age of 70 & under the age of 6.
9. Dream more while you are awake.
10. Eat more foods that grow on trees and plants and eat less food that is manufactured in plants.
11. Drink plenty of water.
12. Try to make at least three people smile each day.
13. Don't waste your precious energy on gossip.
14. Forget issues of the past. Don't remind your partner with his/her mistakes of the past. That will ruin your present happiness.
15. Don't have negative thoughts or things you cannot control. Instead invest your energy in the positive present moment.
16. Realize that life is a school and you are here to learn. Problems are simply part of the curriculum that appear and fade away like algebra class but the lessons you learn will last a lifetime.
17. Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a beggar.
18. Smile and laugh more.
19. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone. Don't hate others.
20. Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.
21. You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.
22. Make peace with your past so it won't spoil the present.
23. Don't compare your life to others'. You have no idea what their journey is all about. Don't compare your partner with others.
24. No one is in charge of your happiness except you.
25. Forgive everyone for everything.
26.. What other people think of you is none of your business.
27. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.
28. Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends will. Stay in touch.
29. Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful.
30. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.
31. The best is yet to come.
32. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.
33. Do the right thing!
34. Call your family often.
35. Your inner most is always happy. So be happy.
36. Each day give something good to others.
37. Don't over do. Keep your limits.

在網路上看到一則保健的觀念

图不醉人，人自醉[图]

(一）熱鹽水泡腳，趕走感冒

感冒首先在盆內裝些溫熱的水，把雙腳浸在水中，然後加入一些鹽，並且徐徐加入較熱的水、泡到泛紅並且流汗為止。搽乾雙腳後，穿上襪子溫暖，並且充分休息即可。只要感冒不是很嚴重，通常可以治癒。


(二）睡前用熱水泡腳，幫助入睡又可美容的祕方

每到天冷時，妳是否也有手腳冰冷很難入睡的情形呢？在此，對方提供一個既可助入睡又可美容的秘方，這個秘方是她姨媽去做腳底按摩的大師告訴她的，方法其實很簡單，那就是，每天睡前用熱水泡腳。

◆要特別注意的有兩點：

１.熱水的水溫要到妳能忍耐的極限，就是說越熱越好。

２.水位的高度是要到小腿的三分之二處才有效，換句話說，當妳泡腳後，要看到自己的腳好像穿了一雙淺紅色中統襪一樣，水溫才夠熱，大師的說法是，這種方法因為加速血液循環，所以不但讓人很好入睡，長期泡下來還具有美容的功效哦！

Appreciation

A blind boy sat on the steps of a building with a hat by his feet. He held up a sign which said: 'I am blind, please help.' There were only a few coins in the hat.

A man was walking by. He took a few coins from his pocket and dropped them into the hat. He then took the sign, turned it around, and wrote some words. He put the sign back so that everyone who walked by would see the new words.Soon the hat began to fill up. A lot more people were giving money to the blind boy. That afternoon the man who had changed the sign came to see how things were. The boy recognized his footsteps and asked, 'Were you the one who changed my sign this morning? What did you write?'The man said, 'I only wrote the truth. I said what you said but in a different way.'
What he had written was: 'Today is a beautiful day and I cannot see it.'
Do you think the first sign and the second sign were saying the same thing?

Of course both signs told people the boy was blind. But the first sign simply said the boy was blind. The second sign told people they were so lucky that they were not blind. Should we be surprised that the second sign was more effective?

Moral of the Story: Be thankful for what you have. Be creative. Be innovative. Think differently and positively.

Invite others towards good with wisdom. Live life with no excuse and love with no regrets. When life gives you a 100 reasons to cry, show life that you have 1000 reasons to smile. Face your past without regret. Handle your present with confidence. Prepare for the future without fear. Keep the faith and drop the fear.


Great men say, 'Life has to be an incessant process of repair and reconstruction, of discarding evil and developing goodness... In the journey of life, if you want to travel without fear, you must have the ticket of a good conscience.'

The most beautiful thing is to see a person smiling...
And even more beautiful is, knowing that you are the reason behind it!!!

The Best Way to Cheer Yourself is to Cheer Somebody Else. Keep Smiling!

黑糖水減輕過敏

北京城市风光－北海公园

逛百貨公司或大賣場時，常常看到有賣黑糖的攤位，黑糖只要好好運用，國產進口一樣好。

黑糖有排毒功能，家中要是有人食物過敏或海鮮過敏，馬上用黑糖加溫水喝一杯，過敏的現象將立即改善，紅腫會慢慢消退。

早晨起床時，發覺有點發燒，今天的班又不能請假，這時可泡一碗溫黑糖水喝下，上班後不適感將消除，對忙碌的上班族幫助頗大。

女性經期時手痛腰痠，用黑糖加幾片山楂一起煮，喝完後瘀血會順利排出，人自然就輕鬆舒適。

掌握人體生殺大權的是氣血作者：馬悅淩

图不醉人，人自醉[图]

（此文转载自中醫世界，谢谢。）

補足氣血，讓每個臟器都吃得飽飽的

一說起氣血，一般人都覺得是很玄的東西。中醫認為，一個人健康的標準就是氣血充足。人體的臟器就如同人一樣，吃得飽了，幹起活來才有勁。而血就是臟器的「飯」。

當體內的各種臟器每天都能吃上滿滿一大碗乾飯時，幹勁就十足，工作就幹得好。而當人體的總血量不夠，也就是給臟器減了飯量，雖然它們都還在運轉，但因為沒吃飽，就容易疲勞、無力、抵抗力下降，就出現了人們常說的「亞健康」狀態。時間一長，各臟器由於供血不足，各種疾病都會惹上身來。

心臟沒吃飽〈供皿小足〉就會心慌、氣短、胸悶，這時，特別想休息，就出現了間歇，心跳的次數就會越來越慢，心就開始痛。這是在提醒你，它餓了、累了，你沒管它，或者只是給它吃了一些擴血管的藥物，可根本原因並沒有改善。當缺血症狀進一步加重，血管不能充盈，就會造成閉塞、心梗，最後危及生命。

大腦沒吃飽，輕者頭暈、記憶力下降，重者因遠端末梢的血管得不到充足的血液而乾癟、閉塞，繼而出現腦缺血、腦梗塞，時間一長，腦子開始變「瘦」，腦萎縮、老年癡呆症也開始發生。

肝臟吃不飽，這個「人體化工廠」的工作量就開始萎縮，以前吃一斤肉，它都能轉化成人體所需要的能量，而這時沒勁幹了，一斤的肉，它只能轉化7兩，餘下3兩只好以脂肪的形式棄置在肝臟裡，形成脂肪肝；或者堆積在血管裡形成高血脂。

腎臟也是一樣，沒吃飽，它擔負的排毒工作就不能保質保量地完成，如此，身體內的各種毒肯定就不能反時排到體外，就容易引起尿酸、尿素過高。

胰腺也是一樣，吃飽了就能奉獻給人體充足的胰島素，沒吃飽時，糖不能被正常代謝，多餘的糖就存留在血管裡，血糖自然增高了。

所以，血的重要性是我的食療理論中的核心內容，只要食物營養豐富、搭配合理就能保證人體內血的品質和濃度；保證了胃腸的消化吸收能力就能讓人血量充足。要記住，食療的重要性是貫穿人一生的，也是要落實在每天的每一頓飯上面的。

　
溫度決定生死

氣是什麼？「血為氣之母，氣為血之帥」，這是用來形容氣血關係的最常用的一句話。

中醫學對氣的解釋是這樣的：氣是由先天之精華、水穀之精氣和吸入的自然界的清氣所組成。氣具有很強的活力，不停地運動著，中醫學以氣的運動來解釋生命活動。氣的主要功能是：推動、溫煦、防禦、固攝和氣化，即具有推動血液、津液的生成與運行，推動臟腑組織的各種生理活動的作用。人體的氣，又分為元氣、宗氣、營氣、衛氣以及臟腑之氣。元氣，又稱「原氣」，是先天之精華所化生，並受後天水穀精氣的補充，是人體生命活動的原動力。宗氣以自然界吸入的清氣和水穀精氣結合而成，貫注於心肺之脈，與呼吸及循環密切相關。營氣是血液的重要組成部分，由水穀精氣所化生，運行於脈中。衛氣，有保衛的意思，由水穀精氣所化生，活力特別強，流動迅速，運行於皮膚、肌肉、全身內外上下，能護衛肌表，溫養臟腑，並調節汗孔開合和汗液的排泄，維持體溫恒定。

一天看電視，有一個節目是介紹太陽系裡各大行星的，裡面說：人類生存的地球離太陽的距離不遠不近，有著常年平均17℃的溫度，給萬物生長提供了最好的生長條件。而離太陽近的水星、金星，因為溫度高達400℃以上，水都蒸發了，離太陽較遠的木星、土星等，因溫度在零下100℃，全都是冰。彗星也是由一大團冰凍的氣體夾雜冰粒和塵埃物質組成，土星雖有著美麗的光環，也是由冰塊和砂礫組成。而這些星球上都沒有什麼動植物生長。

看到這兒，我茅塞頓開，原來地球上的氣溫是萬物生長的必需條件。溫度使地球上的冰塊融化成充滿活力、滋養著萬物的水；又使水變成了蒸氣，使空氣更加清新、滋潤，孕育著生命。

水在我們人體的表現形式就是血液，它滋養著我們全身，當溫度降低時，血液流速減慢，就出現滯澀、瘀堵，當溫度進一步降低，血液就會凝固，人就面臨死亡。

使血液能流動起來的動力是溫度，它使血液在我們全身循環不息，維持著各臟器的生理活動，讓生命獲得保障。

當想明白了溫度的重要性，當悟出了溫度可以決定人的氣血盛衰的時候，我對生命就有了更全面的認識。

而這時再去看中醫對氣的解釋，就發現溫度的作用與中醫所說的「氣」非常相似，中醫所說的氣是由先天之精氣、水穀之精氣和吸入的自然界清氣所組成，而其中的先天之精氣、水穀之精氣都能用溫度輕易地解釋。

先天之精氣其實代表的是先天之本的「腎」。腎為一身之陽，就像人體內的一團火，溫煦、照耀著全身。孩子之所以被稱做「純陽之體」，就是因為腎氣足，腎氣足就說明火力旺，代謝旺盛，總是處於生長、發育的狀態，而老人腎氣衰了，體溫就偏低，火力不足，循環代謝也就減慢了，身體逐漸衰弱。正如《黃帝內經》所說，「陽氣者，若天與日，失其所，則折壽而不彰」，意思是說：「陽氣就好像天上的太陽一樣，給大自然以光明和溫暖，如果失去了它，萬物便不得生存。人體若沒有陽氣，體內就失去了新陳代謝的活力，一片黑暗，這樣，生命就要停止。」

對於腎臟，中醫裡永遠只存在著補，從沒有瀉的說法。不能給腎臟撤火，更不能滅火，只有通過不斷地、適度地添加燃料，才能讓腎火燒得長久而旺盛。

腎就是人的根，就如大樹的樹根一樣，只有從根上施肥、鬆土才能生長旺盛，只要樹根能不斷吸收營養，才能牢牢地紮在大地更深、更遠。就是大樹給吹斷了，只要有根在，還會發新枝、長新葉。人也是一樣，只要保住腎，也就是保住人的根，人就永遠健康，永遠充滿活力。

而給人的根不斷補充營養的、添加燃料的，讓t腎火不滅的就是被稱為「後天之本」的脾胃，是脾胃把食物化成了充足的血液，這就是我理解的「血為氣之母，氣為血之帥」。

補氣就是補腎、暖腎、保暖、去寒，氣血充足就是身體內血液的量足、質優、腎氣足、基礎體溫偏高、各臟器功能正常、代謝旺盛、血脈暢通；氣血兩虧就是身體內血液的量少、質劣、腎氣虛、基礎體溫低、各臟器功能低下、代謝緩慢、血脈運行不暢。

所以，補氣的目的就是讓身體保持適宜的溫度，再加上宗氣，也就是人在大自然中吸入的新鮮空氣。這樣人才能鮮活地立於天地之間。

Great Philosophy

Flower by xbilibalax

(We received this interesting article via an e-mail.)

A long time ago, there was an Emperor who told his horseman that if he could ride on his horse and cover as much land area as he likes, then the Emperor would give him the area of land he has covered.

Sure enough, the horseman quickly jumped onto his horse and rode as fast as possible to cover as much land area as he could. He kept on riding and riding, whipping the horse to go as fast as possible. When he was hungry or tired, he did not stop because he wanted to cover as much area as possible.

Came to a point when he had covered a substantial area and he was exhausted and was dying. Then he asked himself, "Why did I push myself so hard to cover so much land area? Now I am dying and I only need a very small area to bury myself."

The above story is similar with the journey of our Life. We push very hard everyday to make more money, to gain power and recognition. We neglect our health , time with our family and to appreciate the surrounding beauty and the hobbies we love.

One day when we look back, we will realize that we don't really need that much, but then we cannot turn back time for what we have missed.

Life is not about making money, acquiring power or recognition. Life is definitely not about work! Work is only necessary to keep us living so as to enjoy the beauty and pleasures of life. Life is a balance of Work and Play, Family and Personal time. You have to decide how you want to balance your Life. Define your priorities, realize what you are able to compromise but always let some of your decisions be based on your instincts. Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of Life, the whole aim of human existence.

So, take it easy, do what you want to do and appreciate nature. Life is fragile, Life is short. Do not take Life for granted. Live a balanced lifestyle and enjoy Life!

Watch your thoughts ; they become words.

Watch your words ; they become actions.

Watch your actions ; they become habits.

Watch your habits; they become character .

Watch your character; it becomes your destiny .

婚姻也會中風

图不醉人，人自醉[图]

這篇文章，覺得很不錯，贴給大家分享，發人深省哦

一男子患了中風，左邊的身子不能動了，心裡十分痛苦。

親友們去安慰他。他說，我不害怕我的病治不好，我擔心我的妻子留不住。沒過多久，他的妻子果然離開了他。親友們罵那位女人薄情。男子說，不要責備她，是我不好。

接著，他懺悔道：她做飯忙不過來的時候，我坐在電視前無動於衷。她生病需要去醫院的時候，我以工作忙讓她一人前往。她買了件衣服，滿心歡喜地問我怎麼樣時，我的眼睛甚至都不瞟上一瞟；她需要我陪伴的時候，我為了贏得上司的青睞，在辦公室陪他們打撲克直至深夜；她生日到來的時候，如果沒有她的提醒，我總是到第二天才猛然想起。

我們的婚姻早就因為我的這些行為而中風，只是我原來沒有感覺到。

現在我左邊的身子不能動了，我一下子感覺到了。

後來，有人把這些話說給了男人的妻子，男人的妻子非常感動。說，既然他這麼說，我也就回去吧。

在女人的精心照料下，男人漸漸康復。

有一次，他們一起在黃昏中散步，女人問，怎麼會想起婚姻也會中風這樣的事來？

男人說，當我的右手因蚊子叮咬而奇癢的時候，我的左手一點反應都沒有，假若我沒有中風，會出現這樣的情況嗎？

過去，你那麼辛苦，而我卻一點都不去分擔，我想，這就是婚姻中風了。

現在，他們已成為一對恩愛夫妻，因為通過那場病，男人發現了一套新的婚姻理論：

夫妻應該像左右手一樣。

左手提東西累了，不用開口，右手就會接過來；右手受了傷，也不用著呼喊和請求，左手就會伸過去。

假如一個人的左手很癢，右手卻伸不過來，這個人的身體一定是中風了，或是癱瘓了。

婚姻愛情的身軀，假若一方不能主動地去關懷對方，久而久之，隨著不良狀況的加劇， 也會中風癱瘓。

George Carlin - Paradox

(We received this article via an e-mail from a fellow Kepong CSCQ practitioner.)

This is a master piece.. If you have not read it take the time to read it now. If you have read it take time to read it again!

GEORGE CARLIN (He recently died)

Isn't it amazing that George Carlin - comedian of the 70's and 80's - could write something so very eloquent...and so very appropriate..

A Message by George Carlin:

The paradox of our time in history is that we have taller buildings but shorter tempers, wider Freeways , but narrower viewpoints. We spend more, but have less, we buy more, but enjoy less. We have bigger houses and smaller families, more conveniences, but less time. We have more degrees but less sense, more knowledge, but less judgment, more experts, yet more problems, more medicine, but less wellness.

We drink too much, smoke too much, spend too recklessly, laugh too little, drive too fast, get too angry, stay up too late, get up too tired, read too little, watch TV too much, and pray too seldom.

We have multiplied our possessions, but reduced our values. We talk too much, love too seldom, and hate too often.

We've learned how to make a living, but not a life. We've added years to life not life to years. We've been all the way to the moon and back, but have trouble crossing the street to meet a new neighbor. We conquered outer space but not inner space. We've done larger things, but not better things.

We've cleaned up the air, but polluted the soul. We've conquered the atom, but not our prejudice. We write more, but learn less. We plan more, but accomplish less. We've learned to rush, but not to wait. We build more computers to hold more information, to produce more copies than ever, but we communicate less and less.

These are the times of fast foods and slow digestion, big men and small character, steep profits and shallow relationships. These are the days of two incomes but more divorce, fancier houses, but broken homes. These are days of quick trips, disposable diapers, throwaway morality, one night stands, overweight bodies, and pills that do everything from cheer, to quiet, to kill. It is a time when there is much in the showroom window and nothing in the stockroom. A time when technology can bring this letter to you, and a time when you can choose either to share this insight, or to just hit delete...

Remember! Spend some time with your loved ones, because they are not going to be around forever.

Remember, say a kind word to someone who looks up to you in awe, because that little person soon will grow up and leave your side...

Remember, to give a warm hug to the one next to you, because that is the only treasure you can give with your heart and it doesn't cost a cent...

Remember, to say, 'I love you' to your partner and your loved ones, but most of all mean it. A kiss and an embrace will mend hurt when it comes from deep inside of you.

Remember to hold hands and cherish the moment for someday that person will not be there again.

Give time to love, give time to speak! And give time to share the precious thoughts in your mind.

AND ALWAYS REMEMBER:

Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.

George Carlin