Category Food and health

FMM 6 6 16 Be Still my Monkey Mind

“The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper.” ~ W. B. Yeats  What do you tell yourself that is making you sick?  Have you ever observed the power of suggestion?  Our minds are programed to respond to the information it receives, whether the information is factual or based […]

FMM 5 9 14 A Woman’s Touch

“If the first woman God ever made was strong enough to turn the world upside down all alone, these women together ought to be able to turn it back , and get it right side up again! And now they is asking to do it, the men better let them.” ~Sojourner Truth   This week […]

FMM 3 21 14 Driving me crazy!

“Because even the smallest of words can be the ones to hurt you, or save you.” ~ Natsuki Takaya.   The human being has an amazing capacity for adapting to change.  It takes many different skills to drive in different countries.  In the US one of the biggest challenges for those who immigrate is the art […]

FMM 3 14 14 Connecting the Dots

“Don’t believe anything you read on the net. Except this. Well, including this, I suppose.” ~ Douglas Adams   It has been twenty five years since we were introduced to the World Wide Web.  Most of us were already using computers in our workplace; big clunky things with key boards that clicked, green cursors winking at […]

FMM 2 21 14 Expand your mind

“If you put yourself in a position where you have to stretch outside your comfort zone, then you are forced to expand your consciousness”~ Les Brown. I have endless admiration for those who rise above their circumstances.  I often sit and wonder if I could be as brave, as strong, as enduring, as those who […]

FMM 1 31 14 Core Training

“Strength does not come from physical capacity.  It comes from an indomitable will.” ~ Mahatma Gandhi.   The first time I set foot in a gym, I was struck by one thing: all of this effort and sweat with no product.  I thought of how it would appear to the hardworking farmers and laborers of developing […]

FMM 12 20 13 That old time feeling

“My idea of Christmas, whether old-fashioned or modern, is very simple: loving others.  Come to think of it, why do we have to wait for Christmas to do that?” ~Bob Hope   Time is flying.  We seem to notice this in December more than any other month, as Christmas is upon us (already?) and the year […]

FMM 11 8 13 Point of View

“What we see depends mainly on what we look for.”  ~ John Lubbock. Have you ever wondered what makes some people able to be happy all the time, despite having to deal with significant challenges?  I have often been in awe of those who are able to see the bright side, no matter what life throws […]

FMM 8 16 13 ‘My cup it overflows’

‘I cried that I had no shoes til I met a man who had no feet’~Mahatma Gandhi By Tuesday of this week I had already convinced myself I was exhausted.  I worked a twelve hour shift with students at a clinical site on Monday, taught all day Tuesday – life was indeed hard.  In fact […]

FMM 8 9 13 That your days may be long upon the earth.

“Do not regret growing older; it is a privilege denied to many.” ~ Anonymous This week it so happens that I was presented with stories, stories from the elders.  My father used to collect stories.  On one occasion he was visiting the sick bed of Mr. Baker, a retired policeman in Chapelton.  Mr. Baker was […]