"People often say that motivation doesn't last.
Well, neither does bathing -
that's why we recommended it daily."
Zig Ziglar
Thursday, December 30, 2010
Friday, December 10, 2010
Health benefits of kissing!
From BEST KISSES
The health benefits of kissing have been documented in medical studies offering amazing advantages for a long and healthy life.
1.Those who kiss their partner goodbye each morning live five years longer than those who don’t.
2.Kissing is great for self-esteem. It makes you feel appreciated and helps your state of mind.
3.Kissing burns calories, 2-3 calories a minute and can double your metabolic rate. Research claims that three passionate kisses a day (at least lasting 20 seconds each) will cause you to loose an entire extra pound! It's time to start that kissing diet!
4.Kissing is a known stress-reliever. Passionate kissing relieves tension, reduces negative energy and produces a sense of well being, lowering your cortisol ‘stress’ hormone.
5.Kissing uses 30 facial muscles and it helps keep the facial muscles tight, preventing baggy cheeks! The tension in the muscles caused by a passionate kiss helps smooth the skin and increases the circulation.
6.Kissing is good for the heart, as it creates an adrenaline which causes your heart to pump more blood around your body. Frequent kissing has scientifically been proven to stabilize cardiovascular activity, decrease blood pressure and cholesterol.
7.Those who kiss quite frequently are less likely to suffer from stomach, bladder and blood infections.
8.During a kiss, natural antibiotics are secreted in the saliva. Also, the saliva contains a type of anesthetic that helps relieve pain.
9.Kissing reduces anxiety and stops the 'noise' in your mind. It increases the levels of oxytocin, an extremely calming hormone that produces a feeling of peace.
10.The endorphins produced by kissing are 200 times more powerful than morphine.
The health benefits of kissing have been documented in medical studies offering amazing advantages for a long and healthy life.
1.Those who kiss their partner goodbye each morning live five years longer than those who don’t.
2.Kissing is great for self-esteem. It makes you feel appreciated and helps your state of mind.
3.Kissing burns calories, 2-3 calories a minute and can double your metabolic rate. Research claims that three passionate kisses a day (at least lasting 20 seconds each) will cause you to loose an entire extra pound! It's time to start that kissing diet!
4.Kissing is a known stress-reliever. Passionate kissing relieves tension, reduces negative energy and produces a sense of well being, lowering your cortisol ‘stress’ hormone.
5.Kissing uses 30 facial muscles and it helps keep the facial muscles tight, preventing baggy cheeks! The tension in the muscles caused by a passionate kiss helps smooth the skin and increases the circulation.
6.Kissing is good for the heart, as it creates an adrenaline which causes your heart to pump more blood around your body. Frequent kissing has scientifically been proven to stabilize cardiovascular activity, decrease blood pressure and cholesterol.
7.Those who kiss quite frequently are less likely to suffer from stomach, bladder and blood infections.
8.During a kiss, natural antibiotics are secreted in the saliva. Also, the saliva contains a type of anesthetic that helps relieve pain.
9.Kissing reduces anxiety and stops the 'noise' in your mind. It increases the levels of oxytocin, an extremely calming hormone that produces a feeling of peace.
10.The endorphins produced by kissing are 200 times more powerful than morphine.
Friday, November 26, 2010
il dolce far niente
the sweetness of doing nothing
vivere una vita piena --to live a full life
lasciarsi vivere -- to let oneself live, to take things as they come
sapere vivere -- to know how to live, to know how to get along with people
Il tempo non aspetta nessuno. Raccogli ogni momento che ti rimane, perché ha un grande valore.
Time waits for no one. Grasp every minute that remains because it has great value.
vivere una vita piena --to live a full life
lasciarsi vivere -- to let oneself live, to take things as they come
sapere vivere -- to know how to live, to know how to get along with people
Il tempo non aspetta nessuno. Raccogli ogni momento che ti rimane, perché ha un grande valore.
Time waits for no one. Grasp every minute that remains because it has great value.
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
trust your heart if the seas catch fire
dive for dreams
or a slogan may topple you
(trees are their roots
and wind is wind)
trust your heart
if the seas catch fire
(and live by love
though the stars walk backward)
honour the past
but welcome the future
(and dance your death
away at the wedding)
never mind a world
with its villains or heroes
(for good likes girls
and tomorrow and the earth)
in spite of everything
which breathes and moves, since Doom
(with white longest hands
neating each crease)
will smooth entirely our minds
-before leaving my room
i turn, and (stooping
through the morning) kiss
this pillow, dear
where our heads lived and were
e.e.cummings
or a slogan may topple you
(trees are their roots
and wind is wind)
trust your heart
if the seas catch fire
(and live by love
though the stars walk backward)
honour the past
but welcome the future
(and dance your death
away at the wedding)
never mind a world
with its villains or heroes
(for good likes girls
and tomorrow and the earth)
in spite of everything
which breathes and moves, since Doom
(with white longest hands
neating each crease)
will smooth entirely our minds
-before leaving my room
i turn, and (stooping
through the morning) kiss
this pillow, dear
where our heads lived and were
e.e.cummings
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
Love from Dr. Seuss
“You know you’re in love when you can’t fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.”
~ Dr Seuss (1904-1991), American writer & cartoonist [Theodor Seuss Geiseler],
As quoted in "Somewhere in the Middle of Love" (2007) by Lisa A. Lipscomb, p. 31
~ Dr Seuss (1904-1991), American writer & cartoonist [Theodor Seuss Geiseler],
As quoted in "Somewhere in the Middle of Love" (2007) by Lisa A. Lipscomb, p. 31
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Gazing into an abyss.
"And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you."
"Und wenn du lange in einen Abgrund blickst, blickt der Abgrund auch in dich hinein."
Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche, German philosopher (1844 - 1900)
Section 146 of Nietzsche's "Beyond Good and Evil," in the section entitled "Epigrams and Interludes".
The second half of the quote is an extension of the first, warning that when you seek to understand the "abyss," or the darker elements of life or truth, the abyss enters you as well.
The lover of knowledge cannot remain merely an observer. In observing the abyss, or "dangerous truths," you cannot avoid the consequences of this newfound knowledge.
"Und wenn du lange in einen Abgrund blickst, blickt der Abgrund auch in dich hinein."
Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche, German philosopher (1844 - 1900)
Section 146 of Nietzsche's "Beyond Good and Evil," in the section entitled "Epigrams and Interludes".
The second half of the quote is an extension of the first, warning that when you seek to understand the "abyss," or the darker elements of life or truth, the abyss enters you as well.
The lover of knowledge cannot remain merely an observer. In observing the abyss, or "dangerous truths," you cannot avoid the consequences of this newfound knowledge.
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