不要把一生賣給公司，留給家人的卻是破銅爛鐵

很有意思的一句話！形容的很貼切不是嗎，在台灣大家都只忙著工作賺錢，忘了工作原先的旨意；反觀國外，大家努力工作也努力享受工作帶來的成就感及所提供的生活品質。

程天縱──出身惠普（HP），在他離開時，惠普(HP)員工送給─程天縱（德儀Texas Instrument亞洲區總裁）之口訣：以健康為中心，瀟灑一點，糊塗一點，功勞是老闆的，錢財是子女的，官爵是一時的，只有身體是自己的，「不要把一生心血精華賣給公司，留給家人的卻是破銅爛鐵」。

維豐在新竹科學園區上班，每天不管工作到幾點，他一定開車回台北的家，每個人聽了都好羨慕他們夫妻如此恩愛。季擇聽了這種事，頗不以為然，說他每天雖然應酬到很晚，一定回家睡覺，他也是先生，怎麼沒人讚美他？

鼓勵做老公做爸爸的男人回家，是一樁推行很久的運動，有些男人就把「回家」當作指標，但他卻忘了，他的心有沒有一起跟著回家。

曾經在美國住過一陣子，他們的社區裡，每到下班時間，就看到一家家的先生開車回來後可沒閒著，衣服一脫換上工作服，不是除草修自行車，就是遛狗整理庭院。夜幕低垂，全家一起看電視，很早就上床睡覺，很少人會去喝酒應酬。週末假日，不是在院子裡除草、烤肉，或在車庫辦個小型舊物拍賣，就是全家出門旅行。他們回家，是把心和身和愛，都一起放在家裡。

反觀我們這兒，賣命加班、努力應酬、拚命喝酒、用勁唱歌，把實驗室當家、把PUB當家、把朋友家當家，你的家只是摸黑回去了，管他是沙發是地板是浴室，倒頭就睡。醒來迷迷糊糊的，梳洗一番又去上班了，沒跟太太說上一句話，沒跟孩子打過一個照面，搞不好跑錯人家，你都不知道。

做爸的如此，兒女上行下效也如此，做媽的心想，你們都不回來，我也出去吧！「家」就變成了一個空殼子。


不論你家誰是一家之主，不妨率先示範：

※每週最多一晚去應酬。不管是談生意，跟朋友聊天，或是跟主管籠絡感情，

一週最少一次，其餘時間應該留給伴侶談話，和孩子聊天，跟家人建立感情。

※即使晚歸，也要清醒。醉酒開車要重罰，真是一大福音，至少大家都不敢在夜裡喝了，

最好是連計程車也拒載酒醉之人說不定能挽救不少形同陌路的婚姻。因為沒喝酒，

回到家，至少還能清醒的跟家人說說話。

※回家以後，不以自己會賺錢自誇，照樣樂在家事中。 家事是全家人的事，

在外奔波雖然很辛苦，但是在家忙碌，也不輕省。互相體貼，

付出愛心，隨手做家事。

※不要把一生心血精華賣給公司，留給家人的卻是破銅爛鐵。為公司賣命，

贏得高薪與高職，確實很有成就感。但隨著你的退休被淘汰，這些都成過眼雲煙。

然而，你給家人的愛，卻是一輩子不會變質，他們會回報你以更多的愛。

Be home with your heart.

fighting osteoporosis the simple, natural way using egg shells and lemon juice

Take two aunts of a friend of mine...

After living through decades of monthly cramps, 5 childbirths between them, then decades of childrearing followed by the menopause, both ladies were diagnosed with osteoporosis - a condition where the bones become weak and easily broken.

Both women were given drugs to deal with it...
but only one of them had any success.

And you won't believe the reason why...

But only one of my friend's aunts took their drugs.
The other just ditched hers in the bin!

When the 'cured' aunt started looking for natural alternatives to treat her osteoporosis, she came across an amazing study.

Back in 2002, Dutch researchers took a group of post-menopausal women and gave half of them a calcium carbonate supplement and the other half calcium from eggshells.

After a year, the bone density in the women taking the calcium carbonate had gone right down.

But the bone density for the women taking the eggshell calcium had significantly increased.

Interesting, isn't it?

A lot of supplement companies make good money out of perpetuating the belief that if you take a calcium supplement your bone density will increase.

But that's not how it works, as the dutch study shows. Your body needs more than just calcium for healthy bones. B vitamins, vitamin C and D, phosphorus, magnesium and are all known to be essential.

And that's why eggshell calcium works so well.

Eggshells are made up of calcium and 26 other elements. In fact, they're very similar in content to your bones and teeth.

Don't worry, I'm not suggesting you sit down for breakfast, eat your dippy egg and then crunch your way through the remaining shell. There is an easy, more palatable way to extract all those nutrients.

How to make your own super calcium supplement

- Wash some empty eggshells in warm water and let them dry

- Break them into small pieces and grind them to into a fine powder. Coffee grinders work best but a blender or even a pestle and mortar will do. Store the powder in an airtight jar.

- Mix 1/2 teaspoon of powdered eggshell with the juice of half a freshly squeezed lemon. (Yes, lemon again! Have you bought YOUR tree yet? Lemon Trees) The solution will start to bubble and foam.

- Leave at room temperature for 6-12 hours and that's it! It's ready to take.

Half a teaspoon of eggshell gives you about 400mgs or calcium citrate, which is the recommended amount you should take each day.

Ever since my friend's aunt started taking eggshell calcium, she's been regaining bone density. All her sisters take it now.

If you've been diagnosed with osteoporosis, why not give it a go?

And while we're on the subject, here are a few more natural, proven ways to help prevent osteoporosis:

- Up your intake of essential fatty acids.
Fish oil containing EPA and GLA has been shown to protect against osteoporosis. There are plenty of fish oil supplements in the shops these days - and there's always cod liver oil. Or just make sure you enjoy some salmon, mackerel, sardines or other oily fish three times a week.

- Exercise your way to healthier bones
More than 100 studies show that regular exercise such as brisk walking, running, aerobics, tennis and badminton strengthen your bones and lower your risk of getting a fracture.

- Enjoy the sunshine.
Vitamin D increases the amount of calcium and magnesium your body absorbs from food. Better still, it makes sure more calcium enters the bones and stays there. Your body produces it when your skin comes into contact with sunlight. So just make sure you get outside for at least 20 mins a day.

- Eat a varied, wholefood diet.
It goes without saying, right? But since calcium is best absorbed with all the other trace elements we've been talking about, it makes sense to eat it in its natural form. Almonds and broccoli give you plenty of calcium along with magnesium, phosphorous, B vitamins and iron - all essential for healthy bones.

- Don't cook with aluminium.
Studies have shown that aluminium can inhibit the parathyroid gland which can then lead to osteoporosis. So instead of using foil to cook in the oven, use baking paper. To store food, use a glass container. Avoid plastic containers, especially soft, flimsy ones. They're full of phthalates which have been linked to cancer. But that's a whole other story...

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

膝盖是治病养生的关键部位中里巴人

可以从膝盖发现病也可以从膝盖去治病。还可从膝盖来养生。膝盖无论从探病、治病和养生来讲都非常的迅捷。从膝盖发现的病，不光是膝盖本身的病，而是脏腑和骨骼的病，所以膝盖就象是疾病这团乱麻的线头一样。膝盖为筋之府，如果把骨骼比作钢桥那么筋就是钢桥的铁索，如果把脏腑比作房子，那么筋就是脏腑的檩梁。脏腑有病，筋必有病，骨骼有病，筋必有病。也可以反着推断，筋有病，脏腑必病，筋有病，骨骼必病。但脏腑难治，骨骼难治，而筋好治。只要把拘挛的筋抻开，筋一伸展，筋就正常了，病也就消了，若把筋再拉长，再刺激它坚韧，那么脏腑和骨骼就可以常保健康，身体自然也就更加强壮了。

说好治，是相对于不知病因，徒治病症，头痛医头而言。但也并不见得就能立竿见影。即便是捷径，也得努力去走，要有些信心，耐心，恒心才行，没有一蹴而就的美事。

把筋抻开，也不是马上就可以做到的。这个筋一直通到肚子里面。你拉它，就好象在拉扯你的肚子，开始的时候，肚子没有感觉，因为膝盖上攒着一大堆萎缩的废筋。这是些干枯少血硬化的筋，它让你本来舒展的大腿活动受限。但你因为日常的生活，不需要把腿抬得那么高，也就没有察觉，直到上下楼走路都有些不便的时候才引起你的注意。

然后不但你的膝盖已经受损，还会发现腰也不再灵活，腿上也布满了静脉曲张，实际上这一切只不过是筋拘挛了，或者更通俗的说，攒在一起了。我们要把它重新拉开。

有人说，那些体操运动员、舞蹈演员的筋是不是早就很舒展了，应该说身体会是非常健康吧，可是很多人也都有病，有的还是一身的伤病，这又怎么解释呢？其实经络通了筋才是真正的通畅，要记住经络是内连脏腑，外通四肢百骸，所以经络是一整条，不能分区割裂开的，然而很多人从下肢锻炼筋的时候，并没有把筋整体的去锻炼，很多人为了急功近利，生生的把局部的筋给拉长了，而实际上并没有很好的和脏腑相连，所以脏腑和四肢之间的筋是断开的。这样即使筋在腿的部分被拉开，实际上，脏腑的部分还是蜷缩在一起的，还是拘挛的。这时如果用重新打通经络的方法，会出现这样一个现象：那些早年就能抻开的筋，现在居然又缩回去了，腿反而变得僵硬了。很多人在这个时候，会认为是自己练坏了，出现了新问题，实际上是对早年损伤的筋和经络一个重新的修复，把经络和筋放在一起来说，好象会让人产生筋就是经络的误解。其实此二者是截然不同的。筋、骨、皮肉、血管，就象是电脑里的硬件，而经络是控制这些硬件的软件。控制硬件的软件http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif出了问题，那么硬件肯定是会受到影响，那么谁先谁后出现问题呢？实际上此二者是同时出现问题。但有问题，并不见得我们会察觉它。身体的耐受力是很大的。

但是打通经络从筋上入手真是方便法门。容易炼也容易体会到成就感。当你在成年的时候通过循序渐进，而让自己变成了一个瑜伽高手的时候，你真是会感受到人的强大潜能。而这一切，都可以从抻开膝盖的筋做起，找对了路，一生都是柳暗花明，如有神助。

此文转载自 求医不如求己 真心就是大智慧

Rub Your Stomach Away in 2 Minutes a Day?

By Enjoy A Great Life

Did You Know…

… that you can rub your stomach away effortlessly using nothing but your hand — for only 2 minutes a day?

After spending a lovely long weekend at Center Parcs, it was fascinating to observe just how many people seemed to be battling the bulge - especially that bulge around the middle!

I love this simple idea of “rubbing your stomach away in 2 minutes a day” – a good habit to add to your daily routine don’t you think?

This may sound hard to believe, but Dr. Stephen Chang, an M.D. and Ph.D. who’s trained in both Western and Chinese medicine, states that this simple 2-minute internal exercise, which does not come from Western medicine, but rather from the wisdom of ancient Chinese sages — has been used successfully as a self-healing mechanism for over 6,000 years.

Whatever you do, don’t confuse this internal exercise with the external exercises of the Western world, such as sit-ups, crunches and other movements that only firm up the underlying stomach muscles … but do nothing to melt the fat surrounding those muscles.

According to Dr. Chang, losing weight is a simple matter of increasing the efficiency of the digestive system. If you’ve ever wondered why you fail to shed pounds even when you reduce your food and/or caloric intake — the reason is because your digestive and eliminatory systems are not functioning efficiently.

The following 2-minute exercise works like a gentle colonic irrigation that helps speed up a sluggish digestive system (which usually carries at least 5 pounds of fecal matter within it), and this elimination of useless sludge has the effect of burning off excess fat. The exercise effectively metabolizes the fatty tissues around the stomach and intestines, and flushes them out of your body through blood, sweat, urine, and feces.

Here’s how to do the stomach-rubbing exercise:

1) Lie flat on your back on your bed or on the floor. Take your top off or pull it up so that your abdominal area is bare.2) Rub your hands together vigorously for about 15 seconds, or until they feel hot. 3) Place one of your hands directly on your belly button and begin to rub in small circles around your belly button, and gradually make the circles larger (as shown in the diagram). Use fairly firm but comfortable pressure and rub at a slow, even pace, approximately 1 circle per second. 4) Concentrate on the heat building up in, around and throughout your stomach. 5) Do about 40 to 50 circles, or for an approximate duration of 2 minutes or more. Note: It is important to keep the abdominal area warm while doing the exercise, especially during winter months when even heated indoor air tends to be cool. For best results, do this routine twice a day for 2 minutes — first thing in the morning (before breakfast) and just before you go to bed. Most people see noticeable results within 1 week of consistent practice.

According to Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), the stomach is the center of energy. Massaging the stomach in the manner described above therefore accomplishes more than just melting away adipose tissue (fat). It also …

* stimulates the abdominal organs
* helps speed up slow digestion and remedies constipation
* increases blood circulation in the abdominal area
* helps heal indigestion, nausea, diarrhea, vomiting and the adverse
effects of overeating

Caution: The stomach massage should not be practiced immediately after a heavy meal. Neither is it advisable for women who are pregnant, or have inflammation of the uterus, bladder, ovaries and fallopian tubes; and individuals who have the following conditions: hypertension; stones in the gall bladder, kidneys or bladder

; general, femoral, inguinal and umbilical hernia; bleeding of the stomach, lungs or brain; or ulcers of the intestines and stomach.

Source: Enjoy a Great Life