How to stay safe this Spring
1. Avoid riding in automobiles – they are responsible for 20% of all fatal accidents.
2. Do not stay home – 17% of all accidents occur in the home.
3. Avoid walking on streets or pavements – 14% of all accidents occur to pedestrians.
4. Avoid traveling by air, rail, or water – 16% of all accidents involve these forms of transportation.
5. Of the remaining 33%, 32% of all deaths occur in Hospitals. So, … above all else, avoid hospitals.
BUT ,
…. You will be pleased to learn that only .001% of all deaths occur in worship services in church, and these are usually related to previous physical disorders. Therefore, logic tells us that the safest place for you to be at any given point in time is at church!
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I’ve learned that even when I have pains, I don’t have to be one.
I’m worried that my inferiority complex is not as good as yours.
Brain cells come and brain cells go, but fat cells live forever.
It’s frustrating when you know all the answers, but nobody bothers to ask you the questions.
Why a cluttered desk could mess up your whole life
Never mind hard work and perseverance: have you tidied your desk lately? A clear desk will help free your internal world, and make you more successful. So says an expert, who warns that “clutter in your outer environment is the physical manifestation of all the clutter that is going on inside of you. Clearing clutter has a ripple effect across your entire life, including your work. “
Jayne Morris is the resident life coach for NHS online, and she goes on to warn that “the things you are holding on to that you don’t really like, don’t ever use, and don’t need any more…. things that no longer fit or serve you, drain your energy.” Scans have confirmed that victims of hoarding disorder have abnormal activity in regions of the brain involved in decision making. A survey has shown that more than a million people in the UK are compulsive about keeping their possessions. But Ecclesiastes observes: “There is a time to keep, and a time to cast away…” (Ecc 3:6)
A joyful noise
No matter what a racket they may make at first, do encourage your youngster to take up a musical instrument. It seems that learning to play something musical before the age of eight can boost their brainpower later in life. For taking music classes when they are young speeds the development of children’s motor skills, the part of the brain which plans and carries out movement. (Though sadly, it does not guarantee they will ever become musicians!)
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