Positive Thinking: a motivational story

A
Motivational story about Positive Thinking

Read this, and let it really sink in... Then, choose how you start your day tomorrow...

Jerry is the kind of guy you love to hate. He is always in a good mood and always has something positive to say. When someone would ask him how he was doing, he would
reply, "If I were any better, I would be twins!" He was a unique manager because he had several waiters who had followed him around from restaurant to restaurant.

The reason the waiters followed Jerry was because of his attitude. He was a natural motivator. If an employee was having a bad day, Jerry was there telling the employee
how to look on the positive side of the situation.  

Seeing this style really made me curious, so one day I went up to Jerry and asked him, I don't get it! You can't be a positive person all of the time. How do you do it?"
Jerry replied, "Each morning I wake up and say to myself, Jerry, you have two choices today. You can choose to be in a good mood or you can choose to be in a bad mood.

I choose to be in a good mood. Each time something bad happens, I can choose to be a victim or I can choose to learn from it. I choose to learn from it. Every time someone
comes to me complaining, I can choose to accept their complaining or I can point out the positive side of life. I choose the positive side of life.

"Yeah, right, it's not that easy," I protested. "Yes, it is," Jerry said. "Life is all about choices. When you cut away all the junk, every situation is a choice. You choose
how you react to situations. You choose how people will affect your mood. You choose to be in a good mood or bad mood. The bottom line: It's your choice how you live life."

I reflected on what Jerry said. Soon thereafter, I left the restaurant industry to start my own business. We lost touch, but I often thought about him when I made a choice
about life instead of reacting to it.

Several years later, I heard that Jerry did something you are never supposed to do in a restaurant business: he left the back door open one morning and was held up at gun
point by three armed robbers. While trying to open the safe, his hand, shaking from nervousness, slipped off the combination. The robbers panicked and shot him. Luckily, Jerry was found relatively quickly and rushed to the local trauma center. After 18 hours
of surgery and weeks of intensive care, Jerry was released from the hospital with fragments of the bullets still in his body.

I saw Jerry about six months after the accident. When I asked him how he was, he replied, "If I were any better, I'd be twins. Wanna see my scars?" I declined to see his
wounds, but did ask him what had gone through his mind as the robbery took place. "The first thing that went through my mind was that I should have locked the back door," Jerry replied. "Then, as I lay on the floor, I remembered that I had two choices: I could
choose to live or I could choose to die. I chose to live."

"Weren't you scared? Did you lose consciousness?" I asked. Jerry continued, "...the paramedics were great. They kept telling me I was going to be fine. But when they wheeled me into the ER and I saw the expressions on the faces of the doctors and nurses, I
got really scared. In their eyes, I read 'he's a dead man.'  

I knew I needed to take action." " What did you do?" I asked. "Well, there was a big burly nurse shouting questions at me," said Jerry. "She asked if I was allergic to
anything. 'Yes,' I replied. The doctors and nurses stopped working as they waited for my reply. I took a deep breath and yelled, 'Bullets!' Over their laughter, I told them, 'I am choosing to live. Operate on me as if I am alive, not dead.'"

Jerry lived thanks to the skill of his doctors, but also because of his amazing attitude. I learned from him that every day we have the choice to live fully. Attitude,
after all, is everything.  

Positive thinking the the first step towards a happy life.

Attitude is everything

If everyone applies just these, the whole world will live in happiness.

Men Are Just Happier People -

EVER DEPRESSED?Men Are Just Happier People
What do you expect from such simple creatures?
Your last name stays put.
The garage is all yours.
Wedding plans take care of themselves.
Chocolate is just another snack...
You can be President.
You can never be pregnant.
You can wear a white T-shirt to a water park.
You can wear NO shirt to a water park.
Car mechanics tell you the truth.
The world is your urinal.
You never have to drive to another gas station restroom because this one is just too icky.
You don't have to stop and think of which way to turn a nut on a bolt.
Same work, more pay.
Wrinkles add character.
Wedding dress $5000. Tux rental-$87.
People never stare at your chest when you're talking to them.
New shoes don't cut, blister, or mangle your feet.
One mood all the time.
Phone conversations are over in 30 seconds flat.
You know stuff about tanks.
A five-day vacation requires only one suitcase.
You can open all your own jars.
You get extra credit for the slightest act of thoughtfulness.
If someone forgets to invite you,
He or she can still be your friend.
Your underwear is $8.95 for a three-pack.
Three pairs of shoes are more than enough.
You almost never have strap problems in public.
You are unable to see wrinkles in your clothes.
Everything on your face stays its original color.
The same hairstyle lasts for years, even decades.
You only have to shave your face and neck.
You can play with toys all your life.
One wallet and one pair of shoes -- one color for all seasons.
You can wear shorts no matter how your legs look.
You can 'do' your nails with a pocket knife.
You have freedom of choice concerning growing a moustache.
You can do Christmas shopping for 25 relatives on December 24thin 25 minutes.
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Men Are Just Happier People

NICKNAMES
If Laura, Kate, and Sarah go out for lunch, they will call each other Laura, Kate, and Sarah. If Mike, Dave, and John go out, they will affectionately refer to each other as Fat Boy, Bubba, and Wildman

EATING OUT
When the bill arrives, Mike, Dave, and John will each throw in $20, even though it's only for $32.50. None of them will have anything smaller and none will actually admit they want change back.
When the girls get their bill, out come the pocket calculators.

MONEY
A man will pay $2 for a $1 item he needs.
A woman will pay $1 for a $2 item that she doesn't need but it's on sale.

BATHROOMS
A man has six items in his bathroom: toothbrush and toothpaste, shaving cream, razor, a bar of soap, and a towel.
The average number of items in the typical woman's bathroom is 337. A man would not be able to identify more than 20 of these items.

ARGUMENTS
A woman has the last word in any argument.
Anything a man says after that is the beginning of a new argument.

FUTURE
A woman worries about the future until she gets a husband.
A man never worries about the future until he gets a wife.

MARRIAGE
A woman marries a man expecting he will change, but he doesn't.
A man marries a woman expecting that she won't change, but she does.

DRESSING UP
A woman will dress up to go shopping, water the plants, empty the trash, answer the phone, read a book, and get the mail.
A man will dress up for weddings and funerals.

NATURAL
Men wake up as good-looking as they went to bed.
Women somehow deteriorate during the night.

OFFSPRING
Ah, children. A woman knows all about her children. She knows about dentist appointments and romances, best friends, favorite foods, secret fears and hopes and dreams.
A man is vaguely aware of some short people living in the house.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
A married man should forget his mistakes. There's no use in two people remembering the same thing FOREVER!
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CHOOSING A SCHOOL

School has a deep impact on a student since it is there that he spends a quarter of his day – which is in fact the best time of the day. In the school he learns and is educated, and that is the place where he finds friends and companions. 

The father should strive to carefully choose a good school for his child, thus selecting the one that is of the finest quality and not necessarily the one that is closest to him. He should also ask those involved in the field of teaching and educating, who are sincere and honest, as to which of the schools is the best.

So based on this, the father must keep a close connection with the school by going to visit it, staying in contact with it by phone and asking about the state of his son or daughter. He should be concerned with asking about his child's character, behavior and friends before asking about his grades.

He should also follow up on his child's educational development and studies, and check his notes and homework and be aware of the remarks the teacher makes to his child's work so that he
may correct it.

So your concern with
your child's studies and your solid relationship with his school, his teachers, his schoolwork, and his levels of education is a good that will assist in his well-being and learning, by the will of Allaah.

Choosing a Friend:

From the things in which there is no doubt is that a friend has a profound effect on an individual – whether positive or negative. Sufficient to clarify this point is the statement of the Prophet (sallAllaahu 'alayhi wa sallam) when he said: "The example of the righteous companion and the evil companion is like that of a seller of musk and a blacksmith." [Reported by Al-Bukhaaree and Muslim]

The Prophet (sallAllaahu 'alayhi wa sallam) also said: "A man is upon the opinion of his close friend, so let each of you look into whom he takes as a close friend." [Reported by Abu Dawood]

Therefore, O father, it is
incumbent upon you to look for a good friend and a sincere companion for your child before he chooses one on his own, for he may choose the wrong ones and then grow attached to them, after which it will be hard for you to separate them.

There are many accounts, too numerous to be recorded, in which children were raised in good environments and in conservative households but ended up mixing with bad companions on the pretext that they were going on a trip or an outing with them or using the excuse that they wanted to play with them or have fun with them or study with them. And the end result of this was that they had a negative effect on them.

In these days it is extremely difficult for a father to raise his child in exclusion of friends. Trials and temptations constantly surround the youth from all directions.

Bad friends can either be people who are engulfed in their desires or in misconceptions. If they are those who are given
into whims and desires, they will lead your child towards mischief and a digression from good character.

Top10 Kind of Foods That Boost Your Moods

In the past two decades, a number of studies have confirmed a link between certain foods and our ability to feel more alert, calm, and even upbeat. "We've found that some foods influence the production of brain chemicals that are directly involved in determining our mood, mental energy, performance and behavior says Judith Wurtman, a nutrition researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Many good-mood foods may already be silting in your kitchen. Here are some of the most important ones.  

Whole-Grain Bread.

Most foods contain one or more of 20 different amino acids, molecules found in animal and plant proteins necessary for good health. Like the lobbyists, amino acids compete to deliver messages to the brain. In this case, eating a few slices of plain, whole-grain bread helps the amino acid tryptophan's message be "heard": relax, be happy. Once it enters the brain, tryptophan boosts levels of serotonin, the soothing, mood-elevating brain chemical also stimulated by the anti-depressant Prozac.

The trick is to eat the bread ahead of any protein rich meal or cheese. This allows tryptophan to enter the brain before other amino acids can crowd it out.

Turkey

This low-fat protein source is rich in an amino acid called tyrosine, which boosts levels of the brain chemicals dopamine, and norepinephrine, and in turn improves motivation and reaction time. U. S. military research has indicated that tyrosine lifts energy levels and helps the body to cope belter with stress.

A turkey sandwich or turkey noodle soup may produce the same results. Effective alternatives to turkey are tuna and chicken.

Beef

Complete avoidance of red meat may do more harm than good. People on low cholesterol diets may experience iron deficiencies that make them feel tired and blue. Iron keeps the body's cells fueled with oxygen and, thus, energized.

Illinois State University nutrition professor Jan Shane discovered that those who ate as little as three ounces of beef, a small hamburger, per day absorbed 50 percent more iron than those on a vegetarian diet, suggesting that a little bit of beef may be a good energy source, "Consumers need to change their thinking about beef as something that is terrible for them, "says Shane.  "You need to eat only about three ounces of it each day to significantly improve your iron absorption.  "

Water

Mild dehydration is a common but often overlooked cause of fatigue, says Elizabeth Somer, author of Food Mood. When the body dehydrates, blood flow to the organs decreases and the body slows down. Drinking enough water each day can prevent you from feeling lethargic.

But don't rely on thirst, Somer says. Most adults should drink eight to ten glasses of water per day. Caffeinated soft drinks and coffee, however, are no substitute. They may act as diuretics and increase dehydration.

 Bananas

Magnesium deficiency and stress are linked so closely that some doctors and dietitians advise people who lead hectic lives to add magnesium-rich foods like bananas to their diets. Most Americans do not eat the Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA) of magnesium (280 mg for women, 350 mg for men), says Dr. Mildred S. Seelig, former president of the American College of Nutrition. If you juggle a hectic schedule, the problem is worse: stress hormones, which flood the body during limes of tension- drain magnesium from cells, resulting in lower resistance to colds and viruses and a tired feeling.

Researchers have also found that increased magnesium in-take results in less anxiety and better sleep. If you don't like bananas, other good magnesium sources are nuts, beans, and leafy greens.

Oranges and Grapefruits

Researchers have found that even a small deficiency in vitamin C, a key ingredient for boosting levels of energizing norepinephrine, can leave you feeling irritable and blue, A lack of vitamin C rich foods also inhibits your body's ability to absorb the iron it needs to fight fatigue.

In a 2001 study of more than 1000 men, German researchers found that among those with diets only slightly deficient in vitamin C, a daily dose of 150 mg, roughly the amount in two oranges, resulted in less nervousness, crankiness and depression.

Consuming more than this amount of vitamin C may make you feel even more upbeat.University of Alabama researchers found that those who regularly consumed more than 400 mg of vitamin C per day (roughly two 12-ounce glasses of freshly squeezed orange juice or six oranges) were half as tired as those who consumed less than 100 mg. per day. Vitamin C supplements are also effective.

Brazil Nuts.

Due to the rich soil in which they grow, Brazil nuts are loaded with selenium, a trace mineral that some research has linked to upbeat moods.

In a 2001 study involving 17 men and 33 women at the University of Wales, Swansea, those given 100 micrograms of selenium (the equivalent of one or two Brazil nuts) each day for five weeks reported a greater sense of happiness, more energy and a reduction in anxiety compared to participants given a placebo. These results were especially evident among those with low levels of dietary selenium, illustrating the importance of having a sufficient amount of this mineral in your diet. Other good sources of selenium: seafood, beef and whole-grain breads.

Chocolate

Many women crave chocolate, especially when they're suffering from premenstrual syndrome (PMS) or when boredom or stress strikes. There are a number of possible reasons for this. Some experts believe that like many sweet carbohydrates, chocolate may have a soothing effect. Others suggest that caffeine and similar substances in chocolate may act as stimulants. If nothing else? The sheer pleasure of eating it may be all you need to lift your spirits.

Coffee

That morning cup really can jump-start your day. Recent research links the amount of caffeine in one to two cups to clear thinking and more energy for up to three hours. In a study of50 sleep-deprived people, the amount of caffeine in as little as 1.5cups of coffee boosted their concentration, energy and confidence levels.

Some researchers believe caffeine causes a slight, temporary rise in blood pressure and blocks hormonal messengers that lull us to sleep. However, more than two or three cups a day may make you irritable and jittery.

10 Foods for Fabulous Abs

1. Yogurt is
magic for the tum. Nutritionist Rania Batayneh recommends
yogurt, "The probiotic bacteria in most yogurts help keep your digestive
system healthy,
which translates into a lower incidence of gas, bloating, and
constipation, which can keep your tummy looking flat." Ideally go for
the plain-flavoured yogurts, that don't contain added sugars. 

2. Switch to
whole grain. The body shows a decreased insulin
response to
whole grain as compared to refined carbohydrate like rice and white
bread. So replace those meals of white
rice and
milk bread with whole grains like lentils, brown
rice,
and whole wheat bread for a trimmer waistline.

3. Stock up on
cruciferous veggies like broccoli, brussels
sprouts, asparagus, peppers, and yellow beans. They contain folate,
beta-carotene, calcium, magnesium, and fiber, and are rich in vitamins
A, C, and K.

4. Olive
Oil:
Mono-unsaturated fats like those found in olive oil, work to reduce
belly fat and don't increase calorie intake. 

5. Apple
cider vinegar:
New research indicates that 2 tablespoons of apple cider vinegar
(ideally mixed with a glass of water), consumed daily over a period of
12 weeks, works to lower body
weight and
reduce belly fat. This is attributed to vinegar's acetic acid, which is
believed to pump out proteins that break down fat.

6. Green tea contains
certain chemicals called polyphenols and catechins that boost
metabolism and help burn fat. Including 2-3 cups of green tea in your
diet will help reduce that waistline, as well as provide a host of
other health benefits. 

7. Apples are
one of the most popular negative calorie foods. This means that an
apple burns more calories that it adds to the body, while being
digested, making for a great, tasty snack that does nothing to add
to body
fat.

8. Eggs are
a great source of protein and contain essential amino acids that the
body needs to build everything from muscle fibres to brain chemicals.
It is the perfect breakfast food, and ensures you feel less hungry
during the day and reduces that urge to snack.

9. Almonds provide
the body with minerals like magnesium, and regulate blood sugar levels.
A stable blood sugar level is key to prevent cravings that can lead to
overeating.

--  10. Salmon,
tuna and mackerel, in addition to being a great source of omega-3 fatty
acids, also improve metabolism and help burn fat faster by improving
the body's glucose-insulin response 

Puzzle of life

Only 5% of Stanford University graduates figured it out!
Can you answer all seven of the following questions with the same word?1. The word has seven
letters
2. Preceded God
3. Greater than God
4. More Evil than the devil
5. All poor people have it
6. Wealthy people need it
7. If you eat it, you will dieDid you figure it out?
 Think hard before looking at the answers
Did you get it yet?Give up?
Brace yourself for the answerThe Answer is:
NOTHING!
NOTHING has 7 letters.
NOTHING preceded God.
NOTHING is greater than God.
NOTHING is more Evil than the devil.
Poor people have NOTHING.
Wealthy people need NOTHING.
If you eat NOTHING, you will die.

IPL Schedule 2012

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Apr 8 8PM . Chennai Super Kings vs Kolkata Knight Riders Chennai
Apr 9 2011 4PM . Deccan Chargers vs Rajasthan Royals Hyderabad
Apr 9 2011 8PM . Kochi v Royal Challengers Bangalore Kochi
Apr 10 4PM . Delhi Daredevils vs Mumbai Indians Delhi
Apr 10 8PM . Pune Warriors vs Kings XI Punjab Navi Mumbai
Apr 11 8PM . Kolkata Knight Riders vs Deccan Chargers Kolkata
Apr 12 4PM . Rajasthan Royals vs Delhi Daredevils Jaipur
Apr 12 8PM . Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Mumbai Indians Bangalore
Apr 13 4PM . Pune Warriors vs Kochi Navi Mumbai
Apr 13 8PM . Kings XI Punjab vs Chennai Super Kings Mohali
Apr 14 8PM . Deccan Chargers vs Royal Challengers Bangalore Hyderabad
Apr 15 4PM . Mumbai Indians v Kochi Mumbai
Apr 15 8PM . Delhi Daredevils v Kolkata Knight Riders Delhi
Apr 16 4PM . Chennai Super Kings v Royal Challengers Bangalore Chennai
Apr 16 8PM . Deccan Chargers v Kings XI Punjab Hyderabad
Apr 17 4PM . Rajasthan v Kolkata Knight Riders Jaipur
Apr 17 8PM . Pune Warriors v Delhi Daredevils Navi Mumbai
Apr 18 8PM . Kochi v Chennai Super Kings Kochi
Apr 19 4PM . Delhi Daredevils vs Deccan Chargers Delhi
Apr 19 8PM . Royal Challengers Bangalore v Rajasthan Royals Bangalore
Apr 20 4PM . Mumbai Indians v Pune Warriors Mumbai
Apr 20 8PM . Kolkata Knight Riders v Kochi Kolkata
Apr 21 8PM . Kings XI Punjab v Rajasthan Royals Mohali
Apr 22 8PM . Mumbai Indians v Chennai Super Kings Mumbai
Apr 22 4PM . Kolkata Knight Riders v Royal Challengers Bangalore Kolkata
Apr 23 8PM . Delhi Daredevils v Kings XI Punjab Delhi
Apr 24 4PM . Deccan Chargers v Mumbai Indians Hyderabad
Apr 24 8PM . Rajasthan Royals v Kochi Jaipur
Apr 25 8PM . Chennai Super Kings v Pune Warriors Chennai
Apr 26 8PM . Delhi Daredevils v Royal Challengers Bangalore Delhi
Apr 27 4PM . Pune Warriors v Chennai Super Kings Navi Mumbai
Apr 27 8PM . Kochi v Deccan Chargers Kochi
Apr 28 4PM . Kolkata Knight Riders v Kings XI Punjab Kolkata
Apr 28 8PM . Rajasthan Royals v Mumbai Indians Jaipur
Apr 29 8PM . Royal Challengers Bangalore v Pune Bangalore
Apr 30 4PM . Kochi v Delhi Daredevils Kochi
Apr 30 8PM . Mumbai Indians v Kings XI Punjab Mumbai
May 1 4PM . Rajasthan Royals v Pune Warriors Jaipur
May 1 8PM . Chennai Super Kings v Deccan Chargers Chennai
2-May 4 PM Mumbai Indians vs Kings XI Punjab, 40th IPL Mumbai
2-May 8 PM Delhi Daredevils vs Kochi Tuskers Kerala, 41st IPL Delhi
3-May 8 PM Deccan Chargers vs Kolkata Knight Riders, 42nd IPL Hyderabad
4-May 4 PM Chennai Super Kings vs Rajasthan Royals, 43rd IPL Chennai4-May 8 PM Pune Warriors vs Mumbai Indians, 44th IPL Navi Mumbai
5-May 4 PM Kochi Tuskers Kerala vs Kolkata Knight Riders, 45th IPL Kochi
5-May 8 PM Deccan Chargers vs Delhi Daredevils, 46th IPL Hyderabad
6-May 8 PM Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kings XI Punjab, 47th IPL Bangalore
7-May 4 PM Kolkata Knight Riders vs Chennai Super Kings, 48th IPL Kolkata
7-May 8 PM Mumbai Indians vs Delhi Daredevils, 49th IPL Mumbai
8-May 4 PM Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kochi Tuskers Kerala, 50th IPL Bangalore
8-May 8 PM Kings XI Punjab vs Pune Warriors, 51st IPL Mohali
9-May 8 PM Rajasthan Royals vs Chennai Super Kings, 52nd IPL Jaipur
10-May 4 PM Deccan Chargers vs Pune Warriors, 53rd IPL Hyderabad
10-May 8 PM Kings XI Punjab vs Mumbai Indians, 54th IPL Mohali
11-May 8 PM Rajasthan Royals vs Royal Challengers Bangalore, 55th IPL Jaipur
12-May 8 PM Chennai Super Kings vs Delhi Daredevils, 56th IPL Chennai
13-May 8 PM Kochi Tuskers Kerala vs Kings XI Punjab, 57th IPL Indore
14-May 4 PM Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Kolkata Knight Riders, 58th IPL Bangalore
14-May 8 PM Mumbai Indians vs Deccan Chargers, 59th IPL Mumbai
15-May 8 PM Kings XI Punjab vs Delhi Daredevils, 60th IPL Dharmasala
15-May 8 PM Kochi Tuskers Kerala vs Rajasthan Royals, 61st IPL Indore




16-May 8 PM Pune Warriors vs Deccan Chargers, 62nd IPL Navi Mumbai
17-May 8 PM Kings XI Punjab vs Royal Challengers Bangalore, 63rd IPL Dharmasala
18-May 8 PM Chennai Super Kings vs Kochi Tuskers Kerala, 64th IPL Chennai
19-May 8 PM Pune Warriors vs Kolkata Knight Riders, 65th IPL Navi Mumbai
20-May 8 PM Mumbai Indians vs Rajasthan Royals, 66th IPL Mumbai
21-May 4 PM Kings XI Punjab vs Deccan Chargers, 67th IPL Dharmasala
21-May 8 PM Delhi Daredevils vs Pune Warriors, 68th IPL Delhi
22-May 4 PM Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Chennai Super Kings, 69th IPL Bangalore
22-May 8 PM Kolkata Knight Riders vs Mumbai Indians, 70th IPL Kolkata
24-May 8 PM TBC vs TBC, Qualifier 1 IPL Mumbai
25-May 8 PM TBC vs TBC, Eliminator IPL Mumbai
27-May 8 PM TBC vs TBC, Qualifier 2 IPL Chennai
28-May 2011 8 PM Finals TBC vs TBC, Final IPL Match Chennai
IPL schedule for every match with timing will be updated once the team qualify for Semi-Final & Final match.

God loves you the way you are...

A 54 year old woman had a heart attack and was taken to the hospital.

While on the operating table she had a near death experience. Seeing God she asked "Is my time up?"

God said, "No, you have another 43 years, 2 months and 8 days to live."

Upon recovery, the woman decided to stay in the hospital and have a face-lift, liposuction, breast implants and a tummy tuck. She even had someone come in and change her hair color and brighten her teeth! Since she had so much more time to live, she figured she might as well make the most of it.

After her last operation, she was released from the hospital. While crossing the street on her way home, she was killed by an ambulance.

Arriving in front of God, she demanded, "I thought you said I had another 43 years? Why didn't you pull me from out of the path of the ambulance.?"

(You'll love this)

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God replied : "I didn't recognize you."

Motive of the story: God loves you the way you are...Have a lovely day...

Home Remedies for DEPRESSION & STRESS

DEPRESSION & STRESS 
We all go through periods of depression and stress. Maybe it's because of the weather-you know, a change of season. Or for women, it could be "that time of month." Of course, pressures at the office don't help, nor do tense relationships or problems at home. Then there are additives in foods and side effects from medications that can cause chemical imbalances that may lead to depression and stress.
Common Causes of Depression
    * Inheritance
    * Changes in brain structures or brain function
    * Pessimistic attitude
    * Stress (home, work or school)
    * Major diseases ( cancer , heart attack etc.)
    * Hormonal disorders
    * Relationship problems
    * Financial problems
    * Menstrual cycle changes
    * Menopause
    * Bereavement
CAUTION: For cases of deep depression, extreme stress and/or chronic fatigue, we suggest you seek professional assistance to help pinpoint the cause and recommend treatment.
Whatever the reason, valid or not, when you're going through a bad time and you reach the point where you say to yourself, "I'm sick and tired of being sick and tired!" -then you're on the road to recovery.

Basic Solutions
If you are really ready to help yourself, you might start by cutting down on your sugar intake. Excessive sugar can help cause depression, nervous anxiety and spurts of energy followed by extreme fatigue.
Caffeine products (such as coffee, non-herbal tea, cola, chocolate and some medications), cigarettes and alcoholic beverages may also contribute to nervous anxiety, depression and highs and lows of energy. Take them out of your life. They're taking the life out of you.
Natural home remedies
    * Lying down, in a dark room, maybe getting a 1/2 hour of sleep,will always make you feel better.
    * Add a handful of fresh Rose petals to a cup of boiling water. Add sugar and drink as and when a feeling of depression sets in.
    * Boil some seeds of cardamom in water with tea. It will give a very pleasing aroma to the tea.

Dietary Remedies
    * Have a pizza with lots of oregano. If you don't have the oregano, forget the pizza. In fact, forget the pizza and just have the oregano. Oregano may ease that depressed, heavyhearted feeling.
    * If you have a juicer, whip up half a glass of watercress and half a glass of spinach. Throw in some carrots to make the juice sweeter. Then, bottoms up and spirits up.
    * Eat two ripe bananas a day to chase the blues away. Bananas contain the chemicals serotonin and norepinephrine, which are believed to help prevent depression.

Other Mood Lifters
    * While running a warm bath, prepare a cup of chamomile tea. Add the used tea bag to the bath, along with a new one. If you use loose chamomile, wrap the herb in cheesecloth before putting it in the tub to avoid messy cleanup. Once the bath is ready, take a pen and paper along with your cup of tea and relax in the tub. Make a list of a dozen wishes as you sip your tea. Be careful.. the things you wish for may come true.
    * To lighten a heavy heart, drink saffron tea and/or thyme tea that has been sweetened with honey. (Incidentally, "thyme" was originally called "wild time" because it was thought to be an aphrodisiac.).
    * Sniffing citrus essential oils every hour you're awake may help you get out of a funk. You can buy lemon or orange oil at a health food store. Do not take the essential oils internally. If you have a citrus fruit in your kitchen, you can use a cardboard cutter to carefully make slits the peel and squeeze it so that the volatile seeps out. Then take a whiff hourly.
    * Cheer yourself up by wearing rose colors-pinks and scarlets. The orange family of colors are also picker-uppers.
    * Making love can help people overcome feelings of depression-unless, of course, they have no one to make love to and thats they're depressed.
    * If you're mildly depressed, simply change your physiology and your emotions will follow suit. In other words, do the physical things you do when you're happy-and you'll feel happy. Smile! Laugh! Jump up and down! Sing! Dance! Get dressed up!
If you're not willing to go along with this suggestion, then you're not willing to let go of your depression. There's nothing wrong with staying in a funk for a brief period. . .as long as. you understand that it is your choice.

Dietary Stress Relievers
    * Juices seem to be calming to the nerves. Throughout the day, sip apple, pineapple, prune, grape or cherry juice. Make Sure the juice has no added sugar or preservatives and drink it at room temperature, not chilled
    * Chop a large onion into very small tidbits and add a tablespoon of honey. Eat half the mixture with lunch and the other half with dinner. Onions contain prostaglandin, which is reported to have a stress-relieving effect.

A Berry Good Idea
    * If strawberries are in season, eat a few as a dessert after each meal (without the cream and sugar). You may feel a difference (you won't be as edgy), and you may see a difference (they'll make your teeth whiter).
    * Acupressure away the pressure of the day by getting a firm grip on your ankle. Using your thumb and third finger, place one just below the inside of the anklebone, and the other finger on the indentation directly below your outer anklebone. Keep steady pressure on the spot as you count down from 100 to one, slowly (taking between one and two minutes in all).
    * Peppermint tea has a wonderful way of relaxing the system and relieving moodiness. Drink it warm and strong.

Seeing Green...and Blue
    * If you are on edge, high-strung and, generally speaking, a nervous wreck, surround yourself with calming colors. Green has a harmonizing effect, since it's the color of nature. Earth colors should make you feel better. Wear quiet blues and gentle grays. Color helps more than we realize.
    * Sage tea can help relieve the jitters. Steep a sage tea bag or 1 teaspoon of sage in 1 cup of warm water for five minutes. Strain and drink three cups a day.
Bonus: Sage tea also helps sharpen one's memory and brain power.
    * There's a reason why Epsom salt, an ancient natural healer, is still popular-it works! Pour 2 cups of Epsom salt into a warm-water bath. Set aside a half-hour for pure relaxation in the tub-no interruptions-just 30 minutes of stress-free fantasizing.

Phtheasy for You to Say
    * According to European folklore, celery helps you forget your troubles from a broken heart and soothes your nerves at the same time. It's probably the phthalide in celery, which is known to have sedative properties.

Nervous Tics
    * From time to time I get a tic around my eye. I feel like I'm winking at everyone. The tic-off switch that works like magic for me is vitamin B6-200 mg.

CAUTION: Do not take more than 300 mg of B6 a day. Higher doses can be toxic.
A nervous tic may also be your body's way of telling you that you need more calcium or magnesium-or both. A good supplement can help you get the 1,500 mg of calcium and 750 mg of magnesium you need daily.

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Top 10 Amazing Accidental Inventions

Louis Pasteur
once said, "chance favors the prepared mind."That's the
genius behind all these accidental inventions -the scientists were prepared.
They did their science on the brink and were able to see the magic in a
mistake,set-back, or coincidence.

No. 10 - Saccharin

Saccharin, the sweetener in the pink packet, was discovered because chemist Constantin
Fahlberg
didn't wash his hands after a day at the office. Prepare to get icked. The year was 1879 and Fahlberg was
trying to come up with new and interesting uses for coal tar. After a productive day at the office, he went home
and something strange happened. He noticed the rolls he was eating tasted particularly
sweet.
He asked his wife if she had done anything interesting to the rolls, but she hadn't. They tasted normal to her.
Fahlberg realized the taste must have been coming from his hands -- which he hadn't washed.
The next day he went back to the lab and started tasting his work until he found the sweet spot.

No. 9 -
Smart Dust

Most people would be pretty upset if their homework blew up in their faces and crumbled into a bunch of tiny pieces.Not so student Jamie Link. When Link was doing her doctoral work in chemistry at the University of California,
San Diego, one of the silicon chips she was working on burst. She discovered afterward, however,that the tiny pieces
still functionedas sensors.The resulting "smart dust" won her the top prize at the Collegiate Inventors Competition in 2003.
These teensy sensors can also be used to monitor the purity of drinking or seawater, to detect hazardous chemicalor biological agents in the air, or even to locate and destroy tumor cells in the body.

No. 8 - Coke

There are many stories of accidentally invented food: the potato chip was born when cook George Crum
(yes, really his name!) tried to silence a persnickety customer who kept sending french fries back to the kitchen
for being soggy; Popsicles were invented when Frank Epperson left a drink outside in the cold overnight;and ice
cream
coneswere invented at the 1904 World's Fair in St.
Louis.But no food-vention has had as much success as Coke.
Atlanta pharmacist John Pemberton was trying to make a cure for headaches.He mixed together a bunch of ingredients -
and don't ask, because we don't know; The recipe is still a closely guarded secret. It only took eight years of being sold
in a drug store before the drink was popular enough to be sold in
bottles.

No. 7- Teflon

After all the damage they've done to the ozone layer, chlorofluorocarbons, or CFCs, are persona non grata.Back in the 1930s, however, they were (pardon the pun) the hot new thing in the science of refrigeration.
Young DuPont chemist Roy Plunkett was working to make a
new a new kind of CFC.
He had a theory that if he could get a compound called TFE to react with hydrochloric acid,
he could produce the refrigerant he wanted. So, to start his experiment Plunkett got a whole bunch of TFE gas,
cooled it and pressured it in canisters so it could be stored until he was ready to use
it.
When the time came to open the container and put the TFE and hydrochloric acid together so they could react,
nothing came out of the canister. The gas had disappeared. Only it hadn't. Frustrated and angry,
Plunkett took off the top of the canister and shook it. Out came some fine white flakes.
Luckily for everyone who's ever made an omelet, he was intrigued by the flakes
and handed them off to other scientists at DuPont.

No. 6 - Vulcanized Rubber

Charles Goodyear had been waiting years for a happy accident when it finally occurred.Goodyear spent a decade finding
ways to make rubber easier to work with while being resistant to heat and cold.
Nothing was having the effect he wanted. One day he spilled a mixture of rubber, sulfur and lead onto a hot stove.
The heat charred the mixture, but didn't ruin it. When Goodyear picked up the accident,
he noticed that the mixture had hardened but was still quite usable. At last!
The breakthrough he had been waiting for! His vulcanized rubber is used in everything from tires,
to shoes, to hockey pucks.

No. 5 -
Plastic

In 1907
shellac was used as insulation in electronics. It was costing the industry a pretty penny to import shellac,which was made from Southeast Asian beetles, and at home chemist Leo Hendrik Baekeland thought he might turn a profit
if he could produce a shellac alternative. Instead his experiments yielded a moldable material that could take high temperatures
without distorting.
Baekeland thought his
"Bakelite" might be used for phonograph records, but
it was soon clear that
the product had thousands of uses. Today plastic, which was derived from Bakelite, is used for everything from telephonesto iconic movie punch lines.

No. 4 - Radioactivity

Two words that
you don't ever want to hear said in the same sentence are "Whoops!" and "radioactive."
But in the case of physicist Henri Becquerel's surprise discovery, it was an accident that brought radioactivity to light.
Back in 1896 Becquerel was fascinated by two things: natural fluorescence and the newfangled X-ray.
He ran a series of experiments to see if naturally fluorescent minerals
produced
X-rays
after they had been left out in the sun.
One problem - he was doing these experiments in the winter, and there was one week with a long stretch of overcast skies.
He left his equipment wrapped up together in a drawer and waited for a sunny day.
When he got back to work, Becquerel realized that the uranium rock he had left in the drawer had
imprinted itself
on a photographic plate without being exposed to sunlight first.
There was something very special about that rock. Working with Marie and Pierre Curie,
he discovered that that something was radioactivity.

No. 3 - Mauve

Talk about strange connections - 18-year-old chemist William Perkin wanted to cure malaria;instead his scientific endeavors changed the face of fashion forever and, oh yeah, helped fight cancer.
Confused? Don't be.
Here's how it happened. In 1856 Perkin was trying to come up with an artificial quinine.
Instead of a malaria treatment, his experiments produced a thick murky
mess.
But the more he looked at it, the more Perkin saw a beautiful color in his mess.
Turns out he had made the first-ever synthetic dye.
His dye was far better than any dyes that came from nature; the color was brighter,
more
vibrant, and
didn't fade or wash out.
His discovery also turned chemistry into a money-generating science - making it attractive
for a whole generation of curious-minded people. But the story is not over yet.
One of the people inspired by Perkin's work was German bacteriologist Paul Ehrlich,
who used Perkin's dyes to pioneer immunology and chemotherapy.
No. 2 - Pacemaker
This list wouldn't be
complete without at least one absent-minded professor.
But it's not flubber
clocking in at No. 2, it's a life saving medical device.That pacemaker sewn into a loved one's chest actually came about because American engineer
Wilson Greatbatchreached into a box and pulled out the wrong thing. It's true.
Greatbatch was working on making a circuit to help record fast heart sounds.
He reached into a box for a resistor in order to finish the circuit and pulled out a 1-megaohm resistor
instead of a 10,000-ohm one. The
circuit pulsed for 1.8 milliseconds and
then stopped for one
second.
Then it repeated. The sound was as old as man: a perfect heartbeat.

No. 1 - Penicillin

You read this far into the list looking for penicillin, didn't you?
That's OK. As one of the most famous and fortunate accidents of the 20th century, penicillin belongs at No.1 on this list. If you've been living under a rock for the past 80 years or so, here's how the popular story goes:
Alexander Fleming didn't clean up his workstation before going on vacation one day in 1928.When he came back, Fleming noticed that there was a strange fungus on some of his cultures.
Even stranger was that bacteria didn't seem to thrive near those cultures.Penicillin became the first and is still one of the most widely used antibiotics.